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In October 2006, the Company repaid its mortgage debt. The total payment of $13.8 million included the mortgage principal balance, accrued interest and a 5% prepayment penalty of $651,000. The prepayment penalty and $78,000 of unamortized loan origination fees were included in interest expense for the quarter ended December 31, 2006.
The effective tax rate was 33.6% for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2007 as compared to 33.9% for the quarter and six months ended December 31, 2006. Without significant business developments, the Company expects its fiscal 2008 effective income tax rate to range from approximately 33.5% to 34.5%.
The Company repurchased approximately 321,000 shares of its common stock during the second quarter of fiscal 2008 for approximately $20.6 million.
Forward Looking Statements:
This earnings release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Litigation Reform Act. These statements, including the Company's expectations as to growth rates and income tax rates, involve risks and uncertainties that may affect the actual results of operations. The following important factors, among others, have affected and, in the future, could affect the Company's actual results: the introduction and acceptance of new biotechnology and hematology products, the levels and particular directions of research by the Company's customers, the impact of the growing number of producers of biotechnology research products and related price competition, the retention of hematology OEM and proficiency survey business, the impact of currency exchange rate fluctuations, and the costs and results of research and product development efforts of the Company and of companies in which the Company has invested or with which it has formed strategic relationships.
For additional information concerning such factors, see the Company's
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