UNITED STATES
 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
 Washington, DC 20549
 
 FORM 10-Q
 
 x           QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010
 OR
 
 o           TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 For the transition period from            to            .
 
 COMMISSION FILE NUMBER: 001-33142
 
 Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc.
 
 (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 Delaware

20-0340099(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)1055 West 8th Street

91702Azusa, California

(Zip Code)(Address of principal executive offices)
 
 (626) 334-3395
 
 (Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
 N/A
 
 (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
 
 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x  No o
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes o  No o
  Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
  Large accelerated filer o

Accelerated filer oNon-accelerated filer  o

Smaller reporting company x
 
 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o  No x
  The number of shares outstanding of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01 per share, as of November 3, 2010, was 13,589,668.
   
 
 
 TABLE OF CONTENTS
  PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION


1Item 1.
Financial Statements


1Item 2.
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations


14Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk


21Item 4.
Controls and Procedures


21PART II. OTHER INFORMATION


22Item 1.
Legal Proceedings


22Item 1A.
Risk Factors


22Item 6.
Exhibits


22
   
 
 PART I.
 
 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
 ITEM 1.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
 PHYSICIANS FORMULA HOLDINGS, INC.
 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
 (Unaudited)
 (In thousands, except share data)
  September 30,


December 31,2010


2009ASSETSCURRENT ASSETS:Cash and cash equivalents

$
1,377


$
3,797Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,028 and $1,165as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively


14,255



25,153Inventories


26,033



21,202Prepaid expenses and other current assets


1,281



1,764Income taxes receivable


-



1,462Deferred tax assets, net


7,029



9,611Total current assets


49,975



62,989PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET


2,933



3,603OTHER ASSETS, NET


5,599



6,072INTANGIBLE ASSETS, NET


32,692



34,016TOTAL ASSETS

$
91,199


$
106,680LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITYCURRENT LIABILITIES:Accounts payable

$
5,758


$
9,507Accrued expenses


1,348



2,258Trade allowances


4,399



5,907Sales returns reserve


5,956



11,103Line of credit borrowings


4,101



9,926Total current liabilities


21,562



38,701DEFERRED TAX LIABILITIES, NET


9,831



10,579RELATED PARTY LONG-TERM DEBT, net of unamortized discount of $887 and noneas of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively


7,408



8,000OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES


625



630Total liabilities


39,426



57,910COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (NOTE 7)STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY:Series A preferred stock, $0.01 par value—10,000,000 shares authorized, noshares issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009


-



-Common stock, $0.01 par value—50,000,000 shares authorized, 13,589,668 sharesissued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009


136



136Additional paid-in capital


61,617



60,080Accumulated deficit


(9,980
)


(11,446
)Total stockholders' equity


51,773



48,770TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

$
91,199


$
106,680
  See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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 PHYSICIANS FORMULA HOLDINGS, INC.
 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
 (Unaudited)
 (In thousands, except share data)
  Three Months Ended


Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,


September 30,2010


2009


2010


2009NET SALES

$
14,335


$
14,230


$
58,062


$
55,453COST OF SALES


7,554



7,773



30,326



26,425GROSS PROFIT


6,781



6,457



27,736



29,028SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES


6,898



6,614



24,173



29,259INTANGIBLE ASSET IMPAIRMENT


-



-



-



1,100(LOSS) INCOME FROM OPERATIONS


(117
)


(157
)


3,563



(1,331
)INTEREST EXPENSE, NET


578



367



1,850



1,046OTHER INCOME, NET


(25
)


(29
)


(13
)


(17
)(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE (BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES


(670
)


(495
)


1,726



(2,360
)(BENEFIT) PROVISION FOR INCOME TAXES


(250
)


(193
)


260



(935
)NET (LOSS) INCOME

$
(420
)

$
(302
)

$
1,466


$
(1,425
)NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE:Basic

$
(0.03
)

$
(0.02
)

$
0.11


$
(0.10
)Diluted

$
(0.03
)

$
(0.02
)

$
0.10


$
(0.10
)WEIGHTED-AVERAGE COMMON SHARES OUTSTANDING:Basic


13,589,668



13,589,668



13,589,668



13,581,669Diluted


13,589,668



13,589,668



14,405,760



13,581,669
 See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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 PHYSICIANS FORMULA HOLDINGS, INC.
 CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
 (Unaudited)
 (In thousands)
  Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,2010


2009CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:Net income (loss)

$
1,466


$
(1,425
)Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:Intangible asset impairment


-



1,100Depreciation and amortization


3,343



2,909Exchange rate loss


34



69Deferred income taxes


1,502



1,151Provision for bad debts


(137
)


(169
)Amortization of debt discount and debt issuance costs


551



215Stock-based compensation expense


870



807Payment in kind interest


245



-Changes in assets and liabilities:Accounts receivable


11,001



14,270Inventories


(4,772
)


2,812Prepaid expenses and other current assets


483



168Accounts payable


(3,771
)


(2,823
)Accrued expenses, trade allowances and sales returns reserve


(7,515
)


(6,131
)Income taxes receivable


1,462



(4,209
)Other long-term liabilities


(13
)


2Net cash provided by operating activities


4,749



8,746CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:Purchase of property and equipment


(311
)


(649
)Other assets


(508
)


(1,916
)Restricted cash


-



(51
)Net cash used in investing activities


(819
)


(2,616
)CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:Net paydowns under line of credit


(5,825
)


(9,161
)Borrowings from related party bridge loan


-



4,200Debt issuance costs


(525
)


(456
)Exercise of stock options


-



1Net cash used in financing activities


(6,350
)


(5,416
)NET (DECREASE) INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS


(2,420
)


714CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—Beginning of period


3,797



620CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS—End of period

$
1,377


$
1,334SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION:Cash paid for interest

$
1,177


$
809Cash (refunds received) paid for income taxes, net

$
(2,794
)

$
2,121SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF NON-CASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES:The Company had accounts payable of $43 and $119 outstanding as of September 30, 2010 and 2009,respectively, related to purchases of property and equipment.On March 30, 2009, the Company replaced its previously outstanding borrowings of $10,500 underits term loans with borrowings under the revolving credit facility in connection with an amendmentto the senior credit agreement.In May 2009, a non-cash distribution of $375 was made to an executive officer from the Company's1999 Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan.
 See notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
 
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 PHYSICIANS FORMULA HOLDINGS, INC.
 NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 (Unaudited)
 
 1.  ORGANIZATION AND BASIS OF PRESENTATION
  The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company,” “we” or “our”), and its wholly owned subsidiary, Physicians Formula, Inc., a New York corporation (“Physicians”), and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Physicians Formula Cosmetics, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and Physicians Formula DRTV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
  The Company develops, markets, manufactures and distributes innovative, premium-priced cosmetic products for the mass market channel. The Company’s products include face powders, bronzers, concealers, blushes, foundations, eye shadows, eyeliners, brow makeup and mascaras. The Company sells its products to mass market retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, CVS, and Rite Aid.
 
 The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2010, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 are unaudited. These unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. In the opinion of the Company’s management, the unaudited condensed consolidated interim financial statements include all adjustments of a normal recurring nature necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of September 30, 2010, its results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, and its cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. The results for the interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for any future period or for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010. The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2009 has been derived from the audited consolidated balance sheet as of that date.
 
 These condensed consolidated interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
  Concentration of Credit Risk. Certain financial instruments subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk. These financial instruments consist primarily of accounts receivable. The Company regularly reevaluates its customers' ability to satisfy credit obligations and records a provision for doubtful accounts based on such evaluations. Significant customers that accounted for more than 10% of gross sales are as follows:
  Three Months Ended

Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,

September 30,2010

2009

2010

2009Customer A


32
%


37
%


32
%


29
%Customer B


20
%


17
%


20
%


19
%Customer C


14
%


15
%


13
%


13
%
 Fair Value Measurements.The Company's financial instruments are primarily composed of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and line of credit borrowings. The fair value of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and line of credit borrowings closely approximates their carrying value due to their short maturities. Additionally, the fair value of the line of credit borrowings is estimated based on reference to market prices and closely approximates its carrying value.
 
 The valuation techniques required by the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC" or the "Codification") 820, are based upon observable and unobservable inputs. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect internal market assumptions. These two types of inputs create the following fair value hierarchy:
 
 ●
Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.●
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the related asset or liabilities.●
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of assets or liabilities.
 
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 The use of observable market inputs (quoted market prices) is required when measuring fair value and requires Level 1 quoted price to be used to measure fair value whenever possible. The Company's restricted investments are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy and are based on quoted market prices in active markets (see Note 4 for further details).
 Use of Estimates.The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
  Subsequent Events.  The Company has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date the Company issued these financial statements.
 2.  NET (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
  Basic net (loss) income per common share is computed as net (loss) income divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net (loss) income per common share reflects the potential dilution that could occur from the exercise of outstanding stock options and warrants and is computed by dividing net (loss) income by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period, plus the dilutive effect of outstanding stock options and warrants, if any, calculated using the treasury stock method. The following table summarizes the potential dilutive effect of outstanding stock options and warrants, calculated using the treasury stock method (in thousands, except share data):
  Three Months Ended


Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,


September 30,2010


2009


2010


2009Numerator:Net (loss) income

$
(420
)

$
(302
)

$
1,466


$
(1,425
)Denominator:Weighted-average number of common shares—basic


13,590



13,590



13,590



13,582Effect of dilutive stock options


-



-



479



-Effect of dilutive warrants


-



-



337



-Weighted-average number of common shares—diluted


13,590



13,590



14,406



13,582Net (loss) income per common share:Basic

$
(0.03
)

$
(0.02
)

$
0.11


$
(0.10
)Diluted

$
(0.03
)

$
(0.02
)

$
0.10


$
(0.10
)
 
 Stock options and warrants for the purchase of approximately 2,655,000 and 1,114,000 shares of common stock were excluded from the above calculation during the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, as the effect of those options was anti-dilutive. Stock options for the purchase of approximately 1,434,000 and 1,114,000 shares of common stock were excluded from the above calculation during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, as the effect of those options was anti-dilutive.
 3.  INVENTORIES
 
 Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):
  September 30,


December 31,2010


2009Raw materials and components

$
14,859


$
10,077Finished goods


11,174



11,125Total

$
26,033


$
21,202
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 4.  OTHER ASSETS
 Other assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
  September 30,


December 31,2010


2009Retail permanent fixtures, net of accumulated amortization of $1,916 and $899 as ofSeptember 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively

$
3,233


$
3,236Capitalized debt issuance costs, net of accumulated amortization of $610 and $112 asof September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, respectively


1,649



2,005Restricted investments


253



245Income tax receivable


194



226Deposits


176



360Other


94



-Total

$
5,599


$
6,072
 
 The Company incurred costs of $2.3 million during late 2009 associated with obtaining the new senior revolving credit facility and new senior subordinated note, and the amendments thereto (see Note 6 for further details). As of September 30, 2010, these costs are being amortized over the life of the related debt obligations as an additional component of interest expense and are expected to be fully amortized by November 6, 2014.
  Restricted investments represent a diversified portfolio of mutual funds held in a Rabbi Trust, which fund the nonqualified, unfunded deferred compensation plans (the “Deferred Compensation Plans”). These investments, which are considered trading securities, are recorded at fair value. For the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, unrealized gains related to these investments were $25,000 and $29,000, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, unrealized gains related to these investments were $4,000 and $17,000, respectively.
 5.  INTANGIBLE ASSETS
 
 Definite-lived intangible assets consisted of the following (in thousands):
  September 30, 2010


December 31, 2009Gross


Accumulated


Net


Gross


Accumulated


NetAmount


Amortization


Amount


Amount


Amortization


AmountPatents

$
8,699


$
(4,012
)

$
4,687


$
8,699


$
(3,577
)

$
5,122Distributor relationships


23,701



(8,196
)


15,505



23,701



(7,307
)


16,394Total

$
32,400


$
(12,208
)

$
20,192


$
32,400


$
(10,884
)

$
21,516
 
 Amortization expense was $441,000 for each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 and $1.3 million for each of the nine month periods ended September 30, 2010 and 2009. Amortization of intangibles will be approximately $441,000 for the remainder of 2010 and approximately $1.8 million in each of the next five years. Additionally, the Company did not identify any events or circumstances that would require an impairment analysis of its definite-lived intangible assets, and other long-lived assets as of September 30, 2010.
  The changes in the carrying amounts of indefinite-lived intangible assets as of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, are as follows (in thousands):
  September 30,


December 31,2010


2009Trade namesBalance—beginning of period

$
12,500


$
13,600Impairment charge


-



(1,100
)Balance—end of period

$
12,500


$
12,500
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  The Company evaluates its indefinite-lived intangible asset for impairment in the second quarter of each fiscal year or whenever events or circumstances occur that potentially indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable.
 During the second quarter of 2010, the Company tested trade names for impairment and based on the analysis an impairment charge was not recorded as the fair value of the trade names exceeded their carrying value. During the second quarter of 2009, the Company tested trade names for impairment. Based on this analysis and due to the continued downturn in the economy which significantly lowered discretionary spending and the continued decline in the Company's market capitalization, trade names with a carrying amount of $13.6 million were written down to their fair value of $12.5 million, resulting in an impairment charge of $1.1 million.
 
 The Physicians Formula trade name has been used since 1937 and is a recognized brand within the cosmetics industry. It is management's intent to leverage the Company's trade names indefinitely into the future. The Company will continue to monitor operational performance measures and general economic conditions. A continued downward trend could result in our recognizing an impairment charge of the Physicians Formula trade name in connection with a future impairment test.
 
 6.  FINANCING ARRANGEMENTS
 
 Senior Credit Agreement
 
 On March 30, 2009, Physicians entered into a senior credit agreement with Union Bank, N.A. ("Union Bank") which converted the entire previously outstanding facility into an asset-based revolving credit facility, and the previously outstanding term loan was replaced with borrowings under the revolving credit facility of the senior credit agreement.  On July 29, 2009, Physicians entered into an amendment to the senior credit agreement whereby the lender reduced its revolving loan commitment from $25.0 million to $20.0 million.
 
 The senior credit agreement required the Company to comply with a minimum interest coverage ratio, a minimum EBITDA (as defined in the senior credit agreement) covenant and a minimum tangible net worth covenant. The senior credit agreement contained certain additional negative covenants, including limitations on the Company's ability to: incur other indebtedness and liens; fundamentally change its business through a merger, consolidation, amalgamation or liquidation; sell assets; make restricted payments; pay cash dividends from Physicians Formula, Inc. or pay for expenses of Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc., unless certain conditions are satisfied; make certain acquisitions, investments, loans and advances; engage in transactions with its affiliates; enter into certain agreements; engage in sale-leaseback transactions; incur certain unfunded liabilities; change its line of business; and make capital expenditures in excess of $2.0 million per year. The senior credit agreement required the Company to make mandatory prepayments with the proceeds of certain asset dispositions and upon the receipt of insurance or condemnation proceeds to the extent the Company did not use the proceeds for the purchase of satisfactory replacement assets in accordance with the terms of the senior credit agreement.
 
 Borrowings under the senior credit agreement were guaranteed by Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. and the domestic subsidiaries of Physicians Formula, Inc. and borrowings under the senior credit agreement were secured by a pledge of the capital stock of Physicians Formula, Inc. and its equity interests in each of its subsidiaries and substantially all of the assets of Physicians Formula, Inc. and its domestic subsidiaries.
 
 On November 6, 2009, the senior credit agreement with Union Bank was replaced with a New Senior Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") as described below.
 
 Bridge Loan
 
 On September 4, 2009, Physicians, as borrower, and Mill Road Capital, L.P. ("Mill Road"), as lender, entered into an agreement (the "Bridge Loan Agreement") for a second-priority senior bridge loan facility (the "Bridge Loan") in the amount of $4.2 million.  The Company used borrowings under the Bridge Loan to repay $2.9 million of borrowings under the senior credit agreement with Union Bank, which included approximately $2.4 million of overadvances to Physicians, and to fund short-term working capital requirements.  The Bridge Loan was scheduled to mature on December 3, 2009 with interest accruing at a rate of 15% per annum payable upon maturity of the Bridge Loan.
 
 The Bridge Loan Agreement required the Company to comply with the same financial covenants that the Company was required to comply with under its existing senior credit agreement with Union Bank. Borrowings under the Bridge Loan Agreement were guaranteed by the Company and the domestic subsidiaries of Physicians (the "Guarantors"), and borrowings under the Bridge Loan Agreement were secured by a second-priority pledge of the capital stock of Physicians and its equity interests in each of its subsidiaries and substantially all of the assets of Physicians and its subsidiaries.
 
 On November 6, 2009, the Bridge Loan was repaid using the proceeds from the issuance of a new Senior Subordinated Note as described below.
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 New Senior Credit Agreement
 On November 6, 2009, pursuant to a new senior credit agreement (the “New Senior Credit Agreement”) between Physicians and Wells Fargo, Physicians entered into a new asset-based revolving credit facility (the “new revolving credit facility”) and terminated its previous asset-based revolving credit facility (the “old revolving credit facility”) with Union Bank.  Approximately $9.3 million of the proceeds of the new revolving credit facility were used to repay outstanding borrowings under Physicians’ old revolving credit facility. The new revolving credit facility is scheduled to mature on November 6, 2012.
  Floating rate borrowings under the new revolving credit facility accrue interest at a daily rate equal to the three-month LIBOR plus 3.5% and fixed rate borrowings accrue interest at a fixed rate equal to the three-month LIBOR plus 3.5% on the date of borrowing. Interest on floating rate borrowings is payable monthly in arrears and interest on fixed rate borrowings are payable upon the expiration of the fixed rate term, subject to minimum monthly interest payments in the amount of $25,000. Under the New Senior Credit Agreement, Physicians is required to pay to Wells Fargo an unused credit line fee equal to 0.5% per annum and various other fees associated with cash management and other related services. Physicians may reduce the maximum amount available for borrowing or terminate the facility prior to the scheduled maturity date at any time by paying breakage fees equal to 3% of the maximum amount of the new revolving credit facility or amount of the reduction in the credit facility, as applicable, decreasing to 1.5% after November 6, 2010 and decreasing to 0.5% after November 6, 2011.
 
 Under the New Senior Credit Agreement, all payments to Physicians and its subsidiaries are required to be deposited into a lockbox account provided by Wells Fargo, except that payments in connection with the Company’s Canadian operations may be deposited into a lockbox account with Royal Bank of Canada. Any amounts deposited into a lockbox account with Wells Fargo will be swept to a collection account to be applied to repay the outstanding borrowings under the new revolving credit facility. If the balance in Physicians’ Canadian account exceeds Canadian $2.0 million at any time, Physicians must within 10 days after such occurrence transfer the excess amount to the collection account to repay borrowings under the new revolving credit facility. In addition, at any time, Physicians may transfer amounts out of the restricted Canadian accounts to repay borrowings under the revolving credit facility or, so long as no event of default exists, pay costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s Canadian operations from its Canadian operating account.
 
 The New Senior Credit Agreement requires the Company to comply with a monthly minimum book net worth covenant and a quarterly minimum Adjusted EBITDA (as defined below) covenant. In addition, the Company is required to comply with certain negative covenants, including limitations on its ability to: incur other indebtedness and liens; make certain investments, loans or advances; guaranty indebtedness; pay cash dividends from Physicians, except in an amount up to $100,000 to allow the Company to pay ordinary course expenses; sell assets; suspend operations; consolidate or merge with another entity; enter into sale-leaseback arrangements; or enter into unrelated lines of business or acquire assets not related to the business; and make capital expenditures in excess of $5.5 million for the year ending December 31, 2010 (subject to up to a $600,000 carryforward from the prior year). As of September 30, 2010, the Company held no assets aside from its investment in Physicians. The financial covenants for the periods after December 31, 2010 will be agreed upon between Physicians and Wells Fargo at a later date. The Company is currently in the process of negotiating its financial covenants with Wells Fargo and expects the process to be completed by the end of the year. The New Senior Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default, including a change of control of Physicians. As of September 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with the covenants contained in the New Senior Credit Agreement (see further details below).
 
 The New Senior Credit Agreement defines “book net worth” as the Company’s stockholders’ equity, determined in accordance with GAAP and calculated without regard to any change in the valuation of goodwill and intangible assets made in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other. The New Senior Credit Agreement requires that the Company has a minimum book net worth of $47.25 million as of September 30, 2010.  As of September 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with such covenant.  The New Senior Credit Agreement defines “Adjusted EBITDA” as the Company’s consolidated net income, calculated before (i) interest expense, (ii) provision (benefit) for income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) gains arising from the write-up of assets, (v) any extraordinary gains, (vi) stock-based compensation expenses, (vii) changes resulting from the valuation of goodwill and intangible assets made in accordance with ASC 350, and (viii) changes resulting from foreign exchange adjustments arising from a revaluation of assets subject to foreign currency revaluation, and (ix) provisions arising from adjustments to the Company’s inventory reserves for obsolete, excess, or slow moving inventory. On June 29, 2010, Physicians entered into the First Amendment to the New Senior Credit Agreement (the "First Amendment") with Wells Fargo which reduced the minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the 12 months ended June 30, 2010 by $850,000 to $11.0 million from $11.85 million. All other covenants, including the book net worth covenant, the maximum capital expenditure covenant and the other 2010 minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenants were not modified. In connection with the First Amendment, the Company paid Wells Fargo a fee of $10,000 and related expenses. The New Senior Credit Agreement requires that the Company has a minimum Adjusted EBITDA of $10.15 million for the 12 months ended September 30, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with such covenant.
 
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 The New Senior Credit Agreement and the Note Agreement with respect to the Company's Senior Subordinated Note (discussed below under “New Senior Subordinated Note”) contain provisions that could result in the acceleration of maturity of the indebtedness and entitle the lenders to exercise remedies upon an event of default, including a default of the financial covenants. There is no assurance that the Company would receive waivers should it not meet its financial covenant requirements.  Even if the Company is able to obtain a waiver, in connection with negotiating a waiver, it may be required to agree to other changes in the senior credit agreement including increased interest rates, tighter covenants or lower availability thresholds or pay a fee for such waiver. If the Company is not able to comply with the new financial covenants in the senior credit agreement and it is unable to obtain waivers, the Company would need to obtain additional sources of liquidity; however, given the current state of the worldwide credit markets, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain additional sources of liquidity on terms acceptable to it, or at all.
  
 Physicians paid a closing fee to Wells Fargo equal to $250,000 and agreed to pay all expenses incurred by Wells Fargo in connection with the new revolving credit facility.
 
 As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, there was $4.1 million and $9.9 million outstanding under the new revolving credit facility, respectively, at interest rates of 3.79% and 3.75%, respectively. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, there were no outstanding letters of credit and $8.7 million and $12.2 million available under the new revolving credit facility, respectively. The new revolving credit facility contains a lock-box feature, whereby remittances made by customers to the lock-box repays the outstanding obligation under the new revolving credit facility. As such, in accordance with ASC 470-10-45, the Company classified the above outstanding amount under the new revolving credit facility as a current liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
  New Senior Subordinated Note
 
 On November 6, 2009, pursuant to a Senior Subordinated Note Purchase and Security Agreement between Physicians, the guarantors named therein and Mill Road (the “Note Agreement” or "Senior Subordinated Note"), reported as Related Party Long-Term Debt on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets, Physicians issued a new Senior Subordinated Note to Mill Road in an aggregate principal amount equal to $8.0 million. Physicians used $4.3 million of the proceeds to repay in full the principal of $4.2 million and interest of $107,000 outstanding under its Bridge Loan from Mill Road.  The Company used the remaining proceeds for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.  Prior to an amendment entered into during April 2010 as described below, the Senior Subordinated Note was scheduled to mature on May 6, 2013 and accrue interest at 19% per annum, with 15% per annum payable in cash monthly in arrears on the first day of each calendar month and 4% payable in kind with quarterly compounding on the first day of each calendar quarter.  Interest expense related to the new Senior Subordinated Note totaled approximately $291,000 and $995 ,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, of which $233,000 was included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2010.
 Subject to the terms of the new revolving credit facility, the Senior Subordinated Note may be redeemed in whole or in part prior to November 6, 2010 at an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, decreasing to 104% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2010 and prior to November 6, 2011, decreasing to 102% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2011 and prior to November 6, 2012, and decreasing to 101% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2012.  In addition, Physicians must make an offer to redeem the Senior Subordinated Notes upon a change of control of Physicians at the then applicable redemption price.  The Company is required to comply with substantially the same covenants under the Note Agreement that it is required to comply with under the New Senior Credit Agreement.  However, the Company is not required to comply with the minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant beginning in 2010.  In addition, the events of default under the Note Agreement are substantially the same as the events of default under the New Senior Credit Agreement.  The Senior Subordinated Note is guaranteed by the Company and Physicians’ subsidiaries and is secured by a first lien on certain intellectual property and a second lien on substantially all of the other assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and pledges of the stock of Physicians and its subsidiaries.  The value of the collateral subject to these liens is limited to the lesser of 10% of the value of the assets of Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries and 10% of the value of all outstanding common stock of Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. as of November 6, 2009 (the “10% Cap”).  Pursuant to an intercreditor agreement entered into between Physicians, Mill Road and Wells Fargo in connection with the New Senior Credit Agreement and Note Agreement (the "New Intercreditor Agreement"), the Senior Subordinated Note is subordinate in right of payment to the prior paying of all obligations under the New Senior Credit Agreement and the liens securing the obligations under the Note Agreement are junior and subordinate to the liens securing the obligations under the New Senior Credit Agreement (except for first liens on certain intellectual property). In addition, the New Intercreditor Agreement prohibits certain amendments to the Note Agreement without the consent of Wells Fargo and prohibits certain amendments to the New Senior Credit Agreement without the consent of Mill Road.
 
 In connection with the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Note, Mill Road agreed that, until September 30, 2012, it would not acquire more than 35% of the Company’s common stock or seek to elect any directors to the Board (other than the one director it is entitled to nominate while the Senior Subordinated Note is outstanding), in each case, without obtaining the prior written consent of the Board. These restrictions will be released if the Company receives a bid for the acquisition of the Company (other than from Mill Road or its affiliates).
 
 As required under the Note Agreement, the Company sought stockholder approval in order to comply with the Nasdaq shareholder approval requirements and to satisfy certain sections of the Delaware General Corporation Law, because Mill Road is an “interested stockholder” for purposes of the statute.  Because Mill Road is an interested stockholder, the Company was required to obtain the vote of 66 2/3% of the outstanding common stock not owned by Mill Road to approve the transactions.  At the special meeting of the stockholders held on April 28, 2010, the stockholders approved, by the requisite margin, a Second Amendment to the Senior Subordinated Note (the "Second Amendment") and the issuance of warrants to Mill Road.
 
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  Debt with Conversion and Other Options
  
  
  Senior Subordinated Note

$
8,130Unamortized discount


(887
)Accrued payable in kind interest


165Net carrying value of Senior Subordinated Note

$
7,408Equity component of Senior Subordinated Note

$
940
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  7.  COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
 
 Litigation
 
 The Company is involved in various lawsuits in the ordinary course of business.  In management's opinion, the ultimate resolution of these matters will not result in a material impact to the Company's condensed consolidated interim financial statements.
 
 Environmental
 
 The Company is subject to a broad range of frequently changing federal, state and local environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, including those governing discharges to air, soil and water, the handling and disposal of, and exposure to, hazardous substances and the investigation and remediation of any contamination resulting from the release of any hazardous substances. The Company believes that its business, operations and facilities are in material compliance with all applicable environmental, health and safety laws and regulations, and future expenditures will be necessary in order to maintain such compliance.
  
  the other PRP indemnified the Company against most claims for PVOU contamination. A court approved and entered a consent decree among the other PRP, the Company and the EPA that resolves the Company's liability for cleanup of regional groundwater contamination without any payment by the Company to the EPA. Depending on the scope and duration of the cleanup, the Company may be required to make further payments to the other PRP for regional groundwater remediation costs. The Company estimates the amount of such additional payments, if any, would not exceed approximately $130,000. The estimate is based on component estimates for two distinct contaminants that may require remediation. Those estimates in turn are based on a number of assumptions concerning the likelihood that remediation will be required, the cost of remediation if required and other matters. Uncertainty in predicting these matters limits the reliability and precision of the estimates. The Company expects any such additional payments by the Company to be covered by indemnities given to the Company by other companies. Those companies may contest their indemnity obligation for these payments. The Company believes the companies are financially able to pay the liability. Because the Company believes it is not probable that it will be held liable for any of these expenses, the Company has not recorded a liability for such potential claims.
 The Company believes its liability for these contamination matters and related claims is substantially covered by third-party indemnities, has been resolved by prior agreements and settlements, and any costs or expenses associated therewith will be borne by prior operators of the facilities, their successors and their insurers. The Company is attempting to recoup approximately $760,000 in defense costs from one of these indemnitors. These costs have been expensed as paid by the Company and are not recorded in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 8.  EQUITY AND STOCK OPTION PLANS
 
 2006 Equity Incentive Plan
 In connection with the Company’s initial public offering in November 2006, the Company adopted the Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. 2006 Equity Incentive Plan (as amended, the “2006 Plan”). The 2006 Plan provides for grants of stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock, restricted stock units, deferred stock units and other performance awards to directors, officers and employees of the Company, as well as others performing services for the Company. The options generally have a 10-year life and vest in equal monthly installments over a four-year period. As of September 30, 2010, a total of 264,317 shares of the Company’s common stock were available for issuance under the 2006 Plan. This amount will automatically increase on the first day of each fiscal year ending in 2016 by the lesser of: (i) 2% of the shares of common stock outstanding on the last day of the immediately preceding fiscal year or (ii) such lesser number of shares as determined by the compensation committee of the Board of Directors.
 
 2003 Stock Option Plan
  In November 2003, the Board of Directors adopted the 2003 Stock Option Plan (the “2003 Plan”) and reserved a total of 2,500,000 shares for grants under the 2003 Plan. The 2003 Plan provides for the issuance of stock options for common stock to executives and other key employees. The options generally have a 10-year life and vest over a period of time ranging from 24 months to 48 months. Options granted under the 2003 Plan were originally granted as time-vesting options and performance-vesting options. The original time-vesting options vest in equal annual installments over a four-year period. In connection with the Company's initial public offering during 2006, the 713,334 performance-vesting options were amended to accelerate the vesting of 550,781 of such options, and 296,140 of these options were exercised. The remaining 162,553 performance-vesting options were converted to time-vesting options that vested in equal monthly installments over a two-year period through November 2008.
 
 Options are granted with exercise prices not less than the fair value on the date of grant, as determined by the Board of Directors, based on the closing price on the grant date.
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 The 2006 Plan and 2003 Plan activity is summarized below:
 Time-Vesting Options


Performance-Vesting OptionsNumber of Shares


Weighted-Average Exercise Price


Aggregate Intrinsic Value


Number of Shares


Weighted-Average Exercise Price


Aggregate Intrinsic ValueOptions outstanding—January 1, 2010


1,638,666


$
5.83






136,681


$
0.10Granted


230,000



2.27






-



-Forfeited


(458
)


9.54







-



-Options outstanding—September 30, 2010


1,868,208


$
5.39


$
(4,356,000
)


136,681


$
0.10


$
405,000Vested and expected to vest—September 30, 2010


1,868,208


$
5.39


$
(4,356,000
)


136,681


$
0.10


$
405,000
 
 Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,2010


2009Risk-free interest rate


2.2
%


2.0
%Volatility


47.8
%


58.6
%Dividend rate

None


NoneLife in years


5.1



5.6
 
 The risk-free interest rate is based-upon the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant for periods corresponding with the expected life of the options. The expected volatility rate is based on companies of similar growth and maturity and the Company's peer group in the industry in which it does business. The dividend rate assumption is excluded from the calculation, as the Company intends to retain all earnings. The expected life of the Company's stock options represents management’s best estimate based upon historical and expected trends in the Company's stock option activity.
  The vesting activity for the 2006 Plan and 2003 Plan is summarized below:
 Time-Vesting Options

Performance-Vesting OptionsWeighted-Average







Weighted-AverageVested and Exercisable

Aggregate Exercise Price

Exercise Price

Remaining Contractual Life

Aggregate Intrinsic Value

Vested and Exercisable

Aggregate Exercise Price

Exercise Price

Remaining Contractual Life

Aggregate Intrinsic ValueJanuary 1, 2010


761,170

$
5,151,000








136,681

$
14,000Vested


263,590


1,838,000








-


-Forfeited


(458
)

(4,000
)







-


-September 30, 2010


1,024,302

$
6,985,000

$             6.82

5.9 years

$         (3,850,000
)

136,681

$
14,000

$               0.10

3.1 years

$         405,000
 
 As of September 30, 2010, the options outstanding under the 2003 Plan and 2006 Plan had exercise prices between $0.10 and $20.75 and the weighted-average remaining contractual life for all options was 7.0 years.
  A summary of the weighted-average grant date fair value of the non-vested stock option awards is presented in the table below:
  Weighted-AverageNumber


Grant Dateof Options


Fair ValueJanuary 1, 2010


877,496


$
2.53Vested


(263,590
)


3.53Granted


230,000



1.01September 30, 2010


843,906



1.80
  The total fair value of options that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009 was $931,000 and $855,000, respectively.
  As of September 30, 2010, total unrecognized estimated compensation cost related to non-vested stock options was approximately $1.5 million, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of approximately 2.3 years. There were no exercises of stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2010. The Company recorded approximately $1,000 of cash received from the exercise of 12,550 stock options during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and issued 12,550 new shares of common stock.
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  The Company recognized $927,000 and $865,000 of pre-tax non-cash share-based compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  Non-cash share-based compensation cost of $57,000 was a component of cost of sales and $870,000 was a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2010. Non-cash share-based compensation cost of $58,000 was a component of cost of sales and $807,000 was a component of selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The Company recognized a related tax benefit of $379,000 and $354,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.  The Company capitalized non-cash share-based compensation expense of $59,000 and $49,000 in inventory for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
 Excess tax benefits exist when the tax deduction resulting from the exercise of options exceeds the compensation cost recorded. The cash flows resulting from such excess tax benefits, if any, are classified as financing cash flows.
 9.  GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION
 
 Geographic revenue information is based on the location of the customer. All of the Company's assets are located in the United States and Canada. As of September 30, 2010, the Company had total assets of $2.1 million located in Canada, or 2.3%, of the Company's total assets, including approximately $729,000 of retail permanent fixtures, which are classified in other assets on the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets. Net sales to unaffiliated customers by geographic region are as follows (in thousands):
  Three Months Ended


Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,


September 30,2010


2009


2010


2009United States

$
12,694


$
12,935


$
50,445


$
48,853Canada


1,352



1,135



7,153



6,127Other


289



160



464



473$
14,335


$
14,230


$
58,062


$
55,453
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 ITEM 2.  MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
 
 General
 
 This discussion should be read in conjunction with the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein and the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 Overview of the Business
 
 We specialize in developing and marketing innovative, premium-priced cosmetic products for the mass market channel. Our products focus on addressing skin imperfections through a problem-solution approach, rather than focusing on changing fashion trends. Our products address specific, everyday cosmetics needs and include face powders, bronzers, concealers, blushes, foundations, eye shadows, eyeliners, brow makeup and mascaras.
 
 We sell our products to mass market retailers such as Wal-Mart, Target, CVS and Rite Aid. Our products provide above-average profitability for retailers due to their higher price points and sales per linear foot. Our products are currently sold in approximately 23,700 of the 45,000 stores in which we estimate our masstige competitors' products are sold.  We seek to be first-to-market with new products within this channel, and are able to take new products from concept development to shipment in less than 12 months. New products are a very important part of our business and have contributed, on average, approximately 40.8% of our net sales from 2007 to 2009.
 Overview of U.S. Market Share Data 
 Based on retail sales data provided by ACNielsen, our approximate dollar share of the masstige market, as defined below, was 6.3% for the 52 weeks ended October 2, 2010 compared to 7.8% for the same period in the prior year. This represents a 19% decrease in our share of the masstige market, which was entirely driven by the loss of a major customer in the second quarter of 2009. The overall dollar sales for the masstige market increased 1% during this period.
 
 The Company defines the masstige market as products sold in the mass market channel under the following premium-priced brands: Physicians Formula, Almay, L'Oreal, Max Factor, Neutrogena, Revlon, OPI, Borghese and Iman. ACNielsen is an independent research entity and its data does not include retail sales from Wal-Mart, the Company’s largest customer, and Canada. In addition, ACNielsen data is based on sampling methodology, and extrapolates from those samples, which means that estimates based on that data may not be precise. The Company’s estimates have been based on information obtained from our customers, trade and business organizations and other contacts in the market in which the Company operates, as well as management's knowledge and experience in the market in which the Company operates.
  Seasonality
  Our business, similar to others in the cosmetic industry, is subject to seasonal variation due to the annual “sell-in” period when retailers decide how much retail space will be allotted to each supplier and the number of new and existing products to be offered in their stores. For us, this period has historically been from December through April. Sales during these months are typically greater due to the shipments required to fill the inventory at retail stores and retailers’ warehouses. Retailers typically reset their retail selling space during these months to accommodate changes in space allocation to each supplier and to incorporate the addition of new products and the deletion of slow-selling items. For example, our net sales for the second and third quarters are generally lower than the net sales for the first and fourth quarters of the year, as a result of this seasonality. Our quarterly results of operations may fluctuate as a result of a variety of reasons, including the timing of new product introductions, general economic conditions or consumer buyer behavior. In addition, results for any one quarter may not be indicative of results for the same quarter in subsequent years.
 Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates
 
 Our condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S., which require us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure as of the date of our financial statements. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our estimates and judgments, including those related to revenue, returns, trade allowances, inventories, goodwill and other intangible assets, share-based compensation and income taxes. We base our estimates and judgments on historical experience and on various other factors that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis of our judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results or changes in the estimates or other judgments of inherently uncertain matters that are included within these accounting policies could result in a significant change to the information presented in the condensed consolidated financial statements. We believe that the estimates and assumptions that are among those most important to gain an understanding of our condensed consolidated financial statements are contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the year ended December 31, 2009. There have been no material changes to these policies as of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010.
 
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 Results of Operations
 
 The table below sets forth certain operating data expressed as a percentage of net sales for the periods indicated:
  Three Months Ended


Nine Months EndedSeptember 30,


September 30,2010


2009


2010


2009Net sales

$
100.0
%

$
100.0
%

$
100.0
%

$
100.0
%Cost of sales


52.7



54.6



52.2



47.7Gross profit


47.3



45.4



47.8



52.3Selling, general and administrative expenses


48.1



46.5



41.6



52.8Intangible asset impairment


-



-



-



2.0(Loss) income from operations


(0.8
)


(1.1
)


6.2



(2.5
)Interest expense, net


4.0



2.6



3.2



1.9Other income, net


(0.2
)


(0.2
)


-



-(Loss) income before (benefit) provision for income taxes


(4.6
)


(3.5
)


3.0



(4.4
)(Benefit) provision for income taxes


(1.7
)


(1.4
)


0.4



(1.7
)Net (loss) income

$
(2.9
)%

$
(2.1
)%

$
2.6
%

$
(2.7
)%
  Three Months Ended September 30, 2010 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 2009
 Net Sales.  Net sales increased $105,000, or 0.7%, to $14.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 from $14.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily due to a decrease in our returns provision, an increase in sales to Canadian retailers and a decrease in trade spending, partially offset by lower U.S. sales from the tightening of inventory levels by retailers in response to soft consumer demand.
 Cost of Sales.  Cost of sales decreased $219,000, or 2.8%, to $7.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 from $7.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The decrease in cost of sales resulted primarily from lower product costs and favorable changes in product mix.
  Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales was 52.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2010 compared to 54.6% for the three months ended September 30, 2009.
  Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.  Selling, general and administrative expenses increased $284,000, or 4.3%, to $6.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2010 from $6.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily due to a $430,000 increase in bad debt expense which resulted primarily from lower bad debt recoveries in the current period.  Also contributing to the increase was a $188,000 increase in sales force and sales administrative expenses, a $188,000 increase in corporate administrative costs and a $106,000 increase in realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange losses, which were partially offset by a $231,000 decrease in marketing spend, a $222,000 decrease in freight and warehouse costs and a $175,000 decrease in distribution costs.
  Interest Expense, Net.  Interest expense, net increased $211,000, or 57.5%, to $578,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 from $367,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the average borrowings outstanding under our credit facility and the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Note in November 2009.
 Other Income, Net.  Other income, net was $25,000 and $29,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which consisted primarily of unrealized gains related to investments held as part of our non-qualified deferred compensation plans.
  Benefit for Income Taxes.  The benefit for income taxes represents federal, state and local income taxes.  For the three months ended September 30, 2010, the benefit for income taxes was $250,000, representing an effective income tax rate of (37.3)%.  The effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate for the three months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to the impact of charitable contributions and other fluctuations in permanent differences between book and taxable income such as research and development credits. For the three months ended September 30, 2009, the benefit for income taxes was $193,000, representing an effective tax rate of (39.0)%. The effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate for the three months ended September 30, 2009, primarily due to fluctuations in permanent differences between book and taxable income.
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  Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 2009
 
 Net sales.  Net sales increased $2.6 million, or 4.7%, to $58.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from $55.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily attributable to a decrease in our provision for returns, a decrease in trade spending, an increase in sales for continuing customers and our retail partners reversing some of the inventory de-stocking effects seen in the first half of 2009.
 
 
 
 Cost of Sales.  Cost of sales increased $3.9 million, or 14.8%, to $30.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from $26.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The increase in cost of sales resulted primarily from lower than anticipated recoveries of returns driven by lower actual return levels compared to the prior year period and higher fixed cost standards due to lower production volumes in the current period compared to the same period a year ago. These factors were partially offset by a lower provision for obsolete and slow moving inventory, driven in part from the benefits of the SKU rationalization implemented at the end of 2009 and the introduction of fewer new products in 2010.
 
 Cost of sales as a percentage of net sales was 52.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared to 47.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
 
 Intangible asset impairment.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, we recorded a non-cash charge of $1.1 million for the impairment of our trade names. We evaluate our indefinite-lived intangible asset for impairment in the second quarter of each fiscal year and when events or circumstances occur that potentially indicate that the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. This non-cash impairment charge does not impact our overall business operations. No such impairment charge was recorded during 2010 based on our impairment analysis.
 Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.  Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased $5.1 million, or 17.4%, to $24.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from $29.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The decrease was primarily due to a $4.4 million decrease in marketing expenses which resulted primarily from a change in retailer programs. Also contributing to the decrease was a $752,000 decrease in distribution costs and a $389,000 decrease in freight and warehouse costs, which were partially offset by a $316,000 increase in realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains and a $153,000 increase in sales force and sales administrative expenses.
 
 Interest Expense, Net.  Interest expense, net increased $804,000, or 76.9%, to $1.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the average borrowings outstanding under our credit facility and the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Note in November 2009.
 Other Income, Net.  Other income, net was $13,000 and $17,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which consisted primarily of unrealized gains related to investments held as part of our non-qualified deferred compensation plans.
  Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes.  The provision (benefit) for income taxes represents federal, state and local income taxes.  For the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the provision for income taxes was $260,000, representing an effective income tax rate of 15.1%. The effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2010, primarily due to the impact of the graduated federal tax rates, charitable contributions and other fluctuations in permanent differences between book and taxable income such as research and development credits. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the benefit for income taxes was $935,000 representing an effective tax rate of (39.6)%. The effective tax rate differed from the statutory rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, primarily due to permanent differences between book and taxable income such as tax benefit deficiencies on stock options exercised and forfeited and research and development credits.
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 Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
 Cash Flows
 As of September 30, 2010, we had $1.4 million in cash and cash equivalents compared to $3.8 million in cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2009. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents was due primarily to payments made on our line of credit and purchases of retail permanent fixtures, partially offset by cash provided by our operating activities. As of September 30, 2010, we had $4.1 million outstanding and $8.7 million of availability under our revolving credit facility. The significant components of our working capital are accounts receivable, inventories, deferred tax assets, net, accounts payable, trade allowances, sales returns reserve and line of credit borrowings.
 
 Operating Activities. Cash provided by operating activities decreased $4.0 million, or 46.0%, to $4.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 from $8.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009. The net decrease in cash provided by operating activities resulted primarily from unfavorable changes in net working capital, offset in part by higher net non-cash activities impacting income.
  Days sales outstanding ("DSO"), as calculated on a trailing 4-month basis, increased 1.5 days, to 54.3 days at September 30, 2010 from 52.8 days at September 30, 2009. We regularly reevaluate our customers' ability to satisfy their credit obligations and record a provision for doubtful accounts based on such evaluations. In addition, we implemented a customer credit watch in the fourth quarter of 2008, requiring management approval for all orders from customers that have been identified as a potential credit risk. As of September 30, 2010, we had $14.3 million of accounts receivable, net, of which $8.2 million had not been collected as of October 31, 2010.
  We categorize our inventories into three groups: salable inventory, excess (slow moving) inventory and obsolete inventory. Salable inventory are products that remain in distribution and for which we have less than twelve months of forecasted sales of inventory on hand. Slow moving inventory are products that also remain in distribution, but for which we have more than twelve months of forecasted sales of inventory on hand. Obsolete inventory are products that no longer are in distribution with our retailer customers. We assess and reserve for salable, slow moving and obsolete inventory throughout the year based on our historical experience in conjunction with an analysis of our current slow moving and obsolete inventory levels, forecasted plans and sales trends and planned product discontinuances. Our assessment includes discussions with our retailer customers about products to include in future retail store shelf layouts and if a product loses distribution across all retail partners, it will be deemed obsolete. Based on the above process, our provision for slow moving and obsolete inventory was $2.0 million and $3.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. The decrease in our provision for obsolete and slow moving inventory for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was primarily due to the benefits of our 2009 year-end SKU rationalization and the introduction of fewer new products in 2010.
 
 Based on the factors identified above, we anticipate that we will be able to fully realize the value of our net inventory. However, our reserve for slow moving and obsolete inventory requires management to make assumptions and to apply judgment regarding forecasted consumer demand and sales trends. If estimates regarding consumer demand are inaccurate, we may need to increase our provision for slow moving and obsolete inventory which could adversely affect our operating results and liquidity.
 
 Investing Activities. Cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $819,000, which was primarily related to investments in retail permanent fixtures and capital expenditures for improvements to our manufacturing and distribution equipment and information technology infrastructure. Cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $2.6 million, which was primarily related to investments in retail permanent fixtures and capital expenditures for the replacement of machinery and equipment and improvements to our warehouse distribution systems.
 
 Financing Activities.   Cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $6.4 million, which was primarily related to net payments on our revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo and payments for debt issuance costs.  Cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $5.4 million, which was primarily related to net payments on our revolving credit facility with Union Bank and payments for debt issuance costs, partially offset by proceeds received from the related party bridge loan.
 
 Future Liquidity and Capital Needs. Our net working capital increased $4.1 million, or 16.9%, to $28.4 million as of September 30, 2010 from $24.3 million as of December 31, 2009. We anticipate that requirements for working capital will increase during the fourth quarter of 2010, when we typically experience higher inventory levels as we produce new products for shipment in the first quarter of the following year. We have budgeted capital expenditures of $5.1 million for 2010 for several key projects, including $3.6 million in investments in retail permanent fixtures, $800,000 in improvements to other manufacturing and distribution equipment, $623,000 in improvements to our information technology infrastructure, $50,000 to upgrade a product assembly line and $17,000 in improvements to our research and development equipment.  We expect capital requirements related to fixture infrastructure to total $7.7 million for the period from September 2008 (inception of the project) to December 2010, of which $5.1 million was incurred as of September 30, 2010. We spent $333,000 for capital expenditures and $1.2 million for investments in retail permanent fixtures for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
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 Credit Facilities
 On November 6, 2009, Physicians terminated its senior credit agreement with Union Bank, N.A. ("Union Bank") and replaced it with a new asset-based revolving credit facility with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. ("Wells Fargo") and repaid a $4.2 million bridge loan from Mill Road Capital, L.P. ("Mill Road") using proceeds from the issuance of a new senior subordinated note to Mill Road. For a description of the senior credit agreement with Union Bank and the bridge loan from Mill Road, see Note 6 to the condensed consolidated interim financial statements included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2010.
 
 New Senior Credit Agreement.  On November 6, 2009, pursuant to a new senior credit agreement (the “New Senior Credit Agreement”) between Physicians and Wells Fargo, Physicians entered into a new asset-based revolving credit facility (the “new revolving credit facility”) and terminated its previous asset-based revolving credit facility (the “old revolving credit facility”) with Union Bank.  Approximately $9.3 million of the proceeds of the new revolving credit facility were used to repay outstanding borrowings under Physicians’ old revolving credit facility. The new revolving credit facility is scheduled to mature on November 6, 2012. 
 The maximum amount available for borrowing under the new revolving credit facility is equal to the lesser of $25.0 million and a borrowing base formula equal to: (i) 65% or such lesser percentage of eligible accounts receivable as Wells Fargo in its discretion as an asset-based lender may deem appropriate; plus (ii) the least of (1) $14.0 million and (2) the sum of specified percentages (or such lesser percentages as Wells Fargo in its discretion as an asset-based lender may deem appropriate) of each of the following items of eligible inventory (as defined in the New Senior Credit Agreement): (A) of eligible inventory consisting of finished goods that are fully packaged, labeled and ready for shipping, not to exceed 65% of such eligible inventory, (B) eligible inventory consisting of semi-finished goods which are ready for packaging and shipping, not to exceed $4.0 million, (C) eligible inventory consisting of raw materials, not to exceed $1.5 million, (D) eligible inventory consisting of blank components, not to exceed $1.0 million and (E) eligible inventory consisting of returned items, not to exceed $0.75 million; plus (iii) the cash balance in a certain Canadian concentration account; less (iv) a working capital reserve of $1.0 million as such amount may be adjusted by Wells Fargo from time to time and a borrowing base reserve that Wells Fargo establishes from time to time in its discretion as a secured asset-based lender; less (v) indebtedness owed to Wells Fargo other than indebtedness outstanding under the new revolving credit facility. Availability under the new revolving credit facility is reduced by outstanding letters of credit.
 
 Floating rate borrowings under the new revolving credit facility accrue interest at a daily rate equal to the three-month LIBOR plus 3.5% and fixed rate borrowings accrue interest at a fixed rate equal to the three-month LIBOR plus 3.5% on the date of borrowing. Interest on floating rate borrowings is payable monthly in arrears and interest on fixed rate borrowings are payable upon the expiration of the fixed rate term, subject to minimum monthly interest payments in the amount of $25,000. Under the New Senior Credit Agreement, Physicians is required to pay to Wells Fargo an unused credit line fee equal to 0.5% per annum and various other fees associated with cash management and other related services. Physicians may reduce the maximum amount available for borrowing or terminate the facility prior to the scheduled maturity date at any time by paying breakage fees equal to 3% of the maximum amount of the new revolving credit facility or amount of the reduction in the credit facility, as applicable, decreasing to 1.5% after November 6, 2010 and decreasing to 0.5% after November 6, 2011.
 
 Under the New Senior Credit Agreement, all payments to Physicians and its subsidiaries are required to be deposited into a lockbox account provided by Wells Fargo, except that payments in connection with the Company’s Canadian operations may be deposited into a lockbox account with Royal Bank of Canada. Any amounts deposited into a lockbox account with Wells Fargo will be swept to a collection account to be applied to repay the outstanding borrowings under the new revolving credit facility. If the balance in Physicians’ Canadian account exceeds Canadian $2.0 million at any time, Physicians must within 10 days after such occurrence transfer the excess amount to the collection account to repay borrowings under the new revolving credit facility. In addition, at any time, Physicians may transfer amounts out of the restricted Canadian accounts to repay borrowings under the revolving credit facility or so long as no event of default exists, pay costs and expenses incurred in connection with the Company’s Canadian operations from its Canadian operating account.
 
 The New Senior Credit Agreement requires the Company to comply with a monthly minimum book net worth covenant and a quarterly minimum Adjusted EBITDA (as defined below) covenant. In addition, the Company is required to comply with certain negative covenants, including limitations on its ability to: incur other indebtedness and liens; make certain investments, loans or advances; guaranty indebtedness; pay cash dividends from Physicians, except in an amount up to $100,000 to allow the Company to pay ordinary course expenses; sell assets; suspend operations; consolidate or merge with another entity; enter into sale-leaseback arrangements; or enter into unrelated lines of business or acquire assets not related to our business; and make capital expenditures in excess of $5.5 million for the year ending December 31, 2010 (subject to up to a $600,000 carryforward from the prior year). As of September 30, 2010, the Company held no assets aside from its investment in Physicians. The financial covenants for the periods after December 31, 2010 will be agreed upon between Physicians and Wells Fargo at a later date. The Company is currently in the process of negotiating its financial covenants with Wells Fargo and expects the process to be completed by the end of the year. The New Senior Credit Agreement also contains customary events of default, including a change of control of Physicians. As of September 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with the covenants contained in the New Senior Credit Agreement (see further details below).
 
 The New Senior Credit Agreement defines “book net worth” as the Company’s stockholders’ equity, determined in accordance with GAAP and calculated without regard to any change in the valuation of goodwill and intangible assets made in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other.  The New Senior Credit Agreement requires that the Company has a minimum book net worth of $47.25 million as of September 30, 2010.  As of September 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with such covenant.  The New Senior Credit Agreement defines “Adjusted EBITDA” as the Company’s consolidated net income, calculated before (i) interest expense, (ii) provision (benefit) for income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization expense, (iv) gains arising from the write-up of assets, (v) any extraordinary gains, (vi) stock-based compensation expenses, (vii) changes resulting from the valuation of goodwill and intangible assets made in accordance with ASC 350, and (viii) changes resulting from foreign exchange adjustments arising from a revaluation of assets subject to foreign currency revaluation, and (ix) provisions arising from adjustments to the Company’s inventory reserves for obsolete, excess, or slow moving inventory. On June 29, 2010, Physicians entered into the First Amendment to the New Senior Credit Agreement (the "First Amendment") with Wells Fargo which reduced the minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant for the 12 months ended June 30, 2010 by $850,000 to $11.0 million from $11.85 million. All other covenants, including the book net worth covenant, the maximum capital expenditure covenant and the other 2010 minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenants were not modified. In connection with the First Amendment, the Company paid Wells Fargo a fee of $10,000 and related expenses. The New Senior Credit Agreement requires that the Company has a minimum Adjusted EBITDA of $10.15 million for the 12 months ended September 30, 2010. As of September 30, 2010, the Company was in compliance with such covenant.
 
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 The New Senior Credit Agreement and the Note Agreement with respect to the Company's Senior Subordinated Note (discussed below under “New Senior Subordinated Note”) contain provisions that could result in the acceleration of maturity of the indebtedness and entitle the lenders to exercise remedies upon an event of default, including a default of the financial covenants. There is no assurance that the Company would receive waivers should it not meet its financial covenant requirements.  Even if the Company is able to obtain a waiver, in connection with negotiating a waiver, it may be required to agree to other changes in the senior credit agreement including increased interest rates, tighter covenants or lower availability thresholds or pay a fee for such waiver. If the Company is not able to comply with the new financial covenants in the senior credit agreement and it is unable to obtain waivers, the Company would need to obtain additional sources of liquidity; however, given the current state of the worldwide credit markets, there can be no assurance that the Company will be able to obtain additional sources of liquidity on terms acceptable to it, or at all.
 
 Borrowings under the new revolving credit facility are guaranteed by the Company and the domestic subsidiaries of Physicians and are secured by a pledge of the capital stock of Physicians and its subsidiaries and substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries.
 
 Physicians paid a closing fee to Wells Fargo equal to $250,000 and agreed to pay all expenses incurred by Wells Fargo in connection with the new revolving credit facility.
 
 As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, there was $4.1 million and $9.9 million outstanding under the new revolving credit facility, respectively, at interest rates of 3.79% and 3.75%, respectively. As of September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009, there were no outstanding letters of credit and $8.7 million and $12.2 million available under the new revolving credit facility, respectively. The new revolving credit facility contains a lock-box feature, whereby remittances made by customers to the lock-box repays the outstanding obligation under the new revolving credit facility. As such, in accordance with ASC 470-10-45, the Company classified the above outstanding amount under the new revolving credit facility as a current liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets.
 New Senior Subordinated Note.  On November 6, 2009, pursuant to a Senior Subordinated Note Purchase and Security Agreement between Physicians, the guarantors named therein and Mill Road (the “Note Agreement” or "Senior Subordinated Note"), Physicians issued a new Senior Subordinated Note to Mill Road in an aggregate principal amount equal to $8.0 million. Physicians used $4.3 million of the proceeds to repay in full the principal of $4.2 million and interest of $107,000 outstanding under its Bridge Loan from Mill Road.  The Company used the remaining proceeds for capital expenditures and general corporate purposes.  Prior to an amendment entered into during April 2010 as described below, the Senior Subordinated Note was scheduled to mature on May 6, 2013 and accrue interest at 19% per annum, with 15% per annum payable in cash monthly in arrears on the first day of each calendar month and 4% payable in kind with quarterly compounding on the first day of each calendar quarter.  Interest expense related to the new Senior Subordinated Note totaled approximately $291,000 and $995,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, of which $233,000 was included in accrued expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2010. 
 Subject to the terms of the new revolving credit facility, the Senior Subordinated Note may be redeemed in whole or in part prior to November 6, 2010 at an amount equal to 105% of the aggregate principal amount of the outstanding Notes, decreasing to 104% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2010 and prior to November 6, 2011, decreasing to 102% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2011 and prior to November 6, 2012, and decreasing to 101% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2012.  In addition, Physicians must make an offer to redeem the Senior Subordinated Notes upon a change of control of Physicians at the then applicable redemption price.  The Company is required to comply with substantially the same covenants under the Note Agreement that it is required to comply with under the New Senior Credit Agreement. However, the Company is not required to comply with the minimum Adjusted EBITDA covenant beginning in 2010.  In addition, events of default under the Note Agreement are substantially the same as the events of default under the New Senior Credit Agreement.  The Senior Subordinated Note is guaranteed by the Company and Physicians’ subsidiaries and is secured by a first lien on certain intellectual property and a second lien on substantially all of the other assets of the Company and its subsidiaries and pledges of the stock of Physicians and its subsidiaries.  The value of the collateral subject to these liens is limited to the lesser of 10% of the value of the assets of Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries and 10% of the value of all outstanding common stock of Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc. as of November 6, 2009 (the “10% Cap”).  Pursuant to an intercreditor agreement entered into between Physicians, Mill Road and Wells Fargo in connection with the New Senior Credit Agreement and Note Agreement (the "New Intercreditor Agreement"), the Senior Subordinated Note is subordinate in right of payment to the prior paying of all obligations under the New Senior Credit Agreement and the liens securing the obligations under the Note Agreement are junior and subordinate to the liens securing the obligations under the New Senior Credit Agreement (except for first liens on certain intellectual property). In addition, the New Intercreditor Agreement prohibits certain amendments to the Note Agreement without the consent of Wells Fargo and prohibits certain amendments to the New Senior Credit Agreement without the consent of Mill Road.
 
 In connection with the issuance of the Senior Subordinated Note, Mill Road agreed that, until September 30, 2012, it would not acquire more than 35% of the Company’s common stock or seek to elect any directors to the Board (other than the one director it is entitled to nominate while the Senior Subordinated Note is outstanding), in each case, without obtaining the prior written consent of the Board. These restrictions will be released if the Company receives a bid for the acquisition of the Company (other than from Mill Road or its affiliates).
 
 As required under the Note Agreement, the Company sought stockholder approval in order to comply with the Nasdaq shareholder approval requirements and to satisfy certain sections of the Delaware General Corporation Law, because Mill Road is an “interested stockholder” for purposes of the statute.  Because Mill Road is an interested stockholder, the Company was required to obtain the vote of 66 2/3% of the outstanding common stock not owned by Mill Road to approve the transactions.  At the special meeting of the stockholders held on April 28, 2010, the stockholders approved, by the requisite margin, a Second Amendment to the Senior Subordinated Note (the "Second Amendment") and the issuance of warrants to Mill Road.
 
 On April 30, 2010, Physicians, the Company, the subsidiaries of Physicians and Mill Road entered into the Second Amendment.Under the Second Amendment, Mill Road agreed to reduce the interest rate on the Senior Subordinated Note from 19% per annum (15% payable in cash monthly and 4% payable in kind with quarterly compounding) to 14% per annum (10% payable in cash monthly and 4% payable in kind with annual compounding), and to extend the maturity of the Senior Subordinated Note by 18 months to November 6, 2014. The prepayment premium for an optional redemption was also amended so that if the Senior Subordinated Note is redeemed on or after November 6, 2011 and prior to November 6, 2012, the prepayment premium would be 102%, decreasing to 101% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2012 and prior to November 6, 2013, and decreasing to 100% if redeemed on or after November 6, 2013. In addition, the existing limit on the amount of collateral securing the Senior Subordinated Note was removed.
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 In addition, as required by the Note Purchase Agreement and as consideration for the reduction in interest payments, on April 30, 2010, the Company entered into a Common Stock Purchase Warrant agreement with Mill Road pursuant to which warrants have been issued entitling Mill Road to purchase 650,000 shares of the Company's common stock. The warrants have an exercise price equal to $0.25 per share and expire on April 30, 2017. As a result of the issuance of the warrants, Mill Road beneficially owns 2,516,943 shares of the Company's common stock and warrants to purchase 650,000 shares of common stock, representing aggregate beneficial ownership of 3,166,943 shares (approximately 22%) of the Company's common stock. The Company filed a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, to register the resale of the shares underlying the warrants pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into with Mill Road. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed as an offering of securities for sale.
 
 On June 3, 2010, Physicians, the Company, the subsidiaries of Physicians and Mill Road entered into a Third Amendment to the Senior Subordinated Note (the "Third Amendment"). Pursuant to the Third Amendment, Mill Road has the right to nominate one individual to serve as a member of the Company's board of directors (the "Board") so long as (A) the outstanding principal amount under the Senior Subordinated Note is no less than $2.0 million and Mill Road owns shares of, or securities convertible into, or exercisable for, capital stock of the Company, or (B) Mill Road owns no less than 5% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (on a fully diluted basis) and any part of the Senior Subordinated Note is outstanding. In addition, in the Third Amendment, the Company agrees to (i) increase the size of the Board and appoint Mill Road's nominee to the Board, and (ii) recommend to the Company's stockholders that Mill Road's nominee to the Board be elected to the Board at the annual meetings of stockholders (clauses (i) and (ii) together, the "Company Obligations"), in each case so long as the conditions in clauses (A) or (B) of the immediately preceding sentence are met. Prior to the Third Amendment, Mill Road had the right to nominate one individual to serve as a member of the Board and the Company had an obligation to perform the Company Obligations, in each case so long as the Senior Subordinated Note was outstanding.
 
 In connection with the new revolving credit facility and Senior Subordinated Note, and the amendments thereto, the Company incurred total costs of $2.3 million associated with these agreements, which included $250,000 and $222,000 of closing fees paid to Wells Fargo and Mill Road, respectively.
 
 The issuance of the warrants and reduction in interest payments has been accounted for as a partial conversion of the required payments under the Note Purchase Agreement for equity interests under ASC 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options. ASC 470-20 requires the issuer of convertible debt instruments to separately account for the liability and equity components of the convertible debt instrument in a manner that reflects the issuers borrowing rate at the date of issuance for a similar debt instrument without the conversion feature.  ASC 470-20 requires bifurcation of a component of the convertible debt instrument, classification of that component in equity and the accretion of the resulting discount on the debt to be recognized as interest expense.
  Senior Subordinated Note

$
8,130Unamortized discount


(887
)Accrued payable in kind interest


165Net carrying value of Senior Subordinated Note

$
7,408Equity component of Senior Subordinated Note

$
940
 Off-Balance Sheet Transactions
 
 We do not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. In addition, we do not engage in trading activities involving non-exchange traded contracts that rely on estimation techniques to calculate fair value. As such, we are not exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.
 
 Forward-Looking Statements
 
 This section and other parts of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In some cases, forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as “anticipates,” “expects,” “believes,” “intends,” “plans,” “predicts,” and similar terms. Such forward-looking statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about our industry, management’s beliefs and assumptions made by management. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and our actual results may differ significantly from the results discussed in the forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to those discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009 and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. Unless otherwise required by law, we expressly disclaim any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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 ITEM 3.  QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
 
 (a)  Foreign Currency Risk.
 
 We sell to Canadian customers in Canadian dollars and pay overseas suppliers and third-party manufacturers in U.S. dollars. An increase in the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar could result in lower net sales and higher selling, general and administrative expenses. Additionally, we hold Canadian dollars in a cash account, which could result in higher unrealized foreign currency exchange losses due to a decrease in the Canadian dollar relative to the U.S. dollar. Further, a decrease in the value of the Euro and the Chinese Yuan relative to the U.S. dollar could cause our suppliers to raise prices which would increase our cost of sales. The volatility of the applicable rates and prices are dependent on many factors that cannot be forecasted with reliable accuracy. Our current sales to Canadian customers and reliance on foreign suppliers for many of the raw materials and components used to produce products make it possible that our operating results may be affected by fluctuations in the exchange rate of the currencies of our customers and suppliers. We do not have any foreign currency hedges.
 
 (b)  Interest Rate Risk.
 
 Since November 6, 2009, we have been and remain exposed to interest rate risks primarily through borrowings under our New Senior Credit Agreement (and previously under our old senior credit agreement). Interest on these borrowings is based upon variable interest rates. Our weighted-average borrowings outstanding under our senior credit agreement during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $21.1 million and the interest rate in effect at September 30, 2010 was3.79%. A hypothetical 1% increase or decrease in interest rates would have resulted in a $158,000 change to interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
 
 ITEM 4.  CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
 
 We maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports pursuant to the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting.
 
 As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Exchange Act, we carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer determined that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective at a reasonable assurance level as of the end of the period covered by this report. 
 There has been no change in internal controls over financial reporting during the most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, internal controls over financial reporting.
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 PART II.
 OTHER INFORMATION
 
 ITEM 1.  LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
 
 We are involved in various lawsuits in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, the ultimate resolution of these matters will not result in a material impact to our condensed consolidated financial statements.
  ITEM 1A.  RISK FACTORS
 
 There have been no material changes to our risk factors as disclosed in Item 1A. “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
 ITEM6.  EXHIBITS
  Exhibit

Number

Description31.1

Certification by Ingrid Jackel, Chief Executive Officer.31.2

Certification by Jeff Berry, Chief Financial Officer.32.1

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.32.2

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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 SIGNATURES
 
 Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 Physicians Formula Holdings, Inc./s/ Ingrid JackelDate: November 5, 2010

By: Ingrid JackelIts:   Chief Executive Officer

(principal executive officer)/s/ Jeff M. BerryDate: November 5, 2010

By: Jeff M. BerryIts:   Chief Financial Officer

(principal financial and accounting officer)
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  EXHIBIT INDEX
  Exhibit

NumberDescription31.1

Certification by Ingrid Jackel, Chief Executive Officer.31.2

Certification by Jeff M. Berry, Chief Financial Officer.32.1

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.32.2

Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.