−Removed: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
+Added: Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stoc kholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.
Market Information for Common Stock
−Removed: Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “MEDP”.
+Added: Our common stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “MEDP”.
Holders of Record
On February 11, 2022, there were approximately 13 shareholders of record of our common stock.
−Removed: Because many of the shares of our common stock are registered in “nominee” or “street” names, we believe that the total number of beneficial owners is considerably higher.
+Added: Because many of the shares of our common stock are registered in “nominee”
+Added: or “street”
+Added: names, we believe that the total number of beneficial owners is considerably higher.
Dividend Policy
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such other factors as our Board may deem relevant.
+Added: Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
Share Repurchases
−Removed: In the first quarter of 2018, the Board of Directors approved a share repurchase program authorizing up to $50.0 million in share repurchases.
−Removed: In the first quarter of 2020, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the stock repurchase authorization by $50.0 million and in the fourth quarter of 2020, the Board approved an additional authorization up to $150 million.
−Removed: The program may be discontinued or amended at any time without notice.
−Removed: This table provides certain information with respect to our monthly repurchases of the Company’s common stock during the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020:
−Removed: Total Number of Shares Purchased
−Removed: Average Price Paid per Share
−Removed: Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publically Announced Plan
−Removed: Approximate Dollar Value of Shares That May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plan
−Removed: October 1, 2020, through October 31, 2020
−Removed: November 1, 2020, through November 30, 2020
−Removed: All share repurchases were made using cash resources and executed pursuant to established Rule 10b5-1 trading plans.
−Removed: Our share repurchases may occur through open market purchases or negotiated transactions.
−Removed: The above table excludes shares repurchased to settle employee tax withholding related to the vesting of stock awards.
−Removed: We returned $47.4 million to shareholders in the form of share repurchases in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020.
−Removed: Refer to Note 1 – Basis of Presentation of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Part II, Item 8 of this Form 10-K) for further discussion regarding share repurchases.
+Added: In 2018, the Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program which has been amended several times to increase the aggregate amount of the stock repurchase authorization.
+Added: In the first quarter of 2020, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the stock repurchase authorization by $50.0 million.
+Added: In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Board approved the stock repurchase authorization up to $150.0 million.
+Added: In the second quarter of 2021, the Board approved an increase of $150.0 million to the stock repurchase program bringing the total repurchase authorization up to $300.0 million.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 377,783 shares for $62.1 million.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased 1,183,095 shares for $98.3 million.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the Company has remaining authorization of $190.5 million remaining under the repurchases program.
+Added: As of February 10, 2022 the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of $300 million to the Company's stock repurchase program.
+Added: Repurchases under the share repurchase program are executed in the open market or negotiated transactions under trading plans established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1.
+Added: The Company constructively retired the repurchased shares associated with these approved share repurchase programs, with all amounts paid in excess of par value reflected within Retained earnings in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice.
Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities
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2014 Equity Incentive Plan
−Removed: October 2, 2020
−Removed: 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
−Removed: October 5, 2020
−Removed: 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
−Removed: October 9, 2020
−Removed: 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
−Removed: October 16, 2020
+Added: November 2, 2021
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
−Removed: October 27, 2020
+Added: November 4, 2021
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
−Removed: October 27, 2020
+Added: November 8, 2021
2014 Equity Incentive Plan
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All of the forgoing transactions involved issuances of securities to employees of the Company and are exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, as transactions pursuant to benefit plans and contracts relating to compensation.
−Removed: Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
Stock Performance Graph
−Removed: The information included under the heading “Stock Performance Graph” is “furnished” and not “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be “soliciting material” subject to Regulation 14A or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
−Removed: Our common stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol “MEDP.” The Stock Price Performance Graph set forth below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock for the period from August 11, 2016 through December 31, 2020, with the cumulative total return of the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Nasdaq Health Care Index over the same period.
+Added: The information included under the heading “Stock Performance Graph”
+Added: is “furnished”
+Added: and not “filed”
+Added: for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be “soliciting material”
+Added: subject to Regulation 14A or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
+Added: Our common stock is listed for trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol “MEDP.”
+Added: The Stock Price Performance Graph set forth below compares the cumulative total shareholder return on our common stock for the period from August 11, 2016 through December 31, 2021, with the cumulative total return of the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Nasdaq Health Care Index over the same period.
The comparison assumes $100 was invested on August 11, 2016 in the common stock of Medpace Holdings, Inc., in the Nasdaq Composite Index, and in the Nasdaq Health Care Index and assumes reinvestment of dividends, if any.
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Equity Compensation Plan Information
−Removed: The information required by Part II, Item 5 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K regarding equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to “Part III, Item 12.
−Removed: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.”
−Removed: Selected Financial Data
+Added: The information required by Part II, Item 5 of the Annual Report on Form 10-K regarding equity compensation plans is incorporated herein by reference to “Part III, Item 12.
+Added: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.”
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
+Added: You should read the following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this Annual Report on Form 10-K to provide an understanding of our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: This section of this Form 10-K generally discusses 2021 and 2020 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2021 and 2020.
+Added: For a comparison of our results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, see “Part II, Item 7.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
+Added: of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021.
+Added: This item and the related discussion contain forward-looking statements reflecting current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties.
+Added: Actual results and the timing of events may differ materially from those indicated in such forward-looking statements.
+Added: Important factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to, those discussed under the “Forward-Looking Statements”
+Added: above and “Item IA.
+Added: Risk Factors”
+Added: in Part I of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: Business Overview
+Added: We are one of the world’s leading CROs by revenue, solely focused on providing scientifically-driven outsourced clinical development services to the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and medical device industries.
+Added: Our mission is to accelerate the global development of safe and effective medical therapeutics.
+Added: We differentiate ourselves from our competitors by our disciplined operating model centered on providing full-service Phase I-IV clinical development services and our therapeutic expertise.
+Added: We believe this combination results in timely and cost-effective delivery of clinical development services for our customers.
+Added: We believe that we are a partner of choice for small- and mid-sized biopharmaceutical companies based on our ability to consistently utilize our full-service, disciplined operating model to deliver timely and high-quality results for our customers.
+Added: We focus on conducting clinical trials across all major therapeutic areas, with particular strength in Oncology, Metabolic Disease, Cardiology, AVAI, and CNS.
+Added: Our global platform includes approximately 4,500 employees across 41 countries, providing our customers with broad access to diverse markets and patient populations as well as local regulatory expertise and market knowledge.
+Added: Coronavirus (COVID-19)
+Added: The COVID-19 pandemic increased travel restrictions and caused the shutdown of many businesses in countries in which we operate.
+Added: While we continue to operate globally, the pandemic continues to impact our business and the level of activity at each of our locations varies depending on the local governmental requirements and guidelines which continue to evolve and change.
+Added: Our office staff are either working remotely or in the office, and our labs are fully operational with modifications made to ensure the safety of our employees.
+Added: The diversion of resources to treat COVID-19 patients continues to impact the operations at most of the investigative sites where patients in our clinical trials are recruited and treated.
+Added: Depending on the duration of the disruption, ongoing studies may be cancelled and some of our clients may lack the funding to complete trials which are extended due to slowed recruitment of patients.
+Added: We work with many smaller clients with limited financial resources and market disruptions may make raising additional funds difficult for them.
+Added: Travel restrictions and business closures continue to impact study participants and clinical sites which affects our ability to efficiently provide clinical trial services.
+Added: We continue to work with our customers to develop solutions to limit disruption to clinical trials while following required regulatory guidelines and maintaining quality to ensure the health and well-being of study participants.
+Added: We are continuing along with the rest of the industry with a blend of on-site monitoring and remote based monitoring and we are using technology tools like e-PRO for patient reported outcomes, e-COA, for clinical outcome assessment, remote data capture and remote data review.
+Added: We are also leveraging internal service capabilities like patient concierge service to help facilitate patient travel to sites and master service agreements in place with strategic vendors for other patient services like home health.
+Added: While certain governments eased restrictions during the balance of 2020 and into 2021, the pandemic remains disruptive to our business operations.
+Added: As we look ahead, we continue to expect impacts to our business to be temporary and primarily relate to limitations on our ability to physically access investigative sites, delays in patient enrollment and trial start-up activities.
+Added: The COVID-19 outbreak had a significant adverse effect on our results of operations and we believe that the outbreak may have a continued adverse impact on our results of operations in the future.
+Added: As we cannot predict the duration or scope of the pandemic, the future financial impact on our results of operations and financial condition cannot be reasonably estimated.
+Added: How We Generate Revenue
+Added: We earn fees through the performance of services detailed in our customer contracts.
+Added: Contract scope and pricing is typically based on either a fixed-fee or unit-of-service model, with consideration of activities performed by third parties, as well as ancillary costs necessary to deliver on the contract scope that are reimbursable by our customers.
+Added: Our contracts can range in duration from a few months to several years.
+Added: These contracts are individually priced and negotiated based on the anticipated project scope, including the complexity of the project and the performance risks inherent in the project.
+Added: The majority of our contracts are structured with an upfront fee that is collected at the time of contract signing, and the balance of the fee is collected over the duration of the contract either through an arranged billing schedule or upon completion of certain performance targets or defined milestones.
+Added: Revenue, which is distinct from billing and cash receipt, is recognized based on the satisfaction of the individual performance obligations identified in each contract.
+Added: Substantially all of our customer contracts consist of a single performance obligation, as the promise to transfer the individual services defined in the contracts are not separately identifiable from other promises in the contract, and therefore not distinct.
+Added: Our performance obligations are generally satisfied over time and recognized as services are performed.
+Added: The progression of our contract performance obligations are measured primarily utilizing the input method of cost to cost.
+Added: Cancellation provisions in our contracts allow our customers to terminate a contract either immediately or according to advance notice terms specified within the applicable contract, which is typically 30 days.
+Added: Contract cancellation may occur for various reasons, including, but not limited to, adverse patient reactions, lack of efficacy, or inadequate patient enrollment.
+Added: Upon cancellation, we are entitled to fees for services rendered and reimbursable costs incurred through the date of termination, including payment for subsequent services necessary to conclude the study or close out the contract.
+Added: These fees are typically discussed and agreed upon with the customer and are realized as revenue when we believe the amount can be estimated reliably and its realization is probable.
+Added: Changes in revenue from period to period are driven primarily by new business volume and task order execution activity, project cancellations, changes in estimated costs to complete performance obligations, and the mix of active studies during a given period that can vary based on therapeutic area and or study life cycle stage.
+Added: Refer to "Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates—Revenue Recognition," below.
+Added: Costs and Expenses
+Added: Our costs and expenses are comprised primarily of our total direct costs, selling, general and administrative costs, depreciation and amortization and income taxes.
+Added: Total Direct Costs
+Added: Total direct costs are primarily driven by labor and related employee benefits, but also include contracted third party service related expenses, fees paid to site investigators, reimbursed out of pocket expenses, laboratory supplies and other expenses contributing to service delivery.
+Added: The other costs of service delivery can include office rent, utilities, supplies and software licenses which are allocated between Total direct costs and selling, general and administrative expenses based on the estimated contribution among service delivery and support function efforts on a percentage basis.
+Added: Total direct costs are expensed as incurred and are not deferred in anticipation of contracts being awarded or finalization of changes in scope.
+Added: Total direct costs, as a percentage of net revenue, can vary from period to period due to project labor efficiencies, changes in workforce, compensation/bonus programs and service mix.
+Added: Selling, General and Administrative
+Added: Selling, general and administrative expenses are primarily driven by compensation and related employee benefits, as well as rent, utilities, supplies, software licenses, professional fees (e.g., legal and accounting expenses), travel, marketing and other operating expenses.
+Added: Depreciation is provided on our property and equipment on the straight-line method at rates adequate to allocate the cost of the applicable assets over their estimated useful lives, which is three to five years for computer hardware, software, phone, and medical imaging equipment, five to seven years for furniture and fixtures and other equipment, and thirty to forty years for buildings.
+Added: Leasehold improvements are amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the improvement or the associated remaining lease term.
+Added: Amortization relates to finite-lived intangible assets recognized as expense using the straight-line method or using an accelerated method over their estimated useful lives, which range in term from 5 to 15 years.
+Added: Income Tax Provision
+Added: Income tax provision consists of federal, state and local taxes on income in multiple jurisdictions.
+Added: Our income tax is impacted by the pre-tax earnings in jurisdictions with varying tax rates and any related tax credits that may be available to us.
+Added: Our current and future provision for income taxes will vary from statutory rates due to the impact of valuation allowances in certain countries, income tax incentives, certain non-deductible expenses, and other discrete items.
+Added: Key Performance Metrics
+Added: To evaluate the performance of our business, we utilize a variety of financial and performance metrics.
+Added: These key measures include net new business awards and backlog.
+Added: Net New Business Awards and Backlog
+Added: New business awards represent the value of anticipated future net revenue that has been recognized in backlog during the period.
+Added: This value is recognized upon the signing of a contract or receipt of a written pre-contract confirmation from a customer that confirms an agreement in principle on budget and scope.
+Added: New business awards also include contract amendments, or changes in scope, where the customer has provided written authorization for changes in budget and scope or has approved us to perform additional work as of the measurement date.
+Added: Awards may not be recognized as backlog after consideration of a number of factors, including whether (i) the relevant net
+Added: revenue is expected only after a pending regulatory hurdle, which might result in cancellation of the study, (ii) the customer funding needed for commencement of the study is not believed to have been secured or (iii) study timelines are uncertain or not well defined.
+Added: In addition, study amounts that extend beyond three years from measurement date are not included in backlog.
+Added: The number and amount of new business awards can vary significantly from period to period, and an award’s contractual duration can range from several months to several years based on customer and project specifications.
+Added: Cancellations arise in the normal course of business and are reflected when we receive written confirmation from the customer to cease work on a contractual agreement or when we believe the future revenue is unlikely to be realized.
+Added: The majority of our customers can terminate our contracts without cause upon 30 days’
+Added: Similar to new business awards, the number and amount of cancellations can vary significantly period over period due to timing of customer correspondence and study-specific circumstances.
+Added: Net new business awards represent gross new business awards received in a period offset by total cancellations in that period.
+Added: Net new business awards were $1,610.4 million and $1,175.0 million for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: Backlog represents anticipated future net revenue from net new business awards that have commenced, but have not been completed.
+Added: Reported backlog will fluctuate based on new business awards, changes in scope to existing contracts, cancellations, net revenue recognition on existing contracts and foreign exchange adjustments from non-U.S.
+Added: dollar denominated backlog.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, our backlog increased by $455.4 million, or 29.5%, to $1,997.1 million compared to $1,541.7 million as of December 31, 2020.
+Added: Included within backlog as of December 31, 2021 was approximately $1,030 million to $1,050 million that we expect to convert to net revenue in 2022, with the remainder expected to convert to net revenue in years after 2022.
+Added: The effect of foreign currency adjustments on backlog was as follows:
+Added: unfavorable foreign currency adjustments of $5.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 and favorable foreign currency adjustments of $14.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: Backlog and net new business award metrics may not be reliable indicators of our future period revenue as they are subject to a variety of factors that may cause material fluctuations from period to period.
+Added: These factors include, but are not limited to, changes in the scope of projects, cancellations, and duration and timing of services provided.
+Added: Exchange Rate Fluctuations
+Added: The majority of our contracts and operational transactions are U.S.
+Added: dollar denominated.
+Added: The Euro represents the largest foreign currency denomination of our contractual and operational exposure.
+Added: As a result, a portion of our revenue and expenses is subject to exchange rate fluctuations.
+Added: We have translated the Euro into U.S.
+Added: dollars using the following average exchange rates based on data obtained from www.xe.com :
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Dollars per Euro:
+Added: Results of Operations
+Added: This section generally discusses 2021 and 2020 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2021 and 2020.
+Added: For a comparison of our results of operations for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, see “Part II, Item 7.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”
+Added: of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, filed with the SEC on February 16, 2021.
+Added: Year Ended December 31, 2021 compared to Year Ended December 31, 2020
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: (Amounts in thousands, except percentages)
+Added: Direct service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization
+Added: Reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses
+Added: Total direct costs
+Added: Selling, general and administrative
+Added: Total operating expenses
+Added: Income from operations
+Added: Miscellaneous income, net
+Added: Interest (expense) income, net
+Added: Income before income taxes
+Added: Income tax provision
+Added: Total revenue
+Added: Total revenue increased by $216.5 million to $1,142.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, from $925.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase was broad based, but primarily driven by strong activity within the Oncology , Metabolic, Central Nervous System and other uncategorized therapeutic areas .
+Added: Total direct costs
+Added: Total direct costs increased by $167.0 million, to $814.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $647.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase was primarily attributed to higher reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses and higher personnel costs to support the growth in service activities.
+Added: Reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses, which can fluctuate significantly from period to period based on the timing of program initiation and closeout, increased $80.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to the same period in the prior year.
+Added: The higher personnel costs portion, including severance, increased by $69.7 million in the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to the same period in the prior year.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative
+Added: Selling, general and administrative expenses increased by $16.3 million, to $108.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $92.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase was primarily attributed to higher personnel costs to support the growth in service activities.
+Added: Personnel costs, including severance, increased by $11.5 million in the year ended December 31, 2021, compared to the same period in the prior year.
+Added: Depreciation and Amortization
+Added: Depreciation and amortization expense increased by $1.6 million, to $21.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $19.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The increase in depreciation and amortization was primarily related to increased depreciation related to Property and equipment, net .
+Added: Income tax provision
+Added: Income tax provision decreased by $3.1 million, to $20.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 from $23.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: The overall effective tax rates for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 were 9.9% and 13.7%, respectively.
+Added: The decrease in the income tax provision and overall effective
+Added: rate was primarily attributable to an increase in excess tax benefits recognized from share-based compensation and increase in tax benefits related to Foreign Derived Intangible Income (FDII).
+Added: Liquidity and Capital Resources
+Added: We assess our liquidity in terms of our ability to generate cash to fund our operating, investing and financing activities.
+Added: Our principal sources of liquidity are operating cash flows and funds available for borrowing under our unsecured credit facility (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Facility”) .
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, we had cash and cash equivalents of $461.3 million, which primarily increased due to net cash provided by operations from the balance of $277.8 million as of December 31, 2020.
+Added: Approximately $32.2 million of our cash and cash equivalents, none of which was restricted, was held by our foreign subsidiaries as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: On September 30, 2019, the Company entered into the Credit Facility consisting of up to a $50.0 million revolving line of credit (as amended from time to time, the “Line of Credit”).
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, we had $49.8 million available for borrowing under the Credit Facility.
+Added: Our expected primary cash needs on both a short and long-term basis are for investment in operational growth, capital expenditures, share repurchases, selective strategic bolt-on acquisitions, other investments, and other general corporate needs.
+Added: We have historically funded our operations and growth with cash flow from operations and borrowings under our credit facilities.
+Added: We expect to continue expanding our operations through organic growth and potentially highly selective bolt-on acquisitions and investments.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, cash commitments to support operating business needs include lease liabilities discussed in Note 8 of the Consolidated Financial Statements, purchase commitments discussed in Note 12 of the Consolidated Financial Statements and capital expenditures primarily related to infrastructure investments in our facilities, equipment and technology.
+Added: Capital spending as a percentage of revenue decreased 91 basis points to 2.5% in the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: We expect these activities will be funded from existing cash, cash flow from operations and, if necessary, borrowings under our existing or future credit facilities or other debt.
+Added: We have deemed that foreign earnings will be indefinitely reinvested and therefore we have not provided taxes on these earnings.
+Added: While we do not anticipate the need to repatriate these foreign earnings for liquidity purposes given our cash flows from operations and available borrowings under existing and future credit facilities, we would incur taxes on these earnings if the need for repatriation due to liquidity purposes arises.
+Added: We believe that our sources of liquidity and capital will be sufficient to finance our cash needs for the next 12 months and on a longer-term basis.
+Added: However, we cannot assure you that our business will generate sufficient cash flow from operations, or that future borrowings will be available to us under our Credit Facility or otherwise, in an amount sufficient to fund our liquidity needs.
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Cash Flows (Amounts in thousands)
+Added: Net cash provided by operating activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities
+Added: Effect of exchange rates on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
+Added: Increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
+Added: Cash Flows from Operating Activities
+Added: Cash flows from operations are driven mainly by net income, noncash lease expense, depreciation, stock-based compensation expense, amortization of intangibles and net movement in advanced billings, accrued expenses, prepaid expenses and other current assets, and accounts receivable and unbilled, net .
+Added: Accounts receivable and unbilled, net, and advanced billings fluctuate on a regular basis as we perform our services, bill our customers and ultimately collect on those receivables.
+Added: We attempt to negotiate payment terms in order to provide for payments prior to or soon after the provision of services, but this timing of collection can vary significantly on a period by period comparative basis.
+Added: Net cash flows provided by operating activities were $263.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2021 consisting of net income of $181.8 million.
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities were $14.8 million, primarily related to noncash lease expense of $16.3 million, depreciation of $16.0 million, stock-based compensation expense of $14.5 million, amortization of intangibles of $5.1 million, offset by a deferred income tax benefit of $37.1 million.
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $66.7 million in operating cash flows and were primarily driven by increased advanced billings of $ 89.0 million and increased accrued expenses of $26.2 million, offset by increased accounts receivable and unbilled, net of $25.0 million, decreased lease liabilities of $15.6 million and increased prepaid expenses and other current assets of $9.1 million.
+Added: Net cash flows provided by operating activities were $258.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2020 consisting of net income of $145.4 million.
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities were $47.0 million, primarily related to noncash lease expense of $13.9 million, stock-based compensation expense of $13.8 million, depreciation of $11.7 million, amortization of intangibles of $7.9 million, and deferred income tax provision of $0.5 million.
+Added: Changes in operating assets and liabilities provided $66.3 million in operating cash flows and were primarily driven by increased advanced billings of $63.4 million and increased accrued expenses of $24.2 million, offset by decreased lease liabilities of $11.5 million and increased accounts receivable and unbilled, net of $5.5 million.
+Added: Cash Flow from Investing Activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities was $31.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily consisting of property and equipment expenditures.
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities was $31.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily consisting of property and equipment expenditures.
+Added: Cash Flow from Financing Activities
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities was $44.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, primarily related to $62.1 million in repurchases of common stock, offset by proceeds from stock options exercises of $17.6 million.
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities was $82.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2020, primarily related to $98.3 million in repurchases of common stock, offset by proceeds from stock options exercises of $16.0 million.
+Added: Share Repurchases
+Added: In 2018, the Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program which has been amended several times to increase the aggregate amount of the stock repurchase authorization.
+Added: In the first quarter of 2020, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the stock repurchase authorization by $50.0 million.
+Added: In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Board approved the stock repurchase authorization up to $150.0 million.
+Added: In the second quarter of 2021, the Board approved an increase of $150.0 million to the stock repurchase program bringing the total repurchase authorization up to $300.0 million.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 377,783 shares for $62.1 million.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased 1,183,095 shares for $98.3 million.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the Company has remaining authorization of $190.5 million remaining under the repurchases program.
+Added: As of February 10, 2022 the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of $300 million to the Company's stock repurchase program.
+Added: Repurchases under the share repurchase program are executed in the open market or negotiated transactions under trading plans established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1.
+Added: The Company constructively retired the repurchased shares associated with these approved share repurchase programs, with all amounts paid in excess of par value reflected within Retained earnings in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice.
+Added: On September 30, 2019, Medpace Inc., as borrower (the “Borrower”), and Medpace IntermediateCo, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, as guarantor (the “Guarantor”), entered into the new loan agreement, which provides for an unsecured credit facility in an aggregate principal amount up to $50.0 million (as amended, the "Credit Facility").
+Added: The Credit Facility provides that outstanding balances will bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points (1.00%).
+Added: On March 30, 2020, the Company amended the Credit Facility to extend its expiration date to March 31, 2021 and add provisions for alternative interest rates when certain interbank market offered rates are not available.
+Added: On March 29, 2021 the Company amended the Credit Facility expiration date to March 31, 2022 .
+Added: On December 27, 2021, the Company entered into Amendment No.
+Added: 3 to the Credit Facility which extends the expiration date of the revolving credit note to March 31, 2023 and adds provisions for alternative rates of interest as a result of global reference rate initiatives and removes the ability to obtain advances in any currency other than U.S.
+Added: After the LIBOR cessation date of December 31, 2021, the Credit Facility will bear interest at a rate of the sum of The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) and the benchmark replacement adjustment plus 100 basis points (1.00%).
+Added: The Credit Facility is guaranteed by the Guarantor and its material, direct or indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiaries, with certain exceptions, including where providing such guarantees is not permitted by law, regulation or contract or would result in adverse tax consequences.
+Added: All of the obligations under the Credit Facility are unsecured.
+Added: The Credit Facility is subject to customary negative covenants.
+Added: The Company was in compliance with all financial covenants as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: The Credit Facility contains certain events of default, including, among others, non-payment of principal or interest, breach of the covenants, cross default and cross acceleration to certain other indebtedness, defaults on monetary judgment orders, certain ERISA events, certain bankruptcy and insolvency events, actual or asserted invalidity of any guarantee or security document and change in control.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, we had no indebtedness under the Credit Facility.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, we had $0.2 million in letters of credit outstanding related to certain operating lease obligations, which are secured by the Credit Facility.
+Added: Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
+Added: The preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, or US GAAP, requires us to make a variety of decisions which affect reported amounts and related disclosures, including the selection of appropriate accounting principles and the assumptions on which to base accounting estimates.
+Added: In reaching such decisions, we apply judgment based on our understanding and analysis of the relevant circumstances, including our historical experience and other assumptions.
+Added: Actual results could differ from our estimates.
+Added: We are committed to incorporating accounting principles, assumptions and estimates that promote the representational faithfulness, verifiability, neutrality and transparency of the accounting information included in the financial statements.
+Added: Revenue Recognition
+Added: We generally enter into contracts with customers to provide services ranging in duration from a few months to several years.
+Added: The contract terms generally provide for payments based on a fixed-fee or unit-of-service arrangement.
+Added: We account for revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
+Added: Revenue on contracts is recognized, when or as we satisfy the contract performance obligations by transferring control of the services provided to the customer, at the amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for transferring those services.
+Added: Our performance obligations are generally satisfied over time and recognized as work progresses.
+Added: Contract Assumptions
+Added: Accounting for contracts performed over a period of time involves the use of various assumptions to estimate total contract revenue and costs.
+Added: We estimate expected costs to complete a contract and recognize contracted revenue over the life of the contract as those costs are incurred while performing our contracted obligations.
+Added: Cost estimates are based on a detailed project budget and are developed based on many variables, including, but not limited to, the scope of the work, labor productivity, the complexity of the study, the participating geographic locations and the Company’s historical experience.
+Added: To assist with the estimation of costs expected at completion over the life of a project, regular contract reviews are performed in which performance to date is compared to the most current estimate to complete assumptions.
+Added: The reviews include an assessment of costs incurred to date compared to expectations based on budget assumptions and other circumstances specific to the project.
+Added: The total estimated costs necessary to complete is updated and any revisions to the existing cost estimate results in cumulative adjustments to the amount of revenue recognized in the period in which the revisions are identified.
+Added: Because of the uncertainties inherent in estimating the costs necessary to fulfill contractual obligations, it is possible that estimates may change in the near term.
+Added: Contracts generally provide for pricing modifications upon scope of work changes.
+Added: We recognize revenue, at an amount to which we expect to be entitled, related to work performed in connection with scope changes when the underlying services are performed and a binding contractual commitment has been established with the customer.
+Added: If our customers do not agree to pricing changes upon changes in our scope of work, we could be exposed to cost overruns and reduced contract profitability.
+Added: Costs are not deferred in anticipation of contracts being awarded or amendments being finalized, but are expensed as incurred.
+Added: Most contracts are terminable by the customer, either immediately or according to advance notice terms specified within the contracts.
+Added: These contracts require payment of fees for services rendered through the date of termination and may require payment for subsequent services necessary to conclude the study or close out the contract.
+Added: Final settlement amounts are agreed to with the customer based on remaining work to be performed.
+Added: These amounts are included in revenue when we believe the amount can be estimated reliably and its realization is probable.
+Added: In evaluating the probability of recognition, we consider the contractual basis for the settlement amount and the objective evidence available to support the amount.
+Added: Certain contracts contain volume rebate arrangements with our customers that provide for rebates if certain specified spending thresholds are met.
+Added: These obligations are considered as a reduction in revenue when it appears probable that the arrangement thresholds will be met.
+Added: We occasionally enter into incentive fee arrangements with customers that provide for additional compensation if certain defined contractual milestones or performance thresholds are met.
+Added: These additional fees are included in the estimated transaction price when there is a basis to reasonably estimate the amount of the fee and when achievement of the incentive milestone is deemed probable.
+Added: These estimates are based on anticipated performance, our best judgment at the time or ultimately, upon achievement of the threshold or milestone.
+Added: We record revenue net of any tax assessments by governmental authorities that are imposed and concurrent with specific revenue generating transactions.
+Added: Performance Obligations
+Added: Substantially all of our contracts consist of a single performance obligation, as the promise to transfer the individual services described in the contracts are not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts, and therefore not distinct.
+Added: Revenue recognition is determined by assessing the progress of performance completed or delivered to date compared to total services to be delivered under the terms of the arrangement.
+Added: The measures utilized to assess progress on the satisfaction of performance are specific to the performance obligation identified in the contract.
+Added: For the majority of our contract performance obligations, we utilize the input method of cost to cost to measure progress.
+Added: Under this method, the Company determines cost incurred to date for the services it provides compared to the total estimated costs at completion.
+Added: For certain other contractual performance obligations, the Company has determined that an output method is the best measure of progress.
+Added: These relate to certain unitized contracts, and the Company recognizes revenue in the period in which the unit is delivered compared to total contracted units.
+Added: We are subject to income taxes in the United States and numerous foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: Significant judgment is required in the forecasting of taxable income using historical and projected future operating results in determining our provision for income taxes and the related assets and liabilities.
+Added: The provision for income taxes includes income taxes paid, currently payable and receivable, and deferred taxes.
+Added: We record deferred tax assets and liabilities based on temporary differences between the financial statement bases and tax bases of assets and liabilities.
+Added: Deferred tax assets are recorded for tax benefit carryforwards using tax rates anticipated to be in effect in the year in which temporary differences are expected to reverse.
+Added: If it does not appear more likely than not that the full value of a deferred tax asset will be realized, the Company records a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset, with an offsetting charge to the Company’s income tax provision or benefit.
+Added: The recoverability of our deferred tax assets is estimated based on consideration of all available positive and negative evidence, including, but not limited to, our ability to generate a sufficient level of future taxable income, reversals of deferred tax liabilities (other than those with an indefinite reversal period), tax planning strategies and recent financial performance.
+Added: The assessment of recoverability is performed on a jurisdiction by jurisdiction basis.
+Added: Based on the analysis of the above factors, we determined that as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 a valuation allowance in the amount of $0.9 million and $0.6 million, respectively, was required relating to certain foreign operating loss carryforwards, and other deferred tax assets that are currently not expected to be realized.
+Added: Differences in actual results compared to our estimates and changes in our assumptions could result in an adjustment to the valuation allowance in the future and would generally impact earnings or other comprehensive income depending on the nature of the respective deferred asset for which the valuation allowance exists.
+Added: We have recognized certain liabilities, including penalties and interest in the amount of $2.8 million as of December 31, 2021, within other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: These relate to uncertain tax positions that are subject to various assumptions and judgment.
+Added: Liabilities for these uncertain tax positions are assessed on a position by position basis.
+Added: The calculation of these liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations in both domestic and foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: These positions may be subject to audit and review by tax authorities, and may result in future taxes, interest and penalties if we are unsuccessful in defending our positions.
+Added: If the calculation of liability related to uncertain tax positions proves to be more or less than the ultimate assessment, a tax expense or benefit to expense, respectively would result.
+Added: To the extent that an unrecognized tax benefit is anticipated to be paid within one year of the balance sheet date, the Company will classify the unrecognized tax benefit within other short-term liabilities on the balance sheet.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, as a result of an updated analysis of future cash needs in the United States and opportunities for investment outside the United States, we assert that all foreign earnings will be indefinitely reinvested and therefore we have not provided taxes on these earnings.
+Added: These undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries will support future growth in foreign markets and maintain current operating needs of foreign locations.
+Added: We will continue to monitor our assertion related to investment of foreign earnings.
+Added: See Note 11 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for further information regarding this assertion.
+Added: Stock Based Compensation
+Added: We have stock based compensation plans in which we issue stock based awards to employees and directors in the form of vested common shares, stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock awards (RSAs), restricted stock units (RSUs), or other cash based or stock dividend equivalent awards.
+Added: All of our currently outstanding awards are subject to equity classification pursuant to the terms of the award grants and based on accounting guidance which governs such transactions.
+Added: Accounting guidance applicable to equity classified awards require all stock based compensation, including vested shares, grants of employee stock options and restricted stock to be recognized in the consolidated statements of operations based on their grant date fair values.
+Added: We estimate the fair value of our stock options utilizing the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model, which requires the input of highly subjective assumptions including:
+Added: the expected stock price volatility, the calculation of the expected holding period of the award, the risk free interest rate and expected dividends on the underlying common stock.
+Added: Due to the lack of Company specific historical and implied volatility data, our estimate of expected volatility is based upon a blended approach that utilizes the historical volatility of the Company's common stock for periods in which the Company has sufficient information and the historical volatility of a group of peer companies that are most representative of our company .
+Added: The historical volatility is calculated based on a period of time commensurate with the expected holding period assumption.
+Added: The holding period represents the period that our option awards are expected to be outstanding.
+Added: We use the simplified method as prescribed by accounting guidance governing such awards, to calculate the expected term for options granted to employees as we do not have sufficient historical evidence data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected holding period.
+Added: This simplified method utilizes the mid-point between the vesting date and the date of the contractual term.
+Added: The risk free rate is based on extrapolated rates of U.S.
+Added: Treasury bonds whose terms are consistent with the expected holding period of the stock options.
+Added: We have assumed a dividend yield of zero as we have not historically paid any dividends on our common stock.
+Added: All our stock based option awards are subject to service based vesting conditions.
+Added: Compensation expense related to stock option awards to employees is recognized on a straight line basis based on the grant date fair value over the associated service period of the award, which is equal to the vesting term.
+Added: The following table summarizes the key weighted average assumptions used in the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model to calculate the fair value of options during the periods:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Expected holding period - years
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Risk-free interest rate
+Added: Expected dividend yield
+Added: The assumptions used in the table above reflect both grant date inputs to arrive at the grant date fair values for stock options subject to equity-classified stock compensation accounting and reflect a fair value calculation for stock options outstanding in the period subject to liability-classified stock compensation accounting.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, all outstanding stock based awards were subject to equity classification.
+Added: The weighted average grant date fair value of employee stock options granted was $52.70, $15.19 and $14.06 for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: Effect of Recent Accounting Pronouncements
+Added: Refer to Note 2 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for management’s discussion of the effect of recent accounting pronouncements.
+Added: Quantitative and Qualitat ive Disclosures About Market Risk.
+Added: Market risk is the potential loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices, such as foreign currency exchange rates, inflation, interest rates, and other relevant market rates or prices changes.
+Added: We are exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency exchange rates, inflation rate and credit risk and we regularly evaluate our exposure to such changes.
+Added: Foreign Currency Risk
+Added: We have business operations globally, and accordingly, we are exposed to foreign currency fluctuations that can affect our financial results.
+Added: For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, approximately 10.6% and 11.1%, respectively, of our revenue was derived from contracts denominated in currencies other than the U.S.
+Added: dollar, whereas approximately 25.9% and 25.2% of our operational costs, including, but not limited to, salaries, wages and other employee benefits, were derived in foreign currencies.
+Added: Of these exposures, approximately 78.5% and 79.7% of revenue denominated in foreign currencies and approximately 47.1% and 50.8% of operational costs denominated in foreign currencies were Euro denominated for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: Our financial statements are reported in U.S.
+Added: dollars and, accordingly, fluctuations in exchange rates will affect the translation of our revenues and expenses denominated in foreign currencies into U.S.
+Added: dollars for purposes of reporting our consolidated financial results.
+Added: We recalculated our reported pre-tax income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 using foreign exchange rates that were 10% higher and 10% lower than actual exchange rates utilized during the year.
+Added: When utilizing foreign exchange rates 10% higher than actual exchange rates, our pre-tax income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is negatively impacted by approximately $12.3 million and $8.8 million, respectively.
+Added: When utilizing foreign exchange rates 10% lower than actual exchange rates, our pre-tax income for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 is positively impacted by approximately $12.3 million and $8.8 million, respectively.
+Added: We are also subject to foreign currency transaction risk for fluctuations in exchange rates during the period of time between contract commencement and cash settlement for services that we provide in relation to the contract.
+Added: This exposure may affect our contract and operational profitability.
+Added: To mitigate our foreign currency risk exposure we provide for exchange rate fluctuation adjustments subject to certain thresholds within our contracts where contract currency varies from currencies where costs will be incurred to support delivery of the contract.
+Added: Financial instruments that subject the Company to credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents, and accounts receivable and unbilled, net.
+Added: The cash and cash equivalent balances are held and maintained with high-quality financial institutions with reputable credit ratings and, consequently, we believe that such funds are subject to minimal credit risk.
+Added: We generally do not require collateral or other securities to support customer receivables.
+Added: In the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, credit losses have been immaterial and within our expectations.
+Added: Moreover, in many cases we require advance payment from our customers for a portion of the study contract price upon the signing of a service contract which helps to mitigate credit risk.
+Added: As of the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, there were no major customers accounting for more than 10% of our accounts receivable and unbilled, net.
+Added: Our contracts that provide for services to be performed in excess of a year generally are based on inflation assumptions for the portion of the services to be performed beyond one year.
+Added: We do not have significant operations in countries where the economy is considered highly inflationary, and do not believe in the near term that inflation will have a material adverse impact on us.
+Added: However, if actual rates are greater than our inflation assumptions, inflation could have a material adverse effect on our operations or financial condition.
+Added: Interest Rates
+Added: We have no outstanding long-term debt as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: We therefore no longer have meaningful interest rate risk.
+Added: However, if the need for additional liquidity arises and we utilize our Credit Facility, interest rates could have a material adverse effect on our operations or financial condition.
+Added: Financial Statement s and Supplementary Data.
+Added: Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
+Added: Management of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: (the “Company”) is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Internal control over financial reporting is designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of our consolidated financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company, (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and expenditures are being made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors, and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements in the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: Management assessed the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: In making these assessments, management used the framework established by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) in Internal Control —
+Added: Integrated Framework (2013).
+Added: Based on management’s assessment and the criteria in the COSO framework, management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021 was effective.
+Added: The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting has been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP , an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report included herein.
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGIST ERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
+Added: To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: Opinion on the Financial Statements
+Added: We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: and subsidiaries (the "Company") as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the related consolidated statements of operations , comprehensive income, shareholders' equity, and cash flows, for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements").
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2021, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
+Added: We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the Company's internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control —
+Added: Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission and our report dated February 15, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Company's internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Basis for Opinion
+Added: These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company's management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company's financial statements based on our audits.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: Critical Audit Matter
+Added: The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments.
+Added: The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.
+Added: Revenue Recognition —
+Added: Clinical Research–
+Added: Refer to Note 2 to the financial statements
+Added: Critical Audit Matter Description
+Added: The Company recognizes contract revenue over the contract term as the service progresses, as the transfer of control to the customer is continuous.
+Added: Substantially all of the Company’s clinical research contracts consist of a single performance obligation as the promise to transfer individual services described in the contracts are not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts, and therefore not distinct.
+Added: The accounting for these contracts involves judgment, particularly as it relates to the process of estimating costs to complete a contract for the performance obligation, which includes direct costs, reimbursable out-of-pocket costs, and reimbursable investigator site payments.
+Added: Contract costs are recognized as incurred, and revenue recognition is based on cost incurred to date for the services provided compared to the total estimated costs to complete a contract.
+Added: Given the judgments necessary to estimate costs to complete a contract for the performance obligation used to recognize revenue for certain clinical research contracts over time, auditing such estimates required extensive audit effort due to the complexity of contracts and a high degree of auditor judgment when performing audit procedures and evaluating the results of those procedures.
+Added: How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit
+Added: Our audit procedures related to management’s estimates of costs to complete a contract for the performance obligation used to recognize revenue for clinical research contracts included the following, among others:
+Added: We tested the effectiveness of controls over revenue recognized throughout the contract term, including management’s controls over estimates of future services to be delivered and costs to be incurred under the contract.
+Added: We selected a sample of contracts and performed the following:
+Added: o Evaluated whether the contracts were properly included in management’s calculation of contract revenue based on the terms and conditions of each selected contract, including whether continuous transfer of control to the customer occurred as progress was made toward fulfilling the performance obligation.
+Added: o Compared the transaction prices to the consideration expected to be received based on current rights and obligations under the contracts and any pricing modifications and scope changes that were agreed upon with the customers.
+Added: o Tested management’s identification of distinct performance obligations by evaluating whether the progress of performance completed or delivered to date compared to total services to be delivered under the terms of the arrangement.
+Added: o Evaluated estimates of costs to complete a contract for the performance obligation by:
+Added: Comparing costs incurred to date to the costs management estimated to be incurred to date.
+Added: Evaluating management’s ability to achieve the estimates of total contract cost by performing corroborating inquiries with the Company’s project managers and financial analysts, and comparing the estimates to management’s work plans and cost estimates.
+Added: o Tested the mathematical accuracy of management’s calculation of revenue for the performance obligation.
+Added: We selected a sample of costs related to performance obligations and tested the accuracy and completeness of those costs incurred during the year.
+Added: We selected a sample of contracts and evaluated management’s ability to estimate total contract costs accurately by comparing actual costs to management’s historical estimates
+Added: /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
+Added: Cincinnati, Ohio
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: We have served as the Company's auditor since 2002.
+Added: REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
+Added: To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: Opinion on Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: We have audited the internal control over financial reporting of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2021, based on criteria established in Internal Control —
+Added: Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).
+Added: In our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2020, based on criteria established in Internal Control —
+Added: Integrated Framework (2013) issued by COSO.
+Added: We have also audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB), the consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021, of the Company and our report dated February 15, 2022, expressed an unqualified opinion on those financial statements.
+Added: Basis for Opinion
+Added: The Company’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects.
+Added: Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk, and performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances.
+Added: We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
+Added: Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
+Added: A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;
+Added: (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company;
+Added: and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
+Added: Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
+Added: Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
+Added: /s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
+Added: Cincinnati, Ohio
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: CONSOLIDATED BA LANCE SHEETS
+Added: (Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)
+Added: As Of December 31,
+Added: Current assets:
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents
+Added: Accounts receivable and unbilled, net (includes $ 2.7 million and $ 2.6 million with related parties at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively)
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Total current assets
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Operating lease right-of-use assets
+Added: Intangible assets, net
+Added: Deferred income taxes
+Added: LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’
+Added: Current liabilities:
+Added: Accounts payable (includes $ 0.3 million and $ 0.2 million with related parties at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively)
+Added: Accrued expenses
+Added: Advanced billings (includes $ 8.3 million and $ 6.5 million with related parties at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively)
+Added: Other current liabilities
+Added: Total current liabilities
+Added: Operating lease liabilities
+Added: Deferred income tax liability
+Added: Other long-term liabilities
+Added: Total liabilities
+Added: Commitments and contingencies (see Note 12)
+Added: Shareholders’
+Added: Preferred stock - $ 0.01 par-value;
+Added: 5,000,000 shares authorized;
+Added: no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
+Added: Common stock - $ 0.01 par-value;
+Added: 250,000,000 shares authorized at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively;
+Added: 36,006,778 and 35,519,989 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
+Added: Treasury stock - 180,000 and 185,000 shares at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively
+Added: Additional paid-in capital
+Added: Retained earnings
+Added: Accumulated other comprehensive loss
+Added: Total shareholders’
+Added: Total liabilities and shareholders’
+Added: See notes to consolidated financial statements.
+Added: MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEM ENTS OF OPERATIONS
+Added: (Amounts in thousands, except per share amounts)
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Revenue, net (includes $ 34.5 million, $ 15.9 million and $ 18.9 million with related parties for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively)
+Added: Operating expenses:
+Added: Direct service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization
+Added: Reimbursed out-of-pocket expenses
+Added: Total direct costs
+Added: Selling, general and administrative
+Added: Total operating expenses
+Added: Income from operations
+Added: Other income (expense), net:
+Added: Miscellaneous income (expense), net
+Added: Interest (expense) income, net
+Added: Total other income (expense), net
+Added: Income before income taxes
+Added: Income tax provision
+Added: Net income per share attributable to common
+Added: shareholders:
+Added: Weighted average common shares outstanding:
+Added: See notes to consolidated financial statements.
+Added: MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF C OMPREHENSIVE INCOME
+Added: (Amounts in thousands)
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Other comprehensive (loss) income
+Added: Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of taxes
+Added: Comprehensive income
+Added: See notes to consolidated financial statements.
+Added: MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’
+Added: (Amounts in thousands)
+Added: Comprehensive
+Added: BALANCE —
+Added: December 31, 2018
+Added: Impact to Retained Earnings from adoption of ASU 2016-02
+Added: BALANCE —
+Added: January 1, 2019
+Added: Foreign currency translation
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense
+Added: Stock options exercised
+Added: BALANCE —
+Added: December 31, 2019
+Added: Foreign currency translation
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense
+Added: Stock options exercised
+Added: Repurchases of common stock
+Added: BALANCE —
+Added: December 31, 2020
+Added: Foreign currency translation
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense
+Added: Stock options exercised
+Added: Repurchases of common stock
+Added: BALANCE —
+Added: December 31, 2021
+Added: See notes to consolidated financial statements.
+Added: MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: CONSOLIDATED STATEM ENTS OF CASH FLOWS
+Added: (Amounts in thousands)
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense
+Added: Amortization of debt issuance costs and discount
+Added: Noncash lease expense
+Added: Deferred income tax (benefit) provision
+Added: Amortization and adjustment of deferred credit
+Added: Changes in assets and liabilities:
+Added: Accounts receivable and unbilled, net
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Accounts payable
+Added: Accrued expenses
+Added: Advanced billings
+Added: Lease liabilities
+Added: Other assets and liabilities, net
+Added: Net cash provided by operating activities
+Added: CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
+Added: Property and equipment expenditures
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities
+Added: CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
+Added: Proceeds from stock option exercises
+Added: Repurchases of common stock
+Added: Payment of debt
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities
+Added: EFFECT OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH,
+Added: CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH
+Added: INCREASE IN CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH
+Added: CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH —
+Added: Beginning of period
+Added: CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS, AND RESTRICTED CASH —
+Added: End of period
+Added: SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION—
+Added: Cash paid during the period for income taxes
+Added: Cash paid during the period for interest
+Added: Acquisition of property and equipment—non-cash
+Added: See notes to consolidated financial statements.
+Added: MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
+Added: AND SUBSIDIARIES
+Added: NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, and for the Years Ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019
+Added: BASIS OF PRESENTATION
+Added: Description of Business
+Added: Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: together with its subsidiaries, (“Medpace”
+Added: or the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, is a global provider of clinical research-based drug and medical device development services.
+Added: The Company partners with pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies in the development and execution of clinical trials.
+Added: The Company’s drug development services focus on full service Phase I-IV clinical development services and include development plan design, coordinated central laboratory, project management, regulatory affairs, clinical monitoring, data management and analysis, pharmacovigilance new drug application submissions, and post-marketing clinical support.
+Added: The Company also provides bio-analytical laboratory services, clinical human pharmacology, imaging services, and electrocardiography reading support for clinical trials.
+Added: The Company’s operations are principally based in North America, Europe, and Asia.
+Added: Share Repurchases
+Added: In 2018, the Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program which has been amended several times to increase the aggregate amount of the stock repurchase authorization.
+Added: In the first quarter of 2020, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the stock repurchase authorization by $ 50.0 million.
+Added: In the fourth quarter of 2020, the Board approved the stock repurchase authorization up to $ 150.0 million.
+Added: In the second quarter of 2021, the Board approved an increase of $ 150.0 million to the stock repurchase program bringing the total repurchase authorization up to $ 300.0 million.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company repurchased 377,783 shares for $ 62.1 million.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased 1,183,095 shares for $ 98.3 million.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, the Company has remaining authorization of $ 190.5 million remaining under the repurchases program.
+Added: As of February 10, 2022 the Company's Board of Directors approved an increase of $ 300 million to the Company's stock repurchase program.
+Added: Repurchases under the share repurchase program are executed in the open market or negotiated transactions under trading plans established pursuant to Rule 10b5-1.
+Added: The Company constructively retired the repurchased shares associated with these approved share repurchase programs, with all amounts paid in excess of par value reflected within Retained earnings in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The repurchase program may be suspended or discontinued at any time without notice.
+Added: SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
+Added: Principles of Consolidation and Presentation
+Added: The accompanying consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“US GAAP”) and include the accounts and operations of the Company and its subsidiaries.
+Added: All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
+Added: Use of Estimates
+Added: The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes.
+Added: Actual results could differ from these estimates.
+Added: Significant items that are subject to management estimates and assumptions include revenue, net, allowances for doubtful accounts, acquisition purchase price allocations, long-lived asset impairment and useful lives, exit liabilities, stock-based compensation, uncertain income tax positions and contingencies.
+Added: Reportable Segments
+Added: The Company emphasizes its full service outsourcing model, providing services focused on the development, management and execution of clinical trials.
+Added: As part of this full service approach, the Company utilizes centralized systems, customer interface technology, support functions and processes that cross service offerings and align resources to deliver efficient clinical trial services.
+Added: Given the full service approach, the chief executive officer, who is the chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) assesses the allocation of resources based on key metrics including revenue, backlog, and net awards by service offering and consolidated profitability and consolidated cash flows.
+Added: Based on the Company’s full service model, internal management and reporting structure, and key metrics used by the CODM to make resource allocation decisions, management has determined that the Company’s operations consist of a single operating segment.
+Added: Therefore, results of operations are presented as a single reportable segment.
+Added: Foreign Currencies
+Added: Assets and liabilities recorded in foreign currencies on foreign subsidiary financial statements are translated at the exchange rate on the balance sheet date, while equity accounts are translated at historical exchange rates.
+Added: Revenue and expenses are recorded at average rates of exchange during the year.
+Added: Translation adjustments are recorded to Accumulated other comprehensive loss in the consolidated statements of shareholders’
+Added: equity and consolidated statements of comprehensive income.
+Added: Separately, net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions are included in Miscellaneous income (expense), net, on the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Foreign currency transactions resulted in a net gain/(loss) of $ 2.8 million, $ 0.5 million, and ($ 0.6 ) million during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020, and 2019 , respectively.
+Added: Revenue Recognition
+Added: The Company generally enters into contracts with customers to provide services ranging in duration from a few months to several years.
+Added: The contract terms generally provide for payments based on a fixed fee or unit-of-service arrangement.
+Added: The Company accounts for revenue in accordance with ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.
+Added: Revenue on contracts is recognized when or as the Company satisfies the contract performance obligations, at the amount that reflects the Company’s cumulative progress toward delivery of the performance obligation.
+Added: This progress assessment is applied to the amount of consideration to which the Company expects to be paid for delivery of the performance obligation.
+Added: The Company’s performance obligations are generally satisfied over time and related revenue is recognized as services are provided to meet these obligations.
+Added: Contract Assumptions
+Added: An arrangement is accounted for as a contract within the scope of ASC 606 when the Company and its customers approve the contract, are committed to perform their respective obligations, each party can identify its rights regarding the goods or services to be transferred, commercial substance is present, and it is probable that the Company will collect substantially all of the consideration to which it will be entitled in exchange for the goods or services that will be transferred to the customer.
+Added: For the Company’s services to meet this criteria, contracts generally need to be written, pending regulatory hurdles required to commence work must be cleared, the study protocol must be completed, the customer must have adequate funding or reasonable path to funding to execute the contracted portion of the study, and the study must be actively moving forward.
+Added: Once these criteria have been met, it is deemed that the Company and its customers are committed to perform their respective obligations.
+Added: Depending on the timing of when these criteria are met, revenue recognition may vary significantly on a period over period basis.
+Added: Accounting for contracts performed over a period of time involves the use of various assumptions to estimate total contract revenue and costs.
+Added: The Company estimates expected costs to complete a contract and recognizes contracted revenue over the life of the contract as those costs are incurred.
+Added: Cost estimates are based on a detailed project budget and are developed based on many variables, including, but not limited to, the scope of the work, the complexity of the study, the participating geographic locations and the Company’s historical experience.
+Added: To assist with the estimation of costs expected at completion over the life of a project, regular contract reviews are performed in which performance to date is compared to the most current estimate to complete assumptions.
+Added: The reviews include an assessment of costs incurred to date compared to expectations based on budget assumptions and other circumstances specific to the project.
+Added: The total estimated costs necessary to complete is updated and any revisions to the existing cost estimate results in cumulative adjustments to the amount of revenue recognized in the period in which the revisions are identified.
+Added: In the case of cost estimates related to activities legally contracted as reimbursable in nature, including but not limited to investigator fee activity, these estimates also influence the Company’s assumed contract value and assumed remaining performance obligations.
+Added: Because of the uncertainties inherent in estimating the costs necessary to fulfill contractual obligations, it is possible that estimates may change in the near term, resulting in a material change in revenue reported.
+Added: Contracts generally provide for pricing modifications upon scope of work changes.
+Added: The Company recognizes revenue, at an amount to which it expects to be entitled, related to work performed in connection with scope changes when the underlying services are performed and a binding contractual commitment has been established with the customer.
+Added: If the Company’s customers do not agree to contract changes upon changes in the Company’s scope of work, the Company could be exposed to cost overruns and reduced contract profitability.
+Added: Costs are not deferred in anticipation of contracts being awarded or amendments being finalized, but are expensed as incurred.
+Added: Most contracts are terminable by the customer, either immediately or according to advance notice terms specified within the contracts.
+Added: These contracts require payment of fees for services rendered through the date of termination and may require payment for subsequent services necessary to conclude the study or close out the contract.
+Added: Final settlement amounts are agreed to with the customer based on remaining work to be performed.
+Added: These amounts are included in revenue when the Company believes the amount can be estimated reliably and its realization is probable.
+Added: In evaluating the probability of recognition, the Company considers the contractual basis for the settlement amount and the objective evidence available to support the amount.
+Added: Certain contracts contain volume rebate arrangements with our customers that provide for rebates if certain specified spending thresholds are met.
+Added: These obligations are considered as a reduction in revenue when it appears probable that the arrangement thresholds will be met, which can be at contract inception.
+Added: Total revenue is presented net of rebates of $ 7.2 million, $ 4.8 million and $ 6.2 million in the consolidated statements of operations during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: The Company occasionally enters into incentive fee arrangements with customers that provide for additional compensation if certain defined contractual milestones or performance thresholds are met.
+Added: These additional fees are included in the estimated transaction price when there is a basis to reasonably estimate the amount of the fee and when achievement of the incentive milestone is deemed probable.
+Added: These estimates are based on anticipated performance, the Company’s best judgment at the time or ultimately, upon achievement of the threshold or milestone.
+Added: The Company records revenue net of any tax assessments by governmental authorities that are imposed and concurrent with specific revenue generating transactions.
+Added: Performance Obligations
+Added: Substantially all of the Company’s contracts consist of a single performance obligation, as the promise to transfer the individual services described in the contracts are not separately identifiable from other promises in the contracts, and therefore not distinct.
+Added: Revenue recognition is determined by assessing the progress of performance completed or delivered to date compared to total services to be delivered under the terms of the arrangement.
+Added: The measures utilized to assess progress on the satisfaction of performance are specific to the performance obligation identified in the contract.
+Added: For the majority of the Company’s contract performance obligations, it utilizes the input method of cost to cost to measure progress, as the Company has determined that it is the most consistent measure of progress among contract tasks and represents the most faithful depiction of the transfer of services over the contract life.
+Added: Under this method, the Company determines cost incurred to date for the services it provides compared to the total estimated costs at completion.
+Added: For certain other contractual performance obligations, the Company has determined that an output method is the best measure of progress.
+Added: These relate to certain unitized contracts, and the Company recognizes revenue in the period in which the unit is delivered compared to total contracted units.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 , the Company had approximately $ 2.1 billion and $ 1.6 billion of performance obligations remaining to be performed for active projects.
+Added: Concentration of Credit Risk
+Added: Financial instruments that subject the Company to credit risk primarily consist of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable.
+Added: The cash and cash equivalent balances are held and maintained with financial institutions with reputable credit ratings and, consequently, the Company believes that such funds are subject to minimal credit risk.
+Added: The Company generally does not require collateral or other securities to support customer receivables.
+Added: In the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, credit losses have been immaterial and within management’s expectations.
+Added: At December 31, 2021 and 2020 , there were no customers accounting for more than 10% of the Company’s accounts receivable.
+Added: Costs and Expenses
+Added: The Company incurs costs associated with service delivery including direct labor and related employee benefits, laboratory supplies, and other expenses.
+Added: These costs are recorded in Direct service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization as a component of Total direct costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: In addition, the Company incurs expenses on behalf of its customers for various project expenditures including, but not limited to, investigator site payments, travel, meetings, printing, and shipping and handling fees that are reimbursed by its customers at cost.
+Added: These costs are included in Reimbursable out-of-pocket expenses as a component of Total direct costs in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Total direct costs are expensed as incurred and are not deferred in anticipation of contracts being awarded or finalization of changes in scope.
+Added: Selling, general and administrative includes administrative payroll and related employee benefits, sales and marketing expenses, administrative travel, and other expenses not directly related to service delivery.
+Added: Rent, utilities, supplies, and software license expenses are allocated between Total direct costs, and Selling, general and administrative based on the estimated contribution among service delivery and support function efforts on a percentage basis.
+Added: Depreciation and amortization is reported separately in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Costs of sales and marketing activities not subject to recovery pursuant to customer contracts, such as feasibility assessments and negotiation of contracts, are expensed as incurred and recorded as a component of Selling, general and administrative in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Advertising expenses are recorded as a component of Selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: Total advertising expenses of $ 1.2 million, $ 0.7 million and $ 0.7 million were incurred during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 , respectively.
+Added: The Company’s consolidated US federal income tax return is comprised of its US subsidiaries, one of its foreign branches located in Korea and certain foreign subsidiaries.
+Added: The Company provides for income taxes on all transactions that have been recognized in the consolidated financial statements in accordance with accounting guidance governing income tax accounting.
+Added: Accordingly, the impact of
+Added: changes in income tax laws on deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities are recognized in net earnings in the period during which such changes are enacted.
+Added: The Company records deferred tax assets and liabilities based on temporary differences between the financial statement bases and tax bases of assets and liabilities.
+Added: Deferred tax assets are recorded for tax benefit carryforwards using tax rates anticipated to be in effect in the year in which the temporary differences are expected to reverse.
+Added: If it does not appear more likely than not that the full value of a deferred tax asset will be realized, the Company records a valuation allowance against the deferred tax asset, with an offsetting charge to the Company’s income tax provision or benefit.
+Added: The value of the Company’s deferred tax assets is estimated based on, among other things, the Company’s ability to generate a sufficient level of future taxable income.
+Added: In estimating future taxable income, the Company has considered both positive and negative evidence, such as historical and forecasted results of operations, and has considered the implementation of prudent and feasible tax planning strategies.
+Added: The Company’s accounting position is that unremitted foreign earnings are indefinitely reinvested.
+Added: Therefore, the Company has not recorded deferred foreign withholding taxes on the unremitted foreign earnings.
+Added: Refer to Note 11 for further information regarding this assertion.
+Added: The Company follows accounting guidance related to accounting for uncertainty in income taxes which requires significant judgment in determining what constitutes an individual tax position as well as assessing the possible outcome of each tax position.
+Added: Changes in judgments as to recognition or measurement of tax positions can materially affect the estimate of the effective tax rate, and, consequently, the Company’s consolidated financial results.
+Added: The Company considers many factors when evaluating and estimating tax positions and tax benefits, which may require periodic adjustments and which may not accurately anticipate actual outcomes.
+Added: In addition, the calculation of tax liabilities involves dealing with uncertainties in the application of complex tax regulations in a multitude of jurisdictions.
+Added: The Company determines its liability for uncertain tax positions globally.
+Added: If the payment of these amounts ultimately proves to be unnecessary, the reversal of liabilities would result in tax benefits being recognized in the period when it is determined the liabilities are no longer necessary.
+Added: If the calculation of the liability related to uncertain tax positions proves to be more or less than the ultimate assessment, a tax expense or tax benefit would result.
+Added: Interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions are recognized as components of the Company’s Income tax provision.
+Added: Research and Development Credits
+Added: Research and development credits are available to the Company under tax laws in certain jurisdictions, based on qualifying research and development spend as defined under those tax laws.
+Added: Certain tax jurisdictions provide refundable credits that are not wholly dependent on the Company’s income tax status or income tax position.
+Added: In these circumstances the benefit of the credits is recorded as a reduction of operating expense.
+Added: When they are wholly dependent upon the Company’s income tax position, research and development credits are recognized as a reduction of income tax expense.
+Added: Stock-Based Compensation
+Added: The Company has stock-based employee compensation plans for which it incurs compensation expense.
+Added: Equity Awards
+Added: In connection with the Company's initial public offering (IPO), the Board approved the formation of the 2016 Incentive Award Plan (the “2016 Plan”), which replaced our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”).
+Added: The 2016 Plan provides for long-term equity incentive compensation for key employees, officers and non-employee directors.
+Added: A variety of discretionary awards (collectively, the “Awards”) for employees and non-employee directors are authorized under the 2016 Plan, including vested common shares, stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock awards (RSAs), restricted stock units (RSUs), or other cash based or stock dividend equivalent awards.
+Added: The vesting of such awards may be conditioned upon either a specified period of time or the attainment of specific performance goals as determined by the administrator of the 2016 Plan.
+Added: The option price and term are also subject to determination by the administrator with respect to each grant.
+Added: Option prices are generally
+Added: expected to be set at the market price of our common stock at the date of grant and option terms are not expected to exceed ten years.
+Added: All outstanding Awards under the 2016 Plan are equity classified awards.
+Added: The Company created the 2014 Plan, providing for the future issuance of vested shares, stock options, RSAs and RSUs in Medpace Holdings, Inc.’s common stock (the “2014 Plan Awards”).
+Added: The 2014 Plan Awards were subject to either equity or liability-classification pursuant to the terms of the participant’s award agreement and the 2014 Plan based on accounting guidance which governs such transactions.
+Added: All outstanding Awards under the 2014 Plan are equity classified awards.
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense for both the 2016 Plan and 2014 Plan is calculated using the fair value method on the grant date.
+Added: The Company expenses stock-based compensation over the term of the award based on the vesting described in the award agreement.
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense is allocated between Total direct costs, and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations based on the underlying classification and scope of work for the employees receiving the Awards.
+Added: Net Income Per Share
+Added: Basic and diluted earnings or loss per share (EPS) are computed using the two-class method, which is an earnings allocation that determines EPS for each class of common stock and participating securities according to dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings.
+Added: The Company’s RSAs are considered participating securities because they are legally issued at the date of grant and holders are entitled to receive non-forfeitable dividends during the vesting term.
+Added: The computation of diluted EPS includes additional common shares, such as unvested RSUs and stock options with exercise prices less than the average market price of the Company’s common stock during the period (“in-the-money options”), which would be considered outstanding.
+Added: This assumes that additional shares would have to be issued in cases where the exercise price of stock options is less than the value of the common stock being acquired because the cash proceeds received from the stock option holder would not be sufficient to acquire that same number of shares.
+Added: The Company does not compute diluted EPS in cases where the inclusion of such additional shares would be anti-dilutive in effect.
+Added: The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands, except for earnings per share):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Weighted-average shares:
+Added: Common shares outstanding
+Added: Total weighted-average shares
+Added: Earnings per common share—Basic
+Added: Undistributed earnings allocated to RSAs
+Added: Net income available to common shareholders—Basic
+Added: Net income per common share—Basic
+Added: Basic weighted-average common shares outstanding
+Added: Effect of diluted shares
+Added: Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding
+Added: Net income per common share—Diluted
+Added: For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 , the computation of diluted EPS excludes the effect of (in thousands) 9 , 204 and 248 stock options, respectively, due to each respective period’s average fair value of the Company’s common stock not exceeding the exercise prices.
+Added: Fair Value Measurements
+Added: The Company follows accounting guidance related to fair value measurements that defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value.
+Added: This hierarchy maximizes the use of “observable”
+Added: inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available.
+Added: The hierarchy specifies three levels based on the inputs, as follows:
+Added: Valuations based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
+Added: Valuations based on directly observable inputs or unobservable inputs corroborated by market data.
+Added: Valuations based on unobservable inputs supported by little or no market activity representing management’s determination of assumptions of how market participants would price the assets or liabilities.
+Added: The fair value of financial instruments such as cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and unbilled, net, accounts payable, accrued expenses, and advanced billings approximate their carrying amounts due to their short term maturities.
+Added: The Company does not have any recurring fair value measurements as of December 31, 2021 .
+Added: There were no transfers between Level 1, Level 2, or Level 3 during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 .
+Added: Cash and Cash Equivalents, including Restricted Cash
+Added: Cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash, are invested in demand deposits and money market funds, all of which have an original maturity of three months or less.
+Added: Restricted cash consists of customer funds received in advance and subject to specific restrictions, as well as amounts placed in escrow for contingent payments resulting from acquisitions or other contractual arrangements.
+Added: Accounts Receivable and Unbilled, Net
+Added: Accounts receivable represent amounts due from the Company’s customers who are concentrated primarily in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries.
+Added: Unbilled services represent revenue recognized to date that is currently not billable to the customer pursuant to contractual terms.
+Added: In general, amounts become billable upon the achievement of negotiated contractual events or in accordance with predetermined payment schedules.
+Added: Amounts classified to unbilled services are those billable to customers within one year from the respective balance sheet date.
+Added: The Company grants credit terms to its customers prior to signing a service contract and monitors the creditworthiness of its customers on an ongoing basis.
+Added: The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts based on specific identification of accounts receivable that are at risk of not being collected.
+Added: Uncollectible accounts receivable are written off only after all reasonable collection efforts have been exhausted.
+Added: Moreover, in some cases the Company requires advance payment from its customers for a portion of the study contract price upon the signing of a service contract.
+Added: These advance payments are deferred and recognized as revenue as services are performed.
+Added: Inventory, which consists primarily of laboratory supplies, is valued at the lower of cost or market.
+Added: Inventory is stated at purchased cost using the first-in, first out (FIFO) cost method.
+Added: The inventory balance is included in Prepaid expenses and other current assets in the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: Property and Equipment
+Added: Property and equipment is recorded at cost.
+Added: Depreciation is provided on the straight-line method at rates adequate to allocate the cost of the applicable assets over their estimated useful lives, which is three to five years for computer hardware, software, phone, and medical imaging equipment, five to seven years for furniture and fixtures and other equipment, and thirty to forty years for buildings.
+Added: The Company capitalizes costs of computer software developed for internal use and amortizes these costs on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life, not to exceed three years .
+Added: Leasehold improvements and deemed assets from landlord building construction are capitalized and amortized on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the estimated useful life of the improvement or the associated remaining lease term.
+Added: Repairs and maintenance are expensed as incurred.
+Added: The Company enters into contracts to lease facilities and equipment to be used in its operations.
+Added: At contract inception, the Company determines whether a contract contains a lease within the scope of Accounting Standard Codification Topic 842, Leases (ASC 842), and determines the appropriate classification of the lease as either operating or finance.
+Added: Contracts containing operating leases are recorded on the consolidated balance sheets within Operating lease right-of-use (ROU) assets, Other current liabilities, and Operating lease liabilities.
+Added: Operating lease ROU assets and operating lease liabilities are recognized based on the present value of the future lease payments over the lease term as of the lease commencement date.
+Added: In addition, operating ROU assets also include lease payments made and exclude lease incentives and initial direct costs incurred.
+Added: Operating lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term within Total direct costs and Selling, general, and administrative expenses.
+Added: Variable lease costs are primarily related to adjustments for inflation, common area maintenance and property tax and are recognized within Total direct costs and Selling, general and administrative expenses.
+Added: Contracts containing finance leases are recognized initially in the same manner as Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities;
+Added: however, they are recorded on the consolidated balance sheets within Property and equipment, net, Other current liabilities, and Other long-term liabilities.
+Added: Finance lease assets are subsequently amortized on a straight line basis over the lease term within Depreciation expense, while the lease liability is accreted within Interest expense, net utilizing the discount rate determined at lease commencement and reduced by periodic lease payments over the lease term.
+Added: Currently, the Company does not have any finance leases.
+Added: The discount rate utilized in determining the present value of future payments for both operating and finance leases, unless implicit in the lease contract, is determined based on the Company’s collateralized incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at lease commencement.
+Added: Lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option as determined at lease commencement.
+Added: Many of our lease agreements have both lease and non-lease components, which the Company has elected to treat as a single lease component for recognition purposes.
+Added: The Company may enter into short-term leases (leases with a lease term of less than one year), which it has elected not to capitalize as assets and liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, but instead recognizes lease payments within Total direct costs and Selling, general, and administrative expenses on a straight line basis over the lease term.
+Added: Goodwill and Intangible Assets
+Added: Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price over the fair value of net assets acquired in business combinations.
+Added: The carrying value of goodwill is reviewed at least annually for impairment, or as indicators of potential impairment are identified, at the reporting unit level.
+Added: The reporting units are Phase I-IV clinical research services and Laboratories as of December 31, 2021.
+Added: The Company performs its annual impairment tests during the fourth quarter each year, comparing the fair value of each of our reporting units with its carrying amount, inclusive of goodwill.
+Added: A goodwill impairment charge would be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.
+Added: Fair value is estimated using a combination of the income approach, a discounted cash flow analysis, and the market approach, utilizing the guideline company method.
+Added: There was no indication of impairment related to goodwill based on the fourth quarter 2021 assessment.
+Added: Intangible Assets
+Added: The Company has an indefinite lived intangible asset related to its trade name.
+Added: The carrying value of the trade name asset is reviewed at least annually for impairment, or as indicators of potential impairment are identified.
+Added: The Company performs its annual impairment test in the fourth quarter each year in conjunction with its annual assessment of goodwill.
+Added: The assessment consists of comparing the carrying value of the indefinite lived intangible asset to its estimated fair value, utilizing the relief from royalty method, an income approach valuation.
+Added: There was no indication of impairment related to the trade name asset based on the fourth quarter 2021 assessment.
+Added: Finite-lived intangible assets consist mainly of the value assigned to customer relationships and developed technologies.
+Added: Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized straight-line or using an accelerated method over their estimated useful lives , which range in term from five to fifteen years .
+Added: Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
+Added: Long-lived assets, primarily property and equipment and finite-lived intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment and the reasonableness of the estimated useful lives whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts of the assets may not be recoverable or that a change in useful life may be appropriate.
+Added: Recoverability for long-lived assets is determined by comparing the forecasted undiscounted cash flows of the operation to which the assets relate to the carrying amount of the assets.
+Added: If the undiscounted cash flows are less than the carrying amount of the assets, then the Company reduces the carrying value of the assets to estimated fair values, which are primarily based upon forecasted discounted cash flows.
+Added: Fair value of long-lived assets is determined based on a combination of discounted cash flows and market multiples.
+Added: Advanced Billings
+Added: Advanced billings represents cash received from customers, or billed amounts per an agreed upon payment schedule, in advance of services being performed or revenue being recognized.
+Added: Recently Adopted Accounting Standards
+Added: In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, “Leases (Topic 842)”
+Added: (“ASC 842”).
+Added: The guidance in ASC 842 supersedes the lease recognition requirements in ASC Topic 840, Leases (FAS 13) (“ASC 840”).
+Added: The objective of ASC 842 is to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring the recognition of Right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”) and Lease liabilities on the balance sheet.
+Added: In addition, ASC 842 introduces additional disclosure requirements that are meant to enable users of the financial statements to assess the amount, timing, and uncertainty of cash flows arising from leases.
+Added: ASC 842 became effective for the Company in the first quarter of 2019.
+Added: ASC 842 allows by policy election, an entity to choose its transition approach.
+Added: Entities must adopt ASC 842 on a either a modified retrospective basis to each prior reporting period presented or through an optional alternative method referred to as the “Comparatives Under ASC 840 Option”
+Added: transition approach which allows entities to apply the new requirements to only those leases that exist as of January 1, 2019.
+Added: The Company has elected to adopt ASC 842 utilizing the Comparatives Under ASC 840 Option.
+Added: As such, ASC 842 is applied on a prospective basis as of January 1, 2019 and any cumulative catch up adjustment for differences between ASC 842 and ASC 840 were recorded upon adoption.
+Added: ASC 842 also allows for the election of certain practical expedients that are meant to ease the burden of transitioning to ASC 842 while still achieving compliance.
+Added: The Company elected the “package of three”
+Added: practical expedient allowing the Company to carry forward decisions made and documented under current U.S.
+Added: GAAP, rather than reassessing all of the Company’s contracts to determine whether they are or contain leases and how they would be classified under ASC 842.
+Added: The Company has decided not to elect the hindsight practical expedient, which had it been elected, would require the Company to reassess the lease term and assessment of impairment for all of the Company’s leases using the facts and circumstances known up to the adoption date of the standard.
+Added: ASC 842 had a material impact on our consolidated balance sheets, as all leases currently classified as operating were recognized as ROU assets and lease liabilities upon adoption.
+Added: In addition, it was determined that two contracts entered into with a related party for two of the Company’s corporate offices that were classified as deemed assets and deemed liabilities under ASC 840 were determined to be operating leases under ASC 842.
+Added: These deemed assets and liabilities were reclassified on the consolidated balance sheets to ROU assets and lease liabilities and an adjustment to retained earnings was recorded as a cumulative adjustment for the difference in depreciation expense and operating lease expense as of the date of adoption.
+Added: The impact of the adoption of ASC 842 as of January 1, 2019 is as follows:
+Added: January 1, 2019
+Added: December 31, 2018
+Added: Current assets:
+Added: Prepaid expenses and other current assets
+Added: Total current assets
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Operating lease right-of-use assets
+Added: LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’
+Added: Current liabilities:
+Added: Other current liabilities
+Added: Total current liabilities
+Added: Operating lease liabilities
+Added: Deemed landlord liability, less current portion
+Added: Deferred income tax liability
+Added: Other long-term liabilities
+Added: Total liabilities
+Added: Shareholders’
+Added: Accumulated deficit
+Added: Total shareholders’
+Added: Total liabilities and shareholders’
+Added: In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, “Income Statement - Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220):
+Added: Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income.”
+Added: ASU 2018-02 allows for an entity to elect to reclassify the income tax effects on items within accumulated other comprehensive income resulting from U.S.
+Added: tax reform to retained earnings.
+Added: The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 with early adoption permitted, including interim periods within those years.
+Added: The Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2019 and it had no impact on the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU 2017-04, “Intangibles- Goodwill and Other (Topic 350):
+Added: Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment.”
+Added: ASU 2017-04 simplifies how an entity assesses goodwill for impairment by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test.
+Added: As amended, the goodwill impairment test will consist of comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount.
+Added: An entity should recognize a goodwill impairment charge for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value.
+Added: The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted.
+Added: The Company adopted this standard on a prospective basis in the first quarter of 2019 and it had no impact to the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, “Financial Instruments-Credit Losses (Topic 326):
+Added: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments”
+Added: intended to provide financial statement users with more decision-useful information about expected credit losses and other commitments to extend credit held by the reporting entity.
+Added: The standard replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology with one that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates.
+Added: The guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 with early adoption permitted.
+Added: Company adopted this standard in the first quarter of 2020 and it had no material impact to the consolidated financial statements.
+Added: Recently Issued Accounting Standards
+Added: In November 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-10, "Government Assistance (Topic 832):
+Added: Disclosures by Business Entities about Government Assistance" which requires entities to provide disclosures on material government assistance transactions for annual reporting periods.
+Added: The disclosures include information around the nature of the assistance, the related accounting policies used to account for government assistance, the effect of government assistance on the entity's financial statements, and any significant terms and conditions of the agreements, including commitments and contingencies.
+Added: The guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2021 , with early adoption permitted.
+Added: The Company is currently evaluating the effect this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.
+Added: CONTRACT ASSETS AND CONTRACT LIABILITIES
+Added: Contract assets and liabilities are reflected in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets within the accounts reflected below.
+Added: Contract Assets
+Added: Accounts receivable represent amounts due from the Company’s customers who are concentrated primarily in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device industries.
+Added: Unbilled represents revenue recognized to date that has not been billed or is not yet contractually billable to the customer.
+Added: In general, amounts become billable upon the achievement of negotiated contractual events, in accordance with predetermined payment schedules or when a reimbursable expense has been incurred.
+Added: Amounts classified to unbilled are those billable to customers within one year from the respective balance sheet date.
+Added: Accounts receivable and unbilled, net consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
+Added: Accounts receivable
+Added: Unbilled receivables
+Added: allowance for doubtful accounts
+Added: Total accounts receivable and unbilled, net
+Added: Contract Liabilities
+Added: Advanced billings represents cash received from customers, or billed amounts per an agreed upon payment schedule, in advance of services being performed or revenue being recognized.
+Added: During the year ended December 31, 2021 , the Company recognized approximately $ 221.7 million of revenue that was included in the Advanced billings balance at the beginning of the year.
+Added: Advanced billings consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
+Added: Advanced billings
+Added: A rollforward of allowance for doubtful account activity is as follows:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Allowance for doubtful accounts - beginning balance
+Added: Current year provision
+Added: Write-offs, recoveries and the effects of foreign currency exchange
+Added: Allowance for doubtful accounts - ending balance
+Added: PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET
+Added: Property and equipment, net consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
+Added: Furniture, fixtures, and leasehold improvements
+Added: Computer hardware, software, and phone equipment
+Added: Construction-in-progress
+Added: Property and equipment at cost
+Added: Accumulated depreciation
+Added: Property and equipment, net
+Added: Depreciation expense was $ 16.0 million, $ 11.7 million and $ 8.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 , respectively.
+Added: GOODWILL AND INTANGIBLE ASSETS
+Added: Total assets carried on the balance sheet and not remeasured to fair value on a recurring basis, identified as Level 3 measurements, as of December 31, 2021 are $ 694.0 million, comprised of $ 662.4 million of goodwill and $ 31.6 million of identified indefinite-lived intangible assets.
+Added: Accumulated goodwill impairment losses to date amounts to $ 9.3 million, all of which was recognized in the year ended December 31, 2015.
+Added: Intangible Assets, Net
+Added: Intangible assets, net consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
+Added: Intangible assets:
+Added: Finite-lived intangible assets:
+Added: Carrying amount:
+Added: Customer relationships
+Added: Accumulated amortization:
+Added: Customer relationships
+Added: Total finite-lived intangible assets, net
+Added: Trade name (indefinite-lived)
+Added: Total intangible assets, net
+Added: As of December 31, 2021, estimated amortization expense of the Company’s intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):
+Added: ACCRUED EXPENSES
+Added: Accrued expenses consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
+Added: Employee compensation and benefits
+Added: Project related reimbursable expenses
+Added: Total accrued expenses
+Added: On September 30, 2019 (the “Closing Date”), the Company obtained an unsecured credit facility in an aggregate principal amount up to $ 50.0 million (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Facility”) through its wholly owned subsidiaries, Medpace, Inc., as borrower (the “Borrower”), and Medpace IntermediateCo, Inc., as guarantor (the “Guarantor”).
+Added: On the Closing Date, the Borrower and lender entered into a Loan Agreement (the “Loan Agreement”) providing for the Credit Facility, and the Guarantor executed a Guaranty Agreement providing for its guarantee of the payment and performance of the obligations under the Loan Agreement.
+Added: The Loan Agreement provides that outstanding balances under the Credit Facility will bear interest at a rate of LIBOR plus 100 basis points (1.00%).
+Added: On March 30, 2020, the Company amended the Credit Facility to extend its expiration date to March 31, 2021 and add provisions for alternative interest rates when certain interbank market offered rates are not available.
+Added: On March 29, 2021 the Company amended the Credit Facility expiration date to March 31, 2022 .
+Added: On December 27, 2021, the Company entered into Amendment No.
+Added: 3 to the Credit Facility, which extends the expiration date of the revolving credit note to March 31, 2023 and adds provisions for alternative rates of interest as a result of global reference rate initiatives and removes the ability to obtain advances in any currency other than U.S.
+Added: After the LIBOR cessation date of December 31, 2021, the Credit Facility will bear interest at a rate of the sum of The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) and the benchmark replacement adjustment plus 100 basis points (1.00%).
+Added: The Loan Agreement contains other customary loan terms, representations and warranties, and affirmative and negative covenants, in each case, subject to customary limitations, exceptions and exclusions.
+Added: The Loan Agreement contains certain events of default, including, among others, non-payment of principal or interest and breach of the covenants.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 , respectively, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility and $ 0.2 million in letters of credit outstanding related to certain operating lease obligations, which are secured by the Credit Facility.
+Added: The Company enters into leases for real estate and equipment.
+Added: Real estate leases are for our corporate office space and laboratories around the world.
+Added: Real estate leases have remaining lease terms of less than one year to 19 years .
+Added: Many of the Company’s leases include options to extend the leases on a month to month basis or for set periods for up to 20 years.
+Added: Many leases also include options to terminate the leases within one year or per other contractual terms.
+Added: The components of lease expense were as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Operating lease cost
+Added: Variable lease cost
+Added: Supplemental cash flow information related to the leases was as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Cash paid for amounts included in the measurement of lease liabilities:
+Added: Operating cash flows from operating leases
+Added: Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for lease obligations:
+Added: Operating leases
+Added: Supplemental balance sheet information related to the leases was as follows at December 31 (in thousands):
+Added: Operating lease right-of-use assets
+Added: Other current liabilities
+Added: Operating lease liabilities
+Added: Total operating lease liabilities
+Added: Weighted Average Remaining Lease Term (years)
+Added: Operating leases
+Added: Weighted Average Discount Rate
+Added: Operating leases
+Added: Lease payments due related to lease liabilities as of December 31, 2021 were as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Related Party
+Added: Non-Related Parties
+Added: Operating Leases
+Added: Operating Leases
+Added: Operating Leases
+Added: Total lease payments
+Added: imputed interest
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 , we have several additional leases with contractual obligations, which have not yet commenced, with future payments of $ 12.2 million.
+Added: SHAREHOLDERS’
+Added: Stock-Based Compensation
+Added: 2016 Incentive Award Plan
+Added: On August 11, 2016 in connection with the Company's IPO, the Board approved the formation of the 2016 Incentive Award Plan (the “2016 Plan”), which replaced our 2014 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2014 Plan”).
+Added: The 2016 Plan provides for long-term equity incentive compensation for key employees, officers and non-employee directors.
+Added: A variety of discretionary awards (collectively, the “Awards”) for employees and non-employee directors are authorized under the 2016 Plan, including vested shares, stock options, stock appreciation rights (SARs), restricted stock awards (RSAs), restricted stock units (RSUs), or other cash based or stock dividend equivalent awards, which are all equity-classified instruments under the 2016 Plan.
+Added: The number of shares registered and available for grant under the 2016 Plan is 6,000,000 .
+Added: The vesting of such awards may be conditioned upon either a specified period of time or the attainment of specific performance goals as determined by the administrator of the 2016 Plan.
+Added: The option price and term are also subject to determination by the administrator with respect to each grant.
+Added: Option prices are generally expected to be set at the market price of the Company’s common stock at the date of grant and option terms are not expected to exceed ten years .
+Added: The Company granted 374,235 awards to employees under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan during the year ended December 31, 2021, consisting of 74,725 RSU and 205,086 stock option awards vesting after four and a half years , 27,854 RSU and 9,000 stock option awards vesting after four years , and 57,570 stock option awards vesting after two years .
+Added: The Company granted an additional 10,932 stock option awards to non-employee directors under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan, during the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: These awards will vest on the earlier of (a) the day immediately preceding the date of the first annual meeting following the date of grant and (b) the first anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the non-employee director continuing in service through the applicable vesting date.
+Added: The Company granted 405,237 awards to employees under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan during the year ended December 31, 2020, consisting of 20,724 RSA and 177,808 RSU vesting after four years , 4,800 stock option awards and 2,500 RSU vesting after three years and 199,405 fully-vested stock option awards.
+Added: The Company granted an additional 23,148 stock option awards to non-employee directors under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan, during the year ended December 31, 2020.
+Added: These awards will vest on the earlier of (a) the day immediately preceding the date of the first annual meeting following the date of grant and (b) the first anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the non-employee director continuing in service through the applicable vesting date.
+Added: The Company granted 816,286 awards to employees under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan during the year ended December 31, 2019, consisting of 10,000 stock option awards and 227,610 RSU vesting after four years , 5,000 stock option awards vesting after one year , 551,676 fully-vested stock option awards and 22,000 stock option awards with vesting in twelve equal monthly installments beginning on March 31, 2019.
+Added: The Company granted an additional 41,853 stock option awards to non-employee directors under the 2016 Incentive Award Plan, during the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: These awards will vest on the earlier of (a) the day immediately preceding the date of the first annual meeting following the date of grant and (b) the first anniversary of the date of grant, subject to the non-employee director continuing in service through the applicable vesting date.
+Added: The 2016 Plan expires in 2026, except for awards then outstanding, and is administered by the Board.
+Added: All Awards granted at the IPO or thereafter were or will be issued under the 2016 Plan.
+Added: The Company satisfies stock option exercises and vested stock awards with treasury shares or newly issued shares.
+Added: Shares available for future stock compensation grants under the 2016 Plan totaled 2.6 million and 2.9 million at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: 2014 Equity Incentive Plan
+Added: The 2014 Plan for employees and directors provided the issuance of vested shares, stock options, RSAs and RSUs in Medpace Holdings, Inc.’s common stock.
+Added: The awards were granted to key employees as additional compensation for services rendered and as a means of retention over the vesting period, typically three to four years .
+Added: RSAs awarded under the 2014 Plan were subject to automatic forfeiture upon departure until vested and entitle the shareholder to all rights of common stock ownership except that they may not be sold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of during the restriction period, except as noted in the following paragraph.
+Added: The 2014 Plan allowed for the issuance of non-qualified stock options to employees, officers, and directors under this plan.
+Added: Under the 2014 Plan, options could be granted with an exercise price equal to or greater than the fair value of common stock at the grant date as determined by the Board of Directors.
+Added: The stock options, if unexercised, expired seven years from the date of grant.
+Added: The awards under the 2014 Plan were equity classified instruments for all periods presented.
+Added: In the third quarter of 2019, Medpace Investors, LLC (“MPI”), a related party to the Company, filed a Tender Offer Statement (“Tender Offer”) offering to purchase, for cash, vested stock options of employee holders of options outstanding from the 2014 Plan.
+Added: The Tender Offer resulted in the tender and purchase of 229,431 vested options from employee holders of options by MPI.
+Added: Under generally accepted accounting guidance governing such transactions, because the Tender Offer was made by an economic interest holder in the Company, this transaction is accounted for as a settlement of vested options and a reissuance of options at fair value as of the transaction date.
+Added: Expense related to the reissuance of options to MPI is included as stock-based compensation expense of $ 5.1 million within Selling, general and administrative expenses during the year ended December 31, 2019.
+Added: Equity Awards
+Added: Valuation Assumptions
+Added: The Company determines the fair value of stock options using the Black-Scholes-Merton option pricing model (the “BSM Model”).
+Added: The BSM Model is primarily affected by the fair value of the Company’s common stock (see restricted share valuation discussion below), the expected holding period for the option, expected stock price volatility over the term of the awards, the risk-free interest rate, and expected dividends.
+Added: The following table sets forth the key weighted-average assumptions used in the BSM Model to calculate the fair value of options:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Expected holding period - years
+Added: Expected volatility
+Added: Risk-free interest rate
+Added: Expected dividend yield
+Added: The assumptions used in the table above reflect grant date inputs to arrive at the grant date fair values for stock options subject to equity-classified stock compensation accounting.
+Added: The expected holding period represents the period of time the grants are expected to be outstanding.
+Added: The Company uses the simplified method, as prescribed by accounting guidance governing such awards, to calculate the expected holding period for options granted to employees as we do not have sufficient historical evidence data to provide a reasonable basis upon which to estimate the expected holding period.
+Added: For options valued by the Company for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, the expected holding period is based on an average between the midpoint of the vesting date and the expiration date of the options.
+Added: Due to the lack of Company specific historical and implied volatility data, our estimate of expected volatility is based upon a blended approach that utilizes the historical volatility of the Company's common stock for periods in which the Company has sufficient information and the historical volatility of a group of peer companies that are most representative of our company .
+Added: The risk-free interest rate is based on the yield on U.S.
+Added: Treasury obligations with remaining durations equal to the expected holding period of the options.
+Added: The expected dividend yield is assumed to be zero based on recent and anticipated dividend activity.
+Added: Subsequent to the Company’s IPO in August 2016, the fair value of common stock is based upon the market price of the Company’s common stock on the date of grant as listed on the NASDAQ.
+Added: Due to the absence of an active market for the Company’s common stock prior to the IPO, the Company determined the fair value of restricted shares by obtaining an independent valuation of the fair value of the Company’s equity, applying a discount for lack of marketability, and then calculating the implied share price.
+Added: The fair value of the Company was estimated primarily using an income approach which is based on assumptions and estimates made by management and, secondarily, using other market-related factors in current industry trends as well as observed transaction values.
+Added: In determining the estimated future cash flows used in the income approach, the Company developed and applied certain estimates and judgments, including current and projected future levels of income based on management’s plans, business trends, prospects and market and economic conditions, including market-participant considerations.
+Added: Significant assumptions utilized in the income approach were based on company specific information and projections, which were not observable in the market and are thus considered Level 3 measurements by authoritative guidance.
+Added: The discount for lack of marketability (the “Marketability Discount”) was applied to reflect what a market participant would consider in relation to the post-vesting restrictions imposed regarding the inability to sell, transfer, or pledge the shares during the restriction period.
+Added: The Marketability Discount was estimated by using the BSM Model to calculate the cost of a theoretical put option to hedge the fluctuation in value of the investment between the valuation date and an anticipated liquidity date.
+Added: The following table summarizes the grant date fair values of stock options and restricted shares issued during the period as well as the allocation of stock-based compensation expense to Total direct costs, and Selling, general and administrative reported in the consolidated statements of operations:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Weighted average, grant date fair value
+Added: Stock options
+Added: Restricted shares (RSAs and RSUs)
+Added: Stock-based compensation expense
+Added: allocated to:
+Added: Total direct costs
+Added: Selling, general, and administrative
+Added: Total stock-based compensation expense
+Added: Award Activity
+Added: The following table sets forth the Company’s stock option activity:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Weighted Average
+Added: Weighted Average
+Added: Weighted Average
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Exercise Price
+Added: Outstanding - beginning of Period
+Added: Cancelled/Forfeited
+Added: Outstanding - end of period
+Added: Exercisable - end of period
+Added: The following table sets forth the Company’s Restricted Share activity:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Outstanding and unvested - beginning of
+Added: Outstanding and unvested - end of period
+Added: Cumulative vested shares - end of period
+Added: The following table summarizes information about stock options expected to vest, stock options exercisable, and unvested restricted share awards expected to vest at December 31, 2021:
+Added: Weighted Average
+Added: Weighted Average
+Added: Number of stock options expected to vest
+Added: Number of restricted shares/units expected to vest
+Added: Total expected to vest
+Added: Total stock options exercisable
+Added: Unrecognized compensation cost (in thousands)
+Added: Weighted average years over which unrecognized compensation cost will be recognized
+Added: The following table sets forth the aggregate intrinsic value of stock options exercised, the fair values of awards vested, and share based liabilities settled during the respective periods (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Total intrinsic value of stock options
+Added: Total grant-date fair value of stock
+Added: options vested
+Added: Total grant-date fair value of
+Added: restricted shares vested
+Added: Total settlement date fair value of
+Added: restricted shares vested
+Added: The actual tax benefits recognized related to stock-based compensation totaled $ 20.9 million, $ 11.7 million and $ 5.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 , respectively.
+Added: EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS
+Added: The Company provides a 401(k) plan that covers substantially all U.S.
+Added: Participants can elect to contribute up to 50 % of their eligible earnings on a pre-tax basis, subject to Internal Revenue Service annual limitations.
+Added: The U.S.-based plan offers a year-end employer matching contribution, requiring the participant to be an employee at year-end to qualify for the match.
+Added: Participants with one year or more of service are eligible for the matching contribution.
+Added: Participants fully vest in the employer contributions after three years of service.
+Added: The employer contribution represents a percentage of a participant’s eligible compensation.
+Added: The Company’s 401(k) Plan costs were $ 4.3 million, $ 3.7 million and $ 3.1 million during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and were allocated between Total direct costs, and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: The Company has various defined contribution arrangements for eligible employees of non-U.S.
+Added: These defined contribution arrangements provide employees with retirement savings and life insurance benefits.
+Added: The Company incurred expenses related to these arrangements of $ 1.9 million, $ 1.5 million and $ 1.2 million in the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and were allocated between Total direct costs, and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: The Company is also required to pay certain minimum statutory post-employment benefits.
+Added: The Company recognizes a liability and the associated expense for these benefits when it is probable that employees are entitled to the benefit.
+Added: The Company files income tax returns for U.S.
+Added: federal and various U.S.
+Added: states, as well as various foreign jurisdictions.
+Added: The liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits are carried in other long-term liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets if the payment of cash is not anticipated within one year of the balance sheet date.
+Added: To the extent that an unrecognized tax benefit is anticipated to be paid within one year of the balance sheet date, the Company classifies the unrecognized tax benefit within other short-term liabilities on the balance sheet.
+Added: The components of income before income taxes consisted of the following (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Foreign jurisdictions
+Added: Income before income taxes
+Added: Income tax provision consisted of the following (in thousands):
+Added: Year ended December 31, 2021
+Added: state and local
+Added: Foreign jurisdictions
+Added: Year ended December 31, 2020
+Added: state and local
+Added: Foreign jurisdictions
+Added: Year ended December 31, 2019
+Added: state and local
+Added: Foreign jurisdictions
+Added: The difference between the statutory rate for federal income tax and the effective income tax rate was as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Income tax expense calculated
+Added: at the federal statutory rate
+Added: State and local taxes, net
+Added: of federal benefit
+Added: Tax on foreign earnings,
+Added: net of tax credits and
+Added: Deferred credit
+Added: Permanent items:
+Added: Stock-based awards
+Added: Deduction for FDII
+Added: State/Local tax credits
+Added: Change in liability for
+Added: uncertain tax positions
+Added: Prior to the passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ("TCJA"), the Company asserted that all of the undistributed foreign earnings of its foreign subsidiaries were considered indefinitely reinvested and accordingly, no deferred taxes were provided.
+Added: Beginning in 2018, the TCJA provides a 100 % deduction for dividends received from 10 -percent owned foreign corporations by U.S.
+Added: corporate shareholders, subject to a one-year holding period.
+Added: Although dividend income is now exempt from U.S.
+Added: federal tax in the hands of the U.S.
+Added: corporate shareholders, companies must still apply the guidance of ASC 740-30-25-18 to account for the tax consequences of outside basis differences and other tax impacts of their investments in non-U.S.
+Added: subsidiaries.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 , t he Company’s accounting position is that unremitted foreign earnings are indefinitely reinvested.
+Added: Therefore, the Company has not recorded deferred foreign withholding taxes on the unremitted foreign earnings and it is not practicable to determine the amount of the additional taxes that would result if these earnings were repatriated.
+Added: The undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries was approximately $ 37.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021.
+Added: Components of the Company’s net deferred tax asset (liability) included in the consolidated balance sheets consisted of the following at December 31 (in thousands):
+Added: Deferred tax assets:
+Added: Accrued liabilities
+Added: Depreciation and amortization
+Added: Foreign operating loss carryforward
+Added: Advanced billings
+Added: Valuation allowance
+Added: Total deferred tax assets
+Added: Deferred tax liabilities:
+Added: Depreciation and amortization
+Added: Prepaid expenses
+Added: Advanced billings
+Added: Total deferred tax liabilities
+Added: Net deferred tax asset (liability)
+Added: The Company has foreign operating loss carryforwards for which a deferred tax asset of $ 0.4 million has been established as of December 31, 2021 .
+Added: The Company has a valuation allowance of $ 0.3 million against this deferred tax asset as of December 31, 2021 based upon its assessment that it is more likely than not that this amount will not be realized.
+Added: The ultimate realization of this tax benefit is dependent upon the generation of sufficient operating income in the respective tax jurisdictions.
+Added: Approximately 12 % of the foreign net operating loss carryforwards can be utilized over an indefinite period whereas the remainder will expire at various times from 2023 to 2031 if not utilized.
+Added: Annual activity related to the Company’s valuation allowance is as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Beginning Balance
+Added: Additions charged to expense
+Added: Additions due to asset acquisition
+Added: Reductions from utilization, reassessments and
+Added: Ending Balance
+Added: A reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances of the total amounts of gross unrecognized tax benefits is as follows (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Beginning Balance
+Added: Increases in tax positions for prior years
+Added: Decreases in tax positions for prior years
+Added: Increases in tax positions for current year
+Added: Lapse in statute of limitations
+Added: Ending Balance
+Added: Interest and penalties associated with uncertain tax positions are recognized as components of Income tax provision in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: There was no material change to tax-related interest and penalties during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 , respectively, the Company has a liability for interest and penalties of $ 2.8 million and $ 2.1 million that is associated with related tax liabilities of $ 11.0 million and $ 8.6 million for uncertain tax positions.
+Added: The Company operates in various foreign, state and local jurisdictions.
+Added: The number of tax years for which the statute of limitations remains open for foreign, state and local jurisdictions varies by jurisdiction and is approximately four years ( 2017 through 2021 ).
+Added: For federal tax purposes, the Company’s open tax years are 2018 through 2021 .
+Added: COMMITMENTS, CONTINGENCIES, AND GUARANTEES
+Added: Legal Proceedings
+Added: Medpace periodically becomes involved in various claims and lawsuits that are incidental to its business.
+Added: Management believes, after consultation with counsel, that no matters currently pending would, in the event of an adverse outcome, have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets, statements of operations, or cash flows for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
+Added: Purchase Commitments
+Added: The Company has several minimum purchase commitments for project related supplies totaling $ 12.1 million as of December 31, 2021 .
+Added: In return for the commitment, Medpace receives preferential pricing.
+Added: The commitments expire at various times through 2027.
+Added: MISCELLANEOUS INCOME (EXPENSE), NET
+Added: Miscellaneous income (expense), net consisted of the following (in thousands):
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
+Added: Net gain (loss) on foreign-currency transactions
+Added: Other income (expense)
+Added: Miscellaneous income (expense), net
+Added: RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
+Added: Employee Loans
+Added: The Company periodically extends short term loans or advances to employees, typically upon commencement of employment.
+Added: Total receivables as a result of these employee advances of $ 0.2 million existed at December 31, 2021
+Added: and 2020, respectively, and are included in the Prepaid expenses and other current assets and Other assets line items of the consolidated balance sheets, respectively, depending on the contractual repayment date.
+Added: Service Agreements
+Added: Cymabay Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: (“Cymabay”)
+Added: Cymabay is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing therapies to treat metabolic diseases with high unmet medical need, including serious rare and orphan disorders.
+Added: A Medpace employee was a member Cymabay’s board of directors from the first quarter of 2016 until his resignation in the first quarter of 2020.
+Added: The Company and Cymabay entered into a Master Service Agreement (“MSA”) dated October 21, 2016.
+Added: Subsequently, the Company and Cymabay have entered into several task orders for the Company to perform clinical trial related services.
+Added: The Company recognized total revenue from Cymabay of $ 13.2 million during the year ended December 31, 2019, in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: LIB Therapeutics LLC and subsidiaries (“LIB”)
+Added: Certain executives and employees of the Company, including the chief executive officer, are members of LIB’s board of managers and/or have equity investments in LIB.
+Added: The Company entered into a MSA dated November 24, 2015 with LIB, a company that engages in research, development, marketing and commercialization of pharmaceutical drugs.
+Added: Subsequently, the Company and LIB have entered into several task orders for the Company to perform clinical trial related services.
+Added: The Company recognized total revenue from LIB of $ 11.8 million, $ 2.6 million and $ 2.0 million during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively, in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 , the Company had, from LIB, Advanced billings of $ 2.9 million and $ 0.7 million in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
+Added: In addition, the Company had Accounts receivable and unbilled, net from LIB of $ 0.5 million and $ 0.3 million in the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: CinRX Pharma and subsidiaries (“CinRx”)
+Added: Certain executives and employees of the Company, including the chief executive officer, are members of CinRx’s board of managers and/or have equity investments in CinRx, a biotech company.
+Added: The Company and CinRx have entered into several task orders for the Company to perform clinical trial related services.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 , the Company recognized total revenue from CinRx of $ 22.7 million, $ 13.2 million and $ 3.7 million in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 , the Company had Advanced billings from CinRx of $ 5.4 million and $ 5.8 million in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 the Company had Accounts receivable and unbilled, net from CinRx of $ 2.1 million and $ 2.2 million in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
+Added: The Summit Hotel (“The Summit”)
+Added: The Summit Hotel, located on the Medpace campus, is owned by the chief executive officer, and managed by an unrelated hospitality management entity.
+Added: Medpace incurs travel lodging and meeting expenses at The Summit.
+Added: During the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 , Medpace incurred expenses of $ 0.3 million, $ 0.4 million and $ 0.6 million at The Summit, respectively.
+Added: Medpace Investors, LLC (“MPI”)
+Added: MPI is a noncontrolling shareholder and related party of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: MPI is owned and managed by employees of the Company.
+Added: The chief executive officer of Medpace is also the manager and majority unit holder of MPI.
+Added: The Company acted as a paying agent for MPI with taxing authorities principally in instances when employee tax payments or remittance of withholdings related to equity compensation are required.
+Added: Refer to Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements for details of the Tender Offer transaction.
+Added: Leased Real Estate
+Added: Headquarters Lease
+Added: The Company has entered into operating leases for its corporate headquarters and a storage space facility with an entity that is wholly owned by the Company’s chief executive officer.
+Added: The Company has evaluated its relationship with the related party and concluded that the related party is not a variable interest entity because the Company has no direct ownership interest or relationship other than the leases.
+Added: The lease for headquarters is for an initial term of twelve years through November 2022 with a renewal option for one 10 -year term at prevailing market rates.
+Added: In the third quarter of fiscal year 2021, the Company accounted for the renewal option, as it became reasonably certain it would be exercised per the agreement, by extending the lease term through November 2032.
+Added: The Company pays rent, taxes, insurance, and maintenance expenses that arise from the use of the properties.
+Added: Annual base rent for the corporate headquarters allows for adjustments to the rental rate annually for increases in the consumer price index.
+Added: O perating lease cost recognized for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $ 2.1 million, $ 2.0 million and 2.0 million, respectively, and was allocated between Direct service costs, excluding depreciation and amortization, and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: The Operating lease right-of-use assets at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $ 19.7 million and $ 3.5 million in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
+Added: The current and long-term portions of the lease liabilities at December 31, 2021 were $ 1.5 million and $ 18.3 million, respectively, and were recognized in Other current liabilities and Operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The current and long-term portions of the lease liabilities at December 31, 2020 were $ 1.9 million and $ 1.6 million, respectively, and were recognized in Other current liabilities and Operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets .
+Added: In 2018, Medpace, Inc.
+Added: entered into a multi-year lease agreement governing future occupancy of additional office space in Cincinnati, Ohio with an entity that is wholly owned by the Company’s chief executive officer and certain members of his immediate family.
+Added: The Company began to occupy the premises in the second quarter of fiscal year 2020 .
+Added: The lease expires in 2040 and the Company has two 10 -year options to extend the term of the lease.
+Added: The Company pays rent, taxes, insurance, and maintenance expenses that arise from the use of the property.
+Added: Annual base rent for the corporate headquarters allows for adjustments to the rental rate annually for increases in the consumer price index.
+Added: The Company has determined that the lease is an operating lease.
+Added: Operating lease cost recognized for the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $ 5.7 million and $ 3.6 million, respectively.
+Added: The operating lease cost was allocated between Total direct costs and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: The Operating lease right-of-use assets at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $ 55.1 million and $ 56.6 million in the consolidated balance sheets, respectively.
+Added: The current and long-term portions of the lease liabilities at December 31, 2021 were $ 0.9 million and $ 65.9 million, respectively.
+Added: The current and long-term portions of the lease liabilities at December 31, 2020 were $ 0.7 million and $ 66.8 million, respectively and were recognized in Other current liabilities and Operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The Company entered into two multi-year lease agreements governing the occupancy of space of two buildings in Cincinnati, Ohio with an entity that is wholly owned by the Company’s chief executive officer and certain members of his immediate family.
+Added: The Company assumed occupancy in 2012 and the leases expire in 2027 with the Company having one 10 -year option to extend the lease term.
+Added: The Company pays rent, taxes, insurance, and maintenance expenses that arise from the use of the property.
+Added: Annual base rent for the corporate headquarters allows for adjustments to the rental rate annually for increases in the consumer price index.
+Added: The Company has determined that the leases are operating leases.
+Added: Operating lease cost recognized for the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 was $ 3.6 million , respectively.
+Added: The lease cost was allocated between Total direct costs and Selling, general and administrative in the consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: The Operating lease right-of-use assets at December 31, 2021 and 2020 were $ 17.2 million and $ 19.7 million, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The current and long-term portions of the lease liabilities at December 31, 2021 were $ 2.6 million and $ 14.6 million, respectively, and were recognized in Other current liabilities and Operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: The current and long-term portions of the lease liabilities at December 31, 2020 were $ 2.4 million and $ 17.2 million, respectively, and were recognized in Other current liabilities and Operating lease liabilities in the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: Travel Services
+Added: T he Company incurs expenses for travel services for company executives provided by private aviation charter companies which in 2020 was a company owned by the chief executive officer and the executive vice president of operations of the Company and commencing in 2021 is a company controlled by the chief executive officer of the Company (each a “private aviation charter”).
+Added: The Company may contract directly with the private aviation charter for the use of its aircraft or indirectly through a third party aircraft management and jet charter company (the “Aircraft Management Company”).
+Added: The travel services provided are primarily for business purposes, with certain personal travel paid for as part of the executives’
+Added: compensation arrangements.
+Added: The Aircraft Management Company also makes the private aviation charter aircraft available to third parties.
+Added: The Company incurred travel expenses of $ 1.3 million, $0 .7 million and $ 1.2 million during the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
+Added: These travel expenses are recorded in Selling, general and administrative in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
+Added: As of December 31, 2021 and 2020 , the Company had Accounts payable to the Aircraft Management Company of $ 0.2 million and less than $ 0.1 million, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets.
+Added: ENTITY WIDE DISCLOSURES
+Added: Operations By Geographic Location
+Added: The Company conducts operations in North America, Europe, Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America through wholly-owned subsidiaries and representative sales offices.
+Added: The Company attributes revenue to geographical locations based upon the location of the contracting entity.
+Added: For the years ended December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019 , total revenue attributable to the U.S.
+Added: represented approximately 97 %, 96 % and 95 %, respectively, of total consolidated total revenue.
+Added: The following table summarizes property and equipment, net by geographic region and is further broken down to show countries which account for 10% or more of total as of December 31, if any (in thousands):
+Added: Property and equipment, net:
+Added: United States
+Added: Total property and equipment, net
+Added: Revenue by Category
+Added: The following table disaggregates the Company’s revenue by major source (in thousands):
+Added: Years Ended December 31,
+Added: Therapeutic Area
+Added: Central Nervous System
+Added: Total revenue
+Added: Changes in and Disagreements With Acc ountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure
+Added: Control s and Procedures
+Added: Limitations on Effectiveness of Controls and Procedures
+Added: In designing and evaluating our disclosure controls and procedures, management recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.
+Added: In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs.
+Added: Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
+Added: Our management, with the participation of our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, evaluated, as of the end of the period covered by this Annual Report on Form 10-K, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)).
+Added: Based on that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.
+Added: Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
+Added: Our management’s report on internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act), and the related report of our independent registered public accounting firm are set forth in Part II, Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K and are incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
+Added: In the ordinary course of business, we routinely enhance our information systems by either upgrading current systems or implementing new ones.
+Added: There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during the year ended December 31, 2021 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: Othe r Information
+Added: Disclosure Regarding Foreign Jurisdictions that Prevent Inspections
Not applicable.
+Added: Directors, Executive Of ficers and Corporate Governance.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to the Company’s Directors is contained in our definitive proxy statement (the “Proxy Statement”) for our 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders under the heading “Proposal 1:
+Added: Election of Directors”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to the Company’s Executive Officers is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Named Executive Officers”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to compliance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to the Company’s code of ethics that applies to directors, officers, and employees, including the Company’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Corporate Governance—Code of Ethics”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Board is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Stockholders’
+Added: Proposals”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to the Company’s Audit Committee, including the Audit Committee’s members and its financial experts, is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Committees of the Board—Audit Committee”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: Execut ive Compensation
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to executive compensation and director compensation is contained in the Proxy Statement under the headings “Executive Compensation”
+Added: and “Director Compensation”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to compensation committee interlocks and insider participation is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Compensation Committee Interlocks and Insider Participation”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The compensation committee report required by this item is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Executive Compensation—Compensation Committee Report”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to compensation policies and practices as they relate to the Company’s risk management is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Executive Compensation—Compensation Risk Assessment”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial O wners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to securities authorized for issuance under the Company’s equity compensation plans is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Equity Compensation Plan Information”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to the security ownership of certain beneficial owners and management is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: Certain Relationships and Relate d Transactions, and Director Independence
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to certain relationships and transactions with related parties is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Certain Relationships”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to director independence is contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Corporate Governance—Director Independence”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: Principal Acco untant Fees and Services
+Added: The information required by this item with respect to audit fees, tax fees, and the audit committee’s pre-approval policies and procedures are contained in the Proxy Statement under the heading “Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Fees and Other Matters”
+Added: and is incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: Exhibits, Finan cial Statement Schedules
+Added: (1) Financial Statements
+Added: The following financial statements and supplementary data are included in Item 8 of this annual report:
+Added: Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm (PCAOB ID No.
+Added: Consolidated Balance Sheets
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Operations
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders' Equity
+Added: Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
+Added: Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
+Added: (2) Financial Statement Schedules
+Added: The information required to be submitted in the Financial Statement Schedules for Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: and subsidiaries has either been shown in the financial statements or notes, or is not applicable or required under Regulation S-X;
+Added: therefore, those schedules have been omitted.
+Added: The exhibits listed in the accompanying Exhibit Index following the signature page are filed or furnished as a part of this report and are incorporated herein by reference.
+Added: F orm 10-K Summary
+Added: EXHIBIT INDEX
+Added: Incorporated by Reference
+Added: Exhibit Description
+Added: Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: Amended and Restated Bylaws of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: Specimen Stock Certificate evidencing shares of common stock
+Added: Description of Securities
+Added: Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2016 Incentive Award Plan
+Added: Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2016 Senior Executive Incentive Bonus Plan
+Added: Registration Rights Agreement
+Added: Form of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2016 Incentive Award Plan Restricted Stock Award Grant Notice
+Added: Form of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2016 Incentive Award Plan Stock Option Grant Notice and Stock Option Agreement
+Added: Form of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2016 Incentive Award Plan Restricted Stock Unit Award Grant Notice.
+Added: Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2016 Incentive Award Plan Sub-Plan for UK Participants
+Added: Amended and Restated Employment Agreement, by and between Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: and August J.
+Added: Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: 2016 Incentive Award Plan UK Company Share Option Plan (CSOP) Sub-Plan
+Added: Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy revised effective October 25, 2018
+Added: Loan Agreement dated as of September 30, 2019, by and among Medpace, Inc., as borrower, and PNC Bank, National Association.
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 1 dated March 30, 2020 to Loan Agreement dated as of September 30, 2019, by and among Medpace, Inc., as borrower, and PNC Bank, National Association
+Added: Form of Indemnification Agreement
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 2 dated March 29, 2021 to Loan Agreement dated as of September 30, 2019, by and among Medpace, Inc., as borrower, and PNC Bank, National Association
+Added: Amendment No.
+Added: 3 dated December 27, 2021 to Loan Agreement dated as of September 30, 2019, by and among Medpace, Inc., as borrower, and PNC Bank, National Association
+Added: List of Subsidiaries of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
+Added: Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer
+Added: Rule 13a-14(a) / 15d-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer
+Added: Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
+Added: Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
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+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
+Added: Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation
+Added: Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)
+Added: * Filed herewith.
+Added: ** Furnished herewith.
+Added: # Indicates management contract or compensatory plan.
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) 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.
+Added: MEDPACE HOLDINGS, INC.
+Added: Chief Financial Officer
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: POWER OF ATTORNEY
+Added: KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENT that the undersigned officers and directors of Medpace Holdings, Inc.
+Added: do hereby constitute and appoint August J.
+Added: Troendle and Kevin M.
+Added: Brady , and each of them, as his or her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents, with full power of substitution and resubstitution, for him or her and in his or her name, place and stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments to this Annual Report on Form 10-K, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact and agents, and each of them, full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in connection therewith, as fully to all intents and purposes as he or she might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming that all said attorneys-in-fact and agents, or any of them or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
+Added: Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
+Added: /s/ AUGUST J.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors (Principal Executive Officer)
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ ROBERT O.
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: DAVENPORT JR.
+Added: Davenport Jr.
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ CORNELIUS P.
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ ASHLEY M.
+Added: February 15, 2022
+Added: /s/ THOMAS C.
+Added: February 15, 2022
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