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o | TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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Delaware | 43-2052503 | |
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(Registrants Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year if Changed Since Last Report): N/A
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):
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Large Accelerated Filer o | Accelerated Filer x | Non-accelerated Filer o | Smaller Reporting Company o |
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
There were 45,112,604 limited liability company interests without par value outstanding at November 4, 2009.
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December 31, 2008 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 56,217 | $ | 68,231 | ||||
Restricted cash | 2,452 | 1,063 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,167 and $2,230, respectively | 54,495 | 62,240 | ||||||
Dividends receivable | | 7,000 | ||||||
Other receivables | 20 | 132 | ||||||
Inventories | 14,762 | 15,968 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | 9,096 | 9,156 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 3,774 | 3,774 | ||||||
Land available for sale | | 11,931 | ||||||
Income tax receivable | | 489 | ||||||
Other | 11,203 | 13,440 | ||||||
Total current assets | 152,019 | 193,424 | ||||||
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net | 663,555 | 673,981 | ||||||
Restricted cash | 16,016 | 19,939 | ||||||
Equipment lease receivables | 34,031 | 36,127 | ||||||
Investment in unconsolidated business | 201,585 | 184,930 | ||||||
Goodwill | 516,182 | 586,249 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 760,050 | 812,184 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization | 18,385 | 23,383 | ||||||
Other | 3,052 | 4,033 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,364,875 | $ | 2,534,250 |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.
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December 31, 2008 |
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LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS/STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Due to manager related party | $ | 1,696 | $ | 3,521 | ||||
Accounts payable | 49,173 | 47,886 | ||||||
Accrued expenses | 27,750 | 29,448 | ||||||
Current portion of notes payable and capital leases | 9,585 | 2,724 | ||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 315,549 | 201,344 | ||||||
Fair value of derivative instruments | 50,228 | 51,441 | ||||||
Customer deposits | 5,673 | 5,457 | ||||||
Other | 9,382 | 10,785 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 469,036 | 352,606 | ||||||
Notes payable and capital leases, net of current portion | 1,990 | 2,274 | ||||||
Long-term debt, net of current portion | 1,152,985 | 1,327,800 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 51,998 | 65,042 | ||||||
Fair value of derivative instruments | 64,507 | 105,970 | ||||||
Other | 46,869 | 46,297 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,787,385 | 1,899,989 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | | | ||||||
Members/stockholders equity: |
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LLC interests, no par value; 500,000,000 authorized; 45,112,604 LLC interests issued and outstanding at September 30, 2009 and 44,948,694 LLC interests issued and outstanding at December 31, 2008 | 958,258 | 956,956 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (53,630 | ) | (97,190 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (331,260 | ) | (230,928 | ) | ||||
Total members/stockholders equity | 573,368 | 628,838 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interests | 4,122 | 5,423 | ||||||
Total equity | 577,490 | 634,261 | ||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 2,364,875 | $ | 2,534,250 |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.
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September 30, 2009 |
September 30, 2008 |
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Revenue |
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Revenue from product sales | $ | 103,017 | $ | 152,060 | $ | 281,639 | $ | 478,219 | ||||||||
Revenue from product sales utility | 26,056 | 36,060 | 67,637 | 97,317 | ||||||||||||
Service revenue | 72,264 | 87,714 | 214,614 | 263,171 | ||||||||||||
Financing and equipment lease income | 1,190 | 1,164 | 3,587 | 3,537 | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | 202,527 | 276,998 | 567,477 | 842,244 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses |
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Cost of product sales | 61,349 | 109,801 | 160,624 | 337,819 | ||||||||||||
Cost of product sales utility | 19,406 | 31,161 | 50,016 | 82,175 | ||||||||||||
Cost of services | 26,562 | 33,070 | 82,701 | 98,615 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 54,782 | 57,426 | 167,468 | 182,928 | ||||||||||||
Fees to manager related party | 1,639 | 2,737 | 2,952 | 11,872 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | | 71,200 | | ||||||||||||
Depreciation | 7,177 | 7,101 | 29,597 | 20,139 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 9,126 | 10,563 | 51,923 | 32,206 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 180,041 | 251,859 | 616,481 | 765,754 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) |
22,486 | 25,139 | (49,004 | ) | 76,490 | |||||||||||
Other income (expense) |
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Interest income | 8 | 268 | 116 | 1,038 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (24,639 | ) | (26,114 | ) | (81,861 | ) | (77,616 | ) | ||||||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees | 1,178 | 4,051 | 16,655 | 10,603 | ||||||||||||
Loss on derivative instruments | (17,371 | ) | (765 | ) | (29,872 | ) | (1,651 | ) | ||||||||
Other income, net | 269 | 6 | 1,693 | 661 | ||||||||||||
Net (loss) income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests | (18,069 | ) | 2,585 | (142,273 | ) | 9,525 | ||||||||||
(Provision) benefit for income taxes | (327 | ) | (2,254 | ) | 41,021 | (3,254 | ) | |||||||||
Net (loss) income before noncontrolling interests | (18,396 | ) | 331 | (101,252 | ) | 6,271 | ||||||||||
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | (48 | ) | (167 | ) | (920 | ) | (575 | ) | ||||||||
Net (loss) income |
$ | (18,348 | ) | $ | 498 | $ | (100,332 | ) | $ | 6,846 | ||||||
Basic (loss) earnings per share: | $ | (0.41 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (2.23 | ) | $ | 0.15 | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic | 45,006,771 | 44,948,694 | 44,969,093 | 44,942,859 | ||||||||||||
Diluted (loss) earnings per share: | $ | (0.41 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (2.23 | ) | $ | 0.15 | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted | 45,006,771 | 44,962,809 | 44,969,093 | 44,955,236 | ||||||||||||
Cash distributions declared per share | $ | | $ | 0.645 | $ | | $ | 1.925 |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.
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Net (loss) income before noncontrolling interests | $ | (101,252 | ) | $ | 6,271 | |||
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income before noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities: |
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Non-cash goodwill impairment | 71,200 | | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment | 43,227 | 28,359 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 51,923 | 32,206 | ||||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees | (16,655 | ) | (10,603 | ) | ||||
Equity distributions from investees | 7,000 | 10,603 | ||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs | 4,998 | 4,941 | ||||||
Non-cash derivative loss, net of non-cash interest expense | 29,872 | 1,897 | ||||||
Base management fee to be settled in LLC interests | 1,639 | | ||||||
Equipment lease receivable, net | 2,009 | 1,621 | ||||||
Deferred rent | 1,265 | 1,535 | ||||||
Deferred taxes | (41,892 | ) | 1,904 | |||||
Other non-cash expenses, net | 167 | 658 | ||||||
Changes in other assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions: |
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Restricted cash | (756 | ) | 24 | |||||
Accounts receivable | 7,188 | (3,436 | ) | |||||
Inventories | 776 | (2,027 | ) | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 2,830 | 4,944 | ||||||
Due to manager related party | (2,613 | ) | (2,958 | ) | ||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 1,655 | (110 | ) | |||||
Income taxes payable | (537 | ) | (1,530 | ) | ||||
Other, net | (2,635 | ) | 828 | |||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 59,409 | 75,127 | ||||||
Investing activities |
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Acquisitions of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired | | (53,338 | ) | |||||
Proceeds from sale of investment, net of cash divested | | 1,861 | ||||||
Purchases of property and equipment | (19,981 | ) | (52,587 | ) | ||||
Return of investment in unconsolidated business | | 10,397 | ||||||
Other | 115 | 223 | ||||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (19,866 | ) | (93,444 | ) |
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Proceeds from long-term debt | 10,000 | 5,000 | ||||||
Proceeds from line of credit facilities | 9,250 | 87,800 | ||||||
Offering and equity raise costs paid | | (65 | ) | |||||
Distributions paid to holders of LLC interests | | (86,520 | ) | |||||
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests | (381 | ) | (363 | ) | ||||
Payment of long-term debt | (72,859 | ) | (120 | ) | ||||
Debt financing costs paid | | (1,874 | ) | |||||
Change in restricted cash | 3,292 | (501 | ) | |||||
Payment of notes and capital lease obligations | (859 | ) | (1,629 | ) | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (51,557 | ) | 1,728 | |||||
Net change in cash and cash equivalents | (12,014 | ) | (16,589 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 68,231 | 57,473 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period | $ | 56,217 | $ | 40,884 | ||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information: |
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Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
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Accrued purchases of property and equipment | $ | 209 | $ | 1,226 | ||||
Acquisition of equipment through capital leases | $ | 129 | $ | 490 | ||||
Issuance of LLC interests to manager for payment of base management fee | $ | 851 | $ | | ||||
Issuance of LLC interests to independent directors | $ | 450 | $ | 450 | ||||
Taxes paid | $ | 1,167 | $ | 3,044 | ||||
Interest paid | $ | 72,265 | $ | 73,148 |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.
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Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was formed on April 13, 2004. Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, both on an individual entity basis and together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is referred to in these financial statements as the Company. The Company owns, operates and invests in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses in the United States. Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. is the Companys manager and is referred to in these financial statements as the Manager. The Manager is a subsidiary of the Macquarie Group of companies, which is comprised of Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Macquarie Group Limited is headquartered in Australia and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.
Macquarie Infrastructure Company Trust, or the Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, was also formed on April 13, 2004. Prior to December 21, 2004 and the completion of the initial public offering, the Trust was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Manager. On June 25, 2007, all of the outstanding shares of trust stock issued by the Trust were exchanged for an equal number of limited liability company, or LLC, interests in the Company, and the Trust was dissolved. Prior to this exchange of trust stock for LLC interests and the dissolution of the Trust, all interests in the Company were held by the Trust. The Company continues to be an operating entity with a Board of Directors and other corporate governance responsibilities generally consistent with that of a Delaware corporation.
The Company owns its businesses through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc., or MIC Inc. The Companys businesses operate predominantly in the United States, and comprise the following:
(i) | a 50% interest in a bulk liquid storage terminal business provides bulk liquid storage and handling services in North America and is one of the largest participants in this industry in the U.S., based on capacity; |
(ii) | a gas production and distribution business a full-service gas energy company, makes gas products and services available in Hawaii; and |
(iii) | a district energy business operates the largest district cooling system in the U.S. and serves various customers in Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada. |
(i) | an airport services business operates a network of fixed base operations, or FBOs, in the U.S., which provide products and services like fuel and aircraft parking for owners and operators of private jets; and |
(ii) | an airport parking business provides off-airport parking services in the U.S., with 31 facilities in 20 major airport markets. |
During the year ended December 31, 2008, the Company completed the following acquisitions:
| On March 4, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of 100% of the equity in entities that own and operate three FBOs in Farmington and Albuquerque, New Mexico and Sun Valley, Idaho, collectively referred to as SevenBar. |
| On July 31, 2008, the Company completed the acquisition of the Newark SkyPark airport parking facility, an off-airport parking facility at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey. |
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The unaudited consolidated condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. The preparation of consolidated condensed financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires estimates and assumptions. Management evaluates these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis. Actual results may differ from the estimates and assumptions used in the financial statements and notes. Operating results for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2009.
The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2008 has been derived from audited financial statements but does not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for complete financial statements. Certain reclassifications were made to the financial statements for the prior period to conform to current period presentation.
The interim financial information contained herein should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2008 included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009.
In April 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 825-10-65 Financial Instruments (formerly FSP SFAS No. 107-1 and APB 28-1, Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments). This guidance requires disclosures about the fair value of financial instruments for interim reporting periods in addition to the current requirement to make disclosure in annual financial statements. This guidance also requires disclosure of the methods and significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value of financial instruments and description of changes in the method and significant assumptions.
The Companys financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and variable rate senior debt, are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value because of either the short-term maturity, or variable or competitive interest rates assigned to these financial instruments.
In February 2008, the FASB issued ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (formerly FSP SFAS No. 157-1, Application of SFAS No. 157 to SFAS No. 13 and Other Accounting Pronouncements That Address Fair Value Measurements for Purposes of Lease Classification or Measurement under SFAS No. 13, and FSP SFAS No. 157-2, Effective Date of FASB Statement No. 157) affecting the implementation of SFAS No. 157. This guidance excludes ASC 840-10 Leases (formerly SFAS No. 13, Accounting for Leases), and other accounting pronouncements that address fair value measurements under SFAS No. 13 from the scope of SFAS No. 157. However, the scope of this exception does apply to assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination that are required to be measured at fair value in accordance with ASC 805-10 Business Combinations (formerly SFAS No. 141(R), Business Combinations) regardless of whether those assets and liabilities are related to leases. This guidance delayed the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities, except for items that are recognized or disclosed at fair value on a recurring basis (at least annually), to fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008. On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted SFAS No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and liabilities. Major categories of nonfinancial assets and liabilities to which this accounting standard applies include, but are not limited to, the Companys property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, intangible assets and goodwill. See Note 7, Nonfinancial Assets Measured at Fair Value, for further discussion.
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In March 2008, the FASB issued ASC 815-10 Derivatives and Hedging (formerly SFAS No. 161, Disclosure about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities an amendment of SFAS No. 133), which requires companies with derivative instruments to disclose information about how and why a company uses derivative instruments; how derivative instruments and related hedged items are accounted for and how derivative instruments and related hedged items affect a companys financial position, financial performance and cash flows. The required disclosures include the fair value of derivative instruments and their gains or losses in tabular format, information about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements, counterparty credit risk, and the companys strategies and objectives for using derivative instruments. This guidance is effective for periods beginning after November 15, 2008. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2009. Since this guidance requires only additional disclosures concerning derivatives and hedging activities, the adoption did not have a material impact on the Companys financial results of operations and financial condition. See Note 9, Derivative Instruments, for further discussion.
In December 2007, the FASB revised ASC 805-10 Business Combinations (formerly SFAS No. 141(R)). The revised standard includes various changes to the business combination rules. Some of the changes include immediate expensing of acquisition-related costs rather than capitalization, and 100% of the fair value of assets and liabilities acquired being recorded, even if less than 100% of a controlled business is acquired. This guidance is effective for business combinations consummated in periods beginning on or after December 15, 2008. For any business combinations completed after January 1, 2009, the Company expects the revised standard to have the following material impacts on its financial statements compared with previously applicable business combination rules: (1) increased selling, general and administrative costs due to immediate expensing of acquisition costs, resulting in lower net income; (2) lower cash provided by operating activities and lower cash used in investing activities in the statements of cash flows due to the immediate expensing of acquisition costs, which under previous rules were included as cash out flows in investing activities as part of the purchase price of the business; and (3) 100% of fair values recorded for assets and liabilities including noncontrolling interests of a controlled business on the balance sheet resulting in larger assets, liability and equity balances compared with previous business combination rules.
On January 1, 2009, the Company adopted this guidance. Although the Company did not complete any new business combinations during the first nine months of 2009, the Company used the guidance from this pronouncement to perform goodwill impairment analysis. See Note 7, Nonfinancial Assets Measured at Fair Value, for further discussion.
Following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted number of shares used in computing (loss) earnings per share:
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic | 45,006,771 | 44,948,694 | 44,969,093 | 44,942,859 | ||||||||||||
Dilutive effect of restricted stock unit grants | | 14,115 | | 12,377 | ||||||||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted | 45,006,771 | 44,962,809 | 44,969,093 | 44,955,236 |
The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008 is calculated by assuming that 14,115 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 27, 2008 had been fully converted to shares on that date. These stock unit grants, along with the 128,205 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on June 4, 2009, were anti-dilutive for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009, due to the Companys net loss for those periods.
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Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consist of the following ($ in thousands):
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Land(1) | $ | 71,899 | $ | 56,039 | ||||
Easements | 5,624 | 5,624 | ||||||
Buildings | 29,728 | 34,128 | ||||||
Leasehold and land improvements | 327,441 | 301,623 | ||||||
Machinery and equipment | 335,046 | 321,240 | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures | 10,860 | 9,952 | ||||||
Construction in progress | 16,038 | 48,520 | ||||||
Property held for future use | 1,561 | 1,540 | ||||||
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Less: accumulated depreciation | (134,642 | ) | (104,685 | ) | ||||
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net(2) | $ | 663,555 | $ | 673,981 |
(1) | The September 30, 2009 Land balance includes $11.9 million previously classified in the consolidated balance sheet as Land-available for sale at the airport parking business. See Note 8, Long-Term Debt, for further discussion of the material terms of the forbearance agreement relating to this business assets. |
(2) | Includes $1.1 million and $2.1 million of capitalized interest for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the year ended December 31, 2008, respectively. |
The Company recognized non-cash impairment charges primarily relating to leasehold and land improvements, buildings, machinery and equipment and furniture and fixtures, which are summarized below for the following businesses ($ in thousands):
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Airport Services(2) | $ | 7,521 | $ | 13,754 | ||||
Airport Parking(3) | 6,385 | 19,145 | ||||||
Total | $ | 13,906 | $ | 32,899 |
(1) | There were no impairment charges recorded in the third quarter of 2009 and 2008. |
(2) | Reported in depreciation expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. |
(3) | Reported in cost of services in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. |
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Intangible assets at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 consist of the following ($ in thousands):
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Contractual arrangements | 31.3 | $ | 774,309 | $ | 802,419 | |||||||
Non-compete agreements | 2.5 | 9,515 | 9,515 | |||||||||
Customer relationships | 10.7 | 78,596 | 78,596 | |||||||||
Leasehold rights | 12.5 | 3,330 | 3,542 | |||||||||
Trade names | Indefinite | 15,401 | 15,401 | |||||||||
Technology | 5.0 | 460 | 460 | |||||||||
881,611 | 909,933 | |||||||||||
Less: Accumulated amortization | (121,561 | ) | (97,749 | ) | ||||||||
Intangible assets, net | $ | 760,050 | $ | 812,184 |
As a result of a decline in the performance of certain asset groups during the first six months of 2009 and the quarter ended December 31, 2008, the Company evaluated such asset groups for impairment and determined that the asset groups were impaired. The Company estimated the fair value of each of the impaired asset groups using either discounted cash flows or third party appraisals. Accordingly, the Company recognized non-cash impairment charges related to contractual arrangements at the airport services business during the first six months of 2009 and customer relationships, leasehold rights and trademarks at the airport parking business during the quarter ended December 31, 2008. These charges are recorded in amortization of intangibles in the consolidated condensed statement of operations.
The change in goodwill from December 31, 2008 to September 30, 2009 is as follows ($ in thousands):
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Balance at December 31, 2008 | $ | 586,249 | ||
Impairment of airport services business' goodwill | (71,200 | ) | ||
Prior period acquisition purchase price adjustments | 31 | |||
Other | 1,102 | |||
Balance at September 30, 2009 | $ | 516,182 |
The Company tests for goodwill impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis and between annual tests if a triggering event indicates impairment. The decline in the Companys stock price, particularly over the latter part of 2008 and the first half of 2009, has caused the book value of the Company to exceed its market capitalization. The Company performed goodwill impairment tests during the first six months of 2009 and fourth quarter of 2008. The goodwill impairment test is a two-step process, which requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the test. The first step of the process consists of estimating the fair value of each reporting unit based on a discounted cash flow model using cash flow forecasts and comparing those estimated fair values with the carrying values, which includes the allocated goodwill. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an implied fair value of goodwill. The determination of a reporting units implied fair value of goodwill requires the allocation of the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. Any unallocated fair value represents the implied fair value of goodwill, which is compared to its corresponding carrying value. If the corresponding carrying value is higher than the implied fair value, goodwill is written down to reflect the impairment. Based on the testing performed, the Company recorded goodwill impairment charges at the airport services business during the first six months of 2009 and the quarter ended December 31, 2008 and at the airport parking business to write off all of its goodwill during the quarter ended December 31, 2008.
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For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and the quarter and year ended December 31, 2008, the following non-cash impairment charges were recorded at the following businesses ($ in thousands):
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Intangible Assets(2) |
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Airport Services | $ | 23,326 | $ | 21,712 | ||||
Airport Parking | | 8,134 | ||||||
Total | $ | 23,326 | $ | 29,846 | ||||
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Airport Services | $ | 71,200 | $ | 52,000 | ||||
Airport Parking | | 138,751 | ||||||
Total | $ | 71,200 | $ | 190,751 |
(1) | There were no impairment charges recorded in the third quarter of 2009 and 2008. |
(2) | Reported in amortization of intangibles expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. |
While management has a plan to return the Companys business fundamentals to levels that support the book value per common share, there is no assurance that the plan will be successful, or that the market price of the common stock will increase to such levels in the foreseeable future. Discount rates used in recent cash flow analyses have increased and projected cash flows relating to the Companys reporting units generally declined in the latter half of 2008 and first half of 2009 primarily as the result of negative macroeconomic factors. There is no assurance that discount rates will not increase or that the earnings, book values or projected earnings and cash flows of the Companys individual reporting units will not decline. Management will continue to monitor the relationship of the Companys market capitalization to its book value, the differences for which management attributes to both negative macroeconomic factors and Company specific factors, and management will continue to evaluate the carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets. Accordingly, an additional impairment charge to goodwill and other intangible assets may be required in the foreseeable future if the Companys common stock price continues to trade below book value per common share or the book value exceeds its estimated fair value of an individual reporting unit.
The following major categories of nonfinancial assets at the impaired asset groups were written down to fair value during the first six months of 2009:
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Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements, net | $ | | $ | 55,433 | $ | 5,122 | $ | | $ | (13,906 | ) | |||||||||||||
Intangible Assets | | | 14,430 | | (23,326 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Goodwill | | | 377,343 | | (71,200 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | 55,433 | $ | 396,895 | $ | | $ | (108,432 | ) |
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The Company estimated the fair value of each of the impaired asset groups using either discounted cash flows or third party appraisals. Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements with a carrying amount of $74.5 million were written down to fair value of $60.6 million during the first six months of 2009. This resulted in a non-cash impairment charge of $13.9 million which is recorded in depreciation expense for the airport services business and cost of services for the airport parking business in the consolidated condensed statement of operations.
Additionally, intangible assets with carrying amounts of $37.7 million were written down to their fair value of $14.4 million during the first six months of 2009. This resulted in a non-cash impairment charge of $23.3 million, which is recorded in amortization of intangibles expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations.
As discussed in Note 6, Intangible Assets, the Company performed goodwill impairment analyses during the first six months of 2009. As a result of these analyses, goodwill with a carrying amount of $448.5 million was written down to its implied fair value of $377.3 million resulting in a non-cash impairment charge of $71.2 million. This non-cash impairment charge was included in goodwill impairment in the consolidated condensed statement of operations.
The significant unobservable inputs used for all fair value measurements in the above table included forecasted cash flows of the airport services business and its asset groups, the discount rate and, in the case of goodwill, the terminal value. The cash flows for this business were developed using actual cash flows from 2008 and 2009, forecasted jet fuel volumes from the Federal Aviation Administration, forecasted consumer price indices and forecasted LIBOR rates based on proprietary models using various published sources. The discount rate was developed using a capital asset pricing model.
Model inputs included:
| a risk free rate equal to the rate on 20 year U.S. treasury securities; |
| a risk premium based on the risk premium for the U.S. equity market overall; |
| the observed beta of comparable listed companies; |
| a small company risk premium based on historical data provided by Ibbotsons; and |
| a specific company risk premium based on the uncertainty in the current market conditions. |
The terminal value was based on observed earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, and multiples historically paid in transactions for comparable businesses.
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At September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008, the Companys long-term debt consists of the following ($ in thousands):
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MIC Inc. revolving credit facility | $ | 66,400 | $ | 69,000 | ||||
Gas production and distribution | 179,000 | 169,000 | ||||||
District energy | 150,000 | 150,000 | ||||||
Airport services | 872,029 | 939,800 | ||||||
Airport parking | 201,105 | 201,344 | ||||||
Total | 1,468,534 | 1,529,144 | ||||||
Less: Current portion | (315,549 | ) | (201,344 | ) | ||||
Long-term portion | $ | 1,152,985 | $ | 1,327,800 |
Effective April 14, 2009, MIC Inc. elected to reduce the available principal on its revolving credit facility from $300.0 million to $97.0 million. At March 31, 2009 MIC Inc. reclassified its revolving credit facility from long-term debt to current portion of long-term debt in the consolidated condensed balance sheet, due to its maturity on March 31, 2010. The Company has accumulated the excess cash generated by the gas production and distribution and district energy businesses as a means of repaying a portion of the amount due under the facility.
On February 25, 2009, the airport services business amended its credit facility to provide the business additional financial flexibility over the near and medium term. Additionally, under the amended terms, the business will apply all excess cash flow from the business to prepay additional debt whenever the leverage ratio (debt to adjusted EBITDA) is equal to or greater than 6.0x to 1.0 for the trailing twelve months and will use 50% of excess cash flow to prepay debt whenever the leverage ratio is equal to or greater than 5.5x to 1.0 and below 6.0x to 1.0. For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the airport services business used $13.2 million and $80.5 million, respectively, of excess cash flow to prepay $12.0 million and $72.6 million, respectively, of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt under the facility and $1.2 million and $7.9 million, respectively, in interest rate swap breakage fees.
On November 4, 2009, the airport services business used $9.9 million of excess cash flow from the third quarter of 2009 to prepay $9.0 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt under this facility and incurred $914,000 in interest rate swap breakage fees.
At September 30, 2009, the airport parking business had $201.1 million of total debt that was due on September 9, 2009. This debt is secured by assets and collateral of the airport parking business. Creditors of this business do not have recourse to any assets of the Company or any assets of the Companys other businesses, other than approximately $5.3 million in a lease guarantee as of November 5, 2009. During September 2009, the Company made the final interest rate swap payment that was guaranteed by the Company on behalf of the airport parking business.
The airport parking business is currently in default under its credit facilities. In addition, the airport parking business does not have sufficient liquidity or capital resources to pay its maturing debt obligations and the Company does not expect that the airport parking business will be able to refinance its debt as it matures.
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The airport parking business signed a forbearance agreement with the lenders under its primary credit facility on June 10, 2009 that was scheduled to expire on August 31, 2009, was extended through October 15, 2009 and was extended again through November 6, 2009. Material terms of the forbearance agreement are that during the forbearance period:
| lenders forbear from exercising rights and remedies for certain designated defaults including any breaches of certain financial covenants and the non-payment of interest; |
| interest will accrue at the current interest rate (LIBOR plus 190 basis points) and will be deferred and capitalized; |
| payments on the swap rate agreement will not be made by the airport parking business; |
| the business cannot sell, lease or dispose of assets or properties or incur debt, in each case, other than in the ordinary course of business; and |
| certain limitations on capital expenditures and other payments, including to the Company. |
There is substantial doubt regarding the business ability to continue as a going concern. The business has engaged financial advisors to actively solicit a sale of the business. A letter of intent was signed during the quarter with a third party, which is conducting due diligence and with which the business is currently negotiating an asset purchase agreement. The business expects to close a sale transaction in 2010, which will likely occur in connection with a bankruptcy filing and consummation of a Chapter 11 plan. Proceeds generated as a result of the sale would be payable to the lenders of the business and not to the Company. Until an asset purchase agreement is signed and any conditions to closing have been met, including any approval of the sale needed as part of the bankruptcy process, the Company cannot provide assurance regarding the certainty or timing of a sale closing. As previously indicated, the Company has no intention of committing additional capital to this business and the Companys ongoing liabilities are expected to be no more than $5.3 million in guarantees of a single parking facility lease.
The Company and its businesses have in place variable-rate debt. Management believes that it is prudent to limit the variability of a portion of its interest payments. To meet this objective, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from interest rate risk on a majority of its debt with a variable-rate component.
At September 30, 2009, the Company had $1.5 billion of current and long-term debt, $1.1 billion of which was economically hedged with interest rate swaps, $325.0 million of which was unhedged and $6.1 million of which incurred interest at fixed rates.
For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the airport services business used $13.2 million and $80.5 million, respectively, of excess cash flow to prepay $12.0 million and $72.6 million, respectively, of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt under the facility and $1.2 million and $7.9 million, respectively, in interest rate swap breakage fees. As a result of the future interest payments that are no longer probable of occurring due to the prepayment of debt, $6.9 million and $37.8 million of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the consolidated condensed balance sheet related to the airport services business derivatives was reclassified to loss on derivative instruments in the consolidated condensed statement of operations for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Subject to the mandatory debt prepayment conditions, under the amended debt terms, to the extent future cash flows exceed forecast, the airport services business will repay its debt more quickly than expected, which will result in additional interest rate swap breakage fees and corresponding reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to loss on derivative instruments. See Note 8 Long-Term Debt for further discussion.
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In March 2009, the airport services business, gas production and distribution business and district energy business entered into interest rate basis swap contracts with their existing counterparties. These contracts effectively changed the interest rate index on the Companys existing swap contracts through March 2010 from receiving the 90-day LIBOR rate to receiving the 30-day LIBOR rate plus a margin of 19.50 basis points for the airport services business and 24.75 basis points for the gas production and distribution and district energy businesses. This transaction, adjusted for the prepayments of outstanding principal balance on the term loan debt at the airport services business, will lower the effective cash interest expense on these businesses debt by approximately $1.2 million from October 1, 2009 through March 2010.
As of February 25, 2009, due to the amendment of the credit facility for the airport services business discussed above, and effective April 1, 2009 for the Companys other businesses, the Company elected to discontinue hedge accounting. From the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued, all movements in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded directly through earnings. As a result of the basis swap contracts discussed above, together with the discontinuance of hedge accounting, the Company will reclassify into earnings the $82.2 million of net derivative losses included in accumulated other comprehensive loss as of September 30, 2009 over the remaining life of the existing interest rate swaps, of which $34.2 million will be reclassified over the next 12 months.
The Companys derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with changes in fair value of interest rate swaps recorded directly through earnings since the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued. The Company measures derivative instruments at fair value using the income approach, which discounts the future net cash settlements expected under the derivative contracts to a present value. These valuations primarily utilize observable (level 2) inputs, including contractual terms, interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals.
The Companys fair value measurements of its derivative instruments and the related location of the liabilities associated with the hedging instruments within the consolidated condensed balance sheet at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows:
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Balance Sheet Location | September 30, 2009 |
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Fair value of derivative instruments current liabilities | $ | (50,228 | ) | $ | (51,441 | ) | ||
Fair value of derivative instruments non-current liabilities | (64,507 | ) | (105,970 | ) | ||||
Total interest rate derivative contracts | $ | (114,735 | ) | $ | (157,411 | ) |
(1) | Fair value measurements at reporting date were made using significant other observable inputs (level 2). |
(2) | As of February 25, 2009 for the airport services business and April 1, 2009 for the other businesses, the Company elected to discontinue hedge accounting. |
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The Companys hedging activities for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 and the related location within the consolidated condensed financial statements were as follows:
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Amount of Loss Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion) for the Quarter Ended September 30, |
Amount of Loss Reclassified from OCI into Income (Effective Portion) for the Quarter Ended September 30, |
Amount of Loss Recognized in Loss on Derivative Instruments (Ineffective Portion) for the Quarter Ended September 30, |
Amount of Loss Recognized in Loss on Derivative Instruments for the Quarter Ended September 30, |
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Interest Expense | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | (7,800 | ) | $ | | $ | | $ | (16,456 | ) | $ | | ||||||||||||||
Loss on Derivative Instruments(2) | | | | (701 | ) | | (64 | ) | (17,371 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss | | (14,858 | ) | | | | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | (14,858 | ) | $ | | $ | (8,501 | ) | $ | | $ | (64 | ) | $ | (33,827 | ) | $ | |
(1) | Substantially all derivatives are interest rate swap contracts. |
(2) | For the quarter ended September 30, 2009, loss on derivative instruments primarily represents the change in fair value of interest rate swaps from the discontinuation of hedge accounting as of February 25, 2009 for the airport services business and April 1, 2009 for the Company's other businesses. In addition, loss on derivative instruments includes the reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings, as the airport services business pays down its debt more quickly than anticipated. |
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Amount of Gain/ (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, |
Amount of Loss Reclassified from OCI into Income (Effective Portion) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, |
Amount of Loss Recognized in Loss on Derivative Instruments (Ineffective Portion) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, |
Amount of Loss Recognized in Loss on Derivative Instruments for the Nine Months Ended September 30, |
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Interest Expense | $ | | $ | | $ | (17,953 | ) | $ | (17,654 | ) | $ | | $ | | $ | (33,853 | ) | $ | | |||||||||||||
Loss on Derivative Instruments(2) | | | (25,154 | ) | (1,456 | ) | (84 | ) | (195 | ) | (4,634 | ) | | |||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Gain (Loss) | 2,549 | (19,930 | ) | | | | | | | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 2,549 | $ | (19,930 | ) | $ | (43,107 | ) | $ | (19,110 | ) | $ | (84 | ) | $ | (195 | ) | $ | (38,487 | ) | $ | |
(1) | Substantially all derivatives are interest rate swap contracts. |
(2) | In the first quarter of 2009, derivative losses included $22.7 million in connection with the $44.6 million pay down of principal debt at the airport services business and the interest rate basis swaps entered by this business and amortization of $1.6 million of accumulated other comprehensive loss balance in connection with the interest rate basis swap contracts entered by the gas production and distribution |
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business and district energy business, which are recorded in loss on derivative instruments in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. Interest expense represents cash interest paid on derivative instruments, of which $5.2 million related to the payment of interest rate swap breakage fees. |
(3) | For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, loss on derivative instruments primarily represents the change in fair value of interest rate swaps from the discontinuation of hedge accounting as of February 25, 2009 for the airport services business and April 1, 2009 for the Company's other businesses. In addition, loss on derivative instruments includes the reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings, as the airport services business pays down its debt more quickly than anticipated. |
All of the Companys derivative instruments are collateralized by all of the assets of the respective businesses. During September 2009, the Company made the final interest rate swap payment that was guaranteed by the Company on behalf of the airport parking business.
Other comprehensive (loss) income includes primarily the change in fair value of derivative instruments which qualified for hedge accounting until the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued, as discussed in Note 9, Derivative Instruments.
The difference between net (loss) income and comprehensive (loss) income for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 was as follows ($ in thousands):
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Net (loss) income | $ | (18,348 | ) | $ | 498 | $ | (100,332 | ) | $ | 6,846 | ||||||
Unrealized (loss) gain in fair value of derivatives, net of taxes | | (8,821 | ) | 1,498 | (12,236 | ) | ||||||||||
Reclassification of realized losses into earnings, net of taxes | 7,399 | 5,183 | 42,062 | 11,738 | ||||||||||||
Comprehensive (loss) income | $ | (10,949 | ) | $ | (3,140 | ) | $ | (56,772 | ) | $ | 6,348 |
For further discussion on derivative instruments and hedging activities, see Note 9, Derivative Instruments.
The Company is authorized to issue 500,000,000 LLC interests. Each outstanding LLC interest of the Company is entitled to one vote on any matter with respect to which holders of LLC interests are entitled to vote.
The Companys operations are broadly classified into the energy-related businesses and the aviation-related businesses.
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The energy-related businesses consist of two reportable segments: the gas production and distribution business and the district energy business. The energy-related businesses also include a 50% investment in a bulk liquid storage terminal business, or IMTT, which is accounted for under the equity method. Financial information for IMTTs business as a whole is presented below ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
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Revenue | $ | 85,168 | $ | 104,494 | $ | 253,945 | $ | 261,118 | ||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items(1) | 36,767 | 40,882 | 108,713 | 100,439 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net | 7,378 | 6,909 | 21,990 | 16,801 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 13,457 | 11,303 | 39,735 | 31,960 | ||||||||||||
Capital expenditures paid | 24,638 | 48,160 | 106,062 | 161,340 | ||||||||||||
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net | 967,323 | 869,474 | 967,323 | 869,474 | ||||||||||||
Total assets balance | 1,040,796 | 950,889 | 1,040,796 | 950,889 |
(1) | EBITDA excluding non-cash items refers to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and non-cash items, principally goodwill impairments and unrealized gains (losses) on derivative instruments. |
The aviation-related businesses consist of two reportable segments: the airport services business and the airport parking business. All of the business segments are managed separately and management has chosen to organize the Company around the distinct products and services offered.
IMTT provides bulk liquid storage and handling services in North America through ten terminals located on the East, West and Gulf Coasts, the Great Lakes region of the United States and partially owned terminals in Quebec and Newfoundland, Canada. IMTT derives its revenue from storage and handling of petroleum products, various chemicals, renewable fuels, and vegetable and animal oils. Based on storage capacity, IMTT operates one of the largest third-party bulk liquid storage terminal businesses in the United States.
The revenue from the gas production and distribution business reportable segment is included in revenue from product sales and includes distribution and sales of synthetic natural gas, or SNG, and liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG. Revenue is primarily a function of the volume of SNG and LPG consumed by customers and the price per thermal unit or gallon charged to customers. Because both SNG and LPG are derived from petroleum, revenue levels, without organic operating growth, will generally track global oil prices. The utility revenue of the gas production and distribution business includes fuel adjustment charges, or FACs, through which changes in fuel costs are passed through to customers.
The revenue from the district energy business reportable segment is included in service revenue and financing and equipment lease income. Included in service revenue is capacity charge revenue, which relates to monthly fixed contract charges, and consumption revenue, which relates to contractual rates applied to actual usage. Financing and equipment lease income relates to direct financing lease transactions and equipment leases to the business various customers. The district energy business provides its services to buildings throughout the downtown Chicago area and to a casino and shopping mall located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The airport services business reportable segment principally derives income from fuel sales and from other airport services. Airport services revenue includes fuel-related services, de-icing, aircraft hangarage and
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other aviation services. All of the revenue of the airport services business is generated in the United States. The airport services business operated 72 FBOs as of September 30, 2009.
The revenue from the airport parking business reportable segment is included in service revenue and primarily consists of fees from off-airport parking and ground transportation to and from the parking facilities and the airport terminals. The airport parking business operates 31 off-airport parking facilities located in 20 major airport markets across the United States.
Selected information by reportable segment is presented in the following tables. The tables do not include financial data for the Companys equity investment in IMTT.
Revenue from external customers for the Companys reportable segments was as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
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Airport Parking |
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Product sales | $ | 18,680 | $ | | $ | 84,337 | $ | | $ | 103,017 | ||||||||||
Product sales utility | 26,056 | | | | 26,056 | |||||||||||||||
44,736 | | 84,337 | | 129,073 | ||||||||||||||||
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Other services | | 832 | 39,843 | | 40,675 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling capacity revenue | | 5,224 | | | 5,224 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling consumption revenue | | 9,400 | | | 9,400 | |||||||||||||||
Parking services | | | | 16,965 | 16,965 | |||||||||||||||
| 15,456 | 39,843 | 16,965 | 72,264 | ||||||||||||||||
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Financing and equipment lease | | 1,190 | | | 1,190 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Revenue | $ | 44,736 | $ | 16,646 | $ | 124,180 | $ | 16,965 | $ | 202,527 |
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Airport Services |
Airport Parking |
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Revenue from Product Sales |
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Product sales | $ | 23,495 | $ | | $ | 128,565 | | $ | 152,060 | |||||||||||
Product sales utility | 36,060 | | | | 36,060 | |||||||||||||||
59,555 | | 128,565 | | 188,120 | ||||||||||||||||
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Other services | | 752 | 52,772 | | 53,524 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling capacity revenue | | 4,850 | | | 4,850 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling consumption revenue | | 10,654 | | | 10,654 | |||||||||||||||
Parking services | | | | 18,686 | 18,686 | |||||||||||||||
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Financing and equipment lease | | 1,164 | | | 1,164 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Revenue | $ | 59,555 | $ | 17,420 | $ | 181,337 | 18,686 | $ | 276,998 |
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Product sales | $ | 58,145 | $ | | $ | 223,494 | $ | | $ | 281,639 | ||||||||||
Product sales utility | 67,637 | | | | 67,637 | |||||||||||||||
125,782 | | 223,494 | | 349,276 | ||||||||||||||||
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Other services | | 2,331 | 128,911 | | 131,242 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling capacity revenue | | 15,231 | | | 15,231 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling consumption revenue | | 17,130 | | | 17,130 | |||||||||||||||
Parking services | | | | 51,011 | 51,011 | |||||||||||||||
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Financing and equipment lease | | 3,587 | | | 3,587 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Revenue | $ | 125,782 | $ | 38,279 | $ | 352,405 | $ | 51,011 | $ | 567,477 |
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Product sales | $ | 70,177 | $ | | $ | 408,042 | $ | | $ | 478,219 | ||||||||||
Product sales utility | 97,317 | | | | 97,317 | |||||||||||||||
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Other services | | 2,201 | 170,990 | | 173,191 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling capacity revenue | | 14,484 | | | 14,484 | |||||||||||||||
Cooling consumption revenue | | 18,495 | | | 18,495 | |||||||||||||||
Parking services | | | | 57,001 | 57,001 | |||||||||||||||
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Financing and equipment lease | | 3,537 | | | 3,537 | |||||||||||||||
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Total Revenue | $ | 167,494 | $ | 38,717 | $ | 579,032 | $ | 57,001 | $ | 842,244 |
In accordance with FASB ASC 280 Segment Reporting (formerly SFAS No. 131 or Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information), the Company disclosed EBITDA excluding non-cash items for the Company and each of the reportable segments as a key performance metric relied on by management in evaluating the performance of the Company and its segments. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-cash items, principally goodwill impairments and unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments. The Companys management considers EBITDA excluding non-cash items to be important in the overall assessment of the Companys operating businesses individually and on consolidation. The Companys management believes the presentation of EBITDA excluding non-cash items provides additional insight into the performance of the
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Companys operating businesses and their ability to service or reduce debt, to fund growth capital projects and/or support distributions up to the holding company.
In 2008, the Company disclosed EBITDA only. The following tables, for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2008, have been conformed to the current periods presentation reflecting EBITDA excluding non-cash items.
EBITDA excluding non-cash items for the Companys reportable segments is shown in the below tables ($ in thousands) (unaudited). Allocation of corporate expense and the federal tax effect have been excluded from the tables as they are eliminated on consolidation.
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Net income (loss) | $ | 694 | $ | (764 | ) | $ | (7,612 | ) | $ | (1,210 | ) | $ | (8,892 | ) | ||||||
Interest income | (1 | ) | | (5 | ) | (1 | ) | (7 | ) | |||||||||||
Interest expense | 2,213 | 2,554 | 15,870 | 3,193 | 23,830 | |||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 446 | (500 | ) | (5,137 | ) | (907 | ) | (6,098 | ) | |||||||||||
Depreciation | 1,508 | 1,541 | 5,669 | 1,011 | 9,729 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 205 | 345 | 8,576 | | 9,126 | |||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses (gains) on derivative instruments | 3,194 | 4,069 | 10,517 | (490 | ) | 17,290 | ||||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 8,259 | $ | 7,245 | $ | 27,878 | $ | 1,596 | $ | 44,978 |
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Net income (loss) | $ | 1,813 | $ | 1,782 | $ | 253 | $ | (1,583 | ) | $ | 2,265 | |||||||||
Interest income | (9 | ) | (9 | ) | (143 | ) | (28 | ) | (189 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense | 2,363 | 2,618 | 15,894 | 3,769 | 24,644 | |||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 1,166 | 623 | 170 | (1,185 | ) | 774 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation | 1,463 | 1,402 | 5,638 | 1,307 | 9,810 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 214 | 345 | 9,604 | 400 | 10,563 | |||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses (gains) on derivative instruments | 73 | (10 | ) | 578 | (88 | ) | 553 | |||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 7,083 | $ | 6,751 | $ | 31,994 | $ | 2,592 | $ | 48,420 |
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Net income (loss)(1) | $ | 8,327 | $ | 1,104 | $ | (88,094 | ) | $ | (8,263 | ) | $ | (86,926 | ) | |||||||
Interest income | (14 | ) | (4 | ) | (83 | ) | (8 | ) | (109 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense | 6,723 | 7,593 | 52,635 | 11,681 | 78,632 | |||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 5,359 | 721 | (59,467 | ) | (6,184 | ) | (59,571 | ) | ||||||||||||
Depreciation | 4,504 | 4,506 | 25,093 | 9,124 | 43,227 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 631 | 1,023 | 50,269 | | 51,923 | |||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | | 71,200 | | 71,200 | |||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses (gains) losses on derivative instruments | 392 | 639 | 28,601 | (163 | ) | 29,469 | ||||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 25,922 | $ | 15,582 | $ | 80,154 | $ | 6,187 | $ | 127,845 |
(1) | Includes non-cash impairment charges of $102.0 million at the airport services business, consisting of $71.2 million related to goodwill, $23.3 million related to intangible assets, $7.5 million related to property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, and $6.4 million at airport parking business related to property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements. |
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Net income (loss) | $ | 5,395 | $ | 1,477 | $ | 9,595 | $ | (5,287 | ) | $ | 11,180 | |||||||||
Interest income | (33 | ) | (34 | ) | (475 | ) | (91 | ) | (633 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense | 7,058 | 7,795 | 47,507 | 11,468 | 73,828 | |||||||||||||||
Provision (benefit) for income taxes | 3,471 | 516 | 6,476 | (3,956 | ) | 6,507 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation | 4,367 | 4,354 | 15,772 | 3,866 | 28,359 | |||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 642 | 1,027 | 28,594 | 1,943 | 32,206 | |||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses (gains) on derivative instruments | 223 | (28 | ) | 1,133 | (246 | ) | 1,082 | |||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 21,123 | $ | 15,107 | $ | 108,602 | $ | 7,697 | $ | 152,529 |
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Reconciliation of reportable segments EBITDA excluding non-cash items to consolidated net (loss) income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
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Total reportable segments EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 44,978 | $ | 48,420 | $ | 127,845 | $ | 152,529 | ||||||||
Interest income | 8 | 268 | 116 | 1,038 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense | (24,639 | ) | (26,114 | ) | (81,861 | ) | (77,616 | ) | ||||||||
Depreciation(1) | (9,729 | ) | (9,810 | ) | (43,227 | ) | (28,359 | ) | ||||||||
Amortization of intangibles(2) | (9,126 | ) | (10,563 | ) | (51,923 | ) | (32,206 | ) | ||||||||
Selling, general and administrative corporate | (1,732 | ) | 55 | (6,080 | ) | (2,314 | ) | |||||||||
Fees to manager | (1,639 | ) | (2,737 | ) | (2,952 | ) | (11,872 | ) | ||||||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees | 1,178 | 4,051 | 16,655 | 10,603 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | | (71,200 | ) | | |||||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments | (17,371 | ) | (765 | ) | (29,872 | ) | (1,651 | ) | ||||||||
Other income (expense), net | 3 | (220 | ) | 226 | (627 | ) | ||||||||||
Total consolidated net (loss) income before income taxes and noncontrolling interests | $ | (18,069 | ) | $ | 2,585 | $ | (142,273 | ) | $ | 9,525 |
(1) | Depreciation includes depreciation expense for the Company's district energy business and airport parking business, which are reported in cost of services in the consolidated statement of operations. The Company recorded non-cash impairment charges of $7.5 million and $6.4 million at airport services business and airport parking business, respectively, for the first six months of 2009. |
(2) | The Company recorded a non-cash impairment charge of $23.3 million at the airport services business for the first six months of 2009. |
Capital expenditures for the Companys reportable segments were as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
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Gas production and distribution | $ | 1,334 | $ | 2,753 | $ | 4,915 | $ | 7,182 | ||||||||
District energy | 2,044 | 1,356 | 5,447 | 3,323 | ||||||||||||
Airport services | 4,366 | 7,728 | 9,246 | 27,310 | ||||||||||||
Airport parking | 61 | 775 | 373 | 14,772 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 7,805 | $ | 12,612 | $ | 19,981 | $ | 52,587 |
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Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, goodwill and assets for the Companys reportable segments as of September 30, were as follow ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
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Gas production and distribution | $ | 143,269 | $ | 140,408 | $ | 120,193 | $ | 120,193 | $ | 347,269 | $ | 327,835 | ||||||||||||
District energy | 146,063 | 145,885 | 18,646 | 18,646 | 230,544 | 231,382 | ||||||||||||||||||
Airport services | 289,157 | 315,997 | 377,343 | 504,794 | 1,497,028 | 1,775,287 | ||||||||||||||||||
Airport parking | 85,066 | 101,552 | | 138,722 | 191,017 | 299,828 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 663,555 | $ | 703,842 | $ | 516,182 | $ | 782,355 | $ | 2,265,858 | $ | 2,634,332 |
(1) | Includes a non-cash impairment charge of $7.5 million and $6.4 million recorded at the airport services business and airport parking business, respectively, during the first six months of 2009. |
(2) | Includes a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $71.2 million recorded at the airport services business. |
Reconciliation of reportable segments total assets to consolidated total assets ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
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Total assets of reportable segments | $ | 2,265,858 | $ | 2,634,332 | ||||
Investment in IMTT | 201,585 | 201,209 | ||||||
Corporate and other | (102,568 | ) | (7,504 | ) | ||||
Total consolidated assets | $ | 2,364,875 | $ | 2,828,037 |
Reconciliation of reportable segments goodwill to consolidated goodwill ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
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Goodwill of reportable segments | $ | 516,182 | $ | 782,355 | ||||
Corporate and other | | (1,102 | ) | |||||
Total consolidated goodwill | $ | 516,182 | $ | 781,253 |
As of September 30, 2009, the Manager held 3,322,918 LLC interests of the Company, which were acquired concurrently with the closing of the initial public offering in December 2004 and also by reinvesting base management and performance fees in the Company. In addition, the Macquarie Group held LLC interests acquired in open market purchases.
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The Company entered into a management services agreement, or Management Agreement, with the Manager pursuant to which the Manager manages the Companys day-to-day operations and oversees the management teams of the Companys operating businesses. In addition, the Manager has the right to appoint the Chairman of the Board of the Company, and an alternate, subject to minimum equity ownership, and to assign, or second, to the Company, on a permanent and wholly-dedicated basis, employees to assume the role of Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and second or make other personnel available as required.
In accordance with the Management Agreement, the Manager is entitled to a quarterly base management fee based primarily on the Companys market capitalization, and a performance fee, based on the performance of the Companys stock relative to a U.S. utilities index. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008, the Company incurred base management fees of $3.0 million and $11.9 million, respectively. The unpaid portion of the fees at the end of each reporting period is included in due to manager-related party in the consolidated condensed balance sheets. The base management fee for the first quarter of 2009 was paid in cash during the second quarter of 2009. The Manager elected to reinvest the base management fee for the second quarter of 2009 in LLC interests and the Company issued 149,795 LLC interests to the Manager during the third quarter of 2009. The base management fee for the third quarter of 2009 will be reinvested in LLC interests during the fourth quarter of 2009.
The Manager is not entitled to any other compensation and all costs incurred by the Manager, including compensation of seconded staff, are paid by the Manager out of its management fee. However, the Company is responsible for other direct costs including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in the administration or management of the Company and its subsidiaries and investments, income taxes, audit and legal fees, acquisitions and dispositions and its compliance with applicable laws and regulations. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and September 30, 2008, the Manager charged the Company $192,000 and $186,000, respectively, for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The unpaid portion of the out-of-pocket expenses at the end of the reporting period is included in due to manager-related party in the consolidated condensed balance sheet.
The Macquarie Group, and wholly-owned subsidiaries within the Macquarie Group, including Macquarie Bank Limited, or MBL, and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., or MCUSA (formerly Macquarie Securities (USA) Inc.), have provided various advisory and other services and incurred expenses in connection with the Companys equity raising activities, acquisitions and debt structuring for the Company and its businesses. Underwriting fees are recorded in members/stockholders equity as a direct cost of equity offerings. Advisory fees and out-of-pocket expenses relating to acquisitions are expensed as incurred. Debt arranging fees are deferred and amortized over the term of the credit facility. Amounts relating to these transactions comprise the following ($ in thousands):
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reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses to MCUSA | 3 | |||||||
Airport services business debt amendment | debt arranging services from MCUSA | 970 |
During the third quarter of 2009, the Company has engaged Macquarie Group to provide consulting services to improve the efficiency on the recovery of accounts receivable at the airport services business. The Company incurred approximately $159,000 in fees and approximately $70,000 in out-of-pocket expenses.
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At September 30, 2009, MIC Inc. has a $97.0 million revolving credit facility with various financial institutions, including MBL. Amounts relating to the portion of this revolving credit facility from MBL comprise the following ($ in thousands):
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Revolving credit facility commitment provided by Macquarie Group during the period January 1, 2009 through April 13, 2009(1) | $ | 66,667 | ||
Revolving credit facility commitment provided by Macquarie Group during the period April 14, 2009 through September 30, 2009 | 21,556 | |||
Portion of revolving credit facility commitment from Macquarie Group drawn down, as of September 30, 2009 | 14,755 | |||
Macquarie Group portion of the principal payments made to the revolving credit facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 | 578 | |||
Interest expense on Macquarie Group portion of the drawn down commitment, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 | 491 | |||
Commitment fees to the Macquarie Group, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 | 90 |
(1) | On April 14, 2009, the Company elected to reduce the available principal on its revolving credit facility from $300.0 million to $97.0 million. This resulted in a decrease in the Macquarie Groups total commitment under the revolving credit facility from $66.7 million to $21.6 million. See Note 8, Long-Term Debt, for further discussion. |
The Company has derivative instruments in place to fix the interest rate on certain outstanding variable-rate term loan facilities. MBL has provided interest rate swaps for the airport services business and the gas production and distribution business. At September 30, 2009, the airport services business had $827.4 million of its variable-rate term loans hedged, of which MBL was providing the interest rate swaps for a notional amount of $317.8 million. The remainder of the swaps are from an unrelated third party. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the airport services business made net payments to MBL of $10.7 million in relation to these swaps.
As discussed in Note 8, Long-Term Debt, for the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the airport services business paid $7.9 million in interest rate swap breakage fees, of which $1.6 million was paid to MBL.
At September 30, 2009, the gas production and distribution business had hedged $160.0 million of its term loans, of which MBL was providing the interest rate swaps for a notional amount of $48.0 million. The remainder of the swaps are from an unrelated third party. During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the gas production and distribution business made net payments to MBL of $1.3 million in relation to these swaps.
On March 30, 2009, the gas production and distribution business entered into licensing agreements with Utility Service Partners, Inc. and Americas Water Heater Rentals, LLC, both indirect subsidiaries of Macquarie Group Limited, to enable these entities to offer products and services to the gas production and distribution business customer base. No payments were made under these arrangements during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
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On August 29, 2008, Macquarie Global Opportunities Partners completed the acquisition of the jet membership, retail charter and fuel management business units previously owned by Sentient Jet Holdings, LLC. The new company is called Sentient Flight Group (referred to hereafter as Sentient). Sentient is an existing customer of the Companys airport services business. For the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the airport services business recorded $5.9 million in revenue from Sentient. As of September 30, 2009, the airport services business had a $359,000 receivable from Sentient, which is included in accounts receivable in the consolidated condensed balance sheets.
In addition, the Company and various of its subsidiaries have entered into a licensing agreement with the Macquarie Group related to the use of the Macquarie name and trademark. The Macquarie Group does not charge the Company any fees for this license.
The Company expects to incur a net operating loss for federal consolidated tax return purposes for the year ending December 31, 2009. The Company believes that it will be able to utilize the projected federal and certain state 2009 and prior year losses. Accordingly, the Company has not provided a valuation allowance against any deferred tax assets generated in 2009, except as noted below.
The Company and its subsidiaries file separate and combined state income tax returns. In calculating its consolidated projected effective state tax rate for 2009, the Company has taken into consideration an expected need to provide a valuation allowance for certain state income tax net operating loss carryforwards, the utilization of which is not assured beyond a reasonable doubt. In addition, the Company and its subsidiaries expect to incur certain expenses that will not be deductible in determining state taxable income. Accordingly, these expenses have also been excluded in projecting the Companys effective state tax rate.
As discussed in Note 7, Nonfinancial Assets Measured at Fair Value, during the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company incurred a charge to earnings of approximately $108.4 million for the write down of certain fixed assets and intangibles. For purposes of determining its effective income tax rate for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company does not consider the write down to be part of ordinary income. Of this amount, approximately $53.4 million is attributable to goodwill and represents a permanent book-tax difference. As a result, no tax benefit has been recognized for this charge.
At December 31, 2008, the Company and its subsidiaries had a reserve of approximately $313,000 for benefits taken during 2008 and prior tax periods attributable to tax positions for which the probability of recognition is not considered to be more likely than not. There was no material change in that reserve as of September 30, 2009.
There are no material legal proceedings other than as disclosed in Part I, Item 3 of the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the SEC on February 27, 2009.
The Company evaluated and disclosed the following events through November 5, 2009:
On November 4, 2009, per the revised terms of the term loan agreement, as described in Note 8, Long-Term Debt, the airport services business used $9.9 million of excess cash flow to prepay $9.0 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt and incurred $914,000 in interest rate swap breakage fees.
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We own, operate and invest in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses that provide basic, everyday services, such as chilled water for building cooling and gas utility services to businesses and individuals primarily in the U.S. The businesses we own and operate are energy-related businesses, consisting of our bulk liquid storage terminal business, or IMTT, our gas production and distribution business, or TGC, and our district energy business, and aviation-related businesses, consisting of our airport services business and our airport parking business. These infrastructure businesses generally operate in sectors with limited competition and barriers to entry resulting from a variety of factors including high initial development and construction costs, the existence of long-term contracts or the requirement to obtain government approvals and lack of immediate cost-efficient alternatives to the services provided. Overall they tend to generate sustainable and growing long-term cash flows. We operate and finance our businesses in a manner that maximizes these cash flows.
Our energy-related businesses have proven, to date, largely resistant to the economic downturn, primarily due to the contracted or utility-like nature of their revenues combined with the essential services they provide. We believe these businesses are generally able to sustain cash flows during negative business cycles. This is primarily a result of the contracted nature of the revenue streams of the businesses and the contractual or regulatory ability to pass through most cost increases to customers.
The results of our airport services business have been negatively affected since mid-2008 by lower overall economic and aviation activity and perception issues regarding the general aviation sector. However, the results and activity levels at this business have stabilized over the last two quarters.
The uncertainty and instability in the credit markets appears to be subsiding. This is evident in the increase in the volume of lending activity and the price at which such lending is occurring compared with levels during the height of the global financial crisis. We believe that this improvement in the credit market has had a beneficial impact on the outlook for our businesses, given the significant amount of long-term debt those businesses have outstanding. Despite the improvement, we expect to continue to strengthen our consolidated balance sheet and those of our operating entities through prudent reduction in the amount of long-term debt outstanding, further increasing the likelihood that we will be able to successfully refinance this debt as it matures over approximately the next five years.
At March 31, 2009 we reclassified the revolving credit facility at our holding company from long-term debt to current portion of long-term debt in our consolidated condensed balance sheet, due to its maturity on March 31, 2010. We have accumulated the excess cash generated by our gas production and distribution and district energy businesses as a means of repaying a portion of the amount due under the facility. With this cash repayment and assuming seasonally normal performance by the gas production and distribution and district energy businesses in the fourth quarter of 2009 and first quarter of 2010, we expect to have less than $30.0 million principal amount outstanding under this facility at the maturity date. We are in discussions with our lenders to convert the facility to a term loan and extend the maturity date. Under these revised terms, we would expect to fully repay the facility over the remainder of 2010. We continue to consider various other options for repayment of the facility including improving business performance, expense reductions, sale of assets sufficient to cover the remaining principal balance at maturity, or other sources of capital. We remain confident that we will be able to refinance or repay the outstanding borrowings under the facility by the current maturity date.
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There is substantial doubt regarding the business ability to continue as a going concern. The business has engaged financial advisors to actively solicit a sale of the business. A letter of intent was signed during the quarter with a third party, which is conducting due diligence and with which the business is currently negotiating an asset purchase agreement. The business expects to close a sale transaction in 2010, which will likely occur in connection with a bankruptcy filing and consummation of a Chapter 11 plan. Proceeds generated as a result of the sale would be payable to the lenders of the business and not to us. Until an asset purchase agreement is signed and any conditions to closing have been met, including any approval of the sale needed as part of the bankruptcy process, we cannot provide assurance regarding the certainty or timing of a sale closing. As previously indicated, we have no intention of committing additional capital to this business and our ongoing liabilities are expected to be no more than $5.3 million in guarantees of a single parking facility lease. Creditors of this business do not have recourse to any assets of our holding company or any assets of our other businesses, other than approximately $5.3 million in a lease guarantee as of November 5, 2009.
In February 2009, we suspended payment of quarterly cash distributions in order to reduce both holding company debt and operating company debt at certain businesses where the underlying fundamentals were strong. We intend to resume payment of cash distributions when our debt has been reduced to what we believe are sustainable levels, and when we have an acceptable degree of visibility into the functioning of the debt markets and prudent cash reserves.
We file a consolidated federal income tax return that includes the taxable income of all our businesses, except IMTT. For 2009, we expect to have a federal net operating loss that we can carry forward, along with federal net operating losses from prior years, which we can deduct against future years taxable income. Accordingly, we do not expect to have a regular federal income tax liability or make federal tax payments at least through 2010. The cash state and local taxes paid by our businesses is discussed below in the sections entitled Income Taxes for each of our individual businesses.
All discussions of our consolidated results and the results for each of our businesses relate to both the quarter and nine month periods presented, unless stated otherwise.
| strong performance in our energy-related businesses reflecting: |
| increases in average storage rates and volume of storage under contract at our bulk liquid storage terminal business; and |
| the impact of the interim rate increase in the utility sector, combined with effective margin management from the non-utility sector, at our gas production and distribution business. |
| operating results from our airport services business reflecting: |
| a year on year decline in fuel volumes partially offset by cost reductions and in the third quarter of 2009, an improved average dollar-based margin per gallon on fuel sold; |
| since May 2009, a sequential stabilization of fuel volumes and operating expenses with a slight increase in dollar-based margin per gallon; and |
| an increase in interest expense during the nine month period due to payments of interest rate swap breakage fees as a result of the debt amendment and the early repayment of the outstanding term loan debt. |
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Our consolidated results of operations are as follows ($ in thousands):
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Revenue from product sales | $ | 103,017 | $ | 152,060 | (49,043 | ) | (32.3 | ) | $ | 281,639 | $ | 478,219 | (196,580 | ) | (41.1 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Revenue from product sales utility | 26,056 | 36,060 | (10,004 | ) | (27.7 | ) | 67,637 | 97,317 | (29,680 | ) | (30.5 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Service revenue | 72,264 | 87,714 | (15,450 | ) | (17.6 | ) | 214,614 | 263,171 | (48,557 | ) | (18.5 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Financing and equipment lease income | 1,190 | 1,164 | 26 | 2.2 | 3,587 | 3,537 | 50 | 1.4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenue | 202,527 | 276,998 | (74,471 | ) | (26.9 | ) | 567,477 | 842,244 | (274,767 | ) | (32.6 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Costs and expenses |
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Cost of product sales | 61,349 | 109,801 | 48,452 | 44.1 | 160,624 | 337,819 | 177,195 | 52.5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of product sales utility | 19,406 | 31,161 | 11,755 | 37.7 | 50,016 | 82,175 | 32,159 | 39.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of services | 26,562 | 33,070 | 6,508 | 19.7 | 82,701 | 98,615 | 15,914 | 16.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross profit | 95,210 | 102,966 | (7,756 | ) | (7.5 | ) | 274,136 | 323,635 | (49,499 | ) | (15.3 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 54,782 |