Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the AngioDynamics Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions] This conference is being recorded today, Thursday, July 14, 2011. I would now like to turn the conference over to Mr. Doug Sherk. Please go ahead, sir.

Thank you, operator, and thank you, everyone, for joining us today for the AngioDynamics conference call to review the results of the fiscal fourth quarter and full year, which ended on March -- excuse me, May 31, 2011. The news release announcing the results crossed the wire this afternoon after the market closed and is available on the AngioDynamics website. The call is being broadcast live on the web at www.angiodynamics.com. A replay of the call will also be archived on the AngioDynamics website. Before we get started, during the course of this conference call, the company will make projections or forward-looking statements regarding future events, including the statements about revenue and earnings for fiscal 2012. We encourage you to review the company's past and future filings with the SEC including, without limitation, the company's forms 10-Q and 10-K, which identify specific factors that may cause actual results or events to differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements. In addition, today's presentation includes certain financial measures used to better understand our business, that have not been prepared in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, better known as GAAP. An explanation and reconciliation of those non-GAAP measures has been provided in today's news release issued by the company and is available on the company's website. AngioDynamics uses non-GAAP measures to establish operational goals and believes that non-GAAP measures may assist investors in analyzing underlying trends of the company's business over time. Investors should consider these non-GAAP measures in addition to, not as a substitute for or superior to, financial reporting measures prepared in accordance with GAAP. On today's call, the company will discuss non-GAAP EBITDA and non-GAAP EBITDA per share and has used these measures as an internal analysis and review of operational performance. Finally, during the question-and-answer period today, we'd like to request each caller to limit themselves to 2 questions and encourage callers to requeue to ask additional questions. We appreciate everyone's cooperation with this procedure. And now I'd like to turn the call over to Scott Solano, Interim Chief Executive Officer of AngioDynamics.

Thank you, Doug, and good afternoon, everyone. Thanks for joining us on our fiscal 2011 fourth quarter and full year conference call. With me today is Joe Gersuk, our Chief Financial Officer. We had a very busy several weeks since the leadership transition now underway at the company. While we wait the completion of the search process in the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer, our management team has been focused on a number of key priorities including our Vascular business, revising our product strategy, reallocating our internal investments between our Oncology/Surgery business and our base Vascular business to maximize the opportunities for growth and aggressively seeking potential acquisitions to support our growth. Joe will brief you in a few minutes on the financials for both the fourth quarter and the year. I'd like to address a couple of the key results namely the top line performance, the Vascular business and NanoKnife progress. As our release issued after the market closed notes, our annual revenues were flat compared to the prior year and our fourth quarter sales declined over the prior year Q4. This is primarily a result of Vascular sales declining 13% from the fourth quarter 2010. We are obviously very disappointed with these results, and while we are operating on a very competitive environment, a large contributor to our performance was the disappointing sales of recently launched Vascular products. The U.S. Vascular business has been the #1 priority since the beginning of our leadership transition. We begun taking steps to ensure a flow of effective new products delivered to a committed sales force. We plan to increase our commitment to new product development and invest 10.6% of sales on R&D in fiscal 2012, which will represent an incremental increase over fiscal 2011 R&D spending of almost $2.5…

Thank you, Scott, and good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. We ended fiscal 2011 with a difficult quarter and the implementation of the CEO transition. Needless to say, as the leadership team of the company, we are extremely disappointed with the results we are reporting today. As Scott mentioned, the near-term challenges we face are squarely in our U.S. Vascular business, and given the size of this unit, it offsets the outstanding results we are delivering in our Oncology business and the commercial success of our NanoKnife program and on our International business. Challenges notwithstanding, the important perspective to keep in mind is that AngioDynamics still managed to generate nearly $12 million in cash flow from operations in the fourth quarter. As to the specifics of the quarter, the resumption of sales growth we saw in the third quarter reversed in the fourth, and as a result, sales for the fiscal year were flat from 2010. The 6% year-over-year decline in the fourth quarter was driven by weakness in Vascular product sales, which declined 13% and offset 10% growth in Oncology/Surgery sales. While the U.S. Vascular market remained challenging from both a competitive and a pricing standpoint, the lingering effects of the sales force reorganization at the beginning of the fiscal year, those sales have recently introduced profit, and some manufacturing issues were all contributing factors in these results. Regarding the sales force, we continue to believe that combining the group of Vascular and Access sales forces at the beginning of the fiscal year was the right business decision. However, we have seen some attrition over the course of the year, and it takes about 6 months for newly hired rep to reach full productivity. We have hired a number of new reps over the course of the year, and all…

[Operator Instructions] Our first question will be from the line of Jayson Bedford. Jayson Bedford - Raymond James & Associates, Inc.: Just a couple of quick ones. I guess growth in the Oncology segment, it looks like all of the year-over-year growth either came from NanoKnife or the LC Beads. And I'm just wondering, it seems to imply that kind of the RF business, the reception was down, and I guess the question is kind of, one, is that correct? And then two, how does that turn around in fiscal '12?

Yes, the sales of the RF products and the Bead have been slow, much slower growing, modest, very modest growth. And most of the growth, we believe that we will see next year, will be on the international side of the business. And the rate of growth in this domestic market has been nominal at best. Jayson Bedford - Raymond James & Associates, Inc.: Okay. And I guess just on the fiscal '12 revenue guidance, it seems to imply kind of an acceleration here in the base business. And I guess if you could just kind of highlight where that growth comes from, whether it's the share gains, new products and then maybe the impact of pricing that you expect in fiscal '12.

Yes, Jayson, well, we expect pricing to continue to be a challenge for us, and I have assumed that the continued softness on the Vascular side and slight increasing of pricing on the Oncology side of the business. As to the growth, we've got some sales force productivity assumptions that are built in. As we mentioned, we saw some attrition last year. We have been adding additional reps already for the new year. All of the reps have been trained at the beginning of the fiscal year, so we're expecting some increased sales force productivity. And then beyond that, we are expecting a better performance out of the -- some of the new products that we have released over the course of this past year. To some extent, the slower sales that we saw was attributable to sort of the ramp-up and getting them into consideration for sales. And so we think that with that jury behind us, that we'll start to see some better sales result out of the products now that they've been in the market for a while. And of course, our fastest growth expectations next year are with the NanoKnife product, which as we saw rising traction this year, we expect it to do significantly better next year. Jayson Bedford - Raymond James & Associates, Inc.: Joe, are there new products in the pipeline that could put -- like, a few key ones that you plan to launch that will kind of spur that growth in fiscal '12?

There are a few new products, but to tell you the truth our plan here is not assuming significant revenue, actually any revenue, from any of the new products next year. So there will be some growth from the products that were introduced in fiscal '11, but our business plan was built on the assumption that there was no incremental sales from the new products that will be released over the course of fiscal '12. So therefore, that will all be upside to our plan and our expectations.

And our next question will be from the line of Matt Hewitt.

Couple of questions. First, I'm somewhat surprised, I guess, pleasantly surprised, to see the expectations for the top line even being flattish in the back half of the year. I think that's my touch on one of the previous questions. Given that you're losing the LC Bead business at the end of the calendar year, if I'm correct, I know you're talking about the new sales people and better efficiency from some of the existing sales people. But what gives you confidence that you can hit flattish revenues in the back half of the year?

So the first thing to keep in mind is that there will be some LC Bead sales in our third fiscal quarter. So as you notice it, it ends at the end of the calendar year and so we've got one month there. And as to the fourth quarter, sales are actually projected to go down, as we said, between a range of minus 2% and 5% on a year-over-year basis. So the guidance does reflect a slight decline in sales in the fourth quarter entirely attributable to the absence of LC Beads. The issue we're dealing with there is just we've got a rapidly rising revenue stream from NanoKnife with a significantly, dramatically better gross margins in that product, but the absence of LC Beads at a much lower gross margin coming out of the business starting in January. So it's that dynamic that we're looking at.

All right. And then maybe you could -- it appeared at least in the press release that came out when Jan left that a search was at least close to started, if it hasn't started already. Can you update us on where you sit with that and is that, maybe, something that we could even anticipate this quarter? I mean, this is not to discredit you, Scott, I think you've done a fantastic job already, but just curious where the CEO search sits at this point.

I can take that. No harm intended, no harm taken. The CEO search is being carried out by a search committee of the board. Obviously, I'm not directly involved in that, but it is being carried out. My understanding is that they've narrowed the list of candidates, but it's really very difficult to provide a very definitive time frame to when that would actually occur. These things don't go quickly typically. But nonetheless, I think it is underway and the board's assured me that they have a kind of a short list of candidates at this point.

Our next question will be from the line of Charles Croson.

I guess just to -- again, not to beat the dead horse here, but speaking to the other 2 guys, I also am a little taken away by the guidance here, particularly in Q3. I mean, I know you're going to still have about a month of Bead sales there, but it seems -- I mean, it seems to me that it would be -- there'll be a little bit of a deemphazation of that product. So I'm just kind of curious why the guidance is a little bit higher than it would seem to be given the loss of that contract even with that extra month.

Again, it comes down to NanoKnife coming online fast and the Middle East having a month to sell LC Beads in the course of the quarter. I would tell you as well that our own internal plan in all respects of the guidance are either at the high end or above what you see for guidance, and one of our biggest goals of this year is to exceed your expectations. So we're comfortable in what we've indicated here at the guidance that it is flat to up 3% in the third quarter, and we're reasonably comfortable with what we show you there.

Okay, I appreciate that. Then just speaking to the international side. I know guys said a lot of that seem to come from the Hong Kong office and then the acquisition in Netherlands. Was there anything else there that happened?

Just strong sales across the whole Asia-Pacific region, and we've planted some seeds over there that we think will continue to drive our growth. And NanoKnife had -- as would be indicated with those 3 sales overseas, had an outstanding quarter. Actually, we sold more in NanoKnife internationally than we did domestically, which has certainly caused some rivalry to exist with our domestic sales team. And so we think we've hired a new General Manager there to run the international business about 18 months ago, Stephen McGill. He's hired a number of really talented people. And we've, as I said, planted a number of seeds and we're starting to really get some good traction in our international business. And as Scott said, it is a low percentage of our total company's revenues, and so we think we have a lot of headroom there to continue to drive the international growth. So it's really a strong part of our business, and we expect it to stay on track for the new year and beyond that as well.

Okay, and I appreciate that. Just one more, then I'll grab back in the queue. Speaking to the deals, how realistic? And this isn't trying to speak forwardly, as you know, your guys' disability to manage to or to take it on, but how realistic can we expect the deal getting done since we have to give a decent amount of time for a CEO transition in there? What can we expect on that side?

This is Scott. We are continuing to pursue the things that we have been looking -- we were looking at before, and the board's made it very clear that we'll support whatever reasonable type of acquisitions that we had in the pipeline already. So we are continuing to move forward. Nothing has stopped. Nothing has slowed down even. I've called everyone that we are involved with and everyone's willing to move forward. So we continue to look at acquisitions, that there are strategy and then take advantage of our call points relationships. And obviously, they have to make financial sense for us as well.

Our next question will be from the line of Robert Goldman. Robert Goldman - CL King & Associates, Inc.: A couple of things. First, Joe, I'm trying to reconcile the guidance that you have for the fourth quarter of $0.10 to $0.11 to what you just reported. I think the $0.10 to $0.11 guidance included depreciation and amortization of intangibles. So if you were to restate your non-GAAP reported numbers in your press release to include those, which was included in your guidance, what would the earnings per share have been in the fourth quarter?

If we had -- what was we had earned absent the charges, you mean? Robert Goldman - CL King & Associates, Inc.: Well, let's put it this way. You guided to $0.10 to $0.11. Apples to apples, what did you report in the fourth quarter?

$0.11. Robert Goldman - CL King & Associates, Inc.: $0.11?

Yes, so I think the major new item was the Centros impairment charge of $2.2 million. But absent those 2 items, it would have been $0.11 compared to the $0.10 to $0.11 guidance that we had offered [indiscernible] we've reported earlier. Robert Goldman - CL King & Associates, Inc.: And also, Joe, you gave the earnings guidance for 2012 for sure. Could you offer any guidance relative to free cash flow?

No, I would say that operating cash flow is a pretty good proxy for -- or EBITDA is a good proxy for operating cash flow. And then you look at the historical capital expenditures of the business, and they have been in the order of $3 million to $4 million a year. And I think you'd have a pretty good representation of free cash flow. Robert Goldman - CL King & Associates, Inc.: Okay, perhaps, I could ask something more strategically, finally. The company was very -- I think strongly saying that you're committed to funding NanoKnife and to continue seeking acquisitions. Is it safe to say that the CEO you bring on has to agree with that right upfront? Or is the strategy subject to change based on the CEO that you bring on?

Well, I'd hope that the strategy of sale is kind of based on the fundamentals of the business. And as the CEO comes on board, we'll certainly do to take a look across the business and see the opportunities in NanoKnife that the rest of us see. So you surely hope that they would see that as a critical area of investment for us moving forward. I'm not sure how they can miss it. And then in terms of acquisitions, I think we've talked about them before. We continue to talk about them, and it would make sense for anyone, again, to do reasonable acquisitions based on the ones that would fit our strategy and make financial sense for us.

And our next question will be from the line of Jamar Ismail.

This is Jamar for Jason Mills from Canaccord. Can I just ask for a little bit of more color on your NanoKnife guidance? Could give us more of an estimate range for fiscal '12?

No, I don't think so. I mean, I think we just offered you that single point guidance in terms of the bottom line impact. We expect to have a very significant revenue growth on NanoKnife for the next year without quantifying it. And it's a product with an outstanding gross margins, as you would expect. So we've got a case here where much higher revenue growth will be offset to a degree by the significant investments we're making in clinical trials associated with the program. But at the end of the day, we're comfortable with -- in terms of the bottom line impact as we mentioned in the release.

Okay. What about your thoughts for U.S. versus o U.S.? Or you think it's going to be a higher growth in NanoKnife?

We expected -- well, the higher growth rate will be o U.S. by virtue of their sales weren't that much in the current fiscal year. But we're expecting very significant dollar growth both domestically and o U.S. with NanoKnife. And hard to say whether they'll be greater on the international side, but there'll be very meaningful and that's a significant part of our growth aspirations and expectations internationally as with NanoKnife. We don't think the strength we saw in Q4 was a fluke at all in terms of the strong NanoKnife sales internationally.

[Operator Instructions] And our next question will be from the line of Ronald Goofman [ph].

It's Ron Goodson [ph]. What you're expecting some NanoKnife? Wouldn't it make sense to look at a buyback and instead of acquisitions that would dilute the reported growth rate for the firm as a whole?

Well, we remain committed to acquisitions and, Ron, and needless to say, having $131 million of cash in the bank, earning very low rates of return is not the optimum long-term capital structure for the company. But we really believe that we will be able to deploy substantial amounts of that capital in operating assets in time. While we haven't done any acquisitions of no significance in the last couple of years, the AngioCare acquisition in the Netherlands was quite small. And so while we haven't done any of consequence, it isn't for the lack of looking at many and some of which would've used substantial amounts of that cash. And as Scott said, we continue to look at many today, some small, some large. So our expectation remains that we will deploy that capital in operating assets that will help us enlarge the company to generate more top and bottom line growth for the company. And that remains the company's business strategy and financing strategy, again, capital allocation strategy at this time.

Our next question will be from the line of Jeff Jonas. Jeffrey Jonas - Gabelli & Company, Inc.: I was wondering if you guys could give a little bit of color on new product launches for the coming year in terms of how many and what areas of the business they'd be coming from.

We have a number of product launches that -- some of them coming from the Vascular side of the business and a few coming from the Oncology/Surgery side as well. It's -- I prefer not to lay out our product plan for the next year only because it lets a competitor get ready for it. So I hate to be specific, but I think the 4 products that we saw last year will probably continue through this year as well. And we do a plan of being aggressive while getting new products to the marketplace as we've increased our R&D investment across the board. Jeffrey Jonas - Gabelli & Company, Inc.: And could you give us any more detail within the Vascular division, I guess between some of the product lines like Varicose Vein, [indiscernible], dialysis?

No, again, I really prefer not to kind of highlight our strategic plan. I'd certainly love to hear our competitors because it would help us plan as we move forward. So again, it's -- we're taking a look at -- to see what makes sense, looking at areas where we have some leadership in growing markets and helping our investments in those areas, and just trying to push those some of these products.

I guess that doesn't mean in terms of new product launches, I mean in terms of reviewing maybe the Q4 and past years' performance on what areas are strongest and weakest within Vascular?

Well, we talked about that a bit. We mentioned the Centros product. We mentioned Benephit where some that were disappointing to us. And more broadly speaking, some of the others that didn't do as well either. But we really wouldn't want to go in any more specific terms discussions about which exactly what products sold what. But think of it in the aggregate, where were very disappointed with the performance of the new products that we introduced last half of the year. Sorry, we can't be more specific.

And management, I'm showing there are no further question at this time. Please continue with any closing remarks.

Well, we thank you very much for joining us on the call and we look forward to an improved operating performance next fiscal year. And we thank you for your participation and value your interest in AngioDynamics. Thank you very much.

Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes the AngioDynamics Fiscal Fourth Quarter 2011 Financial Earnings Conference Call. Thank you for using AT&T conferencing. You may now disconnect.