Note 7 - Dispositions and Discontinued Operations

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Notes to Financial Statements

Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations, Disclosure [Text Block]

7. Dispositions and Discontinued Operations:

On  February 1, 2023, we completed the sale of our Energy business to Planet Jersey Buyer Ltd, an entity that was formed on behalf of, and is controlled by, The Veritas Capital Fund VIII, L.P. and its affiliated funds and entities (“Veritas Capital”), for a net cash sale price of $3,066.4 million paid at closing (reflecting a base purchase price of $3,100.0 million, subject to customary purchase price adjustments for, among other things, the cash, working capital, and indebtedness of the companies as of the closing) and up to $200.0 million of additional contingent cash consideration based on Veritas Capital’s future return on its investment paid through a Class C Partnership interest.

The Energy business, which was part of our Energy and Specialized Markets segment, was classified as discontinued operations per ASC 205-20 as we determined, qualitatively and quantitatively, that this transaction represented a strategic shift that had a major effect on our operations and financial results. Accordingly, all results of the Energy business have been removed from continuing operations and presented as discontinued operations in our consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented. Additionally, all assets and liabilities of the Energy business were classified as assets and liabilities held for sale within our consolidated balance sheet as of  December 31, 2022. In connection with the held for sale classification, we recognized an impairment of $303.7 million on the remeasurement of the disposal group held for sale, which has been included in discontinued operations in our consolidated statement of operations. Upon classification of the Energy business as held for sale, its cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment within shareholders’ equity was included with its carrying value, which primarily resulted in the impairment. When we closed on the sale of our Energy business on  February 1, 2023, we recognized a loss of $128.4 million. As a result of closing adjustments in the second and fourth quarter of 2023, we incurred an additional net loss of $2.7 million.

The following table presents the financial results from discontinued operations, net of income taxes in our consolidated statement of income for the periods indicated:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023
Revenues	$	46.8
Operating expenses:
Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)		18.3
Selling, general and administrative		33.0
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets		-
Amortization of intangible assets		-
Other operating loss, net		128.4
Total operating expenses		179.7
Operating loss		(132.9	)
Other income (expense):
Investment loss and others, net		(4.0	)
Loss from discontinued operations before income taxes		(136.9	)
Income tax expense		(1.1	)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes	$	(138.0	)

The consolidated statements of cash flows have not been adjusted to separately disclose cash flows related to discontinued operations. The following table presents selected cash flow information associated with our discontinued operations:

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2023
Significant non-cash operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization of fixed assets	$	-
Amortization of intangible assets		-
Operating lease right-of-use assets, net		0.1
Investing activities:
Capital expenditures		(6.5	)
Supplemental disclosures:
Fixed assets included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities		-