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Supplemental Guarantor Information
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Supplemental Guarantor Information [Abstract]  
Supplemental Guarantor Information

(16) Supplemental Guarantor Information

SESI, L.L.C. (the Issuer), a 100% owned subsidiary of Superior Energy Services, Inc. (the Parent), has $500 million of 7.75% senior unsecured notes due 2024 (the SESI 2024 notes). The Parent, along with certain of its direct and indirect 100% owned domestic subsidiaries (the subsidiary guarantors, and together with the Parent, the guarantors), have entered into guarantees of the outstanding SESI 2024 notes (the guarantees). All guarantees provided by the guarantors are full and unconditional, joint and several, except that the guarantee of any subsidiary guarantor may be released under certain customary circumstances, including (i) in connection with a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the applicable subsidiary guarantor (including by way of merger or consolidation) to a person that is not the Issuer, Parent or a subsidiary of the Issuer; (ii) in connection with a sale or other disposition of all of the capital stock of such subsidiary guarantor to a person that is not the Parent or Issuer or their respective subsidiaries; and (iii) upon legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the indenture governing the SESI 2024 notes. The Parent will be released from its guarantee only in connection with any legal defeasance or satisfaction and discharge of the indenture.

With respect to each guarantor, each guarantee is a general unsecured senior obligation of such guarantor and

ranks equally in right of payment with all existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness of such guarantor;

is senior in right of payment to any future subordinated obligations of such guarantor; and

is effectively subordinated to existing and future secured indebtedness of such guarantor to the extent of the value of the assets securing that indebtedness.

The guarantee obligations of the Parent and each subsidiary guarantor is limited as necessary to prevent the guarantee from constituting a fraudulent conveyance under applicable law. If a guarantee were rendered voidable, it could be subordinated by a court to all other indebtedness (including guarantees and other contingent liabilities) of the applicable guarantor, and, depending on the amount of such indebtedness, such guarantor’s liability on its guarantee could be reduced to zero.

The SESI 2024 notes and the guarantees are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other obligations of any of the subsidiary guarantors that do not guarantee the SESI 2024 notes (the non-guarantor subsidiaries). Such non-guarantor subsidiaries have no obligation, contingent or otherwise, to pay amounts due under the SESI 2024 notes or to make funds available to pay those amounts, whether by dividends, distributions, loans or other payments.

However, the Parent, Issuer and Subsidiary Guarantors are all expected to be Debtors pursuant to the Chapter 11 Cases. See Note 1 of the notes to our condensed consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1, “Financial Statements – Note 1 – Basis of Presentation” of this Quarterly Report for a complete discussion of the Chapter 11 Cases.

The following summarized financial information presents the financial information of the Parent, Issuer and the subsidiary guarantors (collectively, the Obligor Group), on a combined basis, after elimination of (i) intercompany transactions and balances among the Parent, Issuer and the subsidiary guarantors and (ii) equity in earnings from and investments in any subsidiary of the Parent that is not the Issuer or a subsidiary guarantor.

OBLIGOR GROUP

Summarized Balance Sheets Information

(in thousands)

September 30, 2020

December 31, 2019

Current assets

$

422,138

$

789,562

Noncurrent assets

1,086,516

1,134,238

Total assets

$

1,508,654

$

1,923,800

Current liabilities

$

176,423

$

261,743

Noncurrent liabilities

2,027,477

2,039,138

Total liabilities

$

2,203,900

$

2,300,881

OBLIGOR GROUP

Summarized Statements of Operations Information

(in thousands)

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

Year Ended December 31, 2019

Total revenues

$

507,636

$

1,126,456

Cost of revenues

343,561

723,451

Loss from operations before income taxes

(179,335)

(92,731)

Income taxes

(13,404)

6,102

Net loss from continuing operations

(165,931)

(98,833)

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

(111,375)

(177,968)

Net loss attributable to the obligor group

$

(277,306)

$

(276,801)

The same accounting policies as described in “Note 1 – Basis of Presentation” to the consolidated financial statements included in this report are used by the Parent and each of its subsidiaries in connection with the summarized financial information presented above.