UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.  20549
 
FORM 10-K
Annual Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
 
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012
Commission file number 1-11700
 
HEMAGEN DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Delaware                                      04-2869857
(State or Other Jurisdiction            (I.R.S. employer
 of Incorporation or Organization)     identification No.)
 
9033 Red Branch Rd., Columbia, MD                  21045
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)                (Zip Code)
 
(443) 367-5500
(Issuer's telephone number, Including Area Code)
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Common Stock.
 
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The aggregate market value of the voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant on March 31, 2012, was $405,224 based on a closing price of $0.03 per share of Common Stock.  As of December 13, 2012, 15,500,281 shares of Common Stock were outstanding.

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HEMAGEN DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
INDEX TO ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K
 
Table of Contents
 
PART I   3
     
Item 1. Business. 3
Item 1A. Risk Factors. 8
Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments. 9
Item 2. Properties. 9
Item 3. Legal Proceedings. 9
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures. 9
     
PART II   9
     
Item 5. Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities. 9
Item 6. Selected Financial Data. 10
Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation. 10
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk. 14
Item 8. Financial Statements. 14
Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure. 15
Item 9A. Disclosure Controls and Procedures. 15
Item 9B. Other Information. 15
     
PART III   15
     
Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance. 15
Item 11. Executive Compensation. 17
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholders Matters. 20
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence. 21
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services. 21
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. 22
 
This Annual Report on Form 10-K contains forward-looking statements. Certain statements contained in this report that are not historical facts constitute forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are intended to be covered by the safe harbors created by that Act.  Forward looking statements may be identified by words such as “estimates”, “anticipates”, “projects”, “plans”, “expects”, “intends”, “believes”, “should” and similar expressions or the negative versions thereof and by the context in which they are used.  Such statements, whether express or implied, are based on current expectations of the company and speak only as of the date made. Reliance should not be placed on forward-looking statements because they involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed or implied.  Hemagen undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of new information or to reflect events or circumstances after the date on which they are made.
 
Statements concerning the establishments of reserves and adjustments for dated and obsolete products, expected financial performance, on-going business strategies and possible future action which Hemagen intends to pursue to achieve strategic objectives constitute forward-looking information. All forward-looking statements, including those relating to the sufficiency of such charges, implementation of strategies and the achievement of financial performance are each subject to numerous conditions, uncertainties, risks and other factors.  Factors which could cause actual performance to differ materially from these forward-looking statements, include, without limitation, management’s analysis of Hemagen’s assets, liabilities and operations, the failure to sell date–sensitive inventory prior to its expiration, competition, new product development by competitors which could render particular products obsolete, the inability to develop or acquire and successfully introduce new products or improvements of existing products, recessionary pressures on the economy and the markets in which our customers operate, costs and difficulties in complying with the laws and regulations administered by the United States Food and Drug Administration, the ability to maintain profitable relationships with our vendors and suppliers, the ability to satisfy our repayment obligations under our debt instruments,  changes in the relative strength of the U.S. Dollar and Brazilian Reals, unfavorable political or economic developments in Brazilian operations, and the ability to assimilate successfully product acquisitions and other factors disclosed in our reports on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K filed with the SEC.

 
PART I
 
Item 1.
Business.
 
Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. is a biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and markets approximately 68 Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") cleared proprietary medical diagnostic test kits and components.  There are two different product lines, the Virgo® line and the Analyst® line.  The Virgo® product line consist of various diagnostic test kits that are used to aid in the diagnosis of certain autoimmune and infectious diseases, using ELISA, Immunoflourescence, and hemagglutination technology. The Analyst® product line is an FDA-cleared Benchtop Clinical C hemistry Analyzer System, including consumables that are used to measure important constituents in human and animal blood. The Company was incorporated in Delaware in 1985 and became a public company in 1993.  Hemagen’s principal offices are located at 9033 Red Branch Road, Columbia, Maryland 21045 and the telephone number is (443) 367-5500.  Hemagen maintains a website at www.hemagen.com.  Investors can obtain copies of our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission from our web site free of charge as well as from the Securities and Exchange Commission website at www.sec.gov.
 
In September 1998, the Company acquired the Analyst â Benchtop Clinical Chemistry System, which was originally designed by Dupont, from Dade Behring, Inc.   The Analyst® is a proprietary bench top clinical chemistry instrument and reagent system.  The Analyst® instrument is used to test general chemistry profiles for both the human and veterinary markets using a proprietary consumable rotor that is manufactured by Hemagen at its Columbia, Maryland facility.  The Analyst® is cleared by the FDA for marketing in the United States to physician office laboratories.  In December 2002, Hemagen also acquired another veterinary chemistry analyzer system, the Endocheck.  Today, Hemagen estimates that its customer base for the Analyst® is approximately 90% veterinary practices and 10% physician office laboratory practices.
 
In 1995, Hemagen completed the acquisition of a comprehensive line of diagnostic test kits utilizing immunofluorescence technology (“IFA products”) from Schiaparelli Biosystems, Inc.  The IFA products and Hemagen’s comprehensive line of proprietary diagnostic test kits based on enzyme-linked immunosorbence assay technologies (“ELISA” or “EIA”) and hemagglutination technology (“HA”) form the Virgo â product line.  These products are used to test for autoimmune and infectious diseases and are manufactured for manual use or for use on automated instrument platforms.
 
The Virgo® product-line is marketed directly to reference laboratories, hospitals, and universities in the United States, among others and internationally.  There are over 30 distributors that market the Virgo â product line.  Hemagen also markets the Virgo â product line in South America through its wholly-owned subsidiary Hemagen Diagnosticos Comercio, Importacao Exportacao, Ltd. (HDC), a Brazilian limited liability company.
 
Recent Developments
 
During fiscal 2012 management continued to work toward achieving its goal of increasing shareholder value and achieving sustained profitability.  Some of the important steps taken toward achieving those goals were as follows:
 
 
·
Hemagen has engaged several PhD level personnel to improve and bolster its manufacturing and product development capabilities.
 
 
·
The Company looked for opportunities to consolidate operations into more efficient space, and continues to seek out and implement cost reductions.
 
 
·
Hemagen completed improvements to certain of its autoimmune IFA product offerings.
 
 
·
The Company is working on bringing various processes in house that were previously outsourced.
 
 
·
Hemagen is evaluating several new technology innovations that it currently negotiating.
 

Technology
 
Analyst Instrument System
 
The Analyst® is a bench-top centrifugal clinical chemistry analyzer.  The Analyst® utilizes a consumable rotor that contains dry prepackaged reagents. The Analyst® spins the rotor, mixing the patient sample with the dry reagents, producing a result in approximately ten minutes. Hemagen currently markets four types of rotors providing a variety of clinical chemistry tests, which are 510(k) cleared by the FDA for the human medical market and two types of rotors that are exclusively sold for the veterinary market. The Analyst® instrument has been designated by the Clinical Laboratory Improvements Amendments (CLIA) as a moderately complex system, and is therefore suitable for both the physician and veterinary office laboratories. Hemagen’s blood chemistry and Analyst® system assays are used to aid in the monitoring and measurement of health profiles, such as cholesterol, blood urea nitrogen, triglycerides, glucose and uric acid.
 
In addition, Hemagen has entered into agreements to distribute a hematology analyzer and an electrolyte and blood gas analyzer to complement the Analyst®.
 
Autoimmune and Infectious Disease Assays
 
Detection of the presence and concentration of certain antibodies in human blood can assist physicians in the diagnosis of certain diseases.  Hemagen's assays are in vitro (outside of a patient's body) diagnostic tests that are used to measure specific substances, antibodies, in blood or other body fluids.  Our assays recognize specific antibodies that bind to our assay platforms in the proper environment, making it detectable either by the naked eye, or with the aid of a laboratory technique, which amplifies the reaction so that it is rendered visible.  Hemagen's hemagglutination, ELISA and immunofluorescence assays are three examples of such techniques.
 
Immunofluorescence
 
Hemagen's immunofluorescence tests are manufactured using several procedures with the most common being mammalian cells grown on microscope slides treated with disease-producing organisms (viral or bacterial).  Serum from a patient is placed in contact with the infected cells on the slides.  If a patient has antibodies to the organism causing the disease, the antibodies will bind to the organism.  A chemical reagent is added to the slide that binds to the organism and the antibody, if present and detectable.  When the slide is illuminated with light at a specific wavelength in a fluorescent microscope, the chemically-treated cells will appear with a specific fluorescent pattern, indicating a positive test result.  If the patient does not have detectable quantities of the appropriate antibody, no fluorescence will appear producing a negative test result.
 
Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assays
 
ELISA or EIA tests employ small plastic wells coated with particular antigens. The test process involves introducing the patient's serum into the well to allow a reaction to occur.  If the antibody being tested for is present, it will bind to the antigens on the inner surface of the well.  After the wells are rinsed, the specifically bound antibody will remain while any non-specific antibodies will be washed away.  To detect the quantity of the specific antibody, other compounds (conjugate, substrate) are added which will cause a color change in the liquid, the intensity of which is proportionate to the quantity of the specific antibody found.  If no color is noted, this indicates that the patient's serum did not contain detectable quantities of the specific antibody.
 
Hemagen has developed an application for its ELISA technology to detect cardiovascular and inflammatory risk factors (apolipoproteins) and inflammatory signals (acute phase reactants), the latter of which are present in a patient's blood prior to the clinical manifestation of infection or inflammation.  If successful, these technologies could lead to earlier detection and prevention of cardiovascular disease, the imminent rejection of transplanted organs or the onset of infections. Such earlier detection could enable physicians to better plan appropriate treatment of patients with these conditions.  Hemagen currently markets two test kits to detect inflammatory signals.
 
Hemagglutination
 
Hemagglutination is the agglutination or "clumping" of red blood cells (RBCs).  Many substances, including certain antibodies, when placed in contact with RBCs, will cause agglutination.  Under the appropriate conditions, human RBCs may be modified or sensitized by binding specific foreign antigens to their surface.  These sensitized RBCs will bind to the specific antibody and this will cause agglutination of these cells. The presence of certain antibodies in an individual’s serum (blood from which clotted RBCs have been removed) can indicate certain diseases. By sensitizing RBCs with an antigen that specifically reacts with a particular antibody, the simple visible observation of the agglutination reaction will indicate the presence of the disease-produced antibody.  The use of RBCs instead of other particles can allow for simple visual observation of the agglutination reaction in the proper environment, and reduces the non-specific reactions seen in artificial systems such as those that utilize latex particles.
 
 
To perform Hemagen's hemagglutination test, a technician combines Hemagen's sensitized RBCs with a patient's serum in a small well with a V-shaped bottom according to directions included with Hemagen's test kits.  If no agglutination takes place, the RBCs will settle to the bottom of the well, resulting in a clearly visible red dot which indicates that the test is negative.  In contrast, if the particular antibody is present in the patient's blood, the RBCs will agglutinate, which prevents the RBCs from settling to the bottom of the well.  Instead of the small red dot, the substance will appear a diffuse red, which indicates a positive reaction.
 
Current Products
 
 
Analyst â System Products
 
Hemagen currently markets four FDA 510(k) cleared rotor types for use on the Analyst® clinical chemistry analyzer, two general chemistry rotors, a glucose test and a lipid screen test. In addition, Hemagen sells four rotors specifically designed for the veterinary marketplace: VET-16, VetFlex7, and VetFlex rotors.
 
Immunofluorescence or “IFA” Products
 
Hemagen's immunofluorescence products consist primarily of diagnostic assays for infectious diseases and several products for autoimmune diseases.  Immunofluorescence kits are used as primary or confirmatory tests in many large clinical laboratories worldwide.  Hemagen currently sells 15 kits in the immunofluorescence format.
 
Hemagen's immunofluorescence products are used to aid in the diagnosis of the following diseases:
 
Cytomegalovirus
Herpes simplex
SLE (Lupus)
German Measles
Connective Tissue Diseases
Chicken Pox
Primary Bilary Cirrhosis
Epstein-Barr virus (Mononucleosis)
Toxoplasmosis
Chlamydia
Syphilis
Measles
RSV
Mumps
 
Autoimmune Diseases
 
ELISA Assays
 
Hemagen develops, manufactures and markets ELISA test kits for the detection of disease.  Along with the immunofluorescence and hemagglutination assays, Hemagen’s ELISA kits test for specific antibodies.  The quantitative or semi-quantitative test results give useful information about the stage and prevalence of a particular disease.  ELISA tests are widely used by large laboratories, due to their ready adaptability to automation and high volume testing.  Hemagen’s autoimmune and infectious disease ELISA kits are used in the diagnosis of the following diseases:
 
Systemic Lupus Erythematous (Lupus)
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scleroderma
Sjögren's Syndrome
Glomerulonephritis
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Polymyositis
Dermatomyositis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
Wegener’s Granulomatosis
Systemic Vasculitides
Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome
Venous and Arterial Thromboses
Thrombocytopenia
Recurrent Abortion
Toxoplasmosis
Rubella (German Measles)
Cytomegalovirus Infections
Herpes simplex 1 & 2 Infections
Chagas Disease
Varicella Zoster Infections (Chicken Pox & Shingles)
 
 
Hemagen has also developed specialized assays for quantitative analysis of the acute phase markers, specifically, C-Reactive Protein and Serum Amyloid A.  These are believed to be important in the detection and prediction of inflammatory events associated with several diseases, including Systemic Lupus, Rheumatoid Arthritis, and Myocardial Infarction.
 
Hemagen also offers ELISA & Hemagglutination screening assays, capable of verifying the presence of as many as six analytes in a single test.  This is a useful tool in a patient’s initial assessment.  For example, if an individual’s autoimmune screen 6 test is positive, individual marker kits are then used to differentially diagnose the particular rheumatoid disease.  To better serve customers’ needs, most of the reagents for these kits are offered in both lyophilized and liquid-stable formats.
 
Hemagglutination Assays
 
Hemagen's hemagglutination assays are based on Hemagen's proprietary technique to lyophilize, or "freeze dry," the RBCs which form the central component of a hemagglutination assay.  Hemagen's proprietary lyophilization technique for the preservation of RBCs permits the production of standardized, easy-to-use and accurate hemagglutination tests with an extended shelf-life, most of which were previously unavailable using hemagglutination assays.  The shelf-life of the lyophilized RBCs before reconstitution may be up to 48 months. A technician reconstitutes the powdered cells in a water-based solution prior to introducing to the patient's serum.
 
Each hemagglutination test also requires a specific formula to sensitize the RBCs prior to lyophilization such that they will react to a specific antibody.  For each of its tests, Hemagen uses a proprietary formula to combine antigens and other reagents with RBCs in a manner that allows for standard, sensitive and specific agglutination reactions.  Results from Hemagen's test kits are generally available within two hours.  Hemagen's hemagglutination test kits aid in the diagnosis of the following diseases:
 
SLE (Lupus)
Dermatomyositis
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease
Polymyositis
Sjögren's Syndrome
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis)
Chagas' Disease

Distribution and Marketing
 
General
 
In the United States, Hemagen sells its products directly and through distributors to clinical laboratories, hospitals, veterinary offices and research organizations, among other places.  Internationally, Hemagen sells its products primarily through distributors and its wholly-owned subsidiary in Brazil.  Hemagen grants both exclusive and non-exclusive distributorships, which generally cover limited geographic areas and specific test kits.  Hemagen has relationships with over 30 distributors in various countries worldwide.
 
Hemagen markets its Virgo® product line in South America through its wholly owned subsidiary, Hemagen Diagnosticos Comerico, Importacao e Exportacao, Ltd. (“HDC”) in Sao Paulo, Brazil.  Hemagen also engages numerous distributors throughout South America. HDC maintains a fully staffed sales, marketing and distribution force, warehouse and administrative office.  In fiscal years 2012 and 2011, Hemagen derived product sales through HDC of approximately $1,533,000 and $2,390,000 respectively, which represents 38% and 46% of Hemagen’s total sales, respectively.
 
Products Under Development
 
Hemagen spent approximately $45,000 and $5,000 on research and development for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2012, and 2011, respectively.
 
The Company’s research and development efforts are currently focused on:
 
 
·
Developing and enhancing its IFA kits.
 
·
Complimenting the Analyst® product offering, including evaluating new products.
 
Manufacturing and Sources of Supply
 
Hemagen manufactures its ELISA test kits, hemagglutination test kits, immunofluorescence test kits and Analyst® and Endochek consumables at its Columbia, Maryland facility. The Analyst® and the Endochek instruments are manufactured by third parties for Hemagen.  Hemagen purchases many of the antigens and other reagents used in its kits from outside vendors.  Certain of these antigens and reagents are from single suppliers.  The Company attempts to mitigate such risk from these single suppliers by maintaining an adequate supply of inventory and/or backup suppliers.  If the products purchased from these single sources become unavailable there can be no assurances that the Company will be able to substitute a new supplier in a timely manner. As a result, limits in the availability of such products or our failure to maintain relationships with such suppliers could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.  Certain reagents used in Hemagen's test kits are manufactured at Hemagen's facilities.  Hemagen uses lyophilization equipment to preserve sensitized red blood cells for its hemagglutination test kits.  All of Hemagen's products are manufactured under the Quality System Regulation as defined by the FDA.
 
Most components used in Hemagen’s products are available from multiple sources.  Certain raw materials that are used in the Analyst® rotors are manufactured for the Company pursuant to manufacturing agreements with other manufacturing companies that have been vendors for the Company for many years. The Company continues to consider other potential vendors, including itself, or alternative vendors for manufacturing although there can be no assurances that we will be able to develop any new suppliers for these raw materials used in the Analyst® product line.
 
Government Regulation
 
Hemagen's manufacturing, distribution and marketing of diagnostic test kits is subject to a number of both domestic and international regulatory controls.  In the United States, Hemagen’s production and marketing activities are subject to regulation by the U.S Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”), under the authority of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended.
 
These regulations require that Hemagen must formally notify the FDA of its intentions to market in vitro diagnostic devices through a regulatory submission process, either the 510(k) process or the Pre-market Approval (PMA) process.  When a 510(k) process is used, Hemagen is required to demonstrate that the product is “substantially equivalent” to another product in commercial distribution.   Under the 510(k) process, Hemagen cannot proceed with sales of its diagnostic products in the United States until it receives clearance from the FDA in the form of a substantial equivalency letter.  Currently, the majority of products that are reviewed by the 510(k) process are cleared within 90 days.  In certain cases, specifically for Class III devices, Hemagen must follow the PMA process which is lengthier and more burdensome.
 
Hemagen is registered with the FDA as a device manufacturer and to disclose its devices.  Accordingly, Hemagen is subject to inspection on a routine basis for compliance with the FDA's Quality System Regulations.  These regulations require that Hemagen manufacture its products and maintain its documents in a prescribed manner with respect to design, manufacturing, testing, process control and distribution activities.  In addition, Hemagen is required to comply with various FDA requirements for labeling, pursuant to the applicable regulations.  The most recent inspections by the FDA were in October 2010 for the Columbia, MD facility.  The results of those inspections can be reviewed at www.fda.gov ., the content of which is not incorporated herein.  Finally, the FDA prohibits an approved device from being marketed for unapproved applications.   Hemagen believes it is in compliance with all such regulations.
 
In January 2004, the Company received CE certification thereby allowing the Company to sell certain of its registered products in the European Community.
 
In October 2009, the Company received ISO 13485 certification in order to market additional products in the European Community and Canada. ISO 13485 is a quality system standard specifically designed for medical device companies and is the most commonly chosen path for medical device companies to meet the quality system requirements in Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia and other countries In October 2010 Hemagen was re-audited for the ISO and was recertified for 2011. The Company is currently in the process of re-scheduling the audit for some time in January 2013.
 
 
Competition
 
The clinical diagnostic industry is highly competitive.  There are many companies, both public and private, engaged in diagnostics-related sales, including a number of well-known pharmaceutical and chemical companies.  Competition is based primarily on product reliability, customer service and price.  Many of these companies have substantially greater capital resources and marketing and business organizations that are substantially greater in size than Hemagen.  Many of these companies have also been working on immunodiagnostic reagents and products, including some products believed to be similar to those currently marketed or under development by Hemagen.  Hemagen believes that its primary competitors in the market include Abaxis Inc., Bion, Bio-Rad Laboratories, Corgenix Medical Corporation, Diamedix Corporation, Heska Corporation, IDEXX Laboratories, Inc., Immco Diagnostics, INOVA Diagnostics, Inc., and Trinity Biotech PLC, among others.  Hemagen expects competition within this industry to intensify.
 
Product Liability
 
The testing, marketing and sale of clinical diagnostic products entail an inherent risk of allegations of product liability, and there can be no assurance that product liability claims will not be asserted against Hemagen. Hemagen may incur product liability due to product failure or improper use of products by the user.  Inaccurate detection may result in the failure to administer necessary therapeutic drugs or administration of unnecessary and potentially toxic drugs.  Even with proper use of a product, there may be specific instances in which the results obtained from Hemagen's test kits could lead a physician to predict the inappropriate therapy for a particular patient.  Hemagen maintains product liability insurance in the amount of up to $2,000,000 per incident and in the aggregate which, based on Hemagen's experience and industry practice, Hemagen believes to be adequate for its present operations.  No assurance can be given that Hemagen's insurance coverage is sufficient to fully insure against claims which may be made against Hemagen.
 
Patents and Proprietary Rights
 
Hemagen protects its technology primarily as trade secrets rather than relying on patents, either because patent protection is not possible or, in management's opinion, would be less effective than maintaining secrecy.  In addition, Hemagen relies upon confidentiality agreements with its employees.  To the extent that it relies on confidentiality agreements and trade secret protection, there can be no assurance that Hemagen's efforts to maintain secrecy will be successful or that third parties will not be able to develop the technology independently.  In the future, Hemagen may apply for patent protection for certain of its technologies if management believes such protection would be beneficial to Hemagen.  The protection afforded by patents depends upon a variety of factors which may severely limit the value of the patent protection, particularly in foreign countries, and no assurance can be given that patents, if granted, will provide meaningful protection for Hemagen's technology.
 
Employees
 
As of September 30, 2012, Hemagen had fifteen full-time employees and three employees working on a contractual basis. Ten employees are in sales, marketing, general and administrative activities and eight (including contractual personnel) are involved in production activities.
 
None of Hemagen’s employees are represented by a labor organization and Hemagen is not a party to any collective bargaining agreement. Hemagen has never experienced any strike or work stoppage and considers its relationship with its employees to be good.  However, Hemagen can give no assurances that the Company will not experience such strikes or work stoppages in the future, either of which could have a material effect on the Company's results of operations
.
Risk Factors.
 
Not applicable.

 
Unresolved Staff Comments.
 
Not applicable.
 
Properties.
 
Hemagen leases its principal administrative office, laboratory and production facility in a 20,000 square foot building facility in Columbia, Maryland. The current lease expired on June 30, 2012 and the Company has been occupying on a month to month basis.  The Company expects to enter into a new three year lease commencing the beginning of the year and running through December 2015.  The Company expects to reduce its space to approximately 15,000 square feet. Hemagen expects to pay approximately $170,000 (assuming 20,000 square feet leased through December 2012 and a subsequent reduction to 15,000 square feet) per year in rent for the upcoming fiscal year.
 
Hemagen's subsidiary, Hemagen Diagnosticos Comercio, Importacao e Exportacao, Ltd, leases office space in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The lease runs through April 6, 2015. This subsidiary paid approximately $40,000 during fiscal 2012 in rent and expects to pay approximately $56,000 in fiscal year 2013. Management believes that all of the properties are adequately insured.
 
Legal Proceedings.
 
Not applicable.
 
Mine Safety Disclosures.
 
Not applicable
 
PART II
 
Market for Registrant's Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
 
Hemagen's Common Stock has been traded on the over-the-counter bulletin board (OTC-BB) market since March 3, 2003 under the symbol “HMGN.OB.” On November 21, 2012, the closing bid and ask price for the Common Stock as reported by the OTC-BB were $0.04 and $0.02 per share, respectively.
 
For the periods indicated, the following table sets forth the range of high and low bid prices for the Common Stock as reported by the OTC-BB during fiscal 2012 and 2011.  These prices reflect inter-dealer prices, without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission, and may not represent actual transactions.
 
Fiscal 2012
High
Low
First Quarter……………………………………………………...
$0.03
$0.02
Second Quarter…………………….…………………………...
$0.04
$0.02
Third Quarter……………………….…………………………...
$0.04
$0.03
Fourth Quarter……………………..…………………………...
$0.04
$0.02
     
Fiscal 2011
   
First Quarter………………………..…………………………...
$0.07
$0.04
Second Quarter…………………….…………………………...
$0.08
$0.06
Third Quarter……………………….…………………………...
$0.08
$0.04
Fourth Quarter……………………..…………………………...
$0.04
$0.03

As of November 19, 2012, there were 158 holders of record of Hemagen's Common Stock, which Hemagen believes represents approximately 1,233 beneficial owners.
 
Dividends
 
Hemagen has never paid cash dividends.  Hemagen currently intends to retain all future earnings, if any, for use in its business and does not anticipate paying any cash dividends in the foreseeable future.
 
 
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
Period
( a )
Total Number of Shares Purchased
 
(b)
Average
Price Paid per Share
(c)
 Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs(1)
(d)
Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (2)
July 1-31, 2012
-
-
-
-
August 1-30, 2012
-
-
-
-
September 1-30, 2012
-
-
-
-
Total
-
-
-
-

 
(1)
Represents shares of the Company’s Common Stock purchased pursuant to the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) that was established October 1, 2003 with no expiration.  The purpose of the plan is not to repurchase, but rather it is an employee benefit plan.
 
(2)
There is no maximum number of shares that may be purchases under the Company’s Employee Stock Ownership Plan

Selected Financial Data.
 
Not applicable

Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation.
 
Refer to “Forward Looking Statements” following the Index in the front of this Form 10-K.
 
Overview
 
Revenues for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012 were $4,042,094 compared to revenues for fiscal 2011 of $5,141,226; gross margin for fiscal 2012 was $1,613,445 compared to gross margin for fiscal 2011 of $1,960,797; and the net loss for fiscal 2012 was $907,315 compared to the net loss for fiscal 2011 of $880,476. The comprehensive loss for fiscal 2012 was $965,275 compared to comprehensive loss of $918,977 for fiscal 2011.
 
Historically, Hemagen has concentrated its efforts on developing, manufacturing and marketing medical diagnostic test kits used to aid in the diagnosis of certain diseases and for assessing general health conditions.  Hemagen has approximately 60 different test kits available that are 510(K) cleared for sale in the United States by the FDA, and also sells other products that are not required to be FDA cleared.
 
Management has been working to take the appropriate actions to improve the management and operations of the Company while striving to achieve sustained profitability.  There can be no assurance that any of the previously discussed actions management is taking will achieve the desired results. However, management believes that as a direct result of these actions, cash flow from operations, cash on hand at September 30, 2012 and its line of credit availability will be sufficient to finance its operations for fiscal 2013.  See  “Recent Developments” on page 3.
 
At September 30, 2012, Hemagen had $66,287 of unrestricted cash, working capital of $145,059 and a current ratio of 1.07 to 1.0.


Hemagen currently has a revolving senior secured line of credit with TiFunding, a related party, for the purpose of financing working capital needs as required. The line of credit currently provides for borrowings up to $1,500,000 at an annual interest rate of 9%. As of December 13, 2012, the outstanding balance on the line was $976,868. The Company’s ability to borrow on the line is based on a borrowing base calculation dependent on certain receivables and inventory. The line of credit’s maturity has been renewed until October 1, 2013 and is renewable annually thereafter.  The Company intends to renew the line when it expires.  However, Hemagen can give no assurances that it will have sufficient cash to repay the line of credit if it is not renewed or to finance its operations.

 
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
 
Hemagen has no off-balance sheet arrangements.
 
Results of Operations
 
Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2012 Compared to Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2011
 
For fiscal 2012, revenues decreased by approximately $1,099,000 (21%) to approximately $4,042,000 from approximately $5,141,000 for fiscal 2011.  Approximately $288,000 of this decrease was attributed to lower sales in the Analyst® division, approximately $777,000 related to a decrease in the autoimmune and infectious disease line and a decrease of approximately $34,000 related to overall lower sales volumes during fiscal 2012.
 
Sales of the Analyst® Clinical Chemistry Analyzer product line were approximately $288,000 lower in fiscal 2012 as compared to fiscal 2011. The Company lost one customer which contributed to a decrease in rotor sales of approximately $365,000 which was offset slightly by an increase in rotor pricing to other customers and an increase in Analyst ® equipment sales and service contract revenues.
 
Revenues from the autoimmune and infectious disease line decreased overall by approximately $777,000 during the current year to $2,720,000 in fiscal 2012 from $3,497,000 in fiscal 2011. A decrease in Brazil sales accounted for approximately $857,000 of this decrease. The decrease in sales in Brazil was due to the loss of business in several large labs, price reductions to several large customers that have merged, and vendor consolidation programs that have been implemented. Sales in Brazil local currency were down approximately R$1,053,000 or 27% from the prior year. The Real to Dollar exchange rate averaged 1.89 for the current twelve month period as compared to 1.65 for the prior year, resulting in a 15% decrease in the selling prices in Brazil when converted to USD.  Sales to non-Brazil customers increased slightly by approximately $80,000 during the current fiscal year.
 
Cost of product sales decreased approximately $752,000 (24%) to approximately $2,429,000 in fiscal 2012 from approximately $3,180,000 in fiscal 2011.  Gross margin increased to 40% in fiscal 2012 as compared to a 32% gross margin in fiscal 2011.  This increase in gross margin is predominately attributable to a reduction in payroll related and facility expenses during the current fiscal year. The Company also increased its prices during the current year on certain items to cover the increase in raw material costs and expects its margins to improve going forward.
 
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by approximately $422,000 during fiscal 2012 to approximately $2,007,000 from approximately $2,429,000 in fiscal 2011. The decrease was attributable to a reduction of payroll, travel, facilities and legal expenses during the current year.
 
Research and development expenses for fiscal 2012 increased approximately $40,000 (800%) to approximately $45,000 from $5,000, in the previous year. The increase was the result of development costs related to product improvements during the current fiscal year.
 
For fiscal 2012 Hemagen had a net operating loss of approximately $438,000 as compared to $473,000 of operating loss in the previous fiscal year.  This decrease of approximately $35,000 in operating loss is the result of the Company’s implementation of cost cutting measures to improve margins.  The lower expenses are primarily related to payroll and facility related costs.
 
Net interest expense for fiscal year 2012 increased by approximately $63,000 to $469,000 in 2012 from $407,000 in the prior year. During the current fiscal year there was approximately $16,000 of additional interest expense related to the issuance of warrants that occurred when the line of credit was transferred in February 2011. There was also an increase of approximately $35,000 of interest expense related to the line of credit which was the result of carrying a higher outstanding balance during the year in conjunction with an increase in the annual rate. The annual rate changed from 5.5% to 9% in February of 2011 when the line was transferred.  A decrease in interest income of approximately $11,000 was the result of the declining balance on the note receivable that also contributed to the overall change.
 
 
In fiscal year 2012, the Company recorded no income tax expense  as compared to approximately $4,000 recorded in fiscal year 2011.  All of the income tax expense recorded during fiscal year 2011 is related to the Company’s Brazilian subsidiary and represents the net tax expense after adjusting the benefit of loss carry-forwards utilized according to Brazilian tax law.
 
Net loss for fiscal year 2012 increased by approximately $26,000 to $907,000 as compared to a net loss of approximately $881,000 in the previous fiscal year. This increase in net loss is attributable to lower sales volumes during the current fiscal year and an increase in interest expense, which was offset by an increase in gross margin, and lower overall administrative expenses.
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
At September 30, 2012, Hemagen had $66,287 of unrestricted cash, working capital of $145,059 and a current ratio of 1.07 to 1.0. At September 30, 2011, Hemagen had $213,611 of unrestricted cash, working capital of $923,610 and a current ratio of 1.61 to 1.0
 
Hemagen currently has a revolving senior secured line of credit with TiFunding for the purpose of financing working capital needs as required. The line of credit provides for borrowings up to $1,500,000 at an annual interest rate of 9%. As of September 30, 2012 and December 5, 2012, the outstanding balance on the line was $976,868. The Company’s ability to borrow on the line is based on a borrowing base calculation dependent on certain receivables and inventory. The line of credit was increased to $1,500,000 as of September 30, 2012 and the maturity has been renewed until October 1, 2013. This line of credit is renewable annually thereafter. The Company intends to renew the line when it expires.
 
On July 6, 2012, the Company requested that the holders of the Modified Notes forgo the right to receive interest payments for the quarters ending June 30, 2012, September 30, 2012, December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Under the terms of the Modified Notes, the Company’s failure to make such payments may constitute events of default which may result in the acceleration of the Company’s obligation to repay the $4,049,858 principal amount with accrued interest and penalties. As of September 30, 2012, holders of $3,352,868 (83%) principal amount of Modified Notes had agreed in writing to forgo the rights to receive the above-referenced interest payments. The remaining Noteholders have not responded.  The Company will continue to seek such agreement from the other holders. The Company continues to accrue interest on these Notes.  As of September 30, 2012, related accrued interest amounted to $162,438.  There was no accrued interest on the Notes as of September 30, 2011.
 
During fiscal 2012, Hemagen had capital expenditures of approximately $91,000, which included server and computer upgrades and various lab equipment used in production.
 
Cash used by operating activities was approximately $359,000; cash used by investing activities was approximately $56,000 and cash provided by financing activities was approximately $307,000. The effect of exchange rates on cash in fiscal year 2012 resulted in a negative cash adjustment of approximately $40,000.
 
Hemagen believes that cash flow from future operations and cash on hand at September 30, 2012 will be sufficient to finance its operations for fiscal 2013. Additionally, the Company has approximately $500,000 available under the existing line of credit. However, Hemagen can give no assurances that it will have sufficient cash to repay the line of credit if it is not renewed or finance its operations.
 
Fiscal 2012 compared to Fiscal 2011
 
Hemagen used approximately $359,000 of cash in its operating activities during fiscal 2012 compared to $337,000 of cash used in its operating activities in fiscal 2011. The cash provided from the change in operating assets and liabilities was approximately $286,000 during fiscal 2012 compared to $270,000 of cash provided during fiscal 2011.
 
 
Cash used by investing activities totaled approximately $56,000 in fiscal 2012, as compared to approximately $156,000 provided by investing activities in fiscal 2011. During fiscal 2012 there was an increase in the outlay of cash for purchases of property and equipment of approximately $35,000 compared to the prior year which consisted of new servers and lab equipment in conjunction a decrease in cash of approximately $175,000 compared to the prior year related to the payments received on the Note Receivable which was fully collected in November of 2011.
 
Cash provided by financing activities totaled approximately $307,000 in fiscal 2012 as compared to $271,000 of cash provided in fiscal 2011.  The cash which was borrowed against the line of credit during the current year and prior year contributed to funding the operations of the Company.
 
Critical Accounting Policies
 
The preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S generally accepted accounting principles requires us to make estimates and judgments with respect to the selection and application of accounting policies that affect the reporting of amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions.
 
We believe the following critical accounting policies and estimates have the greatest impact on the preparation of our consolidated financial statements:
 
Revenue Recognition
 
The Company manufactures and markets a broad offering of in vitro diagnostic products and services which currently include: (1) reagents and consumables for general chemistry analyzers; (2) medical diagnostic test kits; (3) medical diagnostic instruments; and (4) maintenance services.  Reagents and consumables, in addition to medical test kits, represent the largest portion of our sales.  Revenues from reagents and consumables and test kits are recognized when the product is shipped, all contractual obligations have been satisfied and it is reasonably assured that the resulting receivable is collectible.
 
Instruments are usually sold either directly to the customer or to a third party financing entity that in turn leases it to the end customer. Instrument revenue is recognized upon shipment, when all contractual obligations have been satisfied and it is reasonably assured that the resulting receivable is collectible.
 
Revenues under product service contracts, which are generally for one year or less, are recognized ratably over the term of the contract, based on the relative fair value of the contracts.
 
Accounts Receivable
 
The majority of the Company’s accounts receivable is due from distributors (domestic and international), hospitals, universities, and physician and veterinary offices and other entities in the medical field.  Credit is extended based on evaluation of customers’ financial condition and, generally, collateral is not required.  Accounts receivable are most often due within 30 days and are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts.  Any accounts outstanding longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due.  We maintain allowances for doubtful accounts based on a number of factors, including the length of time the accounts receivable are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole. The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are credited to the allowance for doubtful accounts.  Actual amounts collectible could vary from our estimates and affect our operating results.
 
 
Inventories
 
Inventories are stated at the lower of cost as determined by the first-in, first-out method (“FIFO”) or market.

Market for raw materials is based on replacement costs and, for other inventory classifications, on net realizable value. We regularly review inventory quantities on hand and record a provision for deterioration, excess and obsolete inventory based primarily on our estimated forecast of product demand and production requirements for the next 12 to 18 months, depending on the product. Several factors may influence the realizabiltiy of our inventories, including technological change and new product development. These factors could result in an increase in the amount of obsolete inventory on hand. Additionally, our estimates of future product demand may prove to be inaccurate, in which case we may have understated or overstated the provision required for excess and obsolete inventory. In the future, if we determine that our inventory was overvalued, we will be required to recognize such costs in cost of goods sold at the time of such determination. Although we make every effort to ensure the accuracy of our forecasts of future product demand, any significant unanticipated changes in demand or technological developments could have a significant impact on the value of our inventory and our reported operating results.
 
Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment. This ASU allows entities to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (that is, a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If this is the case, the entity is required to perform a more detailed two-step goodwill impairment test that is used to identify potential goodwill impairments and to measure the amount of goodwill impairment losses, if any, to be recognized. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company expects to adopt ASU 2011-08 in its first quarter of fiscal 2013 and does not expect it to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Presentation of Comprehensive Income, as amended, which requires companies to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company expects to adopt ASU 2011-05 in its first quarter of fiscal 2013 and intends to present other comprehensive income in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income.

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12, Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update 2011-05. ASU 2011-12 defers only those changes in ASU2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. The Board has reinstated the requirements for the presentation of reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income that were in place before the issuance of Update 2011-05. The adoption of the amendments of ASU 2011-12 are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, which amends ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2011-04 does not extend the use of fair value accounting but provides guidance on how it should be applied where its use is already required or permitted by other standards within U.S. GAAP or IFRSs. ASU 2011-04 changes the wording used to describe many requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. Additionally, ASU 2011-04 clarifies the FASB's intent about the application of existing fair value measurements. The amendments are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company expects to adopt ASU 2011-04 in its first quarter of fiscal 2013 and does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on its consolidated financial statements.
 
Item 7A. 
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.
                     
Not applicable.

Item 8.
Financial Statements.
 
See Item 15 below and the Index therein for a listing of the financial statements and supplementary data filed as part of this report.
 
 
Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
 
None.
 
Item 9A.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures.
 
Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
 
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer, William P. Hales, and the Company’s Principal Financial Officer, Catherine M. Davidson, have evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2012.  Based upon this evaluation, these officers believe that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2012.
 
Management is aware that there is a lack of segregation of duties due to the small number of employees within the financial and administrative functions of the Company.  As a result of the limitations of the resources and segregation of duties, Stegman and Company, the Company’s current auditor has informed the Company that these limitations represent a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.  Management will continue to evaluate this segregation of duties issue. The Company has worked over the past years and has documented these internal controls. This material weakness has not been remediated.
 
The internal control report is included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K filed herewith, under the caption “Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.”
 
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
 
There has been no change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation of internal controls that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect, Hemagen’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 9B.
Other Information.
 
Effective October 1, 2012, the Company and TiFunding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by William P. Hales, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, and his father, extended the maturity date of the Company’s line of credit facility to October 1, 2013. Also effective October 1, 2013, TiFunding and the Company increased the maximum amount that may be borrowed under the facility from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000. The Company and TiFunding entered into a Tenth Modification to Loan and Security Agreement and Eighth Allonge to Promissory Note are filed herewith as exhibits and are incorporated into this item by reference.


PART III
 
Executive Officers and Directors
 
Item 10.
Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance
 
The following table presents information regarding the Directors of the registrant.
 

Dr. Alan S. Cohen
Director Since 1993
Term Expires 2013
Age: 86
 
Dr. Cohen has served as a Director of Hemagen since its inception. Dr. Cohen has been a Professor of Medicine at Boston University School of Medicine since 1968 and a Professor of Pharmacology since 1974. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Medicine (E). Dr. Cohen is Editor-in-Chief of AMYLOID. The Journal of Protein Folding Disorders. Dr. Cohen served as the Director of the Arthritis Center of Boston University from 1976 to 1994. From 1973 to 1992, Dr. Cohen served as Chief of Medicine of Boston City Hospital. Dr. Cohen is a past president of the American College of Rheumatology. Dr. Cohen received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College and his M.D. degree from the Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Cohen’s extensive experience in the medical field, both as a practicing rheumatologist and in academic medicine and pharmacology, make him extremely knowledgeable about how the Company’s operations and products relate to the views of, and recent developments in the medical community, and render him a valuable member of the Company’s Board.
 
William P. Hales
Director since 1999
Term Expires 2014
Age: 50
 
William P. Hales has been a Director of Hemagen and its President since October 1, 1999, and has served as Hemagen’s CEO since 2002.  Mr. Hales has been the Chairman of the Board of Directors since February 2004. From 1991 to 1999 Mr. Hales was employed by several brokerage and investment banking firms. Prior to that, Mr. Hales spent six years in public accounting with Ernst & Whinney and Coopers & Lybrand advising clients on both audit and management consulting. Mr. Hales’ long-time service as the principal executive officer of the Company provides him with a unique perspective as the Company’s overall business strategy given its operating history and its future goals and objectives, which, through his position on the Board, he is able to communicate with the other Directors.
 
Edward T. Lutz
Director since 2004
Term Expires 2013
Age: 66
Mr. Lutz has been the President and CEO of Lutz Advisors, Inc. since 2001.  Prior to that Mr. Lutz served Tucker Anthony Sutro Capital Markets within the Investment Banking Group focusing on the bank and thrift industry.  He has over thirty-five years experience in bank regulation, mergers and acquisitions of troubled financial institutions, strategic planning and structuring financial transactions. Over the last 13 years he has specialized in investment banking and consulting to bank and thrift institutions.  Mr. Lutz was a member of the board of directors of Union State Bank (NYSE) and U.S.B. Holding Bank which as sold to KeyBank in 2008.  Mr. Lutz earned his B.A. in Economics from Hofsta University and his M.B.A in Finance from American University. As a result of Mr. Lutz’s prior experience serving on the boards of directors of multiple U.S. public companies and his financial expertise, he provides the Board with important guidance with respect to the complex financial and governance issues facing the Company as a result of being a public-traded company.  Since October 2008, Mr. Lutz has been Vice Chairman and Director of Greater Hudson Bank, NA, a community bank located in Middletown, New York. He also serves as Chairman of that bank’s Audit Committee.

The executive officers as of the date of this report:
 
Name
Age
Position
William P. Hales
50
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
Catherine M. Davidson (a)
47
Controller, Principal Financial and Accounting Officer

(a) On July 11, 2007 Catherine Davidson was appointed as the Company’s Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer.  For the five years prior to joining Hemagen, Ms. Davidson served as the Chief Financial Officer of Pepco Building Services, Inc., overseeing the finance and accounting functions of that company and its subsidiaries.

Our Directors will serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders. Our executive officers are appointed by our Board of Directors and serve at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
 
 
Audit Committee
 
The Audit Committee is comprised of, Edward T. Lutz, (Chairman) and William P. Hales. The Board of Directors has determined that Mr. Lutz meets the standards for independence provided under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. All members meet standards of financial literacy. The Board has also determined that Mr. Lutz qualifies as an audit committee financial expert as defined in regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act

Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 requires Hemagen’s executive officers, Directors and persons who own more than 10% of a registered class of Hemagen’s equity securities to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Based on a review of reports received by it, and upon written representations from the reporting persons, Hemagen believes that during the last fiscal year, all of its executive officers, Directors and 10% shareholders complied with Section 16 reporting.

Code of Ethics

The Registrant has adopted a Code of Ethics that applies to all of our Directors, officers and employees. The Code of Ethics was filed with the Registrant’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003, a copy of which is available to any person without charge upon request to the Secretary.
 
Executive Compensation
 
SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE
 
The following sets forth compensation paid, earned or awarded to the CEO and Principal Executive officer and the Principal Financial and Accounting Officer during the last two fiscal years ended September 30:
 
Name and
Principal
Position
    (a)    
 
 
Year
(b)
 
Salary
($)
(c)
   
Bonus
($)
(d)
 
Stock
Awards
($)
(e)
 
Option
Awards
($)
(f)
 
Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
($)
(g)
 
Nonqualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
($)
(h)
 
All Other
Compensation
($)
(i)
   
Total
($)
(j)
William P. Hales
 
2012
2011
 
148,781
172,500
   
 
 
317
--
 
—  
—  
 
—  
—  
 
43,250
43,774
(1)
(2)
 
192,348
216,274
Catherine M. Davidson
 
2012
2011
 
109,729
115,000
   
 
 
317
 
—  
  
 
  
 
   751
1,183
(3)
(4)
 
110,797
116,183
 
(1)
Represents $31,924 in provision for housing, $10,200 for a car allowance and an estimated $1,126 for the Company’s contributions in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan for the plan year ending September 2012.
(2)
Represents $31,800 in provision for housing, $10,200 for a car allowance and $1,774 for the Company’s contributions in the Employee Stock Ownership Plan for the plan year ending September 2011.
(3)
Represents Company’s estimated contributions in the Employee Stock Ownership plan for plan year ending September 2012.
(4)
Represents Company’s contributions in the Employee Stock Ownership plan for plan year ending September 2011.
 
OUTSTANDING EQUITY AWARDS AT FISCAL YEAR-END
 
Option Awards
 
Stock Awards
Name
(a)
 
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Exercisable
(b)
 
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable
(c)
 
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards
Number of
Securities
Underlying
Unexercised
Unearned
Options (#)
(d)
 
Option
Exercise
Price
($)
(e)
 
Option
Expiration
Date
(f)
 
Number
of
Shares
or Units
of Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
(#)
(g)
 
Market
Value
of
Shares
or Units
of Stock
That
Have
Not
Vested
($)
(h)
 
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Number
of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
(#)
(i)
 
Equity
Incentive
Plan
Awards:
Market
or Payout
Value of
Unearned
Shares,
Units or
Other
Rights
That
Have Not
Vested
($)
(j)
William P. Hales
 
250,000
 
 
 
.20
 
10/25/2015
 
 
 
 
   
406,208
 
 
 
.19
 
03/04/2019
 
 
 
 
   
1,223,334
 
616,666(1)
 
 
.11
 
05/27/2020
 
 
 
 
   
85,000
 
 
 
.07
 
05/27/2020
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
04/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
05/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
05/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
06/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
06/29/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
07/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
07/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
08/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
08/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
09/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
 1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
09/30/2022
 
 
 
 
                                     
Catherine M. Davidson
 
10,000
 
 
             —
 
.19
 
01/10/2013
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
04/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
05/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
05/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
06/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
06/29/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
07/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
07/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
08/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
08/30/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
09/15/2022
 
 
 
 
   
1,000
 
 
             —
 
.05
 
09/30/2022
 
 
 
 

 
(1) These unexercisable options will vest as follows:

# Options
Vesting Date
616,666
05/27/2013
 
Director Compensation
 
Non-employee Directors receive a $2,500 cash payment per quarter and receive 2,500 shares each quarter of the Company’s common stock as compensation.  Non-employee Directors of the Company are granted an option to purchase 10,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at the election of their three-year term.  In addition, Non-employee Directors that serve on a committee or committees of the Board of Directors are granted an option to purchase 5,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at the annual appointment of their position. The following chart shows director compensation for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012.  

Name
(a)
 
 Fees Earned or Paid in Cash
($)
(b)
 
 
 
Stock Awards
($)
(c)
Option Awards ($)
(d)
Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation
($)
(e)
Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings
($)
(f)
All Other Compensation
($)
(g)
Total
($)
(h)
Alan Cohen
10,000
300
-
-
-
-
10,300
Edward Lutz
10,000
300
-
-
-
-
10,300


The following table shows the aggregate number of shares of stock and options held as of September 30, 2012 for each director.

Name
# Shares Common Stock
# Options
Alan S. Cohen
353,665
90,000
Edward T. Lutz
194,026
80,000
 
 
Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholders Matters.

Beneficial Ownership of Common Stock
 
The following table reports information regarding the beneficial ownership of our common stock as of November 19, 2012, by each person or entity known by us to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding shares of common stock, each of our Directors and named executive officers, and all of our Directors and executive officers as a group.
Name and Address of Beneficial Owner
Amount and Nature of Beneficial Owner
 
Percent of Class
William P. Hales
President & CEO, Director
9033 Red Branch Rd.
Columbia, MD 21045
10,866,359
(1)
43.4%
Jonathan E. Rothschild
1061-B Shary Circle
Concord, CA 94518
 
1,133,021
(2)
7.3%
Dr. Alan Cohen
Director
99 Florence Street
Bldg. 60, Unit4A
Chestnut Hill, MA 02467
443,665
(3)
2.8%
Edward T. Lutz
Director
6 West Sanders St.
Greenlawn, NY 11740
274,026
(4)
1.8%
Catherine M. Davidson
Controller, Principal Financial and Accounting  Officer
9033 Red Branch Road
Columbia, MD 21045
128,103
(5)
0.8%
All Directors and Executive Officers as a Group (4 persons)
11,712,153
 
46.5%

(1)
Share ownership includes 1,990,542 shares issuable upon the exercise of options within 60 days, senior subordinated secured notes convertible into 2,527,000 shares of common stock within 60 days, warrants for 5,000,000 shares of common stock exercisable within 60 days and 199,267 shares in the employee ESOP plan as of the plan year ending September 30, 2011.
(2)
Information based upon Schedule 13G filed by Mr. Rothschild on January 20, 2005.
(3)
Includes 90,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options within 60 days.
(4)
Includes 80,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options within 60 days.
(5)
Share ownership includes 21,000 shares issuable upon the exercise of options within 60 days and 107,103 shares in the employee ESOP plan as of the plan year ending September 30, 2011.
 
 
Securities Authorized for Issuance under Equity Compensation Plans
 
The following table sets forth our Securities authorized for issuance under our currently effective Equity Compensation Plans.
 
Plan category
Number of securities to be issued upon exercise of outstanding options, warrants and rights
Weighted-average exercise price of outstanding options, warrants and rights
Number of securities remaining available for future issuance under equity compensation plans (excluding securities reflected in column (a))
 
Equity compensation plans approved by security holders
3,091,208 (1)
 
$0.14
354,792 (2)
Equity compensation plans not approved by security holders
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Total
3,091,208 (1)
$0.14
354,792 (2)

1.
Amount includes 386,000 options for the purchase of common stock pursuant to the Company’s 2001 Stock Option Plan approved by the shareholders on February 27, 2001, 60,000 options for the purchase of common stock pursuant to the Company’s 2000 Directors’ Stock Option Plan approved by the shareholders on April 25, 2000, and 2,645,208 options for purchases of common stock pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Stock Option Plan approved by the shareholders on April 24, 2007 that have been issued as of September 30, 2011.
2.
Amount represents options for the purchase of common stock approved by the shareholders pursuant to the Company’s 2007 Stock Option plan that have not been issued as of September 30, 2012.
 
Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.
 
Related Transactions

William P. Hales, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, owns $884,450 in aggregate principal amount of the senior subordinated secured convertible notes due September 30, 2014.  Refer to Note 9 for a description of the senior notes.

TiFunding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by William P. Hales, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, and his father, provides a line of credit facility to the Company for the purpose of financing working capital needs. TiFunding acquired this facility on February 7, 2011 from Bay Bank, FSB for approximately $360,000.

The facility’s term expires on October 1, 2013, is renewable annually and provides for borrowings at an annual interest rate of 9%. Maximum borrowings under the facility not to exceed $1,500,000 are based on certain receivables and inventory of the Company. The facility is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company. In connection with the facility, the Company issued to TiFunding a warrant to purchase for $1,000,000 shares of the Company Common Stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share. The warrant is exercisable at any time until February 7, 2016 and has certain demand registration rights. As of December 13, 2012 the outstanding balance on the facility was $976,868. The Company is in compliance with all of the covenants in the facility as of the date of this report.

Director Independence
 
The Board of Directors affirmatively determines the independence of each director and nominee for election as a director based on the definition of independence contained in the NASDAQ rules and the applicable regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.  Based on these standards, Edward T. Lutz and Dr. Alan S. Cohen, who comprise a majority of the Board of Directors, both qualify as “independent” directors.
 
Item 14.
Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
 
Hemagen’s independent public accountants are Stegman and Company.  Stegman and Company has served in that capacity since fiscal year 2007.  Aggregate fees billed to Hemagen in fiscal 2012 and 2011 by its principal accountants, Stegman and Company were:
 
 
    2012     2011  
Audit fees and SAS 100 quarterly review fees    $ 62,925     $ 52,493  
Audit – related fees      750       --  
Tax fees      $ 7,000 (a)   $ 6,500 (a)
All other fees      --        --  
    $ 70,675     $ 58,993  
 
(a)
The Audit Committee believes the provision of these services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.
 
Audit Fee s.  Audit services of Stegman and Company for fiscal 2012 and 2011 consisted of examination of the consolidated financial statements of the Company, quarterly reviews of the financial statements and services related to the filings made with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
Audit-Related Fees. Audit-related fees include fees for services provided by Stegman and Company that are closely related to the audit and in many cases could only be provided by Stegman and Company. Such services include consents related to the SEC and other regulatory filings.
 
Tax Fees.   Tax fees included charges primarily related to the preparation of federal and state tax returns.
 
All Other Fees .   Fees paid to Stegman and Company for services other than as described under “Audit Fees” and “Tax Fees” for the 2012 and 2011 fiscal years.
 
All of the services described above were approved by the Audit Committee.  The Audit Committee has not adopted formal pre-approval policies, but has the sole authority to engage the Company’s outside auditing and tax preparation firms and must approve all tax consulting and auditing arrangements with the independent accounting firm prior to the performance of any services.  Approval for such services is evaluated during the Audit Committee meetings and must be documented by signature of an Audit Committee member on the engagement letter of the independent accounting firm.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
 
(a)(1) and (2) Financial Statements and Schedules
Page
   
Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
F-2
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
F-3
Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2012 and 2011
F-4
Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income for the years ended September 30, 2012, and 2011
F-6
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders' Deficit for the years ended
 
September 30, 2012 and 2011
F-7
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011
F-8
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
F-9
 

(a)(3)  Exhibit List.
 
Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
 
3.1
Restated Certificate of Incorporation (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 28, 2010.)
3.2
Amended and Restated Bylaws (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on March 29, 2010.)
4.1
Specimen Stock Certificate (Incorporated by reference to Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed with the Commission on February 10, 1999)
10.1
Description of the Lease for office space of HDC in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2005)
10.2
Form of 8% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible Note due September 30, 2014 (Hemagen’s Schedule T-O filed with the Commission on September 1, 2009)
10.4
Second Restructuring Agreement between the Company and Dade Behring, Inc. dated November 9, 2000 (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2001)
10.5*
2000 Directors’ Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s 10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 2008)
10.6*
2001 Stock Option Plan (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on January 29, 2001)
10.7
Line of Credit Financing Agreement between Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and Reagents Applications, Inc. and Bay National Bank dated September 26, 2002 (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2002)
10.8*
Directors Rule 10b5-1 Stock Purchase Plan (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003)
10.9*
Hemagen Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 2004)
10.10*
Trust Agreement for the Hemagen Employee Stock Ownership Plan (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-KSB for the year ended September 30, 2004)
10.12*
2007 Stock Incentive Plan (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed with the Commission on March 21, 2007)
10.17*
Executive Employment Agreement between Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and William P. Hales effective as of May 27, 2010 (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 28, 2010.)
10.18
Tenth Modification to Loan and Security Agreement between the Company and TiFunding LLC (Filed herewith)
10.19
Eighth Allonge to Promissory Note executed by the Company in favor of TiFunding LLC (Filed herewith)
10.20
Warrant to Purchase Shares of Common Stock issued to TiFunding LLC (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended December 31, 2010.)
14
Code of Ethics Policy (Incorporated by reference to Hemagen’s Form 10-KSB for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2003)


Exhibit No.
Description of Exhibit
 
23.1
Consent of Stegman and Company (Filed herewith)
31.1
Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (Filed herewith)
31.2
Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) (Filed herewith)
32.1
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer (Filed herewith)
32.2
Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer (Filed herewith)
101.INS
XBRL Instance
101.XSD
XBRL Schema
101.CAL
XBRL Calculation
101.DEF
XBRL Definition
101.LAB
XBRL Label
101.PRE
XBRL Presentation
*Management compensatory contracts.
 
Hemagen will provide shareholders with any exhibit upon the payment of a specified reasonable fee, which fee shall be limited to Hemagen’s reasonable expenses in furnishing such exhibit.


SIGNATURES

In accordance with Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
Date: December 28, 2012
HEMAGEN DIAGNOSTICS, INC.
 
 
By:   / s/  William P. Hales                 
William P. Hales, Chairman of the Board,
President & Chief Executive Officer


In accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
 
Name
Capacity
Date
 
 
/s/ William P. Hales                  
William P. Hales
Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer
December 28, 2012
/s/ Alan S. Cohen                                            
Alan S. Cohen
Director
December 28 2012
/s/ Edward T. Lutz                                           
Edward T. Lutz
Director
December 28, 2012
/s/ Catherine M. Davidson             
Catherine M. Davidson
Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
December 28, 2012


   
 
   
   
   
   

F-1
 
 


Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

The Company’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). The Company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of assets of the Company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with the authorizations of management and the Directors of the Company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the Consolidated Financial Statements.
 
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting can only provide reasonable, but not absolute assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation and may not prevent or detect misstatements. Further, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree or compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
 
As required by Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002, management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of September 30, 2012. Management’s assessment is based on the criteria established in the Internal Control — Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission. In assessing the internal controls, management is aware that there is a lack of segregation of duties due to the small number of employees within the financial and administrative functions of the Company.  As a result of the limitations of the resources and segregation of duties, management acknowledges a material weakness in internal control over financial reporting.  As a result, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2012, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting were ineffective. This material weakness has not been remediated.
 
This annual report does not include an attestation report of the Company's registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by the Company's registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management's report in this annual report.
 
/s/ William P. Hales                                                              
William P. Hales
President and Chief Executive Officer
December 28, 2012
 
/s/ Catherine M. Davidson                                                  
Catherine M. Davidson
Principal Financial Officer
December 28, 2012
 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
 
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of
Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc.
 
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, and the related consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income, changes in stockholders' deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 2012. Company management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements.  Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.
 
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States).  Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we were engaged to perform an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.  Accordingly, we express no such opinion.  An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation.  We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
 
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and subsidiaries as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended September 30, 2012, in conformity with accounting principals generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
 
 
 
/s/ Stegman and Company
 
 
Baltimore, Maryland
December 28, 2012
 
 
Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of September 30, 2012 and 2011
 
ASSETS
 
2012
   
2011
 
             
CURRENT ASSETS:
           
Cash
  $ 66,287     $ 213,611  
Accounts Receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $53,846 and $67,286 at September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively
      587,521         580,240  
Inventories, net
    1,363,052       1,460,780  
Current Portion of Note Receivable
    -       35,000  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    77,886       159,493  
Total current assets
    2,094,746       2,449,124  
                 
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT; net of accumulated
         depreciation and amortization of $6,509,120 and
         $6,431,680 at September 30, 2012 and 2011,
         respectively
        282,307           386,520  
 
               
OTHER ASSETS :
 
               
Other Assets
    65,691       52,658  
Total other assets
    65,691       52,658  
                 
Total Assets
  $ 2,442,744     $ 2,888,302  
 
 
F-4

 
Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

As of September 30, 2012 and 2011

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
 
2012
   
2011
 
             
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
           
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 951,840     $ 818,875  
Revolving line of credit
    976,868       669,413  
Deferred revenue
    20,979       37,226  
Total current liabilities
    1,949,687       1,525,514  
                 
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES :
               
    Senior subordinated secured convertible notes
    4,049,858       4,049,858  
         Total Long-Term Liabilities
    4,049,858       4,049,858  
Total liabilities
    5,999,545       5,575,372  
                 
STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT
               
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value - 1,000,000 shares
               
authorized; none issued     --       --  
Common stock, $0.01 par value – 45,000,000 shares
               
authorized; 15,600,281 and 15,585,281 shares issued and
               
outstanding at September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively
    156,002       155,852  
Additional paid-in capital     23,133,611       23,038,217  
Accumulated deficit     (26,678,231 )     (25,770,916 )
Less treasury stock at cost; 100,000 shares at
               
September 30, 2012 and 2011     (89,636 )     (89,636 )
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income  -                
currency translation (loss) income     (78,547 )     (20,587 )
                 
Total stockholders’ deficit
    (3,556,801 )     (2,687,070 )
                 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ deficit
  $ 2,442,744     $ 2,888,302  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
 
 
F-5


Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and Subsidiaries
 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
 
For The Years Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
Net sales
  $ 4,042,094     $ 5,141,226  
Cost of sales
    2,428,649       3,180,429  
Gross Profit
    1,613,445       1,960,797  
                 
Operating Expenses:
               
     Selling, general and administrative
    2,006,712       2,428,511  
     Research and development
    44,647       5,003  
          Total operating expenses
    2,051,359       2,433,514  
                 
      Total operating loss
    (437,914 )     (472,717 )
                 
Other income (expense)
               
       Interest expense, (net)
    (469,174 )     (406,563 )
      Gain (loss) on Sale of Assets
    (1,261 )     2,800  
      Other income
    1,034       135  
                 
             Total other expense
    (469,401 )     (403,628 )
                 
       Net loss, before income taxes
    (907,315 )     (876,345 )
                 
      Income tax expense (benefit)
    -       (4,131 )
                 
Net loss
    (907,315 )     (880,476 )
                 
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax:
               
Foreign currency translation adjustment
    (57,960 )     (38,501 )
Other comprehensive loss
    (57,960 )     (38,501 )
                 
Comprehensive loss
  $ (965,275 )   $ (918,977 )
                 
Net loss per share – Basic
  $ (0.06 )   $ (0.06 )
Net loss per share – Diluted
  $ (0.06 )   $ (0.06 )
                 
Weighted average common shares used in the calculation
           of net loss per share –  Basic and Diluted
    15,496,237       15,476,486  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
 
 
F-6


Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

For the   Years Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011
 
   
Common Stock
   
Additional
   
Accumulated
   
Accumulated Other
   
Treasury Stock
   
Total Stockholders’
 
    Shares     Par Value     Paid in Capital    
Deficit
    Comprehensive Loss     Shares     Cost    
Deficit
 
Balance as of October 1, 2010
    15,565,281     $ 155,652     $ 22,959,539     $ (24,890,440 )   $ 17,914       (100,000 )   $ (89,636 )   $ (1,846,971 )
Net Loss
                            (880,476 )                             (880,476 )
Foreign Exchange translation adjustment
                                    (38,501 )                     (38,501 )
                                                                 
                                                                 
Stock Based Compensation
                    45,999                                       45,999  
Amortization of interest expense - warrants
                    31,879                                       31,879  
Shares issued for compensation
    20,000       200       800                                       1,000  
Balance at September 30, 2011
    15,585,281     $ 155,852     $ 23,038,217     $ (25,770,916 )   $ (20,587 )     (100,000 )   $ (89,636 )   $ (2,687,070 )
Net Loss
                            (907,315 )                             (907,315 )
Foreign Exchange translation adjustment
                                    (57,960 )                     (57,960 )
                                                                 
                                                                 
Stock Based Compensation
                    47,326                                       47,326  
Amortization of interest expense - warrants
                    47,818                                       47,818  
Shares issued for compensation
    15,000       150       250                                       400  
 
Balance at September 30, 2012
    15,600,281     $ 156,002     $ 23,133,611     $ (26,678,231 )   $ (78,547 )     (100,000 )   $ (89,636 )   $ (3,556,801 )
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
 
 
F-7


 
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW
 
For The Years Ended September 30, 2012 and 2011
 
             
   
2012
   
2011
 
Cash flows from operating activities
           
       Net (loss) income
  $ (907,315 )   $ (880,476 )
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash used in operating activities:
               
     Depreciation and amortization
    164,250       185,814  
          Non-cash interest expense - warrants
    47,818       31,879  
          Stock based compensation
    47,326       45,999  
          Shares issued for compensation
    400       1,000  
          Bad debt expense
    (212 )     11,112  
          Gain on the sale of assets
    1,261       (2,800 )
        Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
               
          Accounts receivable
    (7,069 )     78,540  
     Inventories
    109,562       (74,463 )
     Prepaid expenses and other assets
    68,574       180,633  
          Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    132,965       75,705  
     Deferred revenue
    (16,247 )     9,889  
                 Net cash used by operating activities
    (358,687 )     (337,168 )
                 
  Cash flows from investing activities
               
         Purchase of property and equipment
    (91,037 )     (56,414 )
         Proceeds from the sale of assets
            2,800  
         Payments received on Note Receivable
    35,000       210,000  
                 Net cash (used) provided by investing activities
    (56,037 )     156,386  
                 
  Cash flows from financing activities
               
         Net borrowings on revolving line of credit
    307,455       271,413  
                  Net cash provided by financing activities
    307,455       271,413  
                 
 Effect of exchange rates on cash
    (40,055 )     (28,763 )
                 
                  Net change in cash
    (147,324 )     61,868  
 
 Cash, beginning of year
    213,611       151,743  
 Cash, end of year
  $ 66,287     $ 213,611  
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements
 
 
 
F-8


Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. and Subsidiaries

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

For The Years Ending September 30, 2012 and 2011

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF BUSINESS
 
Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware company, is a biotechnology company that develops, manufactures, and markets more than 68 FDA-cleared proprietary medical diagnostic test kits.  Hemagen has two different product lines.  The Virgo® product line consists of diagnostic test kits that are used to aid in the diagnosis of certain autoimmune and infectious diseases, using ELISA, Immunofluorescence, and hemagglutination technology.  The Analyst â   product line is an FDA-cleared bench top clinical   chemistry analyzer system, including consumables, that is used to measure important constituents in human and animal blood.  In the United States, the Company sells its products through distributors and directly to physicians, veterinarians, clinical laboratories and blood banks and on a private-label basis through multinational distributors.  Internationally, the Company sells its products primarily through distributors.  The Company was incorporated in 1985 and became a public company in 1993.

NOTE 2 – FINANCIAL CONDITION

At September 30, 2012, Hemagen had $66,287 of unrestricted cash, working capital of $145,059 and a current ratio of 1.07 to 1.0.  Hemagen currently has a revolving senior secured line of credit with TiFunding, a related party, for the purpose of financing working capital needs as required. The line of credit currently provides for borrowings up to $1,500,000 at an annual interest rate of 9%. As of September 30, 2012, the outstanding balance on the line was $976,868. Hemagen believes that cash flow from operations and cash on hand at September 30, 2012 will be sufficient to finance its operations for fiscal 2013. The Company’s ability to borrow on the line is based on a borrowing base calculation dependent on certain receivables and inventory. The line of credit’s maturity has been extended and currently expires October 1, 2013. The line of credit was also increased from $1,000,000 to $1,500,000 as of September 30, 2012 and is renewable annually thereafter. The Company intends to renew the line when it expires. However, Hemagen can give no assurances that it will have sufficient cash to repay the line of credit if it is not renewed or to finance its operations. Hemagen has no off-balance sheet transactions.

NOTE 3 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiary Hemagen Diagnostics Commercio, Importaco & Exporataco, Ltd. ("HDC"). All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) require 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.

Foreign Currency Translation

The financial position and results of operations of HDC are measured using HDC's local currency, the Brazilian Real, as the functional currency.  Revenues and expenses of HDC have been translated into U.S. dollars at average exchange rates prevailing during the year.  Assets and liabilities have been translated at the rates of exchange on the balance sheet date.  The resulting translation gain and loss adjustments are recorded directly as a separate component of stockholders' equity.
 
 
 
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Accounts Receivable

A majority of the Company’s accounts receivable are due from distributors (domestic and international), hospitals, universities, and physician and veterinary offices and other entities in the medical field.  Credit is extended based on evaluation of a customer’s financial condition and, generally, collateral is not required.  Accounts receivable are stated at amounts due from customers net of an allowance for doubtful accounts.  Accounts with outstanding balances for longer than the contractual payment terms are considered past due.  The Company determines its allowance by considering a number of factors, including the length of time trade accounts receivable are past due, the Company’s previous loss history, the customer’s current ability to pay its obligation to the Company, and the condition of the general economy and the industry as a whole.  The Company writes off accounts receivable when they become uncollectible, and payments subsequently received on such receivables are posted against the allowance for doubtful accounts.  The balance of the allowance for doubtful accounts was $53,846 and $67,286 on September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  The Company does not accrue interest on accounts receivable past due.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of standard cost, determined on the first-in, first-out basis, or market.  Inventory reserves are established for obsolescence based on expiration dating of perishable products and excess levels of inventory on hand.  The Company had $564,284 and $541,158 of inventory reserves as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Long-lived Assets

The Company reviews the carrying values of its long-lived assets for possible impairment annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the assets may not be recoverable. If the review indicates that long-lived assets are not recoverable (i.e., the carrying amount is less than the future projected undiscounted cash flows), the carrying amount would be reduced to fair value and a charge to income would be recorded. Hemagen did not have any long-lived assets whose balances needed to be reduced.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment is stated at net book value.  Depreciation is provided on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful lives of the related assets, which range from 3 to 10 years.  Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.

Other Assets

Other assets, net at September 30, 2012 and 2011 consists of product registration certificates that are being amortized over their 5 year life and security deposits relating to the facilities that are being leased.
 
Income Taxes

The Company follows the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Under this method, deferred tax liabilities and assets are recognized for the expected future tax consequences of temporary differences between the carrying amount and the tax basis of assets and liabilities at each year-end based on enacted tax laws and statutory tax rates applicable to the periods in which the differences are expected to affect taxable income.  A valuation allowance is established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. The provision for or benefit from income taxes is allocated based upon each subsidiary’s individual operations.

Management considers the likelihood of changes by taxing authorities in its filed income tax returns and recognizes a liability for or discloses potential changes that management believes are more likely than not to occur upon examination by tax authorities. Management has not identified any uncertain tax positions in filed income tax returns that require recognition or disclosure in the accompanying financial statements. The Company’s income tax returns for the past three years are subject to examination by tax authorities, and may change upon examination.

 
 
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Revenue Recognition

Revenues from the sale of products are recognized when 1) product is shipped, 2) all contractual obligations have been satisfied, and 3) the collection of the resulting receivable is reasonably assured.

Revenues from product service contracts, which are based on their relative fair value, are recognized ratably over the term of the contract. Losses are provided for at the time that management determines that contract costs will exceed related revenues.  The portion of product service contracts not complete at the balance sheet date is included in deferred revenue.

Stock- Based Compensation

The Company applies FASB ASC 718-10, Share-Based Payment , which requires companies to measure the cost of share-based awards based on the grant-date fair value of the award using an option pricing model and to recognize that cost over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option pricing model to determine the fair value of stock options granted and recognizes the compensation cost of share-based awards in its statement of operations using the straight-line method over the vesting period of the award, net of estimated forfeitures.

The use of the Black-Scholes option pricing model to estimate the fair value of share-based awards requires that the Company make certain assumptions and estimates for required inputs to the model, including (i) the fair value of the Company’s common stock at each grant date, (ii) the expected volatility of the Company’s common stock value, (iii) the expected life of the share-based award, (iv) the risk-free interest rate, and (v) the dividend yield.
 
 
Research and Development Costs

All costs incurred to research, design and develop products are considered research and development costs and are charged to expense as incurred.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Financial instruments include cash, customer receivables, accounts payable, certain other accrued liabilities and long-term debt.  The carrying value of long-term debt approximates its fair value based on the current rate offered to the Company for debt of similar remaining maturities.  The carrying values of all other financial instruments also approximate their fair values.

Advertising Expenses

Costs of advertising, which also include promotional expenses, are expensed as incurred.  Advertising expenses for fiscal 2012 and 2011 were approximately $9,137 and $12,201, respectively.

Shipping and Handling

The cost of shipping products to customers is included in cost of goods sold.  Amounts billed to a customer in a sale transaction related to shipping and handling are classified as revenue.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In September 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-08, Intangibles - Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Testing Goodwill for Impairment. This ASU allows entities to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (that is, a likelihood of more than 50 percent) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If this is the case, the entity is required to perform a more detailed two-step goodwill impairment test that is used to identify potential goodwill impairments and to measure the amount of goodwill impairment losses, if any, to be recognized. The amendments are effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company expects to adopt ASU 2011-08 in its first quarter of fiscal 2013 and does not expect it to have a material impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements.

 
 
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In June 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Presentation of Comprehensive Income, as amended, which requires companies to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. The amendments in this update should be applied retrospectively and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The Company expects to adopt ASU 2011-05 in its first quarter of fiscal 2013 and intends to present other comprehensive income in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income.

In December 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-12, Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update 2011-05. ASU 2011-12 defers only those changes in ASU2011-05 that relate to the presentation of reclassification adjustments. The Board has reinstated the requirements for the presentation of reclassification out of accumulated other comprehensive income that were in place before the issuance of Update 2011-05. The adoption of the amendments of ASU 2011-12 are not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

In May 2011, the FASB issued ASU 2011-04, Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs, which amends ASC 820, Fair Value Measurement. ASU 2011-04 does not extend the use of fair value accounting but provides guidance on how it should be applied where its use is already required or permitted by other standards within U.S. GAAP or IFRSs. ASU 2011-04 changes the wording used to describe many requirements in U.S. GAAP for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements. Additionally, ASU 2011-04 clarifies the FASB's intent about the application of existing fair value measurements. The amendments are effective during interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011.  The Company expects to adopt ASU 2011-04 in its first quarter of fiscal 2013 and does not expect the adoption to have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
 
NOTE 4 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

William P. Hales, the Chairman of the Board of Directors and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company, owns $884,450 in aggregate principal amount of the Company’s senior subordinated secured convertible notes due September 30, 2014.  Refer to Note 9 for a description of the senior notes.

TiFunding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by William P. Hales, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, and his father, provides a senior secured line of credit facility to the Company for the purpose of financing working capital needs.  TiFunding acquired this facility on February 7, 2011 from Bay Bank, FSB for approximately $360,000. Refer to Note 8 for a description of this line of credit.
 
NOTE 5 - INVENTORIES

Inventories at September 30, consist of the following:
 
             
   
2012
   
2011
 
             
Raw materials
  $ 1,086,129     $ 1,039,604  
Work-in-process
    63,121       48,049  
Finished goods
    778,086       914,285  
      1,927,336       2,001,938  
Less reserves (obsolesce and dating),
    (564,284 )     (541,158 )
Inventories, net
  $ 1,363,052     $ 1,460,780  

A large portion of the reserve is for Analyst® equipment and parts and discontinued VIRGO® inventory items that are no longer being used but have not yet been disposed.
 
NOTE 6 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT
 
Property and equipment at September 30, consists of the following:

 
 
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2012
   
2011
 
             
Furniture and equipment
  $ 6,688,546     $ 6,723,107  
Leasehold improvements
    102,882       95,093  
      6,791,428       6,818,200  
                 
Less accumulated depreciation and amortization
    (6,509,120 )     (6,431,680 )
                 
Property and equipment, net
  $ 282,307     $ 386,520  
Depreciation and amortization expense relating to property and equipment was $164,250 and $185,814 for the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Of these amounts $138,430 and $153,643 were included in the SG&A for fiscal 2012 and 2011, respectively and $25,820 and $32,171 were included in costs of sales for fiscal years 2012 and 2011, respectively.
 

NOTE 7 - ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities include the following at September 30:

   
2012
   
2011
 
Accounts payable – trade
  $ 368,775     $ 415,221  
Accrued professional fees
    32,300       20,150  
Accrued vacation     85,178        81,883   
Accrued taxes     64,959       64,636  
Accrued interest
    198,949       36,511  
Accrued other
    201,679       200,474  
                 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 951,840     $ 818,875  
                 
 
NOTE 8 - LINE OF CREDIT

TiFunding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by William P. Hales, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and President, and his father, provides a senior secured line of credit facility to the Company for the purpose of financing working capital needs.  TiFunding acquired this facility on February 7, 2011 from Bay Bank, FSB for approximately $360,000, and increased the line of credit to $1,000,000 dollars. On October 1, 2012, the TiFunding increased the line of credit to $1,500,000.  Interest expense related to this line of credit for the fiscal years ended 2012 and 2011 was $78,748 and $35,335, respectively.

The facility’s term maturity has been renewed and is now due on October 1, 2013. The line is renewable annually and provides for borrowings at an annual interest rate of 9%. Maximum borrowings under the facility not to exceed $1,500,000 are based on certain receivables and inventory of the Company.  The facility is secured by a first lien on all assets of the Company.  In connection with the facility, the Company issued to TiFunding warrants to purchase $1,000,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share.  These warrants are exercisable at any time until February 7, 2016 and have certain demand registration rights. The expense related to the warrants is being amortized over the life of the warrants and is included as interest expense in the accompanying financial statements.   As of September 30, 2012, the outstanding balance on the facility was $976,868.  The Company is in compliance with all of the covenants in the facility as of the date of this report.

NOTE 9 – SENIOR SUBORDINATED SECURED CONVERTIBLE NOTES

During September 2009, the Company completed an Exchange Offer of its senior subordinated secured convertible notes due on September 30, 2009. The Company offered to exchange new, modified 8% Senior Subordinated Convertible Notes due 2014 for the outstanding 8% Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible Notes due 2009. The principal features of the Exchange Offer included $4,049,858 principal amount of Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible Notes, due September 30, 2014, which bear interest at the rate of 8% per annum, paid quarterly, convertible by holders into Common Stock at $.35 per share. The Company can require the conversion of these Modified Notes to Common Stock at any time after the Common Stock trades at or above $0.70 for fifteen consecutive trading days.

 
 
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The Company has accounted for the Exchange Offer as though the exchange of the entire amount of $4,049,858 of the outstanding notes was effective as of September 30, 2009, because at September 30, 2009 all of the terms and conditions for the consummation of the exchange offer had been satisfied.

The Modified Notes are secured by a first lien on all real, tangible and intangible property except that the terms of the Modified Notes provide that they are subordinated to the following (i) a senior secured credit facility that is equal to or less than Three Million Dollars ($3,000,000), (ii) any secured financing that is greater than Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000), provided that (A) the Company provides the Holder twenty (20) business days’ written notice of such secured financing, and (B) all of the funds raised in connection with such secured financing shall be used to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the Principal Amount and accrued and unpaid interest owed on the Notes, (iii) real estate financing that the Company may incur for the purchase of a corporate facility provided that the annual mortgage payments are less than the rent expense that the Company pays in the year of such purchase for its leased facilities, and (iv) secured financing not to exceed Four Million Dollars ($4,000,000) at any one time for the purpose of financing an acquisition by the Company of the business of another person or entity.

On July 6, 2012, the Company requested that the holders of the Modified Notes forego the right to receive interest payments for the quarters ending June 30, 2012, September 30, 2012, December 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013. Under the terms of the Modified Notes, the Company’s failure to make such payments may constitute events of default which may result in the acceleration of the Company’s obligation to repay the $4,049,858 principal amount with accrued interest and penalties. As of September 30, 2012, holders of $3,352,868 (83%) principal amount of Modified Notes had agreed in writing to forgo the rights to receive the above-referenced interest payments. The remaining Noteholders have not responded. The Company will continue to seek such agreement from the other holders. The Company continues to accrue interest on these Notes.  As of September 30, 2012, related accrued interest amounted to $162,438.  There was no accrued interest on the Notes as of September 30, 2011.

NOTE 10 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

Preferred Stock

The Company is authorized to issue up to 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $.01 par value per share.  The preferred stock may be issued in one or more series, the terms of which may be determined at the time of issuance by the Board of Directors and may include voting rights, preferences as to dividends and liquidation, conversion and redemption rights and sinking fund provisions. No shares of preferred stock are issued or outstanding at September 30, 2012 or 2011.

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) consists solely of foreign currency translation adjustments totaling $78,547 of loss and $20,587 of loss at September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

Stock Options

On February 27, 2001, the shareholders voted to approve the 2001 Stock Option Plan.  The 2001 Stock Option Plan provides for the grant of incentive and nonqualified stock options for the purchase of an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock by employees, directors and consultants of the Company. The 2001 Stock Option Plan expired in February of 2011. No additional options will be issued under this plan.
 
On April 25, 2007, the shareholders voted to approve the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan.  Under this plan, the Board has reserved a maximum of 1,500,000 shares for issuance pursuant to stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock awards, restricted stock units and stock awards.

On April 30, 2009, the shareholders voted to amend the 2007 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares authorized to be issued under the plan from 1,500,000 to 3,000,000.

The Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors is responsible for the administration of both Plans.  The Compensation Committee determines the term of each option, the number of shares for which each option is  granted and the rate at which each option is exercisable.

 
 
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The Company recorded in selling, general and administrative expenses, $47,326 and $45,999 of stock compensation expense for the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.
 
The following are the assumptions made in computing the fair value of the share-based awards:
   
2012
   
2011
 
Dividend yield
    --       --  
Expected volatility
    131.48% - 134.20 %     129.73% - 137.95 %
Risk-free interest rate
    1.52% - 1.97 %     1.47% - 3.48 %
Expected life in years
    10       5 - 10  

Expected volatilities are based on the historical volatility of the Company’s common stock.  The expected term of the options granted represents the period of time that options granted are expected to be outstanding. The Company uses historical data to estimate option exercise and employee termination within the evaluation model. The risk-free rate for periods within the contractual life of the option is based on the U.S Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.

A summary of the stock option activity for the year ended September 30, 2012 and related information is shown below:
   
 
Shares
   
Weighted-Average Exercise Price
   
Weighted-
Average
Life in years
 
                   
Balance, October 1, 2010
    2,932,208     $ 0.15       7.56  
   Granted
    230,000       0.10       5.26  
   Exercised
    -       -       -  
   Cancelled or expired
    (20,000 )   $ 0.17       1.78  
                         
Balance, September 30, 2011
    3,142,208     $ 0.14       7.43  
   Granted
    54,000     $ 0.07       9.49  
   Exercised
    -       -       -  
   Cancelled or expired
    (105,000 )   $ 0.32       -  
                         
Balance, September 30, 2012
    3,091,208     $ 0.14       6.67  
                         
Exercisable,  September 30, 2012
    2,344,542     $ 0.15       6.51  


Exercise prices for options outstanding as of September 30, 2012 ranged from $0.04 to $0.70 as follows:
 
Options Outstanding
 
 
 
Range of Exercise Prices
   
Number Outstanding at September 30, 2012
   
Weighted-Average Remaining Contractual Life (years)
   
Weighted Average Exercise Price
 
                     
  0.04 – 0.14       2,279,000       7.3       0.11  
  0.15 – 0.24       682,208       4.9       0.19  
  0.25 – 0.34       55,000       2.3       0.28  
  0.35 – 0.59       50,000       5.6       0.35  
  0.60 – 0.70       25,000       1.4       0.70  
  0.04 – 0.70       3,091,208       6.7       0.14  
 
 
 
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The weighted-average grant date fair value of options granted during 2012 and 2011 was $1,617 and $10,158, respectively.
 
Assuming that no additional share-based payments are granted after September 30, 2012, $34,468 of compensation expense will be recognized in the consolidated statement of operations over a weighted-average period of five years.  The options outstanding and exercisable as of September 30, 2012 have no intrinsic value.
 
Warrants
 
On February 7, 2011, TiFunding LLC, a Delaware limited liability company owned by William P. Hales , the Company’s Chief Executive Office and President, and his father purchased the senior secured credit line facility from Bay Bank, FSB for approximately $360,000.  In connection with the facility, the Company issued to TiFunding warrants to purchase $1,000,000 in shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $0.20 per share.  These warrants are exercisable at any time until February 7, 2016 and have certain demand registration rights. The expense related to these warrants is being amortized over the life of the warrants and is included as interest expense in the accompanying financial statements.
 
The following table summarizes the Company’s warrant activity for the twelve months ended September 30, 2012:
 
   
 
 
Warrants
   
Average Weighted Exercise Price
   
Weighted Average Life (in years)
 
Warrants Outstanding – October 1, 2010
    --              
   Granted
    5,000,000       .20       5.00  
   Exercised
    --                  
   Forfeited, cancelled or expired
    --                  
                         
Warrants Outstanding – September 30, 2011
    5,000,000       .20       4.36  
    Granted
    --             $ --  
    Exercised
    --       --       --  
    Forfeited, cancelled or expired
    --       --       --  
Warrants outstanding – September 30, 2012
    5,000,000     $ .20       3.36  
                         
Warrants exercisable – September 30, 2012
    5,000,000     $ .20       3.36  

 
As of September 30, 2012 there was $159,394 of unamortized interest expense associated with these warrants. This expense will be fully amortized within five years.
 
Stockholder Rights Agreement
 
In April 2010, the Company's Board of Directors approved a Stockholder Rights Agreement (the "Agreement").  Under the Agreement the Company declared a dividend of one common stock purchase right (a "Right") for each share of the Company's outstanding common stock as of April 29, 2010.  Each Right entitles the holder to purchase from the Company one share  of Common Stock of the Company at a cash exercise price of $0.15 per share (the "Exercise Price"), subject to adjustment, under certain conditions provided in the Agreement.

The Rights become exercisable only if a person or group, as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, acquires beneficial ownership of 10 percent or more of the Company's outstanding common stock or announces a tender offer that would result in beneficial ownership of 10 percent or more of the Company's outstanding common stock.

William P. Hales, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, who is a stockholder and a debt holder of the Company, is exempt under the Agreement. The Rights, which are scheduled to Expire on April 29, 2020, are redeemable in whole at the Company's option at $0.0000001 per Right at the times and under the circumstances set forth in the Agreement.  No Rights have yet been exercised or have redeemed under the Agreement.

 
 
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NOTE 11 - INCOME TAXES

For the fiscal years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, domestic and foreign losses before income taxes from continuing operations are as follows:

Years ended September 30,
 
2012
   
2011
 
             
Domestic
  $ (437,685 )   $ (666,931 )
Foreign
    (469,630 )     (209,414 )
                 
Net loss before income taxes
  $ (907,315 )   $ (876,345 )

For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2011, the Company had current income tax expense of approximately $4,131 which related to foreign income tax expenses from its Brazilian subsidiary. The Company did not recognize any income tax expense for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012 The difference between income taxes provided at the Company's effective tax rate and the Federal statutory rate is as follows:

Years ended September 30,
 
2012
   
2011
 
             
Federal tax at statutory rate
    34 %     34 %
Valuation allowance
    (34 )%     (34 )%
Current tax expense on international operations
    --       24 %
                 
      0 %     24 %
 
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) are comprised of the following at September 30, 2012 and 2011:
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
             
Net operating loss carry forwards
  $ 8,074,000     $ 7,717,000  
Inventory reserve
    226,000       216,000  
Accounts receivable reserve
    4,000       8,000  
Other           
    106,000       82,000  
Total deferred tax assets
    8,410,000       8,023.000  
Basis difference in fixed assets
    (24,000 )     (43,000 )
Net deferred tax assets
    8,386,000       7,980,000  
Valuation allowance                             
    (8,386,000 )     (7,980,000 )
Total reported deferred tax assets
  $ --     $ --  
                 

The Company has provided a valuation allowance equal to 100% of the net deferred tax asset in recognition of the uncertainty regarding the ultimate amount of the net deferred tax asset that will be realized.

At September 30, 2012, the Company had approximately $23,745,000 of federal operating loss carry-forwards available to offset future taxable income, which expire on various dates beginning 2016 through 2032.  Ownership changes as defined in the Internal Revenue Code may limit the amount of net operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards that may be utilized annually.  The Company also had Brazilian net operating loss carry-forwards of approximately R$2,046,907 which are available to offset future Brazilian taxable income.
 
 
NOTE 12 - SIGNIFICANT SALES AND CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK
 
Revenues derived from export sales, excluding sales to the company’s subsidiary in Brazil, amounted to approximately $1,236,606 or 31% of total sales in 2012 and $1,543,973, or 30% of total sales in 2011.  Export sales to Europe were approximately $719,042 or 18% of total sales in 2012 and $1,028,917 or 20% of total sales in 2011.
 
At September 30, 2012 and 2011, the Company had approximately $31,270 and $37,458 of cash in foreign bank accounts.

 
NOTE 13 - GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
 
The Company considers its manufactured kits, tests and instruments as one operating segment.

The following table sets forth revenue for the periods reported and assets by geographic location for the twelve months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

   
United States*
   
Brazil
   
Consolidated
 
                   
September 30, 2012:
                 
Revenues
  $ 2,509,029     $ 1,533,065     $ 4,042,094  
Long-lived assets
    180,109       167,889       347,998  
September 30, 2011:
                       
Revenues
  $ 2,750,948     $ 2,390,278     $ 5,141,226  
Long-lived assets
    175,697       263,481       439,178  

* Includes export sales to countries other than Brazil of approximately $1,236,606 and $1,543,973 for 2012 and 2011, respectively.

The long-lived assets include property and equipment and intangibles, net of any depreciation and amortization.

 
NOTE 14- COMMITMENTS
 
The Company leases certain facilities and equipment under non-cancelable operating leases lasting through 2015.  Future minimum lease commitments under the non-cancelable operating leases are as follows:

Years ending September 30 ,

2013
  $ 58,236  
2014
  $ 56,896  
2015
  $ 28,094  

Rent expense was approximately $301,237 and $394,000 for 2012 and 2011, respectively. Rent expense is included in the selling, general and administrative expense category on the income statement.

Employee Benefit Plans
 
The Company maintains a defined contribution retirement plan, which qualifies under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, covering substantially all employees.  Participant contributions and employer matching contributions are made as defined in the 401(k) Plan agreement. The Company’s policy is to contribute to the ESOP plan rather than to match 401K contributions. As such, effective October 1, 2003, the Company created an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) for the benefit of its employees, which has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be a qualified retirement plan subject to section 4975(E)7 of the Code. The Employer has no obligations to contribute any amount under this plan except as so determined at its sole discretion.  Employees are eligible to participate in the ESOP after 90 days of active employment and fully vest in the benefits after five years of service.  The Company’s contributions to the ESOP were $6,365 and $10,000 in cash during the fiscal years 2012 and 2011, respectively. The compensation committee of the Board of Directors approves all contributions to the ESOP plan.  At September 30, 2012 and 2011, the ESOP owned approximately 881,281 shares of Hemagen common stock that were either purchased in the open market by the ESOP, or contributed by the company to the ESOP. As of September 30, 2012 the ESOP plan had approximately $3,519 of cash available to purchase additional shares in the open market. The 881,281 shares owned by the ESOP represent approximately 6% of the shares outstanding as of September 30, 2012.
 
 
Directors Plan
 
The Company maintains a Rule 10b5-1 Stock Purchase Plan (the 10b5-1 Plan) for its Non-employee Directors for which the company deposited cash as part of the directors’ compensation plan.  Effective October 1, 2008, the director compensation plan changed and the non-employee Directors now receive a $2,500 cash payment and 2,500 shares of the Company’s common stock each quarter. The 10b5-1 Plan will continue to purchase shares in the open market until the cash balance is depleted.

NOTE 15 – EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE OF COMMON STOCK
 
Basic earnings (loss) per common share are computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the twelve months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  Diluted earnings per common share is computed based on common shares outstanding plus the effect of dilutive stock options and other potentially dilutive common stock equivalents consisting of stock options and convertible debentures.  The dilutive effect of stock options and other potentially dilutive common stock equivalents is determined using the treasury stock and if-converted method based on the Company’s average stock price for the period.

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the twelve month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively.

   
Twelve Months Ended  
September 30,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
             
Numerator:
           
             Net loss
  $ (907,315 )   $ (880,476 )
                 
De  Denominator:
               
             Weighted-average shares outstanding
    15,496,237       15,476,486  
Effect of dilutive shares
    --       --  
Denominator for diluted earnings per share
    15,496,237       15,476,486  
                 
Basic Earnings per share
  $ (0.06 )   $ (0.06 )
Diluted Earnings per share
  $ (0.06 )   $ (0.06 )

Diluted net income per share does not include the effect of the following common stock equivalents related to outstanding convertible debentures and stock purchase options as their effect would be antidilutive:

   
Twelve Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
             
Convertible Notes
    11,571,022       11,571,022  
Warrants
    5,000,000       5,000,000  
      Options to purchase common stock
    3,091,208       3,142,208  
Total antidilutive instruments
    19,662,230       19,713,230  
                 
 
NOTE 16 - SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH

September 30,
 
2012
   
2011
 
             
Cash paid for interest
  $ 202,558     $ 388,914  
                 
Cash paid for income taxes (Brazil)
  $ --     $ 4,132  

 
 
F-19

 
Exhibit 10.18
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 10.19
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 23
 
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
 
 
We have issued our report dated December 28, 2012, accompanying the consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. on Form 10-K for the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.  We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference of said report in the Registration Statements of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc. on Forms S-3 (File Nos. 333-40606, 333-124425 and 333-171380) and the Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File Nos. 333-57080, 333-156381, 333-158984 and 333-161918).
 
 
 
/s/Stegman and Company
Baltimore, Maryland
December 28, 2012
 
 
 

 
 
Exhibit 31.1
 
Certification of Principal Executive Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
I, William P. Hales, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc.;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and we have:
 
 
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b.
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
a.
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b.   Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
 
Date:  December 28, 2012
/s/  William P. Hales                                                                 
William P. Hales
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 31.2
 
Certification of Principal Financial Officer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
I, Catherine M. Davidson, certify that:
 
1.
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc.;
 
2.
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
 
3.
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
 
4.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f))for the registrant and we have:
 
 
a.
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
 
b.
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
 
c.
Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
 
d.
Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
 
5.
The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
 
 
a.
All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
 
b.
Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Date:  December 28, 2012
/s/  Catherine M. Davidson                                  
Catherine M. Davidson
Principal Financial Officer
 
 
 

 

Exhibit 32.1
 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§1350, as adopted pursuant to
§906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
In connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Annual Report of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc., the “Company”, on Form 10-K for the period ending September 30, 2012, (the “Report”), I, William P. Hales, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:
 
 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
 
Date:  December 28, 2012
/s/  William P. Hales                                                                 
William P. Hales
President and Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 

 
Exhibit 32.2
 
CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to
§906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
 
In connection with the filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission of the Annual Report of Hemagen Diagnostics, Inc., the “Company”, on Form 10-K for the period ending September 30, 2012, (the “Report”), I, Catherine M. Davidson, Principal Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350, as adopted pursuant to § 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of my knowledge:
 
 
1.
The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and
 
 
2.
The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operation of the Company.
 

Date:  December 28, 2012
/s/  Catherine M. Davidson                        
Catherine M. Davidson
Principal Financial Officer