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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-Q

  

 

 

  x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

or

 

  ¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from         to         

Commission File Number 333-166853

 

 

AQUILEX HOLDINGS LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   02-0795750
(State of Incorporation)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

3344 Peachtree Rd, N.E. Suite 2100,

Atlanta, Georgia

  30326
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 869-6677

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x    Smaller reporting company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨    No  x

The limited liability company ownership interests of the registrant are not publicly traded. Therefore, there is no aggregate market value for the registrant’s outstanding equity that is readily determinable.

 

 

 


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AQUILEX HOLDINGS LLC

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

INDEX

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

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   Page  

Item 1.

   Financial Statements (Unaudited)      1   

Item 2.

   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations      27   

Item 3.

   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk      40   

Item 4.

   Controls and Procedures      40   
   PART II – OTHER INFORMATION   

Item 1.

   Legal Proceedings      42   

Item 1A.

   Risk Factors      42   

Item 2.

   Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds      44   

Item 3.

   Defaults upon Senior Securities      44   

Item 4.

   Removed and Reserved      44   

Item 5.

   Other Information      44   

Item 6

   Exhibits      45   
   Signatures      46   


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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

Aquilex Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

 

Dollars in thousands

 

     September 30,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 

Assets

    

Current assets

    

Cash

   $ 24,713      $ 8,689   

Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $1,546 and $1,552, respectively

     86,746        80,430   

Inventories

     13,129        13,044   

Cost in excess of billings

     6,927        4,165   

Deferred tax asset

     2,378        2,378   

Income tax receivable

     3,324        2,464   

Prepaid expenses

     2,391        1,908   

Deferred financing costs, net

     1,828        —     

Other current assets

     904        1,946   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     142,340        115,024   

Property and equipment, net

     69,644        73,391   

Goodwill

     70,163        258,687   

Other intangible assets, net

     117,707        206,295   

Deferred financing costs, net

     —          13,413   

Other assets

     638        2,226   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 400,492      $ 669,036   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

    

Current liabilities

    

Accounts payable

   $ 16,341      $ 17,622   

Accrued liabilities

     42,422        36,563   

Income tax payable

     1,434        1,192   

Billings in excess of cost

     3,005        3,272   

Interest payable

     7,300        1,071   

Current portion of long-term debt, net of discount

     422,097        1,850   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     492,599        61,570   

Long-term debt, net of discount and current portion

     —          377,387   

Income tax payable

     2,424        4,398   

Other notes payable

     1,802        —     

Deferred income tax liabilities

     8,684        32,923   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     505,509        476,278   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 9)

    

Equity

    

Member’s capital

     400,375        399,664   

Accumulated deficit

     (503,978     (206,314

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (515     (592
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total member’s (deficit) equity

     (104,118     192,758   

Noncontrolling interest

     (899     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (deficit) equity

     (105,017     192,758   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ 400,492      $ 669,036   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Aquilex Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss (Unaudited)

 

Dollars in thousands

 

     Three months
ended September 30,
    Nine months
ended September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Revenues

   $ 101,140      $ 110,696      $ 327,744      $ 324,042   

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation shown below

     73,765        76,387        239,369        225,961   

Depreciation

     5,067        4,393        14,596        13,060   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

     22,308        29,916        73,779        85,021   

Operating expenses

        

Selling, general and administrative expense

     27,911        19,076        70,055        55,397   

Depreciation and amortization

     3,423        4,921        11,101        14,934   

Impairment charges

     267,748        —          267,748        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

     299,082        23,997        348,904        70,331   

Other income (expense)

        

Interest expense, net

     (28,046     (10,034     (48,300     (33,237

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —          —          —          (24,424

Other, net

     (1,360     782        (1,047     92   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other expense, net

     (29,406     (9,252     (49,347     (57,569
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss before income tax (benefit)

     (306,180     (3,333     (324,472     (42,879

Income tax (benefit)

     (21,467     (933     (25,856     (15,349
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (284,713     (2,400     (298,616     (27,530

Less: Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (240     —          (952     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to Aquilex Holdings

   $ (284,473   $ (2,400   $ (297,664   $ (27,530
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss:

        

Net loss

   $ (284,713   $ (2,400   $ (298,616   $ (27,530

Foreign currency translation adjustment

     (122     95        77        (26
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss

     (284,835     (2,305     (298,539     (27,556

Other comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest:

        

Net loss

     (240     —          (952     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interest

     (240     —          (952     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other comprehensive loss attributable to Aquilex Holdings

   $ (284,595   $ (2,305   $ (297,587   $ (27,556
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

 

Dollars in thousands

 

     Nine months
ended September 30,
 
     2011     2010  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net loss

   $ (298,616   $ (27,530

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

    

Depreciation

     16,333        14,998   

Amortization of intangible assets

     9,364        12,996   

Bad debt expense

     92        618   

Deferred income taxes

     (24,247     (14,768

Loss on investment writeoff

     1,000        —     

(Gain) loss on sale of fixed assets

     31        (146

Amortization of deferred financing costs and original issue discount

     20,896        4,520   

Noncash equity compensation

     753        1,051   

Impairment charge

     267,748        —     

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —          24,424   

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

    

Accounts receivable

     (6,215     (14,206

Inventories

     7        (2,674

Cost in excess of billings

     (2,762     (2,879

Prepaid expenses

     (479     283   

Other assets

     1,045        474   

Income taxes

     (2,620     3,756   

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

     4,900        2,434   

Billings in excess of cost

     (272     733   

Interest payable

     6,229        5,102   

Other

     —          (330
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

     (6,813     8,856   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Capital expenditures

     (13,359     (10,044

Initial investment contribution to Aquilex Arabia joint venture

     53        —     

Joint venture partner payment of expenses on behalf of Aquilex Arabia joint venture

     1,802        —     

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

     253        364   

Restricted cash

     625        760   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (10,626     (8,920
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Payments on long-term debt

     (1,388     (176,667

Proceeds from long-term debt

     —          183,150   

Payments on revolver debt

     —          (5,000

Proceeds from revolver debt

     36,000        5,000   

Payments on capital lease obligations

     —          (92

Payment of deferred financing costs

     (1,063     (5,796
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     33,549        595   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase in cash and cash equivalents

     16,110        531   

Effect of foreign currency changes on cash

     (86     434   

Cash and cash equivalents

    

Beginning of period

     8,689        11,252   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

   $ 24,713      $ 12,217   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental cash flow information

    

Cash paid (received) during the period for:

    

Interest

   $ 21,086      $ 28,733   

Income taxes, net

     (1,348     (4,174

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Aquilex Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity (Unaudited)

 

Dollars in thousands, except unit amounts

 

                         Accumulated                    
                         Other     Total              
     Common Capital Interest      Accumulated     Comprehensive     Member’s     Noncontrolling     Total  
     Units      Amount      Deficit     Income (Loss)     (Deficit) Equity     Interest     Equity  

Balances at December 31, 2010

     397,114,500       $ 399,664       $ (206,314   $ (592   $ 192,758      $ —        $ 192,758   

Capital Contributions

     —           —           —          —          —          53        53   

Performance units compensation

     —           711         —          —          711        —          711   

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

     —           —           —          77        77        —          77   

Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2011

     —           —           (297,664     —          (297,664     (952     (298,616
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balances at September 30, 2011

     397,114,500       $ 400,375       $ (503,978   $ (515   $ (104,118   $ (899   $ (105,017
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Aquilex Holdings, LLC and Subsidiaries

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

1. Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, Liquidity and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

Description of Business

Aquilex Holdings LLC and subsidiaries (Company) is a leading global provider of a broad array of recurring critical industrial services to the oil and gas refining, chemical and petrochemical production, fossil and nuclear power generation and waste-to-energy industries. The Company provides these services through the combination of proprietary automation technology, a specialized equipment fleet and a specially trained labor force. The Company’s services are essential in maintaining and enhancing the efficiency, operability and profitability of customer plants by minimizing downtime and extending service life at a lower cost than replacement alternatives.

The Company reports operating results in two reportable segments: Specialty Repair and Overhaul (SRO) and Industrial Cleaning (IC).

SPECIALTY REPAIR AND OVERHAUL (SRO)

SRO provides specialized welding overlay and repair services for industrial applications of erosion and corrosion protection services, repair technology services, and shop services.

INDUSTRIAL CLEANING (IC)

IC provides industrial cleaning services to a wide range of processing industries, including petrochemical, oil refining, electric utilities and pulp and paper.

The balance of the Company’s continuing operations do not meet the criteria of a reportable segment and are accordingly reported in All Other.

ORGANIZATION

The Company is a Limited Liability Company, which is 100% owned by Aquilex Acquisition Sub III, LLC. As a 100% owned LLC, the Company is disregarded as an entity from its owner for federal and most state income tax purposes.

Aquilex Acquisition Sub III, LLC has elected to be taxed as a C-corporation for income tax purposes. As such, income taxes have been provided for the Company in accordance with Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) Topic 1B’s “carve out” accounting. In addition, income taxes have been provided for certain corporate subsidiaries of the company under the separate return method for allocating consolidated income tax expense.

Liquidity, Covenant Compliance, and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

At September 30, 2011, the Company had cash of $24,713 and outstanding debt obligations of $423,225. At September 30, 2011, the Company had $13,913 of outstanding letter of credit obligations. On August 4, 2011, the Company drew down the remaining $24,000 on its revolving credit facility. At September 30, 2011, the Company did not have any remaining capacity under the Company’s revolving credit facility.

The Company’s ability to generate cash from operations depends in large part on the level of demand for its services from the Company’s customers and operating margins. In recent periods, demand for the Company’s services has been significantly lower than the Company had expected, in part because the extent and timing of the release of maintenance and repair projects by the Company’s customers have not met the Company’s expectations, and the Company’s operating margins have been lower. In addition, delays in receivables payments have negatively affected the Company’s liquidity, in part due to significant payments from PDVSA in Venezuela being delayed. However, overdue balances for PDVSA

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

decreased in the third quarter of 2011 to $8,300 at September 30, 2011, compared to $12,400 at June 30, 2011. Since September 30, 2011, the Company has received additional payments from PDVSA totaling $4,309. As of November 8, 2011, overdue balances with PDVSA were $7,900.

Based on the Company’s most recent estimates, it believes that the proceeds from its most recent draw on its revolving credit facility, existing cash balances and cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet its anticipated cash needs through the end of the first quarter of 2012, except that, as described in more detail below, the Company does not expect to make the next scheduled interest payment on its $225,000 11.125% Senior Notes due 2016 (the “senior notes”), which payment is due on December 15, 2011.

To meet the Company’s cash needs for the next twelve months and over the longer term, the Company expects that it will be required to restructure its debt obligations and obtain additional liquidity sources, because it does not expect that it will generate sufficient cash from its operations to fund its debt service along with its operating expenses, capital expenditures and other cash requirements over that period. In connection with the Company’s restructuring efforts, the Company is engaged in active and constructive negotiations with an ad hoc committee of holders of its senior notes and a steering committee of its lenders regarding a consensual restructuring that would significantly deleverage the Company’s capital structure. The Company is also considering a range of financing options in connection with the restructuring, including arranging a short-term financing facility. The Company is engaged in negotiations for such a short-term financing facility with certain lenders who are current holders of its senior notes. If these negotiations are unsuccessful, as noted above, the Company may not need additional liquidity to meet its anticipated cash needs prior to consummation of an out of court restructuring or reaching a definitive agreement on a “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy plan of reorganization. However, if the Company determines that such short-term financing is necessary, but remains unavailable, and/or obtains such financing but is unable to consummate an out of court restructuring, the Company expects that it would commence a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and, in connection with such potential scenario, is engaged in negotiations with its lenders regarding a debtor-in-possession financing facility.

If the Company commences a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, the Company will attempt to arrange a “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy filing. In a “pre-packaged bankruptcy”, the Company would make arrangements with new and existing creditors for additional liquidity facilities and the restructuring of its existing debt obligations, before presenting these arrangements to the bankruptcy court for approval. In the absence of a “pre-packaged” bankruptcy, the Company would consider a “pre-arranged” bankruptcy filing, in which it would reach agreement on the material terms of a plan of reorganization with key creditors prior to the commencement of the bankruptcy case. The Company currently anticipates that any such “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy would not impair, or otherwise reduce the amount owed to, the Company’s trade creditors, suppliers and employees.

There can be no assurance that any of these efforts will be successful, and any of the foregoing alternatives may have materially adverse effects on the Company’s business and on the market price of its securities, including its senior notes. In the event of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, there can be no assurance that any “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” filing would be achievable, and it is possible that the Company would need to file without such arrangements in place.

The Company’s Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Credit Agreement”) requires it to maintain a minimum ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to total interest expense and maximum ratios of total debt and senior secured debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The Company was not in compliance with these financial maintenance covenants as of September 30, 2011 and does not expect to be in compliance with those covenants as of December 31, 2011. On October 13, 2011, the Company entered into a Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “Forbearance Agreement”) in connection with the Credit Agreement. The Forbearance Agreement provides that the lenders will forbear, until December 8, 2011, (the “Forbearance Period”), from exercising default-related rights and remedies against the Company with respect to its failure to comply with its financial maintenance covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2011. Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the applicable interest rate margin on the loans under the Credit Agreement has been increased by 1.00%. During the Forbearance Period, such additional interest may be paid in kind at the Company’s option by adding the accrued interest to the principal amount of the applicable loans. The Forbearance Agreement also provides that any LIBOR-based loans with

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

interest periods expiring during the Forbearance Period may be continued as LIBOR-based loans only at the discretion of the administrative agent and only for one-month interest periods; otherwise these loans will convert to prime-based loans. In addition, the parties to the Forbearance Agreement have agreed that any auto-renewal letters of credit for which notice of non-renewal would be due during the Forbearance Period will be extended. As a condition to the effectiveness of the Forbearance Agreement, the Company agreed to pay a forbearance fee to consenting lenders equal to $250, plus reimbursement of certain fees and expenses.

Because the Company does not expect to be in compliance with its financial covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ending December 31, 2011, the Company has approached its lenders under the Credit Agreement to seek an extension of the Forbearance Period and additional forbearance with respect to its financial covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ending December 31, 2011. The Company may also be required to seek additional forbearance agreements for future periods. There can be no certainty that any such forbearance agreement will be forthcoming. In the absence of necessary forbearance, the Company’s lenders would be able to declare all of the Company’s indebtedness immediately due and payable, and as a result, the Company has classified all debt as current at September 30, 2011.

The Company’s senior notes also contain cross payment default and cross acceleration provisions. Subject to a notice and cure period, the Company’s senior notes would be in default in the event that the Company has a default on any other indebtedness, including under its Credit Agreement, as a result of a failure to pay any scheduled installment of principal prior to the expiration of any grace period provided in such indebtedness or if there is a default on any indebtedness, including under its Credit Agreement, which results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its maturity, provided that the principal amount of any such defaulted or accelerated indebtedness is at least $20,000

In connection with its restructuring plans described above, the Company does not expect to make the interest payment on its senior notes due on December 15, 2011. While the Company expects to obtain forbearance from certain of its noteholders for such a payment default, there can be no assurance it will receive such forbearance. Even with such forbearance, if the Company does not make the scheduled interest payment, subject to a 30-day grace period, it would be in default under its senior notes. See Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors—We do not expect to make the next scheduled interest payment on our senior notes.”

There can be no assurance that the Company will be able to restructure its debt and obtain sufficient additional sources of liquidity in order to address its cash needs, or to obtain any forbearance for any failure to make a scheduled interest payment on the senior notes or any additional forbearance for covenant defaults under its Credit Agreement. The conditions as described above raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. See Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors—There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.”

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and include the Company’s accounts and the accounts of its wholly owned subsidiaries. The condensed consolidated financial statements are presented on the basis that the Company is a going concern. The going concern assumption contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. Certain information and note disclosures, normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP), have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. In management’s opinion, the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of September 30, 2011 and its operating results, and cash flows for the interim periods presented. The balance sheet at December 31, 2010 has been derived from the Company’s audited financial statements as of that date but does not include all disclosures required by U.S. GAAP. These financial statements and the related notes should be read in conjunction with the December 31, 2010 consolidated financial statements and notes thereto, which were filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011 as part of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company’s results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for a full year.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company, its 100% owned subsidiaries, and a joint venture consolidated in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) 810-Consolidation (ASC 810)(see Note 5). All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and the differences could be material. On an ongoing basis, estimates are reviewed based on information that is currently available.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair value is defined under ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. ASC 820 also establishes a three-level hierarchy, which requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability on the measurement date. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1–inputs to the valuation methodology are quoted prices (unadjusted) for an identical asset or liability in an active market.

Level 2–inputs to the valuation methodology include quoted prices for a similar asset or liability in an active market or model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs are observable for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

Level 3–inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement of the asset or liability.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, there have been no transfers between hierarchy levels.

As of September 30, 2011, the Company had carrying values of $86,746 for accounts receivable, net, and $16,341 for accounts payable. For these respective items, the carrying value approximated fair value at September 30, 2011. The carrying value for long-term debt was $422,097 and the fair value approximated $301,275 at September 30, 2011. The fair value of debt was calculated using quoted market prices at September 30, 2011.

In accordance with ASC 350-10 (SFAS No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets), and ASC 360 (SFAS No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets), goodwill and intangible assets were written down to $70,163 and $117,707, respectively. The write down of the assets resulted in a goodwill impairment charge of $188,524 and an intangible assets impairment charge of $79,224. These are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis. The Company utilized Level 2 inputs, as defined in the fair value hierarchy, for the fair value measurement of these assets. These items are presented on the balance sheet as “Goodwill” and “Other intangible assets, net.” Changes in these respective items appear as “Impairment charges” on the Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss. See also Note 4, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

Noncontrolling Interest

Noncontrolling interests in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets represents the proportionate share of equity attributable to the minority shareholder of the Aquilex Arabia joint venture. Noncontrolling interest is adjusted each period to reflect the allocation of comprehensive income to or the absorption of comprehensive losses by the noncontrolling interest. The Company began consolidation of this joint venture upon its receiving approval and certification by the Saudi government in February 2011. Accordingly, no prior year comparative period is presented.

Revenue Recognition

The Company evaluates the circumstances of each contract to determine the appropriate application of revenue recognition methods.

SRO Segment

The SRO construction services contracts that are short-term in nature are primarily accounted for by the completed contract method and these contracts set forth the scope of services and provide a detailed work plan and timetable. Additionally, these contracts generally include automatic pricing adjustments to account for changes in the price of weld wire, the primary input material the Company uses in carrying out projects. In such cases, revenue is recognized at the completion of the job, when accepted by the customer, title and risk of loss have transferred to the customer and collectibility is reasonably assured.

Certain other SRO contracts are accounted for by the percentage of completion method. This method is used where there are reliable estimates of revenue and cost, the contract specifies terms and conditions, and both the purchaser and the Company have the ability and expectation to perform all the contractual duties. In this regard, the SRO segment uses two methods for determining the percent complete.

The output method involves the use of contract milestones which are specifically outlined in the contracts and reflect a reasonable estimate of progress on the project. Once the specific milestone is met, a percentage of revenue is recognized based on the cost incurred of the milestone and the estimated margin of the project. These milestones have clearly defined, recognized, and separable value and cost that reasonably reflect the progress of a long-cycle contract across multiple accounting periods. In some contracts, both specific billing and completion milestones are present. Sometimes, these are the same. However, the Company does have contracts where the billing milestone is set to have cash in advance of the revenue. In such circumstance, billing in excess of cost is recognized as a liability. In the event the project does not have definitive milestones, the input method of cost-to-total estimated costs is used to measure results directly and to measure progress toward completion. In these arrangements, a percentage of revenue is recognized based on the ratio of costs incurred to total estimated costs after giving effect to estimates of costs to complete based on most recent information. We recognize revisions in profit estimates to income in the period in which the revision is determined. Estimated contract losses are recognized in full when determined.

The input method is used to determine the percent complete on time and materials contracts. Under the time and materials contracts, revenue is recognized based upon hours and cost to date at the estimated margin of the job. Due to the nature of these jobs, actual invoicing is completed after the revenue event occurs and therefore a cost in excess of billing is recorded at month end.

At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the SRO segment did not have any contracts for which a significant loss was anticipated.

These methods for determining the percent complete are applied consistently among all of the SRO segment contracts having similar characteristics.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

IC Segment

The industrial cleaning segment derives its revenues from services under time and materials and fixed-price contracts. Revenues from time and materials contracts are recognized as services are performed and efforts are expended. Alternatively, revenues from fixed price contracts are recognized over the contractual period in a ratable manner due to the consistent performance of services from period to period. Any losses on these contracts are recognized in the period during which they are estimable. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the IC segment did not have any contracts for which a significant loss was anticipated.

Income Taxes

The Company is a Limited Liability Company (LLC) and as such, members of an LLC are not personally liable for any debt, liability or obligation of the Company. However, the Company’s operations consist of both an LLC, which is not taxed as a separate entity, and certain corporate subsidiaries, which are subject to taxation under the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code.

The Company follows the asset and liability method of accounting for income taxes in accordance with ASC 740, Income Taxes. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and operating loss and tax credit carry forwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled. The effect on deferred tax assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in the results of operations in the period that includes the enactment date. A valuation allowance is recorded to reduce the carrying amounts of deferred tax assets unless it is more likely than not that such asset will be realized.

The Company regularly evaluates valuation allowances established for deferred tax assets for which future realization is uncertain. The estimation of required valuation allowances includes an estimate of future taxable income, reversals of deferred tax liabilities, carry back periods, and tax planning strategies.

In accordance with ASC 740, the Company recorded reserves and interest for the uncertain outcome of certain tax positions and elected to include any future penalties and interest related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense.

The Company has determined that it has no material increases or decreases in the liability for unrecognized tax benefits for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Professional Advisor Fees

The company incurred professional advisor fees in connection with its contemplated debt restructuring and services for an analysis of the Company’s pricing and profitability. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company recognized $5,861 and $7,229 of such professional advisor fees, respectively, in selling, general and administrative expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force

In October 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued amendments to existing standards for revenue arrangements with multiple components. The amendments generally require the allocation of consideration to separate components based on the relative selling price of each component in a revenue arrangement. The amendments are effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance has not had any effect on the Company’s financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs

In May 2011, the FASB issued amendments generally represent clarification of Topic 820, but also include instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. ASU 2011-04 results in common principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The amendments are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and are to be applied prospectively. Early application is not permitted. The Company does not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact on its financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income

In June 2011, the FASB issued amendments which allows an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. The amendments to the Codification in the ASU do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2011-05 will not have any impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

ASU 2011-08, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), Testing Goodwill for Impairment

In September 2011, the FASB issued amendments allowing the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50%) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after considering the totality of events and circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. The amendment is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt this standard for its consolidated financial statements in the first quarter of 2012.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

3. Property and Equipment

Property and equipment consist of the following:

 

     September 30,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 

Land

   $ 1,569      $ 1,569   

Buildings

     1,516        1,803   

Improvements

     1,964        1,613   

Machinery and equipment

     98,969        91,009   

Furniture, fixtures and equipment

     5,842        5,065   

Vehicles

     5,587        5,786   

Construction in progress

     14,259        11,467   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     129,706        118,312   

Less: Accumulated depreciation

     (60,062     (44,921
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

   $ 69,644      $ 73,391   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $5,651 and $16,333, respectively. Depreciation expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $4,981 and $14,998, respectively.

 

4. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other, the Company performs its annual impairment review of goodwill and other intangible assets not subject to amortization in the fourth quarter of each year or on an interim basis if an event occurs or circumstances change that indicate that the fair value of a reporting unit is likely to be below its carrying value. The first step in testing for goodwill impairment compares the fair value of a reporting unit to its carrying amount, including goodwill. If the carrying amount of a reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the second step is then performed. The second step compares the carrying amount of the reporting unit’s goodwill to the fair value of the goodwill. If the fair value of the goodwill is less than the carrying amount, an impairment loss would be recorded in operating expenses. Under ASC 350, the impairment review of goodwill and other intangible assets not subject to amortization must be based on estimated fair values. The valuation of intangible assets requires assumptions and estimates of many critical factors, including revenue and market growth, operating cash flows, market multiples, and discount rates. The Company has recently experienced significant changes in operating results and/or unfavorable changes in other economic factors used to estimate fair values, and as a result, the Company incurred a deemed triggering event for purposes of impairment testing in the third quarter of 2011. This resulted primarily from adverse changes in the forecasted results, cash flow and covenant compliance. Accordingly, as of August 31, 2011, the Company performed an impairment review of goodwill and other intangible assets not subject to amortization.

In conjunction with this evaluation, the Company updated its forecasted cash flows and underlying assumptions to reflect the current size and related demand requirements of the industries the Company serves after the impacts of the recent recession. As a result, the Company determined that the goodwill related to both the SRO and IC reporting units were impaired. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $71,622 and $116,902 for SRO

and IC, respectively, in the third quarter of 2011. The remaining carrying value of goodwill in the SRO and IC reporting units, respectively, at September 30, 2011 totaled $68,334 and $1,829.

For purposes of establishing inputs for the fair value calculations in the evaluation of goodwill, the Company made the following assumptions. The Company applied gross margin assumptions consistent with the Company’s recent experience and used a 3% growth factor to calculate the terminal value of its reporting units. The Company used a 12% discount rate to calculate the terminal value of the SRO reporting unit and an 11% discount rate to calculate the terminal value of the IC reporting unit. In order to evaluate the sensitivity of the fair value calculations on the goodwill impairment test, the Company applied a hypothetical 1% decrease in the long-term growth factor and a 1% increase in the discount rate of each reporting unit.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

If the Company were to decrease the long-term growth factor used in the calculation for SRO by 1%, the impairment amount for the SRO reporting unit would be increased by $9,450. If the Company were to increase the discount rate used in the calculation for SRO by 1%, the impairment amount for the SRO reporting unit would be increased by approximately $11,629. If the Company were to decrease the long-term growth factor used in the calculation for IC by 1% or increase the discount rate by 1% used in the calculation, there would be no remaining Goodwill in the IC reporting unit.

Given the current economic environment and uncertainties regarding the Company’s business, there can be no assurance that the Company’s estimates and assumptions regarding the duration of the economic downturn and the period or strength of recovery, or those regarding the Company’s business prospects, made for purposes of the Company’s goodwill impairment testing in the third quarter 2011 will prove to be accurate predictions of the future. If the Company’s assumption regarding the forecasted revenue or margin growth rates of certain reporting units are not achieved, the Company may be required to record additional goodwill impairment charges in future periods, whether in connection with the Company’s annual impairment testing or prior to that, if any such change constitutes a triggering event prior to the annual impairment test date. It is not possible at this time to determine if any such future impairment charge would result or, if it does, whether such charge would be material.

In conjunction with the ASC 350 impairment test in the third quarter of 2011, the Company also recorded an impairment charge for the SRO and IC trade name in the amounts of $3,700 and $14,686, respectively. Impairments of indefinite-lived intangible assets are recognized when our estimate of discounted cash flows over the assets’ remaining useful lives is less than the carrying value of the assets. The fair value of the Company’s trade names are measured using the relief-from-royalty method. This method is used to estimate the cost savings that accrue to the owner of an intangible asset who would otherwise have to pay royalties or license fees on revenues earned through the use of the asset. The market-derived royalty rate is applied to estimate the royalty savings. The net after-tax royalty savings are discounted to determine the fair value. Any excess carrying value over the fair value represents the amount of impairment.

The Company assesses potential impairment to its long-lived assets, including amortizable intangible assets, as required by ASC 360, Property, Plant, and Equipment, when there is evidence that events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Long-lived assets are not recoverable if the carrying amount of the long-lived assets exceeds the sum of the undiscounted cash flows expected to result from the use and eventual disposition of the long-lived assets. Any required impairment loss is measured as the amount by which the carrying amount of a long-lived asset exceeds its fair value and is recorded as a reduction in the carrying value of the related asset and a charge to operating results. As a result of the triggering events described above in the Company’s goodwill impairment analysis, the Company reviewed its long-lived assets for recoverability. As a result of this analysis, the Company recognized long-lived asset impairment charge for the SRO customer relationships in the amount of $31,802 in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011. Additionally, the Company recognized an impairment charge for the IC customer relationships and technology in the amount of $23,083 and $5,953, respectively in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011. The inputs measured at fair value used in this valuation methodology were considered Level 3 in the three-tier value hierarchy per ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures. If a triggering event occurs and the Company’s assumptions regarding forecasted revenue or margin growth rates of certain reporting units are not achieved, the Company may be required to record additional long-lived asset impairment charges in future periods.

The changes in the carrying amounts of goodwill for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 are as follows:

 

     Segment        
     SRO     IC     Total  

Balance as of December 31, 2010

      

Goodwill

   $ 282,379      $ 118,731      $ 401,110   

Accumulated impairment losses

     (142,423     —          (142,423
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     139,956        118,731        258,687   

Impairment losses

     (71,622     (116,902     (188,524
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of September 30, 2011

      

Goodwill

     282,379        118,731        401,110   

Accumulated impairment losses

     (214,045     (116,902     (330,947
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 68,334      $ 1,829      $ 70,163   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The changes in the carrying amounts of intangible assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 are as follows:

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

     September 30, 2011      For the nine months
ended September 30, 2011
    December 31, 2010  
     Gross
Carrying
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Carrying
Amount
     Impairment     Amortization
Expense
    Gross
Carrying
Amount
     Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Carrying
Amount
 

Amortizable intangible assets

                   

Customer relationships

                   

SRO

   $ 70,187       $ (476   $ 69,711       $ (31,802   $ (5,997   $ 108,200       $ (690   $ 107,510   

IC

     13,792         (93     13,699         (23,083     (2,093     45,000         (6,125     38,875   

Technology

                   

SRO

     7,400         (2,069     5,331         —          (555     7,400         (1,514     5,886   

IC

     7,000         (34     6,966         (5,953     (719     16,500         (2,862     13,638   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     98,379         (2,672     95,707         (60,838     (9,364     177,100         (11,191     165,909   

Nonamortized intangible assets

                   

Trade name

                   

SRO

     16,500         —          16,500         (3,700     —          20,200         —          20,200   

IC

     5,500         —          5,500         (14,686     —          20,186         —          20,186   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other intangible assets

   $ 120,379       $ (2,672   $ 117,707       $ (79,224   $ (9,364   $ 217,486       $ (11,191   $ 206,295   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Management considers the trade names to have indefinite useful lives and, accordingly, are not subject to amortization. The Company reached this conclusion principally due to the longevity of the Aquilex name and the associated subsidiary names, and because the Company considered renewal upon the legal limit of the trade name as perfunctory. The Company expects to maintain usage of the Aquilex and the associated subsidiary trade names on existing products and introduce new products in the future that will also display the trade name. Consequently, trade names qualify as an indefinite-lived asset in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other.

Intangible assets are amortized over the period the economic use is consumed. Amortization expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was $2,839 and $9,364, respectively. Amortization expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $4,333 and $12,996, respectively.

 

5. Aquilex Arabia Joint Venture

In the second quarter of 2010, the Company entered into a joint venture agreement with a Saudi Arabian company to form a limited liability company for the purpose of marketing and providing the Company’s services for refining, petrochemical and power generation applications in the Middle East. The joint venture, Aquilex Arabia Co. Ltd. (the “joint venture”), received approval and certification by the Saudi government in February 2011. The Company is the majority shareholder with 60% ownership in the joint venture. For operating purposes, the Company and the joint venture partner are obligated to provide ongoing funding on a percentage ownership basis.

The Company determined that the joint venture is a variable interest entity under ASC 810, Consolidation, and that the Company is the joint venture’s primary beneficiary. The determination that the Company is the primary beneficiary was based on ownership percentage, voting control and absorption of the profits and losses associated with the joint venture. Therefore, the financial position and results of operations of the joint venture are consolidated. Earnings and losses of the joint venture are allocable on a ratable basis based on each party’s ownership interest. The portion of the joint venture’s earnings and losses owned by the joint venture partner is recorded in the consolidated statements of operations as net income (loss) attributable to noncontrolling interests.

For the three months ended September 30, 2011, net loss attributable to the Company and the joint venture partner totaled $361 and $240, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, net loss attributable to the Company and the joint venture partner totaled $1,429 and $952, respectively. At September 30, 2011, the negative equity attributable to the Company and the joint venture partner was $1,349 and $899, respectively.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

6. Accrued Liabilities

Accrued liabilities consist of the following:

 

     September 30,
2011
     December 31,
2010
 

Compensation and benefits

   $ 13,057       $ 8,831   

Job costs

     12,044         12,962   

Insurance

     5,248         4,643   

State and foreign tax liabilities

     1,595         2,148   

Warranty reserve

     252         431   

Contingent liability for tax attribute

     5,223         5,223   

Other accrued expenses

     5,003         2,325   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total accrued liabilities

   $ 42,422       $ 36,563   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

7. Long-Term Debt

Long-term debt consists of the following:

 

     September 30,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 

Revolving $50,000 loan facility, interest payable quarterly for Prime-based borrowing or based on the LIBOR loan period for the LIBOR based borrowings; the Company has the option to pay interest at either the base rate (rate is the greater of the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, the U.S. Prime rate, the one-month LIBOR plus 1.0%, or 2.5%) plus 3.5% or the Eurocurrency rate (rate is the greater of LIBOR or 1.5%) plus 4.5%. The revolving loan facility matures on April 1, 2015 with the balance of the revolving loan facility due at maturity. At September 30, 2011, the interest rate was 6.75%.

   $ 36,000      $ —     

Senior term loan facility, interest payable quarterly for Prime-based borrowing or based on the LIBOR loan period for LIBOR-based borrowings; the Company has the option to pay interest at either the base rate (rate is the greater of the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, the U.S. Prime rate, the one-month LIBOR plus 1.0%, or 2.5%) plus 3.5% or the Eurocurrency rate (rate is the greater of LIBOR or 1.5%) plus 4.5%. The term loan matures on April 1, 2016, and amortizes in equal quarterly installments of annual amounts equal to 1% of the original principal amount during the first five and three-quarter years of the term loan, with the balance of the principal amount of the term loan due at maturity. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the interest rate was 6.0% and 5.5%, respectively.

     162,225        163,613   

Senior Notes - interest at a fixed rate of 11.125% per annum, unsecured, payable semi-annually in cash in arrears, on June 15 and December 15 of each year, commencing on June 15, 2010. The notes mature on December 15, 2016.

     225,000        225,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total debt

     423,225        388,613   

Less: current portion

     (422,097     (1,850

Less: original issue discount (OID)

     (1,128     (9,376
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term debt, less current portion and OID

   $ —        $ 377,387   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

At December 31, 2010, the available revolving capacity under the revolving loan facility was $36,286. On August 4, 2011, the Company drew down the remaining amounts on its revolving credit facility. At September 30, 2011, the Company did not have any remaining capacity under the Company’s revolving credit facility. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had $13,913 and $13,714 outstanding letter of credit obligations, respectively. Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the applicable interest rate margin on loans under the Credit Agreement has been increased by 1.00%. During the Forbearance Period, such additional interest may be paid in kind at the Company’s option by adding the accrued interest to the principal amount of the applicable loans.

Covenants

On February 28, 2011, the Company entered into Amendment No. 1 (the “Amendment No. 1”) to its Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2010 and modified on June 17, 2010, with the Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent and L/C (Letter of Credit) Issuer, and the required lenders thereunder. The Credit Agreement was further amended by the Forbearance Agreement, as described under Note 1, Description of Business, Basis of Presentation, Liquidity and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

The Amendment No. 1, among other things:

 

   

increased the applicable rate (as defined in the Credit Agreement) by 50 basis points,

 

   

increased the size of the basket for investments in non-loan party subsidiaries and unrestricted subsidiaries to the greater of $20,000,000 and 10% of total tangible assets (as defined in the Credit Agreement),

 

   

increased the size of the baskets for non-loan party subsidiaries to guarantee and incur indebtedness in the aggregate to 10% of total tangible assets and

 

   

granted additional head room for the Company’s financial maintenance covenants (total leverage ratio, interest coverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio, each as defined in the Credit Agreement).

The Company paid a one-time amendment fee of 25 basis points, or $1,063, to participating lenders, based on outstanding commitments and loans, and paid arranging fees for the amendment to Royal Bank of Canada and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. In addition, the guarantors under the Credit Agreement executed consents to the Amendment. Except as amended by the Amendment No. 1 and the Forbearance Agreement, the remaining terms of the Credit Agreement remain in full force and effect.

At September 30, 2011, the Company’s Credit Agreement contains certain financial maintenance covenants requiring us to maintain certain minimum or maximum financial ratios, as follows: (i) a minimum interest coverage ratio ranging from 1.55:1 to 1.95:1 over the term of the Credit Agreement; (ii) a maximum leverage ratio ranging from 6.75:1 to 4.85:1 over the term of the Credit Agreement; and (iii) a maximum secured leverage ratio ranging from 3.00:1 to 2.50:1 over the term of the Credit Agreement. The Company was not in compliance with these financial maintenance covenants at September 30, 2011.

Subject to various exceptions and baskets set forth in the Credit Agreement, the Company and its subsidiaries (other than any unrestricted subsidiaries) are restricted from taking certain actions, including: (i) incurring additional indebtedness; (ii) creating liens on assets; (iii) making investments, loans or advances in or to other persons; (iv) paying dividends or distributions on, or repurchasing stock or other equity interests; (v) repaying, redeeming or repurchasing certain indebtedness; (vi) changing the nature of the Company’s business; (vii) engaging in transactions with affiliates; (viii) undergoing fundamental changes (including mergers); and (ix) making dispositions of assets. The Company is also prohibited from making capital expenditures in excess of the greater of $25,000 and 25% of Adjusted EBITDA (as defined in the Credit Agreement) in any fiscal year, provided that any unused amounts in one fiscal year may be carried over to the next year. The Credit Agreement also contains cross default covenants tied to all other material indebtedness of the Company.

 

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Subject to various exceptions and baskets contained in the senior notes indenture, the senior notes terms include covenants that restrict the Company and its subsidiaries from taking certain actions, including (i) incurring additional indebtedness; (ii) creating liens on assets; (iii) paying dividends or distributions on, or repurchasing stock or other equity interests; (iv) repaying, redeeming or repurchasing certain indebtedness; (v) making investments, loans or advances in or to other persons; (vi) changing the nature of the Company’s business; (vii) engaging in transactions with affiliates; (viii) undergoing fundamental changes (including mergers); and (ix) making dispositions of the Company’s assets. The senior notes indenture also contains cross payment default and cross acceleration provisions tied to all other indebtedness of the Company.

 

8. Deferred Financing Costs and Original Issue Discount

In February 2011, the Company paid $1,063 of deferred financing costs as a result of the amendment and arranging fees upon entering into its Credit Agreement.

Deferred financing costs are amortized over the life of the related debt using the effective interest method. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had $1,828 and $13,413 of net outstanding deferred financing costs, respectively. As a result of classifying all debt as a current liability at September 30, 2011, deferred financing costs are reflected as a current asset at September 30, 2011.

Original Issue Discount (OID) is amortized to the carrying value of the debt on the balance sheet and charged to interest expense over the life of the related debt using the effective interest method. OID is the discount from par value at the time that a bond or other debt instrument is issued. The discount represents the difference between the stated redemption price at maturity and the issue price of the debt instrument. At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had $1,128 and $9,376 of unamortized OID costs, respectively. As a result of classifying all debt as a current liability at September 30, 2011, OID costs are reflected as a current liability at September 30, 2011.

The Company recorded amortization of deferred financing costs and OID to interest expense of $1,066 and $3,281 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Additionally, as a result of the Event of Default and obtaining the Forbearance Agreement which provides that the lender will forbear until December 8, 2011, the Company was required to accelerate the amortization of the deferred financing costs and OID to interest expense for $10,580 and $7,035, respectively.

 

9. Commitments and Contingencies

Insurance

The Company has a $500 per occurrence deductible insurance program for most losses related to general liability, product liability, automobile liability, workers’ compensation, and certain legal claims. For the Company’s environmental liability, it has a $250 per occurrence deductible. The expected ultimate cost for claims incurred as of the balance sheet date is not discounted and is recognized as a liability. Self-insurance losses for claims filed and claims incurred but not reported are accrued based upon estimates of the aggregate liability for uninsured claims using loss development factors and actuarial assumptions followed in the insurance industry and historical loss development experience. The Company has a $300 per covered person deductible insurance policy for medical and dental coverage. The Company has not incurred significant claims or losses on any of these insurance policies. As of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, $5,248 and $4,643, respectively, were included in accrued liabilities in the accompanying balance sheets for self-insurance claims.

Litigation

The Company is a defendant in various lawsuits arising in the normal course of the Company’s business. Substantially all of these suits are being defended by the Company, their insurance carriers or other parties pursuant to indemnification obligations. The Company believes a majority of the claims covered by insurance will be resolved at or for less than the applicable deductibles and that any liability in excess of a deductible will not exceed the limits of the applicable insurance policies. Although the results of litigation cannot be predicted with certainty, the Company believes adequate provision

 

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Dollars in thousands

 

has been made for substantially all of the outstanding claims and the final outcome of any pending litigation will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

Teck Cominco Metals Ltd. v. WSI, et al. The Company is named as a defendant in this suit filed in the Supreme Court of British Columbia, Canada, in which the plaintiff alleges that a boiler explosion it experienced in 2004 was the result of a water leak caused by allegedly negligent fabrication work performed by defendant Foster Wheeler Pyropower, Inc., or allegedly negligent repair work subsequently performed by WSI in 1998, 1999 or 2002. The plaintiff alternatively alleges that WSI negligently failed to alert it to the hazardous condition of the boiler. The plaintiff claims damages of approximately $28,000. WSI’s insurer has been notified about this litigation and is funding the defense costs. Discovery in this matter commenced in April 2008 and is ongoing. The Company obtained evidence that the leak in question may have been caused by a third party, and joined such third party as well as other potentially responsible parties as defendants in this litigation. The Company has also filed a counterclaim against the plaintiff alleging breach of contract. The Company intends to vigorously defend this matter and does not believe a loss is either probable or reasonably estimable.

Performance Bonds

During the ordinary course of business, the Company is periodically required to enter into performance bond arrangements to collateralize its obligations under various contracts. The Company has a total of $4,489 and $5,532 in performance bond obligations as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

 

10. Income Taxes

Income tax provisions for the interim period are based on estimated annual income tax rates, adjusted to reflect the effects of any significant infrequent or unusual items which are required to be discretely recognized within the current interim period. The income tax benefit increased $20,534 and $10,507, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The Company’s effective tax rate was 7.0% and 8.0% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. For the corresponding prior year periods, the Company’s effective tax rate was 28.0% and 35.8% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.

The change in the Company’s effective tax rate is primarily attributable to changes in projected pre-tax book loss, deduction limitations for per diems for field employees, change in valuation allowance, non-deductible stock based compensation, and other nondeductible expenses.

As of September 30, 2011, the Company has a valuation allowance of $43,346. As of September 30, 2011, the Company has a net deferred tax liability of $6,306. During the third quarter of 2011, because of the impairment charge, the Company changed from a net deferred tax liability position to a net deferred tax asset position, prior to consideration of the valuation allowance. The Company determined that it did not meet the “more likely than not” standard that substantially all of its net U.S. deferred tax assets would be realized and therefore, the Company established a valuation allowance for its net U.S. deferred tax assets. The net deferred tax liability of $6,306 as of September 30, 2011 relates to a deferred tax liability for certain trade names owned by the Company. As the trade names are considered to be assets with an indefinite life, the future taxable temporary difference associated with this asset is not available as a source of future taxable income to support the realization of deferred tax assets created by other deductible temporary timing differences. The Company does not believe it is “more likely than not” it will realize its U.S. deferred assets equal to the deferred tax liability associated with these trade names and therefore, the Company was required to record an additional income tax expense to increase its deferred tax asset valuation allowance. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the impact of the impairment of indefinite lived intangibles increased income tax expense by $6,428.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the Company reduced its reserve for uncertain tax positions by $3,252 due to the expiration of certain statute of limitations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recognized $28 and $85, respectively for interest and penalties on previously unrecognized tax benefits and accordingly increased the reserve for uncertain tax positions.

 

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Dollars in thousands

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company recognized $38 and $113, respectively, for interest and penalties on previously unrecognized tax benefits and accordingly increased the reserve for uncertain tax positions.

 

11. Employee Benefit Plans

The Company maintains a 401(k) plan into which eligible employees may elect to contribute from 0% to 75% of their pre-tax compensation subject to an annual maximum dollar amount as set by the Internal Revenue Service. At its discretion, the Company may make discretionary matching cash contributions. Employer 401(k) matching contributions to the plan were $762 and $1,864 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. For the corresponding prior year periods, the matching contributions were $429 and $684 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.

 

12. Supplemental Guarantor Information

On December 23, 2009, the Company completed an offering of its senior notes. The senior notes are jointly, severally, fully, and unconditionally guaranteed on an unsecured senior basis by all of the Company’s current 100% owned material U.S. subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”). Aquilex Finance Corp. (“Aquilex Finance”), which is a co-issuer of the senior notes, and the Company’s non-U.S. subsidiaries and consolidated joint venture, are not guarantors of the notes.

The following supplemental information presents the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Aquilex Holdings LLC (“Parent”), the Guarantor Subsidiaries, and the non-guarantor subsidiaries as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010.

The consolidating statement of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 have been revised to decrease Equity in net income of the Guarantor subsidiaries by $1,087 and $33, respectively. This decrease is offset by a corresponding revision of the same amount to the eliminations column.

Aquilex Finance is presented as a co-issuer and has only minimal amounts.

 

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Dollars in thousands

 

     September 30, 2011  
     Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  
     (Unaudited)  

Assets

             

Current assets

             

Cash

   $ 22,963      $ —         $ (1,349   $ 3,099      $ —        $ 24,713   

Accounts receivable, net

     —          —           85,102        1,644        —          86,746   

Inventories, net

     —          —           11,339        1,790        —          13,129   

Cost in excess of billings

     —          —           6,176        751        —          6,927   

Deferred tax asset

     86        —           2,277        15        —          2,378   

Income tax receivable

     —          —           2,717        607        —          3,324   

Prepaid expenses

     1,014        —           1,236        141        —          2,391   

Deferred financing costs, net

     —          —           1,828        —          —          1,828   

Other current assets

     31        —           873        —          —          904   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     24,094        —           110,199        8,047        —          142,340   

Property and equipment, net

     560        —           68,076        1,008        —          69,644   

Goodwill

     —          —           70,163        —          —          70,163   

Other intangible assets, net

     —          —           117,707        —          —          117,707   

Other assets

     —          —           636        2        —          638   

Investment in affiliates

     (133,339     —           1,844        —          131,495        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ (108,685   $ —         $ 368,625      $ 9,057      $ 131,495      $ 400,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

             

Current liabilities

             

Accounts payable

   $ 559      $ —         $ 14,703      $ 1,079      $ —        $ 16,341   

Accrued liabilities

     7,226        —           34,467        729        —          42,422   

Income tax payable

     —          —           1,251        183        —          1,434   

Billings in excess of cost

     —          —           3,005        —          —          3,005   

Interest payable

     7,300        —           —          —          —          7,300   

Current portion of long-term debt

     422,097        —           —          —          —          422,097   

Intercompany

     (52,500     —           46,597        5,903        —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     384,682        —           100,023        7,894        —          492,599   

Long-term debt, net of discount and current portion

     —          —           —          —          —          —     

Senior notes held by related party

     —          —           —          1,802        —          1,802   

Intercompany debt

     (379,503     —           379,503        —          —          —     

Income tax payable

     —          —           2,424        —          —          2,424   

Deferred income tax liabilities

     (8,847     —           17,766        (235     —          8,684   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     (3,668     —           499,716        9,461        —          505,509   

Equity

             

Member’s capital

     400,375        —           369,023        —          (369,023     400,375   

Accumulated deficit

     (504,930     —           (499,599     57        499,542        (504,930

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

     (515     —           (515     (594     1,109        (515
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total member’s equity

     (105,070     —           (131,091     (537     131,628        (105,070

Noncontrolling interest

     53        —           —          133        (133     53   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total equity

     (105,017     —           (131,091     (404     131,495        (105,017
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and equity

   $ (108,685   $ —         $ 368,625      $ 9,057      $ 131,495      $ 400,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

    December 31, 2010  
    Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Assets

 

Current assets

           

Cash

  $ 12,383      $ —        $ (6,035   $ 2,341      $ —        $ 8,689   

Accounts receivable, net

    —          —          76,379        4,051        —          80,430   

Inventories, net

    111        —          10,451        2,482        —          13,044   

Cost in excess of billings

    —          —          4,116        49        —          4,165   

Deferred tax asset

    86        —          2,277        15        —          2,378   

Income tax receivable

    —          —          2,464        —          —          2,464   

Prepaid expenses

    964        —          796        148        —          1,908   

Other current assets

    740        —          1,175        31        —          1,946   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

    14,284        —          91,623        9,117        —          115,024   

Property and equipment, net

    795        —          71,771        825        —          73,391   

Goodwill

    —          —          258,687        —          —          258,687   

Other intangible assets, net

    —          —          206,295        —          —          206,295   

Deferred financing costs, net

    —          —          13,413        —          —          13,413   

Other assets

    1,000        —          636        590        —          2,226   

Investment in affiliates

    164,023        —          1,993        —          (166,016     —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

  $ 180,102      $ —        $ 644,418      $ 10,532      $ (166,016   $ 669,036   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Member’s Equity

           

Current liabilities

           

Accounts payable

  $ 487      $ —        $ 14,920      $ 2,215      $ —        $ 17,622   

Accrued liabilities

    4,195        —          30,909        1,459        —          36,563   

Income tax payable

    —          —          1,009        183        —          1,192   

Billings in excess of cost

    —          —          3,201        71        —          3,272   

Interest payable

    1,071        —          —          —          —          1,071   

Current portion of long-term debt

    1,850        —          —          —          —          1,850   

Intercompany

    (9,194     —          4,600        4,594        —          —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

    (1,591     —          54,639        8,522        —          61,570   

Long-term debt, net of discount and current portion

    377,387        —          —          —          —          377,387   

Intercompany debt

    (379,827     —          379,827        —          —          —     

Income tax payable

    —          —          4,398        —          —          4,398   

Deferred income tax liabilities

    (8,625     —          41,531        17        —          32,923   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

    (12,656     —          480,395        8,539        —          476,278   

Member’s equity

           

Member’s capital

    399,664        —          369,023        —          (369,023     399,664   

Accumulated deficit

    (206,314     —          (204,408     2,664        201,744        (206,314

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)

    (592     —          (592     (671     1,263        (592
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total member’s equity

    192,758        —          164,023        1,993        (166,016     192,758   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities and member’s equity

  $ 180,102      $ —        $ 644,418      $ 10,532      $ (166,016   $ 669,036   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    For the three months ended September 30, 2011  
    Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

  $ —        $ —        $ 98,183      $ 2,957      $ —        $ 101,140   

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation shown below

    —          —          71,176        2,589        —          73,765   

Depreciation

    —          —          5,067        —          —          5,067   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    —          —          21,940        368        —          22,308   

Operating expenses

           

Selling, general and administrative expense

    29        —          26,439        1,443        —          27,911   

Depreciation and amortization

    87        —          3,235        101        —          3,423   

Impairment charges

    —          —          267,748        —          —          267,748   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    116        —          297,422        1,544        —          299,082   

Other income (expense)

           

Interest expense, net

    —          —          (28,046     —          —          (28,046

Other, net

    (1,000     —          32        (392     —          (1,360
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

    (1,000     —          (28,014     (392     —          (29,406

Loss before income tax benefit

    (1,116     —          (303,496     (1,568     —          (306,180

Income tax benefit

    (177     —          (21,081     (209     —          (21,467

Equity in net income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries

    (283,774     —          (758     —          284,532        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

  $ (284,713   $ —        $ (283,173   $ (1,359   $ 284,532      $ (284,713
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Dollars in thousands

 

    For the nine months ended September 30, 2011  
    Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

  $ —        $ —        $ 313,823      $ 13,921      $ —        $ 327,744   

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation shown below

    —          —          228,167        11,202        —          239,369   

Depreciation

    —          —          14,596        —          —          14,596   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    —          —          71,060        2,719        —          73,779   

Operating expenses

           

Selling, general and administrative expense

    —          —          64,886        5,169        —          70,055   

Depreciation and amortization

    266        —          10,548        287        —          11,101   

Impairment charges

    —          —          267,748        —          —          267,748   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    266        —          343,182        5,456        —          348,904   

Other income (expense)

           

Interest expense, net

    —          —          (48,300     —          —          (48,300

Other, net

    (1,000     —          75        (122     —          (1,047
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

    (1,000     —          (48,225     (122     —          (49,347

Loss before income tax benefit

    (1,266     —          (320,347     (2,859     —          (324,472

Income tax benefit

    (315     —          (25,382     (252     93        (25,856

Equity in net income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries

    (297,665     —          (226     —          297,891        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

  $ (298,616   $ —        $ (295,191   $ (2,607   $ 297,798      $ (298,616
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    For the three months ended September 30, 2010  
    Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

  $ —        $ —        $ 104,249      $ 6,447      $ —        $ 110,696   

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation shown below

    —          —          71,393        4,994        —          76,387   

Depreciation

    —          —          4,393        —          —          4,393   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    —          —          28,463        1,453        —          29,916   

Operating expenses

           

Selling, general and administrative expense

    —          —          18,366        710        —          19,076   

Depreciation and amortization

    86        —          4,763        72        —          4,921   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    86        —          23,129        782        —          23,997   

Other income (expense)

           

Interest expense, net

    —          —          (10,070     36        —          (10,034

Other, net

    —          —          24        758        —          782   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

    —          —          (10,046     794        —          (9,252

Loss before income tax benefit

    (86     —          (4,712     1,465        —          (3,333

Income tax benefit

    (164     —          (1,147     378        —          (933

Equity in net income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries

    (2,478     —          1,087        —          1,391        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income(loss)

  $ (2,400   $ —        $ (2,478   $ 1,087      $ 1,391      $ (2,400
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    For the nine months ended September 30, 2010  
    Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
    Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenues

  $ —        $ —        $ 310,376      $ 13,666      $ —        $ 324,042   

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation shown below

    —          —          215,344        10,617        —          225,961   

Depreciation

    —          —          13,060        —          —          13,060   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Gross profit

    —          —          81,972        3,049        —          85,021   

Operating expenses

           

Selling, general and administrative expense

    —          —          52,810        2,587        —          55,397   

Depreciation and amortization

    250        —          14,456        228        —          14,934   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating expenses

    250        —          67,266        2,815        —          70,331   

Other income (expense)

           

Interest expense, net

    —          —          (33,328     91        —          (33,237

Loss on extinguishment of debt

    —          —          (24,424     —          —          (24,424

Other, net

    —          —          373        (281     —          92   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other income (expense)

    —          —          (57,379     (190     —          (57,569

Loss before income tax benefit

    (250     —          (42,673     44        —          (42,879

Income tax benefit

    (228     —          (15,132     11        —          (15,349

Equity in net income (loss) of consolidated subsidiaries

    (27,508     —          33        —          27,475        —     
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income(loss)

  $ (27,530   $ —        $ (27,508   $ 33      $ 27,475      $ (27,530
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

     For the three months ended September 30, 2011  
     Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations      Consolidated  

Cash flows from operating activities

   $ (6,692   $ —           4,607      $ 2,794      $ —         $ 709   

Cash flows from investing activities

              

Capital expenditures

     (21     —           (3,624     33        —           (3,612

Initial investment contribution to Aquilex Arabia joint venture

     —          —           —          —          —        

Payment of expenses on behalf of Aquilex Arabia joint venture

     1,144        —           96        (1,240     —        

Joint venture partner payment of expenses on behalf of Aquilex Arabia joint venture

     —          —           —          977        —           977   

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

     —          —           206        —          —           206   

Restricted cash

     —          —           —          2        —           2   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     1,123        —           (3,322     (228     —           (2,427

Cash flows from financing activities

              

Payments on long-term debt

     (463     —           —          —          —           (463

Proceeds from revolver debt

     24,000        —           —          —          —           24,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     23,537        —           —          —          —           23,537   

Effect of exchange rates on cash

     —          —           —          118        —           118   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

   $ 17,968      $ —         $ 1,285      $ 2,684      $ —         $ 21,937   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For the nine months ended September 30, 2011  
     Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations      Consolidated  

Cash flows from operating activities

   $ (22,858   $ —           17,281      $ (1,236   $ —         $ (6,813

Cash flows from investing activities

              

Capital expenditures

     (31     —           (12,848     (480     —           (13,359

Initial investment contribution to Aquilex Arabia joint venture

     (80     —           —          133        —           53   

Joint venture partner payment of expenses on behalf of Aquilex Arabia joint venture

     —          —           —          1,802        —           1,802   

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

     —          —           253        —          —           253   

Restricted cash

     —          —           —          625        —           625   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (111     —           (12,595     2,080        —           (10,626

Cash flows from financing activities

              

Payments on long-term debt

     (1,388     —           —          —          —           (1,388

Proceeds from revolver debt

     36,000        —           —          —          —           36,000   

Payment of deferred financing costs

     (1,063     —           —          —          —           (1,063
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     33,549        —           —          —          —           33,549   

Effect of exchange rates on cash

     —          —           —          (86     —           (86
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

   $ 10,580      $ —         $ 4,686      $ 758      $ —         $ 16,024   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For the three months ended September 30, 2010  
     Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations      Consolidated  

Cash flows from operating activities

   $ 6,440      $ —         $ 2,185      $ (15   $ —         $ 8,610   

Cash flows from investing activities

              

Capital expenditures

     (80     —           (3,339     (60     —           (3,479

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

     —          —           97        —          —           97   

Restricted cash

     —          —           —          (362     —           (362
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (80     —           (3,242     (422     —           (3,744

Cash flows from financing activities

              

Payments on long-term debt

     (462     —           —          —          —           (462

Payment of deferred financing costs

     (56     —           —          —          —           (56
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (518     —           —          —          —           (518

Effect of exchange rates on cash

     —          —           —          (174     —           (174
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

   $ 5,842      $ —         $ (1,057   $ (611   $ —         $ 4,174   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     For the nine months ended September 30, 2010  
     Co-issuer
Parent
    Co-issuer
Aquilex Finance
     Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Non-Guarantor
Subsidiaries
    Eliminations      Consolidated  

Cash flows from operating activities

   $ (3,214   $ —           12,728      $ (658   $ —         $ 8,856   

Cash flows from investing activities

              

Capital expenditures

     (129     —           (9,808     (107     —           (10,044

Proceeds from sales of property and equipment

     —          —           364        —          —           364   

Restricted cash

     —          —           —          760        —           760   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     (129     —           (9,444     653        —           (8,920

Cash flows from financing activities

              

Payments on long-term debt

     (176,667     —           —          —          —           (176,667

Proceeds from long-term debt

     183,150        —           —          —          —           183,150   

Payments on revolver debt

     (5,000     —           —          —          —           (5,000

Proceeds from revolver debt

     5,000        —           —          —          —           5,000   

Payment on capital lease obligations

     —          —           (92     —          —           (92

Payment of deferred financing costs

     (5,796     —           —          —          —           (5,796
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
     687        —           (92     —          —           595   

Effect of exchange rates on cash

     —          —           —          434        —           434   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash

   $ (2,656   $ —         $ 3,192      $ 429      $ —         $ 965   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

13. Reportable Segments

The Company provides services through two segments: Specialty Repair and Overhaul (SRO) and Industrial Cleaning (IC). The SRO segment provides specialized welding, overlay, repair, and overhaul services for industrial applications of:

 

   

Erosion and Corrosion Protection Services which re-establish and preserve the mechanical and structural integrity of high-energy equipment;

 

   

Repair Technologies Services which provide innovative solutions to “first-of-a-kind” and recurring mechanical, maintenance and configuration challenges; and

 

   

Shop Services for replacement part fabrication and repair services.

The IC segment provides industrial cleaning services to a wide range of processing industries, including petrochemical, oil refining, electric utilities and pulp and paper. The customers are primarily located in industrial sectors in the United States. The largest sources of revenue are:

 

   

high-pressure and ultra-high pressure water cleaning (hydroblasting);

 

   

industrial vacuuming;

 

   

chemical cleaning; and

 

   

tank cleaning.

The majority of these services involve recurring maintenance intended to improve or sustain the operating efficiencies and extend the useful lives of process equipment and facilities.

 

     September 30,
2011
    December 31,
2010
 

Total assets:

    

Specialty Repair and Overhaul

   $ 293,763      $ 408,640   

Industrial Cleaning

     115,925        279,374   

Corporate

     393,758        385,103   

All Other

     1,207        —     

Eliminations

     (404,161     (404,081
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 400,492      $ 669,036   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Company evaluates the performance and allocates resources based on Adjusted EBITDA results. The Company also uses Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of segment profitability.

The Company presents Adjusted EBITDA because it considers it an important supplemental measure of the Company’s performance and believes it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in its industry and because a determination of Adjusted EBITDA is necessary to calculate the Company’s covenant compliance under the Company’s Credit Agreement.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA further adjusted to exclude certain non-cash and other specific items permitted in calculating covenant compliance in the Company’s Credit Agreement.

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

September 30, 2011

 

Dollars in thousands

 

     For the three
months ended September 30,
    For the nine
months ended September 30,
 
     2011     2010     2011     2010  

Total revenue:

        

Specialty Repair and Overhaul

   $ 45,351      $ 59,084      $ 159,277      $ 164,416   

Industrial Cleaning

     55,789        51,612        168,331        159,626   

All Other

     —          —          136        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 101,140      $ 110,696      $ 327,744      $ 324,042   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Aquilex Holdings

        

Specialty Repair and Overhaul

   $ 2,035      $ 9,335      $ 16,237      $ 21,214   

Industrial Cleaning

     4,609        6,666        13,147        23,628   

Corporate

     (29     —          —          —     

Other (a)

     (347     —          (1,381     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Aquilex Holdings

     6,268        16,001        28,003        44,842   

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interests

     (231     —          (920     —     

Depreciation and amortization

     (8,490     (9,314     (25,697     (27,994

Interest expense, net

     (28,046     (10,034     (48,300     (33,237

Financing transaction costs (b)

     —          —          —          (202

Loss on extinguishment of debt (c)

     —          —          —          (24,424

Goodwill and intangible impairment loss (d)

     (267,748     —          (267,748     —     

Incentive unit expense (e)

     (223     (308     (753     (1,051

Sarbanex Oxley costs (f)

     (73     —          (365     —     

Unusual or non-recurring losses (g)

     (416     (460     (416     (905

Professional fees (h)

     (5,861     —          (7,229     —     

Other, net (i)

     (1,360     782        (1,047     92   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Consolidated loss before income taxes

   $ (306,180   $ (3,333   $ (324,472   $ (42,879
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

        

Specialty Repair and Overhaul

   $ (3,880   $ (4,912   $ (12,083   $ (14,507

Industrial Cleaning

     (4,487     (4,316     (13,278     (13,237

Corporate

     (87     (86     (266     (250

All Other

     (36     —          (70     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (8,490   $ (9,314   $ (25,697   $ (27,994
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Reflects expenses associated with the Company’s controlling interest in the Aquilex Arabia joint venture.
(b) Reflects accounting and legal fees expenses associated with the senior notes offering in December 2009.
(c) Reflects the write-off deferred financing costs, original issue discount amounts and a prepayment penalty resulting from the Company entering into the Amendment No. 1 to its Credit Agreement on April 1, 2010.
(d) Reflects the writedown of the Company’s goodwill and intangible assets. See also Note 4, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets
(e) Reflects expenses associated with vesting of time-vested profits interest units granted to members of Aquilex management. The value of these units was determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton method and the expense recorded as a non-cash compensation charge in SG&A.
(f) Reflects Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance costs paid to third parties.
(g) Reflects severance costs which were in connection with the termination and the elimination of certain Company executive positions.
(h) Reflects professional fees paid for an analysis of pricing and profitability as well as services related to the Company’s contemplated debt restructuring.
(i) Amounts primarily reflect the impact of unrealized foreign currency transaction gains and losses as well as a $1,000 loss on investment writeoff.

 

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14. Subsequent Events

On October 13, 2011, the Company and certain of its subsidiaries entered into the Forbearance Agreement in connection with the Company’s Credit Agreement. See Note 1, Description of Business, and Basis of Presentation, Liquidity and Ability to Continue as a Going Concern, for additional information.

Additionally, on October 13, 2011, the Company adopted an employee retention plan (the “Employee Retention Plan”) that covers certain of the Company’s managers and executives (the “Covered Employees”). Under the Employee Retention Plan, each Covered Employee will receive a bonus payment, one-half of which will be payable upon the Covered Employee’s entry into an agreement confirming acceptance of the terms of the Employee Retention Plan. Subject to certain conditions, the remaining one-half of the bonus payment shall be payable to the Covered Employee on the date that is ninety days following the consummation of a change of control, if any, of the Company. The Company anticipates maximum disbursements of approximately $3,800 for the Employee Retention Plan.

 

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The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with (i) our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and related notes included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and (ii) our December 31, 2010 audited consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes, and related information and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011.

We are a leading global provider of critical maintenance, repair, overhaul and industrial cleaning solutions. Through our divisional and branch offices in the United States and Europe, we provide our services to a diverse global base of over 600 customers, primarily in the oil and gas refining, chemical and petrochemical production, fossil and nuclear power generation and waste-to-energy industries. Our customer relationships have extended over many years. We combine our proprietary technology, specialized equipment fleet, skilled workforce and project management expertise to provide a broad range of complementary industrial services. These services are often mandatory and recurring in nature and are essential for optimizing the operating efficiency, utilization, profitability and safety of our customers’ facilities.

We operate our business in two segments:

Specialty Repair and Overhaul (48.6% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2011). Our SRO services include welding repair, erosion and corrosion protection and specialized construction services, including component repair. SRO services focus on repairing and improving the service life of new or existing equipment using our proprietary technology. We develop and utilize customized, automated equipment for our SRO services which enables us to improve the efficiency of our pipefitters and boilermakers and allows us to complete repairs in areas characterized by excessive heat, high radiation, complex piping and other structural barriers. We provide services to facilities on a routine, periodic and turnaround basis, as well as emergency work. Turnaround or outage services are required regularly and are critical to the continued operation of facilities. These services are often necessary to comply with government mandates, particularly in the nuclear industry. Approximately 69.6% of the 2010 revenues of our SRO segment was generated from customers located in North America. For the first nine months of 2011, 74.4% of SRO revenue was generated from customers located in North America.

Industrial Cleaning (51.4% of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2011). Industrial cleaning is critical to maintaining plant efficiency and safety. These services typically cannot be deferred by customers for long periods of time and constitute an essential component of our customers’ regularly scheduled in-plant maintenance programs. Our Industrial Cleaning services include recurring maintenance activities, such as hydroblasting, industrial vacuuming, chemical cleaning and tank cleaning, and are focused on the chemical and petrochemical production, oil and gas refining and fossil power generation industries. Industrial Cleaning generates significant recurring revenue from routine daily maintenance, and since we perform cleaning services at many sites on a daily basis, proximity to our customers is essential. As a result, we maintain a broad geographic network of 75 service locations, 54 of which are co-located on customers’ premises. While our cleaning services typically include the removal of waste from the equipment being cleaned, our customers retain ownership of the resulting waste at all times.

 

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Results of Operations

The following summary sets forth our results of operations on a consolidated basis and for each of our business segments.

Three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared with the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010

 

     Three months ended September 30,     Nine months ended September 30,  
     2011     2010     Percent
Change
    2011     2010     Percent
Change
 

Revenues

            

SRO

   $ 45,351      $ 59,084        -23.2   $ 159,277      $ 164,416        -3.1

Industrial Cleaning

     55,789        51,612        8.1     168,331        159,626        5.5

All Other

     —          —          100.0     136        —          100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total revenues

     101,140        110,696        -8.6     327,744        324,042        1.1

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation

            

SRO

     34,668        43,388        -20.1     120,459        123,786        -2.7

Industrial Cleaning

     38,895        32,999        17.9     118,499        102,175        16.0

All Other

     202        —          100.0     411        —          100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total cost of revenue

     73,765        76,387        -3.4     239,369        225,961        5.9

Depreciation

            

SRO

     1,586        1,335        18.8     4,748        3,691        28.6

Industrial Cleaning

     3,481        3,058        13.8     9,848        9,369        5.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total depreciation

     5,067        4,393        15.3     14,596        13,060        11.8

Gross profit

            

SRO

     9,097        14,361        -36.7     34,070        36,939        -7.8

Industrial Cleaning

     13,413        15,555        -13.8     39,984        48,082        -16.8

All Other

     (202     —            (275     —       
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total gross profit

     22,308        29,916        -25.4     73,779        85,021        -13.2
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expense

            

SRO

     11,605        6,987        66.1     26,638        20,984        26.9

Industrial Cleaning

     15,901        12,089        31.5     41,391        34,413        20.3

All Other

     376        —          100.0     2,026        —          100.0

Corporate

     29        —          100.0     —          —          100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total SG&A

     27,911        19,076        46.3     70,055        55,397        26.5

Depreciation and amortization (D&A)

            

SRO

     2,294        3,577        -35.9     7,335        10,816        -32.2

Industrial Cleaning

     1,006        1,258        -20.0     3,430        3,868        -11.3

All Other

     36        —          100.0     70        —          100.0

Corporate

     87        86        1.2     266        250        6.4
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total D&A

     3,423        4,921        -30.4     11,101        14,934        -25.7

Impairment charges

            

SRO

     107,124        —          0.0     107,124        —          100.0

Industrial Cleaning

     160,624        —          0.0     160,624        —          100.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total impairment charges

     267,748        —          0.0     267,748        —          100.0

Other income (expense)

            

Interest expense, net

     (28,046     (10,034     179.5     (48,300     (33,237     45.3

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —          —          0.0     —          (24,424     -100.0

Other, net

     (1,360     782        -273.9     (1,047     92        -1238.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Total other income (expense)

     (29,406     (9,252     217.8     (49,347     (57,569     -14.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Loss before income tax benefit

     (306,180     (3,333     9086.3     (324,472     (42,879     656.7

Income tax expense (benefit)

     (21,467     (933     2200.9     (25,856     (15,349     68.5
  

 

 

   

 

 

     

 

 

   

 

 

   

Net loss

   $ (284,713   $ (2,400     11763.0   $ (298,616   $ (27,530     984.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Revenues

Revenues decreased $9.6 million, or 8.6%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The decrease was attributable to lower revenues in our SRO segment, partially offset by an increase in IC segment revenues. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, revenues increased $3.7 million, or 1.1%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase was attributable to higher revenues in our IC segment, partially offset by a decline in our SRO segment.

SRO. Revenues in our SRO segment decreased $13.7 million, or 23.2%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The decrease was primarily the result of decreases in our Refinery and Waste-to-Energy customers of $9.7 million and $8.4 million, respectively. The primary offsets to these decreases were increases of $2.2 million and $1.2 million from our Nuclear and Petrochemical customers, respectively. Additional increases from our other customers totaled approximately $1.0 million. The third quarter of 2011 also reflects a shift in revenue mix with North American having 60.1% as compared to 50.2% in the corresponding prior year period. This shift is primarily the result of the timing of certain significant projects in India, Venezuela, and Brazil. Further, the decrease also resulted from the non-recurrence of certain large international projects.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, SRO revenues decreased $5.1 million, or 3.1%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The decrease was primarily the result of decreases in our Nuclear, Waste-to-Energy, and Pulp and Paper customers of $9.6 million, $7.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively. The Nuclear decline is primarily the result of the 2010 completion of a large Alloy 600 Phase 2 project at a Nuclear plant site. This work did not recur in 2011. The primary offsets to the decreases were increases of $10.4 million and $4.6 million from our Fossil Power and Petrochemical customers, respectively. Overall, in the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the SRO segment experienced fewer deferrals from our Fossil Power customers as they have performed maintenance to ensure that they can continue to run at high capacity and efficiency levels. Additional increases from our other customers totaled approximately $0.2 million.

Industrial Cleaning. Revenues in our IC segment increased $4.2 million, or 8.1%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase was primarily the result of increases from cleaning services to our Refinery, Petrochemical, and Pulp and Paper customers of $2.2 million, $1.0 million, and $0.8 million, respectively. The primary offsets to these increases were a decline of $1.1 million from our Fossil Power customers. Additional increases from our other customers totaled approximately $1.3 million.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, IC revenues increased $8.7 million, or 5.5%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase was primarily the result of increases from our Petrochemical, Refinery, and Metals customers of $4.3 million, $3.7 million and $1.9 million, respectively. The primary offset to these increases was a decline of $2.7 million from our Fossil Power customers. Additional increases from our other customers totaled approximately $1.5 million.

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation

Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, decreased $2.6 million, or 3.4%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, increased $13.4 million, or 5.9%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. Cost of revenue as a percentage of revenue increased 3.9 and 3.3 percentage points for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.

SRO. Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, for our SRO segment decreased $8.7 million, or 20.1%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The decrease was primarily driven by the 23.2% decrease in SRO revenue.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, for our SRO segment decreased $3.3 million, or 2.7%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The decrease was primarily driven by the 3.1% decrease

 

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in SRO revenue. The decrease was partially offset by approximately $1.4 million of additional costs resulting from (a) the project mix which was driven by a greater proportion of lower margin services provided to customers, including international projects, and (b) lower pricing on several jobs due to competitive pricing pressures. An additional decrease in 2011 is the incremental execution costs of $2.6 million incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2010 for the successful completion of an Alloy 600 Phase 2 project at a nuclear plant site.

Industrial Cleaning. Cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, for our Industrial Cleaning segment increased $5.9 million, or 17.9%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase was primarily driven by the 8.1% increase in Industrial Cleaning revenue, and by increases in labor and benefits, equipment and rental costs, and supplies and fuel costs of $1.5 million, $1.8 million, and $0.6 million, respectively.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, for our Industrial Cleaning segment increased $16.3 million, or 16.0%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase was primarily driven by the 5.5% increase in Industrial Cleaning revenue, and by increases in labor and benefits, equipment and rental costs, and supplies and fuel costs of $4.4 million, $5.1 million, and $2.4 million, respectively.

Cost of revenue - Depreciation

Depreciation costs increased $0.7 million and $1.5 million, or 15.3% and 11.8%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, when compared to the corresponding prior year periods. The increase was primarily due to increased depreciation on 2010 capital expenditures.

SRO. Depreciation costs in our SRO segment increased $0.3 million and $1.1 million, or 18.8% and 28.6%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, when compared to the corresponding prior year periods. The increase was primarily due to increased depreciation resulting from $3.9 million of 2010 capital expenditures, which consisted principally of machinery and equipment.

Industrial Cleaning. Depreciation costs in our Industrial Cleaning segment increased $0.4 million and $0.5 million, or 13.8% and 5.1%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, when compared to the corresponding prior year periods. The increase was primarily due to increased depreciation resulting from $8.7 million of 2010 capital expenditures, which consisted principally of machinery and equipment. The increase was partially offset by decreases due to asset dispositions and assets becoming fully depreciated.

Gross profit

Gross profit decreased $7.6 million, or 25.4%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, gross profit decreased $11.2 million, or 13.2%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. Our gross profit margin decreased to 22.1% and 22.5% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared to 27.0% and 26.2% for the corresponding prior year periods.

SRO. Gross profit in our SRO segment decreased $5.3 million, or 36.7%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. This decrease was primarily the result of a 23.2% decrease in revenues and lower margins resulting from job project mix, including international work, competitive pricing and an 18.8% increase in depreciation expense.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, gross profit in our SRO segment decreased $2.9 million, or 7.8%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. This decrease was primarily the result of a 3.1% decrease in revenues, and lower margins resulting from job project mix, including international work, competitive pricing and a 28.6% increase in depreciation expense.

 

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Industrial Cleaning. Gross profit in our IC segment decreased $2.2 million, or 13.8%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The decrease was primarily the result of the 17.9% increase in cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, as a result of higher labor and benefits, equipment and rental costs, and supplies and fuel costs of $1.5 million, $1.8 million, and $0.6 million, respectively. These were partially offset by an 8.1% increase in revenue.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, gross profit decreased $8.1 million, or 16.8%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The decrease was primarily the result of the 16.0% increase in cost of revenue, exclusive of depreciation, as a result of labor and benefits, equipment and rental costs, and supplies and fuel costs of $4.4 million, $5.1 million, and $2.4 million, respectively. These were partially offset by a 5.5% increase in revenue.

Selling, general and administrative expense

Selling, General, and Administrative (SG&A) expense increased $8.8 million, or 46.3%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. For the nine months ended September, 30, 2011, SG&A expense increased $14.7 million, or 26.5%, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. As a percentage of revenues, SG&A expense increased to 27.6% and 21.4% of revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, from 17.2% and 17.1% of revenues for the corresponding prior year periods.

SRO. SG&A expense in our SRO segment increased $4.6 million, or 66.1%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase primarily resulted from increases in the Corporate management fee allocation of $4.2 million, and labor and benefits of $0.5 million. This increase was slightly offset by numerous less significant amounts totaling a decrease of $0.1 million. The management fee allocation increase primarily resulted from approximately $2.9 million of additional professional fees being allocated due to the contemplated debt restructuring. Other increases to the management fee allocation were labor and other costs. SG&A expense in our SRO segment for the three months ended September 30, 2011 represented 25.6% of SRO revenues during this period, compared to 11.8% in the corresponding prior year period.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, SG&A expense in our SRO segment increased $5.7 million, or 26.9%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase resulted from increases in the Corporate management fee allocation of $4.5 million, labor and benefits of $0.9 million and numerous less significant amounts totaling a $0.3 million. The management fee allocation increase primarily resulted from approximately $3.5 million of additional professional fees being allocated which were incurred with regard to primarily the contemplated debt restructuring. Other increases to the management fee allocation were labor and other costs. SG&A expense in our SRO segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 represented 16.7% of SRO revenues during this period, compared to 12.8% in the corresponding prior year period.

Excluding the impact of additional professional fees related primarily to the contemplated debt restructuring, SG&A remained relatively consistent with the respective prior year periods. Though, as a percentage of revenue, the percentage increased as a result of the decreases in revenue.

Industrial Cleaning. SG&A expense in our IC segment increased $3.8 million, or 31.5%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase primarily resulted from the increase in the Corporate management fee allocation of $5.0 million offset by decreases in labor and benefits costs of $0.2 million and insurance costs of $0.4 million. The management fee allocation increase primarily resulted from approximately $3.0 million of additional professional fees being allocated which were incurred with regard to primarily the contemplated debt restructuring. Other increases to the management fee allocation were labor and other costs. The increases were offset by the amounts resulting from a lease buyout gain of certain vehicles for $0.5 million and numerous less significant amounts totaling $0.1 million. SG&A expense in our IC segment for the three months ended September 30, 2011 represented 28.5% of IC revenues during this period, compared to 23.4% in the corresponding prior year period.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, SG&A expense in our IC segment increased $7.0 million, or 20.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. The increase primarily resulted from

 

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the increases in the Corporate management fee allocation of $5.6 million, labor and benefits costs of $0.7 million, legal costs of $0.6 million, insurance costs of $0.4 million and travel of $0.3 million. The management fee allocation increase primarily resulted from approximately $3.7 million of additional professional fees being allocated which were incurred primarily in connection with the contemplated debt restructuring. Other increases to the management fee allocation were labor and other costs. The increases were offset by the amounts resulting from a lease buyout gain of certain vehicles for $0.5 million and numerous less significant amounts totaling $0.1 million. In addition, SG&A in the comparable period for 2010 was lower as the result of the offsetting effect of the receipt of $0.7 million in proceeds from business interruption insurance for Hurricane Ike and a gain on sale of assets of approximately $0.1 million. SG&A expense in our IC segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 represented 24.6% of IC revenues during this period, compared to 21.6% in the corresponding prior year period.

Corporate and other. Our policy is to allocate out all Corporate SG&A to the SRO and Industrial Cleaning segments. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we began consolidating the Aquilex Arabia joint venture as a result of receiving the approval and certification of this joint venture by the Saudi government in February 2011. This consolidation contributed $0.4 and $2.0 million to the overall increase for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, as compared to corresponding prior year period.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization costs decreased $1.5 million and $3.8 million, or 30.5% and 25.7%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, when compared to the corresponding prior year periods. The decrease was primarily due to assets becoming fully depreciated and as a result of the lower amortizable base of SRO amortizable assets resulting from the impairment charges recorded in the fourth quarter of 2010.

SRO. Depreciation and amortization costs in our SRO segment decreased $1.3 million and $3.5 million, or 35.9% and 32.2%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, when compared to the corresponding prior year periods. Approximately $1.3 and $3.4 million of the decrease primarily resulted from the reduced amortization in the three and nine months ending September 30, 2011, respectively, resulting from the $53.2 million impairment of SRO amortizable assets in the fourth quarter of 2010 and the $31.8 million impairment of SRO amortizable assets in the third quarter of 2011. The impairments reduced the amortizable base over the remaining life and as a result the quarterly amortization charge decreased. These decreases were offset by depreciation of new assets acquired in 2010 and the first two quarters of 2011. As a result of the third quarter 2011 impairment charges, the annual amortization of intangibles will decrease approximately $2.6 million per year through the length of the amortization period.

Industrial Cleaning. Depreciation and amortization costs in our Industrial Cleaning segment decreased $0.3 million and $0.4 million, or 20.0% and 11.3%, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, when compared to the corresponding prior year periods. The decrease was primarily due to asset dispositions and assets becoming fully depreciated, partially offset by depreciation of new assets acquired in 2010 and the first three quarters of 2011. As a result of the third quarter 2011 impairment charges, the annual amortization of intangibles will decrease approximately $1.2 million per year through the length of the amortization period.

Impairment Charges

During the third quarter of 2011, we incurred a deemed triggering event for purposes of impairment testing. This resulted primarily from adverse changes in our forecasted results, cash flow and covenant compliance. Accordingly, we performed an impairment review of goodwill and other intangible assets not subject to amortization. In conjunction with this evaluation, we updated our forecasted cash flows and underlying assumptions to reflect the current size and related demand requirements of the industries we serve after the impacts of the recent recession. As a result, we determined that the goodwill related to both the SRO and IC reporting units were impaired. As a result, we recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $71.6 million and $116.9 million for SRO and IC, respectively, in the third quarter of 2011.

 

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In addition to the above, as a result of the testing, we recognized a long-lived asset impairment charge for the SRO customer relationships in the amount of $31.8 million in the third quarter of 2011. Additionally, we recognized an impairment charge for the IC customer relationships and technology in the amount of $23.1 million and $6.0 million, respectively in the third quarter of September 30, 2011. Finally, we also recorded an impairment charge for the SRO and IC trade name in the amounts of $3.7 million and $14.7 million, respectively in the third quarter of September 30, 2011.

Interest expense, net

Net interest expense increased $18.0 million, or 179.5%, for the three months ended September 30, 2011. We recorded additional amortization of deferred financing and OID to interest expense of $10.6 million and $7.0 million as a result of the Forbearance Agreement which provides that the lenders will forbear, until December 8, 2011. Accordingly, the deferred financing and OID balances were reset to reflect the accelerated timing. The remainder of the increase was driven by our fully drawing upon our revolver facility in the third quarter of 2011. Net interest expense increased $15.1 million, or 45.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. This increase was primarily attributable to the additional amortization of deferred financing and OID as described above. Our average debt, net of original issue discount, was $407.4 million and $393.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. Our average debt, net of original issue discount, during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 was $399.5 million for both periods. See also Liquidity and Capital Resources regarding the interest rate change within this Forbearance Agreement.

Other, net

Other, net fluctuated based primarily on gains and losses from foreign currency transactions for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, when compared to the corresponding prior year period. In the third quarter of 2011, we recognized a $1.0 million loss on the writeoff of an investment.

Income taxes

Income tax provisions for the interim period are based on estimated annual income tax rates, adjusted to reflect the effects of any significant infrequent or unusual items which are required to be discretely recognized within the current interim period. The income tax benefit increased $20.5 million and $10.5 million, respectively, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 when compared to the corresponding prior year period. Our effective tax rate was 7.0% and 8.0% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively. For the corresponding prior year periods, our effective tax rate was 28.0% and 35.8% for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.

The change in our effective tax rate is primarily attributable to changes in projected pre-tax book loss, deduction limitations for per diems for field employees, change in valuation allowance, non-deductible stock based compensation, and other nondeductible expenses.

As of September 30, 2011, we had a valuation allowance of $43.3 million. As of September 30, 2011, we had a net deferred tax liability of $6.3 million. During the third quarter of 2011, because of the impairment charge, we changed from a net deferred tax liability position to a net deferred tax asset position, prior to consideration of the valuation allowance. We determined that it did not meet the “more likely than not” standard that substantially all of its net U.S. deferred tax assets would be realized and therefore, we established a valuation allowance for its net U.S. deferred tax assets. The net deferred tax liability of $6.3 million as of September 30, 2011 relates to a deferred tax liability for certain trade names owned by us. As the trade names are considered to be assets with an indefinite life, the future taxable temporary difference associated with this asset is not available as a source of future taxable income to support the realization of deferred tax assets created by other deductible temporary timing differences. We do not believe it is “more likely than not” it will realize its U.S. deferred assets equal to the deferred tax liability associated with these trade names and therefore, we were required to record an additional income tax expense to increase its deferred tax asset valuation allowance. During the nine months ended September 30, 2011, the impact of the impairment of indefinite lived intangibles increased income tax expense by $6.4 million.

 

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For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, we reduced our reserve for uncertain tax positions by $3.3 million due to the expiration of certain statute of limitations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, we recognized $0.03 million and $0.1 million, respectively for interest and penalties on previously unrecognized tax benefits and accordingly increased the reserve for uncertain tax positions.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, we recognized $0.04 million and $0.1 million, respectively, for interest and penalties on previously unrecognized tax benefits and accordingly increased the reserve for uncertain tax positions.

Non-GAAP Measures

EBITDA, a measure used by management to measure operating performance, is defined as net income (loss) plus interest expense (income), net, income taxes, depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a recognized term under GAAP and does not purport to be an alternative to net income (loss) as a measure of operating performance or to cash flows from operating activities as a measure of liquidity. Additionally, EBITDA is not intended to be a measure of free cash flow available for management’s discretionary use, as it does not consider certain cash requirements such as tax payments and debt service requirements. Management believes EBITDA is helpful in highlighting trends because EBITDA excludes the results of decisions that are outside the control of operating management and can differ significantly from company to company depending on long-term strategic decisions regarding capital structure, the tax jurisdictions in which companies operate and capital investments. Management compensates for the limitations of using non-GAAP financial measures by using them to supplement GAAP results to provide a more complete understanding of the factors and trends affecting the business than GAAP results alone. Because not all companies use identical calculations, these presentations of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA further adjusted to exclude certain non-cash and other specific items permitted in calculating covenant compliance in our Credit Agreement.

We present Adjusted EBITDA because we consider it an important supplemental measure of our performance and believe it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry and because a determination of Adjusted EBITDA is necessary to calculate our covenant compliance under our Credit Agreement. You are encouraged to evaluate each adjustment and the reasons we consider them appropriate for supplemental analysis. In evaluating Adjusted EBITDA, you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses similar to the adjustments in this presentation.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA have limitations as analytical tools, and you should not consider them in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

 

   

they do not reflect our cash expenditures, or future requirements, for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;

 

   

they do not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

 

   

they do not reflect the significant interest expense, or the cash requirements necessary to service interest on our debts;

 

   

they do not reflect our income tax expense or the cash requirements to pay our taxes;

 

   

although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future, and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements;

 

   

other companies in our industry may calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure; and

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect cash expenditures that may recur in future periods.

The following table provides a reconciliation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA attributable to equity holders of the Company to net loss attributable to equity holders of the Company.

 

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     For the three months
ended September 30,
    For the nine months ended
September 30,
 
($ in thousands)    2011     2010     2011     2010  

Net loss

   $ (284,713   $ (2,400   $ (298,616   $ (27,530

Interest expense, net

     28,046        10,034        48,300        33,237   

Income tax expense (benefit)

     (21,467     (933     (25,856     (15,349

Depreciation and amortization

     8,490        9,314        25,697        27,994   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EBITDA

     (269,644     16,015        (250,475     18,352   

Adjustments to EBITDA

        

Financing transaction costs (a)

     —          —          —          202   

Goodwill and intangible impairment loss (b)

     267,748        —          267,748        —     

Incentive units expense (c)

     223        308        753        1,051   

Loss on extinguishment of debt (d)

     —          —          —          24,424   

Sarbanes Oxley costs (e)

     73        —          365        —     

Unusual or non-recurring losses (f)

     416        460        416        905   

Professional fees (g)

     5,861        —          7,229        —     

Other (h)

     1,360        (782     1,047        (92

EBITDA attributable to noncontrolling interest (i)

     231        —          920        —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA attributable to Aquilex Holdings

   $ 6,268      $ 16,001      $ 28,003      $ 44,842   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Reflects accounting and legal fees expenses associated with the senior notes offering in December 2009.
(b) Reflects the writedown of the Company’s goodwill and intangible assets. See also Note 4, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, to the unaudited interim financial statements.
(c) Reflects expenses associated with vesting of time-vested profits interest units granted to members of Aquilex management. The value of these units was determined using the Black-Scholes-Merton method and the expense recorded as a non-cash compensation charge in SG&A.
(d) Reflects the write-off of deferred financing costs, original issue discount amounts and a prepayment penalty resulting from the Company entering into Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement on April 1, 2010.
(e) Reflects Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance costs paid to third parties.
(f) Reflects severance costs which were in connection with the termination and the elimination of certain Company executive positions.
(g) Reflects professional fees paid for an analysis of pricing and profitability as well as services related to our contemplated debt restructuring.
(h) Amounts primarily reflect the impact of unrealized foreign currency transaction gains and losses as well as a $1.0 million loss on investment writeoff.
(i) Reflects EBITDA attributable to our noncontrolling interest in our Aquilex Arabia joint venture.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

At September 30, 2011, we had cash of $24.7 million and outstanding debt obligations of $423.2 million. At September 30, 2011, we had $13.9 million of outstanding letter of credit obligations. On August 4, 2011, we drew down the remaining $24.0 million on our revolving credit facility. At September 30, 2011, we did not have any remaining capacity under our revolving credit facility.

Our ability to generate cash from operations depends in large part on the level of demand for our services from our customers and operating margins. In recent periods, demand for our services has been significantly lower than we had expected, in part because the extent and timing of the release of maintenance and repair projects by our customers has not met our expectations, and our operating margins have been lower. In addition, delays in receivables payments have negatively affected our liquidity, in

 

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part due to significant payments from PDVSA in Venezuela being delayed. However, overdue balances for PDVSA decreased in the third quarter of 2011 to $8.3 million at September 30, 2011, compared to $12.4 million at June 30, 2011. Since September 30, 2011, we have received additional payments from PDVSA totaling $4.3 million. As of November 8, 2011, overdue balances with PDVSA were $7.9 million.

Based on our most recent estimates, we believe that the proceeds from our most recent draw on our revolving credit facility, our existing cash balances and cash generated from operations will be sufficient to meet our anticipated cash needs through the end of the first quarter of 2012, except that, as described in more detail below, we do not expect to make the next scheduled interest payment on our senior notes that is due December 15, 2011.

To meet our cash needs for the next twelve months and over the longer term, we expect that we will be required to restructure our debt obligations and obtain additional liquidity sources, because we do not expect that we will generate sufficient cash from our operations to fund our debt service along with our operating expenses, capital expenditures and other cash requirements over that period. In connection with our restructuring efforts, we are engaged in active and constructive negotiations with an ad hoc committee of holders of our senior notes and a steering committee of our lenders regarding a consensual restructuring that would significantly deleverage our capital structure. We are also considering a range of financing options in connection with the restructuring, including arranging a short-term financing facility. We are engaged in negotiations for such a short-term financing facility with certain lenders who are current holders of our senior notes. If these negotiations are unsuccessful, as noted above, we may not need additional liquidity to meet our anticipated cash needs prior to consummation of an out of court restructuring or reaching a definitive agreement on a “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy plan of reorganization. However, if we determine that such short-term financing is necessary, but remains unavailable, and/or we obtain such financing but are unable to consummate an out of court restructuring, we expect that we would commence a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and, in connection with such potential scenario, we are engaged in negotiations with our lenders regarding a debtor-in-possession financing facility.

If we commence a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, we will attempt to arrange a “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy filing. In a “pre-packaged bankruptcy”, we would make arrangements with new and existing creditors for additional liquidity facilities and the restructuring of our existing debt obligations, before presenting these arrangements to the bankruptcy court for approval. In the absence of a “pre-packaged” bankruptcy, we would consider a “pre-arranged” bankruptcy filing, in which we would reach agreement on the material terms of a plan of reorganization with key creditors prior to the commencement of the bankruptcy case. We currently anticipate that any such “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy would not impair, or otherwise reduce the amount owed to, our trade creditors, suppliers and employees.

There can be no assurance that any of these efforts will be successful, and any of the foregoing alternatives may have materially adverse effects on our business and on the market price of our securities, including our senior notes. In the event of a Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, there can be no assurance that any “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” filing would be achievable, and it is possible that we would need to file without such arrangements in place.

Our Credit Agreement requires us to maintain a minimum ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to total interest expense and maximum ratios of total debt and senior secured debt to Adjusted EBITDA. We were not in compliance with these financial maintenance covenants as of September 30, 2011 and do not expect to be in compliance with those covenants as of December 31, 2011. On October 13, 2011, we entered into the Forbearance Agreement in connection with the Credit Agreement. The Forbearance Agreement provides that the lenders will forbear, until December 8, 2011, from exercising default-related rights and remedies against us with respect to our failure to comply with our financial maintenance covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2011. Pursuant to the terms of the Forbearance Agreement, the applicable interest rate margin on the loans under the Credit Agreement has been increased by 1.00%. During the Forbearance Period, such additional interest may be paid in kind at the option us by adding the accrued interest to the principal amount of the applicable loans. The Forbearance Agreement also provides that any LIBOR-based loans with interest periods expiring during the Forbearance Period may be continued as LIBOR-based loans only at the discretion of the administrative agent and only for one-month interest periods; otherwise these loans will convert to prime based loans. In addition, the parties to the Forbearance Agreement have agreed that any auto-renewal letters of credit for which notice of non-renewal would be due during the Forbearance Period will be extended.

 

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As a condition to the effectiveness of the Forbearance Agreement, we agreed to pay a forbearance fee to consenting lenders equal to $250,000, plus reimbursement of certain fees and expenses.

Because we do not expect to be in compliance with our financial covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ending December 31, 2011, we have approached our lenders under the Credit Agreement to seek an extension of the Forbearance Period and additional forbearance with respect to our financial covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ended December 31, 2011. We may also be required to seek additional forbearance agreements for future periods. There can be no certainty that any such forbearance agreement will be forthcoming. In the absence of necessary forbearance, our lenders would be able to declare all of our indebtedness immediately due and payable, and as a result, we have classified all debt as current at September 30, 2011.

Our senior notes also contain cross payment default and cross acceleration provisions. Subject to a notice and cure period, our senior notes would be in default in the event that we have a default on any other indebtedness, including under our Credit Agreement, as a result of a failure to pay any scheduled installment of principal prior to the expiration of any grace period provided in such indebtedness or if there is a default on any indebtedness, including under our Credit Agreement, which results in the acceleration of such indebtedness prior to its maturity, provided that the principal amount of any such defaulted or accelerated indebtedness is at least $20 million.

In connection with our restructuring plans described above, we do not expect to make the interest payment on our senior notes that is due on December 15, 2011. While we expect to obtain forbearance from certain of our noteholders for such a payment default, there can be no assurance we will receive such forbearance. Even with such forbearance, if we do not make the scheduled interest payment, subject to a 30-day grace period, we would be in default under our senior notes. See Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors, “We do not expect to make the next scheduled interest payment on our senior notes.”

There can be no assurance that we will be able to restructure our debt and obtain sufficient additional sources of liquidity in order to address our cash needs, or to obtain forbearance for any failure to make our scheduled interest payments on our senior notes, or any additional forbearance for covenant defaults under our Credit Agreement. The conditions as described above raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. See Part II, Item 1A. “Risk Factors—There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.”

Credit Agreement

Our Credit Agreement contains certain restrictive covenants that include a minimum interest coverage ratio; maximum leverage ratio and maximum secured leverage ratio. Our Credit Agreement also contains cross default covenants tied to all other indebtedness of the Company. The minimum interest coverage ratio, the maximum leverage ratio and the maximum secured leverage ratio (each as described below) are computed based on the Company’s financial results for the twelve months preceding the end of each fiscal quarter.

On February 28, 2011, we entered into Amendment No. 1 to our Credit Agreement, dated as of April 1, 2010 and modified on June 17, 2010.

The Amendment, among other things:

 

   

increased the applicable rate by 50 basis points;

 

   

increased the size of the basket for investments in non-loan party subsidiaries and unrestricted subsidiaries to the greater of $20,000,000 and 10% of total tangible assets;

 

   

increased the size of the baskets for Non-Loan Party Subsidiaries to guarantee and incur indebtedness in the aggregate to 10% of total tangible assets; and

 

   

granted additional head room for our financial maintenance covenants (total leverage ratio, interest coverage ratio and senior secured leverage ratio).

 

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The amended financial covenants are as follows:

 

   

A minimum interest coverage ratio, ranging from 1.55:1 to 1.95:1 over the term of the Credit Agreement. The minimum interest coverage ratio is computed as Adjusted EBITDA to consolidated interest expense.

 

   

A maximum total leverage ratio, ranging from 6.75:1 to 4.85:1 over the term of the Credit Agreement. The maximum total leverage ratio is computed as consolidated total debt to Adjusted EBITDA after giving effect to any pro forma adjustments relating to a permitted acquisition or disposition.

 

   

A maximum secured leverage ratio ranging from 3.00:1 to 2.50:1 over the term of the Credit Agreement. The maximum secured leverage ratio is computed as the consolidated secured indebtedness to Adjusted EBITDA giving effect to pro forma adjustments relating to a permitted acquisition or disposition.

The foregoing description of the Credit Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Credit Agreement and the Amendment, which were incorporated by reference as exhibits to our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011.

Cash Flows

    Nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2010

Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Operating Activities

Our net cash provided by (used in) operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was ($6.8) million and $8.9 million, respectively, resulting in a decrease of $15.7 million in net cash provided by operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding prior year period. The change was primarily due to a significant increase in the net loss as adjusted for non-cash items, primarily a $24.4 million loss on extinguishment recognized in the third quarter of 2010 and a $267.7 million impairment loss recognized in the third quarter of 2011. Several other individually non-significant fluctuations contributed to the decrease. The primary change to the operating assets and liabilities was an $8.0 million increase in accounts receivable. This change resulted primarily from the timing of cash receipts. The overall decrease in net cash provided by operating activities was further impacted by the increase in cost of revenues and SG&A costs in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding prior year period. The Company paid $4.7 million in advisor fees related primarily to its contemplated debt restructuring.

Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

Our net cash used in investing activities increased by approximately $1.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding prior year period, primarily due to an increase in capital expenditures of $3.3 million offset by $1.8 million of Aquilex Arabia expenses paid for by our joint venture partner.

Net Cash Provided By Financing Activities

Our net cash provided by financing activities increased by $33.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared to the corresponding prior year period due primarily to the following factors: a) a $36.0 million draw from our revolving credit facility in the nine months ended September 30, 2011, b) a decrease in principal payments of $1.2 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2011 as compared to the corresponding prior year period resulting from the April 2010 refinancing, and c) a reduction in lease payments of $0.1 million. These increases in cash provided by financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 were offset by a) the ($3.3) million in refinancing net proceeds received in April 2010 and b) the payment of ($1.1) million of fees recorded as deferred financing costs related to the February 2011 debt covenant modification.

Capital Expenditures

Capital expenditures were $13.4 million and $10.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, respectively. The increase was primarily related to the purchase of additional machinery and equipment.

 

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Contractual Obligations and Other Commitments

Except as noted herein, we did not have any material changes to our contractual obligations and other commitments as provided in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

At September 30, 2011, we had bonding obligations of $4.5 million. We had no material changes in our operating lease arrangements during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011.

Critical Accounting Policies

As of September 30, 2011, our significant accounting policies and estimates, which are detailed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, have not changed from December 31, 2010.

As disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, we perform our annual impairment review of goodwill and other intangible assets not subject to amortization in the fourth quarter of each year in accordance with ASC 350, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other. Under ASC 350, the impairment review of goodwill and other intangible assets not subject to amortization must be based on estimated fair values. The valuation of intangible assets requires assumptions and estimates of many critical factors, including revenue and market growth, operating cash flows, market multiples, and discount rates. The Company has experienced adverse changes in operating results and/or unfavorable changes in other economic factors used to estimate fair values, and as a result, in the third quarter of 2011, we performed an impairment review of goodwill, other intangible assets not subject to amortization, and long-lived assets.

In conjunction with this evaluation, we updated our forecasted cash flows and underlying assumptions to reflect the current size and related demand requirements of the industries the Company serves after the impacts of the recent recession. As a result, we determined that the goodwill related to both the SRO and IC reporting units were impaired, and we recorded a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $71.6 million and $116.9 million for SRO and IC, respectively, in the third quarter of 2011. The remaining carrying value of goodwill in the SRO and IC reporting units, respectively, at September 30, 2011 totaled $68.3 million and $1.8 million. In addition, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge for the SRO and IC trade name in the amounts of $3.7 million and $14.7 million, respectively. Also, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge for the SRO customer relationships in the amount of $31.8 million in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011. Additionally, we recorded a non-cash impairment charge for the IC customer relationships and technology in the amount of $23.1 million and $6.0 million, respectively in the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2011. See Note 4 to the unaudited interim financial statements.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2009-13, Revenue Recognition (Topic 605): Multiple-Deliverable Revenue Arrangements—a consensus of the FASB Emerging Issues Task Force

In October 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued amendments to existing standards for revenue arrangements with multiple components. The amendments generally require the allocation of consideration to separate components based on the relative selling price of each component in a revenue arrangement. The amendments are effective prospectively for revenue arrangements entered into or materially modified after January 1, 2011. The adoption of this guidance has not had any effect on our financial position, results of operations, or cash flows.

 

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ASU 2011-04, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs

In May 2011, the FASB issued amendments generally represent clarification of Topic 820, but also include instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. ASU 2011-04 results in common principles and requirements for measuring fair value and for disclosing information about fair value measurements in accordance with U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The amendments are effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011 and are to be applied prospectively. Early application is not permitted. We do not expect the adoption of ASU 2011-04 will have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

ASU 2011-05, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Presentation of Comprehensive Income

In June 2011, the FASB issued amendments which allows an entity the option to present the total of comprehensive income, the components of net income, and the components of other comprehensive income either in a single continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two separate but consecutive statements. In both choices, an entity is required to present each component of net income along with total net income, each component of other comprehensive income along with a total for other comprehensive income, and a total amount for comprehensive income. ASU 2011-05 eliminates the option to present the components of other comprehensive income as part of the statement of changes in stockholders’ equity. The amendments to the Codification in the ASU do not change the items that must be reported in other comprehensive income or when an item of other comprehensive income must be reclassified to net income and are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2011-05 did not have any impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

The FASB issues ASUs to amend the authoritative literature in ASC. There have been a number of ASUs to date that amend the original text of ASC. Except for the ASU listed above, those issued to date either (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable to our company or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact on our company.

ASU 2011-08, Intangibles – Goodwill and Other (Topic 350), Testing Goodwill for Impairment

In September 2011, the FASB issued amendments allowing the option to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not (a likelihood of more than 50%) that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount. If, after considering the totality of events and circumstances, an entity determines it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, performing the two-step impairment test is unnecessary. The amendment is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2011. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt this standard for its consolidated financial statements in the first quarter of 2012.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

We are exposed to market risks, which include changes in U.S. interest rates and to a lesser extent, foreign exchange rates and commodity prices. We do not engage in financial transactions for trading or speculative purposes. There have been no material changes in this Item from the discussion contained in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, we conducted an evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as such term is defined under Rule 13a-15e promulgated under the Exchange Act. Based upon this evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this report.

 

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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as “believe,” “expect,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “seek,” “on-track,” “plan,” “project,” “forecast,” “intend” or “anticipate,” or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, or by discussions of vision, strategy or outlook. All statements we make relating to our estimated and projected earnings, margins, costs, expenditures, cash flows, growth rates and financial results are forward-looking statements. In addition, we, through our senior management, from time to time, may make forward-looking public statements concerning our expected future operations and performance and other developments. These statements are not historical facts and represent only our beliefs regarding future events, and you are cautioned that our business and operations are subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. Consequently, our actual results may differ materially from those projected by any forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those projected include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) general economic conditions and instability and volatility in the financial markets; (2) the downgrade in the credit rating of the U.S. Government by Standard & Poor’s, any further downgrade or perceived risk of downgrade in the credit ratings of the U.S. Government or any default by the U.S. Government on its financial obligations, (3) a failure to comply with our debt covenants or a default or event of default under our Credit Agreement or the Indenture governing our outstanding senior notes, (4) any deterioration in our liquidity or cash flows or perception by our customers, suppliers or lenders that our liquidity or cash flows have deteriorated, (5) the impact of our substantial indebtedness, (6) a deterioration in our safety record; (7) claims relating to professional liability, personal injury or property damage; (8) failure to create or maintain a technological advantage over our competitors; (9) failure to complete projects in a timely fashion; (10) failure to obtain the award of new projects or renewal of existing projects; (11) difficulties in hiring and retaining skilled craft workers and senior management; (12) increases in the cost of labor or the incidence of labor disputes; (13) increased worker turnover rate; (14) decrease in the demand for the products of original equipment manufacturers; (15) increases in cost and availability of weld wire, chemicals and certain other materials; (16) decline in market opportunities for our products and our ability to take advantage of those opportunities; (17) risks associated with our new branding strategy and the related costs; (18) adverse changes in foreign exchange rates; (19) severe weather conditions and other catastrophes; (20) incidence of labor disputes; (21) liabilities in the event of a spill, discharge or release of chemicals or hazardous materials; (22) economic, political and other risks associated with international operations; (23) adverse changes in law or regulations; (24) loss of certain required certifications, licenses and permits; (25) impairments to intangible assets or long-lived assets; (26) failure to correctly estimate costs for our projects; (27) performance failures of our third-party suppliers; (28) the loss of a key subcontractor; (28) failure to protect our intellectual property rights; (29) negative public perception of nuclear power and radioactive materials, including related to the Japanese tsunami; (30) the significant limitations contained in our Credit Agreement and the Indenture governing our outstanding senior notes, including limitations on making acquisitions, obtaining performance bonding, expanding internationally, incurring additional debt, making investments, selling assets and taking other actions and (31) significant uncertainties regarding our liquidity position and our ability to make required payments and comply with covenants under our existing indebtedness, and our ability to obtain additional liquidity facilities, restructure our debt obligations and/or obtain required consents, waivers or forbearance with respect to our indebtedness and covenants, including uncertainties around the outcome of negotiations with existing creditors regarding a consensual restructuring of our indebtedness. For a fuller description of these and other possible uncertainties, please refer to our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 31, 2011. Our forward-looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date hereof, and we make no commitment to revise or update any forward-looking statements in order to reflect events or circumstances after the date any such statement is made. If we do revise or update one or more forward-looking statements, you should not conclude that we will make additional revisions or updates with respect thereto or with respect to the other forward-looking statements, except as required by law.

 

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Item 1. Legal Proceedings

See Commitments and Contingencies in Note 9 to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in Item 1, Financial Statements of this Report for information on legal proceedings, which is hereby incorporated by reference into this Item 1 of Part II.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed under “Risk Factors” in our 2010 Form 10-K, as well as the additional risk factor set forth below. These risks could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations. These risks and uncertainties are not the only ones facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not presently known to us or that we currently believe to be immaterial may also adversely affect our business.

There is substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern

To meet our cash needs for the next twelve months and over the longer term, we expect that we will be required to restructure our debt obligations and obtain additional liquidity sources, because we do not expect that we will generate sufficient cash from our operations to fund our debt service along with our operating expenses, capital expenditures and other cash requirements over that period. As of September 30, 2011, we do not have any availability under our Credit Agreement or under any additional sources of liquidity, and we were not in compliance with financial maintenance covenants under our Credit Agreement and do not expect to be in such compliance as of December 31, 2011. We will require additional forbearance from the lenders under the Credit Agreement in order to avoid an event of default under our Credit Agreement on and after December 8, 2011. In addition, as part of a contemplated restructuring of our indebtedness, we do not expect to make the next scheduled interest payment on our senior notes.

The conditions as described above raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern. The accompanying unaudited interim financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis which contemplates continuity of operations, realization of assets and satisfaction of liabilities in the ordinary course of business. As a result of the uncertainty surrounding our indebtedness and contemplated debt restructuring, there can be no assurance that the carrying amounts of assets will be realized or that liabilities will be settled for the amounts recorded. Our ability to continue as a going concern will be dependent upon our ability to execute a satisfactory restructuring of our debt obligations, pursuant to either a bankruptcy proceeding or an out-of-court restructuring. Unless we are able to successfully restructure our debt, it is unlikely that we will be able to meet our obligations as they become due and to continue as a going concern.

We do not expect to make the next scheduled interest payment on our senior notes

In connection with the contemplated restructuring of our debt obligations, we do not expect to make the interest payment on our senior notes that is due on December 15, 2011. Although we are seeking the forbearance of a majority of our noteholders to such action as a part of our contemplated debt restructuring, we may not be successful in obtaining any such forbearance and, in any case, under the indenture governing our senior notes any such action would, subject to a 30-day grace period, constitute an event of default unless we obtain the consent of all noteholders affected thereby. We do not expect that we will obtain all such consents. Accordingly, were we to fail to make such payment, a default under our senior notes would likely result.

Upon an event of default, the trustee under the bond indenture or noteholders representing at least 25% of the notes outstanding would have the right to accelerate the full principal amount of our senior notes. As part of our contemplated debt restructuring, we are seeking the agreement of the holders of the majority of our outstanding senior notes that they will not, and that they will instruct the trustee under the bond indenture to not, cause the acceleration of our senior notes upon an event of default resulting from our determination not to make the December interest payment. We may not be successful in obtaining such an agreement from a sufficient number of our noteholders to avoid potential enforcement action, however, and our senior notes could be declared immediately due and payable.

 

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We need to restructure our existing indebtedness and obtain additional sources of liquidity, either pursuant to a bankruptcy proceeding or as part of an out-of-court restructuring, and there can be no assurance that we will be able to achieve such restructuring.

On August 4, 2011, we drew down the remaining amounts then committed under our revolving credit facility and we no longer have any availability under that facility. We do not expect that we will generate sufficient cash from our operations to fund our debt service along with our operating expenses, capital expenditures and other cash requirements over the next twelve months. We do not have any other sources of committed financing available in order to meet our cash requirements and it is uncertain as to whether we will be able to obtain any additional financing at all or on acceptable terms. In light of the uncertainties surrounding our indebtedness and liquidity position, we are engaged in negotiations with an ad hoc committee of holders of our senior notes and a steering committee of our lenders regarding a consensual restructuring, and are also considering a range of financing options in connection with the restructuring, including arranging a short-term financing facility. We are engaged in negotiations for such a short-term financing facility with certain lenders who are current holders of our senior notes. There can be no assurance that any such negotiations will be successful or that any financing facility will be available.

Although we may not need additional liquidity to meet our anticipated cash needs prior to consummation of an out of court restructuring or reaching a definitive agreement on a “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy plan of organization, there can be no assurance in this regard. If we determine that such short-term financing is necessary, but remains unavailable, and/or we obtain such financing but are unable to consummate an out of court restructuring, we expect that we would commence a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case and, in connection with such potential scenario, we are engaged in negotiations with our lenders regarding a debtor-in-possession financing facility.

If we commence a voluntary Chapter 11 bankruptcy case, we would attempt to arrange a “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy filing. In a “pre-packaged bankruptcy”, we would make arrangements with new and existing creditors for additional liquidity facilities and the restructuring of our existing debt obligations, before presenting these arrangements to the bankruptcy court for approval. In the absence of a “pre-packaged” bankruptcy, we would consider a “pre-arranged” bankruptcy filing, in which we would reach agreement on the material terms of a plan of reorganization with key creditors prior to the commencement of the bankruptcy case. We currently anticipate that any such “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” bankruptcy would not impair, or otherwise reduce the amount owed to, our trade creditors, suppliers and employees. There can be no assurance that any “pre-packaged” or “pre-arranged” filing would be achievable, however, and it is possible that we would need to file without such arrangements in place.

There can be no assurance that any of these efforts will be successful, and any of the foregoing alternatives may have materially adverse effects on our business and on the market price of our securities, including our senior notes. The conditions as described above raise substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

Our failure to maintain compliance with the financial covenants under our Credit Agreement may have a material adverse affect on our financial condition.

Our Credit Agreement requires us to maintain certain financial ratios, including a minimum ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to total interest expense and maximum ratios of total debt and senior secured debt to Adjusted EBITDA. The Company was not in compliance with its debt covenants as of September 30, 2011 and we do not expect to be in compliance as of December 31, 2011. Accordingly, we have entered into the Forbearance Agreement in connection with our Credit Agreement. The Forbearance Agreement provides that the lenders will forbear, until December 8, 2011, from exercising default-related rights and remedies against us with respect to our failure to comply with our financial maintenance covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2011. Because, we do not expect to be in compliance with our financial covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ended December 31, 2011, we have approached our lenders under the Credit Agreement to seek an extension of the Forbearance Period and additional forbearance with respect to our financial covenants for the twelve months ended December 31, 2011. We may be required to seek additional forbearance agreements for future periods. The can be no certainty that any such forbearance agreement will be forthcoming. If we continue to not meet our financial covenants and are unable to obtain continued forbearance, our lenders may accelerate the amounts we owe under the Credit Agreement or avail themselves of other remedies under the Credit Agreement, including foreclosure on the collateral securing our debt. An

 

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acceleration of our Credit Facility debt also would cause an event of default under, and permit acceleration of, our senior notes. As a result, any breach of our debt covenants may have a material adverse effect on the Company and our financial condition.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

 

Item 3. Defaults upon Senior Securities

Our Credit Agreement requires us to maintain a minimum ratio of Adjusted EBITDA to total interest expense and maximum ratios of total debt and senior secured debt to Adjusted EBITDA. We were not in compliance with the debt covenants as of September 30, 2011. We have entered into the Forbearance Agreement in connection with the Credit Agreement. The Forbearance Agreement provides that the lenders will forbear, until December 8, 2011, from exercising default-related rights and remedies against us with respect to our failure to comply with our financial maintenance covenants for the four-fiscal quarter period ended September 30, 2011. In the absence of necessary forbearance, our lenders would be able to declare all of our indebtedness immediately due and payable.

 

Item 4. Removed and Reserved

 

Item 5. Other Information

None.

 

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Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description of Document

  10.1*

   Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of October 13, 2011

  31.1*

   Rule 13a-14(a) Certification by Principal Executive Officer

  31.2*

   Rule 13a-14(a) Certification by Principal Financial Officer

  32**

   Section 1350 Certifications by Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer

101*

   XBRL Instance Document

 

* Filed herewith.
** Furnished (and not filed) herewith pursuant to Item 601(b)(32)(ii) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

Aquilex Holdings LLC
By:  

/s/ L.W. Varner, Jr.

Name:   L.W. Varner, Jr.
Title:   Chief Executive Officer and President
By:  

/s/ Jay W. Ferguson

Name:   Jay W. Ferguson
Title:   Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Date: November 14, 2011

 

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