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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 January 31, 2013

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: 333-179072

 

 

CHC Helicopter S.A.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Luxembourg   N/A

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

4740 Agar Drive

Richmond, BC V7B 1A3, Canada

(Address of principal executive offices, zip code)

(604) 276-7500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

 

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 Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (Section 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  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  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)    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

As of January 31, 2013, there were 1,870,561,417 Class A Shares, 8,224,473 Class B Shares, 394,000 Special Shares and one Class C Share of stock outstanding.

 

 

 


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CHC Helicopter S.A.

QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTER ENDED

January 31, 2013

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

         Page
Number
 
  Trademarks      3   
  Glossary      3   
ITEM 1.   Financial statements      4   
  6922767 Holding S.à.r.l. consolidated balance sheets (unaudited) as of January 31, 2013 and April 30, 2012      4   
  6922767 Holding S.à.r.l. consolidated statements of operations (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012      5   
  6922767 Holding S.à.r.l. consolidated statements of comprehensive loss (unaudited) for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012      6   
  6922767 Holding S.à.r.l. consolidated statements of cash flows (unaudited) for the nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012      7   
  6922767 Holding S.à.r.l. consolidated statements of shareholder’s equity (unaudited) for the nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012      8   
  Notes to 6922767 Holding S.à.r.l. interim consolidated financial statements (unaudited)      9   
ITEM 2.   Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations      45   
ITEM 3.   Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk      68   
ITEM 4.   Controls and procedures      68   
  PART II—OTHER INFORMATION   
ITEM 1.   Legal proceedings      69   
ITEM 1A.   Risk factors      69   
ITEM 2.   Unregistered sales of equity securities and use of proceeds      69   
ITEM 3.   Defaults upon senior securities      69   
ITEM 4.   Mine safety disclosures      69   
ITEM 5.   Other information      69   
ITEM 6.   Exhibits      69   

 

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PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

TRADEMARKS

CHC Helicopter and the CHC Helicopter logo are trademarks owned by CHC Helicopter S.A. through a wholly-owned subsidiary. All other trademarks and service marks appearing in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q are the property of their respective holders. All rights reserved. The absence of a trademark or service mark or logo from this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q does not constitute a waiver of trademark or other intellectual property rights of CHC Helicopter S.A, its affiliates and/or licensors.

GLOSSARY

 

Embedded equity    Embedded equity represents the amount by which the estimated market value of a leased aircraft exceeded the leased aircraft purchase option price at September 16, 2008, the acquisition date. Embedded equity is assessed on an ongoing basis for impairment. Impairment, if any, is recognized in the consolidated statements of operations.
EMS    Emergency medical services.
Fixed wing    An airplane.
Heavy helicopter    A category of twin-engine helicopters that requires two pilots, can accommodate 19 to 26 passengers and can operate under instrument flight rules, which allow daytime and nighttime flying in a variety of weather conditions. The greater passenger capacity, larger cabin, longer range, and ability to operate in adverse weather conditions make heavy aircraft more suitable than single engine aircraft for offshore support. Heavy helicopters are generally utilized to support the oil and gas sector, construction and forestry industries and SAR and EMS customer requirements.
IFR    Instrument flight rules, which allow for daytime and nighttime flying in a variety of weather conditions.
Long-

term contracts

   Contracts of three years or longer in duration.
Medium helicopter    A category of twin-engine helicopters that generally requires two pilots, can accommodate nine to 15 passengers and can operate under instrument flight rules, which allow daytime and nighttime flying in a variety of weather conditions. The greater passenger capacity, longer range, and ability to operate in adverse weather conditions make medium aircraft more suitable than single engine aircraft for offshore support. Medium helicopters are generally utilized to support the oil and gas sector, construction and forestry industries and SAR and EMS customer bases in certain jurisdictions. Medium helicopters can also be used to support the utility and mining sectors, where transporting a smaller number of passengers or carrying light loads over shorter distances is required.
Medium term

contracts

   Contracts of greater than one year and less than three years in duration.
MRO    Maintenance, repair and overhaul.
New technology    When used herein to classify our aircraft, a category of higher-value, recently produced, more sophisticated and more comfortable aircraft, including Eurocopter’s EC225, EC135, EC145 and EC155; Agusta’s AW139; and Sikorsky’s S76C+, S76C++ and S92A.
Old technology    When used herein to classify our aircraft, all aircraft other than new technology aircraft, including Eurocopter’s AS365 and Super Puma; Sikorsky’s 76A, 76B, 76C and S61N; and Bell’s 412 and 212.
OEM    Original equipment manufacturer.
PBH    Power-by-the-hour. A program where an aircraft operator pays a fee per flight hour to an MRO provider as compensation for repair and overhaul components required in order for the aircraft to maintain an airworthy condition.
SAR    Search and rescue.
VFR    Visual flight rules, which require daylight and good weather conditions.

 

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ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS.

6922767 HOLDING S.à.r.l.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars except share information)

(Unaudited)

 

     January 31,
2013
    April 30,
2012
 

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 59,320      $ 55,547   

Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2,395 and $2,600, respectively (note 2)

     287,751        266,115   

Income taxes receivable

     27,310        20,747   

Deferred income tax assets

     —          8,542   

Inventories (note 4)

     105,774        90,013   

Prepaid expenses

     24,394        21,183   

Other assets (note 5)

     38,714        33,195   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     543,263        495,342   

Property and equipment, net (note 6)

     1,186,376        1,026,860   

Investments

     25,739        24,226   

Intangible assets (note 7)

     202,591        217,890   

Goodwill

     437,359        433,811   

Restricted cash (note 2)

     23,538        25,994   

Other assets (note 5)

     406,920        363,103   

Deferred income tax assets

     10,884        48,943   

Assets held for sale (note 3)

     42,174        79,813   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 2,878,844      $ 2,715,982   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity

    

Current liabilities:

    

Payables and accruals

   $ 394,238      $ 363,064   

Deferred revenue

     20,951        23,737   

Income taxes payable

     46,658        43,581   

Deferred income tax liabilities

     2,020        11,729   

Current facility secured by accounts receivable (note 2)

     41,259        45,566   

Other liabilities (note 8)

     23,164        23,648   

Current portion of long-term debt (note 9)

     24,104        17,701   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     552,394        529,026   

Long-term debt (note 9)

     1,479,222        1,269,379   

Deferred revenue

     52,633        43,517   

Other liabilities (note 8)

     194,662        191,521   

Deferred income tax liabilities

     11,830        20,072   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,290,741        2,053,515   

Redeemable non-controlling interests (note 2)

     (1,646     1,675   

Capital stock: Par value 1 Euro;

    

Authorized and issued: 1,228,377,770 and 1,228,377,770, respectively

     1,607,101        1,607,101   

Contributed surplus

     55,652        55,318   

Deficit

     (1,024,387     (940,031

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

     (48,617     (61,596
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total shareholder’s equity

     589,749        660,792   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 2,878,844      $ 2,715,982   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements.

 

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6922767 HOLDING S.à.r.l.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
    January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
 

Revenue

   $ 441,839      $ 406,933      $ 1,304,694      $ 1,239,582   

Operating expenses:

        

Direct costs

     (355,645     (333,369     (1,053,129     (1,013,356

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     850        421        2,687        1,642   

General and administration costs

     (18,671     (18,031     (56,110     (47,483

Amortization

     (28,701     (28,359     (84,646     (80,891

Restructuring costs

     (4,890     (3,728     (8,617     (15,612

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

     (464     (208     (1,036     (161

Impairment of intangible assets (note 7)

     (1,125     (887     (6,943     (2,712

Impairment of assets held for sale (note 3)

     (2,160     (922     (11,457     (12,554

Impairment of assets held for use (note 6)

     (4,064     —          (4,724     —     

Gain (loss) on disposal of assets

     (4,402     (795     (9,019     2,946   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (419,272     (385,878     (1,232,994     (1,168,181
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     22,567        21,055        71,700        71,401   

Interest on long-term debt

     (33,991     (29,070     (93,949     (89,256

Foreign exchange gain (loss)

     3,854        (10,437     7,015        (7,798

Other financing charges (note 10)

     (10,862     (7,782     (22,465     (14,017
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income tax

     (18,432     (26,234     (37,699     (39,670

Income tax recovery (expense) (note 11)

     (44,303     (10,603     (50,606     1,882   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

     (62,735     (36,837     (88,305     (37,788

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax

     212        (1,216     1,024        (9,528
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (62,523   $ (38,053   $ (87,281   $ (47,316
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to:

        

Controlling interest

   $ (58,250   $ (38,325   $ (84,356   $ (58,118

Non-controlling interest

     (4,273     272        (2,925     10,802   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (62,523   $ (38,053   $ (87,281   $ (47,316
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements.

 

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6922767 HOLDING S.à.r.l.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
    January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
 

Net loss

   $ (62,523   $ (38,053   $ (87,281   $ (47,316

Other comprehensive income (loss):

        

Net foreign currency translation adjustments

     23,186        (35,336     19,369        (71,363

Net change in defined benefit pension plan, net of income tax

     (2,169     (514     (6,722     (1,369

Net change in cash flow hedges

     —          (759     (169     (2,146
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

   $ (41,506   $ (74,662   $ (74,803   $ (122,194
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to:

        

Controlling interest

   $ (35,266   $ (74,758   $ (71,377   $ (131,231

Non-controlling interest

     (6,240     96        (3,426     9,037   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

   $ (41,506   $ (74,662   $ (74,803   $ (122,194
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements.

 

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6922767 HOLDING S.à.r.l.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
 

Cash provided by (used in):

    

Operating activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (87,281   $ (47,316

Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax

     1,024        (9,528
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

     (88,305     (37,788

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

    

Amortization

     84,646        80,891   

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

     9,019        (2,946

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

     1,036        161   

Impairment of intangible assets

     6,943        2,712   

Impairment of assets held for use

     4,724        —     

Impairment of assets held for sale

     11,457        12,554   

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     (2,687     (1,642

Deferred income taxes

     22,944        (9,108

Non-cash stock-based compensation expense

     334        771   

Amortization of unfavorable contract credits

     (2,842     (8,683

Amortization of lease related fixed interest rate obligations

     (2,136     (2,502

Amortization of long-term debt and lease deferred financing costs

     7,511        6,264   

Non-cash accrued interest income on funded residual value guarantees

     (5,329     (5,637

Mark to market loss on derivative instruments

     6,884        11,139   

Non-cash defined benefit pension expense (note 12)

     5,277        13,316   

Defined benefit contributions and benefits paid

     (34,215     (40,086

Increase to deferred lease financing costs

     (2,751     (8,680

Unrealized gain on foreign currency exchange translation

     (8,780     (1,789

Other

     6,480        4,565   

Decrease in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities (note 14)

     (46,493     (13,762
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash used in operating activities

     (26,283     (250
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Financing activities:

    

Sold interest in accounts receivable, net of collections

     (6,021     42,657   

Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes

     202,000        —     

Long-term debt proceeds

     812,449        600,000   

Long-term debt repayments

     (817,594     (565,743

Increase in deferred financing costs relating to the notes

     (3,793     —     

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

     —          80,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by financing activities

     187,041        156,914   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities:

    

Property and equipment additions

     (318,558     (253,048

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

     207,896        165,238   

Aircraft deposits net of lease inception refunds

     (49,517     (59,360

Restricted cash

     2,407        (12,978

Distributions from equity investments

     745        936   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash used in investing activities

     (157,027     (159,212
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) continuing operations

     3,731        (2,548

Cash flows provided by (used in) discontinued operations:

    

Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities

     1,024        (1,695

Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities

     (1,024     1,695   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

     —          —     

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     42        (19,699
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents during the period

     3,773        (22,247

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period

     55,547        68,921   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period

   $ 59,320      $ 46,674   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements.

 

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6922767 HOLDING S.à.r.l.

Consolidated Statements of Shareholder’s Equity

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

(Unaudited)

 

Nine months ended January 31, 2013

   Capital
stock
     Contributed
surplus
     Deficit     Accumulated
other
comprehensive
income

(loss)
    Total
shareholder’s
equity
    Redeemable
non-
controlling
interests
 

April 30, 2012

   $ 1,607,101       $ 55,318       $ (940,031   $ (61,596   $ 660,792      $ 1,675   

Consolidation of a variable interest entity

     —           —           —          —          —          105   

Net change in cash flow hedges

     —           —           —          (169     (169     —     

Foreign currency translation

     —           —           —          19,580        19,580        (211

Stock compensation expense

     —           334         —          —          334        —     

Defined benefit plan, net of income tax

     —           —           —          (6,432     (6,432     (290

Net loss

     —           —           (84,356     —          (84,356     (2,925
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

January 31, 2013

   $ 1,607,101       $ 55,652       $ (1,024,387   $ (48,617   $ 589,749      $ (1,646
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Nine months ended January 31, 2012

   Capital
stock
     Contributed
surplus
     Deficit     Accumulated
other

comprehensive
income

(loss)
    Total
shareholder’s
equity
    Redeemable
non-
controlling
interests
 

April 30, 2011

   $ 1,547,101       $ 14,583       $ (832,609   $ 15,201      $ 744,276      $ 3,087   

Issuance of capital stock

     60,000         20,000         —          —          80,000        —     

Net change in cash flow hedges

     —           —           —          (2,146     (2,146     —     

Foreign currency translation

     —           —           —          (69,721     (69,721     (1,642

Stock compensation expense

     —           771         —          —          771        —     

Defined benefit plan, net of income tax

     —           —           —          (1,246     (1,246     (123

Net income (loss)

     —           —           (58,118     —          (58,118     10,802   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

January 31, 2012

   $ 1,607,101       $ 35,354       $ (890,727   $ (57,912   $ 693,816      $ 12,124   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

See accompanying notes to interim consolidated financial statements.

 

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6922767 HOLDING S.à.r.l.

Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

1. Significant accounting policies:

 

  (a) Basis of presentation:

The unaudited interim consolidated financial statements (“interim financial statements”) include the accounts of 6922767 Holding S.à.r.l. and its subsidiaries (the “Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) after elimination of all significant intercompany accounts and transactions. The interim financial statements are presented in United States dollars and have been prepared in accordance with the United States Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“US GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, the interim financial statements do not include all of the information and disclosures for complete financial statements.

In the opinion of management, these financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring accruals, necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods indicated. Results of operations for the periods presented are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for the entire year.

The financial information as of April 30, 2012 is derived from our annual audited consolidated financial statements and notes for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with our annual consolidated financial statements and related notes for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, which are included in Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form S-4 which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012.

 

  (b) Foreign currency:

The currencies which most influence our foreign currency translations and the relevant exchange rates were:

 

     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
     January 31,
2012
 

Average rates:

     

US $/£

     1.588848         1.594359   

US $/CAD

     1.001101         1.003814   

US $/NOK

     0.172290         0.177876   

US $/AUD

     1.030734         1.039149   

US $/€

     1.278707         1.382253   

Period end rates:

     

US $/£

     1.585468         1.575209   

US $/CAD

     1.000801         0.994827   

US $/NOK

     0.182746         0.170215   

US $/AUD

     1.042834         1.059789   

US $/€

     1.358387         1.305213   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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6922767 HOLDING S.à.r.l.

Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

1. Significant accounting policies (continued):

 

  (c) Recent accounting pronouncements adopted in the period

Presentation of comprehensive income in financial statements:

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued an accounting pronouncement that provides new guidance on the presentation of comprehensive income in financial statements. Entities are required to present total comprehensive income either in a single, continuous statement of comprehensive income or in two, separate, but consecutive, statements. Under either method, entities must display adjustments for items reclassified from other comprehensive income to net income in both net income and comprehensive income. In December 2011, the FASB issued an accounting pronouncement that defers the requirement to present components of reclassifications of comprehensive income by income statement line item on the statement of comprehensive income, with all other requirements of the presentation of comprehensive income unaffected. The provisions for these pronouncements are effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011, with early adoption permitted. We have adopted this guidance using the two-statement approach presentation.

 

  (d) Recent accounting pronouncements not yet adopted

Reporting of amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income

In February 2013, the FASB amended the disclosure requirements for amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income. Entities are required to separately provide information about the effects on net income of significant amounts reclassified out of each component of accumulated other comprehensive income if those amounts all are required under other accounting pronouncements to be reclassified to net income in their entirety in the same reporting period. Entities are required to provide this information together, either on the face of the statement where net income is presented or as a separate disclosure in the notes to the financial statements. The provision for this pronouncement will be effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2012, with early adoption permitted. We are currently assessing the impact of this new guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

Multiemployer defined benefit plans:

In September 2011, the FASB provided additional guidance on disclosures surrounding multiemployer defined benefit plans including the level of Company participation in the plan, the financial health of the plan and the nature of commitments to the plan. This guidance will be effective for the annual financial statements for the year ending April 30, 2013. We are currently assessing the impact of this new guidance on our consolidated financial statements.

Annual indefinite-life intangible asset impairment testing:

In July 2012, the FASB amended the accounting guidance on the annual indefinite-life intangible asset impairment testing to allow for the assessment of qualitative factors in determining if it is more likely than not that asset might be impaired and whether it is necessary to perform the intangible asset impairment test required by the current accounting standards. This guidance is effective for the annual financial statements for the year ending April 30, 2014. We have determined that this new guidance will not have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.

 

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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

1. Significant accounting policies (continued):

 

  (e) Comparative figures:

Certain comparative figures have been reclassified to conform with the financial presentation adopted for the current year. Financing charges were reclassified to reflect the change in presentation whereby foreign exchange gain (loss) and interest on long-term debt are shown separately on the face of the consolidated statement of operations rather than combined with other financing charges. MRO segment revenues and Helicopter Services segment direct costs were also reclassified to reflect the helicopter parts and supplies provided by MRO to Helicopter Services for use at the bases.

 

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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities:

 

  (a) VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary:

 

  (i) Local ownership VIEs:

Certain areas of operations are subject to local governmental regulations that may limit foreign ownership of aviation companies. Accordingly, operations in certain jurisdictions may require the establishment of local ownership entities that are considered to be VIEs. The nature of our involvement with consolidated local ownership entities is as follows:

EEA Helicopters Operations B.V. (“EHOB”)

EHOB is incorporated in the Netherlands and through its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and Ireland provides helicopter flying services to customers in Europe.

We own 49.9% of the common shares (9,896,085 Class B shares) of EHOB, with the remaining 50.1% of the common shares (9,935,750 Class A shares) held by a European investor. The Management Board of EHOB is comprised of one director nominated by the Class B shareholders and three directors nominated by the Class A shareholder.

We also own 7,000,000 par value 1 Euro Profit Certificates in EHOB. Through our ownership of the Profit Certificates, we are entitled to a cumulative annual dividend equal to 30% of the issue price of each Profit Certificate (equivalent to a cumulative annual dividend of € 2.1 million) for the first 7 years after issuance and thereafter, a cumulative annual dividend equal to 5% of the issue price of each Profit Certificate (equivalent to a cumulative annual dividend of €0.35 million), subject to Board approval and the availability of cash and further subject to any and all restrictions applicable under Dutch law.

We also hold a call option over the Class A shareholder’s stock in EHOB and have granted a put option to the Class A shareholder which entitles the Class A shareholder to put its shares back to us. Both the put and call are exercisable in certain circumstances including: liquidation, events of default, and if the Company makes a public offering of its shares resulting in change in control. The Class A shareholder also holds a call option over our Class B shares which is exercisable only in the event of bankruptcy.

We have determined that the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of EHOB are: servicing existing flying services contracts and entering into new contracts, safety and training, and maintenance of aircraft. Through agreement with EHOB, we have the right to enter directly into new flying services contracts and require that EHOB act as the subcontractor for provision of those services. EHOB’s fleet of aircraft is leased entirely from us and the lease agreements require that all aircraft maintenance be provided by us. The shareholders’ agreement requires EHOB to ensure safety standards meet minimums set by us.

As a result of consolidating EHOB, the Company has recorded a non-controlling interest relating to the 50.1% Class A shareholder’s interest in the net assets of EHOB. As at January 31, 2013, the redeemable non-controlling loss is $1.8 million (April 30, 2012 – non-controlling interest of $1.7 million). Because of the terms of the put and call arrangements with the European investor, the non-controlling interest is considered redeemable and is classified outside of equity.

 

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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities (continued):

 

  (a) VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary (continued):

 

  (i) Local ownership VIEs (continued):

BHH - Brazilian Helicopter Holdings S.A. (“BHH”)

BHH holds an investment in the common shares of its subsidiary, BHS - Brazilian Helicopter Services Taxi Aereo S.A. (“BHS”). BHS provides helicopter flying services to customers in Brazil.

We have a 60% interest in BHH, comprised of 100% of the non-voting preferred shares and 20% of the ordinary voting shares. The remaining equity interest comprised of 80% of the ordinary voting shares is held by a Brazilian investor, whose investment was financed by us and is therefore considered to be a related party.

We have entered into a put/call arrangement which gives us the right to purchase the BHH shares held by the Brazilian investor and the Brazilian investor the right to put its shares to us at any time and for any reason. The put/call price is the greater of the book value of the shares and the original capital contribution plus 2% per annum. The guaranteed return due to the Brazilian investor has been recorded as a redeemable non-controlling interest.

We have entered into a shareholders’ agreement with the Brazilian Investor, which requires unanimous shareholder consent for important business decisions.

CHC Helicopters Canada Inc (“CHC Canada”)

CHC Canada provides helicopter flying services to customers in Canada.

We own 200,000 Class A Common Shares (25%) and 200,000 (100%) Class B Non-voting Preferred Shares of CHC Canada, with the remaining 600,000 (75%) of the Class A Common Shares held by a Canadian Investor who is a director of our ultimate parent and therefore a related party. The Board of CHC Canada is comprised of one director nominated by us and two directors nominated by the Canadian Investor.

We have entered into an arrangement which allows the Canadian Investor to put its shares back to us at any time for any reason. We have also entered into a call arrangement which allows us or the Canadian Investor to elect to purchase the other party’s shares. The calls are exercisable in certain circumstances including: liquidation, events of default, and if the Company makes a public offering of its shares resulting in change of control. The price on the put and the call arrangement is the higher of the book value of the shares and the original capital contribution plus 6% per annum. The guaranteed return due to the Canadian investor has been recorded as a redeemable non-controlling interest.

We have entered into a shareholder’s agreement with the Canadian Investor, which requires unanimous shareholder consent for CHC Canada to enter into any material contracts.

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities (continued):

 

  (a) VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary (continued):

 

  (i) Local ownership VIEs (continued):

Atlantic Aviation Limited and Atlantic Aviation FZE (collectively “Atlantic Aviation”)

On October 22, 2012, the Company and a Nigerian company (“Nigerian Company”) finalized an agreement to provide helicopter flying services to customers in Nigeria through Atlantic Aviation.

We have no equity ownership interest in Atlantic Aviation as 100% of the share capital of Atlantic Aviation is held by the Nigerian Company.

The Nigerian Company’s risks and rewards are not representative of its equity interest as it is only entitled to management fees for the first four years of the agreement. In the fifth year the Nigerian Company can opt to receive 40% of the profits or losses or continue with the existing arrangement. We will bear the risk for substantially all of the losses for the first four years of the arrangement.

Under the terms of the agreement the Nigerian Company will not provide any additional funding to Atlantic Aviation. We will fund all start-up costs.

We have also entered into a put/call arrangement which gives us the right to purchase all of the Atlantic Aviation shares held by the Nigerian Company and the Nigerian Company the right to put its shares to us. The calls are exercisable in certain circumstances including: liquidation, events of default, and change of control of the Company or the Nigerian Company. The put is exercisable in the event the agreement is terminated with cause and the Nigerian Company does not continue the business of Atlantic Aviation. The price on the put/call arrangement is a multiple of the Nigerian Company’s share of the preceding 12 months of profits of Atlantic Aviation.

We have determined that the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of Atlantic Aviation are: entering into flying contracts, safety and training, and maintenance of aircraft. Atlantic Aviation’s fleet of aircraft is leased entirely from us and the lease agreements require that all aircraft maintenance be provided by us. We have entered into various contracts with Atlantic Aviation to provide management, employees and technical services. The framework agreement requires Atlantic Aviation to ensure safety standards meet minimums set by us.

 

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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities (continued):

 

  (a) VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary (continued):

 

  (i) Local ownership VIEs (continued):

 

Atlantic Aviation Limited and Atlantic Aviation FZE (collectively “Atlantic Aviation”) (continued)

 

The following table summarizes the estimated fair values of Atlantic Aviation’s assets acquired, liabilities assumed and non-controlling interest at the acquisition date. The provisional measurements of fair value are subject to change, as we are in the process of finalizing the opening balances.

 

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 1,824   

Property and equipment

     97   

Other current assets

     422   

Intangible assets – Indefinite life AOC

     638   

Shareholder’s loan

     897   

Other current liabilities

     (378

Non-controlling interest

     (105
  

 

 

 

Purchase consideration

   $ 3,395   
  

 

 

 

The fair value of the air operators certificate (“AOC”) is the replacement cost of acquiring the same license.

The purchase consideration is represented by the extinguishment of a loan provided by CHC to Atlantic Aviation. The fair value of the loan at the extinguishment date has been determined by discounting expected cash flows by the interest rate that would be obtained in the market.

As a result of consolidating Atlantic Aviation, the Company has recorded a non-controlling interest relating to the Nigerian Company’s interest in the net assets of Atlantic Aviation. The fair value of the non-controlling interest was estimated using the fair value of Atlantic Aviation less consideration transferred by us. As at January 31, 2013, the redeemable non-controlling interest is $0.1 million. Because of the terms of the put arrangement with the Nigerian Company, the non-controlling interest is considered redeemable and is classified outside of equity.

The amount of revenue and net loss included in our consolidated income statement from the date of acquisition to January 31, 2013 are as follows:

 

Revenue

   $ —     

Net loss

     (933
  

 

 

 

Atlantic Aviation has a contingent credit with a third party bank for up to $10.0 million to be able to issue bonds.

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities (continued):

 

  (a) VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary (continued):

 

  (i) Local ownership VIEs (continued):

 

Other local ownership VIEs

We also have operations in several other countries that are conducted through entities with local ownership. We have consolidated these entities because the local owners do not have extensive knowledge of the aviation industry and defer to us in the overall management and operation of these entities.

Financial information of local ownership VIEs

All of the local ownership VIEs and their subsidiaries have the same purpose and are exposed to similar operational risks and are monitored on a similar basis by management. As such, the financial information reflected on the consolidated balance sheets and statements of operations for all local ownership VIEs has been presented in the aggregate below, including intercompany amounts with other consolidated entities:

 

     January 31,
2013
     April 30,
2012
 

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 6,322       $ 30,372   

Receivables, net of allowance

     103,998         86,623   

Other current assets

     35,702         28,423   

Goodwill

     72,080         72,269   

Other long-term assets

     91,844         84,127   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 309,946       $ 301,814   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Payables and accruals

   $ 265,119       $ 231,191   

Other current liabilities

     26,250         40,455   

Accrued pension obligations

     46,892         55,365   

Other long-term liabilities

     54,429         58,183   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 392,690       $ 385,194   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
    January 31,
2013
     January 31,
2012
 

Revenue

   $ 263,602      $ 245,048      $ 799,139       $ 779,350   

Net income (loss)

     (5,323     (6,834     694         6,461   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities (continued):

 

  (a) VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary (continued):

 

  (ii) Accounts receivable securitization:

We enter into trade receivables securitization transactions to raise financing, through the sale of pools of receivables, or beneficial interests therein, to a VIE, Finacity Receivables – CHC 2009, LLC (“Finacity”). Finacity only buys receivables, or beneficial interests therein, from us. These transactions with Finacity satisfy the requirements for sales accounting treatment. Finacity is financed directly by a multi-seller commercial paper conduit, Hannover Funding Company LLC (“Hannover”), which purchases undivided ownership interests in the receivables, or beneficial interests therein, acquired by Finacity from us.

We have determined that servicing decisions most significantly impact the economic performance of Finacity and as we have the power to make these decisions, it is the primary beneficiary of Finacity.

As a result of consolidation, intercompany receivables and payables between the Company and Finacity together with any gain/(loss) arising from the sales treatment of the securitization transactions have been eliminated. The securitized assets and associated liabilities are included in the consolidated financial statements. Cash and cash equivalent balances of Finacity are used only to support the securitizations of the receivables transferred, including the payment of related fees, costs and expenses. The receivables that have been included in securitizations are pledged as security for the benefit of Hannover and are only available for payment of the debt or other obligations arising in the securitization transactions until the associated debt or other obligations are satisfied. The asset backed debt has been issued directly by Finacity.

The following table shows the assets and the associated liabilities related to our secured debt arrangements that are included in the consolidated financial statements:

 

     January 31,
2013
     April 30,
2012
 

Restricted cash

   $ 5,254       $ 14,882   

Transferred receivables

     47,230         66,177   

Current facility secured by accounts receivable

     41,259         45,566   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (iii) Trinity Helicopters Limited:

As at January 31, 2013 we leased two aircraft from Trinity Helicopters Limited (“Trinity”), an entity considered to be a VIE. Prior to December 2011, Trinity was funded by an unrelated lender who was considered to be the primary beneficiary. In conjunction with our lease covenant negotiations, we agreed to purchase the aircraft off lease from the lender. Instead of outright purchasing the aircraft we loaned the lease termination sum to Trinity who used these funds to repay the financing from the unrelated lender and continued to lease the aircraft to us. The security interest in the aircraft was assigned to us.

 

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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities (continued):

 

  (a) VIEs of which the Company is the primary beneficiary (continued):

 

  (iii) Trinity Helicopters Limited (continued):

 

We have been determined to be the primary beneficiary of the VIE and began consolidating this entity upon repayment of the previous lender. Prior to consolidation of this entity, the aircraft leases were recorded as capital leases.

 

  (b) VIEs of which the Company is not the primary beneficiary:

 

  (i) Local ownership VIEs:

Thai Aviation Services (“TAS”)

TAS provides helicopter flying services in Thailand. We have a 29.9% interest in the ordinary shares of TAS, with the remaining 70.1% owned by a group of Thai Investors who are considered to be related to each other. The Thai investors have the ability to call and we have the ability to put all shares owned by us to the Thai investors at fair value in the event of a dispute.

We have determined that the activities that most significantly impact the economic performance of TAS are: servicing existing flying services contracts and entering into new contracts, safety and training, maintenance of aircraft and other investment activities. The Thai investors have the ability to control the majority of these decisions through Board majority.

The following table summarizes the amounts recorded for TAS in the consolidated balance sheet:

 

     January 31, 2013      April 30, 2012  
     Carrying
amounts
     Maximum
exposure to
loss
     Carrying
amounts
     Maximum
exposure to
loss
 

Receivables, net of allowances

   $ 2,531       $ 2,531       $ 2,408       $ 2,408   

Equity method investment

     17,134         17,134         15,548         15,548   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  (ii) Leasing entities:

Related party lessors

As at January 31, 2013 we had operating lease agreements for the lease of 31 aircraft (January 31, 2012 – 20 aircraft) from individual related party entities considered to be VIEs. The total operating lease expense for these leases was $12.5 million for the three months ended January 31, 2013 (January 31, 2012 - $7.6 million) and $35.3 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2013 (January 31, 2012 - $19.0 million), with $5.2 million outstanding in payables and accruals at January 31, 2013 (April 30, 2012 - $4.4 million).

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

2. Variable interest entities (continued):

 

  (b) VIEs of which the Company is not the primary beneficiary (continued):

 

  (ii) Leasing entities (continued):

 

The lessor VIEs are considered related parties because they are partially financed through equity contributions from entities that have also invested in the Company. We have determined that the activity that most significantly impacts the economic performance of the related party lessor VIEs is the remarketing of the aircraft at the end of the lease term. As we do not have the power to make remarketing decisions, we have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of the lessor VIEs.

Other VIE lessors

At January 31, 2013 we leased 17 aircraft (January 31, 2012 – eight aircraft) from two different entities considered to be VIEs. At January 31, 2013, all 17 leases were considered to be operating leases (January 31, 2012 – eight operating leases).

We have determined that the activity that most significantly impacts the economic performance of the lessor VIEs is the remarketing of the aircraft at the end of the lease term. As we do not have the power to make remarketing decisions, we have determined that we are not the primary beneficiary of the lessor VIEs.

 

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Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

3. Assets held for sale:

We have classified certain assets such as aircraft and buildings as held for sale as these assets are ready for immediate sale and management expects these assets to be sold within one year.

 

     January 31, 2013     April 30, 2012  
     # Aircraft           # Aircraft        

Aircraft held for sale:

        

Book value, beginning of period

     18      $ 79,293        12      $ 31,782   

Classified as held for sale, net of impairment

     10        6,969        19        82,377   

Sales

     (8     (25,716     (10     (21,147

Reclassified as held for use

     (4     (19,199     (3     (12,740

Foreign exchange

     —          306        —          (979
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Aircraft held for sale

     16        41,653        18        79,293   

Building held for sale

     —          521        —          520   
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total assets held for sale

     $ 42,174        $ 79,813   
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

The aircraft classified as held for sale are older technology aircraft that are being divested by us. The building classified as held for sale results from the relocation of certain base operations. During the nine months ended January 31, 2013, there were four aircraft that were reclassified to assets held for use as management reviewed its fleet strategy and decided to redeploy these aircraft to flying operations.

During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013, certain aircraft held for sale were written down to their fair value less costs to sell. This measurement is considered a level 2 measurement in the fair value hierarchy as the measurement is based on third party appraisals using market data.

 

4. Inventories:

 

     January 31,
2013
    April 30,
2012
 

Work-in-progress for maintenance contracts under completed contract accounting

   $ 4,366      $ 3,951   

Consumables

     111,926        96,588   

Provision for obsolescence

     (10,518     (10,526
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 105,774      $ 90,013   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

5. Other assets:

 

     January 31,
2013
     April 30,
2012
 

Current:

     

Aircraft operating lease funded residual value guarantees

   $ 15,207       $ 7,004   

Deferred financing costs

     8,593         7,880   

Mobilization costs

     6,313         4,780   

Foreign currency embedded derivatives and forward contracts (note 13)

     3,257         6,524   

Prepaid aircraft rentals

     3,180         4,958   

Residual value guarantee

     2,164         2,049   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 38,714       $ 33,195   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current:

     

Aircraft operating lease funded residual value guarantees

   $ 193,522       $ 190,147   

Aircraft deposits

     55,493         44,557   

Deferred financing costs

     51,064         50,698   

Accrued pension asset

     41,351         19,449   

Mobilization costs

     21,015         13,789   

Residual value guarantee

     10,373         11,632   

Foreign currency embedded derivatives andforward contracts (note 13)

     9,170         1,695   

Prepaid aircraft rentals

     9,061         13,730   

Security deposits

     8,702         9,535   

Pension guarantee assets

     5,208         4,974   

Other assets

     1,961         2,897   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 406,920       $ 363,103   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

6. Property and equipment:

Due to a decline in aircraft values, we impaired a portion of our flying assets during the nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 to its fair value. This measurement is considered a level 2 measurement in the fair value hierarchy as the measurement of the fair value of the flying assets is based on aircraft values from third party appraisals using market data.

 

7. Intangible assets:

Due to a decline in aircraft values, we impaired a portion of our embedded equity during the nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012 to its fair value. This measurement is considered a level 2 measurement in the fair value hierarchy as the measurement of embedded equity is based on aircraft values from third party appraisals using market data.

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

8. Other liabilities:

 

     January 31,
2013
     April 30,
2012
 

Current:

     

Foreign currency embedded derivatives and forward contracts (note 13)

   $ 14,849       $ 11,089   

Deferred gains on sale-leasebacks of aircraft

     2,668         1,853   

Fixed interest rate obligations

     2,140         2,900   

Aircraft modifications

     1,757         2,377   

Contract inducement

     806         801   

Lease aircraft return costs

     944         1,632   

Unfavorable contract credits

     —           2,913   

Residual value guarantees

     —           83   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 23,164       $ 23,648   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non-current:

     

Accrued pension obligations

   $ 102,916       $ 107,699   

Foreign currency embedded derivatives and forward contracts (note 13)

     26,007         17,384   

Deferred gains on sale-leasebacks of aircraft

     18,787         14,475   

Residual value guarantees

     18,276         17,345   

Insurance claims accrual

     11,533         13,646   

Contract inducement

     9,639         10,233   

Fixed interest rate obligations

     1,464         3,137   

Deferred rent liabilities

     893         2,013   

Other

     5,147         5,589   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $   194,662       $ 191,521   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

9. Long-term debt and capital lease obligations:

 

    

Principal
Repayment terms

  

Facility maturity
dates

   January 31,
2013
    April 30,
2012
 

Senior secured notes

   At maturity    October 2020    $ 1,287,005      $ 1,084,109   

Revolving credit facility:

          

US LIBOR plus a 4.5% margin

   At maturity    October 2015      110,000        125,000   

Alternate Base Rate plus a 3.5% margin

   At maturity    October 2015      22,144        —     

Other term loans:

          

Eurocopter Loan - 2.50%

   At maturity    December 2015      2,295        4,623   

EDC-B.A. CDOR rate (6 month) plus a 0.8% margin

   Semi-annually    June 2014      1,629        2,745   

EDC-B.A. CDOR rate (6 month) plus a 0.8% margin

   Semi-annually    April 2018      —          10,476   
          

Capital lease obligations

   Quarterly   

March 2013 -

October 2017

     47,894        26,922   

Boundary Bay financing – 6.93%

   Monthly    April 2035      32,359        33,205   
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total long-term debt and capital lease obligations

           1,503,326        1,287,080   

Less: current portion

           (24,104     (17,701
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

Long-term debt and capital lease obligations

         $ 1,479,222      $ 1,269,379   
        

 

 

   

 

 

 

On October 5, 2012, we issued an additional $200.0 million of senior secured notes (the “notes”). The notes were issued under the same indenture that governs the $1.1 billion of senior secured notes which were previously issued in October 2010. The notes have an aggregate principal value of $200.0 million, were issued at 101.0% of par value, bear interest at a rate of 9.25% with semi-annual interest payments on April 15 and October 15 and mature on October 15, 2020.

The notes were issued by one of our subsidiaries and are guaranteed by us and most of our subsidiaries through a general secured obligation. The notes are secured on a first-priority lien basis by the collateral of each guarantor subject to the permitted liens under the indenture, are subordinated to the priority payment lien obligations including the revolving credit facility and are senior to all unsecured indebtedness of each guarantor.

The notes have the following optional redemption features:

 

   

Any time prior to October 15, 2013, we can redeem 35% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes at a redemption price of 109.25% of the principal plus accrued and unpaid interest with the net proceeds of one or more equity offerings provided that at least 50% of the aggregate principal of the notes remains outstanding and the redemption occurs within 180 days of the closing date of the equity offering.

 

   

We can redeem the notes in whole or part, on or after October 15, 2015, at redemption prices that range from 100% to 104.625% of the principal, plus accrued and unpaid interest.

 

   

We can redeem up to 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the notes in any twelve month period following the issuance date up to October 15, 2015 at a redemption price of 103% of the principal plus accrued interest and unpaid interest.

 

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9. Long-term debt and capital lease obligations (continued):

 

We can redeem the notes in whole or in part at a price of 100% of the aggregate principal amount plus a premium equal to the greater of 1% of the principal amount or the excess of the present value at the redemption date over the principal amount of the notes. Under this option, the present value at the redemption is to be computed based on a redemption price of 104.625% on October 15, 2015 plus all required interest payments due on the notes through October 15, 2015 (excluding accrued but unpaid interest to the applicable redemption date). The applicable discount rate is equal to the treasury rate plus 50 basis points.

Each holder of the notes has the right to require us to repurchase the notes at a purchase price of 101% of the principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest upon the occurrence of certain events constituting a change in control of the Company.

The notes contain certain covenants limiting the incurrence of additional indebtedness and liens based on the ratio of consolidated adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization to fixed charges and total indebtedness as defined in the indenture and other restrictions including limitations on disposition of assets, the payment of dividends or redemption of equity interests and transactions with affiliates.

 

10. Other financing charges:

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
    January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
 

Amortization of deferred financing costs

   $ (1,782   $ (1,711   $ (5,268   $ (4,953

Net loss on fair value of derivative financial instruments

     (2,981     (3,895     (6,683     (7,892

Amortization of guaranteed residual values

     (800     (490     (1,868     (1,354

Interest expense

     (5,237     (1,676     (11,600     (4,340

Interest income

     3,893        3,183        10,219        9,606   

Other

     (3,955     (3,193     (7,265     (5,084
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (10,862   $ (7,782   $ (22,465   $ (14,017
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

11. Income taxes:

As we operate in several tax jurisdictions, our income is subject to various rates of taxation. The income tax recovery (expense) differs from the amount that would have resulted from applying the Luxembourg statutory income tax rates to loss from continuing operations before income taxes as follows:

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
    January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
 

Loss from continuing operations before income tax

   $ (18,432   $ (26,234   $ (37,699   $ (39,670

Combined Luxemburg statutory income tax rate

     29     29     29     29
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax recovery calculated at statutory rate

     5,346        7,608        10,933        11,504   

(Increase) decrease in income tax recovery (expense) resulting from:

        

Rate differences in various jurisdictions

     8,404        12,263        19,623        33,316   

Change in tax law

     (401     (39     (1,158     (977

Non-deductible items

     (11,730     (7,156     (27,481     (23,869

Other foreign taxes

     (9,434     (835     (15,229     (8,185

Non-deductible portion of capital losses

     104        599        185        1,092   

Non-taxable income

     6,968        1,277        21,745        2,113   

Adjustments to prior years

     (1,324     (8,784     (2,030     (5,863

Functional currency adjustments

     (3,272     (6,078     858        (8,493

Valuation allowance

     (38,547     (8,491     (57,338     1,707   

Other

     (417     (967     (714     (463
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax recovery (expense)

   $ (44,303   $ (10,603   $ (50,606   $ 1,882   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

As at January 31, 2013, there was $17.7 million in unrecognized tax benefits, of which $10.3 million would have an impact on the effective tax rate, if recognized.

During the three months ended January 31, 2013, a $4.0 million uncertain tax position was identified and recorded. This includes interest and penalties of $1.4 million. As of January 31, 2013 and April 30, 2012, interest and penalties totaling $4.2 million and $2.9 million, respectively, were accrued.

 

12. Employee pension plans:

The net defined benefit pension plan expense is as follows:

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
    January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
 

Current service cost

   $ 4,975      $ 4,750      $ 14,433      $ 14,015   

Interest cost

     8,059        8,767        23,636        27,195   

Expected return on plan assets

     (10,598     (8,377     (31,083     (26,009

Amortization of net actuarial and experience losses

     255        133        766        408   

Amortization of past service credits

     (93     —          (279     —     

Employee contributions

     (752     (732     (2,196     (2,293
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 1,846      $ 4,541      $ 5,277      $ 13,316   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

13. Derivative financial instruments and fair value measurements:

We are exposed to foreign exchange risk primarily from our subsidiaries which incur revenue and operating expenses in currencies other than U.S. dollars with the most significant being the Pound Sterling, Norwegian Kroner, Canadian dollars, Australian dollars and Euros. We monitor these exposures through our cash forecasting process and regularly enter into foreign exchange forward contracts to manage our exposure to fluctuations in expected future cash flows related to transactions in currencies other than the functional currency.

The outstanding foreign exchange forward contracts are as follows:

 

     Notional      Fair value
Asset
    

Maturity dates

January 31, 2013:

        

Purchase contracts to sell U.S. dollars and buy Canadian dollars

   CAD     225,922       $ 3,315       February 2013 to June 2015

Purchase contracts to sell U.S. dollars and buy Euros

   69,268         8,142       December 2013 to July 2014

We enter into long-term revenue agreements, which provide for pricing denominated in currencies other than the functional currency of the parties to the contract. This pricing feature was determined to be an embedded derivative which has been bifurcated for valuation and accounting purposes. The embedded derivative contracts are measured at fair value and included in other assets or other liabilities.

The following tables summarize the financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis excluding cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash:

 

     January 31, 2013  
     Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
     Fair value  

Financial assets:

           

Other assets, current:

           

Foreign currency forward contracts

   $ —         $ 3,216       $ —         $ 3,216   

Foreign currency embedded derivatives

     —           41         —           41   

Other assets, non-current:

           

Foreign currency forward contracts

     —           9,167         —           9,167   

Foreign currency embedded derivatives

     —           3         —           3   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ —         $ 12,427       $ —         $ 12,427   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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13. Derivative financial instruments and fair value measurements (continued):

 

     January 31, 2013  
     Quoted prices
in active
markets for
identical assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
other
observable
inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
unobservable
inputs
(Level 3)
     Fair value  

Financial liabilities:

          

Other liabilities, current:

          

Foreign currency forward contracts

   $ —         $ (546   $ —         $ (546

Foreign currency embedded derivatives

     —           (14,303     —           (14,303

Other liabilities, non-current:

          

Foreign currency forward contracts

     —           (380     —           (380

Foreign currency embedded derivatives

     —           (25,627     —           (25,627
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ —         $ (40,856   $ —         $ (40,856
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Inputs to the valuation methodology for Level 2 measurements include quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, and inputs are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the financial instrument. There were no transfers between categories in the fair value hierarchy.

The carrying values of the other financial instruments, which are measured at other than fair value, approximate fair value due to the short terms to maturity, except for non-revolving debt obligations, the fair values of which are as follows:

 

     January 31, 2013  
     Fair value      Carrying value  

Senior secured notes

   $ 1,391,000       $ 1,287,005   

The fair value of the senior secured notes is determined based on market information provided by third parties which is considered to be a level 2 measurement in the fair value hierarchy.

 

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14. Supplemental cash flow information:

 

     Three months ended     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
     January 31,
2012
    January 31,
2013
     January 31,
2012
 

Cash interest paid

   $ 2,570       $ 2,658      $ 60,924       $ 59,473   

Cash taxes paid (recovered)

     10,051         (95     24,137         8,252   

Assets acquired through non-cash capital leases

     13,708         —          27,613         48,529   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Change in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

     Nine months ended  
     January 31,
2013
    January 31,
2012
 

Receivables, net of allowance

   $ (15,564   $ (57,175

Income taxes

     (3,117     4,278   

Inventory

     (9,226     1,839   

Prepaid expenses

     (2,856     (5,633

Payables and accruals

     (10,781     30,297   

Deferred revenue

     (4,876     17,614   

Other assets and liabilities

     (73     (4,982
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ (46,493   $ (13,762
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

15. Guarantees:

We have provided limited guarantees to third parties under some of our operating leases relating to a portion of the residual aircraft values at the termination of the leases, which have terms expiring between fiscal 2013 and 2022. Our exposure under the asset value guarantees including guarantees in the form of funded and unfunded residual value guarantees, rebateable advance rentals and deferred payments is approximately $228.1 million as at January 31, 2013 (April 30, 2012 - $223.0 million).

 

16. Related party transactions:

 

  (a) Related party leasing transactions and balances:

During the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 we engaged in leasing transactions with VIEs related to our ultimate parent (note 2).

 

  (b) Balances with Ultimate Parent:

At January 31, 2013, $2.0 million in payables and accruals is due to and $1.0 million in receivables is due from our ultimate parent.

 

  (c) Related party loan:

Atlantic Aviation has provided a loan of $0.9 million to its owner, the Nigerian Company (note 2).

 

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17. Commitments:

We have aircraft operating leases with 17 lessors in respect of 165 aircraft included in our fleet at January 31, 2013 (April 30, 2012 – 18 lessors in respect of 164 aircraft). As at January 31, 2013, these leases had expiry dates ranging from fiscal 2013 to 2023. We have the option to purchase the majority of the aircraft for agreed amounts that do not constitute bargain purchase options, but have no commitment to do so. With respect to such leased aircraft, substantially all of the costs of major inspections of airframes and the costs to perform inspections, major repairs and overhauls of major components are at our expense. We either perform this work internally through our own repair and overhaul facilities or have the work performed by an external repair and overhaul service provider.

At January 31, 2013, we have commitments with respect to operating leases for aircraft, buildings, land and equipment. The minimum lease rentals required under operating leases are payable in the following amounts over the following years ended January 31:

 

     Aircraft operating
leases
     Building, land and
equipment operating
leases
     Total operating
leases
 

2014

   $ 218,307       $ 11,325       $ 229,632   

2015

     198,112         9,332         207,444   

2016

     188,023         7,784         195,807   

2017

     160,182         6,463         166,645   

2018

     142,327         4,946         147,273   

and thereafter

     339,063         59,080         398,143   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
   $ 1,246,014       $ 98,930       $ 1,344,944   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

As at January 31, 2013, we have committed to purchase $100 million of helicopter parts over a three year period and 27 new aircraft. The total required additional expenditures related to the aircraft purchase commitments is approximately $630 million. These aircraft are expected to be delivered in fiscal 2013 to 2017 and will be deployed in our Helicopter Services segment. We intend to enter into leases for these aircraft or purchase them outright upon delivery from the manufacturer.

The terms of certain of the helicopter lease agreements impose operating and financial limitations on us. Such agreements limit the extent to which we may, among other things, incur indebtedness and fixed charges relative to our level of consolidated adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Generally, in the event of a covenant breach, a lessor has the option to terminate the lease and require the return of the aircraft, with the repayment of any arrears of lease payments plus the present value of all future lease payments and certain other amounts which could be material to our financial position. The aircraft would then be sold and the surplus, if any, returned to us. Alternatively we could exercise our option to purchase the aircraft. As at January 31, 2013 we were in compliance with all financial covenants.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2013, a lessor that had been engaged in discussions with us approved a long-term financial covenant reset.

 

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18. Contingencies:

The Company and its subsidiaries are, from time to time, named as defendants in lawsuits arising in the ordinary course of our business. We maintain adequate insurance coverage to respond to most claims. We cannot predict the outcome of any such lawsuits with certainty, but management does not expect the outcome of pending or threatened legal matters to have a material adverse impact on our financial condition.

In addition, from time to time, the Company and its subsidiaries are subject to investigation by various government agencies in the jurisdictions in which we operate. In 2006, we voluntarily disclosed to OFAC that our subsidiary formerly operating as Schreiner Airways may have violated applicable U.S. laws and regulations by re-exporting to Iran, Sudan, and Libya certain helicopters, related parts, map data, operation and maintenance manuals, and aircraft parts for third-party customers. OFAC’s investigation is ongoing and we continue to fully cooperate. Should the U.S. government determine that these activities violated applicable laws and regulations, we or our subsidiaries could be subject to civil or criminal penalties, including fines and/or suspension of the privilege to engage in trading activities involving goods, software and technology subject to the U.S. jurisdiction. At January 31, 2013, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, or the significance, if any, to our business, financial condition and result of operations.

Brazilian customs authorities seized one of our helicopters (valued at approximately $10.0 million) as a result of allegations that we violated Brazilian customs law by failing to ensure our customs agent and the customs agent’s third party shipping company followed approved routing of the helicopter during transport. We secured release of the helicopter and are disputing through administrative court action any claim for penalties associated with the seizure and the alleged violation. We have preserved our rights by filing a civil action against our customs agent for any losses that may result. At January 31, 2013, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, or the significance, if any, to our business, financial condition and result of operations.

Our Brazilian subsidiary is disputing a claim from the Brazilian tax authorities regarding eligibility for certain tax benefits that our subsidiary claimed in the past in connection with the importation of aircraft parts. The tax authorities are seeking to assess up to $20.0 million in additional taxes plus interest and penalties. We believe that based on our interpretation of tax legislation and well established aviation industry practice we are in compliance with all applicable tax legislation. On December 19, 2011, a First Level Administrative Panel decision reduced the assessment to $0.3 million. We are appealing the remaining assessment. We will continue to defend this claim vigorously. At January 31, 2013, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, or the significance, if any, to our business, financial condition and result of operations.

Our Brazilian subsidiary is also disputing claims from the Brazilian tax authorities that it was not entitled to certain credits in 2004 and 2007. The tax authorities are seeking up to $3.8 million in additional taxes plus interest and penalties. We believe that based on our interpretation of tax legislation and well established aviation industry practice we are in compliance with all applicable tax legislation and plan to defend this claim vigorously. At January 31, 2013, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, or the significance, if any, to our business, financial condition and result of operations.

 

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18. Contingencies (continued):

 

We received an inquiry from the Nigerian government regarding the tax treatment of certain of our former joint venture partner’s operations in Nigeria. We are cooperating with the government of Nigeria. At January 31, 2013, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, or the significance, if any, to our business, financial condition and result of operations.

In the United Kingdom, the Ministry for Transport is investigating potential wrongdoing involving two ex-employees in conjunction with the SAR-H bid award processes. This arose from our self-reporting potential improprieties by these individuals upon their discovery in 2010. The SAR-H bid process was subsequently cancelled. We will continue to cooperate in all aspects of the investigation. At January 31, 2013, it is not possible to determine the outcome of this matter, or the significance, if any, to our business, financial condition and result of operations.

 

19. Segment information:

We operate under the following segments:

 

   

Helicopter Services;

 

   

Maintenance, repair and overhaul (“MRO”);

 

   

Corporate and other.

We have provided information on segment revenues and segment EBITDAR (adjusted) because these are the financial measures used by the Company’s chief operating decision maker in making operating decisions and assessing performance. Transactions between operating segments are at standard industry rates.

The Helicopter Services segment includes flying operations around the world serving offshore oil and gas, EMS/SAR and other industries. While management does not include aircraft lease and associated costs in an internal measure of profitability for the Helicopter Services segment, these costs are presented in the Helicopter Services column as they are most directly attributable to Helicopter Services operations and revenues.

The MRO segment includes facilities in Norway, Canada, Australia, Poland, and the US that provide helicopter repair and overhaul services for our fleet and for a growing external customer base in Europe, Asia and North America.

Corporate and other includes corporate office costs in various jurisdictions and is not considered a reportable segment.

The accounting policies of the segments and the basis of accounting for transactions between segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.

 

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19. Segment information (continued):

 

Three months ended January 31, 2013

                              
     Helicopter
Services
    MRO     Corporate and
other
    Inter-segment
eliminations
    Consolidated  

Revenue from external customers

   $ 410,950      $ 29,469      $ 1,420      $ —        $ 441,839   

Add: Inter-segment revenues

     1,498        69,834        42        (71,374     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     412,448        99,303        1,462        (71,374     441,839   

Direct costs (i)

     (290,357     (81,510     (2,989     71,374        (303,482

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     850        —          —          —          850   

General and administration costs

     —          —          (18,671     —          (18,671
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) (ii)

     122,941        17,793        (20,198     —          120,536   

Aircraft lease and associated costs

     (52,163     —          —          —          (52,163

Amortization

             (28,701

Restructuring costs

             (4,890

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

             (464

Impairment of intangible assets (iii)

             (1,125

Impairment of assets held for sale

             (2,160

Impairment of assets held for use

             (4,064

Loss on disposal of assets

             (4,402

Interest on long-term debt

             (33,991

Foreign exchange gain

             3,854   

Other financing charges

             (10,862

Income tax expense

             (44,303
          

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

             (62,735

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

             212   
          

 

 

 

Net loss

           $ (62,523
          

 

 

 

Segment assets

   $ 793,272      $ 389,572      $ 1,653,826      $ —        $ 2,836,670   

Segment assets - held for sale

     521        —          41,653        —          42,174   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 793,793      $ 389,572      $ 1,695,479      $ —        $ 2,878,844   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(i) Direct costs in the segment information presented excludes aircraft lease and associated costs. In the consolidated statement of operations these costs are combined.
(ii) Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft lease and associated costs or total revenue plus earnings from equity accounted investees less direct costs excluding aircraft lease and associated costs less general and administrative expenses.
(iii) Impairment of intangible assets relates to the Corporate and other segment.

 

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19. Segment information (continued):

 

Nine months ended January 31, 2013

                              
     Helicopter
Services
    MRO     Corporate and
other
    Inter-segment
eliminations
    Consolidated  

Revenue from external customers

   $ 1,203,471      $ 96,503      $ 4,720      $ —        $ 1,304,694   

Add: Inter-segment revenues

     3,635        215,649        42        (219,326     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     1,207,106        312,152        4,762        (219,326     1,304,694   

Direct costs (i)

     (863,298     (252,613     (7,154     219,326        (903,739

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     2,687        —          —          —          2,687   

General and administration costs

     —          —          (56,110     —          (56,110
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) (ii)

     346,495        59,539        (58,502     —          347,532   

Aircraft lease and associated costs

     (149,390     —          —          —          (149,390

Amortization

             (84,646

Restructuring costs

             (8,617

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

             (1,036

Impairment of intangible assets (iii)

             (6,943

Impairment of assets held for sale

             (11,457

Impairment of assets held for use

             (4,724

Loss on disposal of assets

             (9,019

Interest on long-term debt

             (93,949

Foreign exchange gain

             7,015   

Other financing charges

             (22,465

Income tax expense

             (50,606
          

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

             (88,305

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

             1,024   
          

 

 

 

Net loss

           $ (87,281
          

 

 

 

 

(i) Direct costs in the segment information presented excludes aircraft lease and associated costs. In the consolidated statement of operations these costs are combined.
(ii) Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft lease and associated costs or total revenue plus earnings from equity accounted investees less direct costs excluding aircraft lease and associated costs less general and administrative expenses.
(iii) Impairment of intangible assets relates to the Corporate and other segment.

 

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19. Segment information (continued):

 

Three months ended January 31, 2012

                              
     Helicopter
services
    MRO     Corporate and
other
    Inter-segment
eliminations
    Consolidated  

Revenue from external customers

   $ 375,306      $ 30,410      $ 1,217      $ —        $ 406,933   

Add: Inter-segment revenues

     2,667        64,387        —          (67,054     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     377,973        94,797        1,217        (67,054     406,933   

Direct costs (i)

     (269,900     (80,272     (4,383     67,054        (287,501

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     421        —          —          —          421   

General and administration costs

     —          —          (18,031     —          (18,031
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) (ii)

     108,494        14,525        (21,197     —          101,822   

Aircraft lease and associated costs

     (45,868     —          —          —          (45,868

Amortization

             (28,359

Restructuring costs

             (3,728

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

             (208

Impairment of intangible assets (iii)

             (887

Impairment of assets held for sale

             (922

Loss on disposal of assets

             (795

Interest on long-term debt

             (29,070

Foreign exchange loss

             (10,437

Other financing charges

             (7,782

Income tax expense

             (10,603
          

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

             (36,837

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

             (1,216
          

 

 

 

Net loss

           $ (38,053
          

 

 

 

 

(i) Direct costs in the segment information presented excludes aircraft lease and associated costs. In the consolidated statement of operations these costs are combined.
(ii) Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft lease and associated costs or total revenue plus earnings from equity accounted investees less direct costs excluding aircraft lease and associated costs less general and administrative expenses.
(iii) Impairment of intangible assets relates to the Corporate and other segment.

 

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19. Segment information (continued):

 

Nine months ended January 31, 2012

                              
     Helicopter
services
    MRO     Corporate and
other
    Inter-segment
eliminations
    Consolidated  

Revenue from external customers

   $ 1,131,879      $ 103,707      $ 3,996      $ —        $ 1,239,582   

Add: Inter-segment revenues

     4,916        204,208        30        (209,154     —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     1,136,795        307,915        4,026        (209,154     1,239,582   

Direct costs (i)

     (827,255     (253,441     (12,846     209,154        (884,388

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     1,642        —          —          —          1,642   

General and administration costs

     —          —          (47,483     —          (47,483
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) (ii)

     311,182        54,474        (56,303     —          309,353   

Aircraft lease and associated costs

     (128,968     —          —          —          (128,968

Amortization

             (80,891

Restructuring costs

             (15,612

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

             (161

Impairment of intangible assets (iii)

             (2,712

Impairment of assets held for sale

             (12,554

Gain on disposal of assets

             2,946   

Interest on long-term debt

             (89,256

Foreign exchange loss

             (7,798

Other financing charges

             (14,017

Income tax recovery

             1,882   
          

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

             (37,788

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

             (9,528
          

 

 

 

Net loss

           $ (47,316
          

 

 

 

 

(i) Direct costs in the segment information presented excludes aircraft lease and associated costs. In the consolidated statement of operations these costs are combined.
(ii) Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft lease and associated costs or total revenue plus earnings from equity accounted investees less direct costs excluding aircraft lease and associated costs less general and administrative expenses.
(iii) Impairment of intangible assets relates to the Corporate and other segment.

 

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20. Supplemental condensed consolidated financial information:

The Company and certain of its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”) guaranteed, subject to customary automatic subsidiary releases, on a joint and several basis, certain outstanding indebtedness of CHC Helicopter SA. The following consolidating schedules present financial information as of January 31, 2013 and for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, based on the guarantor structure that was in place at the date of issuance of the financial statements.

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

Balance Sheets as at January 31, 2013

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

   Parent     Issuer      Guarantor      Non-guarantor     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Assets

              

Current Assets 

              

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ (4,398   $ 10,385       $ 120,963       $ (57,245   $ (10,385   $ 59,320   

Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts

     4        113         134,750         153,605        (721     287,751   

Current intercompany receivables

     6,056        608,236         447,710         242,363        (1,304,365     —     

Income taxes receivable

     —          —           4,091         23,219        —          27,310   

Inventories

     —          —           98,259         7,515        —          105,774   

Prepaid expenses

     39        75         12,093         12,262        (75     24,394   

Other assets

     —          5,357         34,479         115,219        (116,341     38,714   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     1,701        624,166         852,345         496,938        (1,431,887     543,263   

Property and equipment, net

     —          —           1,095,376         91,381        (381     1,186,376   

Investments

     590,479        358,814         447,621         17,132        (1,388,307     25,739   

Intangible assets

     —          —           199,940         2,651        —          202,591   

Goodwill

     —          —           340,832         96,527        —          437,359   

Restricted cash

     —          —           7,411         16,127        —          23,538   

Other assets

     —          30,839         359,951         46,939        (30,809     406,920   

Long-term intercompany receivables

     —          884,529         15,271         488,017        (1,387,817     —     

Deferred income tax assets

     —          —           10,349         535        —          10,884   

Assets held for sale

     —          —           42,174         —          —          42,174   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 592,180      $ 1,898,348       $ 3,371,270       $ 1,256,247      $ (4,239,201   $ 2,878,844   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity

              

Current Liabilities

              

Payables and accruals

   $ 418      $ 39,341       $ 287,187       $ 106,635      $ (39,343   $ 394,238   

Deferred revenue

     —          —           12,543         8,408        —          20,951   

Income taxes payable

     1,297        1,031         33,817         11,544        (1,031     46,658   

Current intercompany payables

     700        39,301         267,716         427,671        (735,388     —     

Deferred income tax liabilities

     —          —           1,921         99        —          2,020   

Current facility secured by accounts receivable

     —          —           —           41,259        —          41,259   

Other liabilities

     —          110,948         125,837         8,310        (221,931     23,164   

Current portion of long-term debt

     —          —           24,104         —          —          24,104   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     2,415        190,621         753,125         603,926        (997,693     552,394   

Long-term debt

     —          1,359,149         1,479,222         —          (1,359,149     1,479,222   

Long-term intercompany payables

     —          —           448,799         54,460        (503,259     —     

Deferred revenue

     —          —           26,101         26,532        —          52,633   

Other liabilities

     16        —           116,682         77,964        —          194,662   

Deferred income tax liabilities

     —          —           10,996         834        —          11,830   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     2,431        1,549,770         2,834,925         763,716        (2,860,101     2,290,741   

Redeemable non-controlling interests

     —          —           —           (1,646     —          (1,646

Shareholder’s equity

     589,749        348,578         536,345         494,177        (1,379,100     589,749   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 592,180      $ 1,898,348       $ 3,371,270       $ 1,256,247      $ (4,239,201   $ 2,878,844   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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Balance Sheets as at April 30, 2012

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

   Parent      Issuer     Guarantor      Non-guarantor      Eliminations     Consolidated  

Assets

               

Current Assets 

               

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 196       $ (6,771   $ 41,032       $ 14,319       $ 6,771      $ 55,547   

Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts

     4         113        115,853         150,881         (736     266,115   

Current intercompany receivables

     6,065         463,703        521,817         282,677         (1,274,262     —     

Income taxes receivable

     —           —          4,203         16,544         —          20,747   

Deferred income tax assets

     —           —          5,192         3,350         —          8,542   

Inventories

     —           —          80,879         9,134         —          90,013   

Prepaid expenses

     —           —          12,088         9,095         —          21,183   

Other assets

     —           14,202        38,973         38,575         (58,555     33,195   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,265         471,247        820,037         524,575         (1,326,782     495,342   

Property and equipment, net

     —           —          950,024         77,217         (381     1,026,860   

Investments

     661,373         324,255        358,315         15,548         (1,335,265     24,226   

Intangible assets

     —           —          215,949         1,941         —          217,890   

Goodwill

     —           —          336,703         97,108         —          433,811   

Restricted cash

     —           —          6,039         19,955         —          25,994   

Other assets

     —           31,497        333,683         29,362         (31,439     363,103   

Long-term intercompany receivables

     —           873,263        30,151         496,926         (1,400,340     —     

Deferred income tax assets

     —           —          30,759         18,184         —          48,943   

Assets held for sale

     —           —          79,813         —           —          79,813   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 667,638       $ 1,700,262      $ 3,161,473       $ 1,280,816       $ (4,094,207   $ 2,715,982   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities and Shareholder’s Equity

               

Current Liabilities

               

Payables and accruals

   $ 45       $ 5,796      $ 255,960       $ 107,059       $ (5,796   $ 363,064   

Deferred revenue

     —           —          14,020         9,717         —          23,737   

Income taxes payable

     5,433         3,908        20,763         17,385         (3,908     43,581   

Current intercompany payables

     1,352         31,754        327,798         489,454         (850,358     —     

Deferred income tax liabilities

     —           —          11,652         77         —          11,729   

Current facility secured by accounts receivable

     —           —          —           45,566         —          45,566   

Other liabilities

     —           34,606        49,277         18,641         (78,876     23,648   

Current portion of long-term debt

     —           —          17,701         —           —          17,701   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
     6,830         76,064        697,171         687,899         (938,938     529,026   

Long-term debt

     —           1,209,109        1,269,379         —           (1,209,109     1,269,379   

Long-term intercompany payables

     —           —          449,595         69,313         (518,908     —     

Deferred revenue

     —           —          17,955         25,562         —          43,517   

Other liabilities

     16         —          107,491         84,014         —          191,521   

Deferred income tax liabilities

     —           —          16,931         3,141         —          20,072   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     6,846         1,285,173        2,558,522         869,929         (2,666,955     2,053,515   

Redeemable non-controlling interests

     —           —          —           1,675         —          1,675   

Shareholder’s equity

     660,792         415,089        602,951         409,212         (1,427,252     660,792   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 
   $ 667,638       $ 1,700,262      $ 3,161,473       $ 1,280,816       $ (4,094,207   $ 2,715,982   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

Statements of Operations for the three months ended January 31, 2013

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

  Parent     Issuer     Guarantor     Non-guarantor     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenue

  $ —        $ —        $ 289,951      $ 278,974      $ (127,086   $ 441,839   

Operating expenses:

           

Direct costs

    —          (19     (214,539     (268,197     127,110        (355,645

Earnings (loss) from equity accounted investees

    (58,120     10,285        68,852        415        (20,582     850   

General and administration costs

    (46     (1,452     (13,374     (5,282     1,483        (18,671

Amortization

    —          —          (26,001     (2,700     —          (28,701

Restructuring costs

    —          (16     (1,153     (3,737     16        (4,890

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

    —          —          (464     —          —          (464

Impairment of intangible assets

    —          —          (1,125     —          —          (1,125

Impairment of assets held for sale

    —          —          (2,160     —          —          (2,160

Impairment of assets held for use

    —          —          (4,064     —          —          (4,064

Gain (loss) on disposal of assets

    —          —          (4,462     60        —          (4,402
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (58,166     8,798        (198,490     (279,441     108,027        (419,272
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

    (58,166     8,798        91,461        (467     (19,059     22,567   

Financing income (charges)

    (84     (66,641     (125,850     85,137        66,439        (40,999
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax

    (58,250     (57,843     (34,389     84,670        47,380        (18,432

Income tax expense

    —          (864     (23,943     (20,360     864        (44,303
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

    (58,250     (58,707     (58,332     64,310        48,244        (62,735

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

    —          —          212        —          —          212   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $ (58,250   $ (58,707   $ (58,120   $ 64,310      $ 48,244      $ (62,523
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to:

           

Controlling interest

  $ (58,250   $ (58,707   $ (58,120   $ 68,583      $ 48,244      $ (58,250

Non-controlling interests

    —          —          —          (4,273     —          (4,273
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $ (58,250   $ (58,707   $ (58,120   $ 64,310      $ 48,244      $ (62,523
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

  $ (35,266   $ (34,840   $ (35,136   $ 56,667      $ 7,069      $ (41,506
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

Statements of Operations for the nine months ended January 31, 2013

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

  Parent     Issuer     Guarantor     Non-guarantor     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenue

  $ —        $ —        $ 839,587      $ 847,267      $ (382,160   $ 1,304,694   

Operating expenses:

           

Direct costs

    —          (62     (619,746     (815,543     382,222        (1,053,129

Earnings (loss) from equity accounted investees

    (84,195     7,433        91,112        1,586        (13,249     2,687   

General and administration costs

    (234     (4,268     (43,657     (12,268     4,317        (56,110

Amortization

    —          —          (76,552     (8,094     —          (84,646

Restructuring costs

    —          (16     (2,783     (5,834     16        (8,617

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

    —          —          (1,036     —          —          (1,036

Impairment of intangible assets

    —          —          (6,943     —          —          (6,943

Impairment of assets held for sale

    —          —          (11,457     —          —          (11,457

Impairment of assets held for use

    —          —          (4,724     —          —          (4,724

Gain (loss) on disposal of assets

    —          —          (9,107     88        —          (9,019
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (84,429     3,087        (684,893     (840,065     373,306        (1,232,994
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

    (84,429     3,087        154,694        7,202        (8,854     71,700   

Financing income (charges)

    (71     (84,307     (204,263     95,137        84,105        (109,399
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations before income tax

    (84,500     (81,220     (49,569     102,339        75,251        (37,699

Income tax recovery (expense)

    144        (2,848     (35,650     (15,100     2,848        (50,606
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income (loss) from continuing operations

    (84,356     (84,068     (85,219     87,239        78,099        (88,305

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

    —          —          1,024        —          —          1,024   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $ (84,356   $ (84,068   $ (84,195   $ 87,239      $ 78,099      $ (87,281
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to:

           

Controlling interest

  $ (84,356   $ (84,068   $ (84,195   $ 90,164      $ 78,099      $ (84,356

Non-controlling interests

    —          —          —          (2,925     —          (2,925
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

  $ (84,356   $ (84,068   $ (84,195   $ 87,239      $ 78,099      $ (87,281
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

  $ (71,377   $ (69,689   $ (71,216   $ 75,057      $ 62,422      $ (74,803
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

Cash Flows for the nine months ended January 31, 2013

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

   Parent     Issuer     Guarantor     Non-guarantor     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities

   $ (4,594   $ (128,195   $ 30,234      $ (51,923   $ 128,195      $ (26,283

Financing activities:

            

Increase in deferred financing costs relating to the notes

     —          (3,793     (3,793     —          3,793        (3,793

Sold interest in accounts receivable, net of collections

     —          —          —          (6,021     —          (6,021

Proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes

     —          202,000        202,000        —          (202,000     202,000   

Long-term debt proceeds

     —          752,144        812,449        —          (752,144     812,449   

Long-term debt repayments

     —          (805,000     (817,594     —          805,000        (817,594

Long-term intercompany flow - issuance of debt

     —          —          (1,821     1,821        —          —     
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) financing activities

     —          145,351        191,241        (4,200     (145,351     187,041   

Investing activities:

            

Property and equipment additions

     —          —          (298,556     (20,002     —          (318,558

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

     —          —          207,863        33        —          207,896   

Aircraft deposits net of lease inception refunds

     —          —          (49,517     —          —          (49,517

Restricted cash

     —          —          (1,364     3,771        —          2,407   

Distributions from equity investments

     —          —          745        —          —          745   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash used in investing activities

     —          —          (140,829     (16,198     —          (157,027

Cash provided by (used in) continuing operations

     (4,594     17,156        80,646        (72,321     (17,156     3,731   

Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations:

            

Cash provided by operating activities

     —          —          1,024        —          —          1,024   

Cash used in financing activities

     —          —          (1,024     —          —          (1,024
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

     —          —          —          —          —          —     

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     —          —          (715     757        —          42   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents during the period

     (4,594     17,156        79,931        (71,564     (17,156     3,773   

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period

     196        (6,771     41,032        14,319        6,771        55,547   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period

   $ (4,398   $ 10,385      $ 120,963      $ (57,245   $ (10,385   $ 59,320   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

Statements of Operations for the three months ended January 31, 2012

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

   Parent     Issuer     Guarantor     Non-guarantor     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenue

   $ —        $ —        $ 284,833      $ 263,607      $ (141,507   $ 406,933   

Operating expenses:

            

Direct costs

     —          1,189        (221,656     (254,872     141,970        (333,369

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     (38,235     (74,712     (77,461     146        190,683        421   

General and administration costs

     (100     (2,749     (6,055     (10,201     1,074        (18,031

Amortization

     —          —          (25,970     (2,389     —          (28,359

Restructuring costs

     —          —          (3,342     (386     —          (3,728

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

     —          —          (208     —          —          (208

Impairment of intangible assets

     —          —          (887     —          —          (887

Recovery (impairment) of assets held for sale

     —          —          (951     29        —          (922

Gain (loss) on disposal of assets

     —          —          (2,332     1,537        —          (795
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     (38,335     (76,272     (338,862     (266,136     333,727        (385,878
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating loss

     (38,335     (76,272     (54,029     (2,529     192,220        21,055   

Financing income (charges)

     10        41,283        31,907        (79,115     (41,374     (47,289
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income tax

     (38,325     (34,989     (22,122     (81,644     150,846        (26,234

Income tax recovery (expense)

     —          (1,206     (14,897     4,294        1,206        (10,603
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

     (38,325     (36,195     (37,019     (77,350     152,052        (36,837

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

     —          —          (1,216     —          —          (1,216
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

     (38,325     (36,195     (38,235     (77,350     152,052        (38,053
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to:

            

Controlling interest

     (38,325     (36,195     (38,235     (77,622     152,052        (38,325

Non-controlling interests

     —          —          —          272        —          272   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (38,325   $ (36,195   $ (38,235   $ (77,350   $ 152,052      $ (38,053
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

   $ (74,758   $ (71,139   $ (74,668   $ (89,829   $ 235,732      $ (74,662
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

Statements of Operations for the nine months ended January 31, 2012

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

  Parent     Issuer     Guarantor     Non-guarantor     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Revenue

  $ —        $ —        $ 822,330      $ 834,737      $ (417,485   $ 1,239,582   

Operating expenses:

           

Direct costs

    —          —          (634,748     (797,746     419,138        (1,013,356

Earnings from equity accounted investees

    (58,542     (80,112     (74,776     659        214,413        1,642   

General and administration costs

    (333     33,404        (9,736     (35,694     (35,124     (47,483

Amortization

    —          —          (73,189     (7,702     —          (80,891

Restructuring costs

    —          —          (15,203     (409     —          (15,612

Impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees

    —          —          (161     —          —          (161

Impairment of intangible assets

    —          —          (2,712     —          —          (2,712

Impairment of assets held for sale

    —          —          (11,874     (680     —          (12,554

Gain on disposal of assets

    —          —          1,399        1,547        —          2,946   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
    (58,875     (46,708     (821,000     (840,025     598,427        (1,168,181
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

    (58,875     (46,708     1,330        (5,288     180,942        71,401   

Financing charges

    (22     (6,988     (52,712     (58,083     6,734        (111,071
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations before income tax

    (58,897     (53,696     (51,382     (63,371     187,676        (39,670

Income tax recovery (expense)

    779        (2,376     2,368        (1,265     2,376        1,882   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

    (58,118     (56,072     (49,014     (64,636     190,052        (37,788

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

    —          —          (9,528     —          —          (9,528
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

    (58,118     (56,072     (58,542     (64,636     190,052        (47,316
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income (loss) attributable to:

           

Controlling interest

    (58,118     (56,072     (58,542     (75,438     190,052        (58,118

Non-controlling interests

    —          —          —          10,802        —          10,802   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

  $ (58,118   $ (56,072   $ (58,542   $ (64,636   $ 190,052      $ (47,316
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
           
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

  $ (131,231   $ (125,448   $ (131,655   $ (91,211   $ 357,351      $ (122,194
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(Tabular amounts expressed in thousands of United States dollars unless otherwise noted)

 

 

 

Statements of Cash Flows for nine months ended January 31, 2012

(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)

  Parent     Issuer     Guarantor     Non-guarantor     Eliminations     Consolidated  

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities

  $ (28,913   $ (176,183   $ 88,002      $ (59,339   $ 176,183      $ (250

Financing activities:

           

Sold interest in accounts receivable, net of collections

    —          —          —          42,657        —          42,657   

Long-term debt proceeds

    —          600,000        600,000        —          (600,000     600,000   

Long-term debt repayments

    —          (530,000     (565,743     —          530,000        (565,743

Long-term intercompany flow - issuance of debt

    (51,501     51,501        51,501        —          (51,501     —     

Proceeds from issuance of capital stock

    80,000        —          —          —          —          80,000   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by financing activities

    28,499        121,501        85,758        42,657        (121,501     156,914   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investing activities:

           

Property and equipment additions

    —          —          (225,436     (27,612     —          (253,048

Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment

    —          —          165,232        6        —          165,238   

Aircraft deposits net of lease inception refunds

    —          —          (59,360     —            (59,360

Restricted cash

    —          —          536        (13,514     —          (12,978

Distributions from equity investments

    —          —          936        —          —          936   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash used in investing activities

    —          —          (118,092     (41,120     —          (159,212
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) continuing operations

    (414     (54,682     55,668        (57,802     54,682        (2,548

Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations:

           

Cash flows used in operating activities

    —          —          (1,695     —          —          (1,695

Cash flows provided by financing activities

    —          —          1,695        —          —          1,695   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash provided by (used in) discontinued operations

    —          —          —          —          —          —     

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

    —          —          (15,715     (3,984     —          (19,699
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents during the year

    (414     (54,682     39,953        (61,786     54,682        (22,247

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year

    28        2,692        15,016        53,877        (2,692     68,921   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year

  $ (386   $ (51,990   $ 54,969      $ (7,909   $ 51,990      $ 46,674   
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

This management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) is intended to provide an understanding of our results of operations, financial condition and where appropriate, factors that may affect future performance. The following discussion of our results of operations and financial condition should be read in conjunction with the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto as well as our annual audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2012, the notes thereto, and the MD&A related thereto included in Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement Form S-4 which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012. In the discussion that follows, the term “current year quarter and prior year quarter” and “current year period and prior year period” refers to the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. The following discussions include forward-looking statements that involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those identified under Part II, Item 1A “Risk Factors” elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and those identified in the “Risk Factor” sections of Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-4 which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012 and our Annual Report on Form 10-K which was filed with the SEC on July 11, 2012. Our actual results could differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Other Industry and Market Data” below.

This MD&A also contains non-GAAP financial measures, segment earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft lease rent and associated costs (“segment EBITDAR (adjusted)”) and Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“Adjusted EBITDA”) that are not required by, or presented in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures are not performance measures under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net earnings (loss) or any other performance or liquidity measures derived in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies.

We have chosen to include segment EBITDAR (adjusted) as we consider this measure to be a significant indicator of our financial performance and use this measure to assist us in allocating available capital resources. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted), which is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization and aircraft lease and associated costs or total segment revenue plus earnings from equity accounted investees less direct costs excluding aircraft lease and associated costs less general and administration expenses. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) also excludes restructuring costs, impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees, impairment of intangible assets, impairment of assets held for use, impairment of assets held for sale, gain (loss) on disposal of assets and goodwill impairment if any. These items are significant components to understanding and assessing financial performance and liquidity. For additional information about our segment revenue and segment EBITDAR (adjusted), including a reconciliation of these measures to our consolidated financial statements, see Note 19 of the consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

We have also chosen to include Adjusted EBITDA as it provides useful information to investors as a measure to calculate certain financial covenants related to our revolving credit facility and certain covenants in the senior secured note indenture. Adjusted EBITDA has limitations and should not be considered as discretionary cash available to us to reinvest in the growth of our business or a measure of cash that will be available to meet our obligations. For additional information about our Adjusted EBITDA, including a reconciliation of this measure to our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements, see “— Covenants and Adjusted EBITDA” below.

 

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Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Other Industry and Market Data

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements, within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, about our future expectations, plans or prospects and our business. All statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, other than statements of historical fact, regarding our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, plans and objectives of management, are forward-looking statements. When used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, the words “could,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, although not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words. Although these forward-looking statements are based on our current expectations and assumptions about future events and are based on currently available information as to the outcome and timing of future events, actual results may differ materially from those stated in or implied by these forward-looking statements. Such factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

   

Competition in the markets we serve;

 

   

loss of any of our large, long-term support contracts;

 

   

failure to maintain standards of acceptable safety performance;

 

   

political, economic and regulatory uncertainty;

 

   

problems with our non-wholly owned entities, including potential conflicts with the other owners of such entities;

 

   

exposure to credit risks;

 

   

assimilation of acquisitions and the impact of any future material acquisitions;

 

   

inability to fund our working capital requirements;

 

   

unanticipated costs or cost increases associated with our business operations, including replacement aircraft and replacement aircraft parts;

 

   

risks inherent in the operation of helicopters;

 

   

reduced activity in the oil and gas industry;

 

   

inability to obtain or maintain necessary aircraft, aircraft parts, insurance or lease financing;

 

   

exchange rate fluctuations;

 

   

loss of key personnel;

 

   

labor problems;

 

   

global financial market instability;

 

   

insufficient assets in our defined benefit pension plan;

 

   

allocation of risk between our customers and us;

 

   

inability to dispose of our older aircraft and parts;

 

   

inability to service our debt obligations or comply with our obligations under our operating leases;

 

   

compliance risks associated with international activities;

 

   

application of tax laws in various jurisdictions;

 

   

inability to upgrade our technology;

 

   

reduction or cancellation of services for government agencies;

 

   

our sponsor may have interests that conflict with ours;

 

   

risk related to our operations under local law; and

 

   

inability to maintain government issued licenses.

 

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Actual results may differ materially from those discussed in these forward-looking statements due to a number of factors, including the risks set forth in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Part II, Item 1A of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and elsewhere in this filing and in the other documents we have filed, and will file from time to time, with the SEC. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, neither we nor any other person assumes responsibility for the accuracy and completeness of these forward-looking statements. We are under no duty to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to conform our prior statements to actual results.

 

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Overview of Business

We are a world leading commercial operator of medium and heavy helicopters, providing mission-critical services to the offshore oil and gas industry and SAR and EMS to government agencies. We believe the services we provide to the oil and gas industry are critical for the continued production of hydrocarbons from existing offshore oil and gas platforms and the exploration and development of new oil fields, while our SAR and EMS are crucial for saving lives. In addition, our MRO segment, Heli-One is a world leading commercial provider of helicopter support services, with offerings that include MRO, integrated logistics support and the complete outsourcing of all maintenance activities for helicopter operators. Heli-One services our own flight operations as well as third party customers around the world.

Through our subsidiaries and predecessor companies, we have been providing helicopter services for over 60 years, covering most major offshore oil and gas producing regions of the world. Our major operations are in Norway, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the Netherlands, Australia, Brazil, Canada and Africa. We earn the majority of our revenue from helicopter transportation services for the oil and gas industry, SAR and EMS activities and MRO services.

This MD&A provides certain financial and related information about our segments and also about our products and services, the geographic areas in which we operate and our major customers. Our objective is to provide information about the different types of business activities in which we engage and the different economic environments in which we operate in order to help users of our consolidated financial statements (i) better understand our performance, (ii) better assess our prospects for future net cash flows and (iii) make more informed judgments about us as a whole.

Segments

We operate under two operating segments and have a corporate and other segment comprised primarily of general and administration costs and the costs related to managing the fleet of aircraft.

The two operating segments are as follows:

Helicopter Services:

 

   

Helicopter Services consists of flying operations in the Eastern North Sea, Western North Sea, the Americas, the Australasia region and the Africa-Euro Asia region serving the offshore oil and gas, SAR, EMS and other industries. The Eastern North Sea is comprised mainly of Norway while the Western North Sea includes the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands. The Americas is comprised of Brazil and North and South American countries. The Australasia region includes Australia and Southeast Asian countries and the Africa-Euro Asia region includes Nigeria, Kazakhstan, Turkey, Mozambique, Tanzania and other African and European countries.

MRO:

 

   

The MRO segment includes helicopter repair and overhaul facilities in Norway, Poland, Canada, Australia and the United States, providing helicopter repair and overhaul services for our fleet and for a growing external customer base in Europe, Asia and North America.

 

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Market Outlook

Oil and gas production customers are the principle source of our revenue, while exploration and development customers provide a lesser portion of our revenue. The production business is typically less cyclical than the exploration and development business because the production platforms remain in place over the long-term and are relatively unaffected by economic cycles, as the marginal cost of lifting a barrel of oil once the platform is in position is low. Our customers typically base their capital expenditure budgets on their long-term commodity price expectations and not exclusively on the current spot price.

Our MRO business is subject to economic cycles. Although aircraft maintenance is mandatory, during difficult economic times, many of our customers may cut maintenance expenditures by reducing flying hours and deferring certain expenditures.

We have seen growing confidence amongst our customers, which has led to increased spending and improvement in many metrics reflected in our fiscal 2012 and 2013 financial performance. We are cautiously optimistic that improvements will continue through the remainder of fiscal 2013. We are continuing to see growth in the offshore production as new technology has allowed oil and gas companies to continue exploration and drilling farther offshore. To remain competitive and to service existing and new contracts in this industry, older aircraft in the fleet must be replaced with new aircraft technology to meet customers’ changing demands. The industry is constrained by the pace at which it renews its fleet due to the limited supply of new technology aircraft and the secondary market for aircraft resales. To address these constraints, we have continued efforts to secure commitments to obtain new technology aircraft to support our future growth.

At January 31, 2013, we have commitments to purchase 27 aircraft with the delivery of these aircraft beginning in the fourth quarter fiscal 2013 and continuing through to fiscal 2017. These aircraft will be purchased outright or financed through leases.

Australia, Norway, the U.K., Brazil and Nigeria and other countries in the Africa-Euro Asia region continue to be important growth areas for us due to an increase in oil and gas activity. In October 2012, we received our Nigerian air operating certificate and are in the process of setting up our interim base. We believe Nigeria is a growing market due to the number of deep water oil-and-gas discoveries.

Heli-One, our MRO operation is continuing to grow its third-party business with additional contract wins in the U.K., Europe, Brazil, and Southeast Asia. To further support the growth of the MRO business and expand our global footprint, we have opened an additional MRO facility in Poland and will be expanding to Brazil in fiscal 2014. The MRO operation is also reviewing its global inventory management processes and implementing a number of lean process techniques to continue to drive efficiencies in the workshops and our supply chain. In November 2012, we reached a key milestone in our broad transformation initiatives as we turned on our new integrated MRO system. The system will support future growth as it replaces a number of legacy systems, creates improved productivity and standardizes processes across our worldwide MRO operations. As part of our continued growth and support of our supply chain for helicopter parts, we entered into a $100 million inventory purchase commitment over a three-year period during the third quarter.

We conduct our business in various foreign jurisdictions, and as such, our cash flows and earnings are subject to fluctuations and related risks from changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Throughout the nine months ended January 31, 2013, our primary foreign currency exposures were related to the Norwegian Kroner, Euro, British pound sterling, Canadian dollar and Australian dollar. For details on this exposure and the related impact on our results of operations, see Part I, Item 3 “Quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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To further support our growth, we continue with our broad transformation program. The program includes transformative thinking and technology to achieve cost efficiencies through the global standardization of processes and restructuring of the organization to allow us to continue to reshape our earnings and cash flows. Together, these qualities allow us to maximize our value proposition to our customers – allowing them to go further, do more, and come home safely. The transformation program looks at all major aspects of our operations and includes a number of work streams, each including many initiatives.

The transformation program is progressing in accordance with our plan as we continue to consolidate, standardize and enhance our capabilities, tools, processes and systems. As of January 31, 2013, we achieved milestones including the standardization of key performance indicators, detailed reviews of operations in key bases in the Netherlands, Eastern and Western North Sea and Brazil, the opening of the centralized Integrated Operations Center near Dallas, Texas, and the opening of our new MRO facility in Poland. In November 2012, we also turned on our new integrated MRO system, which will standardize our global processes and support future growth in MRO Operations. We are proceeding with our plans to further implement global systems to further enhance operations such as pilot and line maintenance scheduling and to enhance our supply chain and inventory management processes.

Recent Developments

On October 22, 2012, one of our EC225 helicopters was forced to make a controlled water landing in the North Sea. The aircraft that made the controlled water landing was fully insured and has been recovered. There were no reported injuries to any of the 19 passengers and crew, and no uninsured losses to third-party property.

The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) issued a special bulletin with a preliminary determination about the cause of the incident. (See http://www.aaib.gov.uk/publications/special_bulletins/s6_2012___ec225_lp_super_puma__g_chcn.cfm). Neither the foregoing website nor the report accessible through such website shall be deemed incorporated into, and neither shall be a part of, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. The AAIB’s primary finding is that the failure of the main gearbox and emergency lubrication systems in this incident mirror those related to a controlled water landing of another EC225 (Bond Helicopter’s G-REDW) on May 10, 2012. Namely, that a bevel vertical gear shaft driving the main gear box oil pumps failed. With this significant information, the European Helicopter Operators Committee (EHOC) and UK Helicopter Safety Steering Group (HSSG) – variously representing major oil-and-gas helicopter operators, oil and gas companies, employee unions and other groups – reconvened on October 25, 2012, with the following outcome: Flights using EC225 aircraft and other Super Puma aircraft with the same type of bevel vertical gear shafts will remain on hold worldwide pending more information and a plan to assure their airworthiness. The UK and Norwegian Civil Aviation Authorities have since issued operational directives prohibiting the use of the new vertical bevel gear shaft for offshore transport.

We are working closely with our customers to provide alternate aircraft to meet their needs and to mutually agree to modified service obligations in order to compensate for the hold imposed by the directives noted above on the EC225 and other Super Puma aircraft with the new shaft design. We are also working closely with the investigators, other operators and Eurocopter to find a solution that will lift the hold. We are taking all measures to mitigate our losses and to preserve our rights to recover any losses we may experience and remain committed to our primary objective of safety.

 

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Fleet

As of January 31, 2013, our fleet was comprised of the following aircraft:

 

Aircraft Type:

   Total  

Medium

  

Sikorsky S76C+

     22   

Sikorsky S76C++

     23   

Sikorsky S76A/B/C

     24   

Eurocopter EC135/145/155

     6   

Eurocopter AS365 series

     12   

Bell 412

     12   

Bell 212

     1   

Agusta AW139

     35   
  

 

 

 
     135   

Heavy

  

Eurocopter Super Puma series

     44   

Eurocopter 225

     31   

Sikorsky S92A

     37   

Sikorsky S61N

     5   
  

 

 

 
     117   
  

 

 

 

TOTAL AIRCRAFT

     252   
  

 

 

 

 

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The Three Months Ended January 31, 2013 Compared to the Three Months Ended January 31, 2012

Consolidated Results Summary

For the quarter ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                 Favorable (Unfavorable)  
     2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  

Helicopter Services (i)

   $ 410,950      $ 375,306      $ 35,644        9.5

MRO

     29,469        30,410        (941     (3.1 )% 

Corporate and other

     1,420        1,217        203        16.7
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     441,839        406,933        34,906        8.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Direct costs (ii)

     (303,482     (287,501     (15,981     (5.6 )% 

Aircraft lease and associated costs

     (52,163     (45,868     (6,295     (13.7 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total direct costs

   ($ 355,645   ($ 333,369   ($ 22,276     (6.7 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Flying hours

     39,462        45,482        (6,020     (13.2 )% 

# of aircraft

     252        260        (8     (3.1 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(i) Includes revenue from the customer reimbursement of fuel costs of $23.3 million for the three months ended January 31, 2013 and $24.3 million for the three months ended January 31, 2012.
(ii) Includes $24.2 million in fuel costs for the three months ended January 31, 2013, and $25.1 million for the three months ended January 31, 2012.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Revenue

Revenue increased by $34.9 million to $441.8 million compared to the prior year quarter. Helicopter Services revenue increased by $35.6 million, due primarily to new flying contracts in the Americas, Australasia and the North Sea. These revenue increases were offset by a decrease in the Africa-Euro Asia region. The Americas contributed an additional $21.1 million in revenues, due primarily to new contracts for heavy helicopters in Brazil. Australasia contributed an additional $17.3 million due primarily to new contracts combined with higher flying hours in Australia. The increase in Australia was offset by a net decrease in Southeast Asia due to a reduction in flying hours and expired contracts. The North Sea contributed additional revenues of $6.9 million, due primarily to an increase in oil and gas activity resulting in new contracts and an increase in flying hours from existing contracts. These increases in the North Sea’s revenue were offset by a decrease from a lost contract in Denmark and an expired contract in Norway. Africa-Euro Asia’s revenues decreased by $9.8 million due primarily to a reduction in flying hours in Nigeria and Chad offset by revenue increases in Mozambique and Tanzania from an increase in oil and gas activities that generated new contracts. In Nigeria, we exited our relationship with our previous partner and are in the process of transitioning to our new partners. In October 2012, we received our air operating certificate for Nigeria and we are proceeding with the set-up of our interim base. In Chad, the fixed-wing aircraft sold in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2012 resulted in no flying hours in the current year quarter.

MRO revenue decreased by $0.9 million due primarily to a decrease in third-party PBH and components revenue, offset by an increase in third-party airframe work due to the timing in the completion of projects.

 

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Direct Costs

For the three months ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                  Favorable (Unfavorable)  
     2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  

Crew costs

   ($ 110,465   ($ 99,829   ($ 10,636     (10.7 )% 

Base and operations and other costs

     (87,469     (89,635     2,166        2.4

Maintenance

     (65,733     (60,208     (5,525     (9.2 )% 

Support costs

     (39,815     (37,829     (1,986     (5.2 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   ($ 303,482   ($ 287,501   ($ 15,981     (5.6 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Direct costs increased by $16.0 million to $303.5 million compared to the prior year quarter. The increase in direct costs was due primarily to an increase in crew, maintenance and support costs, partially offset by a decrease in base and operations and other costs.

Crew costs, including salary, benefits, training and recruitment, increased by $10.6 million to $110.5 million compared to the prior year quarter. Crew costs have increased due primarily to the hiring of additional crew for new and existing contracts in Brazil, Australia, the Western North Sea and the Africa-Euro Asia region. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in crew costs in Chad due to the sale of the fixed-wing aircraft, and a lost contract in Denmark.

Maintenance costs increased by $5.5 million to $65.7 million compared to the prior year quarter due primarily to a net increase in flying hours from new and existing contracts in Australia and the Western North Sea.

Aircraft Lease and Associated Costs

Aircraft leasing costs increased by $6.3 million to $52.2 million, due primarily to an increase in the new technology aircraft operating leases entered into during the current year quarter, which have a higher lease cost. We are acquiring new technology aircraft to meet customers’ needs as they continue exploration and development into deeper waters. We anticipate that we will continue to finance aircraft through operating leases and may make strategic decisions as required to purchase certain aircraft outright. The purchase of aircraft allows for greater jurisdictional flexibility as some lease agreements restrict the movement of aircraft to certain countries.

Impairment of Assets Held For Use

Impairment of assets held for use is related to the Corporate and other segment and increased to $4.1 million compared to the prior year quarter due to an aircraft type that we will be exiting once all of the aircraft have completed their flying obligations.

Loss on Disposal of Fixed Assets

Loss on disposal of fixed assets increased by $3.6 million to $4.4 million compared to the prior year quarter due solely to the loss on the sale of aircraft in the current year quarter.

 

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Interest on Long-Term Debt

Interest on long-term debt has increased by $4.9 million to $34.0 million compared to the prior year quarter due primarily to the interest accrued on the additional $200.0 million of senior secured notes issued on October 5, 2012.

Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss)

Foreign exchange loss has decreased by $14.3 million to a gain of $3.9 million compared to the prior year quarter due primarily to the revaluation of net liability positions denominated in U.S. dollars in entities with Norwegian Kroner and Euro functional currencies.

Other Financing Charges

Other financing charges increased by $3.1 million to $10.9 million compared to the prior year quarter. The increase in financing charges is due primarily to an increase in overdraft interest expense.

Income Tax Expense

Income tax expense increased by $33.7 million to $44.3 million compared to the prior year quarter. The effective tax rate for the current year period is (240.4%) compared to (40.4%) in the prior year period. The below table provides a breakdown of the items which caused the change in tax expense between the current year quarter and prior year quarter:

 

In millions of US dollars    (Increase)
Decrease

in tax  expense
    Effective
tax rate
 

Income tax expense at January 31, 2012

   ($ 10.6     (40.4 %) 

Change in tax recovery calculated at statutory rate

     (2.3  

Valuation allowance

     (30.1  

Non-deductible items

     (4.6  

Functional currency adjustments

     2.8     

Rate differences in various jurisdictions and other

     0.5     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax expense at January 31, 2013

   ($ 44.3     (240.4 %) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The increase in the income tax expense as compared to the prior year quarter was due primarily to an increase in the valuation allowance taken against deferred tax assets in certain jurisdictions, an increase in non-deductible items offset by a decrease in functional currency adjustments.

The increase in valuation allowance compared to the prior year quarter was due to a change in our assessment of the future realization of certain tax assets in the current year quarter. This resulted in a net increase in the valuation allowance of $30.1 million. Of the net increase in the valuation allowance, approximately $28.4 million was primarily related to deferred tax assets in the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands and Norway. The non-deductible items increased by $4.6 million due to an increase in non-deductible interest expense and general and administration expenses in certain jurisdictions. The income tax expense calculated at the statutory rate increased by $2.3 million due to the decrease in net loss before tax in the current year quarter. The income tax expense decreased by $2.8 million due to functional currency adjustments from foreign currency gains related to tax balances denominated in Norwegian Kroner, Euro and Canadian dollars in entities with a U.S. dollar functional currency.

 

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Non-Controlling Interest

Net loss allocated to non-controlling interest increased by $4.5 million to $4.3 million, due primarily to a decrease in net earnings in EEA Helicopters Operations B.V. (“EHOB”).

Segmented Results of Operations

During fiscal 2012, the segmented results of operations were reclassified to reflect the revenues earned by the MRO segment on helicopter parts and supplies provided to Helicopter Services for use at the bases. These expenses are included as direct costs for Helicopter Services. The prior year quarter comparatives have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Helicopter Services

For the three months ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                 Favorable (Unfavorable)  
     2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  

Third-party revenue

   $ 410,950      $ 375,306      $ 35,644        9.5

Internal revenue

     1,498        2,667        (1,169     (43.8 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     412,448        377,973        34,475        9.1

Direct costs

     (290,357     (269,900     (20,457     (7.6 )% 

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     850        421        429        101.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted)

   $ 122,941      $ 108,494      $ 14,447        13.3

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) Margin

     29.8     28.7     1.1     3.8

Flight Hours

     39,462        42,723        (3,261     (7.6 )% 

# of Aircraft

     252        260        (8     (3.1 )% 

Aircraft lease and associated costs

   ($ 52,163   ($ 45,868   ($ 6,295     (13.7 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Helicopter Services segment EBITDAR (adjusted) has increased by $14.4 million to $122.9 million compared to the prior year quarter. The increase in segment EBITDAR (adjusted) was due primarily to the Americas, Australasia and the North Sea partially offset by a decrease in the Africa-Euro Asia region. America’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $10.1 million due primarily to additional margins from new heavy helicopter contracts in Brazil and improved aircraft and crew availability. Australasia’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $4.8 million due primarily to Australia from margins on new contracts combined with higher flying hours. The increased margins in Australia are partially offset by higher crew, overtime and training costs to support the new contracts. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) also decreased in Southeast Asia from a combination of decreased flying hours and expired contracts. The North Sea’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $6.8 million due primarily to margins from an increase in oil and gas activities that resulted in new contracts and an increase in margins from additional flying hours on existing contracts. These increases in the North Sea’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) were offset by decreases in segment EBITDAR (adjusted) from a lost contract in Denmark and an expired contract in Norway. These increases in Helicopter Services’ segment EBITDAR (adjusted) are offset by a decrease in Africa-Euro Asia’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) of $7.1 million. Africa-Euro Asia’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) decreased due primarily to Nigeria where we are continuing to incur costs while we transition to our new operations and Chad where we sold our fixed wing operations in the latter half of fiscal 2012. The Nigerian air operating certificate (“AOC”) was received in October 2012 and we are proceeding with our interim base set-up. These decreases were partially offset by the margins from new contracts generated from an increase in oil and gas activities in Mozambique and Tanzania.

 

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Aircraft leasing costs increased by $6.3 million to $52.2 million, due primarily to an increase in the new technology aircraft operating leases entered into during the current year quarter, which have a higher lease cost. We are acquiring new technology aircraft to meet customers’ needs as they continue exploration and development into deeper waters. We anticipate that we will continue to finance aircraft through operating leases and may make strategic decisions as required to purchase certain aircraft outright. The purchase of aircraft allows for greater jurisdictional flexibility as some lease agreements restrict the movement of aircraft to certain countries.

MRO

For the three months ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                 Favorable (Unfavorable)  
     2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  

Third party revenue

   $ 29,469      $ 30,410      $ (941     (3.1 )% 

Internal Revenue

     69,834        64,387        5,447        8.5
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenue

     99,303        94,797        4,506        4.8

Direct Costs

     (81,510     (80,272     (1,238     (1.5 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted)

   $ 17,793      $ 14,525      $ 3,268        22.5

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) Margin

     17.9     15.3     2.6     17.0
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

MRO generates the majority of its revenue by supporting the internal flying operations. Services to third parties represent 29.7% of the total revenues. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $3.3 million to $17.8 million compared to the prior year quarter due primarily to increased margins from internal PBH partially offset by a decrease in non-PBH revenues due to the timing of completion of airframe, component and engine projects. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $4.9 million from higher margins earned on internal PBH revenues and lower PBH costs due to the timing of maintenance events relative to the revenue growth. This resulted in a favorable margin impact of 3.9%. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) for non-PBH revenues decreased by $3.7 million during the current year quarter due to timing in the completion of projects which had an unfavorable impact to the segment EBITDAR (adjusted) margin of 2.9%. Support costs were also lower in the current year quarter by $2.5 million with a favorable margin impact of 2.0% due to a decrease in consulting costs.

 

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The Nine Months Ended January 31, 2013 Compared to the Nine Months Ended January 31, 2012

Consolidated Results Summary

For the nine months ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                 Favorable (Unfavorable)  
     2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  

Helicopter Services (i)

   $ 1,203,471      $ 1,131,879      $ 71,592        6.3

MRO

     96,503        103,707        (7,204     (6.9 )% 

Corporate and other

     4,720        3,996        724        18.1
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     1,304,694        1,239,582        65,112        5.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Direct costs (ii)

     (903,739     (884,388     (19,351     (2.2 )% 

Aircraft lease and associated costs

     (149,390     (128,968     (20,422     (15.8 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total direct costs

   ($ 1,053,129   ($ 1,013,356   ($ 39,773     (3.9 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Flying hours

     125,225        131,245        (6,020     (4.6 )% 

# of aircraft

     252        260        (8     (3.1 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(i) Includes revenue from the customer reimbursement of fuel costs of $76.8 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2013 and $73.3 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2012.
(ii) Includes $78.6 million in fuel costs for the nine months ended January 31, 2013 and $75.9 million for the nine months ended January 31, 2012.

Consolidated Results of Operations

Revenue

Revenue increased by $65.1 million to $1,304.7 million compared to the prior year period. Helicopter Services revenue increased by $71.6 million due primarily to new flying contracts in the Americas, Australasia and the Western North Sea. These increases in revenue were partially offset by revenue decreases in the Eastern North Sea and Africa-Euro Asia. The Americas contributed an additional $65.3 million in revenues, due primarily to new contracts for heavy helicopters in Brazil. Australasia contributed an additional $35.2 million due primarily to new contracts, higher flying hours and deployment of all aircraft under a heavy helicopter contract for the current year period in Australia. These revenue increases were partially offset by decreases in Southeast Asia due to a reduction in flying hours and expired contracts. The Western North Sea contributed additional revenues of $13.5 million, due primarily to an increase in oil and gas activity resulting in new contracts in the current year period. The increase in the Western North Sea’s revenue was offset by a lost contract in Denmark. Eastern North Sea’s revenues decreased by $28.4 million due primarily to a contract expiry and a decrease in ad hoc flying hours partially offset by new contract revenues in the current year period. Revenues also decreased by $14.0 million in the Africa-Euro Asia region due primarily to lower flying hours in Nigeria, Chad and Turkey, partially offset by new contracts from an increase in oil and gas activity in Mozambique and Tanzania. Nigeria had a decrease in flying hours as we are transitioning to a new partner. In October 2012, we received our air operating certificate for Nigeria and are proceeding with the set-up of our interim base. Chad’s revenues decreased as there were no flying hours in the current year period as the fixed-wing aircraft were sold in the latter half of fiscal 2012. Turkey’s revenues also decreased due to a contract expiry.

MRO revenue decreased by $7.2 million due primarily to the timing of third-party airframe, components, and engine work where the related revenues are deferred until the completion of the projects. Third-party PBH revenue was also lower in the current year period.

 

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Direct Costs

For the nine months ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                 Favorable (Unfavorable)  
     2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  

Crew costs

   ($     320,438   ($ 302,512   ($ 17,926     (5.9 )% 

Base and operations and other costs

     (272,726     (273,746     1,020        0.4

Maintenance

     (190,817     (193,881     3,064        1.6

Support costs

     (119,758     (114,249     (5,509     (4.8 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
   ($ 903,739   ($     884,388   ($ 19,351     (2.2 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Direct costs increased by $19.4 million to $903.7 million compared to the prior year period. The increase in direct costs was due primarily to an increase in crew and support costs partially offset by a decrease in maintenance.

Crew costs increased by $17.9 million to $320.4 million compared to the prior year period. The increase was due primarily to additional crew costs for new and existing contracts in Brazil, Australia, UK and Mozambique. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in Nigeria due to a reduction in flying hours and the sale of the fixed wing aircraft in Chad. In addition, we had decreases in crew costs due to lost and expired contracts in Denmark, Norway and Turkey.

Maintenance costs decreased by $3.1 million to $190.8 million compared to the prior year period due primarily to a decrease in the maintenance costs on leased aircraft that will be returned.

Support costs increased by $5.5 million to $119.8 million compared to the prior year period due primarily to an increase in costs to support the centralized flying operations center and consulting costs.

General and Administration Costs

General and administration costs included in the results of the Corporate and other segment increased by $8.6 million to $56.1 million compared to the prior year period. The increase is due primarily to information technology costs and personnel support costs, partially offset by a decrease in reported insurance claims. Information technology costs have increased as we incurred more training and consulting costs to support the go-live of the new integrated MRO system in November 2012 and to support other new global systems that are being implemented as part of the broad transformation initiative. Personnel support costs have increased due primarily to compensation costs where vacant roles have been filled.

Aircraft Lease and Associated Costs

Aircraft leasing costs increased by $20.4 million to $149.4 million, due primarily to the conversion of a number of capital leases to operating leases as part of the refinancing activities in fiscal 2012 and an increase in new technology aircraft additions that have higher lease costs. We are acquiring new technology aircraft to meet customers’ needs as they continue exploration and development into deeper waters. We anticipate that we will continue to finance aircraft through operating leases and may make strategic decisions as required to purchase certain aircraft outright. The purchase of aircraft allows for greater jurisdictional flexibility as some lease agreements restrict the movement of aircraft to certain countries.

 

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Amortization

Amortization expense increased by $3.8 million to $84.6 million due primarily to an increase in rotables to service new technology aircraft.

Restructuring Costs

Restructuring costs decreased by $7.0 million to $8.6 million compared to the prior year period as there has been a decrease in the consulting costs incurred as part of the transformation program offset by higher severance costs in the current year period. Of the current year restructuring costs, $5.8 million related to the Corporate and other segment, $1.4 million related to the MRO segment and $1.4 million was related to the Helicopter Services segment.

Impairment of Assets Held For Use

Impairment of assets held for use is related to the Corporate and other segment and has increased to $4.7 million compared to the prior year period due to two aircraft types we will be exiting once all the aircraft have completed their flying obligations.

Impairment of Intangible Assets

Impairment of intangible assets related to the Corporate and other segment has increased by $4.2 million to $6.9 million compared to the prior year period as impairment of embedded equity recognized on the leased aircraft was higher.

Gain (Loss) on Disposal of Fixed Assets

Gain on disposal of fixed assets decreased by $12.0 million to a loss of $9.0 million compared to the prior year period. The gain on disposal of fixed assets has decreased as there was a $3.7 million gain on the sale of a building recognized in the prior year period that did not recur. The remaining $8.3 million relates to losses on the sale of aircraft in the current year period.

Interest on Long-Term Debt

Interest on long-term debt has increased by $4.7 million to $93.9 million compared to the prior year period due primarily to the interest accrued on the additional $200.0 million of senior secured notes issued on October 5, 2012. This increase was partially offset by a decrease in the interest on capital lease obligations from the refinancing of leases.

Foreign Exchange Gain (Loss)

Foreign exchange loss has decreased by $14.8 million to a gain of $7.0 million compared to the prior year period due primarily to the revaluation of net liability positions denominated in U.S. dollars in entities with Norwegian Kroner and Euro functional currencies.

Other Financing Charges

Other financing charges increased by $8.4 million to $22.5 million compared to the prior year period. The increase in financing charges is due primarily to an increase in overdraft interest expenses and banking fees.

 

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Income Tax Recovery (Expense)

Income tax recovery decreased by $52.5 million to an income tax expense of $50.6 million compared to the prior year period. The effective tax rate for the current year period is (134.2%) compared to 4.7% in the prior year period. The below table provides a breakdown of the items which caused the change in tax recovery between the current year period and the prior year period:

 

In millions of US dollars    Increase (decrease)
in tax recovery
    Effective
tax rate
 

Income tax recovery at January 31, 2012

   $ 1.9        4.7%   

Change in tax recovery calculated at statutory rate

     (0.6  

Valuation allowance

     (59.0  

Non-deductible items

     (3.6  

Functional currency adjustments

     9.3     

Rate differences in various jurisdictions and other

     1.4     
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income tax expense at January 31, 2013

   ($ 50.6     (134.2%)   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The decrease in the income tax recovery as compared to the prior year period was due primarily to an increase in the valuation allowance taken against deferred tax assets in certain jurisdictions, an increase in non-deductible items offset by an increase in functional currency adjustments.

The increase in valuation allowance compared to the prior year period was due to a change in our assessment of the future realization of certain tax assets in the current year period, which resulted in a net increase in the valuation allowance of $59.0 million. Of this amount, $28.4 million was primarily in relation to deferred tax assets in the U.S., Australia, the Netherlands and Norway in the current year quarter. The non-deductible items increased by $3.6 million due to an increase in non-deductible interest expense and general and administration expenses in certain jurisdictions. Other items including the tax rate differences of various jurisdictions and the restructure of intercompany debt created non-taxable income, which has decreased the income tax expense by $1.4 million. The income tax expense decreased by $9.3 million due to functional currency adjustments from foreign currency gains related to tax balances denominated in Norwegian Kroner, Euro and Canadian dollars in entities with a U.S. dollar functional currency.

Non-Controlling Interest

Net earnings allocated to non-controlling interest decreased by $13.7 million to a net loss of $2.9 million, due primarily to a decrease in net earnings in EEA Helicopters Operations B.V. (“EHOB”).

 

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Segmented Results of Operations

During fiscal 2012, the segmented results of operations were reclassified to reflect the revenues earned by the MRO segment on helicopter parts and supplies provided to Helicopter Services for use at the bases. These expenses are included as direct costs for Helicopter Services. The prior year period comparatives have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Helicopter Services

For the nine months ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

                 Favorable (Unfavorable)  
     2013     2012     $ Change     % Change  

Third party revenue

   $ 1,203,471      $ 1,131,879      $ 71,592        6.3

Internal revenue

     3,635        4,916        (1,281     (26.1 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     1,207,106        1,136,795        70,311        6.2

Direct costs

     (863,298     (827,255     (36,043     (4.4 )% 

Earnings from equity accounted investees

     2,687        1,642        1,045        63.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted)

   $ 346,495      $ 311,182      $ 35,313        11.3

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) Margin

     28.7     27.4     1.3     4.7

Flight Hours

     125,225        131,245        (6,020     (4.6 )% 

# of Aircraft

     252        260        (8     (3.1 )% 

Aircraft lease and associated costs

   ($ 149,390   ($ 128,968   ($ 20,422     (15.8 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Helicopter Services segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $35.3 million to $346.5 million compared to the prior year period. The increase in segment EBITDAR (adjusted) was due primarily to the Americas, Australasia and the Western North Sea, partially offset a decrease by the Eastern North Sea and the Africa-Euro Asia region. Americas’ segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $27.9 million due primarily to new heavy helicopter contracts in Brazil and improved aircraft and crew availability. Australasia’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $8.5 million due primarily to Australia from margins on new contracts, an increase in flying hours and the deployment of all aircraft under a heavy helicopter contract for the current year period. The increased margins in Australia are partially offset by higher crew, overtime and training costs to support the new contracts. The increase in Australia is partially offset by a decrease in Southeast Asia due to expired contracts and a decrease in flying hours. The Western North Sea’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $7.5 million due primarily to an increase in oil and gas activities, resulting in margins from new contracts and an increase in flying hours. These increases in the Western North Sea’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) were offset by a decrease in Denmark due to a lost contract. These increases in segment EBITDAR (adjusted) are partially offset by decreases in the Eastern North Sea of $5.1 million and the Africa-Euro Asia region of $3.0 million. The Eastern North Sea’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) decreased as margins from new contracts and higher flying hours from existing contracts did not fully offset the impact from a contract expiry. Africa-Euro Asia’s segment EBITDAR (adjusted) decreased due primarily to Nigeria, where we are continuing to incur costs while we transition to our new operations, and Chad, where we sold our fixed wing operations in the latter half of fiscal 2012. The Nigerian air operating certificate was received in October 2012 and we are proceeding with the set-up of our interim base. These decreases were partially offset by the margins from new contracts generated from an increase in oil and gas activities in Mozambique, Tanzania and Kazakhstan.

Aircraft leasing costs increased by $20.4 million to $149.4 million, due primarily to the conversion of a number of capital leases to operating leases as part of the refinancing activities in fiscal 2012 and an increase in new technology aircraft additions that have higher lease costs. We are acquiring new technology aircraft to meet customers’ needs as they continue exploration and development into deeper waters. We anticipate that we will continue to finance aircraft through operating leases and may make strategic decisions as required to purchase certain aircraft outright. The purchase of aircraft allows for greater jurisdictional flexibility as some lease agreements restrict the movement of aircraft to certain countries.

 

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MRO

For the nine months ended January 31,

(In thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     2013     2012     Favorable
(Unfavorable)
 
     (Unaudited)     (Unaudited)     $ Change     % Change  

Third-party revenue

   $ 96,503      $ 103,707      ($ 7,204     (6.9 )% 

Internal Revenue

     215,649        204,208        11,441        5.6
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Revenue

     312,152        307,915        4,237        1.4

Direct Costs

     (252,613     (253,441     828        0.3
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted)

   $ 59,539      $ 54,474      $ 5,065        9.3

Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) Margin

     19.1     17.7     1.4     7.9
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

MRO generates the majority of its revenue by supporting the internal flying operations. Services to third parties represent 30.9% of total revenues. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $5.1 million to $59.5 million compared to the prior year period due primarily to increased margins from internal PBH revenues and lower support costs partially offset by a decrease in non-PBH revenues. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) increased by $8.0 million due to an increase in margins from internal PBH revenues and lower PBH costs due to the timing of maintenance costs relative to revenue growth. This resulted in a favorable margin impact of 2.2%. Support costs were also lower in the current year period by $2.9 million with a favorable margin impact of 0.8% due to a decrease in consulting costs. Segment EBITDAR (adjusted) decreased by $5.7 million due primarily to the timing of completion of airframe, engine and component projects. This decrease in segment EBITDAR (adjusted) unfavorably impacted the segment EBITDAR (adjusted) margin by 1.6%. Revenues related to the airframe and components work are deferred and will be recognized on completion.

 

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FINANCIAL CONDITION AND SOURCES OF LIQUIDITY

Analysis of Historical Cash Flows

For the nine months ended January 31,

(in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

     2013     2012  

Cash used in operating activities

   ($ 26,283   ($ 250

Cash provided by financing activities

     187,041        156,914   

Cash used in investing activities

     (157,027     (159,212

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

     42        (19,699
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Change in cash and cash equivalents during the period

   $ 3,773      ($ 22,247
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash Flows Used In Operating Activities

Cash flows used in operating activities increased by $26.0 million to $26.3 million compared to the prior year period due to operational improvements of $17.8 million and a decrease in pension contributions of $5.9 million offset by an unfavorable use in operating capital of $46.5 million. Pension contributions decreased due to the timing of funding. The unfavorable use in operating capital is driven by an increase in receivables and inventory and a decrease in payables and deferred revenue. The increase in receivables aged less than 30 days was due primarily to the operational improvements in Helicopter Services. Inventory has increased to allow for larger purchase discounts and from a decrease in usage. Payables have decreased due to the timing of supplier payments during the current year quarter.

One of our continued areas of focus is the improvement of our cash flows through operational growth. We have implemented a number of initiatives, but have not consistently decreased our use of cash in operations. No assurance can be given that our efforts to reduce operational cash requirements, including continued efforts to achieve greater cost efficiencies through our broad transformation program, will be effective. The business may not generate sufficient net cash from operating activities and future borrowings may not be available in amounts sufficient to enable us to service our debt or to fund our other liquidity needs. It is currently expected that the net cash from operating activities will, together with our ability to access financing through the revolving line of credit, other financing markets, new operating leases and proceeds from the sale of aircraft and other assets, be sufficient to meet the on-going cash flow requirements. If we are unable to meet our debt obligations or fund other liquidity needs, alternative financing plans may need to be undertaken, such as refinancing or restructuring debt, selling assets, reducing or delaying capital investments or raising additional capital. See “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Business—Our indebtedness and lease obligations could adversely affect our business and liquidity position” in Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-4 which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012, and “Liquidity and Sources of Liquidity” below.

 

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Cash Flows Provided By Financing Activities

Cash flows provided by financing activities increased by $30.1 million to $187.0 million compared to the prior year period, due primarily to net proceeds from the issuance of senior secured notes of $198.2 million on October 5, 2012, partially offset by a decrease in the draws on the revolving credit facility net of repayments of $39.4 million, a decrease in the securitization of accounts receivables of $48.7 million due to timing in the funding of receivables and the issuance of capital stock in the prior year period of $80.0 million that did not reoccur.

On October 5, 2012, we issued an additional $200.0 million of senior secured notes (the “notes”) which increased our overall liquidity. The gross proceeds from the notes of $202.0 million were used to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under our senior secured revolving credit facility. We also incurred financing fees of $3.8 million, which are being amortized over the term of the notes. The notes were issued under the same indenture that governs the $1.1 billion of senior secured notes which were previously issued in October 2010. The notes have an aggregate principal value of $200.0 million, were issued at 101.0% of par value, bear interest at an annual rate of 9.25% with semi-annual interest payments on April 15 and October 15 and mature on October 15, 2020.

Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities

Cash flows used in investing activities decreased by $2.2 million to $157.0 million compared to the prior year period due primarily to an increase in proceeds from disposal of property and equipment, a decrease in restricted cash and a decrease in aircraft deposits offset by an increase in property and equipment additions. Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment have increased by $42.7 million as there were more sale and lease back of aircraft during the current year period. Aircraft deposits have decreased by $9.8 million and restricted cash has decreased by $15.4 million in relation to the securitization of receivables. Property and equipment additions have increased by $65.5 million as there were more aircraft purchased off lease and there was an increase in rotables purchased to support the new technology aircraft during the current year period.

Liquidity and Sources of Liquidity

At January 31, 2013, our liquidity totaled $280.8 million, which was comprised of cash and cash equivalents of $59.3 million, unused capacity in the revolver of $184.1 million, net of letters of credit of $60.9 million plus undrawn overdraft facilities of $37.4 million. Our cash requirements include our normal operations as well as our debt and other contractual obligations as discussed under the caption “Future Cash Requirements” below. The $200.0 million additional senior secured notes issued on October 5, 2012 have not increased overall indebtedness as the net proceeds were used to repay the revolving credit facility, but cash requirements have increased by approximately $9.0 million due to the additional annual interest payment obligation. The ability to satisfy long-term debt obligations, including repayment of principal and interest will depend on future performance, which is subject to general economic conditions and other factors, some of which are beyond our control. We expect our earnings and cash flow to vary significantly from year to year due to the cyclical nature of the industry. As a result, the amount of debt that can be managed in some periods may not be appropriate in other periods. In addition, future cash flows may be insufficient to meet debt obligations and commitments, including the senior secured notes (the “notes”), and revolving credit facility. Any insufficiency could negatively impact the business. In addition, the indenture governing the notes allows us to incur additional indebtedness. The incurrence of additional indebtedness could negatively affect the repayment of principal and interest on the debt, including the notes. We may face delays in obtaining cash from our subsidiaries in certain jurisdictions to fund future cash requirements due to central banking legislation or other regulations in these jurisdictions. These restrictions have not and are not expected to have an impact on our ability to meet our obligations. We believe that our existing and future cash flows, as well as our ability to access financing through the revolving line of credit, other financing markets, new operating leases and proceeds from the sale of aircraft and other assets are sufficient to meet our on-going cash flow requirements. Similarly, we expect that our transformation program will generate new initiatives to create greater liquidity. However, our earnings have been insufficient to cover our fixed charges since 2008. If cash flow from operations is insufficient to satisfy the debt obligations, alternative financing plans may need to be undertaken, such as refinancing or restructuring the debt, selling assets, reducing or delaying capital investments or raising additional capital or indebtedness. Any alternative financing plans that may be undertaken by us, if necessary, may not be sufficient to meet our debt obligations. Our inability to generate sufficient cash flow

 

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to satisfy our debt obligations, including obligations under the notes, or to obtain alternative financing could materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and prospects. See “Risk Factors – Risks Relating to Our Business – Our indebtedness and lease obligations could adversely affect our business and liquidity position” in Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-4 which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012.

Sources of Liquidity

On October 5, 2012, we issued an additional $200.0 million of senior secured notes. The notes were issued under the same indenture that governs the $1.1 billion of senior secured notes which were previously issued in October 2010. The additional notes with an aggregate principal value of $200.0 million were issued at 101.0% of par value, bear interest at an annual rate of 9.25% with semi-annual interest payments on April 15 and October 15 and mature on October 15, 2020. The gross proceeds from the notes of $202.0 million were used to repay a portion of the outstanding borrowings under our senior secured revolving credit facility. We also incurred financing fees of $3.8 million, which are being amortized over the term of the notes. The senior secured revolving credit facility for $375.0 million is held with a syndicate of financial institutions for a term of five years and bears interest at the alternate base rate, LIBOR, Canadian Prime Rate or EURIBOR, plus an applicable margin that ranges from 2.75% to 4.50%. The revolving credit facility is secured on a super senior first priority basis and ranks equally with the note holders except for payments upon enforcement and insolvency, where the revolving credit facility will rank before the note holders. The notes and revolving credit facility are guaranteed on a first-priority lien basis by most of our subsidiaries through a general secured obligation. For information about the financial position and results of operations of our non-guarantor subsidiaries, see Note 20 of our unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

To assist with future growth opportunities, a key initiative of our transformation program is to create greater liquidity through the implementation of new cost control measures such as optimizing the procurement of capital expenditures and inventory, working capital improvements and the optimization of customer contracts and improved profit growth. A more detailed review of other sources of liquidity such as asset securitizations, additional lease financing and alternate market financing is currently underway.

Future Cash Requirements

Operating Lease Commitments

We entered into aircraft operating leases with 17 lessors in respect of 165 aircraft included in our fleet as of January 31, 2013. As of January 31, 2013, these leases had expiry dates ranging from fiscal 2013 to 2023. We have the option to purchase the majority of the aircraft for agreed amounts that do not constitute bargain purchase options, but have no commitment to do so. With respect to such leased aircraft, substantially all of the costs of major inspections of airframes and the costs to perform inspections, major repairs and overhauls of major components are at our expense. We will either perform this work internally through our own repair and overhaul facilities or have the work performed by an external repair and overhaul service provider.

At January 31, 2013, we had commitments with respect to operating leases for aircraft, buildings, land and equipment. For aircraft leases expiring in the next twelve months, we have the option to refinance these leases, purchase the aircraft or return the aircraft under the agreement terms.

The terms of certain of our helicopter lease agreements impose operating and financial limitations on us. Such agreements limit the extent to which we may, among other things, incur indebtedness and fixed charges relative to our level of consolidated adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization.

Generally, in the event of a covenant breach, a lessor has the option to terminate the lease and require the return of the aircraft, with the repayment of any arrears of lease payments plus the present value of all future lease payments and certain other amounts, which could be material to our financial position. The aircraft would then be sold and the surplus, if any, returned to us. Alternatively, we could exercise our option to purchase the aircraft.

During the nine months ended January 31, 2013, a lessor that had been engaged in discussions with us approved a long-term covenant reset.

 

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Other Commitments

As of January 31, 2013, we have committed to purchase 27 new aircraft, of which two aircraft are expected to be delivered in the remainder of fiscal 2013. The total required additional expenditures related to these purchase commitments is approximately $630.0 million. These aircraft will be deployed in our Helicopter Services segment. On November 30, 2012, we also entered into a commitment to acquire $100.0 million of helicopter parts over a three-year period.

Variable Interest Entities

We have variable interest entities that are not consolidated, as we are not the primary beneficiary, which provide operating lease financing to us and an entity that provides flying services to third-party customers. At January 31, 2013, we had operating leases for 31 aircraft with variable interest entities that were not consolidated. See Note 2 of the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements as of January 31, 2013 included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Guarantees

We have provided limited guarantees to third parties under some of our operating leases relating to a portion of the residual aircraft values at the termination of the leases. The leases have terms expiring between fiscal 2013 and 2022. At January 31, 2013, our exposure under the asset value guarantees including guarantees in the form of funded and unfunded residual value guarantees, rebateable advance rentals and deferred payments is approximately $228.1 million.

Contingencies

We have exposure for certain legal matters as disclosed in Note 18 to the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013 included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. There have been no material changes in our exposure to contingencies since January 31, 2013.

Covenants and Adjusted EBITDA

Our notes, revolving credit facility, other long-term debt obligations and certain helicopter lease agreements impose operating and financial limitations on us through financial covenants, which among other things, limit our ability to incur additional indebtedness, create liens, sell or sublease assets, engage in mergers or acquisitions and make dividend and other payments.

Adjusted EBITDA is calculated by adding to or subtracting from net earnings (loss) certain of the adjustment items permitted in calculating covenant compliance under the indenture governing the senior secured notes. We describe these adjustments to net earnings (loss) in the table below. Adjusted EBITDA is a supplemental measure of our ability to service indebtedness that is not required by, or presented in accordance with, U.S. GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measurement of our financial performance under U.S. GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net earnings (loss) or other performance measures derived in accordance with U.S. GAAP, or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. In addition, Adjusted EBITDA as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Management believes that the presentation of Adjusted EBITDA included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q provides useful information to investors regarding our results of operations because it assists in analyzing and benchmarking the performance of our business. We will also use Adjusted EBITDA as a measure to calculate certain financial covenants related to our revolving credit facility and the notes indenture. Under the revolving credit facility agreement, we must maintain a maximum ratio of 2.5 to 1 of first priority net debt as defined in the revolving credit facility agreement to Adjusted EBITDA. If the financial covenant is not maintained, repayment of the revolving credit facility can be accelerated. Under the revolving credit facility agreement and notes indentures, we must meet certain Adjusted EBITDA ratios to incur additional indebtedness above the permitted indebtedness as defined in the revolving credit facility agreement and notes indenture. To incur additional indebtedness which is not otherwise permitted, we must have an Adjusted EBITDA to fixed charges ratio as defined in the revolving credit facility agreement and notes indenture that is equal to or greater than 2.0 to 1.0. However, if the indebtedness is secured by a lien then we must also have a total secured indebtedness, net of cash, to Adjusted EBITDA ratio as defined in the revolving credit facility agreement and notes indenture that is less than or equal to 5.0 to 1.0.

 

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Adjusted EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider such measure either in isolation or as a substitute for net earnings (loss), cash flow or other methods of analyzing our results as reported under U.S. GAAP. Some of these limitations are:

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs;

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect the cash requirements necessary to service principal payments on our indebtedness;

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect 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 Adjusted EBITDA does not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements; and

 

   

Adjusted EBITDA is not adjusted for all cash and non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statements of cash flow.

Because of these limitations, Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as discretionary cash available to us to reinvest in the growth of our business or as a measure of cash that will be available to us to meet our obligations.

Set forth below is a reconciliation of net loss to Adjusted EBITDA derived from the last twelve months ended January 31, 2013. As of January 31, 2013, we were in compliance with all financial covenants contained in the agreements governing our outstanding indebtedness.

 

(in thousands of U.S. dollars)    For the last
twelve months
ended
January 31, 2013
    For the last
twelve months
ended
January 31, 2012
 

Net loss

   $ (134,965 )   $ (41,957 )

Discontinued operations, net of tax

     5,555        10,330   

Earnings from equity accounted investees, net of cash distributions received

     (2,946     (1,772

Fixed charges (a)

     122,106        112,360   

Other financing charges

     6,067        16,514   

Income tax expense (recovery)

     100,705        (27,092

Amortization

     116,722        107,468   

Asset impairment charge (b)

     26,148        38,436   

Loss (gain) on disposal of assets

     3,796        (7,858

Restructuring costs

     16,246        8,214  

Business optimization costs

     7,713        18,223   

Stock-based compensation expense

     298        650   

Amortization of deferred charges (c)

     3,456        2,938  

Amortization of advanced aircraft rental payments

     4,960        5,605   

Investment/acquisition/permitted disposal (d)

     12        8,202  

Pension adjustment (e)

     (7,644     (206
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA (f)

   $ 268,229      $ 250,055   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a) Fixed charges include interest expense, the interest component of payments associated with capital lease obligations, net of interest income, and pro-forma adjustments as per the senior secured note indenture. The amortization of debt issuance costs and financing fees are excluded from fixed charges.
(b) Asset impairment charge includes impairment of receivables and funded residual value guarantees, impairment of assets held for sale, impairment of assets held for use and impairment of intangible assets.
(c) Amortization of initial costs on leased aircraft.

 

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(d) Costs incurred related to potential investment, acquisitions and divestures.
(e) This is an adjustment to arrive at the current service cost of the pension.
(f) Adjusted EBITDA for the periods presented does not include the pro forma effect of aircraft acquisitions or disposals. However, the new revolving credit facility and the indenture governing the notes permit us to calculate Adjusted EBITDA for purposes of the applicable covenants contained therein, giving pro forma effect to aircraft acquisitions, net of disposals.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates” in Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement Form S-4, which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012, for a discussion of our critical accounting policies. There have been no material changes to our critical accounting policies and estimates since April 30, 2012.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 1 in the interim unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013, contained elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

We are subject to certain market risks arising from the use of financial instruments in the ordinary course of business. This risk arises primarily as a result of potential changes in the fair market value of financial instruments that would result from adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, credit risk and interest rate risk as discussed in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in our Registration Statement Form S-4, which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012, and Note 1 in the “Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. There have been no material changes to our quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk since April 30, 2012.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of January 31, 2013. Based upon this evaluation and subject to the foregoing, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of January 31, 2013, the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer do not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. The design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefit of controls must be considered relative to their cost. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that we have detected all of our control issues and all instances of fraud, if any. The design of any system of controls also is based partly on certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving our stated goals under all potential future conditions.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013, that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

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PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We have certain actions or claims pending that have been discussed and previously reported in the section entitled “Business – Legal Proceedings” in Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-4, which was filed with the SEC on November 9, 2012. Developments in these previously reported matters are described in Note 18 in the “Notes to Interim Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)” included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes during the three and nine months ended January 31, 2013, in our “Risk Factors” as discussed on our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended April 30, 2012, which we filed with the SEC on July  11, 2012.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

None.

ITEM 3. DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

None.

ITEM  4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not applicable.

ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION

None.

ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are attached hereto and filed herewith:

EXHIBIT INDEX

The following exhibits are attached hereto and filed herewith:

 

Exhibit
Number
   Description
3.1#    CHC Helicopter S.A., Articles of Association, dated January 4, 2012.
3.2#    6922767 Holding S.à r.l, Articles of Association, dated September 9, 2010.
4.1#    Indenture, dated as of October 4, 2010, among CHC Helicopter S.A., the Guarantors named therein, HSBC Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited, as Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, governing the 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2020.
4.2#    Form of 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2020 (included in Exhibit 4.1)
4.3#    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2010, by and among CHC Helicopter S.A., the Guarantors named therein, Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, HSBC Securities (USA) Inc., RBC Capital Markets Corporation and UBS Securities LLC.

 

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4.4#   Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent Appointment Deed, dated October 4, 2010, among HSBC Bank plc, as Administrative Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Notes Trustee, the Grantors identified therein, the Lenders identified therein, the Arrangers identified therein, and HSBC Corporate Trust Company (UK) Limited, as Collateral Agent.
4.5(1)   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of February 20, 2012, among CHC Global Operations Canada (2008) Inc., CHC Helicopter S.A., the Guarantors named therein, HSBC Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited, as Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York Mellon, as Trustee, governing the 9.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2020.
4.6(2)   Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of October 4, 2010, among CHC Helicopter S.A., the other Grantors party thereto, HSBC Corporate Trustee Company (UK) Limited, as Initial Collateral Agent, HSBC Bank plc, as Administrative Agent, The Bank of New York Mellon, as Indenture Trustee, and each Additional Collateral Agent from time to time party thereto.
4.7(3)   Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 5, 2012, by and among CHC Helicopter S.A. and the Initial Purchasers as identified therein.
31.1+   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
31.2+   Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.1+   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2+   Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
101.INS§+   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH§+   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL§+   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF§+   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Presentation Linkbase Document
101.LAB§+   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE§+   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

+ Filed herewith
# Filed on January 18, 2012 as an exhibit to our Registration Statement on Form S-4 and incorporated herein by reference.
§ In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the information in these exhibits, when filed, shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under that section, and shall not be incorporated by reference into any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.
(1) Filed on March 28, 2012 as an exhibit to Amendment No. 1 to our Registration Statement on Form S-4/A and incorporated herein by reference.
(2) Filed on May 9, 2012 as an exhibit to Amendment No. 3 to our Registration Statement on Form S-4/A and incorporated herein by reference.
(3) Filed on October 9, 2012 as an exhibit to our Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

 

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SIGNATURE

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

 

CHC Helicopter S.A.
By:   /s/ Joan Schweikart Hooper
 

Joan Schweikart Hooper

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial

Officer of

Heli-One Canada, Inc.* and A Director

Date: March 18, 2013

 

* CHC Helicopter S.A. has entered into an agreement with its wholly owned subsidiary, Heli-One Canada Inc., to provide certain management services subject to the authority limits as determined by CHC Helicopter S.A.’s board of directors and set out in such agreement

 

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