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Changes in Operations
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Significant Changes in Operations [Abstract]  
Changes in Operations [Text Block]
CHANGES IN OPERATIONS:
United States
RailAmerica, Inc.: On October 1, 2012, the Company acquired 100% of RailAmerica, Inc.'s (RailAmerica) outstanding shares for cash at a price of $27.50 per share and, in connection with such acquisition, the Company repaid RailAmerica's term loan and revolving credit facility. The calculation of the total consideration for the RailAmerica acquisition is presented below (in thousands, except per share amount):
RailAmerica outstanding common stock as of October 1, 2012
49,934

Cash purchase price per share
$
27.50

Equity purchase price
$
1,373,184

Payment of RailAmerica's outstanding term loan and revolving credit facility
659,198

Cash consideration
2,032,382

Impact of pre-acquisition share-based awards
9,400

Total consideration
$
2,041,782


The Company financed the $1.4 billion cash purchase price for RailAmerica's common stock, the refinancing of $1.2 billion of the Company's and RailAmerica's outstanding debt prior to the acquisition as well as transaction and financing related expenses with approximately $1.9 billion of debt from a new five-year Senior Secured Syndicated Facility Agreement (the New Credit Agreement), $475.5 million of gross proceeds from the Company's public offerings of Class A common stock and Tangible Equity Units (TEUs) and $350.0 million through a private issuance of mandatorily convertible Series A-1 Preferred Stock to affiliates of Carlyle Partners V, L.P. (collectively, Carlyle) (see Note 3, Earnings Per Common Share).
Commencing on October 1, 2012, the shares of RailAmerica were held in an independent voting trust while the United States Surface Transportation Board (STB) considered the Company's control application, which application was approved with an effective date of December 28, 2012. Accordingly, the Company accounted for the earnings of RailAmerica using the equity method of accounting while the shares were held in the voting trust and the Company's preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities has been included in the Company's consolidated balance sheets since December 28, 2012. The final allocation of fair values to RailAmerica's assets and liabilities is subject primarily to completion of an assessment of the acquisition-date fair values of acquired non-current assets, deferred taxes and other tax matters, and contingent liabilities. The results from RailAmerica's operations are included in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2013 and are included in the Company's North American & European Operations segment.
Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida with approximately 2,000 employees, RailAmerica owned and operated 45 short line freight railroads in North America with approximately 7,100 miles of track in 28 U.S. states and three Canadian provinces as of the October 1, 2012 acquisition date.
Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad, Inc.: In April 2012, the Company's newly formed subsidiary, Columbus & Chattahoochee Railroad, Inc. (CCH), signed an agreement with Norfolk Southern Railway Company (NS) to lease and operate a 26-mile segment of NS track that runs from Girard, Alabama to Mahrt, Alabama. Operations commenced on July 1, 2012. The CCH interchanges with NS in Columbus, Georgia where the Company's Georgia Southwestern Railroad also has operations. The results from CCHs operations have been included in the Companys consolidated statements of operations effective July 1, 2012 and are included in the Company’s North American & European Operations segment.
Australia
Arrium Limited: In July 2012, the Company's subsidiary, Genesee & Wyoming Australia Pty Ltd (GWA), announced that it had expanded two existing rail haulage contracts with Arrium Limited (formerly OneSteel) to transport an additional 2.7 million tons per year of export iron ore in South Australia. In 2012, GWA invested A$52.1 million (or $54.1 million at the exchange rate on December 31, 2012) to purchase narrow gauge locomotives and rail cars, as well as to construct a standard gauge rolling-stock maintenance facility in order to support the increased shipments under the two contracts. During the six months ended June 30, 2013, GWA spent A$16.9 million (or $15.4 million at the exchange rate on June 30, 2013) on these projects and expects to invest an additional A$4.6 million (or $4.2 million at the exchange rate on June 30, 2013) over the remainder of 2013 to support the increased shipments.
Alice Springs and Cook: In May 2012, GWA entered into an agreement with Asciano Services Pty Ltd (AIO), a subsidiary of Asciano Pty Ltd, whereby GWA agreed to purchase an intermodal and freight terminal in Alice Springs, Northern Territory from AIO and GWA agreed to sell AIO certain assets in the township of Cook, South Australia that included its third-party fuel-sales business. GWA completed the purchase of the Alice Springs intermodal and freight terminal in June 2012 for A$9.0 million (or $9.2 million at the exchange rate on June 30, 2012) plus A$0.5 million (or $0.6 million at the exchange rate on June 30, 2012) tax liability for stamp duty (an Australian asset transfer tax). Previously, GWA had leased the facility from AIO. The sale of the assets in Cook closed in September 2012. The Company received A$4.0 million (or $4.1 million at the exchange rate on September 30, 2012) in pre-tax cash proceeds from the sale and recognized an after-tax book gain of A$1.3 million (or $1.3 million at the exchange rate on September 30, 2012), or approximately $0.03 per share.
Canada
Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd.: On August 2, 2012, the Company announced that its newly formed subsidiary, KeRail Inc. (KeRail), entered into a long-term agreement with Tata Steel Minerals Canada Ltd. (TSMC), for KeRail to provide rail transportation services to the direct shipping iron ore mine TSMC is developing near Schefferville, Quebec in the Labrador Trough (the Mine). In addition, KeRail plans to construct an approximately 21-kilometer rail line that will connect the Mine to the Tshiuetin Rail Transportation (TSH) interchange point in Schefferville. Operated as part of the Company's Canada Region, KeRail is expected to haul unit trains of iron ore from its rail connection with the Mine, which will then travel over three privately owned railways to the Port of Sept-Îles for export primarily to Tata Steel's European operations. The agreement and construction are contingent on certain conditions being met, including the receipt of necessary governmental permits and approvals. Once the track construction has commenced, the rail line is expected to be completed three to six months thereafter.
Results from Continuing Operations
When comparing the Company's results from continuing operations from one reporting period to another, it is important to consider that the Company has historically experienced fluctuations in revenues and expenses due to acquisitions, changing economic conditions, competitive forces, changes in foreign currency exchange rates, one-time freight moves, fuel price fluctuations, customer plant expansions and shut-downs, sales of property and equipment, derailments and weather-related conditions, such as hurricanes, cyclones, tornadoes, droughts, heavy snowfall, unseasonably warm or cool weather, freezing and flooding. In periods when these events occur, results of operations are not easily comparable from one period to another. Finally, certain of the Company's railroads have commodity shipments that are sensitive to general economic conditions, such as steel products, paper products and lumber and forest products, as well as product specific economic conditions, such as the availability of lower priced alternative sources of power generation (coal). Other shipments are relatively less affected by economic conditions and are more closely affected by other factors, such as inventory levels maintained at customer plants (coal), winter weather (salt and coal) and seasonal rainfall (grain). As a result of these and other factors, the Company's operating results in any reporting period may not be directly comparable to its operating results in other reporting periods.
Pro Forma Financial Results
The following table summarizes the Company's unaudited pro forma operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012, as if the acquisition of RailAmerica had been consummated as of January 1, 2011. The following pro forma financial results do not include the impact of any potential operating efficiencies, savings from expected synergies, costs to integrate the operations or costs necessary to achieve savings from expected synergies or the impact of derivative instruments that the Company has entered into or may enter into to mitigate interest rate or currency exchange rate risk (dollars in thousands, except per share amounts): 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Six Months Ended
 
June 30, 2012
 
June 30, 2012
Operating revenues
$
368,014

 
$
714,989

Net income attributable to Genesee & Wyoming Inc.
$
47,203

 
$
28,348

Less: Series A-1 Preferred Stock dividend
4,375

 
8,750

Net income available to common stockholders
$
42,828

 
$
19,598

Income per common share attributable to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. common stockholders:
 
 
 
Basic income per common share from continuing operations
$
0.89

 
$
0.41

Diluted income per share from continuing operations
$
0.84

 
$
0.39


The unaudited pro forma operating results include the acquisition of RailAmerica adjusted, net of tax, for depreciation and amortization expense resulting from the property and equipment and amortizable intangible assets based on the assignment of preliminary fair values, the inclusion of interest expense related to borrowings used to fund the acquisition, the amortization of debt issuance costs related to amendments to the Company's prior credit agreement and the elimination of RailAmerica's interest expense related to debt not assumed in the acquisition. The unaudited pro forma financial results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 were based upon the Company's and RailAmerica's historical consolidated statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012. The pro forma results for the six months ended June 30, 2012 included approximately $55 million (net of tax) of costs incurred by RailAmerica associated with the redemption of senior secured notes in January 2012.