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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 September 30, 2011

 

or

 

o         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 001-03970

 

GRAPHIC

 

HARSCO CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

23-1483991

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. employer identification number)

 

 

 

350 Poplar Church Road, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania

 

17011

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code 717-763-7064

 

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  o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 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  o

 

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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

(Do not check if a 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 o NO x

 

Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the registrant’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date.

 

Class

 

Outstanding at October 14, 2011

Common stock, par value $1.25 per share

 

80,712,710

 

 

 



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HARSCO CORPORATION

FORM 10-Q

INDEX

 

 

 

Page

PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (Unaudited)

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)

5

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (Unaudited)

6

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Unaudited)

7

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

8 – 24

 

 

 

Item 2.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

25 – 41

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

41

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

41

 

 

 

 

 

 

PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

42

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

42

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

42

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

42

 

 

 

Item 4.

(Removed and Reserved)

42

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

43

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

43

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

44

 

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.        FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

HARSCO CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Revenues from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service revenues

 

$

682,885

 

$

627,901

 

$

2,059,928

 

$

1,865,333

 

Product revenues

 

172,979

 

124,500

 

450,082

 

415,994

 

Total revenues

 

855,864

 

752,401

 

2,510,010

 

2,281,327

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs and expenses from continuing operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of services sold

 

545,008

 

493,181

 

1,643,202

 

1,481,099

 

Cost of products sold

 

126,395

 

81,569

 

305,833

 

263,597

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

129,006

 

131,405

 

407,957

 

401,496

 

Research and development expenses

 

1,577

 

1,293

 

4,290

 

2,979

 

Other (income) expenses

 

3,050

 

883

 

4,431

 

(2,020

)

Total costs and expenses

 

805,036

 

708,331

 

2,365,713

 

2,147,151

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income from continuing operations

 

50,828

 

44,070

 

144,297

 

134,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

683

 

737

 

2,022

 

1,849

 

Interest expense

 

(12,230

)

(15,709

)

(36,809

)

(47,239

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity income

 

39,281

 

29,098

 

109,510

 

88,786

 

Income tax expense

 

(7,078

)

(7,391

)

(24,813

)

(23,295

)

Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net

 

194

 

120

 

530

 

309

 

Income from continuing operations

 

32,397

 

21,827

 

85,227

 

65,800

 

Discontinued operations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss on disposal of discontinued business

 

(636

)

(1,406

)

(2,708

)

(6,195

)

Income tax benefit related to discontinued business

 

229

 

511

 

1,018

 

2,716

 

Loss from discontinued operations

 

(407

)

(895

)

(1,690

)

(3,479

)

Net Income

 

31,990

 

20,932

 

83,537

 

62,321

 

Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

(190

)

(753

)

(2,579

)

(4,445

)

Net Income attributable to Harsco Corporation

 

$

31,800

 

$

20,179

 

$

80,958

 

$

57,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from continuing operations, net of tax

 

$

32,207

 

$

21,074

 

$

82,648

 

$

61,355

 

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

(407

)

(895

)

(1,690

)

(3,479

)

Net income attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders

 

$

31,800

 

$

20,179

 

$

80,958

 

$

57,876

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding

 

80,767

 

80,574

 

80,737

 

80,559

 

Basic earnings (loss) per common share attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.40

 

$

0.26

 

$

1.02

 

$

0.76

 

Discontinued operations

 

(0.01

)

(0.01

)

(0.02

)

(0.04

)

Basic earnings per share attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders

 

$

0.39

 

$

0.25

 

$

1.00

 

$

0.72

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding

 

81,037

 

80,762

 

80,997

 

80,747

 

Diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

0.40

 

$

0.26

 

$

1.02

 

$

0.76

 

Discontinued operations

 

(0.01

)

(0.01

)

(0.02

)

(0.04

)

Diluted earnings per share attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders

 

$

0.39

 

$

0.25

 

$

1.00

 

$

0.72

 

Cash dividends declared per common share

 

$

0.205

 

$

0.205

 

$

0.615

 

$

0.615

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARSCO CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited)

 

(In thousands)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

106,288

 

$

124,238

 

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

656,526

 

585,301

 

Other receivables

 

28,071

 

29,299

 

Inventories

 

276,625

 

271,617

 

Other current assets

 

123,572

 

144,491

 

Total current assets

 

1,191,082

 

1,154,946

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

1,369,202

 

1,366,973

 

Goodwill

 

688,859

 

690,787

 

Intangible assets, net

 

101,036

 

120,959

 

Other assets

 

145,541

 

135,555

 

Total assets

 

$

3,495,720

 

$

3,469,220

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings

 

$

59,027

 

$

31,197

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

2,623

 

4,011

 

Accounts payable

 

267,066

 

261,509

 

Accrued compensation

 

95,645

 

83,928

 

Income taxes payable

 

7,866

 

9,718

 

Dividends payable

 

16,546

 

16,505

 

Insurance liabilities

 

25,884

 

25,844

 

Advances on contracts

 

114,983

 

128,794

 

Other current liabilities

 

206,461

 

206,358

 

Total current liabilities

 

796,101

 

767,864

 

Long-term debt

 

855,736

 

849,724

 

Deferred income taxes

 

37,690

 

35,642

 

Insurance liabilities

 

62,340

 

62,202

 

Retirement plan liabilities

 

197,929

 

223,777

 

Other liabilities

 

51,890

 

61,866

 

Total liabilities

 

2,001,686

 

2,001,075

 

COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HARSCO CORPORATION STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock

 

 

 

Common stock

 

139,798

 

139,514

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

146,511

 

141,298

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(204,729

)

(185,932

)

Retained earnings

 

2,105,211

 

2,073,920

 

Treasury stock

 

(738,016

)

(737,106

)

Total Harsco Corporation stockholders’ equity

 

1,448,775

 

1,431,694

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

45,259

 

36,451

 

Total equity

 

1,494,034

 

1,468,145

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

3,495,720

 

$

3,469,220

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARSCO CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

83,537

 

$

62,321

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used) by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

207,330

 

209,428

 

Amortization

 

25,950

 

27,033

 

Equity in income of unconsolidated entities, net

 

(530

)

(309

)

Dividends or distributions from unconsolidated entities

 

160

 

176

 

Other, net

 

(3,674

)

(17,271

)

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions and dispositions of businesses:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(76,972

)

(57,299

)

Inventories

 

(6,667

)

8,606

 

Accounts payable

 

3,150

 

14,524

 

Accrued interest payable

 

6,651

 

21,252

 

Accrued compensation

 

13,640

 

16,429

 

Harsco Infrastructure Segment Restructuring Program accrual

 

(16,697

)

 

Other assets and liabilities

 

(45,771

)

(48,910

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

190,107

 

235,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

 

(240,820

)

(129,942

)

Proceeds from sales of assets

 

37,180

 

18,421

 

Purchases of businesses, net of cash acquired

 

(1,938

)

(27,643

)

Other investing activities

 

10,115

 

(3,093

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash used by investing activities

 

(195,463

)

(142,257

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Short-term borrowings, net

 

28,941

 

(50,919

)

Current maturities and long-term debt:

 

 

 

 

 

Additions

 

215,422

 

499,267

 

Reductions

 

(210,761

)

(251,646

)

Cash dividends paid on common stock

 

(49,599

)

(49,460

)

Dividends paid to noncontrolling interests

 

(3,322

)

(5,020

)

Purchase of noncontrolling interest

 

 

(1,159

)

Contributions from noncontrolling interests

 

9,074

 

442

 

Common stock issued-options

 

1,668

 

820

 

Other financing activities

 

(1

)

(369

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided (used) by financing activities

 

(8,578

)

141,956

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

(4,016

)

474

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents

 

(17,950

)

236,153

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

124,238

 

94,184

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

106,288

 

$

330,337

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARSCO CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EQUITY (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Harsco Corporation Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Other

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except share and per

 

Common Stock

 

Additional

 

Retained

 

Comprehensive

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

 

share amounts)

 

Issued

 

Treasury

 

Paid-in Capital

 

Earnings

 

Income (Loss)

 

Interests

 

Total

 

Beginning Balances, January 1, 2010

 

$

139,234

 

$

(735,016

)

$

137,746

 

$

2,133,297

 

$

(201,684

)

$

36,257

 

$

1,509,834

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,876

 

 

 

4,445

 

62,321

 

Cash dividends declared:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common @ $0.615 per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(49,613

)

 

 

 

 

(49,613

)

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,020

)

(5,020

)

Translation adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $5,214

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,205

)

(288

)

(8,493

)

Cash flow hedging instrument adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $(3,590)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,576

 

 

 

10,576

 

Contributions of equity from noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

442

 

442

 

Purchase of subsidiary shares from noncontrolling interest

 

 

 

 

 

(1,003

)

 

 

 

 

(156

)

(1,159

)

Pension liability adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $(6,965)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,741

 

 

 

16,741

 

Marketable securities unrealized gains, net of deferred income taxes of $(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

1

 

Stock options exercised, 101,698 shares

 

127

 

(836

)

1,732

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,023

 

Net issuance of stock — vesting of restricted stock units, 69,515 shares

 

136

 

(1,254

)

(188

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,306

)

Amortization of unearned compensation on restricted stock units, net of forfeitures

 

 

 

 

 

2,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,450

 

Balances, September 30, 2010

 

$

139,497

 

$

(737,106

)

$

140,737

 

$

2,141,560

 

$

(182,571

)

$

35,680

 

$

1,537,797

 

 

 

 

Harsco Corporation Stockholders’ Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated Other

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands, except share and per

 

Common Stock

 

Additional

 

Retained

 

Comprehensive

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

 

share amounts)

 

Issued

 

Treasury

 

Paid-in Capital

 

Earnings

 

Income (Loss)

 

Interests

 

Total

 

Beginning Balances, January 1, 2011

 

$

139,514

 

$

(737,106

)

$

141,298

 

$

2,073,920

 

$

(185,932

)

$

36,451

 

$

1,468,145

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

80,958

 

 

 

2,579

 

83,537

 

Cash dividends declared:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common @ $0.615 per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(49,667

)

 

 

 

 

(49,667

)

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,322

)

(3,322

)

Translation adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $(656)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(40,774

)

(41

)

(40,815

)

Cash flow hedging instrument adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $(3,849)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,043

 

 

 

15,043

 

Contributions of equity from noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,592

 

9,592

 

Pension liability adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $(2,744)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,948

 

 

 

6,948

 

Marketable securities unrealized gains, net of deferred income taxes of $9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(14

)

Stock options exercised, 106,022 shares

 

133

 

 

 

1,508

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,641

 

Net issuance of stock — vesting of restricted stock units, 92,630 shares

 

151

 

(910

)

985

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

226

 

Amortization of unearned compensation on restricted stock units, net of forfeitures

 

 

 

 

 

2,720

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,720

 

Balances, September 30, 2011

 

$

139,798

 

$

(738,016

)

$

146,511

 

$

2,105,211

 

$

(204,729

)

$

45,259

 

$

1,494,034

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARSCO CORPORATION

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

31,990

 

$

20,932

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of deferred income taxes

 

(95,047

)

90,599

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains on cash flow hedging instruments, net of deferred income taxes of $(2,107) and $(382) in 2011 and 2010, respectively

 

8,355

 

1,089

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging instruments included in net income, net of deferred income taxes

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension liability adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $(3,691) and $4,130 in 2011 and 2010, respectively

 

9,184

 

(8,745

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities, net of deferred income taxes of $7 and $(3) in 2011 and 2010, respectively

 

(11

)

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(77,519

)

82,948

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income (loss)

 

(45,529

)

103,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Comprehensive (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

610

 

(1,616

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Harsco Corporation

 

$

(44,919

)

$

102,264

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

83,537

 

$

62,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustments, net of deferred income taxes

 

(40,815

)

(8,493

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gains on cash flow hedging instruments, net of deferred income taxes of $(3,849) and $(3,580) in 2011 and 2010, respectively

 

15,043

 

10,560

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for losses on cash flow hedging instruments included in net income, net of deferred income taxes of $(10) in 2010

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension liability adjustments, net of deferred income taxes of $(2,744) and $(6,965) in 2011 and 2010, respectively

 

6,948

 

16,741

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gains (losses) on marketable securities, net of deferred income taxes of $9 and $(2) in 2011 and 2010, respectively

 

(14

)

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for gain on marketable securities, net of deferred income taxes of $1 in 2010

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total other comprehensive income (loss)

 

(18,838

)

18,825

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total comprehensive income

 

64,699

 

81,146

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less: Comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

(2,538

)

(4,157

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income attributable to Harsco Corporation

 

$

62,161

 

$

76,989

 

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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HARSCO CORPORATION

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (Unaudited)

 

1.     Basis of Presentation

 

Harsco Corporation (the “Company”) has prepared these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements based on Securities and Exchange Commission rules that permit reduced disclosure for interim periods.  In the opinion of management, all adjustments (all of which are of a normal recurring nature) that are necessary for a fair presentation are reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.  The December 31, 2010 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet information contained in this Form 10-Q was derived from the 2010 audited consolidated financial statements, but does not include all disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for an annual report.  The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

Segment information for prior periods has been reclassified to conform with the current presentation.  Beginning with the fourth quarter of 2010, the Harsco Minerals businesses, which were previously a component of an “All Other” Category, are reported with the Harsco Metals Segment to form the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment.  This reflects the increasing operating synergies of these businesses within the Company’s global markets as well as the combined management of these businesses.  The remaining businesses of the “All Other” Category are reported as the Harsco Industrial operating segment, which also reflects the combined management of these businesses.  The “All Other” Category is no longer utilized.

 

The Company’s management has evaluated all activity of the Company and concluded that subsequent events are properly reflected in the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and notes as required by U.S. GAAP.

 

Operating results and cash flows for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 are not indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2011.

 

2.     Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

The following accounting standards have been adopted in 2011:

 

On January 1, 2011, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued changes related to the accounting for revenue recognition when multiple-deliverable revenue arrangements are present.  The changes eliminated the residual method of revenue allocation and require revenue to be allocated using the relative selling price method.  This method requires a vendor to use its best estimate of selling price if neither vendor-specific objective evidence nor third-party evidence of selling price exists when evaluating multiple deliverable arrangements.  The adoption of these changes did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

On January 1, 2011, the Company adopted FASB issued changes related to disclosure requirements for fair value measurements.  The changes required a reporting entity to disclose, in the reconciliation of fair value measurements using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), separate information about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements (that is, on a gross basis rather than as one net number).  The adoption of these changes did not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

The following accounting standards have been issued and become effective for the Company at various future dates:

 

In May 2011, the FASB issued changes related to fair value measurement and disclosure.  The changes are the result of convergence with International Financial Reporting Standards and relate to how to measure fair value and expand on existing disclosure requirements.  These changes become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2012.  Management has determined these changes will not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In June 2011, the FASB issued changes related to the presentation of comprehensive income.  The changes remove certain presentation options and require entities to report components of comprehensive income in either a continuous statement of comprehensive income or two separate but consecutive statements.  There is no change to the items that are reported in other comprehensive income.  The changes become effective for the Company beginning January 1,

 

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2012.  Other than the sequencing of financial statements, management has determined these changes will not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued changes related to testing for goodwill impairment.  The changes allow for an assessment of qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform the two-step impairment test.  The changes become effective for the Company beginning January 1, 2012, but early adoption is permitted.  Management is currently evaluating the changes and believes it may impact the manner in which the Company performs testing for goodwill impairment but will not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In September 2011, the FASB issued changes related to the disclosure requirements for multiemployer plans.  The changes require increased disclosure by companies participating in multiemployer plans that offer pension or other postretirement benefits.  The objective of the changes is to enhance the transparency of disclosures about (1) the significant multiemployer pension plans in which an employer participates; (2) the level of the employer’s participation in those plans; (3) the financial health of the plans; and (4) the nature of the employer’s commitments to the plans.  The changes become effective beginning with disclosures in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011.  Management is currently evaluating the changes and believes it will result in expanded disclosure in the notes to the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

 

3.     Acquisitions and Dispositions

 

Acquisitions

 

Certain of the Company’s acquisitions in prior years included contingent consideration features for which defined goals needed to be met by the acquired business in order for payment of the consideration. Each quarter until settlement of these contingencies, the Company assessed the likelihood that an acquired business would achieve the goals and the resulting fair value of the contingency. In accordance with accounting standards for business combinations, these adjustments were recognized in operating income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income as a component of the Other (income) expenses line item. The Company’s assessment of these performance goals resulted in the following reductions to previously recognized contingent consideration liabilities for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Reduction of contingent consideration liabilities

 

$

 

$

989

 

$

3,966

 

$

10,620

 

 

All contingent consideration liabilities have been settled and there was no recorded contingent consideration liability as of September 30, 2011.  The recorded contingent consideration liability was $3.9 million at December 31, 2010.

 

Dispositions - Assets Held-for-Sale

 

Throughout the past several years and in conjunction with the Fourth Quarter 2010 restructuring of the Harsco Infrastructure Segment, management approved the sale of certain long-lived assets throughout the Company’s operations.  At December 31, 2010, assets held-for-sale of $24.8 million were recorded in Other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and represented the fair market value less the estimated cost to sell the assets related to two lines of business in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment.  In June 2011, the Company sold these two lines of business and realized a gain of $0.9 million in operating income in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income as a component of Other (income) expenses.  At September 30, 2011, the Company had $0.6 million of assets held-for-sale recorded in Other current assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

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4.     Accounts Receivable and Inventories

 

Accounts receivable consist of the following:

 

 

 

Accounts Receivable

 

(In thousands)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

Trade accounts receivable

 

$

675,515

 

$

605,584

 

Less: Allowance for doubtful accounts

 

(18,989

)

(20,283

)

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

$

656,526

 

$

585,301

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other receivables (a)

 

$

28,071

 

$

29,299

 

 


(a)          Other receivables include insurance claim receivables, employee receivables, tax claim receivables and other miscellaneous receivables not included in Trade accounts receivable, net.

 

The provision for doubtful accounts related to trade accounts receivable was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Provision for doubtful accounts related to trade accounts receivable

 

$

1,411

 

$

2,335

 

$

5,159

 

$

7,008

 

 

Inventories consist of the following:

 

 

 

Inventories

 

(In thousands)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

Finished goods

 

$

108,074

 

$

124,771

 

Work-in-process

 

33,857

 

28,266

 

Raw materials and purchased parts

 

94,932

 

79,420

 

Stores and supplies

 

39,762

 

39,160

 

Inventories

 

$

276,625

 

$

271,617

 

 

5.     Property, Plant and Equipment

 

Property, plant and equipment consists of the following:

 

 

 

Property, Plant and Equipment

 

(In thousands)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

Land

 

$

27,557

 

$

29,456

 

Land improvements

 

17,970

 

18,141

 

Buildings and improvements

 

192,016

 

196,777

 

Machinery and equipment

 

3,093,094

 

3,045,335

 

Uncompleted construction

 

81,809

 

74,873

 

Gross property, plant and equipment

 

3,412,446

 

3,364,582

 

Less: Accumulated depreciation

 

(2,043,244

)

(1,997,609

)

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

1,369,202

 

$

1,366,973

 

 

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6.     Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets

 

The following table reflects the changes in carrying amounts of goodwill by segment (there is no goodwill associated with the Harsco Industrial Segment) for the nine months ended September 30, 2011:

 

Goodwill by Segment
(In thousands)

 

Harsco
Metals &
Minerals
Segment

 

Harsco
Infrastructure
Segment

 

Harsco
Rail
Segment

 

Consolidated
Totals

 

Balance at December 31, 2010

 

$

418,276

 

$

263,212

 

$

9,299

 

$

690,787

 

Changes to goodwill

 

 

(113

)

11

 

(102

)

Foreign currency translation

 

(2,237

)

411

 

 

(1,826

)

Balance at September 30, 2011

 

$

416,039

 

$

263,510

 

$

9,310

 

$

688,859

 

 

The Company’s 2010 annual impairment testing did not result in any impairment of the Company’s goodwill.  However, the fair value of the Harsco Infrastructure Segment exceeded its carrying value by approximately 4%.  The Company tests for goodwill impairment annually and whenever events or circumstances make it more likely than not that impairment may have occurred.  The Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test as of October 1 and monitors for interim triggering events on an ongoing basis.  The Company determined that as of September 30, 2011, no interim goodwill impairment testing was necessary.  There can be no assurance that the Company’s annual goodwill impairment testing will not result in a charge to earnings.  Should the Company’s analysis indicate a further degradation in the overall markets served by the Harsco Infrastructure Segment, impairment losses for assets associated with this Segment could be required.  Any impairment could result in the write down of the carrying value of goodwill to its implied fair value.

 

 

 

September 30, 2011

 

December 31, 2010

 

Intangible Assets by Category
(In thousands)

 

Gross Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Gross Carrying
Amount

 

Accumulated
Amortization

 

Customer related

 

$

185,102

 

$

114,567

 

$

184,864

 

$

98,104

 

Non-compete agreements

 

1,364

 

1,306

 

1,386

 

1,317

 

Patents

 

6,937

 

5,098

 

6,976

 

4,868

 

Technology related

 

29,562

 

13,926

 

29,821

 

11,863

 

Trade names

 

18,450

 

7,537

 

18,635

 

5,188

 

Other

 

9,944

 

7,889

 

8,095

 

7,478

 

Total

 

$

251,359

 

$

150,323

 

$

249,777

 

$

128,818

 

 

Amortization expense for intangible assets was as follows:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amortization expense for intangible assets

 

$

7,898

 

$

8,262

 

$

23,690

 

$

24,823

 

 

The estimated amortization expense for the next five fiscal years based on current intangible assets and excluding the potential effect of future foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations is as follows:

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2012

 

2013

 

2014

 

2015

 

Estimated amortization expense

 

$

31,000

 

$

17,500

 

$

16,000

 

$

13,500

 

$

8,500

 

 

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7.     Employee Benefit Plans

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30

 

Defined Benefit Net Periodic Pension Cost

 

U. S. Plans

 

International Plans

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Defined benefit plans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

391

 

$

518

 

$

1,120

 

$

1,009

 

Interest cost

 

3,381

 

3,500

 

12,166

 

11,925

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(4,138

)

(4,146

)

(13,138

)

(11,567

)

Recognized prior service costs

 

62

 

84

 

107

 

90

 

Recognized losses

 

749

 

650

 

2,817

 

3,023

 

Amortization of transition liability

 

 

 

14

 

14

 

Settlement loss

 

 

179

 

 

17

 

Defined benefit plans net periodic pension cost

 

$

445

 

$

785

 

$

3,086

 

$

4,511

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30

 

Defined Benefit Net Periodic Pension Cost

 

U. S. Plans

 

International Plans

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Defined benefit plans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Service cost

 

$

1,174

 

$

1,558

 

$

3,359

 

$

2,999

 

Interest cost

 

10,151

 

10,522

 

36,469

 

35,129

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

(12,423

)

(12,463

)

(39,386

)

(34,059

)

Recognized prior service costs

 

186

 

254

 

320

 

269

 

Recognized losses

 

2,248

 

1,954

 

8,443

 

8,897

 

Amortization of transition liability

 

 

 

43

 

41

 

Settlement loss

 

 

179

 

30

 

50

 

Defined benefit plans net periodic pension cost

 

$

1,336

 

$

2,004

 

$

9,278

 

$

13,326

 

 

Company Contributions

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Defined benefit pension plans:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

United States

 

$

1,459

 

$

453

 

$

2,466

 

$

1,346

 

International

 

6,279

 

3,547

 

27,196

 

13,268

 

Multiemployer pension plans

 

5,286

 

5,394

 

19,425

 

16,446

 

Defined contribution pension plans

 

4,244

 

4,659

 

10,064

 

10,339

 

 

The Company currently anticipates contributing an additional $0.6 million and $2.2 million for the U.S. and international defined benefit pension plans, respectively, during the remainder of 2011.

 

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8.     Income Taxes

 

Income tax expense from continuing operations decreased for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared with the three months ended September 30, 2010 primarily due to the recognition of income tax benefits from the expiration of the statutes of limitations for uncertain tax positions in certain jurisdictions.  Income tax expense from continuing operations increased for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2010 primarily due to higher earnings from continuing operations.  The effective income tax rate related to continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 was 18.0% and 22.7%, respectively.  The effective income tax rate related to continuing operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 was 25.4% and 26.2%, respectively.  The effective income tax rates decreased primarily due to the recognition of income tax benefits from the expiration of the statutes of limitations for uncertain tax positions in certain jurisdictions.

 

An income tax benefit from an uncertain tax position may be recognized when it is more-likely-than-not that the position will be sustained upon examination, including resolutions of any related appeals or litigation processes, based on technical merits.  The unrecognized income tax benefit at September 30, 2011 was $42.7 million including interest and penalties.  Within the next twelve months, it is reasonably possible that up to $4.6 million of such amount will be recognized upon settlement of tax examinations and the expiration of various statutes of limitations.

 

9.     Commitments and Contingencies

 

Environmental

 

The Company is involved in a number of environmental remediation investigations and cleanups and, along with other companies, has been identified as a “potentially responsible party” for certain waste disposal sites.  While each of these matters is subject to various uncertainties, it is probable that the Company will agree to make payments toward funding certain of these activities and it is possible that some of these matters will be decided unfavorably to the Company.  The Company has evaluated its potential liability, and its financial exposure is dependent upon such factors as the continuing evolution of environmental laws and regulatory requirements, the availability and application of technology, the allocation of cost among potentially responsible parties, the years of remedial activity required and the remediation methods selected.  The Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 include accruals in Other current liabilities of $2.4 million and $4.2 million, respectively, for environmental matters.  The amounts charged against pre-tax income related to environmental matters totaled $0.7 million and $1.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively.  The amounts charged against pre-tax income related to environmental matters totaled $0.9 million and $1.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively.

 

The Company evaluates its liability for future environmental remediation costs on a quarterly basis.  Actual costs to be incurred at identified sites in future periods may vary from the estimates, given inherent uncertainties in evaluating environmental exposures.  The Company does not expect that any sum it may have to pay in connection with environmental matters in excess of the amounts recorded or disclosed above would have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Brazilian Tax Disputes

 

The Company is involved in a number of tax disputes with federal, state and municipal tax authorities in Brazil.  These disputes are at various stages of the legal process, including the administrative review phase and the collection action phase, and include assessments of fixed amounts of principal and penalties, plus interest charges that increase at statutorily determined amounts per month and are assessed on the aggregate amount of the principal and penalties.  In addition, the losing party at the collection action or court appeals phase could be subject to a charge to cover statutorily mandated legal fees, which are generally calculated as a percentage of the total assessed amounts due, inclusive of penalty and interest.  A large number of the claims relate to value-added (“ICMS”), services (“ISS”) and social security (“INSS”) tax disputes.  The largest proportion of the assessed amounts relate to ICMS claims filed by the State Revenue Authorities from the State of São Paulo, Brazil (the “SPRA”), encompassing the period from January 2002 to May 2005.

 

In October 2009, the Company received notification of the SPRA’s final administrative decision regarding the levying of ICMS in the State of São Paulo in relation to services provided to a customer in the State between January 2004 and May 2005.  As of September 30, 2011, the principal amount of the tax assessment from the SPRA with regard to this case is approximately $3 million, with penalty, interest and fees assessed to date increasing such amount by an additional $29 million.  All such amounts include the effect of foreign currency translation.  Any increase in the aggregate amount since the Company’s last Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q is due to an increase in assessed interest and statutorily mandated legal fees for the quarter.

 

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Another ICMS tax case involving the SPRA refers to the tax period from January 2002 to December 2003, and is still pending at the administrative phase, where the aggregate amount assessed by the tax authorities in August 2005 was $14 million (the amounts with regard to this claim are valued as of the date of the assessment since it has not yet reached the collection phase), composed of a principal amount of approximately $3 million, with penalty and interest assessed through that date increasing such amount by an additional $11 million.  All such amounts include the effect of foreign currency translation.

 

The Company continues to believe that it is not probable it will incur a loss for these assessments by the SPRA and continues to believe that sufficient coverage for these claims exists as a result of the Company’s customer’s indemnification obligations and such customer’s pledge of assets in connection with the October 2009 notice, as required by Brazilian procedure.

 

The Company intends to continue its practice of vigorously defending itself against these tax claims under various alternatives, including judicial appeal.  The Company will continue to evaluate its potential liability with regard to these claims on a quarterly basis; however, it is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome of these tax-related disputes in Brazil.

 

Asbestos-related Claims

 

The Company has been named as one of many defendants (approximately 90 or more in most cases) in legal actions alleging personal injury from exposure to airborne asbestos over the past several decades.  In their suits, the plaintiffs have named as defendants, among others, many manufacturers, distributors and installers of numerous types of equipment or products that allegedly contained asbestos.

 

The Company believes that the claims against it are without merit.  The Company has never been a producer, manufacturer or processor of asbestos fibers.  Any component within a Company product that may have contained asbestos would have been purchased from a supplier.  Based on scientific and medical evidence, the Company believes that any asbestos exposure arising from normal use of any Company product never presented any harmful levels of airborne asbestos exposure, and moreover, the type of asbestos contained in any component that was used in those products was protectively encapsulated in other materials and is not associated with the types of injuries alleged in the pending suits.  Finally, in most of the depositions taken of plaintiffs to date in the litigation against the Company, plaintiffs have failed to specifically identify any Company products as the source of their asbestos exposure.

 

The majority of the asbestos complaints pending against the Company have been filed in New York.  Almost all of the New York complaints contain a standard claim for damages of $20 million or $25 million against the approximately 90 defendants, regardless of the individual plaintiff’s alleged medical condition, and without specifically identifying any Company product as the source of plaintiff’s asbestos exposure.

 

At September 30, 2011, there are 19,056 pending asbestos personal injury claims filed against the Company.  Of these cases, 18,567 are pending in the New York Supreme Court for New York County in New York State.  The other claims, totaling 489, are filed in various counties in a number of state courts, and in certain Federal District Courts (including New York), and those complaints generally assert lesser amounts of damages than the New York State court cases or do not state any amount claimed.

 

As of September 30, 2011, the Company has obtained dismissal by stipulation, or summary judgment prior to trial, in 25,634 cases.

 

In view of the persistence of asbestos litigation nationwide, the Company expects to continue to receive additional claims.  However, there have been developments during the past several years, both by certain state legislatures and by certain state courts, which could favorably affect the Company’s ability to defend these asbestos claims in those jurisdictions.  These developments include procedural changes, docketing changes, proof of damage requirements and other changes that require plaintiffs to follow specific procedures in bringing their claims and to show proof of damages before they can proceed with their claim.  An example is the action taken by the New York Supreme Court (a trial court), which is responsible for managing all asbestos cases pending within New York County in the State of New York.  This Court issued an order in December 2002 that created a Deferred or Inactive Docket for all pending and future asbestos claims filed by plaintiffs who cannot demonstrate that they have a malignant condition or discernable physical impairment, and an Active or In Extremis Docket for plaintiffs who are able to show such medical condition.  As a result of this order, the majority of the asbestos cases filed against the Company in New York County have been moved to the Inactive Docket until such time as the plaintiffs can show that they have incurred a physical impairment.  At September 30, 2011, the Company has been listed as a defendant in 994 Active or In Extremis asbestos cases in New York County.  The Court’s Order has been challenged by some plaintiffs.

 

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Except with regard to the legal costs in a few limited, exceptional cases, the Company’s insurance carrier has paid all legal and settlement costs and expenses to date related to the Company’s asbestos cases.  The Company has liability insurance coverage under various primary and excess policies that the Company believes will be available, if necessary, to substantially cover any liability that might ultimately be incurred on these claims.

 

The Company intends to continue its practice of vigorously defending these cases as they are listed for trial.  It is not possible to predict the ultimate outcome of asbestos-related lawsuits, claims and proceedings due to the unpredictable nature of personal injury litigation.  Despite this uncertainty, and although results of operations and cash flows for a given period could be adversely affected by asbestos-related lawsuits, claims and proceedings, management believes that the ultimate outcome of these cases will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Customer Disputes

 

The Company, through its Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment, provides services to various subsidiaries and affiliates of ArcelorMittal (“ArcelorMittal”) on a number of sites worldwide through long-term service contracts.  Currently, ArcelorMittal and the Company are involved in several commercial disputes, a few of which have resulted in legal action.  Both the Company and ArcelorMittal are working to resolve these matters.  Although results of operations and cash flows for a given period could be adversely affected by a negative outcome in these or other lawsuits, claims and proceedings, management believes that the ultimate outcome of these matters will not have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

 

Other

 

The Company is subject to various other claims and legal proceedings covering a wide range of matters that arose in the ordinary course of business.  In the opinion of management, all such matters are adequately covered by insurance or by established reserves, and, if not so covered, are without merit or are of such kind, or involve such amounts, as would not have a material adverse effect on the financial position, results of operations or cash flows of the Company.

 

Insurance liabilities are recorded when it is probable that a liability has been incurred for a particular event and the amount of loss associated with the event can be reasonably estimated.  Insurance reserves have been estimated based primarily upon actuarial calculations and reflect the undiscounted estimated liabilities for ultimate losses, including claims incurred but not reported.  Inherent in these estimates are assumptions that are based on the Company’s history of claims and losses, a detailed analysis of existing claims with respect to potential value, and current legal and legislative trends.  If actual claims differ from those projected by management, changes (either increases or decreases) to insurance reserves may be required and would be recorded through income in the period the change was determined.  When a recognized liability is covered by third-party insurance, the Company records an insurance claim receivable to reflect the covered liability.  Insurance claim receivables are included in Other receivables in the Company’s Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.  See Note 1, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” to the consolidated financial statements in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 for additional information on Accrued Insurance and Loss Reserves.

 

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10.  Reconciliation of Basic and Diluted Shares

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Nine Months Ended

 

 

 

September 30

 

September 30

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Income from continuing operations attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders

 

$

32,207

 

$

21,074

 

$

82,648

 

$

61,355

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding - basic

 

80,767

 

80,574

 

80,737

 

80,559

 

Dilutive effect of stock-based compensation

 

270

 

188

 

260

 

188

 

Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding - diluted

 

81,037

 

80,762

 

80,997

 

80,747

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings from continuing operations per common share, attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.40

 

$

0.26

 

$

1.02

 

$

0.76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted

 

$

0.40

 

$

0.26

 

$

1.02

 

$

0.76

 

 

At September 30, 2011, approximately 3,750 and 1,264 restricted stock units outstanding were not included in the three and nine month computation of diluted earnings per share, respectively, because the effect was antidilutive.  Additionally at September 30, 2011, approximately 589,000 and 198,491 stock options outstanding were not included in the three and nine month computation of diluted earnings per share, respectively, because the effect was antidilutive.  At September 30, 2010, approximately 500 and 12,000 restricted stock units outstanding were not included in the three and nine month computation of diluted earnings per share, respectively, because the effect was antidilutive.

 

11.  Derivative Instruments, Hedging Activities and Fair Value

 

The Company uses derivative instruments, including foreign currency forward exchange contracts, commodity contracts and cross-currency interest rate swaps, to manage certain foreign currency, commodity price and interest rate exposures.  Derivative instruments are viewed as risk management tools by the Company and are not used for trading or speculative purposes.

 

All derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value.  Changes in the fair value of derivatives used to hedge foreign-currency-denominated balance sheet items are reported directly in earnings along with offsetting transaction gains and losses on the items being hedged.  Derivatives used to hedge forecasted cash flows associated with foreign currency commitments or forecasted commodity purchases may be accounted for as cash flow hedges, as deemed appropriate and if the criteria for hedge accounting are met.  Gains and losses on derivatives designated as cash flow hedges are deferred as a separate component of equity and reclassified to earnings in a manner that matches the timing of the earnings impact of the hedged transactions.  Generally, at September 30, 2011, these deferred gains and losses relate to foreign currency commitments and will be reclassified to earnings over 10 to 15 years from the balance sheet date.  The ineffective portion of all hedges, if any, is recognized currently in earnings.

 

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The fair value of outstanding derivative contracts recorded as assets and liabilities in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 was as follows:

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

 

(In thousands)

 

Balance Sheet Location

 

Fair Value

 

Balance Sheet Location

 

Fair Value

 

September 30, 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 

$

349

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

3

 

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

 

Other assets

 

43,685

 

Other liabilities

 

 

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

$

44,034

 

 

 

$

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivates not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 

$

3,397

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

2,507

 

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

 

(In thousands)

 

Balance Sheet Location

 

Fair Value

 

Balance Sheet Location

 

Fair Value

 

December 31, 2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 

$

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

29

 

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

 

Other assets

 

31,803

 

Other liabilities

 

3,831

 

Total derivatives designated as hedging instruments

 

 

 

$

31,803

 

 

 

$

3,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivates not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

Other current assets

 

$

2,787

 

Other current liabilities

 

$

1,042

 

 

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The effect of derivative instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010 was as follows:

 

Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

 

(In thousands)

 

Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized
in Other
Comprehensive
Income (“OCI”) on
Derivative -
Effective Portion

 

Location of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
OCI into Income -
Effective Portion

 

Amount of
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
into Income -
Effective Portion

 

Location of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
-Ineffective Portion
and Amount
Excluded from
Effectiveness Testing

 

Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
- Ineffective Portion
and Amount
Excluded from
Effectiveness Testing

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2011:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

$

(154

)

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

 

10,616

 

 

 

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

19,581

(a)

 

 

$

10,462

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

19,581

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2010:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

$

5

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

Commodity contracts

 

40

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

(1

)

Cost of services and products sold

 

26

 

Cross-currency interest rate swap

 

1,426

 

 

 

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

(23,052

)(a)

 

 

$

1,471

 

 

 

$

(1

)

 

 

$

(23,026

)

 


(a)   These gains (losses) offset foreign currency fluctuation effects on the debt principal.

 

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Derivatives Designated as Hedging Instruments

 

(In thousands)

 

Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized
in Other
Comprehensive
Income (“OCI”) on
Derivative -
Effective Portion

 

Location of Gain
(Loss) Reclassified
from Accumulated
OCI into Income -
Effective Portion

 

Amount of
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
into Income -
Effective Portion

 

Location of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
- Ineffective Portion
and Amount
Excluded from
Effectiveness Testing

 

Amount of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in
Income on Derivative
- Ineffective Portion
and Amount
Excluded from
Effectiveness Testing

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

$

(853

)

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

 

19,745

 

 

 

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

(3,876

)(a)

 

 

$

18,892

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

(3,876

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2010:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

$

144

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

 

Commodity contracts

 

7

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

(26

)

Cost of services and products sold

 

6

 

Cross-currency interest rate swap

 

13,989

 

 

 

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

11,059

(a)

 

 

$

14,140

 

 

 

$

(26

)

 

 

$

11,065

 

 


(a)   These gains (losses) offset foreign currency fluctuation effects on the debt principal.

 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

 

 

 

Location of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in

 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on
Derivative for the
Three Months Ended September 30 (a)

 

(In thousands)

 

Income on Derivative

 

2011

 

2010

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

$

7,507

 

$

(5,495

)

 


(a) These gains (losses) offset amounts recognized in cost of service and products sold principally as a result of intercompany or third party foreign currency exposures.

 

Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments

 

 

 

Location of Gain
(Loss) Recognized in

 

Amount of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on
Derivative for the
Nine Months Ended September 30 (a)

 

(In thousands)

 

Income on Derivative

 

2011

 

2010

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

Cost of services and products sold

 

$

430

 

$

2,591

 

 


(a) These gains (losses) offset amounts recognized in cost of service and products sold principally as a result of intercompany or third party foreign currency exposures.

 

Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts

 

The Company conducts business in multiple currencies and, accordingly, is subject to the inherent risks associated with foreign exchange rate movements.  The financial position and results of operations of substantially all of the Company’s foreign subsidiaries are measured using the local currency as the functional currency.  Foreign currency-denominated

 

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assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates existing at the respective balance sheet dates, and income and expense items are translated at the average exchange rates during the respective periods.  The aggregate effects of translating the balance sheets of these subsidiaries are deferred and recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss or income, which is a separate component of stockholders’ equity.

 

The Company uses derivative instruments to hedge cash flows related to foreign currency fluctuations.  At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the Company had $286.4 million and $214.2 million of contracted amounts, respectively, of foreign currency forward exchange contracts outstanding.  These contracts are part of a worldwide program to minimize foreign currency exchange-related operating income and balance sheet exposure by offsetting foreign currency exposures of certain future payments between the Company and its various subsidiaries, vendors or customers.  The unsecured contracts outstanding at September 30, 2011 mature at various times within seven months and are with major financial institutions.  The Company may be exposed to credit loss in the event of non-performance by the contract counterparties.  The Company evaluates the creditworthiness of the counterparties and does not expect default by them.  Foreign currency forward exchange contracts are used to hedge commitments, such as foreign currency debt, firm purchase commitments and foreign currency cash flows for certain export sales transactions.

 

The following tables summarize, by major currency, the contractual amounts of the Company’s foreign currency forward exchange contracts in U.S. dollars at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.  The “Buy” amounts represent the U.S. dollar equivalent of commitments to purchase foreign currencies, and the “Sell” amounts represent the U.S. dollar equivalent of commitments to sell foreign currencies.  The recognized gains and losses offset amounts recognized in cost of services and products sold principally as a result of intercompany or third party foreign currency exposures.

 

September 30, 2011

 

(In thousands)

 

Type

 

U.S. Dollar
Equivalent

 

Maturity

 

Recognized
Gain (Loss)

 

British pounds sterling

 

Sell

 

$

44,879

 

October 2011 through December 2011

 

$

256

 

British pounds sterling

 

Buy

 

4,640

 

October 2011 through November 2011

 

(20

)

Euros

 

Sell

 

136,001

 

October 2011 through April 2012

 

177

 

Euros

 

Buy

 

78,388

 

October 2011 through December 2011

 

533

 

Other currencies

 

Sell

 

4,558

 

October 2011 through December 2011

 

279

 

Other currencies

 

Buy

 

17,916

 

October 2011

 

10

 

Total

 

 

 

$

286,382

 

 

 

$

1,235

 

 

December 31, 2010

 

(In thousands)

 

Type

 

U.S. Dollar
Equivalent

 

Maturity

 

Recognized
Gain (Loss)

 

British pounds sterling

 

Sell

 

$

54,479

 

January 2011 through May 2011

 

$

1,806

 

British pounds sterling

 

Buy

 

208

 

January 2011 through May 2011

 

(2

)

Euros

 

Sell

 

93,831

 

January 2011 through February 2011

 

(104

)

Euros

 

Buy

 

44,571

 

January 2011 through February 2011

 

(338

)

Other currencies

 

Sell

 

5,314

 

January 2011 through November 2011

 

(86

)

Other currencies

 

Buy

 

15,748

 

January 2011

 

441

 

Total

 

 

 

$

214,151

 

 

 

$

1,717

 

 

In addition to foreign currency forward exchange contracts, the Company designates certain loans as hedges of net investments in foreign subsidiaries.  The Company recorded pre-tax net gains of $5.5 million and pre-tax net losses of $3.7 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, and pre-tax net gains of $36.6 million and pre-tax net losses of $15.5 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, into Accumulated other comprehensive loss, which is a separate component of stockholders’ equity.

 

Cross-Currency Interest Rate Swaps

 

The Company uses cross-currency interest rate swaps in conjunction with certain debt issuances in order to secure a fixed local currency interest rate.  Under these cross-currency interest rate swaps, the Company receives interest based on a fixed or floating U.S. dollar rate and pays interest on a fixed local currency rate based on the contractual amounts in dollars and the local currency, respectively.  The cross-currency interest rate swaps are recorded in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value, with changes in value attributed to the effect of the swaps’ interest spread recorded in Accumulated other comprehensive loss, which is a separate component of equity.  Changes in value attributed to the effect of foreign currency fluctuations are recorded in the income statement and offset currency fluctuation effects on the debt principal.

 

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Cross-Currency Interest Rate Swaps

 

 

 

 

 

Interest Rates

 

(In millions)

 

Contractual Amount

 

Receive

 

Pay

 

Maturing 2018

 

$

250.0

 

Fixed U.S. dollar rate

 

Fixed euro rate

 

Maturing 2020

 

220.0

 

Fixed U.S. dollar rate

 

Fixed British pound sterling rate

 

Maturing 2013

 

1.8

 

Floating U.S. dollar rate

 

Fixed rupee rate

 

 

Fair Value of Derivative Assets and Liabilities and Other Financial Instruments

 

Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price).  The Company utilizes market data or assumptions that the Company believes market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and the risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique.

 

The fair value hierarchy distinguishes between (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and (2) an entity’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available in the circumstances (unobservable inputs).  The fair value hierarchy consists of three broad levels, which gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3).  The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

·                  Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

·                  Level 2—Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly, including quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active; inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability (e.g., interest rates); and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

·                  Level 3—Inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

In instances in which multiple levels of inputs are used to measure fair value, hierarchy classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.  The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

 

The following table indicates the different financial instruments of the Company at September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010:

 

Level 2 Fair Value Measurements

 

(In thousands)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

$

3,745

 

$

2,787

 

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

 

43,685

 

31,803

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency forward exchange contracts

 

2,510

 

1,071

 

Cross-currency interest rate swaps

 

 

3,831

 

 

Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

(In thousands)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration for acquisitions

 

$

 

$

3,872

 

 

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The following table reconciles the beginning and ending balances for liabilities measured on a recurring basis using unobservable inputs (Level 3) for the three and nine months ended September 30:

 

Level 3 Liabilities — Contingent Consideration 

 

 

 

For the Three Months
Ended September 30

 

For the Nine Months
Ended September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

 

$

4,094

 

$

3,872

 

$

9,735

 

Acquisitions during the period

 

 

 

 

4,618

 

Fair value adjustments included in earnings

 

 

(989

)

(3,966

)

(10,620

)

Effect of exchange rate changes

 

 

515

 

94

 

(113

)

Balance at end of period

 

$

 

$

3,620

 

$

 

$

3,620

 

 

The Company primarily applies the market approach for recurring fair value measurements and endeavors to utilize the best available information.  Accordingly, the Company utilizes valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs — such as forward rates, interest rates, the Company’s credit risk and counterparties’ credit risks — and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.  The Company is able to classify fair value balances based on the observability of those inputs.  Commodity derivatives, foreign currency forward exchange contracts and cross-currency interest rate swaps are classified as Level 2 fair value based upon pricing models using market-based inputs.  Model inputs can be verified, and valuation techniques do not involve significant management judgment.

 

The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and short-term borrowings approximate fair value due to the short-term maturities of these assets and liabilities.  At September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, the total fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities, was $937.6 million and $905.0 million, respectively, compared to carrying value of $858.4 million and $853.7 million, respectively.  Fair values for debt are based on quoted market prices for the same or similar issues or on the current rates offered to the Company for debt of the same remaining maturities.

 

12. Review of Operations by Segment

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Revenues From Continuing Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

400,478

 

$

369,351

 

$

1,216,004

 

$

1,089,801

 

Harsco Infrastructure

 

282,319

 

253,569

 

842,220

 

766,851

 

Harsco Rail

 

87,438

 

70,675

 

227,985

 

252,404

 

Harsco Industrial

 

85,629

 

58,726

 

223,801

 

172,091

 

Corporate

 

 

80

 

 

180

 

Total Revenues From Continuing Operations

 

$

855,864

 

$

752,401

 

$

2,510,010

 

$

2,281,327

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

30,907

 

$

34,026

 

$

94,764

 

$

94,012

 

Harsco Infrastructure

 

(3,296

)

(13,643

)

(25,875

)

(46,467

)

Harsco Rail

 

11,636

 

14,401

 

42,279

 

56,429

 

Harsco Industrial

 

13,750

 

10,345

 

37,468

 

32,439

 

Corporate

 

(2,169

)

(1,059

)

(4,339

)

(2,237

)

Total Operating Income (Loss) From Continuing Operations

 

$

50,828

 

$

44,070

 

$

144,297

 

$

134,176

 

 

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Reconciliation of Segment Operating Income to Consolidated Income From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes and Equity Income

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Segment operating income

 

$

52,997

 

$

45,129

 

$

148,636

 

$

136,413

 

General corporate

 

(2,169

)

(1,059

)

(4,339

)

(2,237

)

Operating income from continuing operations

 

50,828

 

44,070

 

144,297

 

134,176

 

Interest income

 

683

 

737

 

2,022

 

1,849

 

Interest expense

 

(12,230

)

(15,709

)

(36,809

)

(47,239

)

Income from continuing operations before income taxes and equity income

 

$

39,281

 

$

29,098

 

$

109,510

 

$

88,786

 

 

13.  Other (Income) Expenses

 

This income statement classification includes restructuring costs for employee termination benefits and costs to exit activities; impaired asset write-downs; net gains or losses on the disposal of non-core assets; and business combination accounting adjustments for contingent consideration related to acquisitions by the Company.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Restructuring costs

 

$

4,546

 

$

2,089

 

$

11,804

 

$

14,494

 

Net gains from sale of non-core assets

 

(1,560

)

(758

)

(4,374

)

(6,612

)

Contingent consideration adjustments

 

 

(989

)

(3,966

)

(10,620

)

Other

 

64

 

541

 

967

 

718

 

Other (income) expenses

 

$

3,050

 

$

883

 

$

4,431

 

$

(2,020

)

 

14.  Restructuring Programs

 

Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program

 

On December 8, 2010, the Company approved a restructuring plan for the Harsco Infrastructure Segment (the “Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program”).  This restructuring initiative was in response to global economic and financial conditions that were adversely affecting this Segment’s end markets.  These conditions included such factors as the following:

 

·         a continued shortage of meaningful commercial and multi-family construction activity in various regions of the world served by the Harsco Infrastructure Segment;

·         pricing pressures as customers worldwide continued to seek lower cost solutions; and

·         postponements, deferrals and cancellation of jobs and projects.

 

This restructuring initiative is part of an ongoing transformation strategy within the Harsco Infrastructure Segment to improve organizational efficiency and enhance profitability and stockholder value.  The strategy includes optimizing the segment as a more streamlined, efficient, cost-effective, disciplined and market-focused global platform.  Objectives of the program include balancing short-term profitability goals with long-term strategies to establish a platform upon which the business can grow with limited fixed investment and generate annual operating expense savings to strengthen 2011 and future performance.  Under this restructuring program, the Harsco Infrastructure Segment further reduced its branch structure; consolidated and/or closed administrative office locations; further reduced its global workforce; and rationalized its product lines.

 

At September 30, 2011, the Company had completed workforce reductions of 451 employees of a total expected workforce reduction of 494 employees.  The remaining workforce reductions are targeted for completion during 2011 and the remaining exit activities are targeted for completion during 2012.

 

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The restructuring accrual for the Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program at September 30, 2011 and the activity for the nine months then ended are as follows:

 

(In thousands)

 

Accrual
December 31
2010

 

Adjustments
to Previously
Recorded
Restructuring
Charges (a)

 

Cash
Expenditures

 

Foreign
Currency
Translation

 

Accrual
September 30
2011

 

Harsco Infrastructure Segment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee termination benefit costs

 

$

9,254

 

$

(1,039

)

$

(7,208

)

$

307

 

$

1,314

 

Cost to exit activities

 

21,449

 

1,722

 

(10,082

)

92

 

13,181

 

Other

 

97

 

 

(90

)

 

7

 

Total

 

$

30,800

 

$

683

 

$

(17,380

)

$

399

 

$

14,502

 

 


(a)          Adjustments to previously recorded restructuring charges resulted from changes in facts and circumstances in the implementation of these activities as well as the timing of additional expenses recognized under U.S. GAAP.

 

The majority of the remaining cash expenditures of $14.5 million related to these actions are expected to be paid throughout 2011 and 2012.

 

Prior Restructuring Programs

 

The Company implemented other actions throughout 2010 to further reduce its cost structure and close certain facilities as a result of the continued financial and economic downturn.  These actions were in addition to the Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program, which is described above.  Through September 30, 2011, the Company had completed all workforce reductions related to these actions of 249 employees for the Harsco Infrastructure Segment; and reductions of 188 employees of a total expected workforce reduction of 242 employees for the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment.  Remaining workforce reductions and costs to exit activities are targeted for substantial completion during the remainder of 2011 and in 2012.

 

The restructuring accrual for the prior restructuring programs at September 30, 2011 and the activity for the nine months then ended are as follows:

 

(In thousands)

 

Accrual
December 31
2010

 

Adjustments
to Previously
Recorded
Restructuring
Charges (a)

 

Cash
Expenditures

 

Foreign
Currency
Translation

 

Accrual
September 30
2011

 

Harsco Infrastructure Segment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee termination benefit costs

 

$

905

 

$

(361

)

$

(571

)

$

27

 

$

 

Cost to exit activities

 

413

 

(61

)

(367

)

15

 

 

Total Harsco Infrastructure Segment

 

1,318

 

(422

)

(938

)

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee termination benefit costs

 

2,109

 

(88

)

(623

)

(134

)

1,264

 

Cost to exit activities

 

864

 

 

(131

)

28

 

761

 

Total Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment

 

2,973

 

(88

)

(754

)

(106

)

2,025

 

Total

 

$

4,291

 

$

(510

)

$

(1,692

)

$

(64

)

$

2,025

 

 


(a)          Adjustments to previously recorded restructuring charges resulted from changes in facts and circumstances in the implementation of these activities as well as the timing of additional expenses recognized under U.S. GAAP.

 

The majority of the remaining cash expenditures of $2.0 million related to these actions are expected to be paid throughout 2011 and 2012.

 

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

 

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as well as the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements, including the notes thereto, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, which includes additional information about the Company’s critical accounting policies, contractual obligations, practices and the transactions that support the financial results, and provides a more comprehensive summary of the Company’s outlook, trends and strategies for 2011 and beyond.

 

Throughout this discussion, segment information for prior periods has been reclassified to conform with the current presentation.  Beginning with the fourth quarter of 2010, the Harsco Minerals businesses, which were previously a component of an “All Other” Category, are reported with the Harsco Metals Segment to form the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment.  This reflects the increasing operating synergies of these businesses within the Company’s global markets as well as the combined management of these businesses.  The remaining businesses of the “All Other” Category are reported as the Harsco Industrial operating segment, which also reflects the combined management of these businesses.  The “All Other” Category is no longer utilized.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

The nature of the Company’s business and the many countries in which it operates subject it to changing economic, competitive, regulatory and technological conditions, risks and uncertainties.  In accordance with the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the Company provides the following cautionary remarks regarding important factors that, among others, could cause future results to differ materially from the results contemplated by the forward-looking statements, including the expectations and assumptions expressed or implied herein.  Forward-looking statements contained herein include, among other things, statements about the Company’s management’s confidence and strategies for performance; expectations for new and existing products, technologies and opportunities; and expectations regarding growth, sales, cash flows, earnings and Economic Value Added (“EVA®”).  These statements can be identified by the use of such terms as “may,” “could,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe” or other comparable terms.

 

Factors that could cause actual results to differ, perhaps materially, from those implied by the forward looking statements include, but are not limited to:  (1) changes in the worldwide business environment in which the Company operates, including general economic conditions; (2) changes in currency exchange rates, interest rates, commodity and fuel costs and capital costs; (3) changes in the performance of stock and bond markets that could affect, among other things, the valuation of the assets in the Company’s pension plans and the accounting for pension assets, liabilities and expenses; (4) changes in governmental laws and regulations, including environmental, tax and import tariff standards; (5) market and competitive changes, including pricing pressures, market demand and acceptance for new products, services and technologies; (6) unforeseen business disruptions in one or more of the many countries in which the Company operates due to political instability, civil disobedience, armed hostilities, public health issues or other calamities; (7) the seasonal nature of the business; (8) the Company’s ability to successfully enter into new contracts and complete new acquisitions or joint ventures in the timeframe contemplated or at all; (9) the integration of the Company’s strategic acquisitions; (10) the amount and timing of repurchases of the Company’s common stock, if any; (11) the recent global financial and credit crises and economic conditions generally, which could result in the Company’s customers curtailing development projects, construction, production and capital expenditures, which, in turn, could reduce the demand for the Company’s products and services and, accordingly, the Company’s sales, margins and profitability; (12) the outcome of any disputes with customers; (13) the financial condition of the Company’s customers, including the ability of customers (especially those that may be highly leveraged and those with inadequate liquidity) to maintain their credit availability; (14) the Company’s ability to successfully implement and receive the expected benefits of cost-reduction and restructuring initiatives, including the achievement of expected cost savings in the expected time frame; (15) risk and uncertainty associated with intangible assets; and (16) other risk factors listed from time to time in the Company’s SEC reports.  A further discussion of these, along with other potential factors, can be found in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.  The Company cautions that these factors may not be exhaustive and that many of these factors are beyond the Company’s ability to control or predict.  Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as a prediction of actual results.  The Company undertakes no duty to update forward-looking statements except as may be required by law.

 

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Executive Overview

 

Revenues for the Company during the third quarter of 2011 were $855.9 million compared with $752.4 million in the third quarter of 2010.  Foreign currency translation increased revenues by $28.4 million for the third quarter of 2011 in comparison with the third quarter of 2010.  The Company generated increased revenues across all operating segments in the third quarter of 2011 compared with 2010.  The increased revenues in the third quarter of 2011 were due to increased customer steel production in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment, increased demand in the Harsco Industrial Segment, increased volumes of erection and dismantling services in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment, and the timing of rail equipment shipments in the Harsco Rail Segment.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Percentage Change
from 2010 to 2011

 

Revenues by Segment
(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Change

 

Price/
Volume

 

Currency

 

Total

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

400.5

 

$

369.4

 

$

31.1

 

4.2

%

4.2

%

8.4

%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

282.3

 

253.6

 

28.8

 

6.5

 

4.8

 

11.3

 

Harsco Rail

 

87.4

 

70.7

 

16.8

 

22.4

 

1.3

 

23.7

 

Harsco Industrial

 

85.6

 

58.7

 

26.9

 

45.6

 

0.2

 

45.8

 

Total revenues

 

$

855.9

(a)

$

752.4

 

$

103.5

(a)

10.0

%

3.8

%

13.8

%

 


(a)          Does not total due to rounding.

 

Revenues for the Company during the first three quarters of 2011 were $2.5 billion compared with $2.3 billion in the first three quarters of 2010.  Foreign currency translation increased revenues by $108.7 million for the first three quarters of 2011 in comparison with the first three quarters of 2010.  Increases in revenues in the first nine months of 2011 compared with the first nine months of 2010 were driven by the factors noted above for the quarterly increases.

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

Percentage Change
from 2010 to 2011

 

Revenues by Segment
(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Change

 

Price/
Volume

 

Currency

 

Total

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

1,216.0

 

$

1,089.8

 

$

126.2

 

5.9

%

5.7

%

11.6

%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

842.2

 

766.9

 

75.4

 

4.2

 

5.6

 

9.8

 

Harsco Rail

 

228.0

 

252.4

 

(24.4

)

(10.8

)

1.1

 

(9.7

)

Harsco Industrial

 

223.8

 

172.1

 

51.7

 

29.7

 

0.3

 

30.0

 

Corporate

 

 

0.1

 

(0.1

)

(100.0

)

 

(100.0

)

Total revenues

 

$

2,510.0

 

$

2,281.3

 

$

228.7

(a)

5.2

%

4.8

%

10.0

%

 


(a)          Does not total due to rounding.

 

The Company continues to execute on its geographic expansion strategy, as revenues from targeted growth markets were approximately 27% of total revenues in the first nine months of 2011, compared with 25% for the first nine months of 2010 and 25% for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Percentage Change
from 2010 to 2011

 

Revenues by Region
(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Change

 

Price/
Volume

 

Currency

 

Total

 

Western Europe

 

$

309.5

 

$

297.3

 

$

12.2

 

(1.7

)%

5.8

%

4.1

%

North America

 

311.5

 

258.9

 

52.6

 

19.9

 

0.4

 

20.3

 

Latin America (a)

 

88.3

 

76.0

 

12.3

 

12.6

 

3.6

 

16.2

 

Middle East and Africa

 

49.7

 

45.7

 

4.0

 

8.8

 

(0.0

)

8.8

 

Asia-Pacific

 

55.3

 

41.6

 

13.7

 

20.2

 

12.7

 

32.9

 

Eastern Europe

 

41.6

 

32.9

 

8.7

 

20.6

 

5.8

 

26.4

 

Total revenues

 

$

855.9

 

$

752.4

 

$

103.5

 

10.0

%

3.8

%

13.8

%

 


(a)          Includes Mexico.

 

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Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

Percentage Change
from 2010 to 2011

 

Revenues by Region
(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Change

 

Price/
Volume

 

Currency

 

Total

 

Western Europe

 

$

955.3

 

$

892.7

 

$

62.6

 

(0.3

)%

7.3

%

7.0

%

North America

 

878.6

 

826.1

 

52.5

 

6.0

 

0.4

 

6.4

 

Latin America (a)

 

259.2

 

212.5

 

46.7

 

15.1

 

6.9

 

22.0

 

Middle East and Africa

 

156.2

 

151.6

 

4.6

 

1.0

 

2.0

 

3.0

 

Asia-Pacific

 

148.9

 

114.7

 

34.2

 

15.9

 

13.9

 

29.8

 

Eastern Europe

 

111.8

 

83.7

 

28.1

 

25.4

 

8.2

 

33.6

 

Total revenues

 

$

2,510.0

 

$

2,281.3

 

$

228.7

 

5.2

%

4.8

%

10.0

%

 


(a)          Includes Mexico.

 

Operating income from continuing operations for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 was $50.8 million and $144.3 million, respectively, compared with $44.1 million and $134.2 million for the same periods in 2010.  Foreign currency translation increased operating income by $1.4 million and $4.2 million, respectively, for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011.  The remaining increase in operating income for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 is primarily driven by the realization of cost savings benefits from the restructuring initiatives implemented in the fourth quarter of 2010 in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment and increased demand in the Harsco Industrial Segment.  Offsetting these increases in operating income was the impact of the timing and mix of rail equipment shipments in the Harsco Rail Segment.  Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the third quarter of 2011 were $0.40 compared with $0.26 for the third quarter of 2010.  For the first nine months of 2011, diluted earnings per share from continuing operations were $1.02 compared with $0.76 in the first nine months of 2010.

 

The Company continues to have significant available liquidity and has been able to obtain all necessary financing.  During the first nine months of 2011, the Company generated $190.1 million in operating cash flow, compared with $236.0 million for the first nine months of 2010.  Capital expenditures in the first nine months of 2011 were higher than in the first nine months of 2010.  However, cash proceeds from asset sales totaled $37.2 million in the first nine months of 2011 compared with $18.4 million in the first nine months of 2010.  Balance sheet debt increased from December 31, 2010 and the Company’s debt to capital ratio increased slightly from 37.6% at December 31, 2010 (the Company’s lowest level since 1998) to 38.0% at September 30, 2011.  The Company’s debt to total capital ratio was 43.3% at September 30, 2010.  See Liquidity and Capital Resources under Part I, Item 2 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Operating Results” for further discussion of cash flows.

 

Segment Financial Highlights

 

Revenues

 

Three Months Ended September 30

 

Change

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amount

 

Percent

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

400.5

 

46.8

%

$

369.4

 

49.1

%

$

31.1

 

8.4

%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

282.3

 

33.0

 

253.6

 

33.7

 

28.8

 

11.3

 

Harsco Rail

 

87.4

 

10.2

 

70.7

 

9.4

 

16.8

 

23.7

 

Harsco Industrial

 

85.6

 

10.0

 

58.7

 

7.8

 

26.9

 

45.8

 

Total revenues

 

$

855.9

(a)

100.0

%

$

752.4

 

100.0

%

$

103.5

(a)

13.8

%

 


(a)          Does not total due to rounding.

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

Three Months Ended September 30

 

Change

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amount

 

Percent

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

30.9

 

60.8

%

$

34.0

 

77.2

%

$

(3.1

)

(9.2

)%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

(3.3

)

(6.5

)

(13.6

)

(31.0

)

10.3

 

75.8

 

Harsco Rail

 

11.6

 

22.9

 

14.4

 

32.7

 

(2.8

)

(19.2

)

Harsco Industrial

 

13.8

 

27.1

 

10.3

 

23.4

 

3.4

 

32.9

 

Corporate

 

(2.2

)

(4.3

)

(1.0

)

(2.3

)

(1.1

)

(104.8

)

Total operating income

 

$

50.8

 

100.0

%

$

44.1

 

100.0

%

$

6.8

(a)

15.3

%

 


(a)          Does not total due to rounding.

 

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Three Months Ended September 30

 

Operating Margins

 

2011

 

2010

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

7.7

%

9.2

%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

(1.2

)

(5.4

)

Harsco Rail

 

13.3

 

20.4

 

Harsco Industrial

 

16.1

 

17.6

 

Consolidated operating margin

 

5.9

%

5.9

%

 

Revenues

 

Nine Months Ended September 30

 

Change

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amount

 

Percent

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

1,216.0

 

48.4

%

$

1,089.8

 

47.8

%

$

126.2

 

11.6

%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

842.2

 

33.6

 

766.9

 

33.6

 

75.4

 

9.8

 

Harsco Rail

 

228.0

 

9.1

 

252.4

 

11.1

 

(24.4

)

(9.7

)

Harsco Industrial

 

223.8

 

8.9

 

172.1

 

7.5

 

51.7

 

30.0

 

Corporate

 

 

 

0.1

 

 

(0.1

)

(100.0

)

Total revenues

 

$

2,510.0

 

100.0

%

$

2,281.3

 

100.0

%

$

228.7

(a)

10.0

%

 


(a)          Does not total due to rounding.

 

Operating Income (Loss)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30

 

Change

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amount

 

Percent

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

$

94.8

 

65.7

%

$

94.0

 

70.1

%

$

0.8

 

0.8

%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

(25.9

)

(17.9

)

(46.5

)

(34.6

)

20.6

 

44.3

 

Harsco Rail

 

42.3

 

29.3

 

56.4

 

42.0

 

(14.2

)

(25.1

)

Harsco Industrial

 

37.5

 

26.0

 

32.4

 

24.2

 

5.0

 

15.5

 

Corporate

 

(4.3

)

(3.0

)

(2.2

)

(1.6

)

(2.1

)

(94.0

)

Total revenues

 

$

144.3

(a)

100.0

%(a)

$

134.2

(a)

100.0

%

$

10.1

 

7.5

%

 


(b)         Does not total due to rounding.

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30

 

Operating Margins

 

2011

 

2010

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals

 

7.8

%

8.6

%

Harsco Infrastructure

 

(3.1

)

(6.1

)

Harsco Rail

 

18.5

 

22.4

 

Harsco Industrial

 

16.7

 

18.8

 

Consolidated operating margin

 

5.7

%

5.9

%

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment:

 

The Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment generated higher revenues in the first three quarters of 2011 compared with 2010 due principally to the increased steel production of its customers and the overall weaker U.S. dollar.  The favorable impact of these items on operating income was offset by higher commodity prices and decreased production in the minerals business during the first nine months of 2011.

 

Significant Effects on Revenues (In millions)

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30

 

Revenues — 2010

 

$

369.4

 

$

1,089.8

 

Net increased volume

 

15.6

 

64.1

 

Impact of foreign currency translation

 

15.5

 

62.1

 

Revenues — 2011

 

$

400.5

 

$

1,216.0

 

 

Significant Effects on Operating Income:

 

·                  Customers’ production increased approximately 6% compared with the first nine months of 2010.

·                  Strong performance of on-site services provided to metal producers during the first nine months of 2011.

·                  Negative impact due to higher fuel prices.

·                  Net restructuring expense, which includes costs for exit activities, termination benefits and other items, offset by asset sale gains, increased by $1.9 million and $4.9 million, respectively, from the third quarter and first nine months of 2010.

 

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·                  Foreign currency translation in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 increased operating income for this Segment by $1.3 million and $5.3 million, respectively, compared with the third quarter and first nine months of 2010.

 

Harsco Infrastructure Segment:

 

The Harsco Infrastructure Segment generated higher revenues during the first three quarters of 2011 compared with 2010 due principally to increased volumes of erection and dismantling services and the overall weaker U.S. dollar.  The Segment generated a smaller operating loss in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 primarily due to cost savings from restructuring initiatives implemented in 2010.

 

Significant Effects on Revenues (In millions)

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30

 

Revenues — 2010

 

$

253.6

 

$

766.9

 

Net increased volume

 

24.3

 

39.9

 

Impact of foreign currency translation

 

12.1

 

43.1

 

Sale of two lines of business

 

(7.7

)

(7.7

)

Revenues — 2011

 

$

282.3

 

$

842.2

 

 

Significant Effects on Operating Income:

 

·                  In the third quarter and first nine months of 2011, this Segment’s operating results improved due to the realization of forecasted cost savings resulting from restructuring initiatives implemented in the fourth quarter of 2010.

·                  Rental rates were up slightly compared to the third quarter of 2010.  However, the increased volumes were offset by lower margins on erection and dismantling services, primarily in Europe.

·                  Net restructuring expense decreased $1.2 million and $8.5 million, respectively, from the third quarter and first nine months of 2010.

·                  Contingent consideration adjustments of $4.0 million and $10.6 million were recognized in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment during the first nine months of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

·                  Foreign currency translation decreased operating income by $1.8 million for the first nine months of 2011 compared with 2010.  Foreign currency translation did not have a significant effect on operating income for the third quarter of 2011 compared with 2010.

 

Harsco Rail Segment:

 

The Harsco Rail Segment generated lower operating income during the first nine months of 2011 due principally to the timing of rail equipment shipments.  The Segment generated higher revenues and lower operating income during the third quarter of 2011 compared with 2010 due to the timing and product mix of rail equipment shipments.

 

Significant Impacts on Revenues (In millions)

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30

 

Revenues — 2010

 

$

70.7

 

$

252.4

 

Net change in volume

 

15.8

 

(27.3

)

Impact of foreign currency translation

 

0.9

 

2.9

 

Revenues — 2011

 

$

87.4

 

$

228.0

 

 

Significant Impacts on Operating Income:

 

·                  As expected, this Segment’s operating income for the first nine months of 2011 was lower than the first nine months of 2010 due principally to the timing of rail equipment shipments.  Operating income for the third quarter of 2011 was lower than 2010 due to the mix of rail equipment shipments.  As a result of the timing of certain orders in 2010, results for the fourth quarter of 2011 are expected to exceed the fourth quarter of the 2010.

·                  Also positively impacting operating income for the first nine months of 2011 was a change in estimated costs related to the first phase of the China Ministry of Railways equipment order.  This change in estimated costs resulted in a total of $8 million in lower costs which were recognized in the second quarter as a reduction of cost of goods sold.  The Company does not anticipate any further significant changes in estimated costs as the first phase of the China Ministry of Railways equipment order is now completed.

 

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Harsco Industrial Segment:

 

The Harsco Industrial Segment generated higher revenues and operating income in the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 compared with 2010 due principally to improved markets in the natural gas industry and the industrial grating business.

 

Significant Effects on Revenues (In millions)

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30

 

Revenues — 2010

 

$

58.7

 

$

172.1

 

Net increased price and volume

 

26.8

 

51.1

 

Impact of foreign currency translation

 

0.1

 

0.6

 

Revenues — 2011

 

$

85.6

 

$

223.8

 

 

Significant Effects on Operating Income:

 

·                  Increased demand across all Harsco Industrial businesses, principally as a result of improved markets in the natural gas industry and industrial grating business, increased operating income for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011.

·                  Operating income was negatively impacted by higher commodity prices and inventory costs.

 

Outlook, Trends and Strategies

 

Despite the still-fragile U.S. economy and continued uncertainties throughout several major global economies, particularly in non-residential construction markets in the United Kingdom and certain Western European countries, the Company believes it is well-positioned to capitalize on opportunities in the near to long-term based on its strong balance sheet, available liquidity and ability to generate strong operating cash flows, as well as its demonstrated ability to execute appropriate countermeasures.  Countermeasures such as ongoing cost-reduction initiatives; the Company’s OneHarsco initiative; and the Company’s continuous improvement program have significantly reduced, and should continue to reduce, the Company’s cost structure and further enhance its financial strength without sacrificing its solution-based services and products.  The Company’s expansion of its global footprint in targeted growth markets; its diversity of services and products in industries that are fundamental to global growth; its long-term mill services and minerals supply contracts; and the portability and mobility of its Harsco Infrastructure services equipment, help mitigate the Company’s overall long-term exposure to changes in the economic outlook in any single economy.  However, any further deterioration of global economies could still have an adverse impact on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

 

In addition to the items noted in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010, the following significant items, risks, trends and strategies are expected to affect the Company for the remainder of 2011 and beyond:

 

·                  The Company will continue to place a strong focus on corporate-wide expansion into targeted emerging markets to grow and improve the balance of its geographic footprint.  More specifically, the Company’s global growth strategies include steady, targeted expansion, particularly in the Gulf Region of the Middle East and Africa, Asia-Pacific and Latin America to further complement the Company’s already-strong presence throughout Europe and North America.  Growth is also expected to be achieved through the provision of additional services to existing customers; new contracts in both developed and targeted growth markets; and targeted joint ventures and partnerships in strategic countries and market sectors.  This strategy’s goal is to achieve approximately 35% of revenue from emerging markets by 2015.  This growth is expected to come both organically and through targeted joint venture investments.  Over time, a balanced geographic footprint should also benefit the Company through further diversification of its customer base.

·                  Management will continue to be very selective and disciplined in allocating capital, choosing projects with the highest EVA potential and return on capital employed.

·                  The Company announced in 2010 that it has embarked upon a business transformation strategy as part of its OneHarsco initiative, which is designed to create significant operating and cost efficiencies by improving the Company’s supply chain costs, logistics, scheduling and integration throughout its worldwide operations.  This project is expected to contribute to the Company’s EVA growth but could result in near-term cost increases and capital expenditures.

 

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·                  The Company has maintained a capital structure with a balance sheet debt to capital ratio approximating 40% for the last several years.  That ratio was 38.0% at September 30, 2011 primarily due to prudent cash management.  This provides financial flexibility for investing in strategic initiatives, including joint ventures and capital outlays, particularly for growth initiatives.  However, such future spending may require short-term borrowing.

·                  A majority of the Company’s revenue is currently generated from customers located outside of the United States, and a substantial portion of the Company’s assets and employees are also located outside of the United States.  United States’ income tax and foreign withholding taxes have not been provided on undistributed earnings for certain non-U.S. subsidiaries, as the Company considers such earnings as indefinitely reinvested in the operations of those subsidiaries.  The Executive Branch of the U.S. Government (the “Administration”) has indicated that future tax reform may be structured with more of the business community’s concerns in mind; however, the Administration has provided no indication that intended reform will be any more favorable to U.S. multi-national corporations with earnings indefinitely reinvested abroad.  Any tax reform that reduces the Company’s ability to defer U.S. taxes on earnings indefinitely reinvested outside of the United States could have a negative impact on the Company’s ability to compete in the global marketplace.

·                  Fluctuations in the U.S. dollar can have significant effects in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment and Harsco Infrastructure Segment, as approximately 80% of the revenues generated in these segments are from outside the United States.  If the U.S. dollar weakens, sales and operating income would generally improve.  If the U.S. dollar strengthens, sales and operating income would generally be lower.

·                  Volatility in energy and commodity costs (e.g., diesel fuel, natural gas, steel, etc.) and worldwide demand for these commodities could impact the Company’s operations, both in cost increases or decreases to the extent that such increases or decreases are not passed on to customers.  However, volatility in energy and commodity costs may provide additional service opportunities for the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment as customers may outsource more services to reduce overall costs.  Volatility may also affect opportunities in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment for additional plant maintenance and capital improvement projects and in the Harsco Industrial Segment for natural gas projects.

·                  The Company may be required to record future impairment charges to the extent it cannot generate future cash flows at a level sufficient to recover the net book value of a reporting unit.  As part of the Company’s annual goodwill impairment testing, estimates of fair value are based on assumptions regarding future operating cash flows and growth rates of each reporting unit, discount rates applied to these cash flows and current market estimates of value.  Based on the uncertainty of future growth rates and other assumptions used to estimate goodwill recoverability, future reductions in a reporting unit’s cash flows could cause a material non-cash impairment charge of goodwill, which could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations and financial condition.

·                  The Company expects continued strong cash flows from operating activities, although 2011 will likely be less than 2010.  In regard to the use of these cash flows, the Company’s intention is to take a balanced approach.  The first use of cash flows will be to continue to pay the Company’s cash dividend, which has been paid since 1939.  Secondly, the Company plans to allocate capital expenditures to projects that have the appropriate long-term return characteristics.

·      Total defined benefit pension expense for 2012 is expected to be higher than the 2011 level due to a current trend toward lower discount rates which result from lower yields on AA-graded corporate bonds, as well as volatile financial markets affecting plan asset returns.

 

Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment:

 

·                  The business is expected to show modest year-over-year improvement in results in the fourth quarter and full-year 2011.  Steel production for the remainder of 2011 is expected to slow from third quarter 2011 levels and stainless steel production is expected to remain lower year-over-year.  Longer-term, the outlook remains positive with global steel production expected to rise as economies of the world stabilize.  Further, the Company continues to see success in new contract signings and in its efforts to exit existing lower return contracts, which should increase future margins and returns on capital.  Also, the Segment has recently entered into strategic alliances with Lanzatech and Equinox, which the Company believes have the potential for future growth opportunities.

·                  The new 25-year environmental solutions contract for onsite metal recovery in China that was awarded in July 2011 to the Company’s previously-announced venture with Taiyuan Iron & Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (“TISCO”) will effectively address the environmentally beneficial processing and metal recovery of TISCO’s stainless and carbon steel slag production by-products across a range of potential commercial applications.  The Company anticipates that the venture has the potential to generate new revenues of an estimated $30 million per year initially, beginning after the start-up of operations in the fourth quarter of 2012, and ramping up to a projected run rate of approximately $50 million to $60 million per year when fully operational.  The Company and TISCO will respectively share a 60%-40% relationship in the partnership and the Company will consolidate the financial statements of the venture.

·                  The Company anticipates that tightening environmental regulations will compel customers to address their production waste streams as an opportunity to maximize environmental compliance.  This should provide additional revenue opportunities for the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment.  The Company will continue to pursue growth opportunities in environmental services as increasing regulatory and public demand for environmental solutions creates additional outsourced opportunities in slag management.

 

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·                  The industrial abrasives and roofing granules business within the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment generates value by collecting and processing boiler slag, a coal combustion by-product (“CCP”), into commercially useful products that put this material to beneficial use in products such as roofing materials and blasting abrasives.  In May 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released a proposed rule that set out two different options with regard to the regulation of CCPs produced by coal-fired utility boilers.  One option would regulate CCPs as hazardous waste when the CCPs are destined for disposal in landfills and surface impoundments.  The second option would regulate the disposal of CCPs as solid waste by issuing minimum national criteria for proper management of these non-hazardous, solid wastes.  Neither proposal changes the EPA’s prior determination that beneficially used CCPs, including the Company’s products, are exempt from the hazardous waste regulations.  The adoption, terms and timing of any new regulation controlling disposal of CCPs remain uncertain and there can be no assurance that any CCP regulation will continue to provide for an exemption for beneficial use of CCPs.  The Company will continue to closely monitor the EPA’s proposal.

 

Harsco Infrastructure Segment:

 

·                  At this time, the Company expects this Segment’s fourth quarter loss to be higher than those of both the second and the third quarters of 2011, due principally to market conditions in the United Kingdom and an expected seasonal slow-down in business activity in the fourth quarter; however, full year results for 2011 are expected to exceed 2010.  Longer-term, the Company believes the full realization of all cost reduction actions and countermeasures, coupled with moderate improvements in its key global end-markets, will return this Segment to profitability.

·                  As expected, this Segment is realizing the anticipated savings resulting from the successful implementation of the major restructuring plan announced at the end of 2010.  The Company expects such savings, coupled with 2011 countermeasures, will approximate $40 million in 2011, with full annualized savings of $60 million starting in 2012.  While average rental rates and utilization rates have stabilized in recent quarters, uncertainties remain in key end markets, particularly in the United Kingdom, several other European countries and, to a lesser degree, the United States.

·                  The Company has initiated strategies to reposition the Harsco Infrastructure Segment and is focusing increasingly on projects in the global industrial maintenance and civil infrastructure construction sectors, and further developing this business in economies outside the United States and Western Europe that have greater prospects for both near-term and long-term growth.  The Segment is shifting from small, essentially independent branches that serve smaller projects to an integrated business with resources able to focus on larger projects that will have a longer duration and which require highly engineered solutions.  Local focus on the customer will continue, but customer service will improve through coordinated asset management, sales effectiveness and operational excellence.

·                  The Company’s 2010 annual impairment testing did not result in any impairment of the Company’s goodwill.  However, the fair value of the Harsco Infrastructure Segment exceeded its carrying value by approximately 4%.  The Company determined that as of September 30, 2011, no interim goodwill impairment testing was necessary.  The Company’s 2011 annual goodwill impairment testing is in process and will be completed during the fourth quarter of 2011.  There can be no assurance that the Company’s annual goodwill impairment testing will not result in a charge to earnings.  The Company’s estimates of fair value are based on assumptions about the future operating cash flows and growth rates of each reporting unit, discount rates applied to those cash flows and current market estimates of value.  Although not finalized, the Company expects to see an increase in discount rates being utilized for the 2011 annual goodwill impairment testing.  This expectation is based on changes in debt levels, debt rating and market capitalization since the 2010 annual goodwill testing was completed.  There is also an expected decrease in the book value of the Harsco Infrastructure Segment based on write-downs associated with restructuring actions under the Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program.  Additionally, assumptions about the future operating cash flows of the Harsco Infrastructure Segment may include additional countermeasures and cost reduction actions the Company is currently reviewing to improve future results.  Should the Company’s analysis indicate a further

 

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degradation in the overall markets served by the Harsco Infrastructure Segment, impairment losses for assets associated with this Segment could be required.  Any necessary impairment could result in the write down of the carrying value of goodwill to its implied fair value.

 

Harsco Rail Segment:

 

·                  While some sequential improvement in operating income and margins is expected in the fourth quarter of 2011 over the third quarter of 2011, the fourth quarter 2011 results will be tempered by the timing of several machine sales that were expected to be delivered late in the fourth quarter of 2011, but which are now expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2012.  Total 2011 revenues for this Segment are still expected to approximate those of 2010 and again approximate the $300 million level.

·                  Longer-term, the outlook for this Segment continues to be favorable.  The global demand for railway maintenance-of-way equipment, parts, and services continues to be strong and the Class I railroads in the United States continue to report increased freight shipments, a positive indication of further opportunities for this Segment going into 2012.  The Segment also expects to enter 2012 with a solid order book.

·                  International demand for Harsco Rail’s track maintenance services, solutions and equipment has been strong, as reflected in global bidding activity.  This is expected to continue in the long-term.  The Harsco Rail Segment expects to develop a larger presence in certain developing countries as track construction and maintenance needs grow.  Additionally, new service and sales opportunities, along with strategic acquisitions and/or joint ventures in the Harsco Rail Segment, will be considered if the appropriate strategic opportunities arise.

 

Harsco Industrial Segment:

 

·                  The final quarter of 2011 is expected to produce operating income comparable to that of the fourth quarter of last year.  The longer-term outlook for this Segment remains favorable as many of this Segment’s manufactured products are utilized in the energy markets.  This, combined with the Company’s continued success in expanding this Segment globally, should result in significant growth.

·                  The Company has implemented strategies to help mitigate the potential impact that increases in steel and other commodity prices could have on operating income.  If steel or other commodity costs associated with the Company’s manufactured products increase and the costs cannot be passed on to the Company’s customers, operating income would be adversely affected.  Conversely, reduced steel and other commodity costs would improve operating income to the extent such savings do not have to be transferred to customers.

 

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Results of Operations

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change

 

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amount

 

%

 

Revenues from continuing operations

 

$

855.9

 

$

752.4

 

$

103.5

 

13.8

%

Cost of services and products sold

 

671.4

 

574.8

 

96.6

 

16.8

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

129.0

 

131.4

 

(2.4

)

(1.8

)

Other (income) expenses

 

3.1

 

0.9

 

2.2

 

245.4

 

Operating income from continuing operations

 

50.8

 

44.1

 

6.8

 

15.3

 

Interest expense

 

12.2

 

15.7

 

(3.5

)

(22.1

)

Income tax expense from continuing operations

 

7.1

 

7.4

 

(0.3

)

(4.2

)

Income from continuing operations

 

32.4

 

21.8

 

10.6

 

48.4

 

Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders

 

0.40

 

0.26

 

0.14

 

53.8

 

Effective income tax rate for continuing operations

 

18.0

%

25.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change

 

(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Amount

 

%

 

Revenues from continuing operations

 

$

2,510.0

 

$

2,281.3

 

$

228.7

 

10.0

%

Cost of services and products sold

 

1,949.0

 

1,744.7

 

204.3

 

11.7

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

408.0

 

401.5

 

6.5

 

1.6

 

Other (income) expenses

 

4.4

 

(2.0

)

(6.5

)

(319.4

)

Operating income from continuing operations

 

144.3

 

134.2

 

10.1

 

7.5

 

Interest expense

 

36.8

 

47.2

 

(10.4

)

(22.1

)

Income tax expense from continuing operations

 

24.8

 

23.3

 

1.5

 

6.5

 

Income from continuing operations

 

85.2

 

65.8

 

19.4

 

29.5

 

Diluted earnings per common share from continuing operations attributable to Harsco Corporation common stockholders

 

1.02

 

0.76

 

0.26

 

34.2

 

Effective income tax rate for continuing operations

 

22.7

%

26.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

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Comparative Analysis of Consolidated Results

 

Revenues

 

Revenues for the third quarter of 2011 increased $103.5 million or 13.8% from the third quarter of 2010.  Revenues for the first nine months of 2011 increased $228.7 million or 10.0% from the first nine months of 2010.  These increases were attributable to the following significant items:

 

Change in Revenues — 2011 vs. 2010
(In millions)

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30

 

Effect of foreign currency translation.

 

$

28.4

 

$

108.7

 

Net increase in revenues in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment due principally to increased steel production volumes by the Company’s carbon steel mill site customers.

 

15.6

 

64.1

 

Net increase in volumes in the Harsco Industrial Segment due principally to improved markets in the natural gas industry and the industrial grating business.

 

26.8

 

51.1

 

Net increase in revenues in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment due principally to increased volumes of erection and dismantling services, primarily in North America.

 

24.3

 

39.9

 

Net increase (decrease) in revenues in the Harsco Rail Segment due principally to the timing of and overall lower level of rail equipment shipments in 2011 compared with 2010.

 

15.8

 

(27.3

)

Impact of the sale of two lines of business in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment.

 

(7.7

)

(7.7

)

Other

 

0.3

 

(0.1

)

Total change in revenues — 2011 vs. 2010

 

$

103.5

 

$

228.7

 

 

Cost of Services and Products Sold

 

Costs of services and products sold for the third quarter of 2011 increased $96.6 million or 16.8% from the third quarter of 2010.  Costs of services and products sold for the first nine months of 2011 increased $204.3 million or 11.7% from the first nine months of 2010.  These increases were attributable to the following significant items:

 

Change in Cost of Services and Products Sold — 2011 vs. 2010
(In millions)

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30

 

Effect of foreign currency translation.

 

$

22.5

 

$

86.9

 

Increased costs due to changes in revenues (exclusive of the effect of foreign currency translation, and including the impact of increased energy and fluctuations in commodity costs included in selling prices).

 

38.0

 

63.1

 

Principally unfavorable product mix and higher commodity costs.

 

36.1

 

62.3

 

Decrease in estimated costs related to the first phase of the Harsco Rail China Ministry of Railways order.

 

 

(8.0

)

Total change in cost of services and products sold — 2011 vs. 2010

 

$

96.6

 

$

204.3

 

 

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Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2011 decreased $2.4 million or 1.8% from the third quarter of 2010.  Selling, general and administrative expenses for the first nine months of 2011 increased $6.5 million or 1.6% from the first nine months of 2010.  Selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues decreased to 15.1% from 17.5% for the third quarter of 2011 compared with the third quarter of 2010.  This ratio similarly decreased to 16.3% from 17.6% for the first nine months of 2011 compared with the first nine months of 2010.  The change in selling, general and administrative expenses was attributable to the following significant items:

 

Change in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses — 2011 vs. 2010
(In millions)

 

Three Months
Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months
Ended
September 30

 

Effect of foreign currency translation

 

$

4.5

 

$

17.6

 

Change in compensation. The increase for the first nine months of 2011 is due to compensation increases as a result of overall business improvement. This is partially offset by a decrease in compensation expense in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment, primarily in the third quarter of 2011, principally as the result of the realization of costs savings benefits from the restructuring activities implemented in the fourth quarter of 2010

 

(2.9

)

6.2

 

Change in commissions primarily due to the timing of and an overall lower level of rail equipment shipments in 2011 compared with 2010

 

0.3

 

(4.2

)

Lower bad debt expense

 

(1.0

)

(2.2

)

Other, net (primarily due to spending reductions)

 

(3.3

)

(10.9

)

Total change in selling, general and administrative expenses — 2011 vs. 2010

 

$

(2.4

)

$

6.5

 

 

Other (Income) Expenses

 

This income statement classification includes restructuring costs for employee termination benefits and costs to exit activities; impaired asset write-downs; net gains or losses on the disposal of non-core assets; and business combination accounting adjustments related to recent acquisitions by the Company.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In thousands)

 

2011

 

2010

 

2011

 

2010

 

Restructuring costs

 

$

4,546

 

$

2,089

 

$

11,804

 

$

14,494

 

Gains from sale of non-core assets

 

(1,560

)

(758

)

(4,374

)

(6,612

)

Contingent consideration adjustments

 

 

(989

)

(3,966

)

(10,620

)

Other

 

64

 

541

 

967

 

718

 

Other (income) expenses

 

$

3,050

 

$

883

 

$

4,431

 

$

(2,020

)

 

In the first nine months of 2011, restructuring costs were incurred principally in the Harsco Metals & Minerals and Harsco Infrastructure Segments.  Net gains from the sale of non-core assets for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 included a $0.9 million gain from the sale of two lines of business within the Harsco Infrastructure Segment.  Contingent consideration adjustments of $4.0 million and $10.6 million were recognized in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment during the first nine months of 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense decreased $3.5 million and $10.4 million in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, respectively, compared with 2010.  The decrease compared with 2010 was primarily due to an October 2010 debt refinancing which resulted in a significantly lower interest rate than the prior debt, partially offset by incremental interest expense related to higher commercial paper levels during the second and third quarters of 2011.

 

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Income Tax Expense from Continuing Operations

 

The decrease in expense for the three months ended September 30, 2011 compared with the same period in 2010 was due primarily to the recognition of income tax benefits from the expiration of the statutes of limitations for uncertain tax positions in certain jurisdictions.  The increase in income tax expense from continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2011 compared with the same period in 2010 was due to higher earnings from continuing operations.  The effective income tax rate relating to continuing operations for the third quarter of 2011 was 18.0% versus 25.4% for the third quarter of 2010.  The effective income tax rate related to continuing operations for the first nine months of 2011 was 22.7% versus 26.2% for the first nine months of 2010.  The effective income tax rate decreased primarily due to the recognition of income tax benefits from the expiration of the statutes of limitations for uncertain tax positions in certain jurisdictions.

 

Income from Continuing Operations

 

The increase in income from continuing operations for the third quarter and first nine months of 2011 compared with 2010 is primarily driven by the realization of cost savings benefits from the restructuring initiatives implemented in the fourth quarter of 2010 in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment and increased demand in the Harsco Industrial Segment.  Offsetting these increases was the impact of the timing and mix of rail equipment shipments in the Harsco Rail Segment.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Overview

 

The Company continues to have sufficient available liquidity and has been able to obtain all necessary financing.  The Company currently expects operational and business needs to be covered by cash from operations and sales of non-core assets for the remainder of 2011, although borrowings may be made from time to time due to historical patterns of seasonal cash flow and for the funding of various projects.

 

The Company continues to implement and perform on capital efficiency initiatives to enhance liquidity.  These initiatives have included prudent reduction of capital spending to projects where the highest returns can be achieved while redeploying existing capital investments, principally in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment; optimization of worldwide cash positions; reductions in discretionary spending; and frequent evaluation of customer and business-partner credit risk.  These initiatives have been successful in helping counteract strained global financial markets.  While global financial markets have improved for certain highly rated credit issuers, the stresses the markets have been under since 2008 are still reflected in tightened credit conditions for the funding of non-residential construction projects, particularly commercial construction.  These tightened credit conditions, along with the sovereign debt crisis in Europe and economic austerity measures implemented in the United Kingdom, have restrained growth in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment.  These unfavorable conditions in the credit markets also continue to affect some of the Company’s current and potential customers.

 

During the first nine months of 2011, the Company generated $190.1 million in operating cash flow, a decrease from the $236.0 million generated in the first nine months of 2010.  Approximately $17 million of cash was disbursed in the first nine months of 2011 for restructuring costs associated with the Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Program.  This included approximately $13 million of cash for charges that were accrued at December 31, 2010 and approximately $4 million of program charges that were incurred in 2011 due to timing of recognition under U.S. GAAP.  The Company estimates that additional net cash of approximately $3 million will be disbursed for the program during the remainder of 2011 and approximately $11.5 million in 2012.  In the first nine months of 2011, the Company invested $240.8 million in capital expenditures (approximately 42% of which were for revenue-growth projects), compared with $129.9 million invested in the first nine months of 2010.  The Company paid $49.6 million in stockholder dividends in the first nine months of 2011, compared with $49.5 million in the first nine months of 2010.

 

The Company’s net cash borrowings increased by $33.6 million in the first nine months of 2011 to fund capital expenditures principally in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment and reflected seasonal cash fluctuations for the Company.  The Company’s debt to total capital ratio increased to 38.0% at September 30, 2011 from 37.6% at December 31, 2010, which was the lowest debt to total capital ratio since 1998.  The Company’s debt to total capital ratio was 43.3% at September 30, 2010.

 

The Company plans to sustain its balanced portfolio through its strategy of redeploying discretionary cash for disciplined organic growth and international or market-segment diversification; for potential strategic joint ventures, alliances and partnerships; for growth in long-term, high-return and high-renewal-rate services contracts for the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment, principally in targeted growth markets or for customer diversification; and for strategic investments or possible acquisitions in the Harsco Rail Segment.  The Company also foresees continuing its long and consistent history of paying dividends to stockholders.

 

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The Company continues its focus on improving working capital efficiency.  Globally integrated enterprise initiatives, such as OneHarsco, are being used to continue to further improve the effective and efficient use of working capital, particularly accounts receivable and inventories in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment, Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment and the Harsco Rail Segment.

 

Sources and Uses of Cash

 

The Company’s principal sources of liquidity are cash from operations, issuance of commercial paper and borrowings under its various credit agreements, augmented periodically by cash proceeds from non-core asset and business sales.  The primary drivers of the Company’s cash flow from operations are the Company’s revenues and income.  The Company’s long-term Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment’s contracts, in addition to the backlog of certain equipment orders and the long-term nature of certain service contracts within the Harsco Rail Segment, provide predictable cash flows for the near-term years.  Cash returns on capital investments made in prior years, for which no cash is currently required, are a significant source of cash from operations.  Depreciation expense related to these investments is a non-cash charge.  The Company also continues to maintain working capital at a manageable level based upon the requirements and seasonality of the businesses.

 

Major uses of operating cash flows and borrowed funds include: capital investments, principally in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment; payroll costs and related benefits; dividend payments; pension funding payments; inventory purchases for the Harsco Rail Segment and the Harsco Industrial Segment; income tax payments; debt principal and interest payments; insurance premiums and payments of self-insured casualty losses; and machinery, equipment, automobile and facility lease payments.  Cash is also used for targeted, strategic acquisitions as appropriate opportunities arise.

 

Resources available for cash requirements — The Company meets its ongoing cash requirements for operations and growth initiatives by utilizing cash from operations; by accessing the public debt markets; and by borrowing from banks.  Public markets in the United States and Europe are accessed through the Company’s commercial paper programs and through discrete-term note issuance to investors.  The Company has various bank credit facilities that are available throughout the world.  The Company expects to utilize public debt markets, bank credit facilities and cash from operations to meet its cash requirements in the future.

 

The following table illustrates the amounts outstanding and available under bank credit facilities and commercial paper programs at September 30, 2011:

 

Summary of Credit Facilities and

 

At September 30, 2011

 

Commercial Paper Programs
(In millions)

 

Facility Limit

 

Outstanding
Balance

 

Available
Credit

 

U.S. commercial paper program

 

$

550.0

 

$

48.9

 

$

501.1

 

Euro commercial paper program

 

271.9

 

 

271.9

 

Multi-year revolving credit facility (a)

 

570.0

 

 

570.0

 

Bilateral credit facility (b) 

 

30.0

 

 

30.0

 

Totals at September 30, 2011

 

$

1,421.9

 

$

48.9

 

$

1,373.0

(c)

 


(a)          U.S.-based program.

(b)         International-based program.

(c)          Although the Company has significant available credit, for practical purposes, the Company limits aggregate commercial paper and credit facility borrowings at any one-time to a maximum of $600 million (the aggregate amount of the multi-year and bilateral facilities).

 

For more information on the Company’s bank credit facilities and long-term notes, see Note 6, “Debt and Credit Agreements,” to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

 

Credit Ratings and Outlook — The following table summarizes the Company’s current debt ratings:

 

 

 

Long-term Notes

 

U.S.-Based
Commercial Paper

 

Outlook

Standard & Poor’s

 

BBB+

 

A-2

 

Stable

Moody’s

 

Baa2

 

P-2

 

Stable

Fitch

 

BBB+

 

F2

 

Stable

 

The Company’s euro commercial paper program has not been rated since the euro market does not require it.  In August 2011, Fitch downgraded the Company’s Long-term Notes to BBB+ from A-.  The change did not have any impact on the Company’s borrowing costs.  Any additional downgrades to the Company’s credit ratings may increase borrowing costs to

 

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the Company, while an improvement in the Company’s credit ratings may decrease borrowing costs to the Company.  Additionally, future downgrades in the Company’s credit ratings may result in reduced access to credit markets.

 

Working Capital Position — Changes in the Company’s working capital are reflected in the following table:

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

Increase
(Decrease)

 

Current Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

106.3

 

$

124.2

 

$

(18.0

)

Trade accounts receivable, net

 

656.5

 

585.3

 

71.2

 

Other receivables

 

28.1

 

29.3

 

(1.2

)

Inventories

 

276.6

 

271.6

 

5.0

 

Other current assets

 

123.6

 

144.5

 

(20.9

)

Total current assets

 

1,191.1

 

1,154.9

 

36.1

 

Current Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes payable and current maturities

 

61.7

 

35.2

 

26.5

 

Accounts payable

 

267.1

 

261.5

 

5.6

 

Accrued compensation

 

95.6

 

83.9

 

11.7

 

Income taxes payable

 

7.9

 

9.7

 

(1.8

)

Other current liabilities

 

363.9

 

377.6

 

(13.7

)

Total current liabilities

 

796.1

(b)

767.9

 

28.2

(b)

Working Capital

 

$

395.0

 

$

387.0

 

$

8.0

(b)

Current Ratio (a)

 

1.5:1

 

1.5:1

 

 

 

 


(a)          Calculated as Total current assets/Total current liabilities

(b)         Does not total due to rounding

 

Working capital increased $8.0 million in the first nine months of 2011 due principally to the following factors:

 

·                  Net trade accounts receivable increased $71.2 million primarily due to higher sales activity (third quarter 2011 compared with fourth quarter 2010) in all segments;

 

·                  Other current liabilities decreased by $13.7 million primarily due to reduced customer advance payments in the Harsco Rail Segment.

 

These working capital increases were offset by the following:

 

·                  Notes payable and current maturities increased by $26.5 million primarily due to higher outstanding commercial paper balances and, in conjunction with a decrease in cash of $18.0 million, reflected seasonal fluctuations in the cash needs of the Company;

 

·                  Other current assets decreased by $20.9 million primarily due to the sale of two lines of business in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment which had been classified as held-for-sale as of December 31, 2010 (see Note 3, “Acquisitions and Dispositions,” in Part I, Item 1, Financial Statements); and

 

·                  Accrued compensation increased $11.7 million primarily due to the timing of payrolls during September 2011 compared with December 2010.

 

Certainty of Cash Flows — The certainty of the Company’s future cash flows is underpinned by the long-term nature of the Company’s metals services contracts, the order backlog for the Company’s railway track maintenance services and equipment, and the strong discretionary cash flows (operating cash flows plus cash from asset sales in excess of the amounts necessary for capital expenditures to maintain current revenue levels) generated by the Company.  Historically, the Company has utilized these discretionary cash flows for growth-related capital expenditures, strategic acquisitions, debt repayment and dividend payments.

 

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The types of products and services that the Company provides are not subject to rapid technological change, which increases the stability of related cash flows.  Additionally, the Company believes each of its businesses in its balanced portfolio is a leader in the industries and major markets the Company serves.  Due to these factors, the Company is confident in its future ability to generate positive cash flows from operations.

 

Cash Flow Summary

 

The Company’s cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities, as reflected in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, are summarized in the following table:

 

Summarized Cash Flow Information

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30

 

(In millions)

 

2011

 

2010

 

Net cash provided (used) by:

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

190.1

 

$

236.0

 

Investing activities

 

(195.5

)

(142.3

)

Financing activities

 

(8.6

)

142.0

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

 

(4.0

)

0.5

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(18.0

)

$

236.2

 

 

Cash Provided by Operating Activities — Net cash provided by operating activities in the first nine months of 2011 was $190.1 million, a decrease of $45.9 million from the first nine months of 2010.  The decrease reflects increased trade accounts receivable and inventories related to increased business activity.  Additionally, the decrease reflects decreased accounts payable and accrued interest related to timing of payments.  Also negatively impacting cash from operating activities were cash outflows of approximately $17 million associated with the Fourth Quarter 2010 Harsco Infrastructure Restructuring Program.

 

Cash Used by Investing Activities — Net cash used in investing activities in the first nine months of 2011 was $195.5 million, an increase of $53.2 million from the first nine months of 2010.  Capital investments totaled $240.8 million and increased $110.9 million compared with the first nine months of 2010.  Growth capital investment expenditures constituted approximately 42% of investments made in the first nine months of 2011, and were predominantly in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment and Harsco Infrastructure Segment.  Throughout the remainder of 2011, the Company plans to continue to manage its balanced portfolio and consider opportunities to invest in value-creating projects.  The increase in capital investments was partially offset by proceeds from the sale of two lines of business in the Harsco Infrastructure Segment which were previously classified as held-for-sale.  Additionally, 2010 included the acquisition of the Bell Scaffolding Group and there were no comparable acquisitions in 2011.

 

Cash Used by Financing Activities — Net cash used by financing activities in the first nine months of 2011 was $8.6 million, a change of $150.5 million from the cash provided by financing activities in the first nine months of 2010.  The change was primarily due to the September 2010 issuance of $250 million five-year notes bearing interest at 2.7%.  The proceeds of this offering were used to repay, in part, 200 million British pound sterling-denominated notes that matured in October 2010.  This was partially offset by increased commercial paper borrowings in 2011 when compared with 2010.

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

September 30
2011

 

December 31
2010

 

Notes payable and current maturities

 

$

61.7

 

$

35.2

 

Long-term debt

 

855.7

 

849.7

 

Total debt

 

917.4

 

884.9

 

Total equity

 

1,494.0

 

1,468.1

 

Total capital

 

$

2,411.4

 

$

2,353.0

 

Total debt to total capital (a)

 

38.0

%

37.6

%

 


(a)                Calculated as Total debt/Total capital.

 

The Company’s debt as a percent of total capital increased in the first nine months of 2011 due to higher outstanding commercial paper balances at the end of the quarter.

 

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Debt Covenants

 

The Company’s credit facilities contain a covenant stipulating a maximum debt to capital ratio of 60%.  One credit facility also contains a covenant requiring a minimum net worth of $475 million, and another limits the proportion of subsidiary consolidated indebtedness to 10% of consolidated tangible assets.  The Company’s 5.75% and 2.70% notes include covenants that permit the note holders to redeem their notes at 101% of par in the event of a change of control of the Company or disposition of a significant portion of the Company’s assets in combination with a downgrade in the Company’s credit rating to non-investment grade.  At September 30, 2011, the Company was in compliance with these covenants with a debt to capital ratio of 38.0% and total net worth (as defined by the covenants) of $1.4 billion.  Based on balances at September 30, 2011, the Company could increase borrowings by approximately $1.3 billion and still be within its debt covenants.  Alternatively, keeping all other factors constant, the Company’s equity could decrease by approximately $0.9 billion and the Company would still be within its debt covenants.  The Company expects to continue to be compliant with these debt covenants one year from now.

 

Cash and Value-Based Management

 

The Company has various cash management systems throughout the world that centralize cash at various bank accounts where it is economically justifiable and legally permissible to do so.  These centralized cash balances are then redeployed to other operations to reduce short-term borrowings and to finance working capital needs or capital expenditures.  Due to the transitory nature of cash balances, they are normally invested in bank deposits that can be withdrawn at will or in very liquid short-term bank time deposits and government obligations.  The Company’s policy is to use banks located in the various countries in which the Company operates rated “A” or better, or if no such banks exist, to use the largest banks within those countries.  The Company monitors the creditworthiness of its banks and when appropriate will adjust its banking operations to reduce or eliminate exposure to less creditworthy banks.

 

The Company plans to continue its strategy of targeted, prudent investing for strategic purposes for the foreseeable future and to make more efficient use of existing investments.  The long-term goal of this strategy is to create stockholder value by improving the Company’s EVA.  Under this program, the Company evaluates strategic investments based upon the investment’s economic profit.  EVA equals after-tax operating profits less a charge for the use of the capital employed to create those profits.  Therefore, value is created when a project or initiative produces a return above the risk-adjusted local country cost of capital.  In the first nine months of 2011, EVA improved compared with the first nine months of 2010 due to higher operating profits.

 

The Company currently expects to continue paying dividends to stockholders.  In August 2011, the Company paid its 245th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.  In September 2011, the Company also declared its 246th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

 

The Company’s financial position and debt capacity should enable it to meet current and future requirements.  As additional resources are needed, the Company should be able to obtain funds readily and at competitive costs.  The Company is well-positioned financially and intends to continue investing in high-return, organic growth projects and prudent, strategic alliances and joint ventures; reduce debt; and pay cash dividends as a means of enhancing stockholder value.

 

Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

Information on recently adopted and recently issued accounting standards is included in Note 2, “Recently Adopted and Recently Issued Accounting Standards,” in Part I, Item 1, Financial Statements.

 

ITEM 3.      QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

See Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors,” for quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk.

 

ITEM 4.      CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

The Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2011.  Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective.  There have been no changes in internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, internal control over financial reporting during the third quarter of 2011.

 

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.      LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

Information on legal proceedings is included in Note 9, “Commitments and Contingencies,” in Part I, Item 1, Financial Statements.

 

ITEM 1A.   RISK FACTORS

 

In the normal course of business, the Company is routinely subjected to a variety of risks.  In addition to the market risk associated with interest rate and currency movements on outstanding debt and non-U.S. dollar-denominated assets and liabilities, other examples of risk include adverse economic conditions and increased competition in the global non-residential construction markets; customer concentration in the Harsco Metals & Minerals Segment and Harsco Rail Segment; collectability of receivables; volatility of the financial markets and their effect on pension plans and the availability of funding of non-residential construction projects; and global economic and political conditions.

 

For a full disclosure of risk factors that affect the Company, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 (Part I, Item 1A).

 

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

 

(a)         There were no unregistered sales of equity securities during the period covered by the report.

(b)         Not applicable.

(c)          Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

Period

 

Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased

 

Average
Price Paid
per Share

 

Total Number of
Shares Purchased
as Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs

 

Maximum Number of
Shares that May Yet
Be Purchased Under
the Plans or
Programs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 1, 2011 — July 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

August 1, 2011 — August 31, 2011

 

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

September 1, 2011 — September 30, 2011

 

 

 

 

2,000,000

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Company’s share repurchase program was extended by the Board of Directors in November 2010.  The repurchase program expires January 31, 2012.  At September 30, 2011, there are 2,000,000 authorized shares remaining in the program.  When and if appropriate, repurchases are made in open market transactions, depending on market conditions.  Repurchases may not be made and may be discontinued at any time.

 

ITEM 3.      DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.      (REMOVED AND RESERVED)

 

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ITEM 5.      OTHER INFORMATION

 

DIVIDEND INFORMATION

 

On September 20, 2011, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.205 per share, payable November 15, 2011 to stockholders of record as of October 14, 2011.

 

COMMON STOCK OPTION DISCLOSURE

 

Salvatore D. Fazzolari, the Company’s Chairman, President and CEO, holds options that were granted in January 2002 to purchase 48,000 shares of the Company’s common stock that will expire on January 20, 2012.  Mr. Fazzolari executed a 10(b)(5)(1) trading plan on February 25, 2011.  This plan established criteria for the exercise of such options prior to their expiration date.

 

ITEM 6.      EXHIBITS

 

The following exhibits are filed as a part of this report:

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

 

 

 

31(a)

 

Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive Officer)

 

 

 

31(b)

 

Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as Adopted Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Financial Officer)

 

 

 

32

 

Certifications Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer)

 

 

 

101

 

The following financial statements from Harsco Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2011, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 2, 2011, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income; (ii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets; (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows; (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity; (v) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income; and (vi) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

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.

 

 

 

 

 

HARSCO CORPORATION

 

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE

November 2, 2011

 

/S/ Stephen J. Schnoor

 

 

 

Stephen J. Schnoor

 

 

 

Senior Vice President,

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Principal Financial Officer)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DATE

November 2, 2011

 

/S/ Barry E. Malamud

 

 

 

Barry E. Malamud

 

 

 

Vice President and Corporate Controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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