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BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019
Accounting Policies [Abstract]  
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

NOTE 2—BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (the “Financial Statements”) are unaudited and have been prepared from our books and records in accordance with Rule 10-1 of Regulation S-X for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and notes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for complete financial statements and are not necessarily indicative of results of operations for a full year. Therefore, they should be read in conjunction with the Financial Statements and Notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2018 (the “2018 Form 10-K”).

The Financial Statements reflect all wholly owned subsidiaries and those entities we are required to consolidate. See the “Joint Venture and Consortium Arrangements” section of Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies, in the 2018 Form 10-K for further discussion of our consolidation policy for those entities that are not wholly owned. In the opinion of our management, all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Intercompany balances and transactions are eliminated in consolidation. Values presented within tables (excluding per share data) are in millions and may not sum due to rounding.

Since we completed the Combination, we have incurred losses on several projects that were undertaken by CB&I and its subsidiaries, in amounts that have substantially exceeded the amounts estimated by CB&I prior to the Combination and by us subsequent to the Combination.  Two of those projects, the Cameron LNG export facility project in Hackberry, Louisiana and the Freeport LNG export facility project in Freeport, Texas, remain ongoing.  These projects have used substantial amounts of cash in each of the periods following completion of the Combination.  The usage of cash on these projects, coupled with the substantial amounts of letters of credit and procurement funding needed to secure and commence work on new contracts reflected in our near-record level of backlog, which now exceeds $20 billion, has strained our liquidity and capital resources. As a result of these and other factors, we determined in September 2019 that there was a significant level of uncertainty as to whether we would be in compliance with several financial covenants in the second half of 2019, including as of September 30, 2019, such as the leverage ratio and fixed charge coverage ratio covenants, under the Credit Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreement (each as defined and described in Note 12, Debt). In the absence of appropriate amendments or waivers, our failure to remain in compliance with these financial covenants would have triggered an event of default under the Credit Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreement and a potential cross default under the Senior Notes Indenture (as defined and described in Note 12, Debt).

As a result of the uncertainty described above and our ongoing minimum liquidity requirements, we have taken the actions described below.

 

We retained legal and financial advisors to help us evaluate strategic and capital structure alternatives.

 

On October 21, 2019, we entered into a superpriority senior secured credit facility (the “Superpriority Credit Agreement”) which provides for borrowings and letters of credit in an aggregate principal amount of $1.7 billion, consisting of (1) a $1.3 billion term loan facility (the “New Term Facility”) and (2) a $400 million letter of credit facility (the “New LC Facility”). Upon the closing of the Superpriority Credit Agreement, we were provided access to $650 million of capital (“Tranche A”), comprised of $550 million under the New Term Facility, before reduction for related fees and expenses, and $100 million under the New LC Facility. Subject to satisfaction of certain conditions specified in the Superpriority Credit Agreement, including, in each case,  approval of the lenders (in their discretion), a second tranche of $350 million of capital (comprised of $250 million under the New Term Facility and $100 million under the New LC Facility) (“Tranche B”) will be made available between November 30, 2019 and December 31, 2019, a third tranche of $150 million under the New Term Facility (“Tranche C”) will be made available between December 30, 2019 and March 31, 2020 and a fourth tranche of $550 million of capital (comprised of $350 million under the New Term Facility and $200 million under the New LC Facility) (“Tranche D”) will be made available between January 31, 2020 and March 31, 2020. The New Term Facility and the New LC Facility are scheduled to mature on October 21, 2021.

 

On October 21, 2019, we entered into the Credit Agreement Amendment and the LC Agreement Amendment (each as defined and described in Note 12, Debt), which, among other things, amended our leverage ratio, fixed charge coverage ratio and minimum liquidity covenant under the Credit Agreement for each fiscal quarter through December 31, 2021 and also modified certain affirmative covenants, negative covenants and events of default to, among other things, make changes to allow for the incurrence of indebtedness and pledge of assets under the Superpriority Credit Agreement.

 

On October 21, 2019, we entered into a Consent and Waiver Agreement (as defined and described in Note 20, Redeemable Preferred Stock) with our preferred stockholders to enter into the Superpriority Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement Amendment and the LC Agreement Amendment.

 

Our applicable subsidiaries elected not to make the payment, when due, of approximately $69 million in interest due on their 10.625% senior notes due 2024 (the “2024 Notes”) on November 1, 2019. As a result of the non-payment, a 30-day grace period following non-payment of the interest has commenced.  During that grace period, we intend to continue discussions with representatives of holders of the 2024 Notes regarding the interest payment.  The non-payment of the interest will not trigger an event of default under the Senior Notes Indenture unless the grace period expires without an agreed-upon resolution and the interest payment then remains unpaid.  If such an event of default occurs, then the trustee under the Senior Notes Indenture or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the 2024 Notes may declare the principal of and accrued interest on the 2024 Notes to be immediately due and payable.  In addition, such an event of default would result in cross defaults under the Superpriority Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreement. The conditions precedent to funding of Tranche B include, among other things, the refinancing of at least 95% of the 2024 Notes with similar new senior notes which must have interest payable only by an increase in the principal amount, and which may be secured by a lien on the collateral securing obligations under the Superpriority Credit Agreement only on a basis junior to our obligations under the Superpriority Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the Letter of Credit Agreement.

 

We appointed a Chief Transformation Officer to report to McDermott’s CEO and the Board of Directors of McDermott.

 

We announced the commencement of a process to explore strategic alternatives for our Technology segment.

Although we believe that these actions provide an opportunity for us to address our liquidity needs for the next 12 months and will allow us to continue to evaluate potential solutions to our liquidity needs, as described in Note 12, Debt, the conditions to accessing the full funding and letter of credit availability under the Superpriority Credit Agreement have not been fully satisfied as of the date of this report, and we are in the early stages of seeking to obtain certain approvals from third parties that will be necessary to satisfy these conditions.  In addition, the lenders may, in their sole discretion, decline to fund any applicable tranche under the Superpriority Credit Agreement, even if all conditions precedent to funding an applicable tranche have been met. As a result, we are unable to conclude that the satisfaction of those conditions is probable, as defined under applicable accounting standards. Accordingly, because we can provide no assurance that we will meet all the conditions to access the additional capital under the Superpriority Credit Agreement or that the lenders will lend the additional capital, and our inability to obtain this capital or execute an alternative solution to our liquidity needs could have a material adverse effect on our security holders, there is a substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern. We believe that our satisfaction of these conditions, including receipt of all necessary approvals and successful negotiation

with relevant stakeholders, would alleviate the substantial doubt. We will continue to evaluate our going concern assessment in connection with our future periodic reports, as required by U.S. GAAP.

 

As a result of the debt compliance matters previously discussed and substantial doubt regarding our ability to continue as a going concern, we determined that the classification of all of our long-term debt obligations, including finance lease obligations, was current as of September 30, 2019. Accordingly, those obligations have been recorded within Current Liabilities on the Balance Sheet.

Reclassifications

Loss on asset disposals—In the second quarter of 2019, we sold Alloy Piping Products LLC (“APP”), as discussed in Note 4, Acquisition and Disposition Transactions. Loss from the disposition of APP is included in Loss on asset disposals in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (our “Statement of Operations”). To conform to current period presentation, $1 million and $2 million of loss on asset disposals presented in Other operating expense during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2018, respectively, has been reclassified to Loss on asset disposals.

Bidding and proposal costsWe began classifying bid and proposal costs in Cost of operations in our Statement of Operations in the second quarter of 2018, as a result of our realignment of commercial personnel within our operating groups in conjunction with the Combination. For periods reported prior to the second quarter of 2018, bid and proposal costs were included in Selling, general and administrative expenses (“SG&A”). For the nine months ended September 30, 2018, our SG&A expense included bid and proposal expenses of $10 million incurred in the first quarter of 2018.    

Use of Estimates and Judgments

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities. We believe the most significant estimates and judgments are associated with:

 

revenue recognition for our contracts, including estimating costs to complete each contract and the recognition of incentive fees and unapproved change orders and claims;

 

determination of fair value with respect to acquired assets and liabilities;

 

assessment of our ability to continue as a going concern;

 

classification of all of our long-term debt obligations, including finance lease obligations, as current as of September 30, 2019;

 

fair value and recoverability assessments that must be periodically performed with respect to long-lived tangible assets, goodwill and other intangible assets;

 

valuation of deferred tax assets and financial instruments;

 

the determination of liabilities related to loss contingencies, self-insurance programs and income taxes;

 

the determination of pension-related obligations; and

 

consolidation determinations with respect to our joint venture and consortium arrangements.

If the underlying estimates and assumptions upon which the Financial Statements are based change in the future, actual amounts may differ from those included in the Financial Statements.

Recently Adopted Accounting Guidance

Leases—In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842). This ASU requires entities that lease assets—referred to as “lessees”—to recognize on the balance sheet the assets and liabilities for the rights and obligations created by leases with lease terms of more than 12 months. We adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2019 using the modified retrospective application, applying the new standard to leases in place as of the adoption date. Prior periods have not been adjusted.

We elected to apply certain practical expedients allowed upon the adoption of this ASU, which, among other things, allowed us to: not reassess whether any expired or existing contracts contain leases; carry forward the historical lease classification; and not have to reassess any initial direct cost of any expired or existing leases. Adoption of the new standard resulted in the recording of Operating lease right-of-use assets, Current portion of long-term lease obligations and Long-term lease obligations of approximately $424 million, $101 million and $342 million, respectively, as of January 1, 2019. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on our Statement of Operations, Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows (“Statement of Cash Flows”) or the determination of compliance with financial covenants under our current debt agreements. See Note 13, Lease Obligations, for further discussion.

 

Income Taxes—In January 2018, the FASB issued ASU 2018-02, Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220). This ASU gives entities the option to reclassify to retained earnings the tax effects resulting from the U.S. Tax Cuts and Jobs Act related to items in accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) (“AOCI”) that the FASB refers to as having been stranded in AOCI. We adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2019. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Financial Statements and related disclosures.

Derivatives—In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815). This ASU includes financial reporting improvements related to hedging relationships to better report the economic results of an entity’s risk management activities in its financial statements. Additionally, this ASU makes certain improvements to simplify the application of the hedge accounting guidance. We adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2019. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Financial Statements. See Note 17, Derivative Financial Instruments, for related disclosures.

In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-16, Derivatives and Hedging: Inclusion of the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) Overnight Index Swap (OIS) Rate as a Benchmark Interest Rate for Hedge Accounting Purposes, which expands the list of benchmark interest rates permitted in the application of hedge accounting. This ASU permits the use of an OIS rate based on the SOFR as a U.S. benchmark interest rate for hedge accounting purposes. We adopted this ASU effective January 1, 2019. The adoption of this ASU did not have a material impact on the Financial Statements and related disclosures. See Note 17, Derivative Financial Instruments.

Significant Accounting Policies

Our significant accounting policies are detailed in “Note 2—Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies” in the 2018 Form 10-K. The following is an update to those significant accounting policies due to recently adopted accounting guidance.

Leases—We classify an arrangement as a lease at inception if we have the right to control the use of an identified asset we do not legally own for a period of time in exchange for consideration. In general, leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are not recorded on our Balance Sheet unless it is reasonably certain we will renew the lease. All leases with an initial term of more than 12 months, whether classified as operating or finance, are recorded to our Balance Sheet based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term, determined at lease commencement. Determination of the present value of lease payments requires a discount rate. We use the implicit rate in the lease agreement when available. Most of our leases do not provide an implicit interest rate; therefore, we use an incremental borrowing rate based on information available at the commencement date.    

Our lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease. Lease expense for operating leases and the amortization of the right-of-use asset for finance leases are recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease terms, in each case taking into account such option when it is reasonably certain we will exercise that option.

We have lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are generally accounted for separately for all leases other than leases at our construction project sites. Non-lease components included in assets and obligations under operating leases are not material to our financial statements.

For our joint ventures, consortiums and other collaborative arrangements (referred to as “joint ventures” and “consortiums”), the right-of-use asset and lease obligations are generally recognized by the party that enters into the lease agreement, which could be the joint venture directly, one of our joint venture members or us. We have recognized our proportionate share of leases entered into by our joint ventures, where the joint venture has the right to control the use of an identified asset.

Derivative Financial Instruments—We utilize derivative financial instruments in certain circumstances to mitigate the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates and interest rates, as described below.

 

Foreign Currency Rate Derivatives—We do not engage in currency speculation. However, we utilize foreign currency exchange rate derivatives on an ongoing basis to hedge against certain foreign currency related operating exposures. We generally apply hedge accounting treatment for contracts used to hedge operating exposures and designate them as cash flow hedges. Therefore, gains and losses are included in AOCI until the associated underlying operating exposure impacts our earnings, at which time the impact of the hedge is recorded within the income statement line item associated with the underlying exposure. Changes in the fair value of instruments that we do not designate as cash flow hedges are recognized in the income statement line item associated with the underlying exposure.

 

Interest Rate Derivatives—Our interest rate derivatives are limited to a swap arrangement entered into on May 8, 2018, to hedge against interest rate variability associated with $1.94 billion of the $2.26 billion Term Facility described in Note 12, Debt. The swap arrangement has been designated as a cash flow hedge. Accordingly, changes in the fair value of the swap arrangement are included in AOCI until the associated underlying exposure impacts our interest expense.

See Note 16, Fair Value Measurements, and Note 17, Derivative Financial Instruments, for further discussion.

Accounting Guidance Issued but Not Adopted as of September 30, 2019

Financial Instruments—In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. This ASU will require a financial asset measured at amortized cost basis to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected. A valuation account, allowance for credit losses, will be deducted from the amortized cost basis of the financial asset to present the net carrying value at the amount expected to be collected on the financial asset. This ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. We are currently assessing the impact of this ASU on our future consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Defined Benefit Pension Plans—In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-14, CompensationRetirement BenefitsDefined Benefit PlansGeneral (Subtopic 715-20). This ASU eliminates, modifies and adds disclosure requirements for employers that sponsor defined benefit pension or other postretirement plans. This ASU is effective for fiscal years ending after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. We are evaluating the impact of the new guidance on our future disclosures.

Consolidation—In October 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-17, Consolidation: Targeted Improvements to Related Party Guidance for Variable Interest Entities (“VIE”). This ASU amends the guidance for determining whether a decision-making fee is a variable interest, which requires companies to consider indirect interests held through related parties under common control on a proportional basis rather than as the equivalent of a direct interest in its entirety. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2019. We are currently assessing the impact of this ASU on our future consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

Collaborative Arrangements—In November 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-18, Collaborative Arrangements: Clarifying the Interaction between Topic 808 and Topic 606. This ASU clarifies that certain transactions between collaborative arrangement participants should be accounted for as revenue under Topic 606 when the collaborative arrangement participant is a customer in the context of a unit of account. In addition, unit-of-account guidance in Topic 808 was aligned with the guidance in Topic 606 (that is, a distinct good or service) when assessing whether the collaborative arrangement or a part of the arrangement is within the scope of Topic 606. This ASU is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted. We are currently assessing the impact of this ASU on our future consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.