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There were 45,431,868 limited liability company interests without par value outstanding at May 4, 2010.
Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC is not an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia) and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (MBL). MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC.
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March 31, 2010 |
December 31, 2009 |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 29,277 | $ | 27,455 | ||||
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,591 and $1,629, respectively | 45,383 | 47,256 | ||||||
Inventories | 15,081 | 14,305 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses | 7,360 | 6,688 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 21,300 | 23,323 | ||||||
Other | 8,541 | 10,839 | ||||||
Assets of discontinued operations held for sale | 88,788 | 86,695 | ||||||
Total current assets | 215,730 | 216,561 | ||||||
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net | 574,884 | 580,087 | ||||||
Restricted cash | 13,780 | 16,016 | ||||||
Equipment lease receivables | 35,402 | 33,266 | ||||||
Investment in unconsolidated business | 208,084 | 207,491 | ||||||
Goodwill | 516,182 | 516,182 | ||||||
Intangible assets, net | 742,410 | 751,081 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization | 14,174 | 17,088 | ||||||
Other | 1,608 | 1,449 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 2,322,254 | $ | 2,339,221 | ||||
LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
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Due to manager related party | $ | 2,279 | $ | 1,977 | ||||
Accounts payable | 45,746 | 44,575 | ||||||
Accrued expenses | 17,945 | 17,432 | ||||||
Current portion of notes payable and capital leases | 232 | 235 | ||||||
Current portion of long-term debt | 50,233 | 45,900 | ||||||
Fair value of derivative instruments | 44,560 | 49,573 | ||||||
Customer deposits | 4,283 | 5,617 | ||||||
Other | 9,130 | 9,338 | ||||||
Liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale | 225,782 | 220,549 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 400,190 | 395,196 | ||||||
Notes payable and capital leases, net of current portion | 1,438 | 1,498 | ||||||
Long-term debt, net of current portion | 1,137,311 | 1,166,379 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes | 108,767 | 107,840 | ||||||
Fair value of derivative instruments | 61,125 | 54,794 | ||||||
Other | 40,396 | 38,746 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 1,749,227 | 1,764,453 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies | | | ||||||
Members equity: |
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LLC interests, no par value; 500,000,000 authorized; 45,431,868 LLC interests issued and outstanding at March 31, 2010 and 45,292,913 LLC interests issued and outstanding at December 31, 2009 | 961,791 | 959,897 | ||||||
Additional paid in capital | 21,763 | 21,956 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (37,884 | ) | (43,232 | ) | ||||
Accumulated deficit | (368,460 | ) | (360,095 | ) | ||||
Total members equity | 577,210 | 578,526 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interests | (4,183 | ) | (3,758 | ) | ||||
Total equity | 573,027 | 574,768 | ||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 2,322,254 | $ | 2,339,221 |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.
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Quarter Ended March 31, 2010 |
Quarter Ended March 31, 2009(1) |
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Revenue |
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Revenue from product sales | $ | 120,018 | $ | 89,192 | ||||
Revenue from product sales utility | 26,835 | 20,167 | ||||||
Service revenue | 53,206 | 56,945 | ||||||
Financing and equipment lease income | 1,245 | 1,192 | ||||||
Total revenue | 201,304 | 167,496 | ||||||
Costs and expenses |
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Cost of product sales | 77,054 | 49,766 | ||||||
Cost of product sales utility | 21,313 | 15,387 | ||||||
Cost of services | 11,145 | 11,071 | ||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 50,734 | 56,143 | ||||||
Fees to manager related party | 2,189 | 462 | ||||||
Goodwill impairment | | 18,000 | ||||||
Depreciation | 7,722 | 13,150 | ||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 8,671 | 30,265 | ||||||
Total operating expenses | 178,828 | 194,244 | ||||||
Operating income (loss) | 22,476 | (26,748 | ) | |||||
Other income (expense) |
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Interest income | 16 | 67 | ||||||
Interest expense(2) | (34,687 | ) | (33,566 | ) | ||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees | 5,593 | 5,449 | ||||||
Loss on derivative instruments | | (25,238 | ) | |||||
Other income, net | 48 | 1,036 | ||||||
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes | (6,554 | ) | (79,000 | ) | ||||
Benefit for income taxes | 1,089 | 32,565 | ||||||
Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (5,465 | ) | $ | (46,435 | ) | ||
Net loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes | (4,013 | ) | (6,424 | ) | ||||
Net loss | $ | (9,478 | ) | $ | (52,859 | ) | ||
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (1,113 | ) | 167 | |||||
Net loss attributable to MIC LLC | $ | (8,365 | ) | $ | (53,026 | ) | ||
Basic and diluted loss per share from continuing operations attributable to MIC LLC interest holders | $ | (0.10 | ) | $ | (1.04 | ) | ||
Basic and diluted loss per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC LLC interest holders | (0.08 | ) | (0.14 | ) | ||||
Basic and diluted loss per share attributable to MIC LLC interest holders: | $ | (0.18 | ) | $ | (1.18 | ) | ||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic and diluted | 45,294,457 | 44,948,694 |
(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
(2) | Interest expense includes non-cash loss on derivative instruments of $11.1 million and $7.0 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These items are recorded in interest expense from the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued. |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.
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Quarter Ended March 31, 2010 |
Quarter Ended March 31, 2009(1) |
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Operating activities |
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Net loss | $ | (9,478 | ) | $ | (52,859 | ) | ||
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations: |
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Net loss from discontinued operations before noncontrolling interests | 4,013 | 6,424 | ||||||
Non-cash goodwill impairment | | 18,000 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment | 9,357 | 14,613 | ||||||
Amortization of intangible assets | 8,671 | 30,265 | ||||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees | (5,593 | ) | (5,449 | ) | ||||
Equity distributions from investees | 5,000 | 5,449 | ||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs | 2,914 | 1,167 | ||||||
Non-cash derivative loss | 11,126 | 32,225 | ||||||
Base management fees settled/to be settled in LLC interests | 2,189 | | ||||||
Equipment lease receivable, net | 712 | 766 | ||||||
Deferred rent | 72 | 44 | ||||||
Deferred taxes | (1,967 | ) | (33,090 | ) | ||||
Other non-cash expenses, net | 703 | (553 | ) | |||||
Changes in other assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions: |
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Restricted cash | 50 | | ||||||
Accounts receivable | 504 | 6,606 | ||||||
Inventories | (776 | ) | 453 | |||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 1,927 | 3,212 | ||||||
Due to manager related party | 7 | (2,950 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | 1,759 | (5,494 | ) | |||||
Income taxes payable | 11 | 633 | ||||||
Other, net | (395 | ) | (1,351 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities from continuing operations | 30,806 | 18,111 | ||||||
Investing activities |
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Purchases of property and equipment | (4,013 | ) | (6,729 | ) | ||||
Investment in capital leased assets | (2,400 | ) | | |||||
Return of investment in unconsolidated business | | 1,551 | ||||||
Other | 6 | (40 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities from continuing operations | (6,407 | ) | (5,218 | ) |
See accompanying notes to the consolidated condensed financial statements.
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Quarter Ended March 31, 2010 |
Quarter Ended March 31, 2009(1) |
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Financing activities |
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Net proceeds on line of credit facilities | | 400 | ||||||
Contributions received from noncontrolling interests | 300 | | ||||||
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests | (342 | ) | (148 | ) | ||||
Payment of long-term debt | (24,736 | ) | (44,621 | ) | ||||
Change in restricted cash | 2,236 | (29 | ) | |||||
Payment of notes and capital lease obligations | (33 | ) | (52 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in financing activities from continuing operations | (22,575 | ) | (44,450 | ) | ||||
Net change in cash and cash equivalents from continuing operations | 1,824 | (31,557 | ) | |||||
Cash flows provided by (used in) discontinued operations: |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities | 3,343 | (1,252 | ) | |||||
Net cash used in investing activities | (106 | ) | (203 | ) | ||||
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (151 | ) | 2,121 | |||||
Cash provided by discontinued operations(2) | 3,086 | 666 | ||||||
Change in cash of discontinued operations held for sale(2) | (3,088 | ) | (699 | ) | ||||
Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 1,822 | (31,590 | ) | |||||
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period | 27,455 | 66,054 | ||||||
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period continuing operations | $ | 29,277 | $ | 34,464 | ||||
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information for continuing operations: |
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Non-cash investing and financing activities: |
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Accrued purchases of property and equipment | $ | 1,172 | $ | 808 | ||||
Issuance of LLC interests to manager for base management fees | $ | 1,894 | $ | | ||||
Taxes paid | $ | 808 | $ | 3 | ||||
Interest paid | $ | 20,628 | $ | 25,837 |
(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
(2) | Cash of discontinued operations held for sale is reported in assets of discontinued operations held for sale in the accompanying consolidated condensed balance sheets. The cash used in discontinued operations is different than the change in cash of discontinued operations held for sale due to intercompany transactions that are eliminated in consolidation. |
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.
The Company is 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 consist of the following:
(i) | a 50% interest in a bulk liquid storage terminal business (International Matex Tank Terminals or IMTT), which provides bulk liquid storage and handling services at ten marine terminals in the United States and two in Canada and is one of the largest participants in this industry in the U.S., based on capacity; |
(ii) | a gas production and distribution business (The Gas Company), which is a full-service gas energy company, making gas products and services available in Hawaii; and, |
(iii) | a 50.01% controlling interest in a district energy business (District Energy), which operates the largest district cooling system in the U.S., serving various customers in Chicago, Illinois and Las Vegas, Nevada. |
Atlantic Aviation an airport services business providing products and services including fuel and aircraft hangaring/parking to owners and operators of private jets at 68 airports and one heliport in the U.S. Atlantic Aviation continues as the only aviation-related business of the Company.
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 ended March 31, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2010.
The consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2009 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.
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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, 2009 included in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010.
In April 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued ASC 825-10-65 Financial Instruments, which is effective for interim reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. 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 Company adopted this guidance during the second quarter of 2009. Since this guidance requires only additional disclosures, the adoption did not have a material impact on the Companys financial results of operations and financial condition.
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.
Following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted number of shares used in computing loss per share:
Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: |
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basic | 45,294,457 | 44,948,694 | ||||||
Dilutive effect of restricted stock unit grants | | | ||||||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: |
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diluted | 45,294,457 | 44,948,694 |
The 128,205 and 14,115 restricted stock unit grants provided to the Companys independent directors on June 4, 2009 and May 27, 2008, respectively, were anti-dilutive for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 due to the Companys net loss for those periods.
Parking Company of America Airports, or PCAA, operates 31 airport parking facilities comprising over 40,000 parking spaces near 20 major airports across the United States. PCAA provides customers with 24-hour secure parking close to airport terminals, as well as transportation via shuttle bus to and from their vehicles and the terminal. Operations are carried out on either owned or leased land at locations near the airports.
On January 28, 2010, the Company announced that PCAA entered into an asset purchase agreement with Bainbridge ZKS Corinthian Holdings, LLC and simultaneously commenced a voluntary Chapter 11 case with the bankruptcy court. On April 27, 2010, an auction for the assets of PCAA was held where Commercial
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Finance Services 2907 Inc. was declared the winning bidder with a purchase price of $141.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. This purchase price, which is subject to approval by the bankruptcy court, will result in:
| the elimination of $201.0 million of current debt from liabilities from the Companys consolidated condensed balance sheet; and |
| the cancelled debt in excess of the sale proceeds used to repay such debt will result in cancellation of debt income. |
As a part of the bankruptcy sale process, substantially all of the cash proceeds will be paid to creditors of the business and not to the Company. If approved, the Company expects to complete the sale of the business in the second quarter of 2010.
As part of the bankruptcy filing, the Company has no obligation to, and has no intention of, committing additional capital to this business and the Companys ongoing liabilities are expected to be no more than $5.4 million in a guarantee of a single parking facility lease. Creditors of this business do not have recourse to any assets of the holding company or any assets of the Companys other businesses, other than the aforementioned lease guarantee.
Results for PCAA are reported separately as discontinued operations for all periods presenzted. The assets and liabilities of the business being sold are included in assets of discontinued operations held for sale and liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale on the Companys consolidated condensed balance sheets.
The following is a summary of the assets and liabilities of discontinued operations held for sale related to PCAA as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009:
March 31, 2010 |
December 31, 2009 |
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Assets |
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Total current assets | $ | 10,304 | $ | 7,676 | ||||
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net | 76,856 | 77,524 | ||||||
Other non-current assets | 1,628 | 1,495 | ||||||
Total assets | $ | 88,788 | $ | 86,695 | ||||
Liabilities |
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Current portion of long-term debt | $ | 200,973 | $ | 200,999 | ||||
Other current liabilities | 15,959 | 10,761 | ||||||
Total current liabilities | 216,932 | 211,760 | ||||||
Other non-current liabilities | 8,850 | 8,789 | ||||||
Total liabilities | 225,782 | 220,549 | ||||||
Noncontrolling interests | (2,029 | ) | (1,863 | ) | ||||
Total liabilities and noncontrolling interests | $ | 223,753 | $ | 218,686 |
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Summarized financial information for discontinued operations related to PCAA for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 are as follows:
For the Quarter Ended March 31, |
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Service revenue | $ | 16,507 | $ | 16,607 | ||||
Net loss from discontinued operations before income taxes | $ | (3,017 | ) | $ | (9,518 | ) | ||
(Provision) benefit for income taxes | (996 | ) | 3,094 | |||||
Net loss from discontinued operations | (4,013 | ) | (6,424 | ) | ||||
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests | (166 | ) | | |||||
Net loss from discontinued operations attributable to MIC LLC | $ | (3,847 | ) | $ | (6,424 | ) | ||
Basic and diluted loss per share from discontinued operations attributable to MIC LLC interest holders | $ | (0.08 | ) | $ | (0.14 | ) | ||
Weighted average number of shares outstanding at the Company level: basic and diluted | 45,294,457 | 44,948,694 |
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consist of the following ($ in thousands):
March 31, 2010 |
December 31, 2009 |
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Land | $ | 4,618 | $ | 4,618 | ||||
Easements | 5,624 | 5,624 | ||||||
Buildings | 24,796 | 24,789 | ||||||
Leasehold and land improvements | 317,152 | 312,881 | ||||||
Machinery and equipment | 331,347 | 330,226 | ||||||
Furniture and fixtures | 9,484 | 9,395 | ||||||
Construction in progress | 14,894 | 16,519 | ||||||
Property held for future use | 1,561 | 1,561 | ||||||
709,476 | 705,613 | |||||||
Less: accumulated depreciation | (134,592 | ) | (125,526 | ) | ||||
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net(1) | $ | 574,884 | $ | 580,087 |
(1) | Includes $149,000 of capitalized interest for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and $1.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2009. |
During the first quarter of 2009, the Company recognized non-cash impairment charges of $5.3 million primarily relating to leasehold and land improvements; buildings; machinery and equipment; and furniture and fixtures at Atlantic Aviation. These charges are recorded in depreciation expense in the consolidated condensed statements of operations. There was no impairment charge in the first quarter of 2010.
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Intangible assets at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 consist of the following ($ in thousands):
Weighted Average Life (Years) |
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Contractual arrangements | 31.1 | $ | 774,309 | $ | 774,309 | |||||||
Non-compete agreements | 2.5 | 9,515 | 9,515 | |||||||||
Customer relationships | 10.7 | 78,596 | 78,596 | |||||||||
Leasehold rights | 12.5 | 3,331 | 3,331 | |||||||||
Trade names | Indefinite | 15,401 | 15,401 | |||||||||
Technology | 5.0 | 460 | 460 | |||||||||
881,612 | 881,612 | |||||||||||
Less: accumulated amortization | (139,202 | ) | (130,531 | ) | ||||||||
Intangible assets, net | $ | 742,410 | $ | 751,081 |
As a result of a decline in the performance of certain asset groups during the first quarter of 2009, 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 the discounted cash flow model. Accordingly, the Company recognized a non-cash impairment charge of $20.4 million related to contractual arrangements at Atlantic Aviation during the first quarter of 2009. These charges are recorded in amortization of intangibles in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. There was no impairment charge in the first quarter of 2010.
The goodwill balance as of March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 comprises the following ($ in thousands):
Goodwill acquired in business combinations, net of disposals | $ | 639,382 | ||
Less: accumulated impairment charges | (123,200 | ) | ||
Balance at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 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 over the latter part of 2008 and the first half of 2009 caused the book value of the Company to exceed its market capitalization. In addition to its annual goodwill impairment testing conducted routinely on October 1st of each year, the Company performed goodwill impairment testing during the first quarter of 2009 due to the triggering event of the Companys stock price decline. Based on the testing performed, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment charge of $18.0 million at Atlantic Aviation during the first quarter of 2009, which is included in the accumulated impairment charges in the above table. There was no goodwill impairment charge in the first quarter of 2010.
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The following major categories of nonfinancial assets at the impaired asset groups were written down to fair value during the quarter ended March 31, 2009 for Atlantic Aviation ($ in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements Using | Total Losses |
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Description | Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |
Quarter Ended March 31, 2009 |
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Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements, net | $ | | $ | | $ | 2,909 | $ | 5,321 | ||||||||||||
Intangible Assets | | | 11,451 | 20,364 | ||||||||||||||||
Goodwill | | | 430,543 | 18,000 | ||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | | $ | 444,903 | $ | 43,685 |
The Company estimated the fair value of each of the impaired asset groups using discounted cash flows. Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements for Atlantic Aviation with a carrying amount of $8.2 million were written down to fair value of $2.9 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The non-cash impairment charge of $5.3 million was recorded in depreciation expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2009. There was no impairment charge in the first quarter of 2010.
Additionally, intangible assets at Atlantic Aviation with carrying amounts of $31.8 million were written down to their fair value of $11.4 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2009. The non-cash impairment charge of $20.4 million was recorded in amortization of intangibles expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. There was no impairment charge in the first quarter of 2010.
As discussed in Note 7, Intangible Assets, the Company performed goodwill impairment analyses during the quarter ended March 31, 2009. As a result of these analyses, goodwill at Atlantic Aviation with a carrying amount of $448.5 million was written down to its implied fair value of $430.5 million resulting in a non-cash impairment charge of $18.0 million. This non-cash impairment charge was included in goodwill impairment in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. There was no goodwill impairment charge in the first quarter of 2010.
The significant unobservable inputs (level 3) used for all fair value measurements in the above table included forecasted cash flows of Atlantic Aviation and its asset groups, the discount rate and, in the case of goodwill, the terminal value. The forecasted cash flows for this business were developed using actual cash flows from 2009, forecasted jet fuel volumes from the Federal Aviation Administration, forecasted consumer price indices and forecasted LIBOR rates based on proprietary models using various published sources. The discount rate was developed using a capital asset pricing model.
Model inputs included:
| a risk free rate equal to the rate on 20 year U.S. treasury securities; |
| a risk premium based on the risk premium for the U.S. equity market overall; |
| the observed beta of comparable listed companies; |
| a small company risk premium based on historical data provided by Ibbotsons; and |
| a specific company risk premium based on the uncertainty in the current market conditions. |
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The terminal value was based on observed earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, or EBITDA, and multiples historically paid in transactions for comparable businesses.
At March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009, the Companys consolidated long-term debt consisted of the following ($ in thousands):
March 31, 2010 |
December 31, 2009 |
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The Gas Company | $ | 179,000 | $ | 179,000 | ||||
District Energy | 170,000 | 170,000 | ||||||
Atlantic Aviation | 838,544 | 863,279 | ||||||
Total | 1,187,544 | 1,212,279 | ||||||
Less: current portion | (50,233 | ) | (45,900 | ) | ||||
Long-term portion | $ | 1,137,311 | $ | 1,166,379 |
Until March 31, 2010, MIC Inc. had a revolving credit facility with various financial institutions. The facility was repaid in full in December 2009 and no amounts were outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2009 or at the facilitys maturity on March 31, 2010.
On February 25, 2009, Atlantic Aviation amended its credit facility to provide the business additional financial flexibility over the near and medium term. 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 ended March 31, 2010, Atlantic Aviation used $27.2 million of excess cash flow to prepay $24.7 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt under the facility and $2.5 million in interest rate swap breakage fees.
In May 2010, Atlantic Aviation used $3.3 million of excess cash flow from the first quarter of 2010 to prepay $3.0 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt under this facility and incurred $296,000 in interest rate swap breakage fees.
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 March 31, 2010, the Company had $1.2 billion of current and long-term debt, $1.1 billion of which was economically hedged with interest rate swaps and $83.9 million of which was unhedged.
As discussed in Note 9, Long-Term Debt, Atlantic Aviation applies its excess cash flow to prepay debt. As a result, $6.2 million of accumulated other comprehensive loss in the consolidated condensed balance sheet related to Atlantic Aviations derivative instruments were reclassified to interest expense in the consolidated condensed statement of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. Atlantic Aviation expects to record further reclassifications from accumulated other comprehensive loss to interest expense as the business continues to pay down its debt.
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In March 2009, Atlantic Aviation, The Gas Company and District Energy entered into interest rate basis swap contracts with their existing counterparties that expired on March 31, 2010. These contracts effectively changed the interest rate index on the Companys existing swap contracts from the 90-day LIBOR rate to the 30-day LIBOR rate plus a margin of 19.50 basis points for Atlantic Aviation and 24.75 basis points for The Gas Company and District Energy. This transaction, adjusted for the prepayments of outstanding principal on the term loan debt at Atlantic Aviation, resulted in $580,000 and $1.8 million lower interest expense for these businesses for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 and the year ended December 31, 2009, respectively.
Effective February 25, 2009 for Atlantic Aviation and effective April 1, 2009 for the Companys other businesses, the Company elected to discontinue hedge accounting. In prior periods, when the Company applied hedge accounting, changes in the fair value of derivatives that effectively offset the variability of cash flows on the Companys debt interest obligations were recorded in other comprehensive income or loss. 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 interest payments are made, a portion of the other comprehensive loss recorded under hedge accounting is also reclassified into earnings. The Company will reclassify into earnings the $64.2 million of net derivative losses included in accumulated other comprehensive loss as of March 31, 2010 over the remaining life of the existing interest rate swaps of which approximately $26.1 million that will be reclassified over the next 12 months.
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 sheets at March 31, 2010 and December 31, 2009 were as follows:
Liabilities at Fair Value(1) | ||||||||
Interest Rate Swap Contracts Not Designated as Hedging Instruments |
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Balance Sheet Location | March 31, 2010 |
December 31, 2009 |
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Fair value of derivative instruments current liabilities | $ | (44,560 | ) | $ | (49,573 | ) | ||
Fair value of derivative instruments non-current liabilities | (61,125 | ) | (54,794 | ) | ||||
Total interest rate derivative contracts | $ | (105,685 | ) | $ | (104,367 | ) |
(1) | Fair value measurements at reporting date were made using significant other observable inputs (level 2). |
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The Companys hedging activities for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 and the related location within the consolidated condensed financial statements were as follows:
Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments(1) | Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments(1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Amount of Gain Recognized in OCI on Derivatives (Effective Portion) for the Quarter Ended March 31, |
Amount of Loss Reclassified from OCI into Income (Effective Portion) for the Quarter Ended March 31, |
Amount of Loss Recognized in Loss on Derivative Instruments (Ineffective Portion) for the Quarter Ended March 31, |
Amount of Loss Recognized in Interest Expense for the Quarter Ended March 31, |
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Financial Statement Account | 2010 | 2009 | 2010 | 2009(2) | 2010 | 2009 | 2010(3) | 2009(3) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Interest Expense | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | (15,691 | ) | $ | | $ | | $ | (27,134 | ) | $ | (6,987 | ) | |||||||||||||
Loss on Derivative Instruments(2) | | | | (25,154 | ) | | (84 | ) | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Gain | | 2,848 | | | | | | | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | | $ | 2,848 | $ | | $ | (40,845 | ) | $ | | $ | (84 | ) | $ | (27,134 | ) | $ | (6,987 | ) |
(1) | All derivatives are interest rate swap contracts. |
(2) | Includes $22.7 million of accumulated other comprehensive losses reclassified into earnings (loss on derivative instruments) resulting from the $44.6 million repayment of debt principal at Atlantic Aviation in the first quarter of 2009. Interest expense represents cash interest paid on derivative instruments, of which $5.2 million is related to the payment of interest rate swap breakage fees in the first quarter of 2009. |
(3) | Loss recognized in interest expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 includes $13.5 million in interest rate swap payments, $2.5 million in interest rate swap breakage fees and $11.1 million in unrealized derivative losses arising from: |
| the change in fair value of interest rate swaps from the discontinuation of hedge accounting; and |
| the reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings, as Atlantic Aviation pays down its debt more quickly than anticipated. |
Loss recognized in interest expense for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 includes $7.0 million in unrealized derivative losses.
All of the Companys derivative instruments are collateralized by all of the assets of the respective businesses.
Other comprehensive loss includes primarily the change in fair value of derivative instruments which qualified for hedge accounting until the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued, as discussed in Note 10, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.
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The difference between net loss and comprehensive loss for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009 was as follows ($ in thousands):
Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Net loss attributable to MIC LLC | $ | (8,365 | ) | $ | (53,026 | ) | ||
Unrealized gain in fair value of derivatives, net of taxes | | 1,498 | ||||||
Reclassification of realized losses into earnings, net of taxes | 5,348 | 25,990 | ||||||
Comprehensive loss | $ | (3,017 | ) | $ | (25,538 | ) |
For further discussion on derivative instruments and hedging activities, see Note 10, Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities.
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 Atlantic Aviation. Atlantic Aviation continues as the only aviation-related business of the Company.
The energy-related businesses consist of two reportable segments: The Gas Company and District Energy. The energy-related businesses also include a 50% investment in IMTT, which is accounted for under the equity method. Financial information for IMTTs business as a whole is presented below ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
Quarter Ended, and as at, March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Revenue | $ | 107,038 | $ | 86,803 | ||||
Net income | $ | 13,243 | $ | 13,263 | ||||
Interest expense, net | 12,125 | 7,061 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes | 9,606 | 8,939 | ||||||
Depreciation and amortization expense | 14,618 | 12,824 | ||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative instruments | | (3,306 | ) | |||||
Other non-cash income (expenses) | 233 | (826 | ) | |||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items(1) | $ | 49,825 | $ | 37,955 | ||||
Capital expenditures paid | $ | 19,430 | $ | 39,942 | ||||
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net | 987,800 | 935,348 | ||||||
Total assets balance | 1,067,019 | 1,020,564 |
(1) | EBITDA consists of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Non-cash items that are excluded consist of impairments, derivative gains and losses and all other non-cash income and expense items. |
All of the business segments are managed separately and management has chosen to organize the Company around the distinct products and services offered.
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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 Company segment is included in revenue from product sales. Revenue is generated from the 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 Company includes fuel adjustment charges, or FACs, through which changes in fuel costs are passed through to customers.
The revenue from the District Energy segment is included in service revenue and financing and equipment lease income. Included in service revenue is capacity 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. District Energy provides its services to buildings primarily throughout the downtown Chicago area and a casino and shopping mall located in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The Atlantic Aviation segment derives the majority of its revenues from fuel sales and from other airport services, including de-icing, aircraft hangarage and other aviation services. All of the revenue of Atlantic Aviation is generated in the United States at 68 airports and one heliport at March 31, 2010.
Selected information by 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 consolidated reportable segments was as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
Quarter Ended March 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
Energy-related Businesses |
Atlantic Aviation |
Total | ||||||||||||||
The Gas Company |
District Energy |
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Revenue from Product Sales |
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Product sales | $ | 25,310 | $ | | $ | 94,708 | $ | 120,018 | ||||||||
Product sales utility | 26,835 | | | 26,835 | ||||||||||||
52,145 | | 94,708 | 146,853 | |||||||||||||
Service Revenue |
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Other services | | 864 | 45,341 | 46,205 | ||||||||||||
Cooling capacity revenue | | 5,238 | | 5,238 | ||||||||||||
Cooling consumption revenue | | 1,763 | | 1,763 | ||||||||||||
| 7,865 | 45,341 | 53,206 | |||||||||||||
Financing and Lease Income |
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Financing and equipment lease | | 1,245 | | 1,245 | ||||||||||||
| 1,245 | | 1,245 | |||||||||||||
Total Revenue | $ | 52,145 | $ | 9,110 | $ | 140,049 | $ | 201,304 |
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Energy-related Businesses |
Atlantic Aviation |
Total | ||||||||||||||
The Gas Company |
District Energy |
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Revenue from Product Sales |
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Product sales | $ | 21,075 | $ | | $ | 68,117 | 89,192 | |||||||||
Product sales utility | 20,167 | | | 20,167 | ||||||||||||
41,242 | | 68,117 | 109,359 | |||||||||||||
Service Revenue |
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Other services | | 756 | 49,064 | 49,820 | ||||||||||||
Cooling capacity revenue | | 4,897 | | 4,897 | ||||||||||||
Cooling consumption revenue | | 2,228 | | 2,228 | ||||||||||||
| 7,881 | 49,064 | 56,945 | |||||||||||||
Financing and Lease Income |
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Financing and equipment lease | | 1,192 | | 1,192 | ||||||||||||
| 1,192 | | 1,192 | |||||||||||||
Total Revenue | $ | 41,242 | $ | 9,073 | $ | 117,181 | 167,496 | |||||||||
In accordance with FASB ASC 280 Segment Reporting, the Company has disclosed earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items as a key performance metric relied on by management in evaluation the Companys performance. Non-cash items includes impairments, derivative gains and losses and adjustments for other non-cash items reflected in the statements of operations. The Company believes EBITDA excluding non-cash items provides additional insight into the performance of the operating businesses relative to each other and similar businesses without regard to their capital structure, and their ability to service or reduce debt, fund capital expenditures and/or support distributions to the holding company. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is reconciled to net income or loss.
During the quarter ended March 31, 2009, the Company disclosed EBITDA only. The following tables, reflecting results of operations for the consolidated group and for each of the businesses for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 have been conformed to current periods presentation reflecting EBITDA excluding non-cash items.
EBITDA excluding non-cash items for the Companys consolidated reportable segments is shown in the tables below ($ in thousands) (unaudited). Allocation of corporate expense and the federal tax effect have been excluded as they are eliminated on consolidation.
Quarter Ended March 31, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
Energy-related Businesses |
Atlantic Aviation |
Total Reportable Segments |
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The Gas Company |
District Energy |
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Net income (loss) | $ | 2,254 | $ | (2,631 | ) | $ | (4,352 | ) | $ | (4,729 | ) | |||||
Interest expense, net | 4,807 | 6,028 | 23,599 | 34,434 | ||||||||||||
Benefit (provision) for income taxes | 1,451 | (1,720 | ) | (2,937 | ) | (3,206 | ) | |||||||||
Depreciation | 1,512 | 1,635 | 6,210 | 9,357 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 206 | 337 | 8,128 | 8,671 | ||||||||||||
Other non-cash expense | 534 | 155 | 47 | 736 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 10,764 | $ | 3,804 | $ | 30,695 | $ | 45,263 |
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Energy-related Businesses |
Atlantic Aviation(1) |
Total Reportable Segments |
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The Gas Company |
District Energy |
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Net income (loss) | $ | 3,115 | $ | (1,646 | ) | $ | (49,606 | ) | $ | (48,137 | ) | |||||
Interest expense, net | 2,617 | 2,955 | 26,504 | 32,076 | ||||||||||||
Benefit (provision) for income taxes | 2,005 | (1,075 | ) | (33,486 | ) | (32,556 | ) | |||||||||
Depreciation | 1,476 | 1,463 | 11,674 | 14,613 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 214 | 337 | 29,714 | 30,265 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | | 18,000 | 18,000 | ||||||||||||
Loss on derivative instruments | 327 | 1,378 | 23,331 | 25,036 | ||||||||||||
Other non-cash expense | 451 | 104 | 63 | 618 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 10,205 | $ | 3,516 | $ | 26,194 | $ | 39,915 |
(1) | Includes non-cash impairment charges of $43.7 million recorded during the first quarter of 2009, consisting of $20.4 million related to intangible assets (in amortization of intangibles), $18.0 million related to goodwill and $5.3 million related to property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements (in depreciation). |
Reconciliations of consolidated reportable segments EBITDA excluding non-cash items to consolidated net loss from continuing operations before income taxes are as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Total reportable segments EBITDA excluding non-cash items | $ | 45,263 | $ | 39,915 | ||||
Interest income | 16 | 67 | ||||||
Interest expense | (34,687 | ) | (33,566 | ) | ||||
Depreciation(1) | (9,357 | ) | (14,613 | ) | ||||
Amortization of intangibles(2) | (8,671 | ) | (30,265 | ) | ||||
Selling, general and administrative corporate | (1,980 | ) | (2,931 | ) | ||||
Fees to manager | (2,189 | ) | (462 | ) | ||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees | 5,593 | 5,449 | ||||||
Goodwill impairment | | (18,000 | ) | |||||
Loss on derivative instruments | | (25,238 | ) | |||||
Other (expense) income, net | (542 | ) | 644 | |||||
Total consolidated net loss from continuing operations before income taxes | $ | (6,554 | ) | $ | (79,000 | ) |
(1) | Depreciation includes depreciation expense for District Energy, which is reported in cost of services in the consolidated condensed statement of operations. Depreciation also includes a non-cash impairment charge of $5.3 million recorded by Atlantic Aviation during the first quarter of 2009. |
(2) | Includes a non-cash impairment charge of $20.4 million for contractual arrangements recorded during the first quarter of 2009 at Atlantic Aviation. |
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Capital expenditures for the Companys reportable segments were as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
The Gas Company | $ | 2,331 | $ | 1,865 | ||||
District Energy | 346 | 1,619 | ||||||
Atlantic Aviation | 1,336 | 3,245 | ||||||
Total | $ | 4,013 | $ | 6,729 |
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, goodwill and total assets for the Companys reportable segments as of March 31 were as follows ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements |
Goodwill | Total Assets | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009(1) | 2010(2) | 2009(2) | 2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||
The Gas Company | $ | 143,784 | $ | 143,233 | $ | 120,193 | $ | 120,193 | $ | 351,703 | $ | 333,105 | ||||||||||||
District Energy | 150,170 | 146,656 | 18,647 | 18,647 | 230,329 | 226,088 | ||||||||||||||||||
Atlantic Aviation | 280,930 | 295,166 | 377,342 | 430,542 | 1,464,161 | 1,590,116 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 574,884 | $ | 585,055 | $ | 516,182 | $ | 569,382 | $ | 2,046,193 | $ | 2,149,309 |
(1) | Includes a non-cash impairment charge of $5.3 million recorded during the first quarter of 2009 at Atlantic Aviation. |
(2) | Non-cash goodwill impairment charges of $18.0 million and $53.2 million were recorded at Atlantic Aviation during the first and second quarters of 2009, respectively. |
Reconciliation of reportable segments total assets to consolidated total assets ($ in thousands) (unaudited):
As of March 31, | ||||||||
2010 | 2009 | |||||||
Total assets of reportable segments | $ | 2,046,193 | $ | 2,149,309 | ||||
Investment in IMTT | 208,084 | 190,379 | ||||||
Assets of discontinued operations held for sale | 88,788 | 97,455 | ||||||
Corporate and other | (20,811 | ) | (11,631 | ) | ||||
Total consolidated assets | $ | 2,322,254 | $ | 2,425,512 |
As of March 31, 2010, the Manager held 3,642,182 LLC interests of the Company, which were acquired concurrently with the closing of the initial public offering in December 2004 and by reinvesting base management and performance fees in the Company. In addition, the Macquarie Group held LLC interests acquired in open market purchases.
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
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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 quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Company incurred base management fees of $2.2 million and $462,000, 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 2010 will be reinvested in LLC interests during the second quarter of 2010.
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 quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the Manager charged the Company $90,000 and $109,000, respectively, for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The unpaid portion of the out-of-pocket expenses at the end of the reporting period is included in due to manager-related party in the consolidated condensed balance sheet.
The Macquarie Group, and wholly-owned subsidiaries within the Macquarie Group, including Macquarie Bank Limited, or MBL, and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., or MCUSA, have provided various advisory and other services and incurred expenses in connection with the Companys equity raising activities, acquisitions and debt structuring for the Company and its businesses. Underwriting fees are recorded in members equity as a direct cost of equity offerings. Advisory fees and out-of-pocket expenses relating to acquisitions are expensed as incurred. Debt arranging fees are deferred and amortized over the term of the credit facility. Amounts relating to these transactions comprise the following ($ in thousands):
Strategic review of alternatives available to the Company advisory services from MCUSA |
$ | 500 |
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Until March 31, 2010, the Company had a revolving credit facility provided by various financial institutions, including entities within the Macquarie Group. The facility was repaid in full during 2009 and no amounts were outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2009 or at the facilitys maturity on March 31, 2010. Amounts relating to the portion of this revolving credit facility from the Macquarie Group comprise the following ($ in thousands):
Revolving credit facility commitment provided by Macquarie Group during January 1, 2010 through March 30, 2010(1) | $ | 4,444 | ||
Revolving credit facility commitment provided by Macquarie Group at March 31, 2010(2) | | |||
Portion of revolving credit facility commitment from Macquarie Group drawn down, as of March 31, 2010(2)(3) | | |||
Interest expense on Macquarie Group portion of the drawn down commitment, for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 | | |||
Commitment fees to the Macquarie Group, for quarter ended March 31, 2010 | 5 |
(1) | On December 31, 2009, the Company elected to reduce the available principal on its revolving credit facility from $97.0 million to $20.0 million. This resulted in a decrease in the Macquarie Groups total commitment under its revolving credit facility from $21.6 million to $4.4 million. |
(2) | The holding companys revolving credit facility matured on March 31, 2010. |
(3) | On December 28, 2009, the Company repaid the entire outstanding principal balance on its revolving credit facility. |
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 Atlantic Aviation and The Gas Company. At March 31, 2010, Atlantic Aviation had $793.6 million of its variable-rate term loans hedged, of which MBL provided the interest rate swaps for a notional amount of $278.8 million. The remainder of the swaps are from an unrelated third party. During the quarter ended March 31, 2010, Atlantic Aviation made net payments to MBL of $3.5 million in relation to these swaps.
As discussed in Note 9, Long-Term Debt, for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, Atlantic Aviation paid $2.5 million in interest rate swap breakage fees, of which $320,000 was paid to MBL.
In May 2010, Atlantic Aviation used $3.3 million of excess cash flow to prepay $3.0 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt and incurred $296,000 in interest rate swap breakage fees, of which $34,000 was paid to MBL.
At March 31, 2010, The Gas Company had $160.0 million of its term loans hedged, of which MBL provided 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 quarter ended March 31, 2010, The Gas Company made net payments to MBL of $523,000 in relation to these swaps.
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On March 30, 2009, The Gas Company 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 Companys customer base. No payments were made under these arrangements during the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
On August 29, 2008, Macquarie Global Opportunities Partners, or MGOP, a private equity fund managed by the Macquarie Group, 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 was an existing customer of Atlantic Aviation. For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, Atlantic Aviation recorded $4.2 million in revenue from Sentient. As of March 31, 2010, Atlantic Aviation had $217,000 in receivables 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 income tax purposes for the year ending December 31, 2010. The Company believes that it will be able to utilize the projected federal and certain state consolidated 2010 and prior year losses. Accordingly, the Company has not provided a valuation allowance against any deferred tax assets generated in 2010, except as noted below. Two of the Companys businesses, IMTT and District Energy, are less than 80% owned by the Company, and those businesses file separate federal consolidated income tax returns.
In the first quarter of 2010, the Company revised the valuation allowance to approximately $18.0 million, a decrease of approximately $2.6 million from December 31, 2009. This decrease was recorded as a benefit in the tax provision for the first quarter of 2010.
The Company and its subsidiaries file separate and combined state income tax returns. In calculating its consolidated projected effective state tax rate for 2010, 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.
At December 31, 2009, the Company and its subsidiaries had a reserve of approximately $336,000 for benefits taken during 2009 and prior tax periods attributable to tax positions for which the probability of recognition is considered to be less than more likely than not. There was no material change in that reserve as of March 31, 2010, and no material change is expected for the year ended December 31, 2010.
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, 2009, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010.
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The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company should be read in conjunction with the consolidated condensed financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere herein.
We own, operate and invest in a diversified group of infrastructure businesses that provide basic 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: IMTT, The Gas Company, and our controlling interest in District Energy; and Atlantic Aviation, the only aviation-related business of our Company.
On January 28, 2010, an airport parking business owned by us (Parking Company of America Airports or PCAA) entered into an asset purchase agreement and simultaneously filed for bankruptcy. The sale is expected to close in the second quarter of 2010. This business is now a discontinued operation for the Company and is therefore separately reported in the Companys consolidated financial statements and is no longer a reportable segment.
Our infrastructure businesses generally operate in sectors with limited competition and barriers to entry including high initial development and construction costs, the existence of long-term contracts or the requirement to obtain government approvals and a lack of immediate cost-efficient alternatives to the services provided. Overall they tend to generate sustainable and growing long-term cash flows.
Our energy-related businesses have proven, to date, largely resistant to the recent economic downturn, primarily due to the contracted or utility-like nature of their revenues combined with the essential services they provide and the contractual or regulatory ability to pass through most cost increases to customers. We believe these businesses are generally able to generate consistent cash flows throughout the business cycle.
The results of Atlantic Aviation have been negatively affected since mid-2008 by the slower economy and declining general aviation activity levels through mid-2009. However, general aviation activity levels stabilized in the second half of 2009 and showed year on year growth in December 2009 and through the quarter ended March 31, 2010. This stabilization and growth in general aviation activity levels, combined with expense reduction efforts, results in an improving outlook for the business.
The uncertainty and instability in the credit markets that accompanied the economic downturn 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 in the credit markets, we expect to continue to strengthen our consolidated balance sheet and those of our operating entities through prudent reductions 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 four years. In 2009, we accomplished a portion of this objective by repaying in full our holding company debt, reducing the indebtedness of Atlantic Aviation and through PCAA having entered into an asset purchase agreement, as discussed below.
On January 28, 2010, we announced that PCAA entered into an asset purchase agreement with Bainbridge ZKS Corinthian Holdings, LLC and simultaneously commenced a voluntary Chapter 11 case with the bankruptcy court. On April 27, 2010, an auction for the assets of PCAA was held where Commercial Finance Services 2907 Inc. was declared the winning bidder with a purchase price of $141.0 million, subject to certain adjustments. This purchase price, which is subject to approval by the bankruptcy court, will result in the elimination of $201.0 million of current debt from liabilities from the Companys consolidated condensed balance sheet. The cancelled debt in excess of the sale proceeds used to repay such debt will result in cancellation of debt income. As a part of the bankruptcy sale process, substantially all of the cash proceeds
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will be paid to creditors of the business and not to us. If approved, we expect to complete the sale of the business in the second quarter of 2010.
As part of the bankruptcy filing, we have no obligation to, and have no intention of, committing additional capital to this business and our ongoing liabilities are expected to be no more than $5.4 million in a guarantee 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 the aforementioned lease guarantee.
Until March 31, 2010, the Company had a revolving credit facility with various financial institutions, including entities within the Macquarie Group. The facility was repaid in full in December 2009 and no amounts were outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2009 or at the facilitys maturity on March 31, 2010.
We file a consolidated federal income tax return that includes the taxable income of all our businesses, except IMTT and District Energy, which businesses will file separate income tax returns. We will include in our taxable income the taxable portion of any distributions from those businesses, which qualify for the 80% dividends received deduction.
As a result of available federal net operating loss carryforwards, we do not expect to have consolidated regular federal taxable income or regular federal tax payments at least through the 2012 tax year. The cash state and local taxes paid by our individual businesses are discussed in the sections entitled Income Taxes for each of our individual businesses.
In February 2009, we suspended payment of quarterly cash distributions to shareholders in favor of applying the cash generated by our operating businesses to the reduction of holding company debt and operating company debt, principally at Atlantic Aviation. This policy is likely to remain in effect until such time as, a) we have achieved a prudent level of cash reserves at both our holding company and operating companies, and b) the credit markets and customer spending patterns at the user-pay businesses regain a level of stability and predictability that enables us to confidently estimate refinancing terms relating to our long-term debt.
| strong performance in our energy-related businesses reflecting: |
| increases in average storage rates and storage capacity at IMTT; |
| increase in revenue and gross profit from IMTT spill response activity in January 2010; |
| interim rate case increase in the utility sector, offset by a decline in volumes sold at The Gas Company; and |
| an increase in contracted capacity as new customers began service at District Energy. |
| operating results from Atlantic Aviation reflecting: |
| higher general aviation fuel volumes, partially offset by lower weighted average fuel margins; |
| cost reductions; and |
| lower interest expense as a result of the early repayment of the outstanding term loan debt; partially offset by |
| decrease in non-fuel revenue, primarily service fees. |
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Our consolidated results of operations are as follows ($ in thousands):
Quarter ended March 31, | Change (from 2009 to 2010) Favorable/(Unfavorable) |
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2010 | 2009(1) | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Revenue |
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Revenue from product sales | $ | 120,018 | $ | 89,192 | 30,826 | 34.6 | ||||||||||
Revenue from product sales utility | 26,835 | 20,167 | 6,668 | 33.1 | ||||||||||||
Service revenue | 53,206 | 56,945 | (3,739 | ) | (6.6 | ) | ||||||||||
Financing and equipment lease income | 1,245 | 1,192 | 53 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | 201,304 | 167,496 | 33,808 | 20.2 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses |
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Cost of product sales | 77,054 | 49,766 | (27,288 | ) | (54.8 | ) | ||||||||||
Cost of product sales utility | 21,313 | 15,387 | (5,926 | ) | (38.5 | ) | ||||||||||
Cost of services | 11,145 | 11,071 | (74 | ) | (0.7 | ) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | 91,792 | 91,272 | 520 | 0.6 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative | 50,734 | 56,143 | 5,409 | 9.6 | ||||||||||||
Fees to manager-related party | 2,189 | 462 | (1,727 | ) | NM | |||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | 18,000 | 18,000 | NM | ||||||||||||
Depreciation | 7,722 | 13,150 | 5,428 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 8,671 | 30,265 | 21,594 | 71.3 | ||||||||||||
Total operating expenses | 69,316 | 118,020 | 48,704 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 22,476 | (26,748 | ) | 49,224 | 184.0 | |||||||||||
Other income (expense) |
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Interest income | 16 | 67 | (51 | ) | (76.1 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense(2) | (34,687 | ) | (33,566 | ) | (1,121 | ) | (3.3 | ) | ||||||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees | 5,593 | 5,449 | 144 | 2.6 | ||||||||||||
Loss on derivative instruments | | (25,238 | ) | 25,238 | NM | |||||||||||
Other income, net | 48 | 1,036 | (988 | ) | (95.4 | ) | ||||||||||
Net loss from continuing operations before income taxes | (6,554 | ) | (79,000 | ) | 72,446 | 91.7 | ||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes | 1,089 | 32,565 | (31,476 | ) | (96.7 | ) | ||||||||||
Net loss from continuing operations | $ | (5,465 | ) | $ | (46,435 | ) | 40,970 | 88.2 | ||||||||
Net loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes | (4,013 | ) | (6,424 | ) | 2,411 | 37.5 | ||||||||||
Net loss | $ | (9,478 | ) | $ | (52,859 | ) | 43,381 | 82.1 | ||||||||
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests | (1,113 | ) | 167 | 1,280 | NM | |||||||||||
Net loss attributable to MIC LLC | $ | (8,365 | ) | $ | (53,026 | ) | 44,661 | 84.2 |
NM Not meaningful
(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
(2) | Interest expense includes non-cash loss on derivative instruments of $11.1 million and $7.0 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These items are recorded in interest expense from the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued. |
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Consolidated gross profit was relatively flat as compared to the first quarter of 2009, reflecting improved results at our consolidated energy-related businesses and fuel-related services at Atlantic Aviation, offset by a decrease in gross profit from other services at Atlantic Aviation.
The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses was primarily a result of cost reduction efforts at Atlantic Aviation.
Base fees to our Manager increased due to higher market capitalization. Our Manager elected to reinvest the first quarter 2010 base management fees in additional LLC interests.
Goodwill is considered impaired when the carrying amount of a reporting units goodwill exceeds its implied fair value. During the first quarter of 2009, we recognized a goodwill impairment charge of $18.0 million at Atlantic Aviation. There was no impairment charge in the first quarter of 2010.
The decrease in depreciation reflects non-cash asset impairment charges of $5.3 million recorded during the first quarter of 2009 at Atlantic Aviation.
The decrease in amortization of intangibles expense reflects non-cash asset impairment charges of $20.4 million recorded by Atlantic Aviation during the first quarter of 2009. The impairments reduced the amortizable balance and the amount of amortization expense in 2010.
Interest expense includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $11.1 million and $7.0 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These items are recorded in interest expense from the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued.
The decrease in the non-cash losses on derivatives recorded both in interest expense and in loss on derivative instruments is attributable to a decrease in principal paydown on the term loan debt at Atlantic Aviation; the change in fair value of interest rate swaps from the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued; and includes the reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings, as Atlantic Aviation pays down its debt more quickly than anticipated.
Excluding the portion related to non-cash losses on derivatives, interest expense decreased due to a $106.4 million reduction of term loan debt at Atlantic Aviation, the paydown of the full outstanding balance of $66.4 million of holding company debt during December 2009 and a decrease in interest rate swap break fees associated with the debt prepayments at Atlantic Aviation.
Our equity in the earnings of IMTT was relatively flat year-over-year, reflecting improved operating results of the business, offset by our share of the non-cash derivative losses of $2.3 million in 2010 compared with our share of non-cash derivative gains of $1.7 million in 2009.
For 2010, we expect to report a consolidated federal net operating loss, for which we will record a deferred tax benefit, and we do not expect to pay a federal Alternative Minimum Tax for 2010.
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As we own less than 80% of IMTT and District Energy, those businesses are not included in our consolidated tax return. Those businesses file their own separate consolidated income tax returns.
We include dividends received from IMTT and District Energy in our consolidated income tax return. We expect that all of those distributions from IMTT and District Energy in 2010 will be treated as taxable dividends, which will qualify for the 80% Dividends Received Deduction.
As discussed in Note 18, Income Taxes in our consolidated financial statements, in Part II, Item 8 of Form 10-K for 2009, from the date of sale of the noncontrolling interest in District Energy and onwards, we evaluate the need for a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets without taking into consideration the deferred tax liabilities of District Energy. As of December 31, 2009, we concluded that the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities will more likely than not result in the realization of all our federal deferred tax assets, except for approximately $15.3 million. Accordingly, we provided a valuation allowance against our deferred tax assets for this amount. Of this valuation allowance, $5.9 million is recorded on the books of PCAA, which is reported in discontinued operations.
In the first quarter of 2010, we revised the valuation allowance to approximately $18.0 million, a decrease of approximately $2.6 million from December 31, 2009. This decrease was recorded as a benefit in the tax provision for the first quarter of 2010.
In calculating our consolidated state income tax provision, we have provided a valuation allowance for certain state income tax NOL carryforwards, the utilization of which is not assured beyond a reasonable doubt. In addition, we expect to incur certain expenses that will not be deductible in determining state taxable income. Accordingly, these expenses have also been excluded in determining our state income tax expense.
In determining the effective tax rate for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, the Company excluded the write down to fair value of certain assets from ordinary income in determining its effective tax rate. Further, approximately $13.5 million of the write down is attributable to goodwill and is a permanent book-tax difference, for which no tax benefit has been recognized.
On January 28, 2010, PCAA entered into an asset purchase agreement and simultaneously filed for bankruptcy. In April 2010, an auction for the sale of the assets was held, and subject to approval by the bankruptcy court, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2010. The results of this business have been reported as a discontinued operation in the consolidated condensed financial statements and prior comparable periods have been restated to conform to the current period presentation. See Note 5, Discontinued Operations, in our consolidated condensed financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for financial information and further discussions.
In accordance with GAAP, we have disclosed EBITDA excluding non-cash items for our Company and each of our operating segments in Note 13, Reportable Segments in our consolidated condensed financial statements, as a key performance metric relied on by management in evaluating our performance. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-cash items, which includes impairments, derivative gains and losses and adjustments for other non-cash items reflected in the statements of operations. We believe EBITDA excluding non-cash items provides additional insight into the performance of our operating businesses relative to each other and similar businesses without regard to their capital structure, and their ability to service or reduce debt, fund capital expenditures and/or support distributions to the holding company.
We also disclose Free Cash Flow, as defined by us, as a means of assessing the amount of cash generated by our businesses and supplementing other information provided in accordance with GAAP. We define Free Cash Flow as cash from operating activities, less maintenance capital expenditures and changes in working capital. Working capital movements are excluded on the basis that these are largely timing differences in payables and receivables, and are therefore not reflective of our ability to generate cash.
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We believe that reporting Free Cash Flow will provide our investors with additional insight into our future ability to deploy cash, as GAAP metrics such as net income and cash from operating activities do not reflect all of the items that our management considers in estimating the amount of cash generated by our operating entities. In this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we have disclosed Free Cash Flow for our consolidated results and for each of our operating segments.
We note that Free Cash Flow does not fully reflect our ability to freely deploy generated cash, as it does not reflect required payments to be made on our indebtedness, pay dividends and other fixed obligations or the other cash items excluded when calculating Free Cash Flow. We also note that Free Cash Flow may be calculated in a different manner by other companies, which limits its usefulness as a comparative measure. Therefore, our Free Cash Flow should be used as a supplemental measure and not in lieu of our financial results reported under GAAP.
In the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we disclosed EBITDA only. The following tables, reflecting results of operations for the consolidated group and for our businesses for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, have been conformed to current periods presentation reflecting EBITDA excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow.
A reconciliation of net loss attributable to MIC LLC from continuing operations to free cash flow from continuing operations, on a consolidated basis, is provided below:
Quarter ended March 31, | Change (from 2009 to 2010) Favorable/(Unfavorable) |
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2010 | 2009(1) | $ | % | |||||||||||||
($ in Thousands) | ||||||||||||||||
Net loss attributable to MIC LLC from continuing operations(2) | $ | (4,518 | ) | $ | (46,602 | ) | ||||||||||
Interest expense, net(3) | 34,671 | 33,499 | ||||||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes | (1,089 | ) | (32,565 | ) | ||||||||||||
Depreciation(4) | 7,722 | 13,150 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation cost of services(4) | 1,635 | 1,463 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles(5) | 8,671 | 30,265 | ||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | 18,000 | ||||||||||||||
Loss on derivative instruments | | 25,238 | ||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees(6) | (593 | ) | | |||||||||||||
Base management fees settled/to be settled in LLC interests | 2,189 | | ||||||||||||||
Other non-cash income | (172 | ) | (342 | ) | ||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items from continuing operations | $ | 48,516 | $ | 42,106 | 6,410 | 15.2 | ||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items from continuing operations | $ | 48,516 | $ | 42,106 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(3) | (34,671 | ) | (33,499 | ) | ||||||||||||
Non-cash derivative losses recorded in interest expense(3) | 11,126 | 6,987 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs | 2,914 | 1,167 | ||||||||||||||
Equipment lease receivables, net | 712 | 766 | ||||||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes | (878 | ) | (525 | ) | ||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | 3,087 | 1,109 | ||||||||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 30,806 | 18,111 | ||||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | (3,087 | ) | (1,109 | ) | ||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | (1,747 | ) | (1,542 | ) | ||||||||||||
Free cash flow from continuing operations | $ | 25,972 | $ | 15,460 | 10,512 | 68.0 |
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(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
(2) | Net loss attributable to MIC LLC from continuing operations excludes net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of $947,000 and net income attributable to noncontrolling interests of $167,000 for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. |
(3) | Interest expense includes non-cash loss on derivative instruments of $11.1 million and $7.0 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. These items are recorded in interest expense from the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued. |
(4) | Depreciation cost of services includes depreciation expense for District Energy which is reported in cost of services in our consolidated condensed statements of operations. Depreciation and Depreciation cost of services does not include acquistion-related step-up depreciation expense of $1.7 million for each quarter in connection with our investment in IMTT, which is reported in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees in our consolidated condensed statements of operations. |
(5) | Amortization of intangibles does not include acquistion-related step-up amortization expense of $283,000 for each quarter related to intangible assets in connection with our investment in IMTT, which is reported in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees in our consolidated condensed statements of operations. |
(6) | Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investees in the above table includes our 50% share of IMTTs earnings offset by distributions we received only up to our share of the earnings recorded. |
We account for our 50% interest in this business under the equity method. We recognized income of $5.6 million in our consolidated results for the quarter ended March 31, 2010. This includes our 50% share of IMTTs net income, equal to $6.6 million for the period, offset by $1.0 million of acquisition-related step-up depreciation and amortization expense (net of taxes) and other items. For the quarter ended March 31, 2009, we recognized income of $5.4 million in our consolidated results. This included our 50% share of IMTTs net income, equal to $6.6 million for the period, offset by $1.2 million of acquisition-related step-up depreciation and amortization expense (net of taxes).
Distributions from IMTT, to the degree classified as taxable dividends and not a return of capital for income tax purposes, are expected to qualify for the federal dividends received deduction. Therefore, 80% of any dividend is excluded in calculating our consolidated federal taxable income. Any distributions classified as a return of capital for income tax purposes will reduce our tax basis in IMTT.
To enable meaningful analysis of IMTTs performance across periods, IMTTs overall performance is discussed below, rather than IMTTs contribution to our consolidated results.
| terminal revenue and gross profit increased principally due to: |
| increases in average tank rental rates; |
| increases in capacity and volume of storage under contract; and |
| increase in utilization. |
| environmental response revenue and gross profit increased principally due to spill response work and other activities in January and February of 2010, related to a fuel oil spill on the Texas coast. |
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Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009(1) | Change Favorable/(Unfavorable) | ||||||||||||||
$ | $ | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Revenue |
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Terminal revenue | 95,554 | 83,810 | 11,744 | 14.0 | ||||||||||||
Environmental response revenue | 11,484 | 2,993 | 8,491 | NM | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | 107,038 | 86,803 | 20,235 | 23.3 | ||||||||||||
Costs and expenses |
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Terminal operating costs | 42,612 | 38,449 | (4,163 | ) | (10.8 | ) | ||||||||||
Environmental response operating costs | 8,200 | 3,800 | (4,400 | ) | (115.8 | ) | ||||||||||
Total operating costs | 50,812 | 42,249 | (8,563 | ) | (20.3 | ) | ||||||||||
Terminal gross profit | 52,942 | 45,361 | 7,581 | 16.7 | ||||||||||||
Environmental response gross profit | 3,284 | (807 | ) | 4,091 | NM | |||||||||||
Gross profit | 56,226 | 44,554 | 11,672 | 26.2 | ||||||||||||
General and administrative expenses | 7,266 | 5,984 | (1,282 | ) | (21.4 | ) | ||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 14,618 | 12,824 | (1,794 | ) | (14.0 | ) | ||||||||||
Operating income | 34,342 | 25,746 | 8,596 | 33.4 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(2) | (12,125 | ) | (7,061 | ) | (5,064 | ) | (71.7 | ) | ||||||||
Other income | 781 | (158 | ) | 939 | NM | |||||||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative instruments | | 3,306 | (3,306 | ) | NM | |||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (9,606 | ) | (8,939 | ) | (667 | ) | (7.5 | ) | ||||||||
Noncontrolling interests | (149 | ) | 369 | (518 | ) | (140.4 | ) | |||||||||
Net income | 13,243 | 13,263 | (20 | ) | (0.2 | ) | ||||||||||
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items: |
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Net income | 13,243 | 13,263 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(2) | 12,125 | 7,061 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 9,606 | 8,939 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 14,618 | 12,824 | ||||||||||||||
Unrealized gains on derivative instruments | | (3,306 | ) | |||||||||||||
Other non-cash expenses (income) | 233 | (826 | ) | |||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 49,825 | 37,955 | 11,870 | 31.3 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 49,825 | 37,955 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(2) | (12,125 | ) | (7,061 | ) | ||||||||||||
Non-cash derivative losses recorded in interest expense(2) | 4,673 | | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs | 172 | 118 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes | (1,267 | ) | (757 | ) | ||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | (3,234 | ) | (1,602 | ) | ||||||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 38,044 | 28,653 | ||||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | 3,234 | 1,602 | ||||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | (7,795 | ) | (8,339 | ) | ||||||||||||
Free cash flow | 33,483 | 21,916 | 11,567 | 52.8 |
NM Not meaningful
(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
(2) | Interest expense includes non-cash loss on derivative instruments of $4.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, which is included in interest expense from the date that hedge accounting was discontinued. |
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The increase in terminal revenue primarily reflects growth in storage revenue. Storage revenue grew due to an increase in average rental rates of 10.2% during the quarter as compared to the first quarter of 2009 and an increase in storage capacity and capacity utilization mainly attributable to certain expansion projects at IMTTs Louisiana facilities. Capacity utilization increased from 94.5% to 96.0% during the quarter as compared to the first quarter of 2009. Demand for bulk liquid storage generally remains strong; however, utilization rates are expected to revert to approximately 94% over the balance of 2010 as certain tanks are taken out of service for inspection, repairs and maintenance.
Terminal operating costs increased during the quarter as a result of higher repairs and maintenance, salaries and wages, and a reduction in the accrual for a potential air emission fee at Bayonne, New Jersey in the first quarter of 2009. Please see Legal Proceedings in Part I, Item 3 of our Annual Report of Form 10-K for discussion on the air emission fee.
Revenue and gross profit from environmental response services increased substantially during the quarter due to the increase in spill response activities following the January 2010 fuel oil spill on the Texas coast near Port Arthur. Environmental response revenue totaled $11.5 million in the first quarter of 2010, of which $7.7 million related to the spill in Port Arthur.
General and administrative costs increased primarily due to the recovery of receivables in 2009 that had been previously reserved and higher consulting fees during 2010.
Depreciation and amortization expense increased as IMTT completed several major expansion projects, resulting in higher asset balances.
Interest expense, net, includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $4.7 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, which are included in interest expense from the date that hedge accounting was discontinued. Excluding the non-cash loss on derivative instruments, interest expense was relatively flat.
Cash interest paid was $7.4 million and $7.8 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
IMTT does not expect to pay regular federal income taxes for the years ending December 31, 2010 or 2011. The business files separate state income tax returns in various states. For the year ended December 31, 2009, the business accrued approximately $1.4 million of state income taxes. For the year ending December 31, 2010, the business expects to pay state and federal alternative minimum taxes of approximately $5.0 million, of which $1.3 million was recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
A significant difference between the IMTTs book and federal taxable income relates to depreciation of fixed assets. For book purposes, fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 15 to 30 years using the straight-line method of depreciation. For federal income tax purposes, fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 5 to 15 years using accelerated methods. In addition, a significant portion of the fixed assets placed in service in 2009 qualified for the 50% federal bonus depreciation. Most of the states in which the business operates allow the use of the federal depreciation calculation methods. Louisiana is the only state where the business operates that allows the bonus depreciation deduction. The 50% federal bonus depreciation is not applicable to assets placed in service in 2010.
| increased utility contribution margin due to a rate increase effective June 11, 2009, partially offset by a decline in volume sold; and |
| increased salary and employment benefit costs. |
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Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009(1) | Change Favorable/(Unfavorable) | ||||||||||||||
$ | $ | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Contribution margin |
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Revenue utility | 26,835 | 20,167 | 6,668 | 33.1 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue utility | 17,872 | 12,285 | (5,587 | ) | (45.5 | ) | ||||||||||
Contribution margin utility | 8,963 | 7,882 | 1,081 | 13.7 | ||||||||||||
Revenue non-utility | 25,310 | 21,075 | 4,235 | 20.1 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue non-utility | 13,756 | 9,486 | (4,270 | ) | (45.0 | ) | ||||||||||
Contribution margin non-utility | 11,554 | 11,589 | (35 | ) | (0.3 | ) | ||||||||||
Total contribution margin | 20,517 | 19,471 | 1,046 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||
Production | 1,680 | 1,447 | (233 | ) | (16.1 | ) | ||||||||||
Transmission and distribution | 4,861 | 4,469 | (392 | ) | (8.8 | ) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | 13,976 | 13,555 | 421 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 3,761 | 3,822 | 61 | 1.6 | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,718 | 1,690 | (28 | ) | (1.7 | ) | ||||||||||
Operating income | 8,497 | 8,043 | 454 | 5.6 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(2) | (4,807 | ) | (2,617 | ) | (2,190 | ) | (83.7 | ) | ||||||||
Other income | 15 | 21 | (6 | ) | (28.6 | ) | ||||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments | | (327 | ) | 327 | NM | |||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | (1,451 | ) | (2,005 | ) | 554 | 27.6 | ||||||||||
Net income(3) | 2,254 | 3,115 | (861 | ) | (27.6 | ) | ||||||||||
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items: |
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Net income(3) | 2,254 | 3,115 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(2) | 4,807 | 2,617 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes | 1,451 | 2,005 | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 1,718 | 1,690 | ||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments | | 327 | ||||||||||||||
Other non-cash expenses | 534 | 451 | ||||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 10,764 | 10,205 | 559 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 10,764 | 10,205 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(2) | (4,807 | ) | (2,617 | ) | ||||||||||||
Non-cash derivative losses recorded in interest expense(2) | 2,591 | 323 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs | 120 | 120 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes | (1,484 | ) | (284 | ) | ||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | 399 | (1,513 | ) | |||||||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 7,583 | 6,234 | ||||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | (399 | ) | 1,513 | |||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | (556 | ) | (598 | ) | ||||||||||||
Free cash flow | 6,628 | 7,149 | (521 | ) | (7.3 | ) |
NM Not meaningful
(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. In the first quarter of 2010, payroll taxes and certain employee welfare and benefit costs that were previously recorded in selling, general and administrative costs were reclassified to production, transmission and distribution and other income where the costs were incurred. Accordingly, 2009 was restated to reflect this change. |
(2) | Interest expense includes non-cash loss on derivative instruments of $2.6 million and $323,000 for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which are included in interest expense from the date that hedge accounting was discontinued. |
(3) | Corporate allocation expense, other intercompany fees and the federal tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation at the MIC Inc. level. |
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Regulation of the utility portion of The Gas Company's operations provides for the automatic pass through of increases or decreases in feedstock costs to utility customers. Changes in the cost of propane distributed to non-utility customers can be recovered in pricing, subject to competitive conditions generally.
Utility contribution margin was higher, primarily due to implementation of the interim rate increase from June 11, 2009, partially offset by volume declines related almost entirely to commercial customers, whose demand is more sensitive to the variability of the economic cycle than residential customers. Sales volume in 2010 was approximately 3.6% lower than 2009.
On April 21, 2010, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC) issued its Final Decision and Order, in relation to the rate case filed by The Gas Company in August 2008, authorizing a rate increase of $9.2 million. This is a reduction from the interim rate increase of $9.5 million implemented from June 11, 2009. Per the HPUC ruling, the business is obligated to refund the excess money collected during the interim tariff period to its customers.
As a result, a retroactive adjustment to June 11, 2009 of $216,000 was recorded during the first quarter of 2010 reflecting the amounts due to be repaid to customers and lowering the utility contribution margin. In addition, The Gas Company made corrections to the calculation of pass-through of changes in feedstock costs (fuel adjustment charges) booked during the period between the granting of the interim and final orders. The corrections resulted in an adjustment that increased utility cost of revenue by $623,000 in the first quarter of 2010.
Non-utility contribution margin was comparable to 2009 with higher costs nearly offset by higher prices. Volume was approximately 0.5% higher in 2010. Local suppliers reduced their production of propane. To the extent that local suppliers were unable to supply The Gas Company with a sufficient amount of propane, the business supplemented its supply from foreign sources. Local refiners supplied The Gas Company with approximately 25% less propane in the first quarter of 2010 than they did in the first quarter of 2009. Foreign sourced propane costs more than locally produced propane, although a portion of the increased cost was offset by improved efficiency in distribution.
Production costs reflected higher outside services and electricity costs. Transmission and distribution costs were higher primarily due to increased wage and benefit costs.
Interest expense, net, includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $2.6 million and $323,000 for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which are included in interest expense from the date that hedge accounting was discontinued. Excluding the non-cash loss on derivative instruments, interest expense was relatively flat.
Cash interest paid was $2.1 million and $2.2 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Income from The Gas Company is included in our consolidated federal income tax return, and its income is subject to Hawaii state income taxes. The tax expense in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business. For the year ending December 31, 2010, the business expects to pay state income taxes of approximately $1.2 million, of which $234,000 was recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
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Customers of District Energy pay two charges to receive chilled water services: a fixed charge based on contracted capacity, and a variable charge based on the consumption of chilled water. Capacity charges are typically adjusted annually at a fixed rate or are indexed to the Consumer Price Index (CPI). The terms of our customer contracts provide for the pass through of increases or decreases in electricity costs, the largest component of the business direct expenses.
The financial results discussed below reflect 100% of District Energys performance during the quarter.
| a net increase in contracted capacity revenue from customers that began service predominantly in the second quarter of 2009, and annual inflation-linked increases in contract capacity rates, partially offset by |
| a decrease in consumption revenue primarily due to a decrease in the recovery of electricity costs, resulting from a decline in the cost of energy inputs. |
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Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009(1) | Change Favorable/(Unfavorable) |
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$ | $ | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Cooling capacity revenue | 5,238 | 4,897 | 341 | 7.0 | ||||||||||||
Cooling consumption revenue | 1,763 | 2,228 | (465 | ) | (20.9 | ) | ||||||||||
Other revenue | 864 | 756 | 108 | 14.3 | ||||||||||||
Finance lease revenue | 1,245 | 1,192 | 53 | 4.4 | ||||||||||||
Total revenue | 9,110 | 9,073 | 37 | 0.4 | ||||||||||||
Direct expenses electricity | 1,323 | 1,604 | 281 | 17.5 | ||||||||||||
Direct expenses other(2) | 4,871 | 4,764 | (107 | ) | (2.2 | ) | ||||||||||
Direct expenses total | 6,194 | 6,368 | 174 | 2.7 | ||||||||||||
Gross profit | 2,916 | 2,705 | 211 | 7.8 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses | 758 | 638 | (120 | ) | (18.8 | ) | ||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 337 | 337 | | | ||||||||||||
Operating income | 1,821 | 1,730 | 91 | 5.3 | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(3) | (6,028 | ) | (2,955 | ) | (3,073 | ) | (104.0 | ) | ||||||||
Other income | 50 | 49 | 1 | 2.0 | ||||||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments | | (1,378 | ) | 1,378 | NM | |||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes | 1,720 | 1,075 | 645 | 60.0 | ||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests | (194 | ) | (167 | ) | (27 | ) | (16.2 | ) | ||||||||
Net loss(4) | (2,631 | ) | (1,646 | ) | (985 | ) | (59.8 | ) | ||||||||
Reconciliation of net loss to EBITDA excluding non-cash items: |
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Net loss(4) | (2,631 | ) | (1,646 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(3) | 6,028 | 2,955 | ||||||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes | (1,720 | ) | (1,075 | ) | ||||||||||||
Depreciation(2) | 1,635 | 1,463 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of intangibles | 337 | 337 | ||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments | | 1,378 | ||||||||||||||
Other non-cash expenses | 155 | 104 | ||||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 3,804 | 3,516 | 288 | 8.2 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 3,804 | 3,516 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(3) | (6,028 | ) | (2,955 | ) | ||||||||||||
Non-cash derivative losses recorded in interest expense(3) | 3,498 | 391 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs | 170 | 170 | ||||||||||||||
Equipment lease receivable, net | 712 | 766 | ||||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | (770 | ) | (47 | ) | ||||||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 1,386 | 1,841 | ||||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | 770 | 47 | ||||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | (164 | ) | (50 | ) | ||||||||||||
Free cash flow | 1,992 | 1,838 | 154 | 8.4 |
NM Not meaningful
(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
(2) | Includes depreciation expense of $1.6 million and $1.5 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively. |
(3) | Interest expense includes non-cash loss on derivative instruments of $3.5 million and $391,000 for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which are included in interest expense from the date that hedge accounting was discontinued. |
(4) | Corporate allocation expense and the federal tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation at the MIC Inc. level. |
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Gross profit increased primarily as a result of a net increase in contracted capacity revenue from customers that began service predominantly in the second quarter of 2009, and annual inflation-related increases of contract capacity rates in accordance with customer contract terms. Consumption revenue declined primarily due to a decrease in the recovery of electricity costs, resulting from a decline in the cost of energy inputs. Consumption revenue also decreased as District Energy worked with certain customers to optimize their cooling systems, which reduced their ton hours of cooling used.
Selling, general and administrative expenses in 2009 included a customer reimbursement for professional fees related to the Las Vegas plant expansion that did not reoccur in 2010.
Interest expense, net, includes non-cash losses on derivative instruments of $3.5 million and $391,000 for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which are included in interest expense from the date that hedge accounting was discontinued. Excluding the non-cash loss on derivative instruments, interest expense was relatively flat.
Cash interest paid was $2.3 million and $2.4 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
For the period preceding the sale of a 49.99% non-controlling interest in the business, the income from District Energy was included in our consolidated federal income tax return, and its income is subject to Illinois state income taxes. The tax expense in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business.
Subsequent to the sale of the 49.99% non-controlling interest, District Energy will file a separate consolidated federal income tax return, and will continue to file a combined Illinois state income tax return. The business has approximately $26.0 million in federal and state NOL carryforwards available to offset positive taxable income. The business expects to have federal and state taxable income in 2011 and 2012, which will be wholly offset by NOL carryforwards.
| higher general aviation fuel volumes, partially offset by lower weighted average fuel margins; |
| lower selling, general and administrative expenses due to ongoing expense reduction initiatives; |
| lower interest expense related to lower debt levels due to the pre-payment of debt principal; and |
| decrease in other non-fuel revenue, including service fees and landing fees. |
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Quarter Ended March 31, | ||||||||||||||||
2010 | 2009(1) | Change Favorable/ (Unfavorable) |
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$ | $ | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Revenue |
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Fuel revenue | 94,708 | 68,117 | 26,591 | 39.0 | ||||||||||||
Non-fuel revenue | 45,341 | 49,064 | (3,723 | ) | (7.6 | ) | ||||||||||
Total revenue | 140,049 | 117,181 | 22,868 | 19.5 | ||||||||||||
Cost of revenue |
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Cost of revenue-fuel | 60,198 | 37,467 | (22,731 | ) | (60.7 | ) | ||||||||||
Cost of revenue-non-fuel | 4,952 | 4,703 | (249 | ) | (5.3 | ) | ||||||||||
Total cost of revenue | 65,150 | 42,170 | (22,980 | ) | (54.5 | ) | ||||||||||
Fuel gross profit | 34,510 | 30,650 | 3,860 | 12.6 | ||||||||||||
Non-fuel gross profit | 40,389 | 44,361 | (3,972 | ) | (9.0 | ) | ||||||||||
Gross profit | 74,899 | 75,011 | (112 | ) | (0.1 | ) | ||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative expenses(2) | 44,235 | 48,752 | 4,517 | 9.3 | ||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | 18,000 | 18,000 | NM | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 14,338 | 41,388 | 27,050 | 65.4 | ||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | 16,326 | (33,129 | ) | 49,455 | 149.3 | |||||||||||
Interest expense, net(3) | (23,599 | ) | (26,504 | ) | 2,905 | 11.0 | ||||||||||
Other expense | (16 | ) | (128 | ) | 112 | 87.5 | ||||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments | | (23,331 | ) | 23,331 | NM | |||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes | 2,937 | 33,486 | (30,549 | ) | (91.2 | ) | ||||||||||
Net loss(4) | (4,352 | ) | (49,606 | ) | 45,254 | 91.2 | ||||||||||
Reconciliation of net loss to EBITDA excluding non-cash items: |
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Net loss(4) | (4,352 | ) | (49,606 | ) | ||||||||||||
Interest expense, net(3) | 23,599 | 26,504 | ||||||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes | (2,937 | ) | (33,486 | ) | ||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 14,338 | 41,388 | ||||||||||||||
Goodwill impairment | | 18,000 | ||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses on derivative instruments | | 23,331 | ||||||||||||||
Other non-cash expenses | 47 | 63 | ||||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 30,695 | 26,194 | 4,501 | 17.2 | ||||||||||||
EBITDA excluding non-cash items | 30,695 | 26,194 | ||||||||||||||
Interest expense, net (3) | (23,599 | ) | (26,504 | ) | ||||||||||||
Non-cash derivative losses recorded in interest expense(3) | 5,030 | 6,273 | ||||||||||||||
Amortization of debt financing costs | 2,420 | 673 | ||||||||||||||
Benefit for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes | (143 | ) | (236 | ) | ||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | 7,386 | 6,479 | ||||||||||||||
Cash provided by operating activities | 21,789 | 12,879 | ||||||||||||||
Changes in working capital | (7,386 | ) | (6,479 | ) | ||||||||||||
Maintenance capital expenditures | (1,027 | ) | (894 | ) | ||||||||||||
Free cash flow | 13,376 | 5,506 | 7,870 | 142.9 |
NM Not meaningful
(1) | Reclassified to conform to current period presentation. |
(2) | Includes a $2.4 million increase in the bad debt reserve in the first quarter of 2009 due to the deterioration of accounts receivable aging. In the first quarter of 2009, Atlantic Aviation recorded $1.2 million of debt advisory fees. These fees were transferred to MIC Inc. during the third quarter of 2009, and have been excluded above. |
(3) | Interest expense includes non-cash loss on derivative instruments of $5.0 million and $6.3 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively, which are included in interest expense from the date that hedge accounting was discontinued. |
(4) | Corporate allocation expense and the federal tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation at the MIC Inc. level. |
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The majority of the revenue and gross profit in Atlantic Aviation is generated through fueling general aviation aircraft at 68 airports throughout the United States and one heliport. Revenue is categorized according to who owns the fuel used to service these aircraft. If our business owns the fuel, it records the cost to purchase that fuel as cost of revenue-fuel. The business corresponding fuel revenue is its cost to purchase that fuel plus a margin. The business generally pursues a strategy of maintaining, and where appropriate increasing, dollar-based margins, thereby passing any increase in fuel prices to the customer.
Atlantic Aviation has into-plane arrangements whereby it fuels aircraft with fuel owned by another party. It collects a fee for this service that is recorded as non-fuel revenue. Other non-fuel revenue also includes various services such as hangar rentals, de-icing and miscellaneous services.
The business fuel-related revenue and gross profit are driven by fuel volume and dollar-based margin per gallon. This applies to both fuel and into-plane revenue. Customers will occasionally move from one category to the other.
We believe discussing total fuel-related revenue and gross profit, including both fuel sales and into-plane arrangements (as recorded in the non-fuel revenue line) and related key metrics on an aggregate basis provides a more meaningful analysis of Atlantic Aviation.
Gross profit in the first quarter of 2010 was flat compared to the first quarter of 2009 as a result of an increase in aggregate fuel-related gross profit, which was offset by lower gross profit from other services. The increase in aggregate fuel-related gross profit resulted from a 5.2% increase in fuel volume driven by increased business jet traffic. This was partially offset by a 3.2% decrease in weighted average fuel margin driven by change in the relative volumes of customer segments and locations, as well as competitive pressure. The quarter-on-quarter change in fuel volumes and weighted average fuel margin also reflects military-related fuel volume (at two airports) which did not re-occur in the first quarter of 2010. Excluding the impact of the non-recurring military-related volume, fuel volume would have increased 8.6% and weighted average fuel-related margin would have declined 4.7%. Gross profit from other services (primarily hangar rentals and miscellaneous services) decreased by 3.4% for the quarter, primarily driven by lower service fees and miscellaneous revenue.
The decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses is due primarily to a 5.4% reduction in underlying costs as result of the ongoing implementation of cost reduction initiatives.
The decrease is also due to a $2.4 million increase in bad debt reserves in the first quarter of 2009 due to the deterioration of the accounts receivable aging related to acquisitions. Acquisition-related receivables have improved and ongoing accounts receivable have not deteriorated, and as a result the business has recorded no further significant bad debt reserve adjustments.
The business performed an impairment test at the reporting unit level during the first quarter of 2009. Goodwill is considered impaired when the carrying amount of a reporting units goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, as determined under a two step approach. Based on the testing performed, the business recognized goodwill impairment charges of $18.0 million in the first quarter of 2009. No impairment charge was recorded during 2010.
Depreciation and amortization expense includes non-cash impairment charges of $25.7 million in the first quarter of 2009.
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Interest expense, net, includes interest incurred on the business debt, amortization of deferred financing costs, swap breakage fees associated with debt prepayment and non-cash losses on derivatives instruments. These items are summarized in the table below.
Quarter Ended March 31, | Change Favorable/(Unfavorable) |
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2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
$ | $ | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Interest income | (14 | ) | (47 | ) | (33 | ) | (70.2 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense incurred on debt facility | 13,750 | 15,019 | 1,269 | 8.4 | ||||||||||||
Swap break fees associated with debt prepayment | 2,510 | 5,159 | 2,649 | 51.3 | ||||||||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs | 2,420 | 673 | (1,747 | ) | NM | |||||||||||
Non-cash loss on derivative instruments | 5,030 | 6,273 | 1,243 | 19.8 | ||||||||||||
Less: capitalized interest | (97 | ) | (573 | ) | (476 | ) | (83.1 | ) | ||||||||
Total interest expense, net | 23,599 | 26,504 | 2,905 | 11.0 |
NM Not meaningful
The decrease in interest expense incurred on the business debt facility primarily reflects an aggregate $106.4 million of prepayments of the term loan principal since February 2009.
Cash interest paid, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees, was $13.8 million and $15.0 million for the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Income generated by Atlantic Aviation is included in our consolidated federal income tax return. The business files state income returns in more than 30 states in which it operates. The tax expense in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business.
While Atlantic Aviation as a whole expects to generate a current year federal income tax loss, certain entities within the business will generate state taxable income. For the year ending December 31, 2010, the business expects to pay state income taxes of approximately $574,000, of which $143,500 was recorded in the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
The business has approximately $45.0 million of state NOL carryforwards. State NOL carryforwards are specific to the state in which the NOL was generated and various states impose limitations on the utilization of NOL carryforwards. Therefore, the business may incur state income tax liabilities in the near future, even if consolidated state taxable income is less than $45.0 million.
Our primary cash requirements include normal operating expenses, debt service, maintenance capital expenditures and debt principal payments. Our primary source of cash is operating activities, although we could borrow against existing credit facilities, issue additional LLC interests or sell assets.
Until March 31, 2010, the Company had a revolving credit facility with various financial institutions, including entities within the Macquarie Group. The facility was repaid in full in December 2009 and no amounts were outstanding under the revolving credit facility as of December 31, 2009 or at the facilitys maturity on March 31, 2010.
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We believe that our operating businesses will have sufficient liquidity and capital resources to meet future requirements, including servicing long-term debt obligations. We base our assessment of the sufficiency of our liquidity and capital resources on the following assumptions:
| our businesses and investments overall generate, and will continue to generate, significant operating cash flow; |
| the ongoing maintenance capital expenditures associated with our businesses are modest and readily funded from their respective operating cash flow or available financing; |
| all significant short-term growth capital expenditures will be funded with cash on hand or from committed undrawn credit facilities; and |
| we will be able to refinance, extend and/or repay the principal amount of maturing long-term debt on terms that can be supported by our businesses. |
We have capitalized our businesses, in part, using project finance style debt. Project finance style debt is limited-recourse, floating rate, non-amortizing debt with a medium term maturity of between five and seven years, although the principal balance on the term loan debt at Atlantic Aviation is being prepaid using the excess cash generated by the business. At March 31, 2010, the average remaining maturity of the debt facilities across all of our businesses, including our proportional interest in the debt of IMTT, was approximately 3.8 years. In light of the improvement in the functioning of the credit markets generally, and the leverage ratios and interest coverage we expect each of these businesses to produce at the maturity of their respective debt facilities, we believe that we will be able to successfully refinance the long-term debt of these businesses on economically sensible terms.
The section below discusses the sources and uses of cash on a consolidated basis and for each of our businesses and investments. All inter-company activities such as corporate allocations, capital contributions to our businesses and distributions from our businesses have been excluded from the tables as these transactions are eliminated in consolidation.
Quarter Ended March 31, | Change Favorable/(Unfavorable) |
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2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
$ | $ | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Cash provided by operating activities | 30,806 | 18,111 | 12,695 | 70.1 | ||||||||||||
Cash used in investing activities | (6,407 | ) | (5,218 | ) | (1,189 | ) | (22.8 | ) | ||||||||
Cash used in financing activities | (22,575 | ) | (44,450 | ) | 21,875 | 49.2 |
Consolidated cash provided by operating activities mainly comprises the cash from operations of the businesses we own, as described in each of the business discussions below. The cash flow from our consolidated business operations is partially offset by expenses paid at the corporate level, such as base management fees paid in cash, professional fees and interest incurred in the prior periods on any amounts drawn on our revolving credit facility.
The increase in consolidated cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to:
| improved operating performance at Atlantic Aviation due to stable gross profit and cost savings; |
| lower interest paid on the reduced term loan balance for Atlantic Aviation and no interest paid on holding company debt; |
| decreased payment of interest rate swap breakage fees relating to the prepayment of the outstanding principal balance on Atlantic Aviations term loan debt; |
| improved operating results at the energy-related businesses; partially offset by |
| a smaller dividend received from IMTT (see investing activities below). |
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The increase in consolidated cash used in investing activities was primarily due to:
| increase in capital expenditures at the energy-related businesses, primarily investment in capital leased assets at District Energy; partially offset by |
| lower capital expenditures at Atlantic Aviation due to timing of projects. |
Distributions from IMTT are reflected in our consolidated cash provided by operating activities only up to our 50% share of IMTTs positive earnings. Amounts in excess of this, and any distributions when IMTT records a net loss, are reflected in our consolidated cash from investing activities. For 2010, $5.0 million in distributions were included in cash from operations. In 2009, $5.4 million of the $7.0 million in dividends received were included in cash from operating activities and $1.6 million were included in investing activities.
The decrease in consolidated cash used in financing activities was primarily due to larger debt principal repayments in 2009 following the amendment of the Atlantic Aviation term loan debt facility on February 25, 2009, compared with the debt principal repayments made in 2010.
Our businesses are capitalized with a mix of equity and project-financing style debt. We believe we can prudently maintain relatively high levels of leverage due to the generally sustainable and stable long-term cash flows our businesses have provided in the past and which we expect to continue in the future as discussed above. Our project finance debt is non-amortizing and we expect to be able to refinance the outstanding balances at maturity, except at Atlantic Aviation, where all excess cash flow from the business is used to prepay the outstanding principal balance of the term loan, and the last two years before maturity at District Energy. The majority of our businesses also maintain revolving capital expenditure and/or working capital facilities.
See below for further description of the cash flows related to our businesses.
The following analysis represents 100% of the cash flows of IMTT, rather than just the composition of cash flows that are included in our consolidated cash flows. We believe this is the most appropriate and meaningful approach to discussing the historical cash flow trends of IMTT. We account for our 50% ownership of this business using the equity method. Distributions from IMTT when IMTT records a net loss, or pays distributions in excess of our share of its earnings, are reflected in the consolidated cash flow used in investing activities.
Quarter Ended March 31, | Change Favorable/(Unfavorable) |
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2010 | 2009 | |||||||||||||||
$ | $ | $ | % | |||||||||||||
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Cash provided by operating activities | 38,044 | 28,653 | 9,391 | 32.8 | ||||||||||||
Cash used in investing activities | (19,430 | ) | (39,939 | ) | 20,509 | 51.4 | ||||||||||
Cash (used in) provided by financing activities | (15,915 | ) | 13,106 | (29,021 | ) | NM |
NM Not meaningful
Cash provided by operating activities at IMTT is generated primarily from storage rentals and ancillary services that are billed monthly and paid on various terms. Cash used in operating activities is mainly for payroll and benefits costs, maintenance and repair of fixed assets, utilities and professional services, interest payments and payments to tax jurisdictions. Cash provided by operating activities increased primarily due to improved operating results, partially offset by a larger increase in working capital requirements in 2010 resulting from the increased level of business activity.
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Cash used in investing activities relates primarily to capital expenditures discussed below. Capital expenditures decreased from $39.9 million in 2009 to $19.4 million in 2010, primarily reflecting a reduction in growth capital expenditures.
IMTT incurs maintenance capital expenditures to prolong the useful lives and increase the service capacity of existing revenue-producing assets. Maintenance capital expenditures include the refurbishment of storage tanks, piping, dock facilities, and environmental capital expenditures, principally in relation to improvements in containment measures and remediation.
During the first quarter of 2010, IMTT incurred $7.8 million on maintenance capital expenditures, including (i) $6.8 million principally in relation to tank refurbishments, docks and other infrastructure and (ii) $975,000 on environmental capital expenditures, principally in relation to improvements in containment measures and remediation.
By comparison, during the first quarter of 2009, IMTT incurred $8.3 million on maintenance capital expenditures, including (i) $7.9 million principally in relation to tank refurbishments, docks and other infrastructure and (ii) $425,000 on environmental capital expenditures, principally in relation to improvements in containment measures and remediation.
For the full-year 2010, IMTT expects to spend approximately $55.0 million on maintenance capital expenditures. This increase in maintenance capital expenditure from 2009 reflects primarily (i) an increase in the number and size of tanks to be serviced pursuant to IMTTs extensive tank cleaning and inspection program in Louisiana (ii) the need to undertake repairs and upgrades to some of the infrastructure at its Louisiana terminals and (iii) projects at Bayonne and Quebec. IMTT anticipates that maintenance capital expenditures will remain at elevated levels through 2014.
During the first quarter of 2010, IMTT incurred $6.8 million on growth projects compared with $26.4 million in the first quarter of 2009.
Since our investment in IMTT, the business has undertaken or committed to a total of approximately $543.4 million in expansion projects and acquired the Joliet facility for $18.5 million. Through March 31, 2010, these projects added and/or refurbished approximately 6.2 million barrels of storage capacity and are contributing approximately $49.8 million to gross profit and EBITDA on an annualized basis.
IMTT currently has ongoing growth projects for the construction or refurbishment of 2.2 million barrels of storage capacity comprised primarily of 1.8 million barrels at IMTTs St. Rose facility, of which 1.6 million barrels were on line at March 31, 2010 with the remainder expected to be fully placed into service by the end of the second quarter of 2010. Other smaller growth projects are also being pursued. On a combined basis, the projects under construction are expected to have a total cost of $127.8 million and will contribute approximately $19.1 million to gross profit and EBITDA on an annualized basis. Of the $127.8 million of IMTTs current growth projects, $47.9 million remained to be spent as of March 31, 2010. IMTT expects to fund these committed projects with its existing credit facilities and cash generated from operations. Contracts with a term of between 4 and 12 years have been signed with customers for substantially all of the tanks being constructed/converted in Louisiana and New Jersey.
IMTT continues to review numerous additional attractive growth opportunities. IMTT anticipates funding new growth capital expenditures with a combination of its cash flow from operating activities, and existing and additional credit facilities.
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Cash flows from financing activities decreased primarily due to repayments on the business revolving credit facility, partially offset by lower distributions paid out to shareholders.
IMTT made distributions of $5.0 million to each of its shareholders during the first quarter of 2010. It is anticipated that future cash generated from operating activities in 2010 will, primarily, be used to fund IMTTs growth capital expenditures.
At March 31, 2010, the outstanding balance on IMTTs debt facilities consisted of $245.7 million in revolving credit facilities, $251.3 million in tax exempt bonds and $128.9 million in term loan facilities, including shareholder loans. The weighted average interest rate of the outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps and fees associated with outstanding letters of credit, is 4.62%. During the first quarter of 2010, IMTT paid approximately $7.4 million in cash interest related to its debt facilities.
IMTT intends to amend its revolving credit facility in the second quarter of 2010. The proposed amendments could increase the size of the facility, extend the maturity and alter other clauses to be more favorable to IMTT. In exchange for this amendment, IMTT anticipates an increase in margin payable on any outstanding balance of the revolving credit facility along with an increase in other fees.
The financial covenant requirements under IMTTs credit facilities, and the calculation of these measures at March 31, 2010, were as follows:
USD/CAD Revolving Credit Facility | Regions Term Loan Facility | |
Debt to EBITDA Ratio: Max 4.75x | Debt to EBITDA Ratio: Max 4.75x | |
(at March 31, 2010: 3.61x) | (at March 31, 2010: 3.61x) | |
EBITDA to Interest Ratio: Min 3.00x | EBITDA to Interest Ratio: Min 3.00x | |
(at March 31, 2010: 7.14x) | (at March 31, 2010: 7.14x) |
For a description of the material terms of IMTTs credit facilities, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. We have not had any material changes to these credit facilities since February 25, 2010, our 10-K filing date.
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Cash provided by operating activities | 7,583 | 6,234 | 1,349 | 21.6 | ||||||||||||
Cash used in investing activities | (2,325 | ) | (1,908 | ) | (417 | ) | (21.9 | ) | ||||||||
Cash provided by financing activities | | | | |
The main driver for cash provided by operating activities is customer receipts. These are offset in part by the timing of payments for fuel, materials, pipeline repairs, vendor services and supplies, payroll and benefit costs, revenue-based taxes and payment of administrative costs. Customers are generally billed monthly and make payments on account. Vendors and suppliers generally bill the business when services are rendered or when products are shipped.
The increase from 2009 to 2010 was primarily due to improved operating results and lower state, local and franchise tax payments.
Cash used in investing activities is primarily comprised of capital expenditures. Capital expenditures for the non-utility business are funded by cash from operating activities and capital expenditures for the utility business are funded by drawing on credit facilities as well as cash from operating activities.
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Maintenance capital expenditures include replacement of pipeline sections, improvements to the business transmission system and SNG plant, improvements to buildings and other property and the purchases of vehicles and equipment. These expenditures were higher in the current quarter as compared to the first quarter of the prior year due to a higher level of pipeline renewals, expenditures for SNG plant components and facility upgrades.
Growth capital expenditures include the purchases of meters, regulators and propane tanks for new customers, the cost of installing pipelines for new residential and commercial construction and the renewable feedstock pilot program.
The following table sets forth information about capital expenditures in The Gas Company:
Maintenance | Growth | |||||||
Quarter ended March 31, 2009 | $ | 668,000 | $ | 1.2 million | ||||
Quarter ended March 31, 2010 | $ | 1.3 million | $ | 1.0 million | ||||
2010 full year projected | $ | 5.5 million | $ | 6.5 million | ||||
Commitments at March 31, 2010 | $ | 24,000 | $ | 1.7 million |
The business expects to fund its total 2010 capital expenditures from cash from operating activities and available debt facilities. Capital expenditures for 2010 are expected to be higher than previous years due to required pipeline maintenance and inspection involving the relocation and upgrade of two sections of the transmission pipeline near the SNG plant as part of an integrity management program due by 2012 and a pilot project at the SNG plant to create gas from renewable feedstock sources. Commitments at March 31, 2010 primarily relates to the renewable feedstock project.
At March 31, 2010, the outstanding balance on the business debt facilities consisted of $160.0 million in term loan facility borrowings and $19.0 million in capital expenditure facility borrowings.
The Gas Company has interest rate swaps hedging 100% of the interest rate exposure under the two $80.0 million term loan facilities that effectively fix the interest rate at 4.8375% (excluding the margin). In March 2009, The Gas Company entered into an interest rate basis swap agreement with its existing debt and swap counterparties. The basis swap, which reduced the weighted average annual interest rate on the business primary debt facilities by approximately 24.75 basis points, expired in March 2010. The resulting weighted average interest rate of the outstanding debt facilities including any interest rate swaps at March 31, 2010 is 4.84%. During the first quarter of 2010, the business paid approximately $2.1 million in interest expense related to its debt facilities.
The Gas Company also has an uncommitted unsecured short-term borrowing facility of $7.5 million that was renewed during the second quarter of 2009. This credit line bears interest at the lending banks quoted rate or prime rate. The facility is available for working capital needs. No amounts were outstanding as of March 31, 2010.
The main drivers for cash from financing activities are debt financings for capital expenditures and the repayment of outstanding credit facilities. There were no borrowings or repayments during the quarter.
The financial covenants triggering distribution lock-up under the business credit facility are as follows:
| 12 mo. look-forward and 12 mo. look-backward adjusted EBITDA/interest <3.5x (distribution lock-up) and <2.5x (default). The ratio at March 31, 2010 was 7.4x. |
Additionally, the HPUC requires the consolidated debt to total capital for HGC Holdings not to exceed 65.0% and $20.0 million to be readily available in cash resources at The Gas Company, HGC Holdings or MIC. At March 31, 2010, the debt to total capital ratio was 62.6% and $20.0 million in cash resources was readily available.
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For a description of the material terms of The Gas Companys credit facilities, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. We have not had any material changes to these credit facilities since February 25, 2010, our 10-K filing date.
The following analysis represents 100% of the cash flows of District Energy.
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Cash provided by operating activities | 1,386 | 1,841 | (455 | ) | (24.7 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Cash used in investing activities | (2,746 | ) | (1,619 | ) | (1,127 | ) | (69.6 | ) | ||||||||||||
Cash provided by financing activities | 151 | 852 | (701 | ) | (82.3 | ) |
Cash provided by operating activities is primarily driven by customer receipts for services provided and for leased equipment (including non-revenue lease principal), the timing of payments for electricity and vendor services or supplies and the payment of payroll and benefit costs. The decline in cash provided by operating activities was primarily due to the timing of electricity prepayments required under District Energys 2010 vendor supply contract. The business was not required to prepay for electricity in 2009.
Cash used in investing activities mainly comprises capital expenditures, which are generally funded by drawing on available facilities. Cash used in investing activities in 2009 and 2010 funded growth capital expenditures for new customer connections and plant expansion.
The business expects to spend up to $1.0 million per year on capital expenditures relating to the replacement of parts, system reliability, customer service improvements and minor system modifications. Maintenance capital expenditures will be funded from available facilities and cash from operating activities. These expenditures were higher in the first quarter of 2010 due to the timing of spend on ordinary course maintenance projects.
The following table summarizes growth capital expenditures committed by District Energy as well as the gross profit and EBITDA expected to be generated by those expenditures. Of the $25.0 million total, approximately $24.2 million, or 97%, has been spent as of March 31, 2010.
Capital Expenditure Cost ($ Millions) |
Gross Profit/ EBITDA ($ Millions)(1) |
Expected Date for Gross Profit/EBITDA |
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Chicago Plant and Distribution System Expansion | 7.7 | |||||||||||
New Chicago Customer Connections and Minor System Modifications | 6.6 | |||||||||||
14.3 | 4.9 | 2007 2013 | ||||||||||
Chicago Plant Renovation and Expansion | 10.7 | 1.3 | 2009 2011 | |||||||||
Total | 25.0 | 6.2 |
(1) | Represents projected increases in annualized gross profit and EBITDA in the first year following completion of the project. |
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New customers will typically reimburse the business for a substantial portion of expenditures related to connecting them to the business system, thereby reducing the impact of this element of capital expenditure. In addition, new customers generally have up to two years after their initial service date to increase capacity up to their final contracted tons which may defer a small portion of the expected gross profit and EBITDA. As of April 27, 2010, the business has signed contracts representing approximately 80% of expected additional gross profit and EBITDA relating to the Chicago projects in the table above. Customers representing approximately 55% of the $6.2 million of expected additional gross profit and EBITDA are currently in service.
The business expects to fund the capital expenditures for system expansion and interconnection by drawing on debt facilities. The following table sets forth information about District Energys capital expenditures:
Maintenance | Growth | |||||||
Quarter ended March 31, 2009 | $ | 127,000 | $ | 1.5 million | ||||
Quarter ended March 31, 2010 | $ | 312,000 | $ | 34,000 | ||||
2010 full year projected | $ | 1.0 million | $ | 1.4 million | ||||
Commitments at March 31, 2010 | $ | 115,000 | $ | 762,000 |
In early 2009, District Energys Las Vegas operation began providing service to a new customer building. This new customer began receiving full service in February 2010 and is expected to contribute approximately $300,000 per year to gross profit and EBITDA. This service required a $3.0 million system expansion of the Las Vegas facility, of which $300,000 was funded through a capital contribution from the noncontrolling shareholder of District Energys Las Vegas operation.
On February 18, 2010, the Nevada Gaming Commission granted final approval to Harrahs Entertainment, Inc. to assume ownership and management of one of District Energys customers and its related facilities; the transaction closed February 19, 2010. This transaction had no impact on District Energys contracts with this customer.
At March 31, 2010, the outstanding balance on the business debt facilities consisted of $170.0 million in term loan facilities.
In March 2009, District Energy entered into an interest rate basis swap agreement with its existing debt and swap counterparties. The basis swap, which reduced the weighted average annual interest rate on the business primary debt facility by approximately 24.75 basis points, expired in March 2010. The resulting weighted average interest rate of the outstanding debt facilities including any interest rate swaps and fees associated with outstanding letters of credit at March 31, 2010 is 5.51%. For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, the business paid approximately $2.3 million in interest expense related to its debt facilities.
The decrease in cash provided by financing activities was primarily due to decreased borrowings under the business credit facility to finance growth and maintenance capital expenditure, partially offset by a $300,000 capital contribution from the noncontrolling interest shareholder of the District Energys Las Vegas operations.
The financial covenants under the business credit facility and the calculation of these measures at March 31, 2010, were as follows:
| Backward Interest Coverage Ratio > 1.5x (distribution lock-up) and > 1.2x (debt default threshold). The ratio at March 31, 2010 was 2.8x. |
| Leverage Ratio (funds from operations less interest expense to net debt) for the previous 12 months equal to or greater than 6.0% (distribution lock-up) and 4.0% (debt default threshold). The ratio at March 31, 2010 was 8.1%. |
For a description of the material terms of District Energys credit facilities, see Liquidity and Capital Resources in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report of Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. We have not had any material changes to these credit facilities since February 25, 2010, our 10-K filing date.
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Cash provided by operating activities (1) | 21,789 | 12,879 | 8,910 | 69.2 | ||||||||||||
Cash used in investing activities | (1,336 | ) | (3,242 | ) | 1,906 | 58.8 | ||||||||||
Cash used in financing activities(2) | (22,533 | ) | (42,701 | ) | 20,168 | 47.2 |
(1) | In the first quarter of 2009, Atlantic Aviation recorded $1.2 million of debt advisory fees. These fees were transferred to MIC Inc. during the third quarter of 2009, and have been excluded above. |
(2) | During the first quarter of 2009, we provided Atlantic Aviation with a capital contribution of $50.0 million to pay down $44.6 million of debt. The remainder of the capital contribution was used to pay interest rate swap breakage fees and expenses. This contribution has been excluded from the above table as it is eliminated on consolidation. |
Operating cash at Atlantic Aviation is generated from sales transactions primarily paid by credit cards. Some customers have extended payment terms and billed accordingly. Cash is used in operating activities mainly for payments to vendors of fuel, aircraft services and professional services, as well as payroll costs and payments to tax jurisdictions. Cash provided by operating activities increased mainly due to:
| improved operating results due to stable gross profit and lower selling, general and administrative costs; |
| reduced interest expense from lower debt levels; and |
| lower partial swap termination costs. |
Cash used in investing activities relates primarily to our acquisitions and capital expenditures. The decrease in cash used in investing activity is primarily due to lower growth capital expenditures by the business.
Maintenance expenditures are generally funded by cash from operating activities and growth capital expenditures are generally funded with draw downs on capital expenditure facilities.
Maintenance capital expenditures encompass repainting, replacing equipment as necessary and any ongoing environmental or required regulatory expenditure, such as installing safety equipment. These expenditures are generally funded from cash flow from operating activities.
Growth capital expenditures are incurred primarily in connection with lease extensions and only where the business expects to receive an appropriate return relative to its cost of capital. Historically these expenditures have included development of hangars, terminal buildings and ramp upgrades. The business has generally funded these projects through its growth capital expenditure facility.
The following table sets forth information about capital expenditures in Atlantic Aviation:
Maintenance | Growth | |||||||
Quarter ended March 31, 2009 | $ | 826,000 | $ | 2.4 million | ||||
Quarter ended March 31, 2010 | $ | 931,000 | $ | 405,000 | ||||
2010 full year projected | $ | 7.6 million | $ | 1.8 million | ||||
Commitments at March 31, 2010 | $ | 97,000 | $ | 200,000 |
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The decrease in growth capital expenditures from 2009 primarily relates to the completion of a terminal and ramp project in Nashville, Tennessee.
At March 31, 2010, the outstanding balance on the business debt facilities consisted of $793.6 million in term loan facility borrowings, which is 100% hedged with interest rate swaps, and $44.9 million in capital expenditure facility borrowings. In March 2009, Atlantic Aviation entered into an interest rate basis swap agreement with its existing debt and swap counterparties. The basis swap, which reduced the weighted average annual interest rate on the business primary debt facility by approximately 19.50 basis points, expired in March 2010. The resulting weighted average interest rate on the term loan is 6.81%. The interest rate applicable on capital expenditure facility is the three-month US Libor plus a margin of 1.60%. For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, the business paid approximately $13.8 million in interest expense, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees, related to its debt facilities.
In the quarters ended March 31, 2010 and 2009, the business pre-paid $24.7 million and $44.6 million, respectively, of debt principal and $2.5 million and $5.2 million, respectively, of interest rate swap breakage fees.
In May 2010, the business prepaid $3.0 million of term loan principal and incurred approximately $296,000 in swap breakage fees. As a result of this prepayment, the proforma leverage ratio would decrease to 7.43x based upon the trailing twelve months March 31, 2010 EBITDA, as calculated under the facility.
The decrease in cash used in financing activities is primarily due to a larger debt prepayment in the first quarter of 2009.
The financial covenant requirements under Atlantic Aviations credit facility, and the calculation of these measures at March 31, 2010, were as follows:
| Debt Service Coverage Ratio > 1.2x (default threshold). The ratio at March 31, 2010 was 1.94x. |
| Leverage Ratio debt to EBITDA for the trailing twelve months < 8.00x (default threshold). The ratio at March 31, 2010 was 7.45x. |
In cooperation with the business lenders, the terms of Atlantic Aviations loan agreement were amended on February 25, 2009. The amendments provide that the business apply all excess cash flow to prepay additional debt principal 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. The revised terms are outlined in Liquidity and Capital Resources, Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed on February 25, 2010. We have not had any material changes to this credit facility since February 25, 2010, our 10-K filing date.
At March 31, 2010 there were no material changes in our future commitments and contingencies from December 31, 2009, except for the mandatory prepayment we expect to make under the cash sweep terms of Atlantic Aviations credit facility from long-term debt to current portion of long-term debt in our consolidated condensed balance sheet and the maturity of the MIC revolving credit facility on March 31, 2010.
Under the amended terms of Atlantic Aviations credit facility, the business will apply all excess cash flow from the business to prepay the debt principal for the foreseeable future. In the quarter ended March 31, 2010, the business used approximately $27.2 million of excess cash flow to prepay $24.7 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt and $2.5 million in interest rate swap breakage fees. Actual prepayment amounts in the periods beginning March 31, 2011 through the maturity of the facility will depend on the performance of the business.
In May 2010, Atlantic Aviation used $3.3 million of excess cash flow from the first quarter of 2010 to prepay $3.0 million of the outstanding principal balance of the term loan debt and incurred $296,000 in interest rate swap breakage fees.
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See Note 9, Long-Term Debt, to our consolidated condensed financial statements in Part I, Item 1 of this Form 10-Q for further discussion.
At March 31, 2010, we did not have any outstanding material purchase obligations. For a discussion of our other future obligations, due by period, under the various contractual obligations, off-balance sheet arrangements and commitments, please see Liquidity and Capital Resources Commitments and Contingencies in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010. We have not had any material changes to our commitments except as discussed above.
In addition, at March 31, 2010, we did not have any material reserves for contingencies. We have other contingencies, including pending threatened legal and administrative proceedings that are not reflected at this time as they are not ascertainable.
Our sources of cash to meet these obligations are as follows:
| cash generated from our operations (see Operating Activities in the Liquidity and Capital Resources); |
| refinancing our current credit facilities on or before maturity (see Financing Activities in the Liquidity and Capital Resources); and |
| cash available from our undrawn credit facilities (see Financing Activities in the Liquidity and Capital Resources). |
For critical accounting estimates, see Critical Accounting Estimates in Part II, Item 7 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Our critical accounting estimates have not changed materially from the description contained in that Annual Report.
Significant assets acquired in connection with our acquisition of The Gas Company, District Energy and Atlantic Aviation include contract rights, customer relationships, non-compete agreements, trademarks, domain names, property and equipment and goodwill.
Trademarks and domain names are generally considered to be indefinite life intangibles. Trademarks, domain names and goodwill are not amortized in most circumstances. It may be appropriate to amortize some trademarks and domain names. However, for unamortized intangible assets, we are required to perform annual impairment reviews and more frequently in certain circumstances.
The goodwill impairment test is a two-step process, which requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step of the process consists of estimating the fair value of each reporting unit based on a discounted cash flow model using revenue and profit forecasts and comparing those estimated fair values with the carrying values, which included 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. The Gas Company, District Energy and Atlantic Aviation are separate reporting units for purposes of this analysis. The impairment test for trademarks and domain names, which are not amortized, requires the determination of the fair value of such assets. If the fair value of the trademarks and domain names is less than their carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the difference. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain future events that might adversely affect the reported value of goodwill and/or intangible assets. Such events include, but are not limited to, strategic decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions, the impact of the economic environment on our customer base, or material negative change in relationship with significant customers.
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Property and equipment is initially stated at cost. Depreciation on property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property and equipment after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. Our estimated useful lives represent the period the asset remains in service assuming normal routine maintenance. We review the estimated useful lives assigned to property and equipment when our business experience suggests that they do not properly reflect the consumption of economic benefits embodied in the property and equipment nor result in the appropriate matching of cost against revenue. Factors that lead to such a conclusion may include physical observation of asset usage, examination of realized gains and losses on asset disposals and consideration of market trends such as technological obsolescence or change in market demand.
Significant intangibles, including contract rights, customer relationships, non-compete agreements and technology are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the intangible asset after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. With respect to contract rights in our Atlantic Aviation business, we take into consideration the history of contract right renewals in determining our assessment of useful life and the corresponding amortization period.
We perform impairment reviews of property and equipment and intangibles subject to amortization, when events or circumstances indicate that assets are less than their carrying amount and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amount of those assets. In this circumstance, the impairment charge is determined based upon the amount of the net book value of the assets exceeds their fair market value. Any impairment is measured by comparing the fair value of the asset to its carrying value.
The implied fair value of reporting units and fair value of property and equipment and intangible assets is determined by our management and is generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to present value. We use outside valuation experts when management considers that it is appropriate to do so.
We test for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets when there is an indicator of impairment. Impairments of goodwill, property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements and intangible assets during 2009 relating to Atlantic Aviation is discussed in Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations Results of Operations in Part I, Item 2 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q.
See Note 3, New Accounting Pronouncements, to our consolidated condensed financial statements in Part I, Item I of this Form 10-Q for details on new accounting pronouncements which is incorporated herein by reference.
The discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of the Company should be read in conjunction with the consolidated condensed financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere herein. This discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties and are made under the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Words such as anticipates, expects, intends, plans, believes, seeks, estimates, and similar expressions identify such forward-looking statements. Our actual results and timing of certain events could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of certain factors, including, but not limited to, those set forth under Risk Factors in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Unless required by law, we can undertake no obligation to update forward-looking statements. Readers should also carefully review the risk factors set forth in other reports and documents filed from time to time with the SEC.
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Except as otherwise specified, Macquarie Infrastructure Company, we, us, and our refer to the Company and its subsidiaries together from June 25, 2007 and, prior to that date, to the Trust, the Company and its subsidiaries. Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc., which we refer to as our Manager, is part of the Macquarie Group, comprised of Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.
For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see Part II, Item 7A Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. Our exposure to market risk has not changed materially since February 25, 2010, our 10-K filing date.
Under the direction and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2010. There has been no change in our internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the quarter ended March 31, 2010 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
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None, other than as previously disclosed in Part I, Item 3 of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31 2009, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010.
See Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31 2009, filed with the SEC on February 25, 2010.
None.
None.
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An exhibit index has been filed as part of this Report on page E-1.
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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.
MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE COMPANY LLC | ||
Dated: May 5, 2010 | By: /s/ James Hooke | |
Dated: May 5, 2010 | By: /s/ Todd Weintraub |
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Exhibit Number |
Description | |
31.1* | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer | |
31.2* | Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Financial Officer | |
32.1* | Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer | |
32.2* | Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer |
* | Filed herewith. |
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