Edgar Filing: LEMAITRE VASCULAR INC

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Form 10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x	QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2012

¨	TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to .

Commission File Number 001-33092

LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


Delaware		04-2825458
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

63 Second Avenue, Burlington, Massachusetts		01803
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(781) 221-2266

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ¨ No x

The registrant had 15,104,060 shares of common stock, $.01 par value per share, outstanding as of November 5, 2012.

LEMAITRE VASCULAR

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS


			Page

Part I.	Financial Information:

	Item 1.	Financial Statements

		Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2012 (unaudited) and December 31, 2011		3

		Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011		4

		Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three-month and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011		5

		Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2011		6

		Notes to Unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements		7

	Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations		18

	Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk		30

	Item 4.	Controls and Procedures		30

Part II.	Other Information:

	Item 1.	Legal Proceedings		31

	Item 1A.	Risk Factors		31

	Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds		32

	Item 6.	Exhibits		33

	Signatures			34

	Index to Exhibits

Part I. Financial Information

Item 1.

Financial Statements

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

Consolidated Balance Sheets


	(unaudited)
	September 30, 2012			December 31, 2011
	(in thousands, except share data)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,639		$	20,132
Accounts receivable, net of allowances of $312 at September 30, 2012 and $211 at December 31, 2011		8,474			8,541
Inventories		10,130			8,003
Prepaid expenses and other current assets		2,948			3,011

Total current assets		42,191			39,687
Property and equipment, net		4,490			4,661
Goodwill		11,917			11,917
Other intangibles, net		2,415			2,985
Deferred tax assets		6			6
Other assets		173			431

Total assets	$	61,192		$	59,687

Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	879		$	981
Accrued expenses		7,316			5,539
Acquisition-related obligations		—			19

Total current liabilities		8,195			6,539
Deferred tax liabilities		989			989
Other long-term liabilities		102			71

Total liabilities		9,286			7,599
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value; authorized 3,000,000 shares; none outstanding		—			—
Common stock, $0.01 par value; authorized 37,000,000 shares; issued 16,421,664 shares at September 30, 2012, and 16,303,155 shares at December 31, 2011		164			163
Additional paid-in capital		64,442			64,619
Accumulated deficit		(4,567	)		(6,440	)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss		(500	)		(606	)
Treasury stock, at cost; 1,317,872 shares at September 30, 2012, and 975,700 shares at December 31, 2011		(7,633	)		(5,648	)

Total stockholders’ equity		51,906			52,088

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	61,192		$	59,687

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)


	For the three months ended September 30,						For the nine months ended September 30,
	2012			2011			2012			2011
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Net sales	$	13,645		$	14,564		$	41,934		$	44,274
Cost of sales		3,630			4,381			11,504			13,570

Gross profit		10,015			10,183			30,430			30,704

Sales and marketing		4,911			4,757			15,310			14,646
General and administrative		2,892			2,802			8,277			8,517
Research and development		1,261			974			3,531			3,286
Restructuring charges		—			394			—			2,049
(Gain) loss on divestitures		(50	)		(735	)		2			(735	)
Impairment charges		—			—			—			83

Total operating expenses		9,014			8,192			27,120			27,846

Income from operations		1,001			1,991			3,310			2,858

Other income (expense):
Interest income		47			4			68			9
Interest expense		—			—			—			(2	)
Foreign currency gain (loss)		7			(49	)		(240	)		95
Other income, net		—			—			—			8

Income before income taxes		1,055			1,946			3,138			2,968
Provision for income taxes		392			732			1,265			1,171

Net income	$	663		$	1,214		$	1,873		$	1,797

Net income per share of common stock:
Basic	$	0.04		$	0.08		$	0.12		$	0.12

Diluted	$	0.04		$	0.08		$	0.12		$	0.11

Weighted-average shares outstanding:
Basic		15,130			15,491			15,208			15,476

Diluted		15,605			16,030			15,654			16,045

Cash dividends declared per common share	$	0.025		$	0.020		$	0.075		$	0.060

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(unaudited)


	Three months ended September 30,					Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2011			2012		2011
	(in thousands)
Net income	$	663	$	1,214		$	1,873	$	1,797
Other comprehensive income:
Foreign currency translation adjustment, net		118		(454	)		106		(31	)

Total other comprehensive income		118		(454	)		106		(31	)

Comprehensive income	$	781	$	760		$	1,979	$	1,766

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)


	For the nine months ended
	September 30,
	2012			2011
	(in thousands)
Operating activities
Net income	$	1,873		$	1,797
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization		1,633			1,466
Stock-based compensation		936			847
Impairment charges		—			83
Provision for losses in accounts receivable		140			98
Provision for inventory write-downs		947			772
(Gain) loss on divestitures		2			(735	)
Noncash restructuring charges		—			725
Foreign currency transaction (gain) loss		286			(178	)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable		(101	)		(422	)
Inventory		(3,078	)		64
Prepaid expenses and other assets		63			(172	)
Accounts payable and other liabilities		1,594			(872	)

Net cash provided by operating activities		4,295			3,473
Investing activities
Purchases of property and equipment		(788	)		(1,404	)
Payments related to acquisitions		(19	)		(641	)
Receipts related to divestitures		250			1,411
Purchase of technology and licenses		(110	)		(47	)

Net cash used in investing activities		(667	)		(681	)
Financing activities
Proceeds from issuance of common stock		29			64
Purchase of treasury stock		(1,985	)		(1,459	)
Common stock cash dividend paid		(1,140	)		(929	)

Net cash used in financing activities		(3,096	)		(2,324	)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents		(25	)		5

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents		507			473
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period		20,132			22,614

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	20,639		$	23,087

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information (see Note 14)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

September 30, 2012

(unaudited)

1.	Organization and Basis for Presentation

Description of Business

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to LeMaitre Vascular, we, our, and us refer to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. and our subsidiaries. We develop, manufacture, and market medical devices and implants used primarily in the field of vascular surgery. We operate in a single segment in which our principal product lines are balloon catheters, carotid shunts, laparoscopic cholecystectomy devices, radiopaque tape, remote endarterectomy devices, valvulotomes, vascular grafts, vascular patches, and vessel closure systems. In addition, we held rights to exclusively distribute in the United States, Canada, and most of Europe a biologic vascular patch manufactured by a third party. In October 2012, we acquired this product line and the associated manufacturing rights. Our offices are located in Burlington, Massachusetts, Sulzbach, Germany, Milan, Italy, Madrid, Spain, and Tokyo, Japan.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the results of these interim periods have been included. Preparing financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses. Actual results may differ from these estimates. Our estimates and assumptions, including those related to bad debts, inventories, intangible assets, sales returns and discounts, share-based compensation, and income taxes are updated as appropriate. The results for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the entire year. The information contained in these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our audited consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2011, including the notes thereto, included in our Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Consolidation

Our consolidated financial statements include the accounts of LeMaitre Vascular and the accounts of our wholly-owned subsidiaries, LeMaitre Vascular GmbH, LeMaitre Vascular GK, Vascutech Acquisition LLC, LeMaitre Acquisition LLC, LeMaitre Vascular SAS, LeMaitre Vascular S.r.l., LeMaitre Vascular Spain SL, LeMaitre Vascular Switzerland GmbH, and LeMaitre Vascular ULC. Our wholly-owned subsidiary Biomateriali S.r.l. was dissolved in March 2012. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) amended existing rules covering fair value measurement and disclosure to clarify guidance and minimize differences between GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The new guidance requires us to provide information about valuation techniques and unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements and provide a narrative description of the sensitivity of Level 3 measurements to changes in unobservable inputs. The guidance became effective on January 1, 2012. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

affect the company’s equity. Under the new guidance, an entity can elect to present items of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive, statements. The new guidance was effective for fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

2.	Income Tax Expense

As part of the process of preparing our consolidated financial statements we are required to determine our income taxes in each of the jurisdictions in which we operate. This process involves estimating our actual current tax expense together with assessing temporary differences resulting from recognition of items for income tax and accounting purposes. These differences result in deferred tax assets and liabilities, which are included within our consolidated balance sheet. We must then assess the likelihood that our deferred tax assets will be recovered from taxable income during the carryback period or in the future; and to the extent we believe that recovery is not likely, we must establish a valuation allowance. To the extent we establish a valuation allowance or increase this allowance in a period, we must reflect this increase as an expense within the tax provision in the statement of operations. We do not provide for income taxes on undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries, as our current intention is to permanently reinvest these earnings.

We recognize, measure, present and disclose in our financial statements uncertain tax positions that we have taken or expect to take on a tax return. We operate in multiple taxing jurisdictions, both within the United States and outside of the United States, and may be subject to audits from various tax authorities regarding transfer pricing, the deductibility of certain expenses, intercompany transactions, and other matters. Within specific countries, we may be subject to audit by various tax authorities operating within the country and may be subject to different statutes of limitation expiration dates. Management’s judgment is required in determining our provision for income taxes, our deferred tax assets and liabilities, liabilities for uncertain tax positions, and any valuation allowance recorded against our net deferred tax assets. We will continue to monitor the realizability of our deferred tax assets and adjust the valuation allowance accordingly.

Our policy is to classify interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense. This policy has been consistently applied in all periods.

We have reviewed the tax positions taken, or to be taken, in our tax returns for all tax years currently open to examination by a taxing authority. As of September 30, 2012, the gross amount of unrecognized tax benefits exclusive of interest and penalties was $325,000. We have identified no uncertain tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly increase or decrease within the twelve months ending September 30, 2013. There was a $4,000 decrease in the liability during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 for certain tax positions which expired. We remain subject to examination until the statute of limitations expires for each respective tax jurisdiction. The U.S federal statute of limitations will be open with respect to these tax positions until 2015. The net decrease in the liability during the nine months ended September 30, 2012, was as follows:


	(in thousands)
Unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2011	$	329
Decreases in unrecognized tax benefits based on positions taken in current period		(4	)

Unrecognized tax benefits at September 30, 2012	$	325

As of September 30, 2012, a summary of the tax years that remain subject to examination in our most significant tax jurisdictions is as follows:


United States—Federal			2009 and forward
Germany			2007 and forward
Italy			2006 and forward
Japan			2005 and forward

3.	Inventories

Inventories consist of the following:


	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(in thousands)
Raw materials	$	2,048	$	2,034
Work-in-process		1,933		1,308
Finished products		6,149		4,661

Total inventories	$	10,130	$	8,003

We held inventory on consignment of $0.4 million and $0.5 million as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

4.	Acquisition and Divestitures

Cardiva, S.L. Distribution Agreement

In December 2010, we entered into a definitive agreement with Cardiva, S.L. (Cardiva) to terminate its distribution of our products in Spain and to acquire certain assets and rights from Cardiva effective as of June 30, 2011. We paid approximately $1.2 million in exchange for this early termination, the purchase of their Spanish customer list for our products, certain customer contracts, their provision of sales and marketing services, and most of their remaining inventory. We recorded $0.4 million of intangible assets, recognized a $0.5 million restructuring charge related to the early termination of the distribution agreement, expensed $0.1 million of transition services as selling expense, and recorded $0.3 million of inventory. We allocated the payment to the tangible and intangible assets acquired based on the estimated fair value of each of these elements to the transaction. The weighted-average amortization period for these intangibles as of June 30, 2011 was 5.5 years. Additionally, we entered into a one-year consulting agreement beginning July 1, 2011 with an employee of Cardiva for $0.2 million which was paid in full as of December 31, 2011.

Marcom Medical ApS Distribution Agreement

In December 2010, we entered into a definitive agreement with Marcom Medical ApS (Marcom) to terminate its distribution of our products in Denmark and to acquire certain assets and rights from Marcom effective as of June 30, 2011. We paid approximately $0.2 million in exchange for this early termination, the purchase of their Danish customer list for our products, certain customer contracts, and minimal inventory. We recorded $0.1 million of intangible assets and recognized a $0.1 million restructuring charge related to the early termination of the distribution agreement. We allocated the payment to the tangible and intangible assets acquired based on the estimated fair value of each of these elements to the transaction. The weighted-average amortization period for these intangibles as of June 30, 2011 was 2.9 years.

Schaublin MedicaSA Distribution Agreement

In October 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement with Schaublin Medica SA (Schaublin) to terminate its distribution of our products in Switzerland and to acquire certain assets and rights from Schaublin effective as of January 1, 2013 for $0.2 million. The purchase price is due in three equal installments with the first paid in October 2012 and the remaining two payments due in January 2013 and January 2014.

XenoSure Manufacturing and Distribution Rights

In October 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement with Neovasc, Inc. (Neovasc) to acquire the manufacturing and distribution rights of the XenoSure biologic vascular patch for $4.6 million. We paid $4.3 million at the closing and the remaining $0.3 million is payable on October 31, 2013. Previously, we were the exclusive distributor of the XenoSure biologic vascular patch through January 26, 2016 and held an option to purchase the manufacturing and distribution rights. Additionally, we have entered into a supply agreement with Neovasc while we transition manufacturing to our Burlington facility. We will account for this transaction as a purchase business combination during the three months ending December 31, 2012.

OptiLock Implantable Port

On June 1, 2010, we sold our OptiLock Implantable Port product line to Minvasive Ltd. (Minvasive). In exchange for consideration of approximately $0.2 million, Minvasive received our existing inventory, tangible and intangible assets, and a customer list associated with the product line. Payment terms included $30,000 due at signing, with the remaining balance to be paid in the form of a royalty of 30% of Minvasive’s OptiLock Implantable Port sales until the total consideration is paid in full. In 2014, any outstanding balance will become due in full. As a result of the transaction, we recorded the estimated present value of amounts due as a $0.1 million receivable in other long term assets. All royalty payments received from Minvasive were applied to the receivable. In May 2012, Minvasive provided notice that it was filing for insolvency protection under German law. As a result, we wrote-off the remaining balance of approximately $52,000 as a loss on divestitures during the three months ended June 30, 2012. We had received approximately $60,000 under the terms of this agreement prior to the write-off.

TAArget and UniFit Stent Grafts

On June 30, 2011, we sold our TAArget and UniFit stent graft product lines to Duke Vascular, Inc. (Duke). In exchange for consideration of approximately $0.1 million in cash and a $0.5 million promissory note, Duke received most of our existing inventory, tangible and intangible assets, and a customer list associated with the product lines. In addition, Duke assumed our future obligations associated with the UNITE and ENTRUST clinical trials. We received the initial cash payment on June 30, 2011. The $0.5 million promissory note bears interest at 7% and was payable on June 30, 2012. We recorded the estimated fair value of the promissory note as $0.2 million receivable in other long term assets. As a result of this transaction we recorded a net charge of approximately $0.4 million in cost of sales during the year ended December 31, 2011.

In June 2012, we received an initial promissory note payment of $0.1 million and extended the repayment terms of the remaining promissory note balance to an interim payment of $0.2 million due by September 30, 2012 with the remaining outstanding balance due by November 30, 2012. In September 2012, we received the second payment of $0.2 million under the revised payment plan which was applied to the outstanding promissory note balance, interest income, and as a gain on divestiture of $50,000. The original promissory note which we recorded at its then estimated fair value of $0.2 million has been paid in full as of September 30, 2012. Any additional payments received in excess of the fair value of the promissory note will be recognized as a gain on divestitures in the periods in which they are received.

Endologix Stent Grafts

On July 6, 2011, we entered into an early termination agreement for our distribution rights of Endologix’s aortic endovascular products in Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, we received $1.3 million in exchange for the early termination of our distribution agreement on August 31, 2011, certain customer contracts, our provision of sales and marketing services, and most of our remaining inventory. Previously, we held distribution rights in certain European countries for Endologix’s Powerlink System, and related products through June 30, 2013. We recognized a gain of $0.7 million upon the termination of the distribution agreement during the year ended December 31, 2011.

The fair market valuations associated with the Cardiva, Marcom, OptiLock, and Duke transactions fall within Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy, due to the use of significant unobservable inputs to determine fair value. The fair value measurements were calculated using unobservable inputs, primarily using the income approach, specifically the discounted cash flow method. The amount and timing of future cash flows within our analysis was based on our due diligence models, most recent operational budgets, long range strategic plans and other estimates.

5.	Goodwill and Other Intangibles

There were no changes in the goodwill carrying amount of $11.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

The components of our identifiable intangible assets were as follows:


	September 30, 2012						December 31, 2011
	Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value		Gross Carrying Value		Accumulated Amortization		Net Carrying Value
	(in thousands)
Patents	$	2,635	$	1,207	$	1,428	$	2,546	$	909	$	1,637
Trademarks and technology licenses		1,155		796		359		1,154		723		431
Customer relationships		1,542		914		628		1,528		712		816
Other intangible assets		332		332		—		332		231		101

Total identifiable intangible assets	$	5,664	$	3,249	$	2,415	$	5,560	$	2,575	$	2,985

These intangible assets are being amortized over their useful lives ranging from 1 to 15 years. The weighted-average amortization period for these intangibles as of September 30, 2012, is 5.5 years. Amortization expense is included in general and administrative expense and is as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(in thousands)
Amortization expense	$	199	$	271	$	677	$	727

Estimated amortization expense for the remainder of 2012 and each of the five succeeding fiscal years is as follows:


	Year ending December 31,
	2012		2013		2014		2015		2016		2017
	(in thousands)
Amortization expense	$	194	$	738	$	577	$	377	$	280	$	61

As a result of the AlboGraft Vascular Graft Prohibition Notices discussed in Note 9, we assessed the $0.5 million of AlboGraft intangible assets and concluded that they were not impaired as of September 30, 2012. During the three months ended March 31, 2011, we determined that certain patents within our portfolio in the United States and Europe had no value based upon an analysis of expected economic benefits. As a result, we recorded an impairment charge of $0.1 million for the write-down of these patents.

6.	Financing Arrangements

As part of the purchase of Biomateriali S.r.l., we assumed a loan from the Italian government under a program that provides funding to certain businesses in Italy through a combination of grants and loans if certain requirements are met. The loan was stated to be payable in ten annual payments through 2018 of principal and interest at an interest rate of 0.74%. The present value of the loan was recorded as of the date the proceeds were received using our incremental borrowing rate. Interest was being imputed on the loan and the amortization was recorded as interest expense. The loan and grant became due in full as a result of the Biomateriali S.r.l. plant closure. As a result, in December 2011, we incurred approximately $0.1 million of restructuring charges related to additional interest and penalties charges, and we made the final payment to the Italian government of $0.5 million in December 2011. In 2010, we had previously recorded approximately $0.3 million of restructuring charges related to the expected repayment of the grants, the imputed interest on the outstanding loan balance, and certain additional interest and penalties.

7.	Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses consist of the following:


	September 30, 2012		December 31, 2011
	(in thousands)
Compensation and related taxes	$	3,692	$	3,250
Income and other taxes		1,626		530
Restructuring		—		101
Professional fees		542		360
Other		1,456		1,298

Total	$	7,316	$	5,539

8.	Restructuring Charges

In October 2010, we adopted a reorganization plan that was designed to eliminate redundant costs resulting from our 2007 acquisition of Biomateriali and to improve efficiencies in our manufacturing operations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we incurred $1.0 million of restructuring charges related to the closure of our Biomateriali manufacturing facility in Brindisi, Italy and the related transition of production to our existing corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts. The restructuring charges consisted of approximately $0.3 million associated with the transfer of manufacturing equipment and $0.7 million related to deferred rent charges upon exiting the Biomateriali facility. In March 2012, we completed the Biomateriali liquidation and dissolution process which resulted in a $0.2 million charge related to a cumulative translation adjustment recorded within our Biomateriali subsidiary’s balance sheet which we recorded as foreign currency loss.

In May 2011, we adopted a reorganization plan (the LifeSpan Plan) that was designed to eliminate redundant costs resulting from our 2010 acquisition of the LifeSpan vascular graft and to improve efficiencies in our manufacturing operations. We transitioned the production of our LifeSpan vascular graft from Laguna Hills, California to our existing corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts. The LifeSpan Plan resulted in the termination of 7 employees at the Laguna Hills facility, relocation of manufacturing equipment, and the hiring of 4 employees to staff the required functions in Burlington. We incurred approximately $0.1 million related to the closure of the Laguna Hills facility and the related relocation of the manufacturing equipment during the three months ended September 30, 2011. We incurred approximately $33,000 of severance charges during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

On June 30, 2011, we terminated our relationship with our Spanish distributor resulting in a contract termination charge of $0.5 million which we recorded as restructuring charges (see Note 4 for further details regarding the transaction).

On June 30, 2011, we terminated our relationship with our Danish distributor resulting in a contract termination charge of $0.1 million which we recorded as restructuring charges (see Note 4 for further details regarding the transaction).

During the three months ended September 30, 2011, we adopted a reorganization plan of our European administrative and stent graft sales personnel as a result of our exit from our stent graft business. We terminated 6 employees and recorded severance charges of $0.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2011.

The components of our restructuring charges are as follows:


	Three months ended September 30, 2011		Nine months ended September 30, 2011
	(in thousands)
Transfer of manufacturing equipment	$	92	$	424
Distributor contract termination charges		—		572
Non-cash asset write-off		8		732
Severance		280		291
Other		14		30

Total	$	394	$	2,049

We did not incur restructuring charges during the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Activity related to accrued restructuring costs is as follows:


	Nine months ended September 30, 2012
	(in thousands)
Balance at beginning of period	$	101
Plus:
Current period restructuring costs		—
Less:
Payment of employee severance costs		101

Balance at end of period	$	—

9.	Commitments and Contingencies

Purchase Commitments

As of September 30, 2012, as part of our normal course of business, we have purchase commitments to purchase $2.0 million of inventory through 2017.

Acquisition Payments

In 2007, we purchased certain patent applications and in-process research and development which included earn-out payments associated with the commercialization of The UnBalloon Non-Occlusive Modeling Catheter in the European Union and the United States as part of the consideration. The earn-out payments are payable quarterly at approximately the rate of two times sales for the four quarters. The European earn-out period was measured from

December 23, 2009 through December 22, 2010. We recorded an intangible asset of approximately $27,000 related to earn-out payments made on European sales. The United States earn-out period will be measured from January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012. We recorded an intangible asset of approximately $0.1 million related to earn-out payments made on United States sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. We consider the earn-out payments associated with the commercialization of the products in Europe and the United States to be contingent consideration that will be recorded as additional intangible assets in the periods that the contingency is resolved. In addition, there is a contingent payment of $0.1 million related to one patent application which is payable upon the issuance of the patent. We consider the payment associated with the patent application approval to be contingent consideration that will be recorded as additional intangible assets in the period that the contingency is resolved.

AlboGraft Recall and Sales Prohibition

In October 2011, we received complaints of two AlboGraft device failures which resulted in a voluntary recall of one production lot of our AlboGraft Vascular Graft. In February 2012, we received complaints of two additional AlboGraft device failures, which resulted in a voluntary recall of one additional production lot. We believe that we isolated the root cause of these device failures and implemented corrective actions beginning with lots produced in November 2011. Subsequent to the February 2012 recall, we received four additional complaints regarding our AlboGraft Vascular Graft. Although the investigation was inconclusive, we believe these complaints were unrelated to the product failures which resulted in the recalls and were isolated manufacturing defects. In October 2012, we received a fifth complaint regarding our AlboGraft Vascular Graft. We believe this complaint was unrelated to the product failures which resulted in the previous recalls and was an isolated manufacturing defect, which we have subsequently addressed through corrective actions implemented in April 2012. However, there can be no assurance that these product failures and manufacturing defects will not reoccur or that other problems related to our AlboGraft Vascular Graft will not develop in the future. In the event that any of our products proves to be defective, we can voluntarily recall, or the FDA or foreign equivalent could require us to implement a recall of, any of our products and, if someone is harmed by a malfunction or a product defect, we may experience product liability claims for such defects. Any corrective action, whether voluntary or involuntary, as well as defending ourselves in a lawsuit, will require the dedication of our time and capital and may harm our reputation and financial results. Future recalls or claims could also result in significant costs to us and significant adverse publicity, which could harm our ability to market our products in the future. As a result of the recalled lots, we recognized $0.2 million of inventory write-offs, which we recorded to cost of sales during the year ended December 31, 2011.

As a result of the complaints described above, in March 2012, the relevant regulatory agency in the United Kingdom issued a Medical Device Alert advising doctors to use caution when implanting our AlboGraft Vascular Grafts. In April 2012, the relevant regulatory agencies in the United Kingdom and France issued Prohibition Notices, which prohibited our ability to sell AlboGraft Vascular Grafts in these countries pending our ability to address the concerns of these regulatory agencies. The United Kingdom and France represented approximately 40% of our AlboGraft Vascular Graft sales volume and sales of AlboGraft in these countries were $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2011. As a result of the Prohibition Notices, we recognized $0.1 million of inventory write-offs, which we recorded to cost of sales during the three months ended March 31, 2012. In July 2012, the French regulatory agency rescinded its Prohibition Notice without qualification, and the United Kingdom regulatory agency rescinded its Prohibition Notice with the qualification that all AlboGraft devices must be tested prior to implant. The United Kingdom regulatory agency has indicated that as of January 1, 2013, it may remove the prior test qualification in the United Kingdom, although there can be no guarantee that this will occur. Additionally, there can be no assurance that additional countries will not also issue their own prohibitions against sales of our AlboGraft devices. Although the Prohibition Notices have been lifted and sales have resumed in the United Kingdom and France, they will likely continue to adversely affect sales in these countries. As of September 30, 2012, we have approximately $2.3 million of inventory and $0.5 million of intangible assets related to the AlboGraft Vascular Graft.

10.

Segment and Enterprise-Wide Disclosures

The FASB establishes standards for reporting information regarding operating segments in annual financial statements. Operating segments are identified as components of an enterprise about which separate, discrete financial information is available for evaluation by the chief operating decision-maker in making decisions on how to allocate resources and assess performance. We view our operations and manage our business as one operating segment. No discrete operating information is prepared by us except for product sales by product line and by geographic location for local reporting purposes.

Most of our revenues were generated in the United States, Europe, and Japan, and substantially all of our assets are located in the United States. We analyze our sales using a number of approaches, including sales by legal entity. Our German subsidiary (LeMaitre Vascular GmbH) records all sales in Europe excluding direct sales in France (LeMaitre Vascular SAS); Italy (LeMaitre Vascular S.r.l.); and Spain (LeMaitre Vascular Spain SL)

beginning July 1, 2011, and to distributors worldwide, excluding distributor sales in North, South and Central America (LeMaitre Vascular, Inc.), France (LeMaitre Vascular SAS), Portugal (LeMaitre Vascular Spain SL), and Korea and Taiwan (LeMaitre Vascular GK). Net sales to unaffiliated customers by country were as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(in thousands)
United States	$	8,811	$	9,207	$	27,191	$	26,818
Germany		1,419		1,752		4,149		5,920
Other countries		3,415		3,605		10,594		11,536

Total	$	13,645	$	14,564	$	41,934	$	44,274

With the exception of the United States and Germany, no individual country represented greater than 10% of our total sales in any of the periods presented above.

11.

Share-based Compensation

Our 2006 Stock Option and Incentive Plan allows for granting of incentive stock options, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, unrestricted stock awards, and deferred stock awards to our officers, employees, directors, and consultants.

The components of share-based compensation expense were as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(in thousands)
Stock option awards to employees	$	239	$	185	$	530	$	456
Restricted common stock awards		167		132		406		391

Total share-based compensation	$	406	$	317	$	936	$	847

We have computed the fair values of employee stock options for option grants issued during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 using the Black-Scholes option model with the following assumptions:


	2012			2011
Dividend yield		1.6	%		1.1	%
Volatility		61.8	%		66.1	%
Risk-free interest rate		0.6	%		1.4	%
Weighted average expected option term (in years)		5.5			4.8
Weighted average fair value per share of options granted	$	2.91		$	3.57

The weighted-average fair value per share of restricted stock unit grants issued for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $6.23. The weighted-average fair value per share of restricted stock unit grants issued for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $7.10.

12.

Net Income per Share

The computation of basic and diluted net income per share was as follows:


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2011		2012		2011
	(in thousands, except per share data)
Basic:
Net income available for common stockholders	$	663	$	1,214	$	1,873	$	1,797

Weighted average shares outstanding		15,130		15,491		15,208		15,476

Basic net income per share	$	0.04	$	0.08	$	0.12	$	0.12

Diluted:
Net income available for common stockholders	$	663	$	1,214	$	1,873	$	1,797

Weighted-average shares outstanding		15,130		15,491		15,208		15,476
Common stock equivalents		475		539		446		569

Shares used in computing diluted net income per common share		15,605		16,030		15,654		16,045

Diluted net income per share	$	0.04	$	0.08	$	0.12	$	0.11

Shares excluded in computing diluted net income as those shares would be anti-dilutive		523		338		559		286

13.

Stockholders’ Equity

Authorized Shares

On June 14, 2012, our stockholders approved an amendment (“Charter Amendment”) to our Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to reduce the number of authorized shares of common stock from 100,000,000 to 37,000,000 shares and of undesignated preferred stock from 5,000,000 to 3,000,000 shares. The Charter Amendment was previously approved by our Board of Directors on April 12, 2012, subject to approval by our stockholders. The Charter Amendment was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on June 14, 2012.

Stock Repurchase Plan

In July 2009, our Board of Directors authorized a repurchase of our common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. In November 2011, our Board of Directors increased this authorization to $10.0 million and extended the program through December 31, 2013. The timing and number of any shares repurchased will be determined based on our evaluation of market conditions and other factors. Repurchases may also be made under a Rule 10b5-1 plan, which would permit shares to be repurchased when we might otherwise be precluded from doing so under insider trading laws. The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time and will conclude no later than December 31, 2013, unless otherwise extended by our Board of Directors. The repurchase program is being funded using our available cash and cash equivalents. We

have the authority to purchase $3.6 million of shares of our common stock remaining under the repurchase program as of September 30, 2012. The following is a summary of the stock repurchase activity for the nine months ended:

September 30, 2012

September 30, 2011

Shares

Total

Shares

Total

Purchased

( $ in thousands)

Share repurchases

304,846

1,759

174,023

1,181

Dividends

On February 28, 2011, our Board of Directors approved a policy for the payment of quarterly cash dividends on our common stock. Future declarations of quarterly dividends and the establishment of future record and payment dates are subject to approval by our Board of Directors on a quarterly basis. The dividend activity for the periods presented is as follows:


Record Date	Payment Date		Per Share Amount		Dividend Payment
					(in thousands)
Fiscal Year 2012
March 20, 2012		April 3, 2012	$	0.025	$	381
May 18, 2012		June 4, 2012	$	0.025	$	379
August 17, 2012		August 31, 2012	$	0.025	$	380

Fiscal Year 2011
March 22, 2011		April 5, 2011	$	0.020	$	309
May 20, 2011		June 6, 2011	$	0.020	$	310
August 19, 2011		September 6, 2011	$	0.020	$	310

On October 24, 2012, our Board of Directors approved a quarterly cash dividend on our common stock of $0.025 per share payable on December 4, 2012, to stockholders of record at the close of business on November 20, 2012, which will total approximately $0.4 million.

14.

Supplemental Cash Flow Information


	Nine months ended September 30,
	2012		2011
	(in thousands)
Cash paid for income taxes, net	$	163	$	366

Supplemental non-cash financing activities:
Common stock repurchased for RSU tax withholdings	$	200	$	278
Note receivable resulting from divesture	$	—	$	200

15.

Fair Value Measurements

The fair value accounting guidance requires that assets and liabilities carried at fair value be classified and disclosed in one of the following three categories:

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Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

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Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data.

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Level 3 — Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes certain pricing models, discounted cash flow methodologies and similar techniques that use significant unobservable inputs.

As of September 30, 2012, we had cash equivalents in a money market fund that was valued using Level 1 inputs (quoted market prices for identical assets) at a fair value of $16.5 million.

We had no Level 2 or Level 3 assets being measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2012.

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

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that are based on our management’s beliefs and assumptions and on information currently available to our management. Forward-looking statements include all statements other than statements of historical fact contained in this Quarterly Report, including statements about: the impact of previous Prohibition Notices and testing requirements of our AlboGraft sales; the impact to our gross profit in 2013 and 2014 as a result of our Xenosure acquisition and related manufacturing transfer; and the adequacy of our cash reserves for the next twelve months. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance, time frames or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance, time frames or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Moreover, the forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. Forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties; our failure to manage the anticipated growth of our business; and the unavailability of additional, required capital on acceptable terms. Further information on potential risk factors that could affect our business and financial results is detailed in Part II, Item IA. “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Given these risks, uncertainties and other factors, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in this report and our other SEC filings, including our audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, as filed with the SEC on March 27, 2012.

Unless the context requires otherwise, references to “LeMaitre Vascular,” “we,” “our,” and “us” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q refer to LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. and its subsidiaries.

LeMaitre, AlboGraft, LifeSpan, and the LeMaitre Vascular logo are registered trademarks of LeMaitre Vascular, and UnBalloon is an unregistered trademark of LeMaitre Vascular. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q also includes the registered and unregistered trademarks of other persons.

Overview

We are a medical device company that develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices and implants for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease. Our principal product offerings are sold throughout the world, primarily in the United States, the European Union and, to a lesser extent, Japan. We estimate that the annual worldwide market for all peripheral vascular devices approximates $3 billion, within which our core product lines address roughly $750 million. We have grown our business by using a three-pronged strategy: competing in niche markets, expanding our worldwide direct sales force, and acquiring and developing complementary vascular devices. We currently manufacture most of our product lines in our Burlington, Massachusetts, headquarters.

Our products are used by vascular surgeons who treat peripheral vascular disease through both open surgical methods and endovascular techniques. In contrast to interventional cardiologists and interventional radiologists, neither of whom are typically certified to perform open surgical procedures, vascular surgeons can perform both open surgical and minimally invasive endovascular procedures, and are therefore uniquely positioned to provide a wider range of treatment options to patients.

Our principal product lines include the following: balloon catheters, biologic patches, carotid shunts, contrast injection device, laparoscopic cholecystectomy devices, non-occlusive modeling catheter, radiopaque marking tape, remote endarterectomy devices, valvulotomes, vascular grafts, and vessel closure systems. We divested our aortic stent grafts in June 2011 and terminated our distribution of the Endologix products in August 2011.

We evaluate the sales performance of our various product lines utilizing criteria that varies based upon the position of each product line in its expected life cycle. For established products, we typically review unit sales and selling prices. For newer or faster growing products, we typically also focus upon new account generation and customer retention.

To assist us in evaluating our business strategies, we regularly monitor long-term technology trends in the peripheral vascular device market. Additionally, we consider the information obtained from discussions with the medical community in connection with the demand for our products, including potential new product launches. We also use this information to help determine our competitive position in the peripheral vascular device market and our manufacturing capacity requirements.

Our business opportunities include the following:

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the long-term growth of our sales force in North America, Europe and Japan, sometimes in connection with terminations of certain distributor relationships in order to expand our sales presence in new countries;

•

the addition of complementary products through acquisitions;

•

the updating of existing products and introduction of new products through research and development; and

•

the introduction of our products in new markets upon obtainment of regulatory approvals in these markets.

We are currently pursuing each of these opportunities.

We sell our products primarily through a direct sales force. As of September 30, 2012 our sales force was comprised of 79 sales representatives in North America, the European Union and Japan. We also sell our products in other countries through distributors. Our worldwide headquarters is located in Burlington, Massachusetts. Our international operations are headquartered in Sulzbach, Germany. We also have sales offices located in Tokyo, Japan, Madrid, Spain, and Milan, Italy. In 2012, approximately 95% of our net sales were generated in markets in which we employ direct sales representatives.

In recent years we have experienced comparatively greater success in product markets characterized by low or limited competition, for example the market for valvulotome devices. In these markets, we believe that we have been able to increase selling prices without compromising market share. There can be no assurance that we will not meet resistance to increased selling prices in the future. In contrast, we have experienced comparatively lesser success in highly competitive product markets such as polyester and ePTFE vascular grafts, where we face stronger competition from larger companies with greater resources. While we believe that these challenging market dynamics can be mitigated by our strong relationships with our vascular surgeon customers, there can be no assurance that we will be successful in highly competitive markets.

Because we believe that direct-to-hospital sales engender closer customer relationships, and allow for higher selling prices and gross margins, we periodically enter into transactions with our distributors to transition their sales of our medical devices to our direct sales organization. In October 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement with Schaublin Medica SA (Schaublin) to terminate its distribution of our products in Switzerland and to acquire certain assets and rights from Schaublin effective as of January 1, 2013 for $0.2 million. The purchase price is due

in three equal installments with the first paid in October 2012 and the remaining two payments due in January 2013 and January 2014. We anticipate that the expansion of our direct sales organization to Switzerland may result in increased sales and marketing expenses during 2013.

Our strategy for growing our business includes the acquisition of complementary product lines and companies and occasionally the discontinuance or divestiture of products or activities that are no longer complementary:

•

In June 2011, we divested our TAArget and UniFit stent grafts to Duke Vascular, Inc. for $0.6 million. In addition, Duke Vascular, Inc. assumed our future obligations for the associated UNITE and ENTRUST clinical trials.

•

In August 2011, we terminated our distribution of Endologix’s aortic stent graft products in Europe in exchange for $1.3 million.

•

In October 2012, we acquired manufacturing and distribution rights of the XenoSure biologic vascular patch from Neovasc Inc. for $4.6 million. We paid $4.3 million at the closing and the remaining $0.3 million is payable on October 31, 2013. Previously, we were the exclusive distributor of the XenoSure biologic vascular patch through January 26, 2016 and held an option to purchase the manufacturing and distribution rights. Additionally, we have entered into a supply agreement with Neovasc while we transition manufacturing to our Burlington facility.

In addition to relying upon acquisitions to grow our business, we also rely on our product development efforts to bring differentiated technology and next-generation products to market. These efforts have led to the following recent product launches:

•

In November 2011, we launched the second-generation of The UnBalloon Non-Occlusive Modeling Catheter.

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In December 2011, we launched the Over-The-Wire LeMaitre Valvulotome.

In addition to our sales growth strategies, we have also executed several operational initiatives designed to consolidate and streamline manufacturing within our Burlington, MA facilities. We expect that these plant consolidations will yield improved control over our production capacity and our direct labor force as well as reduce redundant costs over the long-term. Our most recent manufacturing transitions included:

•

In October 2010, we adopted a reorganization plan that was designed to eliminate redundant costs resulting from our 2007 acquisition of Biomateriali and to improve efficiencies in manufacturing operations. We have completed the transition of AlboGraft vascular graft manufacturing to our existing corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

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In May 2011, we adopted a reorganization plan that was designed to eliminate redundant costs resulting from our 2010 acquisition of the LifeSpan vascular graft and to improve efficiencies in manufacturing operations. We have completed this transition to our existing corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

AlboGraft Recall and Sales Prohibition

Fluctuations in the rate of exchange between the U.S. dollar and foreign currencies, primarily the Euro, affect our financial results. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, approximately 32% of our sales were from outside the Americas. We expect that foreign currencies will continue to represent a similarly significant percentage of our sales in the future. Selling, marketing, and administrative costs related to these sales are largely denominated in the same respective currency, thereby partially mitigating our transaction risk exposure. We therefore believe that the risk of a significant impact on our operating income from foreign currency fluctuations is moderated. However, most of our foreign sales are denominated in local currency, and if there is an increase in the rate at which a foreign currency is exchanged for U.S. dollars, it will require more of the foreign currency to equal a specified amount of U.S. dollars than before the rate increase. In such cases we will receive less in U.S. dollars than we did before the rate increase went into effect.

The following table indicates the impact of foreign currency fluctuations and strategic changes to our business activities for each quarter during 2012 and the two most recently completed fiscal years:


(amounts in thousands) (unaudited)
	2012									2011												2010
	Q3			Q2			Q1			Q4			Q3			Q2			Q1			Q4			Q3			Q2			Q1
Total net sales		13,645			14,361			13,928			13,411			14,564			15,112			14,598			14,431			13,656			14,158			13,815
Impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations (1)		(481	)		(470	)		(146	)		15			431			669			10			(420	)		(418	)		(336	)		314
Net impact of acquisitions and distributed sales, excluding currency exchange rate fluctuations (2)		—			—			—			260			319			335			328			156			—			—			95
Net impact of discontinued products, excluding currency rate fluctuations (3)		(1,109	)		(1,342	)		(1,584	)		(1,904	)		(370	)		(76	)		(45	)		(100	)		(105	)		(65	)		—

(1)	Represents the impact of the change in foreign exchange rates compared to the corresponding quarter of the prior year based on the weighted average exchange rate for each quarter.

(2)	Represents the impact of new sales of acquired products or businesses and newly distributed sales of other manufacturers’ during the current year period, measured for 12 months following the date of the event or transaction.

(3)	Represents the impact of sales related to discontinued and divested products, and discontinued distributed sales of other manufacturers’ products,during the comparable prior period, measured for 12 months following the date of the event or transaction.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

The following tables set forth, for the periods indicated, our results of operations, net sales by geography, and the change between the specified periods expressed as a percentage increase or decrease:


	Three months ended September 30,							Nine months ended September 30,
(unaudited)	2012		2011		Percent change			2012		2011		Percent change
	($ in thousands)
Net sales	$	13,645	$	14,564		(6	%)	$	41,934	$	44,274		(5	%)
Net sales by geography:
Americas	$	9,279	$	9,567		(3	%)	$	28,429	$	27,984		2	%
International		4,366		4,997		(13	%)		13,505		16,290		(17	%)

Total	$	13,645	$	14,564		(6	%)	$	41,934	$	44,274		(5	%)

Net sales. Net sales decreased 6% to $13.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $14.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011. Sales decreases for the three months ended September 30, 2012 were primarily driven by the 2011 divestiture of our stent graft product lines which accounted for $1.1 million of sales during the three months ended September 30, 2011, a $0.2 million decrease in polyester graft sales, and a weakening of the Euro which negatively impacted sales by $0.5 million. These decreases were partially offset by higher average selling prices across nearly all product lines, increased sales in biologic patches of $0.5 million, and increased sales of radiopaque tape of $0.2 million.

Net sales decreased 5% to $41.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $44.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. Sales decreases for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 were primarily driven by the 2011 divestiture of our stent graft product lines which accounted for $4.0 million of sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2011, a $0.6 million decrease in polyester graft sales, and a weakening of the Euro which negatively impacted sales by $1.1 million. These decreases were partially offset by higher average selling prices across nearly all product lines, increased sales in biologic patches of $1.4 million, and increased sales of catheters of $0.5 million which was partially driven by selected pricing discounts in new geographies.

Direct-to-hospital net sales were 95% for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to 91% and 93% for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

Net sales by geography. Net sales in the Americas decreased $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily driven by the divestiture of our stent graft product lines which accounted for $0.4 million of sales during the three months ended September 30, 2011, a decrease in the sales of shunts of $0.2 million, and a decrease in the sales of remote endarterectomy of $0.2 million, and was partially offset by higher average selling prices across nearly all product lines, increased sales of biologic patches, and increased sales of radiopaque tape of $0.2 million. International net sales decreased $0.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily driven by the divestiture of our stent graft product lines and a decrease in polyester graft sales, and was partially offset by increased sales of biologic patches of $0.3 million which became available for sale in Europe in July 2011.

Net sales in the Americas increased $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The increase was largely the result of higher average selling prices across nearly all product lines, as well as increased sales of biologic patches, increases of radiopaque tape of $0.3 million and increases in catheters of $0.3 million. The increase was partially offset by the divestiture of our stent graft product lines which accounted for $0.5 million of sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2011. International net sales decreased $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The decrease was primarily driven by the divestiture of our stent graft product lines and a decrease in polyester graft sales, which was partially offset by increased sales of biologic patches of $0.8 million, which became available for sale in Europe in July 2011 and catheter sales to international distributors.

In April 2012, the regulatory agencies in the United Kingdom and France issued Prohibition Notices which prohibited us from selling our AlboGraft polyester grafts in those countries until further notice. In July 2012, the regulatory agencies substantially rescinded the Prohibition Notices allowing the products to return to market. See “Overview” above for a further discussion regarding these notices. Sales of AlboGraft in France and the United Kingdom were $0.1 million and $0.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and were $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. Sales of AlboGraft in France and the United Kingdom were $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2011.

International direct-to-hospital net sales were 86% of total international net sales for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2012, compared to 87% for the three months and nine months ended, September 30, 2011, respectively.


	Three months ended September 30,												Nine months ended September 30,
(unaudited)										Percent												Percent
	2012			2011			$ Change			change			2012			2011			$ Change			change
	($ in thousands)
Gross profit	$	10,015		$	10,183		$	(168	)		(1.6	%)	$	30,430		$	30,704		$	(274	)		(0.9	%)

Gross margin		73.4	%		69.9	%		*			3.5	%		72.6	%		69.4	%		*			3.2	%

*	Not applicable

Gross Profit. Gross profit decreased 1.6% to $10.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012, while gross margin increased 3.5% to 73.4% in the same period. The gross margin increase was largely the result of favorable product and geographic mix driven largely by our exit from stent grafts, increased selling prices across most of our product lines, and a reduction in costs associated with the 2011 manufacturing start-up and transition activities related to the AlboGraft and Lifespan product lines. The gross profit decrease was a result of our exit from the stent graft product lines which generated $1.1 million of revenue during the three months ended September 30, 2011, and was partially offset by our higher gross margins.

Gross profit decreased 0.9% to $30.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, while gross margin increased 3.2% to 72.6% in the same period. The gross margin increase was largely the result of a reduction in costs related to the closure of our factory in Brindisi, Italy in March 2011, a reduction in costs associated with the 2011 manufacturing start-up and transition activities related to the AlboGraft and Lifespan product lines, favorable product and geographic mix driven largely by our exit from stent grafts, and increased selling prices across most of our product lines. The gross margin increase was partially offset by additional inventory write-offs associated with our AlboGraft product line and manufacturing inefficiencies. The gross profit decrease was largely the result of our exit from the stent graft product lines which generated $4.0 million of revenue during the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and was partially offset by the increase in gross margin.

In October 2012, we entered into a definitive agreement with Neovasc, Inc. to acquire the manufacturing and distribution rights of the XenoSure biologic vascular patch which we expect will negatively affect gross profit in 2013 as we transition production to our Burlington facility. We expect to realize efficiencies which may improve gross margins on our XenoSure biologic vascular patch beginning in 2014.

Commencing in 2013, we will be subject to a medical device excise tax of 2.3% on sales within the United States. We estimate this tax to negatively affect income from operations by approximately $1.0 million.


	Three months ended September 30,												Nine months ended September 30,
(unaudited)										Percent											Percent
	2012			2011			$ change			change			2012		2011			$ change			change
	($ in thousands)
Sales and marketing	$	4,911		$	4,757		$	154			3	%	$	15,310	$	14,646		$	664			5	%
General and administrative		2,892			2,802			90			3	%		8,277		8,517			(240	)		(3	%)
Research and development		1,261			974			287			29	%		3,531		3,286			245			7	%
Restructuring charges		—			394			(394	)		*			—		2,049			(2,049	)		*
(Gain) loss on divestitures		(50	)		(735	)		685			*			2		(735	)		737			*
Impairment charge		—			—			—			*			—		83			(83	)		*

Total	$	9,014		$	8,192		$	822			10	%	$	27,120	$	27,846		$	(726	)		(3	%)


	Three months ended September 30,									Nine months ended September 30,
	2012			2011						2012			2011
	of Net Sales			of Net Sales			Change			of Net Sales			of Net Sales			Change
Sales and marketing		36	%		33	%		3	%		37	%		33	%		4	%
General and administrative		21	%		19	%		2	%		20	%		19	%		1	%
Research and development		9	%		7	%		2	%		8	%		7	%		1	%
Restructuring charges		0	%		3	%		(3	%)		0	%		5	%		(5	%)
(Gain) loss on divestitures		0	%		(5	%)		5	%		0	%		(2	%)		2	%
Impairment charge		0	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		0	%		0	%

*	Not a meaningful percentage relationship.

Sales and marketing. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, sales and marketing expenses increased 3% to $4.9 million. Selling expenses were relatively flat while marketing expenses increased by $0.1 million. Selling expense included increased compensation costs of $0.2 million, and increased sales meetings and related travel costs of $0.1 million, which were offset by decreased transition services costs related to our buy-out of our former Spanish distributor of $0.1 million in 2011, and the effects of foreign exchange. Marketing expenses increases were largely driven by $0.1 million of additional advertising costs. Changes in foreign currency exchange rates reduced expenses by $0.2 million as compared to the prior year period. As a percentage of net sales, sales and marketing expenses were 36% in the three months ended September 30, 2012.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, sales and marketing expenses increased 5% to $15.3 million. Selling expenses increased $0.3 million while marketing expenses increased by $0.4 million. Selling expense increases were largely driven by selling costs associated with our Spanish subsidiary of $0.7 million and $0.2 million of additional sales meetings and travel costs. These increases were partially offset by $0.2 million of transition services related to the LifeSpan acquisition and the 2011 buy-out of our former Spanish distributor. Marketing expense increases were largely driven by $0.3 million of additional advertising costs and $0.1 million of increased personnel costs. These increases were partially offset by changes in foreign currency exchange rates of $0.5 million. As a percentage of net sales, sales and marketing expenses were 37% in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. We anticipate that the expansion of our direct sales organization to Switzerland as well as the growth of our Canadian direct sales organization may result in increased selling, marketing beginning in the fourth quarter of 2012.

General and administrative. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, general and administrative expenses increased 3% to $2.9 million. The increase was largely the result of a settlement of an employee matter of $0.1 million and increased bad debt expense relating to certain European markets of $0.1 million. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in amortization expense of $0.1 million and compensation costs of $0.1 million, and changes in foreign currency exchange rates of $0.1 million. As a percentage of net sales, general and administrative expenses were 21% in the three months ended September 30, 2012.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, general and administrative expenses decreased 3% to $8.3 million. The decrease was largely driven by a decrease in compensation costs of $0.4 million, the closure of our Biomateriali facility in March 2011 which incurred general and administrative costs of $0.1 million in the prior year period, and by changes in foreign currency exchange rates of $0.3 million. These decreases were partially offset by the settlement of an employee matter of $0.1 million and bad debt expense relating to certain European markets of $0.1 million. As a percentage of net sales, general and administrative expenses were 20% in the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Research and development. For the three months ended September 30, 2012, research and development expenses increased 29% to $1.3 million. Product development expenses increased $0.4 million primarily due to increased product engineer related compensation of $0.2 million and additional development testing and sample expenses of $0.1 million. Clinical and regulatory expenses increased $0.1 million mainly due to regulatory specialist compensation. Royalty expenses decreased $0.1 million, primarily due to our exit from our stent graft product lines. As a percentage of net sales, research and development expenses were 9% for the three months ended September 30, 2012.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, research and development expenses increased 7% to $3.5 million. Product development expenses increased $0.6 million primarily due to increased product engineer compensation and additional development testing and sample expenses. Clinical and regulatory expenses decreased $0.1 million, primarily due to a reduction in costs associated with the suspension of enrollment in our UNITE and ENTRUST stent graft trials in October 2010 which was partially offset by increased regulatory specialist compensation. On June 30, 2011, Duke Vascular, Inc. assumed all future obligations of the UNITE and ENTRUST trials as part of our stent graft divestiture agreement. Royalty expenses decreased $0.1 million, primarily due to our exit from our stent graft product lines. As a percentage of net sales, research and development expenses were 8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

Restructuring. We did not incur any restructuring charges in the nine months ended September 30, 2012.

In May 2011, we adopted a reorganization plan designed to eliminate redundant costs resulting from our 2010 acquisition of the LifeSpan vascular graft and to improve efficiencies in manufacturing operations. We transitioned the production of our LifeSpan vascular graft from Laguna Hills, California to our existing corporate headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts. We incurred approximately $33,000 of severance charges during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

On June 30, 2011, we terminated our relationship with our Spanish and Danish distributors resulting in contract termination charges of $0.5 million and $0.1 million, respectively, which we recorded as restructuring charges during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

In July 2011, we adopted a reorganization plan of our European administrative and stent graft sales personnel as a result of our exit from the stent graft business. We terminated 6 employees and recorded severance charges of $0.3 million during the three months ended September 30, 2011. The final severance payments were made in March 2012.

Impairment charge. We did not incur any impairment charges in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Impairment charges were $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as we determined that certain patents within our portfolio in the U.S. and Europe had no value based upon an analysis of expected economic benefits.

Gain / loss on divestitures. We recorded a $0.1 million gain on divestiture relating to our TAArget and UniFit stent graft product lines as a result of payments received from Duke Vascular during the three months ended September 30, 2012. We recorded a $0.1 million write-off on a note receivable associated with our Optilock divesture in 2010 as the acquirer provided notice that it was filing for insolvency protection under German law in the three months ended June 30, 2012. In 2011, we recognized a gain of $0.7 million upon the termination of the Endologix distribution agreement.

Foreign exchange gains / losses. Foreign exchange losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $0.2 million and was primarily the result of a cumulative translation adjustment recorded at our Biomateriali subsidiary upon the liquidation and dissolution of that legal entity as well as the general weakening of the Euro. Foreign exchange gains for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 were $0.1 million.

Income tax expense. We recorded a provision for taxes of $0.4 million on pre-tax income of $1.1 million for the three months ended September 30, 2012, compared to $0.7 million on pre-tax income of $1.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2011. We recorded a provision for taxes of $1.3 million on pre-tax income of $3.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 resulting in an effective income tax rate of 40.3%, compared to $1.2 million on pre-tax income of $3.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, or an effective income tax rate of 39.4%. The 2012 income tax was comprised of estimated federal and state income taxes of approximately $1.0 million, as well as foreign income taxes of $0.1 million. Our income tax expense for the current period varies from the statutory rate amounts mainly due to the inclusion of certain foreign entities with losses, from lower statutory rates at our foreign German entity, offset by certain permanent and discrete items. Our September 30, 2011 provision included estimated federal and state income taxes of approximately $1.1 million, as well as foreign income taxes of $0.1 million. Our 2011 income tax expense varied from the statutory rate amounts mainly due to the generation of United States research and development tax credits, from lower statutory rates at our foreign German entity, offset by certain discrete items of $0.1 million. We monitor the mix of profitability by tax jurisdiction and adjust our annual expected rate on a quarterly basis as needed. While it is often difficult to predict the final outcome or timing of the resolution of any particular tax matter, we believe that our tax reserves reflect the probable outcome of known contingencies.

We have assessed the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets at September 30, 2012 and concluded that we continue to carry a valuation allowance against $4.4 million of state and foreign deferred tax assets, which based on the weight of available evidence, we believe it is more likely than not that such assets will not be realized.

We expect that our effective tax rate will remain fairly constant throughout the remainder of 2012.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 2012, our cash and cash equivalents were $20.6 million as compared to $20.1 million at December 31, 2011. Our cash and cash equivalents are highly liquid investments with maturities of 90 days or less at the date of purchase and consist of money market funds, and are stated at cost, which approximates fair value. We did not hold any marketable securities nor any mortgage asset-backed or auction-rate securities in our investment portfolio as of September 30, 2012. All of our cash held outside of the United States is available for corporate use.

Operating and Capital Expenditure Requirements

We require cash to pay our operating expenses, make capital expenditures, and pay our long-term liabilities. Since our inception, we have funded our operations through public offerings and private placements of equity securities, short-term borrowings, and funds generated from our operations.

We recognized operating income of $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. For the year ended December 31, 2011, we recognized operating income of $3.7 million. Although it is our intention to generate an operating profit on an ongoing basis, excluding the impact of acquisitions, divestitures and distributor terminations, there can be no assurance that we will generate an operating profit in the future due to our continued investment in growing our business. We expect to fund any increased costs and expenditures from our existing cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities, though our future capital requirements depend on numerous factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

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the revenues generated by sales of our products;

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payments associated with the $4.6 million acquisition of the XenoSure biologic patch manufacturing and distribution rights as well as the associated manufacturing transition costs;

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payments associated with potential future quarterly cash dividends to our common stockholders;

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payments associated with our stock repurchase plan;

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payments associated with U.S income taxes or other taxes, such as the medical device tax which we estimate will be approximately $1.0 million in 2013;

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the costs associated with expanding our manufacturing, marketing, sales, and distribution efforts;

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the rate of progress and cost of our research and development activities;

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the costs of obtaining and maintaining FDA and other regulatory clearances of our existing and future products;

•

the effects of competing technological and market developments; and

•

the number, timing, and nature of acquisitions and other strategic transactions.

Our cash balances may decrease as we continue to use cash to fund our operations, make acquisitions, make purchases under our share repurchase program, make payments under our quarterly dividend program, and make deferred payments related to prior acquisitions. We believe that our cash, cash equivalents, investments and the interest we earn on these balances will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash requirements for at least the next twelve months. If these sources of cash are insufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements beyond the next twelve months, we may seek to sell additional equity or debt securities or borrow from a financial institution. The sale of additional equity and debt securities may result in dilution to our stockholders. If we raise additional funds through the issuance of debt securities, such securities could have rights senior to those of our common stock and could contain covenants that would restrict our operations. We may require additional capital beyond our currently forecasted amounts. Any such required additional capital may not be available on reasonable terms, if at all.

Italian Loan and Grant

Stock Repurchase Plan

September 30, 2012

September 30, 2011

Shares

Total

Shares

Total

Purchased

( $ in thousands)

Share repurchases

304,846

1,759

174,023

1,181

Dividends


Record Date	Payment Date	Per Share Amount		Dividend Payment
				(in thousands)
Fiscal Year 2012
March 20, 2012	April 3, 2012	$	0.025	$	381
May 18, 2012	June 4, 2012	$	0.025	$	379
August 17, 2012	August 31, 2012	$	0.025	$	380

Fiscal Year 2011
March 22, 2011	April 5, 2011	$	0.020	$	309
May 20, 2011	June 6, 2011	$	0.020	$	310
August 19, 2011	September 6, 2011	$	0.020	$	310

Cash Flows


	Nine months ended September 30,
	(in thousands)
	2012			2011			Net Change
Cash and cash equivalents	$	20,639		$	23,807		$	(3,168	)

Cash flows provided by (used in):
Operating activities	$	4,295		$	3,473		$	822
Investing activities		(667	)		(681	)		14
Financing activities		(3,096	)		(2,324	)		(772	)

Net cash provided by operating activities. Net cash provided by operating activities was $4.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, and consisted of $1.9 million net income, adjusted for non-cash items of $3.9 million (including depreciation and amortization of $1.6 million, provision for inventory write-offs of $0.9 million, stock-based compensation of $0.9 million, and the effects of foreign currency translations of $0.3 million) and was offset by changes in working capital of $1.5 million. The net cash used by changes in working capital was principally the result of an increase in inventory of $3.1 million and in accounts payable and other liabilities of $1.6 million.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $3.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011, and consisted of $1.8 million net income, adjusted for non-cash items of $3.1 million (including depreciation and amortization of $1.5 million, provision for inventory write-offs of $0.8 million, stock-based compensation of $0.8 million, the noncash restructuring charges associated with our exit of our Brindisi, Italy factory of $0.7 million, and impairment charges of $0.1 million) and was offset by changes in working capital of $1.4 million. The net cash used by changes in working capital was principally the result of a decrease in accounts payable and other liabilities and an increase in accounts receivable.

Net cash used in investing activities. Net cash used in investing activities was $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. This was primarily driven by the purchase of property and equipment and was partially offset by a $0.3 million collection of a note receivable related to our stent graft divestiture in 2011.

Net cash used in investing activities was $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011. This was due to the purchase of property and equipment of $1.4 million, primarily related to transfer of product line manufacturing from Brindisi, Italy and Laguna Hills, California to Burlington, Massachusetts and $0.6 million of acquisition related payments, primarily related to the LifeSpan Vascular Graft acquisition and the Spanish and Danish distributor buyouts and was partially offset by $1.3 million distribution termination payment from Endologix.

Net cash used in financing activities. Net cash used in financing activities was $3.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012, driven primarily by the purchase of $2.0 million of our outstanding shares under our stock repurchase plan and the payment of common stock dividends of $1.1 million.

Net cash used in financing activities was $2.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 which was primarily driven by the purchase of $1.2 million of our outstanding shares under our stock repurchase plan and the payment of a common stock dividend of $0.9 million.

Contractual obligations. Our principal contractual obligations consist of operating leases and inventory purchase commitments. The following table summarizes our commitments to settle contractual obligations as of September 30, 2012:


Contractual obligations	Total		Less than 1 year		1-3 years		3-5 years		More than 5 years
	(in thousands)
Operating leases	$	3,562	$	935	$	1,418	$	1,093	$	116
Purchase commitments for inventory		2,027		1,273		754		—		—

Total contractual obligations	$	5,589	$	2,208	$	2,172	$	1,093	$	116

The commitments under our operating leases consist primarily of lease payments for our Burlington, Massachusetts, corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility, expiring in 2017; our Sulzbach, Germany office, expiring in 2016; our Tokyo, Japan office, expiring in 2013; our Milan, Italy office, expiring in 2016; and our Madrid, Spain office, expiring in 2014. They also include automobile and equipment leases.

The purchase commitments for inventory are intended to be used in operations in the normal course of business and do not represent excess commitments or loss contracts.

Please see Note 4 of our consolidated financial statements for further discussion regarding the liabilities associated with the acquisitions completed in October 2012.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We did not have any off-balance sheet arrangements as of September 30, 2012. We do not currently have, nor have we ever had, any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often

referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. In addition, we do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts. As a result, we are not materially exposed to any financing, liquidity, market, or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in these relationships.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We have adopted various accounting policies to prepare our consolidated financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP. Our most significant accounting policies are described in note 1 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. There has been no material changes in our critical accounting policies during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The preparation of our consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in our consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Our estimates and assumptions, including those related to bad debts, inventories, intangible assets, sales returns and discounts, and income taxes are reviewed on an ongoing basis and updated as appropriate. Actual results may differ from those estimates.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) amended existing rules covering fair value measurement and disclosure to clarify guidance and minimize differences between accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The new guidance requires us to provide information about valuation techniques and unobservable inputs used in Level 3 fair value measurements and provide a narrative description of the sensitivity of Level 3 measurements to changes in unobservable inputs. The guidance became effective on January 1, 2012. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

In June 2011, new guidance was issued pertaining to the presentation of comprehensive income. The new rule eliminates the current option to report other comprehensive income and its components in the statement of changes in equity. The standard is intended to provide a more consistent method of presenting non-owner transactions that affect the company’s equity. Under the new guidance, an entity can elect to present items of net income and other comprehensive income in one continuous statement or in two separate, but consecutive, statements. The new guidance became effective for fiscal years that begin after December 15, 2011. The adoption of this standard did not have a material impact on our results of operations or financial position.

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

This item is not applicable to us as a smaller reporting company.

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is reported, processed, and summarized within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. As of September 30, 2012, or the Evaluation Date, our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at the reasonable assurance level.

Changes in Internal Control

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Inherent Limitations of Internal Controls

Our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, does not expect that our disclosure controls and procedures or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within the company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of a simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people, or by management override of the control. The design of any system of controls is also based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Over time, a control may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Because of the inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

Part II. Other Information

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings.

In the ordinary course of business, we are from time to time involved in lawsuits, claims, investigations, proceedings, and threats of litigation relating to intellectual property, employment claims, commercial arrangements and other matters. While the outcome of these proceedings and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, there are no matters, as of November 9, 2012, that, management believes might have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

In Part I-Item 1A (“Risk Factors”) of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 27, 2012, we describe risk factors related to LeMaitre Vascular. The following risk factor includes a substantive change from those set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011. You should carefully review this risk factor and the risks factors described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K and in other reports we file with the Securities and Exchange Commission in evaluating our business.

Even after our products have received marketing approval or clearance, product approvals and clearances can be withdrawn due to failure to comply with regulatory standards or the occurrence of unforeseen problems following initial approval.

Our products, marketing, sales and development activities, and manufacturing processes are subject to extensive and rigorous regulation by the FDA, by comparable agencies in foreign countries, and by other regulatory agencies and governing bodies. These authorities have been increasing their scrutiny of our industry. If those regulatory bodies feel that we have failed to comply with regulatory standards or if we encounter unforeseen problems following initial approval of our products, there can be no assurance that any approval will not be subsequently withdrawn or conditioned upon extensive post-market study requirements, even after products have received marketing approval or clearance. Further, due to the increased scrutiny of our industry by the various regulatory agencies and the interconnectedness of the various regulatory agencies, particularly within the European Union, there is also no assurance that withdrawal of any of our product approvals by any single regulatory agency will not precipitate one or more additional regulatory agencies from also withdrawing approval of any such product.

AlboGraft Recall and Sales Prohibition

The United Kingdom regulatory agency has indicated that as of January 1, 2013, it may remove the prior test qualification in the United Kingdom, although there can be no guarantee that this will occur. Although the Prohibition Notices have been substantially lifted and sales have resumed in these countries, the fact that they were issued will likely continue to adversely affect sales in France and the United Kingdom. As of September 30, 2012, we have approximately $2.3 million of inventory and $0.5 million of intangible assets related to the AlboGraft Vascular Graft.

We acquired businesses and assets in the past and may continue to do so in the future. We may experience difficulties in completing the integration of these acquisitions into our business, or we may not realize the anticipated benefits of these acquisitions.

In order to expand our product offerings, we have completed several acquisitions, and a key part of our strategy is to acquire additional businesses, products, or technologies in the future. Our growth strategy depends in part upon our ability to identify, negotiate, complete, and integrate suitable acquisitions and develop products from uncommercialized intellectual property that we acquire. If we are unable to complete acquisitions on satisfactory terms, our growth objectives could be negatively affected.

Even if we complete acquisitions, we may experience:

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difficulties in integrating any acquired companies, personnel, and products into our existing business;

•

difficulties in integrating manufacturing operations into our existing business or successfully replicating manufacturing processes at new manufacturing facilities;

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difficulties or delays in transitioning clinical studies or unfavorable results from such clinical studies;

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difficulties or delays in commercializing intellectual property that we acquire;

•

the sudden reduction in volume or loss of orders from a key customer, particularly where the acquired company has concentrated sales;

•

diversion of our management’s time and attention from other business concerns;

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challenges resulting from limited or no prior experience in new markets or countries we may enter;

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higher costs of integration than we anticipated;

•

unknown or unanticipated liabilities included as part of the acquisition;

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the need to improve an acquired product in order to gain broader market acceptance;

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difficulties in retaining key employees of the acquired business who are necessary to manage these acquisitions;

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difficulties in acquiring the rights to and protecting intellectual property;

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difficulties if the acquired company is remote or inconvenient to our Burlington, Massachusetts, headquarters;

•

dilution as a result of equity financing required to fund acquisition costs; or

•

debt as a result of debt financing required to fund acquisition costs, which would be senior to our outstanding shares of capital stock, and which would require interest payments to a lender.

We could also discover deficiencies withheld from us due to fraud or otherwise not uncovered in our due diligence prior to an acquisition, including deficiencies in internal controls, data adequacy and integrity, product quality, and regulatory compliance, as well undisclosed contractual or other liabilities and product liabilities, any of which could result in us becoming subject to penalties or other liabilities. Any of these difficulties could negatively impact our ability to realize the intended and anticipated benefits that we currently expect from our acquisitions or from acquisitions we complete in the future and could harm our financial condition and results of operations.

For instance, in October 2012, we acquired the manufacturing and distribution rights of the XenoSure biological patch from Neovasc Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary. We have initiated the transfer of the production to our Burlington, Massachusetts headquarters. We expect this transition to continue into the second half of 2013 resulting in a negative impact to our gross profit. Once the transition to complete, we expect the gross margins on our XenoSure biologic vascular patch to improve beginning in 2014; however, there can be no assurance that these results will be achieved, if at all. Further, the production of the XenoSure biological patch will be our first experience in manufacturing biological tissues. There can be no assurance that we will not experience delays or additional expenses associated with the transfer of this patch and there can be no assurance that our current supply agreement with Neovasc will be sufficient to meet sales demand during the transition. For any of these reasons or as a result of other factors, we may not realize the anticipated benefits of this acquisition and our operating results may be harmed.

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities


	Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
Period	Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased (1)		Average Price Paid Per Share (or Unit)		Total Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Program (2)		Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that may yet be Purchased under the Plans or Program
July 1, 2012 through July 31, 2012		85,000	$	6.18		64,714	$	3,846,825
August 1, 2012 through August 31, 2012		36,780	$	6.32		36,780	$	3,614,473
September 1, 2012 through September 30, 2012		19,470	$	6.05		7,231	$	3,570,591

Total		141,250	$	6.20		108,725	$	3,570,591

(1)	For the three months ended September 30, 2012, we repurchased 32,525 shares of our common stock to satisfy the employees’ obligations with respect to withholding taxes in connection with the vesting of restricted stock units.

(2)

In July 2009, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $1.0 million of shares of our common stock from time to time on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. In October 2009, our Board of Directors increased this amount to $2.0 million, in July 2010, our Board of Directors further increased this amount to $5.0 million, and in November 2011, our Board of Directors further increased this amount to $10.0 million. The expiration date of this program is December 31, 2013.

Item 6.

Exhibits


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Date	Number	Filed Herewith

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).				X

31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).				X

32.1	Certification by the Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350).*				X

32.2	Certification by the Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350).*				X

101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.+

101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.+

101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.+

101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document+

101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.+

101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.+

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*The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 and Exhibit 32.2 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not deemed filed with the SEC and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.

The XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) information is furnished and not filed or a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 or 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and otherwise is not subject to liability under these sections and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized on November 9, 2012.

LEMAITRE VASCULAR, INC

/s/ George W. LeMaitre

George W. LeMaitre

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

/s/ Joseph P. Pellegrino, Jr.

Joseph P. Pellegrino, Jr.

Chief Financial Officer

EXHIBIT INDEX


		Incorporated by Reference
Exhibit Number	Exhibit Description	Form	Date	Number	Filed Herewith

31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).				X

31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a).				X

32.1	Certification by the Chief Executive Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350).*				X

32.2	Certification by the Chief Financial Officer, as required by Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. §1350).*				X

101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.+

101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.+

101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.+

101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document+

101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.+

101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document.+

The certifications attached as Exhibit 32.1 and Exhibit 32.2 that accompany this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, are not deemed filed with the SEC and are not to be incorporated by reference into any filing of LeMaitre Vascular, Inc. under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether made before or after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, irrespective of any general incorporation language contained in such filing.