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Key Takeaway: may15068kcc-ex991.txt PETMED EXPRESS, INC. YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2006 CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT MAY 15, 2006 AT 8:30 A.M. EDT Coordinator: Welcome to the PetMed Express Incorporated, doing business as 1-800-PetMeds, conference call to review the financial results for the f

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PETMED EXPRESS, INC.
YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2006
CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT
MAY 15, 2006 AT 8:30 A.M. EDT
Coordinator: Welcome to the PetMed Express Incorporated, doing
business as 1-800-PetMeds, conference call to
review the financial results for the fourth fiscal
quarter and fiscal year ending on March 31, 2006.
At the request of the company this conference call
Founded in 1996, 1-800-PetMeds is America's
largest pet pharmacy, delivering prescription and
non-prescription pet medication and other health
products for dogs, cats and horses direct to the
consumer. 1-800-PetMeds markets its products
through national television, on-line and direct
mail advertising campaigns which direct customers
to order by phone or on the Internet and aim to
increase the recognition of the "1-800-PetMeds"
brand name. 1-800-PetMeds provides an attractive
alternative for obtaining pet medications in terms
of convenience, price, ease of ordering and rapid
home delivery. At this time I would like to turn
the call over to the company's Chief Financial
Officer, Mr. Bruce Rosenbloom. Sir you may begin.
Bruce Rosenbloom: Thank you. I'd like to welcome everyone here
today. Before I turn the call over to Mendo
Akdag, our Chief Executive Officer and President,
I'd like to remind everyone that the first portion
of this conference call will be listen-only, until
the question and answer session which will be
Also, certain information that will be included in
this press conference may include forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 or the
Securities and Exchange Commission that may
involve a number of risks and uncertainties.
These statements are based on our beliefs as well
as assumptions we have used based upon information
currently available to us. Because these
statements reflect our current views concerning
future events, these statements involve risks,
uncertainties and assumptions. Actual future
results may vary significantly based on a number
of factors that may cause the actual results or
events to be materially different from future
results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by these statements. We have identified
various risk factors associated with our
operations in our most recent annual report and
other filings with the Securities and Exchange
Now let me introduce today's speaker, Mendo Akdag,
Chief Executive Officer and President of 1-800-
Mendo Akdag: Thank you Bruce.
Welcome everyone and thank you for joining us.
Today we will review the highlights of our
financial results. We will compare our fourth
fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended on March 31,
2006 to last year's quarter and fiscal year ended
For the fourth fiscal quarter ended on March 31,
2006 sales were $29.4 million compared to sales of
$23.5 million for the same period the prior year,
an increase of 25%. For the fiscal year ended on
March 31, 2006 sales were $137.6 million compared
to $108.4 million for the prior fiscal year, an
increase of 27%. The increase was primarily due
to increased retail reorders, retail new orders
and wholesale sales for the fiscal year.
For the fourth fiscal quarter net income was $3.1
million or $0.13 cents diluted per share compared
to $2.4 million or $0.10 cents diluted per share
for the same quarter the prior year, an increase
to net income of 30%. For the fiscal year net
income was $12.1 million or $0.50 cents diluted
per share compared to $8.0 million or $0.34 cents
diluted per share a year ago, an increase to net
Retail reorder sales increased by 28% to $21.7
million for the quarter compared to reorder sales
of $17.0 million for the same quarter the prior
year. For the fiscal year the reorder sales
increased by 29% to $88.4 million compared to
$68.7 million for the prior year.
Retail new order sales increased by 26% to $7.1
million for the quarter compared to $5.6 million
for the same period the prior year. For the
fiscal year, the new order sales increased by 22%
to $45.5 million compared to $37.2 million for the
Wholesale sales were approximately $600,000 for
the quarter compared to $900,000 for the same
quarter the prior year. For the fiscal year
wholesale sales were at $3.7 million compared to
$2.4 million for the prior year.
We acquired approximately 94,000 new customers in
our fourth fiscal quarter compared to 80,000 for
the same period the prior year and we acquired
approximately 624,000 new customers in the fiscal
year compared to 510,000 for the prior year.
Our average retail order was approximately $81 for
the quarter and $77 for the fiscal year.
Approximately 57% of our sales were generated on
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