FORM 6-K

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934


For the month ended February, 2017


ICON plc
(Registrant's name)


333-08704
(Commission file number)


South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland
(Address of principal executive offices)

Brendan Brennan, Chief Financial Officer
South County Business Park, Leopardstown, Dublin 18, Ireland.
Brendan.Brennan@iconplc.com
00-353-1-291-2000
(Name, telephone number, email and/or facsimile number and address of Company contact person)

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EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit

Description

 

99.1

ICON plc Press Release issued February 16, 2017 - ICON Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results



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.

ICON plc

 
 
 

 

 

/s/ Brendan Brennan

Date:

February 16, 2017

Brendan Brennan

Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.1

ICON Reports Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2016 Results

Highlights

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--February 16, 2017--ICON plc (NASDAQ: ICLR), a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, today reported its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2016.

In the fourth quarter net revenue grew 7.9% year on year to $435.1 million from $403.3 million in the same quarter in 2015. This represented 8.4% constant currency growth and 4.2% constant dollar organic growth year on year.

Income from operations in the quarter increased by 12.3% to $84.6 million, or 19.5% of revenue, compared to $75.3 million or 18.7% for the same quarter in 2015.

Net income in the quarter increased by 17.1% to $74.3 million, or $1.33 per share, on a diluted basis, compared with $63.4 million or $1.11 per share for the same quarter in 2015. The tax rate during the quarter benefitted from a positive one off item resulting in a 9% effective rate. This impacted EPS positively by circa 7 cent in the quarter.

Full year revenue increased by 5.8% to $1,666 million from $1,575 million in 2015. This represented 6.4% constant currency growth and 3.2% constant dollar organic growth year on year.

Full year income from operations increased by 13.6% to $319.9 million, or 19.2% of revenue, compared with $281.5 million or 17.9% of revenue in the previous year.

Full year net income increased by 12.4% to $269.3 million, compared with $239.5 million in 2015. Full year earnings per share increased by 19.8% to a pro-forma $4.77 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $3.98 per diluted share in 2015.

Day’s sales outstanding, comprising accounts receivable and unbilled revenue less payments on account, were 50 days at December 31, 2016, compared with 50 days at the end of September 2016 and 41 days at the end of December 2015.


Cash generated from operating activities for the quarter was $123.5 million and $259.2 million for the full year. Capital expenditure for the quarter was $13.3 million and $42.6 million for the full year. During the quarter ICON spent $110 million on share repurchases. In addition, $54 million was spent on acquisitions in 2016. As a result, at December 31, 2016, the company had net debt of $88 million, compared to net debt of $98 million at September 30, 2016 and net debt of $158 million at end of December 2015.

CEO, Ciaran Murray commented, “2016 was another good year for ICON. We grew our backlog by 8% year on year to $4.2 billion, constant currency revenues increased by 6.4% to $1.666 billion and we exited 2016 with an operating margin of 19.5%. This enabled us to grow EPS by 19.8% year on year to $4.77. We expect 2017 to be another year of revenue and earnings growth as we continue to build and diversify our customer base.”

In addition to the financial measures prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), this press release contains certain non-GAAP financial measures, including non-GAAP operating and net income and non-GAAP diluted earnings per share. While non-GAAP financial measures are not superior to or a substitute for the comparable GAAP measures, ICON believes certain non-GAAP information is useful to investors for historical comparison purposes.

ICON will hold its fourth quarter conference call today, February 16, 2017 at 9:00 EST [14:00 Ireland & UK]. This call and linked slide presentation can be accessed live from our website at http://investor.iconplc.com. A recording will also be available on the website for 90 days following the call. In addition, a calendar of company events, including upcoming conference presentations, is available on our website, under “Investors”. This calendar will be updated regularly.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements are based on management's current expectations and information currently available, including current economic and industry conditions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or actual results, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those stated in this press release. The forward-looking statements are subject to future events, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statements, including, but not limited to, the ability to enter into new contracts, maintain client relationships, manage the opening of new offices and offering of new services, the integration of new business mergers and acquisitions, as well as economic and global market conditions and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in SEC reports filed by ICON, all of which are difficult to predict and some of which are beyond our control. For these reasons, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making investment decisions. The word "expected" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement, either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. More information about the risks and uncertainties relating to these forward-looking statements may be found in SEC reports filed by ICON, including its Form 20-F, F-1, S-8 and F-3, which are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.

ICON plc is a global provider of drug development solutions and services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries. The company specialises in the strategic development, management and analysis of programs that support clinical development - from compound selection to Phase I-IV clinical studies. With headquarters in Dublin, Ireland, ICON currently, operates from 87 locations in 38 countries and has approximately 12,500 employees. Further information is available at www.iconplc.com.

ICON/ICLR-F


       

ICON plc
Consolidated Income Statements (Unaudited)
(Before restructuring and other items)

 

Three and Twelve Months ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015
(Dollars, in thousands, except share and per share data)

 
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
       

December
31,

December
31,

December
31,

December
31,

2016 2015 2016 2015
Revenue:
Gross revenue 610,465 577,059

2,364,956

2,161,618
Reimbursable expenses     (175,331)     (173,710)     (698,469)     (586,640)
 
Net revenue 435,134 403,349 1,666,487 1,574,978
 
Costs and expenses:
Direct costs 251,502 229,386 961,333 908,979
Selling, general and administrative expense 83,534 83,476 325,726 326,786
Depreciation and amortization     15,455     15,142     59,575     57,677
 
Total costs and expenses     350,491     328,004     1,346,634     1,293,442
 
Income from operations 84,643 75,345 319,853 281,536
 
Net interest expense     (3,037)     (2,026)     (11,522)     (2,686)
 
Income before provision for income taxes 81,606 73,319 308,331 278,850
 
Provision for income taxes     (7,344)     (9,890)     (39,013)     (39,311)
 
Net income     74,262     63,429     269,318     239,539
 
Net income per Ordinary Share:
 
Basic     $1.35     $1.14     $4.87     $4.08
 
Pro forma Diluted     $1.33     $1.11     $4.77     $3.98
 
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding:
 
Basic     54,930,541     55,783,113     55,248,900     58,746,935
 
Pro forma Diluted     55,685,863     56,919,553     56,407,136     60,185,678
 

       

Consolidated Income Statements (Unaudited)
(US GAAP)

 

Three and Twelve Months ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015
(Dollars, in thousands, except share and per share data)

 
Three Months Ended Twelve Months Ended
       

December
31,

December
31,

December
31,

December
31,

2016 2015 2016 2015
Revenue:
Gross revenue 610,465 577,059

2,364,956

2,161,618
Reimbursable expenses     (175,331)     (173,710)     (698,469)     (586,640)
 
Net revenue 435,134 403,349 1,666,487 1,574,978
 
Costs and expenses:
Direct costs 251,502 229,386 961,333 908,979
Selling, general and administrative expense 83,534 83,476 325,726 326,786
Depreciation and amortization 15,455 15,142 59,575 57,677
Restructuring and other items     -     -     8,159     -
 
Total costs and expenses     350,491     328,004     1,354,793     1,293,442
 
Income from operations 84,643 75,345 311,694 281,536
 
Net interest expense     (3,037)     (2,026)     (11,522)     (2,686)
 
Income before provision for income taxes 81,606 73,319 300,172 278,850
 
Provision for income taxes     (7,344)     (9,890)     (37,993)     (39,311)
 
Net income     74,262     63,429    

262,179

    239,539
 
Net income per Ordinary Share:
 
Basic     $1.35     $1.14     $4.75     $4.08
 
Diluted     $1.33     $1.11     $4.65     $3.97
 
Weighted average number of Ordinary Shares outstanding:
 
Basic     54,930,541     55,783,113     55,248,900     58,746,935
 
Diluted     55,685,863     56,919,553     56,407,136     60,290,033
 

       

ICON plc
Summary Balance Sheet Data
December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015
(Dollars, in thousands)

 
December 31, December 31,
2016 2015
(Unaudited) (Audited)
 
 
Cash and short-term investments 260,587 189,901
Debt (348,511) (348,306)
Net (debt)/cash (87,924) (158,405)
 
Accounts receivable 416,229 409,165
Unbilled revenue 192,687 173,649
Payments on account (272,757) (318,697)
Total 336,159 264,117
 
Working Capital 463,552 290,939
 
Total Assets 1,825,843 1,717,209
 
Shareholder's Equity 945,174 763,096
 

CONTACT:
ICON plc
Investor Relations, 1-888-381-7923
or
Brendan Brennan, + 353–1-291-2000
Chief Financial Officer
or
Simon Holmes, + 353–1-291-2000
EVP Investor Relations and Corporate Development
http://www.iconplc.com