HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP INC - Quarter Report: 2008 September (Form 10-Q)
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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
þ | Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2008
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 001-32936
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
95-3409686 (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
|
400 North Sam Houston Parkway East | ||
Suite 400 | 77060 | |
Houston, Texas | (Zip Code) | |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(281) 618-0400
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
NOT APPLICABLE
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
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 þ 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. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ | 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 þ
Yes o No þ
As of October 29, 2008, 91,849,691 shares of common stock were outstanding.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial Statements.
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
(in thousands)
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
(Unaudited) | ||||||||
ASSETS |
||||||||
Current assets: |
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 35,761 | $ | 89,555 | ||||
Accounts receivable |
||||||||
Trade, net of allowance for uncollectible accounts
of $4,704 and $2,874, respectively |
429,853 | 447,502 | ||||||
Unbilled revenue |
51,881 | 10,715 | ||||||
Costs in excess of billing |
95,142 | 53,915 | ||||||
Other current assets |
148,378 | 125,582 | ||||||
Total current assets |
761,015 | 727,269 | ||||||
Property and equipment |
4,663,853 | 4,088,561 | ||||||
Less accumulated depreciation |
(1,056,183 | ) | (843,873 | ) | ||||
3,607,670 | 3,244,688 | |||||||
Other assets: |
||||||||
Equity investments |
206,805 | 213,429 | ||||||
Goodwill |
1,077,411 | 1,089,758 | ||||||
Other assets, net |
166,593 | 177,209 | ||||||
$ | 5,819,494 | $ | 5,452,353 | |||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||||||
Current liabilities: |
||||||||
Accounts payable |
$ | 344,088 | $ | 382,767 | ||||
Accrued liabilities |
213,555 | 221,366 | ||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt |
93,540 | 74,846 | ||||||
Total current liabilities |
651,183 | 678,979 | ||||||
Long-term debt |
1,815,083 | 1,725,541 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes |
669,620 | 625,508 | ||||||
Decommissioning liabilities |
185,306 | 193,650 | ||||||
Other long-term liabilities |
74,532 | 63,183 | ||||||
Total liabilities |
3,395,724 | 3,286,861 | ||||||
Minority interest |
296,248 | 263,926 | ||||||
Convertible preferred stock |
55,000 | 55,000 | ||||||
Commitments and contingencies |
| | ||||||
Shareholders equity: |
||||||||
Common stock, no par, 240,000 shares authorized,
91,841 and 91,385 shares issued, respectively |
772,306 | 755,758 | ||||||
Retained earnings |
1,295,370 | 1,069,546 | ||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
4,846 | 21,262 | ||||||
Total shareholders equity |
2,072,522 | 1,846,566 | ||||||
$ | 5,819,494 | $ | 5,452,353 | |||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Net revenues: |
||||||||
Contracting services |
$ | 481,597 | $ | 318,752 | ||||
Oil and gas |
134,619 | 141,821 | ||||||
616,216 | 460,573 | |||||||
Cost of sales: |
||||||||
Contracting services |
325,186 | 196,027 | ||||||
Oil and gas |
90,205 | 98,228 | ||||||
415,391 | 294,255 | |||||||
Gross profit |
200,825 | 166,318 | ||||||
Gain (loss) on sale of assets, net |
(23 | ) | 20,701 | |||||
Selling and administrative expenses |
50,700 | 42,146 | ||||||
Income from operations |
150,102 | 144,873 | ||||||
Equity in earnings of investments |
8,886 | 7,889 | ||||||
Net interest expense and other |
23,464 | 13,467 | ||||||
Income before income taxes |
135,524 | 139,295 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes |
54,816 | 45,327 | ||||||
Minority interest |
19,240 | 10,195 | ||||||
Net income |
61,468 | 83,773 | ||||||
Preferred stock dividends |
881 | 945 | ||||||
Net income applicable to common shareholders |
$ | 60,587 | $ | 82,828 | ||||
Earnings per common share: |
||||||||
Basic |
$ | 0.67 | $ | 0.92 | ||||
Diluted |
$ | 0.65 | $ | 0.88 | ||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
||||||||
Basic |
90,725 | 90,111 | ||||||
Diluted |
94,779 | 95,649 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share amounts)
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Net revenues: |
||||||||
Contracting services |
$ | 1,107,616 | $ | 852,332 | ||||
Oil and gas |
499,831 | 414,870 | ||||||
1,607,447 | 1,267,202 | |||||||
Cost of sales: |
||||||||
Contracting services |
797,641 | 556,546 | ||||||
Oil and gas |
295,688 | 266,958 | ||||||
1,093,329 | 823,504 | |||||||
Gross profit |
514,118 | 443,698 | ||||||
Gain on sale of assets, net |
79,893 | 26,385 | ||||||
Selling and administrative expenses |
142,405 | 106,134 | ||||||
Income from operations |
451,606 | 363,949 | ||||||
Equity in earnings of investments |
25,964 | 9,245 | ||||||
Net interest expense and other |
68,178 | 40,765 | ||||||
Income before income taxes |
409,392 | 332,429 | ||||||
Provision for income taxes |
154,373 | 111,711 | ||||||
Minority interest |
26,553 | 21,533 | ||||||
Net income |
228,466 | 199,185 | ||||||
Preferred stock dividends |
2,642 | 2,835 | ||||||
Net income applicable to common shareholders |
$ | 225,824 | $ | 196,350 | ||||
Earnings per common share: |
||||||||
Basic |
$ | 2.49 | $ | 2.18 | ||||
Diluted |
$ | 2.40 | $ | 2.07 | ||||
Weighted average common shares outstanding: |
||||||||
Basic |
90,598 | 90,051 | ||||||
Diluted |
95,266 | 96,087 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)
(in thousands)
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Cash flows from operating activities: |
||||||||
Net income |
$ | 228,466 | $ | 199,185 | ||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided
by (used in) operating activities |
||||||||
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
248,578 | 229,870 | ||||||
Asset impairment charges |
23,902 | 904 | ||||||
Dry hole expense |
254 | 166 | ||||||
Equity in losses of investments, inclusive of
impairment charge |
2,300 | 10,841 | ||||||
Amortization of deferred financing costs |
3,837 | 2,315 | ||||||
Stock compensation expense |
17,933 | 11,014 | ||||||
Deferred income taxes |
56,575 | 48,159 | ||||||
Hedge Ineffectiveness |
4,045 | | ||||||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation |
(1,142 | ) | (28 | ) | ||||
Gain on sale of assets |
(79,893 | ) | (26,386 | ) | ||||
Minority interest |
26,553 | 21,533 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
||||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
(48,485 | ) | (36,029 | ) | ||||
Other current assets |
(5,079 | ) | (38,074 | ) | ||||
Income tax payable |
739 | (115,556 | ) | |||||
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
(79,181 | ) | 17,741 | |||||
Other noncurrent, net |
(60,316 | ) | (45,127 | ) | ||||
Net cash provided by operating activities |
339,086 | 280,528 | ||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
||||||||
Capital expenditures |
(728,803 | ) | (684,653 | ) | ||||
Acquisition of businesses, net of cash acquired |
| (10,202 | ) | |||||
Sale of short-term investments |
| 285,395 | ||||||
Investments in equity investments |
(708 | ) | (16,132 | ) | ||||
Distributions from equity investments, net |
4,636 | 6,363 | ||||||
Proceeds from sales of property |
230,261 | 4,343 | ||||||
Other |
(553 | ) | (834 | ) | ||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(495,167 | ) | (415,720 | ) | ||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
||||||||
Repayment of Helix Term Notes |
(3,245 | ) | (6,300 | ) | ||||
Borrowings on Helix Revolver |
847,000 | 236,300 | ||||||
Repayments on Helix Revolver |
(690,000 | ) | (150,300 | ) | ||||
Repayment of MARAD borrowings |
(4,014 | ) | (3,823 | ) | ||||
Borrowings on CDI Revolver |
61,100 | 19,000 | ||||||
Repayments on CDI Revolver |
(61,100 | ) | (103,000 | ) | ||||
Repayments on CDI Term Notes |
(40,000 | ) | | |||||
Deferred financing costs |
(1,711 | ) | (231 | ) | ||||
Capital lease payments |
(1,505 | ) | (1,882 | ) | ||||
Preferred stock dividends paid |
(2,642 | ) | (2,835 | ) | ||||
Repurchase of common stock |
(3,912 | ) | (9,821 | ) | ||||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation |
1,142 | 28 | ||||||
Exercise of stock options, net |
2,139 | 957 | ||||||
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities |
103,252 | (21,907 | ) | |||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents |
(965 | ) | 1,271 | |||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(53,794 | ) | (155,828 | ) | ||||
Cash and cash equivalents: |
||||||||
Balance, beginning of year |
89,555 | 206,264 | ||||||
Balance, end of period |
$ | 35,761 | $ | 50,436 | ||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
Note 1 Basis of Presentation
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Helix
Energy Solutions Group, Inc. and its majority-owned subsidiaries (collectively, Helix or the
Company). Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms we, us and our in this report
refer collectively to Helix and its majority-owned subsidiaries. All material intercompany
accounts and transactions have been eliminated. These condensed consolidated financial statements
are unaudited, have been prepared pursuant to instructions for the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q
required to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and do not include all
information and footnotes normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity
with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and are consistent in all material respects with
those applied in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007 (2007 Form
10-K). The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments
that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and the related disclosures. Actual
results may differ from our estimates. Management has reflected all adjustments (which were normal
recurring adjustments unless otherwise disclosed herein) that it believes are necessary for a fair
presentation of the condensed consolidated balance sheets, results of operations, and cash flows,
as applicable. Operating results for the period ended September 30, 2008 are not necessarily
indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2008. Our balance
sheet as of December 31, 2007 included herein has been derived from the audited balance sheet as of
December 31, 2007 included in our 2007 Form 10-K. These condensed consolidated financial statements
should be read in conjunction with the annual consolidated financial statements and notes thereto
included in our 2007 Form 10-K.
Certain reclassifications were made to previously reported amounts in the condensed
consolidated financial statements and notes thereto to make them consistent with the current
presentation format.
Note 2 Company Overview
We are an international offshore energy company that provides reservoir development solutions
and other contracting services to the energy market as well as to our own oil and gas properties.
Our Contracting Services segment utilizes our vessels, offshore equipment and proprietary
technologies to deliver services that reduce finding and development costs and cover the complete
lifecycle of an offshore oil and gas field. Our Oil and Gas segment engages in prospect
generation, exploration, development and production activities. We operate primarily in the Gulf
of Mexico, North Sea, Asia/Pacific and Middle East regions.
Contracting Services Operations
We seek to provide services and methodologies which we believe are critical to finding and
developing offshore reservoirs and maximizing production economics, particularly from marginal
fields. By marginal we mean reservoirs that are no longer wanted by major operators or are too
small to be material to them. Our life of field services are organized into five disciplines:
construction, well operations, production facilities, reservoir and well technology services, and
drilling. We have disaggregated our contracting services operations into three reportable segments
in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Statement No. 131, Disclosures
about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information (SFAS No. 131): Contracting Services
(which currently includes subsea construction, well operations and reservoir and well technology
services and in the future, drilling); Shelf Contracting; and Production Facilities. Within our
contracting services operations, we operate primarily in the Gulf of Mexico, North Sea,
Asia/Pacific and Middle East regions, with services that cover the lifecycle of an offshore oil or
gas field. The assets of our Shelf Contracting segment are the
assets of Cal Dive International, Inc. and its subsidiaries (Cal Dive or CDI). Our
ownership in CDI was approximately 58.1% as of September 30, 2008.
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Oil and Gas Operations
In 1992 we began our oil and gas operations to provide a more efficient solution to offshore
abandonment, to expand our off-season asset utilization of our contracting services assets and to
achieve incremental returns to our contracting services. Over the last 16 years we have evolved
this business model to include not only mature oil and gas properties but also proved and unproved
reserves yet to be developed and explored. This has led to the assembly of services that allows us
to create value at key points in the life of a reservoir from exploration through development, life
of field management and operating through abandonment.
Note 3 Statement of Cash Flow Information
We define cash and cash equivalents as cash and all highly liquid financial instruments with
original maturities of less than three months. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we
had $35.4 million and $34.8 million, respectively, of restricted cash. All of our restricted cash
was related to funds required to be escrowed to cover decommissioning liabilities associated with
the South Marsh Island 130 (SMI 130) acquisition in 2002 by our Oil and Gas segment. These
amounts were reported in Other Assets, Net. We had fully satisfied the escrow requirement as of
September 30, 2008. We may use the restricted cash for decommissioning the related field.
The following table provides supplemental cash flow information for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Interest paid |
$ | 77,268 | $ | 71,906 | ||||
Income taxes paid |
$ | 97,059 | $ | 179,107 |
Non-cash investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 included $28.6
million of accruals for capital expenditures. Non-cash investing activities for the nine months
ended September 30, 2007 were immaterial. The accruals have been reflected in the condensed
consolidated balance sheet as an increase in property and equipment and accounts payable.
Note 4 Acquisition of Horizon Offshore, Inc.
On December 11, 2007, CDI acquired 100% of Horizon Offshore, Inc. (Horizon), a marine
construction services company headquartered in Houston, Texas. Upon consummating the merger of
Horizon into a subsidiary of CDI, each share of Horizon common stock, par value $0.00001 per share,
was converted into the right to receive $9.25 in cash and 0.625 shares of CDIs common stock. All
shares of Horizon restricted stock that had been issued but had not vested prior to the effective
time of the merger became fully vested at such time and converted into the right to receive the
merger consideration. CDI issued approximately 20.3 million shares of common stock and paid
approximately $300 million in cash to the former Horizon stockholders upon completion of the
acquisition. The cash portion of the merger consideration was paid from cash on hand and from
borrowings of $375 million under CDIs $675 million credit facility, which consists of a $375
million senior secured term loan and a $300 million senior secured revolving credit facility (see
"Note 8Long-Term Debt below).
We recognized a non-cash pre-tax gain of $151.7 million ($98.6 million net of taxes of $53.1
million) in December 2007 as the value of our interest in CDIs underlying equity increased as a
result of CDIs issuance of 20.3 million shares of common stock to former Horizon stockholders.
The gain was
calculated as the difference in the value of our investment in CDI immediately before and
after CDIs stock issuance.
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The aggregate purchase price, including transaction costs of $7.7 million, was approximately
$630 million, consisting of $308 million of cash and $322 million of CDI stock. CDI also assumed
and repaid approximately $104 million in Horizons debt, including accrued interest and prepayment
penalties, and acquired $171 million of cash. Through the acquisition, CDI acquired nine
construction vessels, including four pipelay/pipebury barges, one dedicated pipebury barge, one
dive support vessel, one combination derrick/pipelay barge and two derrick barges. The acquisition
was accounted for as a business combination with the acquisition price allocated to the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed based upon their estimated fair values.
The following table summarizes the current adjusted preliminary fair values of the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed at the date of acquisition (in thousands):
Cash |
$ | 170,607 | ||
Other current assets |
165,623 | |||
Property and equipment |
336,147 | |||
Goodwill |
257,343 | |||
Intangible assets(1) |
9,510 | |||
Other long-term assets |
15,270 | |||
Total assets acquired |
$ | 954,500 | ||
Current liabilities |
$ | 180,846 | ||
Long-term debt |
87,641 | |||
Deferred income taxes |
55,789 | |||
Other non-current liabilities |
100 | |||
Total liabilities assumed |
$ | 324,376 | ||
Net assets acquired |
$ | 630,124 | ||
(1) | The intangible assets relate to the fair value of contract backlog, customer relationships and non-compete agreements between CDI and certain members of Horizons senior management as follows (amounts in thousands): |
Fair Value | Amortization Period |
|||||||
Customer relationships |
$ | 3,060 | 5 years | |||||
Contract backlog |
2,960 | 1.5 years | ||||||
Non-compete |
3,000 | 1 year | ||||||
Trade name |
490 | 7 years | ||||||
Total |
$ | 9,510 | ||||||
At September 30, 2008, the net carrying amount for these intangible assets was $5.7 million.
The allocation of the purchase price was based upon preliminary valuations. Estimates and
assumptions are subject to change upon the receipt and CDI managements review of the final
valuations. The primary area of the purchase price allocation that is not yet finalized relates to
post-closing purchase price adjustments and the receipt of final valuations. The final valuation of
net assets is expected to be completed no later than one year from the acquisition date. The
results of Horizon are included in our Shelf Contracting segment in the accompanying condensed
consolidated statements of operations since the date of purchase.
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The following unaudited pro forma combined operating results of us and Horizon for the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007 are presented as if the acquisition had occurred on
January 1, 2007 (in thousands, except per share data):
Three Months | Nine Months | |||||||
Ended | Ended | |||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||
2007 | 2007 | |||||||
Net revenues |
$ | 594,694 | $ | 1,596,781 | ||||
Income before income taxes |
163,304 | 390,028 | ||||||
Net income |
88,384 | 192,428 | ||||||
Net income applicable to
common shareholders |
87,439 | 189,593 | ||||||
Earnings per common share: |
||||||||
Basic |
$ | 0.96 | $ | 2.09 | ||||
Diluted |
$ | 0.93 | $ | 2.02 |
The pro forma operating results reflect adjustments for the increases in depreciation related
to the step-up of the acquired assets to their fair value and to reflect depreciation
calculations under the straight-line method instead of the units-of-production method used by
Horizon. Pro forma results include the amortization of identifiable intangible assets. We estimated
interest expense based upon increases in CDIs long-term debt to fund the cash portion of the
purchase price at an estimated annual interest rate of 7.55% for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, based upon the interest rate of CDIs new term loan of three month LIBOR plus
2.25%. The pro forma adjustment to income tax reflects the statutory federal and state income tax
impacts of the pro forma adjustments to our pretax income with an applied tax rate of 35%. The
unaudited pro forma combined results of operations are not indicative of the actual results had the
acquisition occurred on January 1, 2007 or of future operations of the combined companies. All
material intercompany transactions between us and Horizon were eliminated.
Note 5 Oil and Gas Properties
We follow the successful efforts method of accounting for our interests in oil and gas
properties. Under the successful efforts method, the costs of successful wells and leases
containing productive reserves are capitalized. Costs incurred to drill and equip development
wells, including unsuccessful development wells, are capitalized. Costs incurred relating to
unsuccessful exploratory wells are expensed in the period in which the drilling is determined to be
unsuccessful.
As of September 30, 2008, we capitalized approximately $19.2 million of exploratory drilling
costs associated with ongoing exploration and/or appraisal activities. Such capitalized costs may
be charged against earnings in future periods if management determines that commercial quantities
of hydrocarbons have not been discovered or that future appraisal drilling or development
activities are not likely to occur. The following table provides a detail of our capitalized
exploratory project costs at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 (in thousands):
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Huey |
$ | 11,555 | $ | 11,556 | ||||
Castleton (part of Gunnison) |
7,071 | 7,071 | ||||||
Other |
531 | 469 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 19,157 | $ | 19,096 | ||||
As of September 30, 2008, the exploratory well costs for Castleton and Huey had been
capitalized for longer than one year.
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The following table reflects net changes in suspended exploratory well costs during the nine
months ended September 30, 2008 (in thousands):
2008 | ||||
Beginning balance at January 1, |
$ | 19,096 | ||
Additions pending the determination of proved reserves |
1,088 | |||
Reclassifications to proved properties |
(773 | ) | ||
Charge to dry hole expense |
(254 | ) | ||
Ending balance at September 30, |
$ | 19,157 | ||
Further, the following table details the components of exploration expense for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Delay rental and geological and geophysical costs |
$ | 1,375 | $ | 1,426 | $ | 4,753 | $ | 5,478 | ||||||||
Dry hole expense |
270 | 50 | 254 | 166 | ||||||||||||
Total exploration expense |
$ | 1,645 | $ | 1,476 | $ | 5,007 | $ | 5,644 | ||||||||
In March and April 2008, we sold a total 30% working interest in the Bushwood discoveries
(Garden Banks Blocks 463, 506 and 507) and other Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas properties
(East Cameron blocks 371 and 381), in two separate transactions to affiliates of a private
independent oil and gas company for total cash consideration of approximately $181.2 million (which
included the purchasers share of incurred capital expenditures on these fields), and additional
potential cash payments of up to $20 million based upon certain field production milestones. The
new co-owners will also pay their pro rata share of all future capital expenditures related to the
exploration and development of these fields. Decommissioning liabilities will be shared on a pro
rata share basis between the new co-owners and us. Proceeds from the sale of these properties were
used to pay down our outstanding revolving loans in April 2008. As a result of these sales, we
recognized a pre-tax gain of $91.6 million in the first half of 2008.
In May 2008, we sold all our interests in our onshore proved and unproved oil and gas
properties located in the states of Texas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Wyoming
(Onshore Properties) to an unrelated investor. We sold these Onshore Properties for cash
proceeds of $47.2 million and recorded a related loss of $11.9 million in the second quarter of
2008. Proceeds from the sale of these properties were used to pay down our outstanding loans in
May 2008. Included in the cost basis of the Onshore Properties was an $8.1 million allocation of
goodwill from our Oil and Gas segment. Following the allocation of goodwill, we performed an
impairment test for the remaining goodwill of $704.3 million related to our Oil and Gas segment and
no impairment was indicated.
As a result of our unsuccessful development well in January 2008 on Devils Island (Garden
Banks 344), we recognized impairment expense of $14.6 million in the nine months of 2008. Costs
incurred as of December 31, 2007 of $20.9 million related to this well were charged to earnings in
2007.
In September 2008, we sustained damage to certain of our contracting services and oil and gas
production facilities from Hurricane Ike. While we sustained some damage to our own production
facilities from Hurricane Ike, the larger issue in terms of production recovery involves damage to
third party pipelines and onshore processing facilities. The timing of when these facilities will
be operational is uncertain and not subject to our control. As of September 30, 2008, we had
identified certain shelf production platforms plus other production assets that have sustained
extensive damage. Our assessment of damage to our oil and gas production assets is ongoing and thus
has not been fully evaluated. We carry comprehensive insurance on all of our operated and
non-operated producing and
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non-producing properties, which is subject to approximately $6 million of aggregate
deductibles. As of September 2008, we have reached our aggregate deductibles. We believe our
comprehensive coverage is sufficient to cover all our repair and inspection costs and capital
redrill or rebuild costs as a result of damages sustained by the hurricane. These costs will be
recorded as incurred. Insurance reimbursements will be recorded when the realization of the claim
for recovery of a loss is deemed probable.
Note 6 Details of Certain Accounts (in thousands)
Other Current Assets consisted of the following as of September 30, 2008 and December 31,
2007:
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Prepaid insurance |
$ | 25,395 | $ | 21,133 | ||||
Current deferred tax assets |
9,945 | 13,810 | ||||||
Insurance claims to be reimbursed |
7,829 | 10,173 | ||||||
Gas imbalance |
6,241 | 6,654 | ||||||
Inventory |
36,686 | 29,925 | ||||||
Income tax receivable |
9,805 | 8,838 | ||||||
Other prepaids |
29,050 | 14,922 | ||||||
Other receivables |
17,433 | 6,733 | ||||||
Other |
5,994 | 13,394 | ||||||
$ | 148,378 | $ | 125,582 | |||||
Other Assets, Net, consisted of the following as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007:
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Restricted cash |
$ | 35,351 | $ | 34,788 | ||||
Deposits |
2,981 | 8,417 | ||||||
Deferred drydock expenses, net |
64,989 | 47,964 | ||||||
Deferred financing costs |
37,640 | 39,290 | ||||||
Intangible assets with definite lives, net |
15,612 | 22,216 | ||||||
Intangible asset with indefinite life |
6,295 | 7,022 | ||||||
Contract receivables |
| 14,635 | ||||||
Other |
3,725 | 2,877 | ||||||
$ | 166,593 | $ | 177,209 | |||||
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Accrued Liabilities consisted of the following as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007:
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Accrued payroll and related benefits |
$ | 48,793 | $ | 50,389 | ||||
Royalties payable |
10,340 | 21,974 | ||||||
Current decommissioning liability |
28,350 | 23,829 | ||||||
Unearned revenue |
11,523 | 1,140 | ||||||
Billings in excess of costs |
10,703 | 20,403 | ||||||
Insurance claims to be reimbursed |
7,829 | 14,173 | ||||||
Accrued interest |
19,890 | 7,090 | ||||||
Accrued severance(1) |
1,953 | 14,786 | ||||||
Deposit |
21,292 | 13,600 | ||||||
Hedge liability |
5,710 | 10,308 | ||||||
Other |
47,172 | 43,674 | ||||||
$ | 213,555 | $ | 221,366 | |||||
(1) | Balance at December 31, 2007 was related to payments made to former Horizon personnel in the first quarter of 2008 as a result of the acquisition by CDI. Balance at September 30, 2008 was related to the separation of two of our former executive officers from the Company (See Note 16 Resignation of Executive Officers). |
Note 7 Equity Investments
As of September 30, 2008, we have the following material investments that are accounted for
under the equity method of accounting:
| Deepwater Gateway, L.L.C. In June 2002, we, along with Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (Enterprise), formed Deepwater Gateway, L.L.C. (Deepwater Gateway) (each with a 50% interest) to design, construct, install, own and operate a tension leg platform (TLP) production hub primarily for Anadarko Petroleum Corporations Marco Polo field in the Deepwater Gulf of Mexico. Our investment in Deepwater Gateway totaled $110.7 million and $112.8 million as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, and was included in our Production Facilities segment. Deepwater Gateway sustained minor damage to its production hub from Hurricane Ike; however, major infrastructure damage was sustained to the downstream pipeline facilities, causing temporary production shut-ins. Production had not resumed as of September 30, 2008. | ||
| Independence Hub, LLC. In December 2004, we acquired a 20% interest in Independence Hub, LLC (Independence), an affiliate of Enterprise. Independence owns the Independence Hub platform located in Mississippi Canyon block 920 in a water depth of 8,000 feet. First production began in July 2007. Our investment in Independence was $92.9 million and $95.7 million as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively (including capitalized interest of $6.0 million and $6.2 million at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively), and was included in our Production Facilities segment. Independence did not sustain major damage from Hurricane Ike and operations resumed shortly following the hurricane. |
Note 8 Long-Term Debt
Senior Unsecured Notes
On December 21, 2007, we issued $550 million of 9.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 2016 (Senior
Unsecured Notes). Interest on the Senior Unsecured Notes is payable semiannually in arrears on
each January 15 and July 15, commencing July 15, 2008. The Senior Unsecured Notes are fully and
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unconditionally guaranteed by all of our existing restricted domestic subsidiaries, except for
CDI and its subsidiaries and Cal Dive I-Title XI, Inc. In addition, any future restricted domestic
subsidiaries that guarantee any of our and/or our restricted subsidiaries indebtedness are
required to guarantee the Senior Unsecured Notes. CDI, the subsidiaries of CDI, Cal Dive I -Title
XI, Inc., and our foreign subsidiaries are not guarantors. We used the proceeds from the Senior
Unsecured Notes to repay outstanding indebtedness under our senior secured credit facilities (see
below).
Senior Credit Facilities
On July 3, 2006, we entered into a credit agreement (the Senior Credit Facilities) under
which we borrowed $835 million in a term loan (the Term Loan) and were initially able to borrow
up to $300 million (the Revolving Loans) under a revolving credit facility (the Revolving Credit
Facility). The proceeds from the Term Loan were used to fund the cash portion of the Remington
Oil and Gas Corporation (Remington) acquisition. This facility was subsequently amended on
November 27, 2007, and as part of that amendment, an accordion feature was added that allows for
increases in the Revolving Credit Facility up to an additional
$150 million, subject to availability of borrowing
capacity provided by new or existing lenders. On May 29, 2008, we completed a $120 million
increase in the Revolving Credit Facility utilizing this accordion feature. Total borrowing
capacity under the Revolving Credit Facility now totals $420 million. The full amount of the
Revolving Credit Facility may be used for issuances of letters of credit.
The Term Loan matures on July 1, 2013 and is subject to quarterly scheduled principal
payments. As a result of a $400 million prepayment made in December 2007, the quarterly scheduled
principal payment was reduced from $2.1 million to $1.1 million. The Revolving Loans mature on
July 1, 2011. At September 30, 2008, we had $175.0 million in borrowings outstanding under our
Revolving Loans and $23.5 million of unsecured letters of credit, and there was $221.5 million
available under the Revolving Loans. In October 2008, we drew down an additional $175.0 million
under our Revolving Loans.
The Term Loan currently bears interest at the one-, three- or six-month LIBOR at our election
plus a 2.00% margin. Our average interest rate on the Term Loan for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 and 2007 was approximately 5.4% and 7.4%, respectively, including the effects of
our interest rate swaps (see below). The Revolving Loans bear interest based on one-, three- or
six-month LIBOR at our election plus a margin ranging from 1.00% to 2.25%. Margins on the Revolving
Loans will fluctuate in relation to the consolidated leverage ratio as provided in the Senior
Credit Facilities. Our average interest rate on the Revolving Loans for the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 was approximately 5.6%.
As the rates for our Term Loan are subject to market influences and will vary over the term of
the Senior Credit Facilities, we entered into various interest rate swaps to stabilize cash flows
relating to a portion of our interest payments for our Term Loan. See detailed description related
to these swaps in Note 10 Derivative Activities below.
Cal Dive International, Inc. Revolving Credit Facility
In December 2007, CDI entered into a secured credit facility with certain financial
institutions, consisting of a $375 million term loan, and a $300 million revolving credit facility.
This credit facility replaced the credit facility CDI entered into in November 2006 prior to its
initial public offering. On December 11, 2007, CDI borrowed $375 million under the term loan to
fund the cash portion of the merger consideration in connection with CDIs acquisition of Horizon
and to retire Horizons existing debt. At September 30, 2008, CDI had $335.0 million of term loan
outstanding. In addition, CDI had $6.2 million of unsecured letters of credit outstanding with
$293.8 million available under its revolving credit facility.
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Loans under this facility are non-recourse to Helix. The term loan and the revolving loans
bear interest in relation to the LIBOR. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007,
CDIs average interest rate was 5.7%.
As the rates for CDIs term loan are subject to market influences and will vary over the term
of the loan, CDI entered into an interest rate swap to stabilize cash flows relating to a portion
of its interest payments for the CDI term loan. See detailed description related to this swap in
Note 10 Derivative Activities below.
Convertible Senior Notes
On March 30, 2005, we issued $300 million of our Convertible Senior Notes at 100% of the
principal amount to certain qualified institutional buyers. The Convertible Senior Notes are
convertible into cash and, if applicable, shares of our common stock based on the specified
conversion rate, subject to adjustment.
The Convertible Senior Notes can be converted prior to the stated maturity under certain
triggering events specified in the indenture governing the Convertible Senior Notes. To the extent
we do not have long-term financing secured to cover the conversion, the Convertible Senior Notes
would be classified as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet. During the third
quarter of 2008, no conversion triggers were met.
For the three months ended September 30, 2008, shares underlying the Convertible Senior Notes
were not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share because our average share price
for the third quarter 2008 was below the conversion price of approximately $32.14 per share.
Approximately 0.6 million shares underlying the Convertible Senior Notes were included in the
calculation of diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, and
approximately 1.2 million and 1.7 million shares were included in the calculation for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively, because our average share price for the
respective periods was above the conversion price. In the event our average share price exceeds the
conversion price, there would be a premium, payable in shares of common stock, in addition to the
principal amount, which is paid in cash, and such shares would be issued on conversion. The maximum
number of shares of common stock which may be issued upon conversion of the Convertible Senior
Notes is 13,303,770.
MARAD Debt
At September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, $123.4 million and $127.5 million was outstanding
on our long-term financing for construction of the Q4000. This U.S. government guaranteed financing
(MARAD Debt) is pursuant to Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 which is administered by
the Maritime Administration. The MARAD Debt is payable in equal semi-annual installments which
began in August 2002 and matures 25 years from such date. The MARAD Debt is collateralized by the
Q4000, with us guaranteeing 50% of the debt. In September 2005, we fixed the interest rate on the
debt through the issuance of a 4.93% fixed-rate note with the same maturity date (February 2027).
In accordance with the Senior Unsecured Notes, amended Senior Credit Facilities, Convertible
Senior Notes, MARAD Debt agreements and CDIs credit facility, we are required to comply with
certain covenants and restrictions, including the maintenance of minimum net worth, annual working
capital and debt-to-equity requirements. As of September 30, 2008, we were in compliance with
these covenants and restrictions. The Senior Unsecured Notes and Senior Credit Facilities contain
provisions that limit our ability to incur certain types of additional indebtedness.
Other
We, along with Kommandor Rømø, a Danish corporation, formed a joint venture company called
Kommandor LLC to convert a ferry vessel into a floating production unit to be named the Helix
Producer I (HPI). Kommandor LLC qualified as a variable interest entity under FASB
Interpretation No. 46 (Revised),
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Consolidation of Variable Interest
Entities (FIN 46(R)). We determined that we were the
primary beneficiary of Kommandor LLC and thus have consolidated the financial results of Kommandor
LLC as of September 30, 2008 in our Production Facilities segment. On June 19, 2007, Kommandor LLC
entered into a term loan agreement (Nordea Loan Agreement) with Nordea Bank Norge ASA. On August
29, 2008, the Nordea Loan Agreement was amended. Pursuant to the amended Nordea Loan Agreement,
the lenders will make available to Kommandor LLC up to $64.0 million pursuant to a secured term
loan facility. We have provided $40 million in interim construction financing to the joint venture
on terms that would equal an arms length financing transaction, and Kommandor Rømø has provided $5
million on the same terms. Kommandor LLC will use all amounts borrowed under the Nordea Loan
Agreement to repay its existing subordinated indebtedness to us and Kommandor Rømø for the
long-term financing of the HPI and to fund expenses and fees related to the first stage of the
conversion of the HPI. Kommandor LLC expects this borrowing to occur in the second quarter of 2009
upon the delivery of the HPI after its initial conversion, and at such time, in accordance with the
provisions of FIN 46(R), the entire obligation will be included in our consolidated balance sheet.
The funding of the amount set forth in the draw request is subject to certain customary conditions.
On June 30, 2008, we entered into a Guaranty Facility Agreement with Nordea and its affiliate,
Nordea Bank Finland Plc (together, the Guarantee Provider). This facility provides us with $20
million of capacity for issuances of letters of credit that are required from time to time in our
business for performance guarantees or warranty requirements. The facility has a maturity date of
364 days, and may be renewed annually for successive 364-day periods at the lenders option. Fees
for letters of credit issued under the facility are 1.00% of the face amount of the letter of
credit. This facility is unsecured; however, in the event that the facility is not renewed and
letters of credits remain outstanding, we may be required to provide cash collateral for 105% of
the face amount of the letters of credit.
Deferred financing costs of $37.6 million and $39.3 million are included in Other Assets, Net
as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively, and are being amortized over the life
of the respective loan agreements.
Scheduled maturities of long-term debt and capital lease obligations outstanding as of
September 30, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):
Helix | Helix | CDI | Senior | Convertible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term | Revolving | Term | Unsecured | Senior | MARAD | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loan | Loans | Loan | Notes | Notes | Debt | Other(1) | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Less than one year |
$ | 4,326 | $ | | $ | 80,000 | $ | | $ | | $ | 4,214 | $ | 5,000 | $ | 93,540 | ||||||||||||||||
One to two years |
4,326 | | 80,000 | | | 4,424 | | 88,750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Two to three years |
4,326 | 175,000 | 80,000 | | | 4,645 | | 263,971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three to four years |
4,326 | | 80,000 | | | 4,877 | | 89,203 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Four to five years |
402,870 | | 15,000 | | | 5,120 | | 422,990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Over five years |
| | | 550,000 | 300,000 | 100,169 | | 950,169 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt |
420,174 | 175,000 | 335,000 | 550,000 | 300,000 | 123,449 | 5,000 | 1,908,623 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current maturities |
(4,326 | ) | | (80,000 | ) | | | (4,214 | ) | (5,000 | ) | (93,540 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt, less
current maturities |
$ | 415,848 | $ | 175,000 | $ | 255,000 | $ | 550,000 | $ | 300,000 | $ | 119,235 | $ | | $ | 1,815,083 | ||||||||||||||||
(1) | Includes $5 million loan provided by Kommandor Rømø to Kommandor LLC. |
Total letters of credit outstanding at September 30, 2008 was approximately $43.3 million.
These letters of credit primarily guarantee various contract bidding, contractual performance and
insurance activities and shipyard commitments. The following table details our interest expense
and capitalized interest for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (in
thousands):
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Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Interest expense |
$ | 30,468 | 24,010 | 95,043 | 70,257 | |||||||||||
Interest income |
(617 | ) | (1,107 | ) | (2,245 | ) | (7,682 | ) | ||||||||
Capitalized interest |
(10,046 | ) | (8,935 | ) | (30,619 | ) | (20,734 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense, net |
$ | 19,805 | 13,968 | 62,179 | 41,841 | |||||||||||
Note 9 Income Taxes
The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 was 38% and 34%,
respectively. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 increased as
compared to the same prior year period because of the following factors:
§ | additional deferred tax expense was recorded as a result of the increase in the equity earnings of CDI in excess of our tax basis in CDI; | ||
§ | the surrender of the tax losses related to our oil and gas subsidiary in the United Kingdom to other profitable subsidiaries in the United Kingdom that are taxed at a lower rate; and | ||
§ | the allocation of goodwill to the cost basis for the Onshore Properties sale is not allowable for tax purposes. |
We believe our recorded assets and liabilities are reasonable; however, tax laws and
regulations are subject to interpretation and tax litigation is inherently uncertain; therefore our
assessments can involve a series of complex judgments about future events and rely heavily on
estimates and assumptions. See detailed description related to a tax assessment in Note 18
Commitments and Contingencies below.
Note 10 Derivative Activities
We are currently exposed to market risk in three major areas: commodity prices, interest rates
and foreign currency exchange rates. Our risk management activities include the use of derivative
financial instruments to hedge the impact of market price risk exposures primarily related to our
oil and gas production, variable interest rate exposure and foreign currency exchange rate
exposure, as well as non-derivative forward sale contracts to reduce commodity price risk on sales
of hydrocarbons.
We formally document all relations between hedging instruments and hedged items, as well as
our risk management objectives, strategies for undertaking various hedge transactions and our
methods for assessing and testing correlation and hedge ineffectiveness. We also assess, both at
inception of the hedge and on an on-going basis, whether the derivatives that are used in our
hedging transactions are highly effective in offsetting changes in cash flows of the hedged items.
Changes in the assumptions used could impact whether the fair value change in the derivative is
charged to earnings or accumulated other comprehensive income.
Commodity Derivatives
We have entered into various cash flow hedging costless collar and swap contracts to stabilize
cash flows relating to a portion of our expected oil and gas production. These instruments
qualified for hedge accounting and were designated as cash flow hedges under FASB Statement No.
133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, (SFAS No. 133). During the
third quarter 2008 we settled our open natural gas derivative positions. The resulting gain of $3.9
million was recognized immediately in earnings. Due to production shut-ins and the resultant
deferrals caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, as of September 13, 2008 (the date of Hurricane
Ike), we no longer meet all of the hedging criteria required by SFAS No. 133 for our open oil
derivative positions at September 30, 2008. As a result, we discontinued hedge accounting at
September 13, 2008 and the change in fair value from that date through September 30, 2008 was
recognized in earnings and all future changes in fair value related
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to these instruments will also be recognized in earnings. We also reclassified the amounts in
accumulated other comprehensive income related to the oil derivative contracts as of September 13,
2008 to earnings as a result of the production deferral mentioned above. The aggregate fair value
of the hedge instruments was a net liability of $1.0 million and $8.1 million as of September 30,
2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. We recorded unrealized gains of approximately $14.7
million and $5.3 million, net of tax expense of $7.9 million and $2.8 million, respectively, for
the change in fair value of the derivatives during the three and nine months ended September 30,
2008, respectively, in accumulated other comprehensive income. For the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, we recorded unrealized losses of approximately $0.8 million and $4.4 million,
net of tax benefit of $0.4 million and $2.4 million, respectively in accumulated other
comprehensive income. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we reclassified
approximately $5.3 million and $24.4 million of losses from other comprehensive income to net
revenues upon the sale of the related oil and gas production and approximately $1.0 million from
other comprehensive income as a result of the discontinuation of hedge accounting. For the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we reclassified approximately $3.2 million and $5.5
million of gains from other comprehensive income to net revenues. No hedge ineffectiveness was
recorded in 2007.
As of September 30, 2008, we had the following volumes under derivative and forward sale
contracts related to our oil and gas producing activities totaling 2,155 MBbl of oil and 18,076,400
MMbtu of natural gas:
Instrument | Average | Weighted | |||||||||||
Production Period | Type | Monthly Volumes | Average Price | ||||||||||
Crude Oil: |
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October 2008 December 2008 |
Collar | 30 MBbl | $ | 60.00 $82.35 | |||||||||
October 2008 December 2008 |
Swap | 42 MBbl | $106.25 | ||||||||||
October 2008 December 2009 |
Forward Sale | 129 MBbl | $71.82 | ||||||||||
Natural Gas: |
|||||||||||||
January 2009 December 2009 |
Forward Sale | 1,506,367 MMBtu | $8.23 |
Changes in NYMEX oil and gas strip prices would, assuming all other things being equal, cause
the fair value of these instruments to increase or decrease inversely to the change in NYMEX
prices.
Subsequent to September 30, 2008, we entered into two additional natural gas costless collars
and two natural gas swaps. The costless collars cover an average of 1,029,000 MMBtu per month at
an average price of $7.00 to $7.90 per MMBtu for the period from January to December 2009. The
swaps cover an average of 1,500,000 MMBtu per month at an average price of $7.02 per MMBtu for
November and December 2008. We also entered into an oil costless collar for an average of 50.2
MBbl per month for the period from January to June 2009 at a price of $75.00 to $89.55.
Interest Rate Swaps
As interest rates for some of our long-term debt are subject to market influences and will
vary over the term of the debt, we entered into various interest rate swaps to stabilize cash flows
relating to a portion of our interest payments related to our variable interest debt. Changes in
the interest rate swap fair value are deferred to the extent the swap is effective and are recorded
as a component of accumulated other comprehensive income until the anticipated interest payments
occur and are recognized in interest expense. The ineffective portion of the interest rate swap,
if any, will be recognized immediately in earnings.
In September 2006, we entered into various interest rate swaps to stabilize cash flows
relating to a portion of our interest payments on our Term Loan. These interest rate swaps
qualified for hedge accounting. See Note 8 Long-Term Debt above for a detailed description
of our Term Loan. On December 21, 2007, we prepaid a portion of our Term Loan which reduced the
notional amount of our
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interest rate swaps and caused our hedges to become ineffective. As a result, the interest
rate swaps no longer qualified for hedge accounting treatment under SFAS No. 133. On January 31,
2008, we re-designated these swaps as cash flow hedges with respect to our outstanding LIBOR-based
debt; however, at September 30, 2008, based on the hypothetical derivatives method, we assessed the
hedges were not highly effective, as such, no longer qualified for hedge accounting. During the
nine months ended September 30, 2008, we recognized $2.5 million of unrealized losses as other
expense as a result of the change in fair value of our interest rate swaps. An immaterial amount
was recorded in income in the three months ended September 30, 2008 for hedge ineffectiveness. No
ineffectiveness was recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007. As of
September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the aggregate fair value of the derivative instruments
was a net liability of $4.6 million and $4.7 million, respectively. During the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2008, we reclassified approximately $0.4 million and $1.3 million of
losses, respectively, from other comprehensive income to interest expense. During the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, we reclassified approximately $0.1 million and $0.3 million
of gains, respectively.
In addition, in April 2008, CDI entered into a two-year interest rate swap to stabilize cash
flows relating to a portion of its variable interest payments on the CDI term loan. As of
September 30, 2008, these interest rate swaps were highly effective and qualified for hedge
accounting. The fair value of the hedge instrument was an asset of $0.8 million as of September
30, 2008.
Foreign Currency Forwards
Because we operate in various regions in the world, we conduct a portion of our business in
currencies other than the U.S. dollar. We entered into various foreign currency forwards to
stabilize expected cash outflows relating to a shipyard contract where the contractual payments are
denominated in euros and expected cash outflows relating to certain vessel charters denominated in
British pounds. The aggregate fair value of the foreign currency forwards as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was a net asset (liability) of ($1.4) million and $1.4 million, respectively.
Note 11 Fair Value Measurements
In September 2006, the FASB issued Statement No. 157, Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No.
157). SFAS No. 157 was originally effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim periods within those fiscal years. The FASB agreed to
defer the effective date of SFAS No. 157 for all nonfinancial assets and liabilities, except those
that are recognized or disclosed at fair value in the financial statements on a recurring basis. We
adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157 on January 1, 2008 for assets and liabilities not subject to
the deferral and expect to adopt this standard for all other assets and liabilities by January 1,
2009. The adoption of SFAS No. 157 had immaterial impact on our results of operations, financial
condition and liquidity.
SFAS No. 157, among other things, defines fair value, establishes a consistent framework for
measuring fair value and expands disclosure for each major asset and liability category measured at
fair value on either a recurring or nonrecurring basis. SFAS No. 157 clarifies that fair value is
an exit price, representing the amount that would be received to sell an asset, or paid to transfer
a liability, in an orderly transaction between market participants. SFAS No. 157 establishes a
three-tier fair value hierarchy, which prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as
follows:
| Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; | ||
| Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and | ||
| Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions. |
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are based on one or more of three valuation
techniques noted in SFAS No. 157. The valuation techniques are as follows:
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(a) | Market Approach. Prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. | ||
(b) | Cost Approach. Amount that would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement cost). | ||
(c) | Income Approach. Techniques to convert expected future cash flows to a single present amount based on market expectations (including present value techniques, option-pricing and excess earnings models). |
The following table provides additional information related to assets and liabilities measured
at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2008 (in thousands):
Valuation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | Technique | ||||||||||||||||
Assets: |
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Interest rate swap |
| $ | 803 | | $ | 803 | (c | ) | ||||||||||||
Liabilities: |
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Oil and gas swaps and collars |
| 1,046 | | 1,046 | (c | ) | ||||||||||||||
Foreign currency forwards |
| 1,409 | | 1,409 | (c | ) | ||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps |
| 4,636 | | 4,636 | (c | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total |
| $ | 7,091 | | $ | 7,091 | ||||||||||||||
Note 12 Comprehensive Income
The components of total comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2008 and 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 61,468 | $ | 83,773 | $ | 228,466 | $ | 199,185 | ||||||||
Foreign currency translation gain (loss) |
(26,721 | ) | 4,775 | (23,929 | ) | 9,491 | ||||||||||
Unrealized gain (loss) on hedges, net |
14,365 | (1,618 | ) | 7,513 | (3,709 | ) | ||||||||||
Total comprehensive income |
$ | 49,112 | $ | 86,930 | $ | 212,050 | $ | 204,967 | ||||||||
The components of accumulated other comprehensive income were as follows (in thousands):
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Cumulative foreign currency translation adjustment |
$ | 4,331 | $ | 28,260 | ||||
Unrealized gain (loss) on hedges, net |
515 | (6,998 | ) | |||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
$ | 4,846 | $ | 21,262 | ||||
Note 13 Earnings Per Share
Basic earnings per share (EPS) is computed by dividing the net income available to common
shareholders by the weighted average shares of outstanding common stock. The calculation of diluted
EPS is similar to basic EPS, except that the denominator includes dilutive common stock equivalents
and the income included in the numerator excludes the effects of the impact of dilutive common
stock equivalents, if any. The computation of basic and diluted EPS for the three and nine months
ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
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Three Months Ended | Three Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, 2008 | September 30, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Income | Shares | Income | Shares | |||||||||||||
Earnings applicable per common share Basic |
$ | 60,587 | 90,725 | $ | 82,828 | 90,111 | ||||||||||
Effect of dilutive securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Stock options |
| 227 | | 368 | ||||||||||||
Restricted shares |
| 196 | | 293 | ||||||||||||
Employee stock purchase plan |
| | | 2 | ||||||||||||
Convertible Senior Notes |
| | | 1,244 | ||||||||||||
Convertible preferred stock |
881 | 3,631 | 945 | 3,631 | ||||||||||||
Earnings applicable per common share Diluted |
$ | 61,468 | 94,779 | $ | 83,773 | 95,649 | ||||||||||
Nine Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, 2008 | September 30, 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Income | Shares | Income | Shares | |||||||||||||
Earnings applicable per common share Basic |
$ | 225,824 | 90,598 | $ | 196,350 | 90,051 | ||||||||||
Effect of dilutive securities: |
||||||||||||||||
Stock options |
| 292 | | 386 | ||||||||||||
Restricted shares |
| 170 | | 292 | ||||||||||||
Employee stock purchase plan |
| | | 4 | ||||||||||||
Convertible Senior Notes |
| 575 | | 1,723 | ||||||||||||
Convertible preferred stock |
2,642 | 3,631 | 2,835 | 3,631 | ||||||||||||
Earnings applicable per common share Diluted |
$ | 228,466 | 95,266 | $ | 199,185 | 96,087 | ||||||||||
There were no antidilutive stock options in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008
and 2007 as the option strike price was below the average market price for the applicable periods.
Net income for the diluted EPS calculation for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008
and 2007 was adjusted to add back the preferred stock dividends as if the convertible preferred
stock were converted into 3.6 million shares of common stock.
Note 14 Stock-Based Compensation Plans
We have three stock-based compensation plans: the 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended
(the 1995 Incentive Plan), the 2005 Long-Term Incentive Plan, as amended (the 2005 Incentive
Plan), and the 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended (the ESPP). In addition, CDI has
two stock-based compensation plans, the 2006 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the CDI Incentive Plan)
and the CDI Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the CDI ESPP) available only to the employees of CDI
and its subsidiaries.
During the first nine months of 2008, we granted 509,916 shares of restricted stock and 43,977
restricted stock units to certain key executives, selected management employees and non-employee
members of the board of directors under the 2005 incentive plan. The grants generally have a
vesting period of 20% per year over five years. The weighted average market value per restricted
share and restricted stock unit was $41.11 and $41.50, respectively. There were no stock option
grants in the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007.
Compensation cost is recognized over the respective vesting periods on a straight-line basis.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, $0.1 million and $1.0 million,
respectively, was recognized as compensation expense related to stock options (of which $0.6
million of compensation expense was recognized in the first half of 2008 related to the
acceleration of unvested options per the separation agreements between the Company and two of our
former executive officers). For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, $3.7 million
and $15.2 million, respectively, was recognized as compensation expense related to restricted
shares and restricted stock units (of which $1.1 million and $3.5 million, respectively, was
related to the CDI Incentive Plan and $3.6 million, was related to the accelerated vesting of
restricted shares per the separation agreements between the
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Company and two of our former executive officers during the first half of 2008). For the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2007, $2.8 million and $8.7 million, respectively, was recognized
as compensation expense related to restricted shares (of which $0.5 million and $1.6 million,
respectively, was related to the CDI Incentive Plan). Future compensation cost associated with
unvested restricted stock awards at September 30, 2008 totaled approximately $46.3 million, of
which approximately $14.3 million was related to CDI Incentive Plan.
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Effective May 12, 1998, we adopted a qualified non-compensatory employee stock purchase plan
which allows employees to acquire shares of our common stock through payroll deductions over a
six-month period. The purchase price is equal to 85% of the fair market value of the common stock
on either the first or last day of the subscription period, whichever is lower. Purchases under
the plan are limited to the lesser of 10% of an employees base salary or $25,000 of our stock
value. In January and July 2008, we issued 46,152 and 52,781 shares, respectively, of our common
stock to our employees under the ESPP. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, we
recognized $0.7 million and $1.8 million, respectively, of compensation expense related to the ESPP
and the CDI ESPP (of which $0.3 million and $0.9 million, respectively, of expense was related to
the CDI ESPP that became effective third quarter 2007). For the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2007, we recognized $0.5 million and $1.5 million, respectively, of compensation
expense related to the stock purchased under the ESPP and the CDI ESPP (of which $0.3 million of
expense was related to the CDI ESPP that became effective third quarter 2007).
Note 15 Business Segment Information (in thousands)
Our operations are conducted through two lines of business: contracting services operations
and oil and gas operations. We have disaggregated our contracting services operations into three
reportable segments in accordance with SFAS No. 131: Contracting Services, Shelf Contracting and
Production Facilities. As a result, our reportable segments consist of the following: Contracting
Services, Shelf Contracting, Production Facilities, and Oil and Gas. The Contracting Services
segment includes services such as subsea construction, well operations, and reservoir and well
technology services. The Shelf Contracting segment represents the assets of Cal Dive, which
consists of assets deployed primarily for diving-related activities and shallow water construction.
All material intercompany transactions among the segments have been eliminated in our consolidated
results of operations.
We evaluate our performance based on income before income taxes of each segment. Segment
assets are comprised of all assets attributable to the reportable segment. The majority of our
Production Facilities segment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. Our
investment in Kommandor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, was consolidated in accordance
with FIN 46(R) and is included in our Production Facilities segment.
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Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Revenues |
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Contracting Services |
$ | 284,671 | $ | 192,331 | $ | 696,811 | $ | 484,767 | ||||||||
Shelf Contracting |
278,709 | 176,928 | 595,250 | 461,412 | ||||||||||||
Oil and Gas |
134,619 | 141,821 | 499,831 | 414,870 | ||||||||||||
Intercompany elimination |
(81,783 | ) | (50,507 | ) | (184,445 | ) | (93,847 | ) | ||||||||
Total |
$ | 616,216 | $ | 460,573 | $ | 1,607,447 | $ | 1,267,202 | ||||||||
Income from operations |
||||||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 56,845 | $ | 43,697 | $ | 115,749 | $ | 98,779 | ||||||||
Shelf Contracting |
72,719 | 56,993 | 109,765 | 141,438 | ||||||||||||
Production Facilities equity investments(1) |
(140 | ) | (182 | ) | (434 | ) | (514 | ) | ||||||||
Oil and Gas |
34,198 | 51,443 | 248,317 | 139,345 | ||||||||||||
Intercompany elimination |
(13,520 | ) | (7,078 | ) | (21,791 | ) | (15,099 | ) | ||||||||
Total |
$ | 150,102 | $ | 144,873 | $ | 451,606 | $ | 363,949 | ||||||||
Equity in losses of OTSL |
$ | | $ | | $ | | $ | (10,841 | ) | |||||||
Equity in earnings of equity investments excluding OTSL |
$ | 8,886 | $ | 7,889 | $ | 25,964 | $ | 20,086 | ||||||||
(1) | Includes selling and administrative expense of Production Facilities incurred by us. See equity in earnings of equity investments excluding Offshore Technology Solutions Limited (OTSL) for earnings contribution. |
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Identifiable
Assets |
||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 1,438,669 | $ | 1,177,431 | ||||
Shelf Contracting |
1,258,374 | 1,274,050 | ||||||
Production Facilities |
448,650 | 366,634 | ||||||
Oil and Gas |
2,673,801 | 2,634,238 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 5,819,494 | $ | 5,452,353 | ||||
Intercompany segment revenues during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and
2007 were as follows:
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 65,424 | $ | 31,487 | $ | 150,465 | $ | 62,984 | ||||||||
Shelf Contracting |
16,359 | 19,020 | 33,980 | 30,863 | ||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 81,783 | $ | 50,507 | $ | 184,445 | $ | 93,847 | ||||||||
Intercompany segment profits during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 and
2007 were as follows:
Three Months Ended | Nine Months Ended | |||||||||||||||
September 30, | September 30, | |||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | 2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 12,097 | $ | 865 | $ | 17,989 | $ | 3,540 | ||||||||
Shelf Contracting |
1,423 | 6,213 | 3,802 | 11,559 | ||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 13,520 | $ | 7,078 | $ | 21,791 | $ | 15,099 | ||||||||
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Note 16 Resignation of Executive Officers
Martin Ferron resigned as our President and Chief Executive Officer effective February 4,
2008. Concurrently, Mr. Ferron resigned from our Board of Directors. Mr. Ferron remained employed
by us through February 18, 2008, after which his employment terminated. At the time of Mr. Ferrons
resignation, Owen Kratz, who served as Executive Chairman of Helix, resumed the role and assumed
the duties of the President and Chief Executive Officer, and was subsequently elected as President
and Chief Executive Officer of Helix. In February 2008, we recognized approximately $5.4 million
of compensation expense (inclusive of the expenses recorded for the acceleration of unvested stock
options and restricted stock) related to the separation agreement between us and Mr. Ferron.
Wade Pursell resigned as our Chief Financial Officer effective June 25, 2008. Mr. Pursell
remained employed by us through July 4, 2008, after which his employment terminated. Anthony
Tripodo, who served as the chairman of our audit committee on our Board of Directors, was elected
by our Board of Directors as the new Chief Financial Officer effective June 25, 2008, at which time
he resigned from our Board of Directors. We recognized approximately $2.0 million of compensation
expense (inclusive of the expenses recorded for the acceleration of unvested stock options and
restricted stock) related to the separation between us and Mr. Pursell.
Note 17 Related Party Transactions
In April 2000, we acquired a 20% working interest in Gunnison, a Deepwater Gulf of Mexico
prospect of Kerr-McGee. Financing for the exploratory costs of approximately $20 million was
provided by an investment partnership (OKCD Investments, Ltd. or OKCD), the investors of which
include our President and Chief Executive Officer, Owen Kratz, and certain former Helix senior
management, in exchange for a revenue interest that is an overriding royalty interest of 25% of
Helixs 20% working interest. Owen Kratz, through Class A limited partnership interests in OKCD,
personally owns approximately 74% of the partnership. In 2000, OKCD also awarded Class B limited
partnership interests to key Helix employees. Production began in December 2003. Payments to OKCD
from us totaled $8.8 million and $20.0 million in the three and nine months ended September 30,
2008, respectively, and $5.2 million and $16.9 million in the three and nine months ended September
30, 2007, respectively.
Note 18 Commitments and Contingencies
Commitments
We are converting the Caesar (acquired in January 2006 for $27.5 million in cash) into a
deepwater pipelay vessel. Total conversion costs are estimated to range between $200 million and
$220 million, of which approximately $148 million had been incurred, with an additional $8 million
committed, at September 30, 2008. The Caesar is expected to be completed in the second quarter of
2009.
We are also constructing the Well Enhancer, a multi-service dynamically positioned dive
support/well intervention vessel that will be capable of working in the North Sea and West of
Shetlands to support our expected growth in that region. Total construction cost for the Well
Enhancer is expected to range between $200 million to $220 million. We expect the Well Enhancer to
join our fleet in second quarter 2009. At September 30, 2008, we had incurred approximately $140
million, with an additional $46 million committed to this project.
Further, we, along with Kommandor Rømø, a Danish corporation, formed a joint venture company
called Kommandor LLC to convert a ferry vessel into a floating production unit to be named the
Helix Producer I. The total cost of the ferry and the conversion is estimated to range between $150
million and $160 million which will be funded through project financing of $64 million, with the
remaining amount funded through equity contributions from the partners. The partners will
guarantee the project financing on a several basis. We have provided $40 million in interim
construction financing to the joint venture on terms that would equal an arms length financing
transaction, and Kommandor Rømø has provided $5
million on the same terms. Both of these loans will be repaid with the proceeds of the
permanent financing facility.
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Total equity contributions and indebtedness guarantees provided by Kommandor Rømø are expected
to total $42.5 million. The remaining costs to complete the project will be provided by Helix
through equity contributions and its guarantee of the permanent financing facility. Under the
terms of the operating agreement of the joint venture, if Kommandor Rømø elects not to make further
contributions to the joint venture, the ownership interests in the joint venture will be adjusted
based on the relative contributions of each partner (including guarantees of indebtedness) to the
total of all contributions and project financing guarantees.
Upon completion of the initial conversion, scheduled for second quarter 2009, we will charter
the HPI from Kommandor LLC, and plan to install, at 100% our cost, processing facilities and a
disconnectable fluid transfer system on the HPI for use on our Phoenix field. The cost of these
additional facilities is estimated to range between $175 million to $195 million and the work is
expected to be completed by the end of 2009. As of September 30, 2008, approximately $194 million
of costs related to the purchase of the HPI ($20 million), conversion of the HPI and construction
of the additional facilities had been incurred, with an additional $20 million committed.
Kommandor LLC qualified as a variable interest entity under
FIN 46(R). We determined that we were the
primary beneficiary of Kommandor LLC and thus have consolidated the financial results of Kommandor
LLC as of September 30, 2008 in our Production Facilities segment. Kommandor LLC has been a
development stage enterprise since its formation in October 2006.
Our projected capital expenditures on certain projects have increased as compared to the
initially budgeted amounts due primarily to scope changes, escalating costs for certain materials
and services due to increasing demand, and the weaker U.S. dollar earlier in 2008 with respect to
foreign denominated contracts. In addition, as of September 30, 2008, we have also committed
approximately $108.7 million in additional capital expenditures for exploration, development and
drilling costs related to our oil and gas properties.
Contingencies
We are involved in various legal proceedings, primarily involving claims for personal injury
under the General Maritime Laws of the United States and the Jones Act based on alleged negligence.
In addition, from time to time we incur other claims, such as contract disputes, in the normal
course of business.
On December 2, 2005, we received an order from the U.S. Department of the Interior Minerals
Management Service (MMS) that the price thresholds for both oil and gas were exceeded for 2004
production and that royalties are due on such production notwithstanding the provisions of the
Outer Continental Shelf Deep Water Royalty Relief Act of 2005 (DWRRA), which was intended to
stimulate exploration and production of oil and natural gas in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico by
providing relief from the obligation to pay royalties on certain federal leases up to certain
specified production volumes. Our only leases affected by this order are the Gunnison leases. On
May 2, 2006, the MMS issued an order that superseded and replaced the December 2005 order, and
claimed that royalties on gas production are due for 2003 in addition to oil and gas production in
2004. The May 2006 order also seeks interest on all royalties allegedly due. We filed a timely
notice of appeal with respect to both MMS orders. Other operators in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico
who have received notices similar to ours are seeking royalty relief under the DWRRA, including
Kerr-McGee, the operator of Gunnison. In March of 2006, Kerr-McGee filed a lawsuit in federal
district court challenging the enforceability of price thresholds in certain deepwater Gulf of
Mexico leases, including ours. On October 30, 2007, the federal district court in the Kerr-McGee
case entered judgment in favor of Kerr-McGee and held that the Department of the Interior exceeded
its authority by including the price thresholds in the subject leases. The government filed a
notice of appeal of that decision on December 21, 2007. We do not anticipate that the MMS director
will issue decisions in our or the other companies administrative appeals until the Kerr-McGee
litigation has been resolved in a final decision. We received an additional order from the MMS
dated September 30,
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2008 stating that the price thresholds for oil and gas were exceeded for 2005, 2006 and 2007
production, and that royalties and interest are payable. ERT has appealed that order on the same
basis that it appealed the prior MMS orders. As a result of our dispute with the MMS, we have
recorded reserves for the disputed royalties (and any other royalties that may be claimed from the
Gunnison leases), plus interest, for our portion of the Gunnison related MMS claim. The total
reserved amount for this matter at September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was approximately $67.3
million and $55.1 million, respectively, and was included in Other Long-term Liabilities in the
accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet included herein. At this time, it is not
anticipated that any penalties would be assessed if we are unsuccessful in our appeal.
During the fourth quarter of 2006, Horizon received a tax assessment from the Servicio de
Administracion Tributaria (SAT), the Mexican taxing authority, for approximately $23 million
related to fiscal 2001, including penalties, interest and monetary correction. The SATs
assessment claims unpaid taxes related to services performed among the Horizon subsidiaries that
CDI acquired at the time it acquired Horizon. CDI believes under the Mexico and United States
double taxation treaty that these services are not taxable and that the tax assessment itself is
invalid. On February 14, 2008, CDI received notice from the SAT upholding the original assessment.
On April 21, 2008, CDI filed a petition in Mexico tax court disputing the assessment. We believe
that CDIs position is supported by law and CDI intends to vigorously defend its position. However,
the ultimate outcome of this litigation and CDIs potential liability from this assessment, if any,
cannot be determined at this time. Nonetheless, an unfavorable outcome with respect to the Mexico
tax assessment could have a material adverse effect on our and CDIs financial position and results
of operations. Horizons 2002 through 2007 tax years remain subject to examination by the
appropriate governmental agencies for Mexico tax purposes, with 2002 through 2004 currently under
audit.
We sustained damage to certain of our oil and gas production facilities in Hurricane Ike. We
carry comprehensive insurance on all of our operated and non-operated producing and non-producing
properties which is subject to approximately $6 million of aggregate deductibles. As of September
2008, we have reached our aggregate deductibles. We believe our comprehensive coverage is
sufficient to cover all our repair and inspection costs and capital redrill or rebuild costs as a
result of damages sustained by the hurricane. These costs will be recorded as incurred. Insurance
reimbursements will be recorded when the realization of the claim for recovery of a loss is deemed
probable.
Note 19 Convertible Preferred Stock
On January 8, 2003, we completed the private placement of $25 million of a newly designated class of cumulative convertible preferred stock (Series A-1 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share) that is convertible into 1,666,668 shares of our common stock at $15 per share. The preferred stock was issued to a private investment firm. Subsequently in June 2004, the preferred stockholder exercised its existing right and purchased $30 million in additional cumulative convertible preferred stock (Series A-2 Cumulative Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share). In accordance with the January 8, 2003 agreement, the $30 million in additional preferred stock is convertible into 1,964,058 shares of our common stock at $15.27 per share. In the event the holder of the convertible preferred stock elects to redeem into our common stock and our common stock price is below the conversion prices, unless we have elected to settle in cash, the holder would receive additional shares above the 1,666,668 common shares (Series A-1 tranche) and 1,964,058 common shares (Series A-2 tranche). The incremental shares would be treated as a dividend and reduce net income applicable to common shareholders. In the event our common stock price on any date is less than a certain minimum price, we must deliver notice that either (i) the conversion price will be reset to such minimum price or (ii) in the event the holder exercises its redemption rights, we will satisfy our redemption obligations either in cash, or in a combination of cash and common stock with the number of shares of common stock, determined based upon the current market price of our common stock, subject to a maximum number of shares that can be delivered. In the event our redemption obligation is triggered and our obligation cannot be fully satisfied with common stock, we will be required to redeem a portion of the preferred stock in cash. As of October 30, 2008, our stock price has not been below the minimum price since the issuance of the preferred stock.
The preferred stock has a minimum annual dividend rate of 4%, subject to adjustment, payable quarterly in cash or common shares at our option. The dividend rate for the years ended December 31, 2007, 2006 and 2005 was 6.4%, 6.9% and 5.9%, respectively. We paid these dividends in 2007, 2006 and 2005 in cash. The holder may redeem the value of its original and additional investment in the preferred shares to be settled in common stock at the then prevailing market price or cash at our discretion. In the event we are unable to deliver registered common shares, we could be required to redeem in cash.
The proceeds received from the sales of this stock, net of transaction costs, have been classified outside of shareholders equity on the balance sheet below total liabilities. Prior to the conversion, common shares issuable will be assessed for inclusion in the weighted average shares outstanding for our diluted earnings per share using the if converted method based on the lower of our share price at the beginning of the applicable period or the applicable conversion price ($15.00 and $15.27).
Note 20 Recently Issued Accounting Principles
In March 2008, the FASB issued Statement No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and
Hedging Activities, an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133 (SFAS No. 161). SFAS 161 applies to
all derivative instruments and related hedged items accounted for under SFAS No. 133. SFAS No. 161
asks entities to provide qualitative disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using
derivatives, quantitative data about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative
contracts, and details of credit-risk-related contingent features in their hedged positions. The
standard is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods
beginning after November 15, 2008, with early application encouraged, but not required. We are
currently evaluating the impact of this statement on our disclosures.
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In May 2008,
the FASB issued FASB Staff Position (FSP) APB 14-1, Accounting for Convertible
Debt Instruments That May Be Settled in Cash Upon Conversion (Including Partial Cash Settlement)
(FSP APB 14-1). The FSP would require the proceeds from the issuance of convertible debt
instruments to be allocated between a liability component (issued at a discount) and an equity
component. The resulting debt discount would be amortized over the period the convertible debt is
expected to be outstanding as additional non-cash interest expense. The effective date of FSP APB
14-1 is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and requires retrospective application
to all periods reported (with the cumulative effect of the change reported in retained earnings as
of the beginning of the first period presented). The FSP does not permit early application. This
FSP changes the accounting treatment for our Convertible Senior Notes. FSP APB 14-1 will increase
our non-cash interest expense for our past and future reporting periods. In addition, it will
reduce our long-term debt and increase our
shareholders equity for the past reporting periods. We are currently evaluating the impact of
this FSP on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2008, the FASB issued FSP Emerging Issues Task Force 03-6-1, Determining Whether
Instruments Granted in Share-Based Payment Transactions Are Participating Securities (FSP EITF
03-6-1). This FSP would require unvested share-based payment awards containing non-forfeitable
rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) to be included in the
computation of basic EPS according to the two-class method. The effective date of FSP EITF 03-6-1
is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and requires all prior-period EPS data
presented to be adjusted retrospectively (including interim financial statements, summaries of
earnings, and selected financial data) to conform with the provisions of this FSP. FSP EITF 03-6-1
does not permit early application. This FSP changes our calculation of basic and diluted EPS and
will lower previously reported basic and diluted EPS as weighted-average shares outstanding used in
the EPS calculation will increase. We are currently evaluating the impact of this statement on our
consolidated financial statements.
Also in June 2008, the FASB issued Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 07-5, Determining
Whether an Instrument (or Imbedded Feature) is Indexed to an Entitys Own Stock (EIFT 07-5).
This issue addresses the determination of whether an instrument (or an embedded feature) is indexed
to an entitys own stock. This issue is effective for financial
statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within
those fiscal years. Earlier application by an entity that has previously adopted an alternative
accounting policy is not permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this statement on our
consolidated financial statements.
Note 21 Condensed Consolidated Guarantor and Non-Guarantor Financial Information
The payment of obligations under the Senior Unsecured Notes is guaranteed by all of our
restricted domestic subsidiaries (Subsidiary Guarantors) except for Cal Dive and its subsidiaries
and Cal Dive I-Title XI, Inc. Each of these Subsidiary Guarantors is included in our consolidated
financial statements and has fully and unconditionally guaranteed the Senior Unsecured Notes on a
joint and several basis. As a result of these guarantee arrangements, we are required to present
the following condensed consolidating financial information. The accompanying guarantor financial
information is presented on the equity method of accounting for all periods presented. Under this
method, investments in subsidiaries are recorded at cost and adjusted for our share in the
subsidiaries cumulative results of operations, capital contributions and distributions and other
changes in equity. Elimination entries related primarily to the elimination of investments in
subsidiaries and associated intercompany balances and transactions.
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
As of September 30, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 3,216 | $ | 231 | $ | 32,314 | $ | | $ | 35,761 | ||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
124,501 | 122,783 | 337,217 | (7,625 | ) | 576,876 | ||||||||||||||
Other current assets |
113,689 | 57,529 | 49,563 | (72,403 | ) | 148,378 | ||||||||||||||
Total current assets |
241,406 | 180,543 | 419,094 | (80,028 | ) | 761,015 | ||||||||||||||
Intercompany |
93,997 | 120,873 | (175,661 | ) | (39,209 | ) | | |||||||||||||
Property and equipment, net |
157,913 | 2,224,582 | 1,228,918 | (3,743 | ) | 3,607,670 | ||||||||||||||
Other assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Equity investments |
3,202,791 | 37,088 | 206,805 | (3,239,879 | ) | 206,805 | ||||||||||||||
Goodwill |
| 749,670 | 328,016 | (275 | ) | 1,077,411 | ||||||||||||||
Other assets, net |
53,129 | 38,744 | 103,525 | (28,805 | ) | 166,593 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,749,236 | $ | 3,351,500 | $ | 2,110,697 | $ | (3,391,939 | ) | $ | 5,819,494 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable |
$ | 57,877 | $ | 171,124 | $ | 122,146 | $ | (7,059 | ) | $ | 344,088 | |||||||||
Accrued liabilities |
62,057 | 64,822 | 91,037 | (4,361 | ) | 213,555 | ||||||||||||||
Income taxes payable |
(109,650 | ) | 103,906 | 1,895 | 3,849 | | ||||||||||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt |
4,326 | | 163,567 | (74,353 | ) | 93,540 | ||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities |
14,610 | 339,852 | 378,645 | (81,924 | ) | 651,183 | ||||||||||||||
Long-term debt |
1,440,848 | | 399,720 | (25,485 | ) | 1,815,083 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes |
167,432 | 320,740 | 186,825 | (5,377 | ) | 669,620 | ||||||||||||||
Decommissioning liabilities |
| 181,510 | 3,796 | | 185,306 | |||||||||||||||
Other long-term liabilities |
995 | 71,182 | 5,380 | (3,025 | ) | 74,532 | ||||||||||||||
Due to parent |
(37,028 | ) | (8,329 | ) | 37,028 | 8,329 | | |||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
1,586,857 | 904,955 | 1,011,394 | (107,482 | ) | 3,395,724 | ||||||||||||||
Minority interest |
| | | 296,248 | 296,248 | |||||||||||||||
Convertible preferred stock |
55,000 | | | | 55,000 | |||||||||||||||
Shareholders equity |
2,107,379 | 2,446,545 | 1,099,303 | (3,580,705 | ) | 2,072,522 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,749,236 | $ | 3,351,500 | $ | 2,110,697 | $ | (3,391,939 | ) | $ | 5,819,494 | ||||||||||
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands)
As of December 31, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
ASSETS |
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Current assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
$ | 3,507 | $ | 2,609 | $ | 83,439 | $ | | $ | 89,555 | ||||||||||
Accounts receivable, net |
99,354 | 104,339 | 308,439 | | 512,132 | |||||||||||||||
Other current assets |
74,665 | 45,752 | 55,529 | (50,364 | ) | 125,582 | ||||||||||||||
Total current assets |
177,526 | 152,700 | 447,407 | (50,364 | ) | 727,269 | ||||||||||||||
Intercompany |
38,989 | 51,001 | (83,546 | ) | (6,444 | ) | | |||||||||||||
Property and equipment, net |
92,864 | 2,093,194 | 1,060,298 | (1,668 | ) | 3,244,688 | ||||||||||||||
Other assets: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Equity investments |
3,015,250 | 30,046 | 213,429 | (3,045,296 | ) | 213,429 | ||||||||||||||
Goodwill |
| 757,752 | 332,281 | (275 | ) | 1,089,758 | ||||||||||||||
Other assets, net |
59,554 | 40,686 | 111,259 | (34,290 | ) | 177,209 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,384,183 | $ | 3,125,379 | $ | 2,081,128 | $ | (3,138,337 | ) | $ | 5,452,353 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
||||||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable |
$ | 43,774 | $ | 207,222 | $ | 131,730 | $ | 41 | $ | 382,767 | ||||||||||
Accrued liabilities |
40,415 | 71,945 | 110,443 | (1,437 | ) | 221,366 | ||||||||||||||
Income taxes payable |
1,798 | 159 | 4,467 | (6,424 | ) | | ||||||||||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt |
4,327 | 2 | 113,975 | (43,458 | ) | 74,846 | ||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities |
90,314 | 279,328 | 360,615 | (51,278 | ) | 678,979 | ||||||||||||||
Long-term debt |
1,287,092 | | 463,934 | (25,485 | ) | 1,725,541 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes |
137,967 | 318,492 | 178,275 | (9,226 | ) | 625,508 | ||||||||||||||
Decommissioning liabilities |
| 189,639 | 4,011 | | 193,650 | |||||||||||||||
Other long-term liabilities |
3,294 | 56,325 | 9,244 | (5,680 | ) | 63,183 | ||||||||||||||
Due to parent |
(35,681 | ) | 98,504 | 37,028 | (99,851 | ) | | |||||||||||||
Total liabilities |
1,482,986 | 942,288 | 1,053,107 | (191,520 | ) | 3,286,861 | ||||||||||||||
Minority interest |
| | | 263,926 | 263,926 | |||||||||||||||
Convertible preferred stock |
55,000 | | | | 55,000 | |||||||||||||||
Shareholders equity |
1,846,197 | 2,183,091 | 1,028,021 | (3,210,743 | ) | 1,846,566 | ||||||||||||||
$ | 3,384,183 | $ | 3,125,379 | $ | 2,081,128 | $ | (3,138,337 | ) | $ | 5,452,353 | ||||||||||
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net revenues |
$ | 103,612 | $ | 234,650 | $ | 366,138 | $ | (88,184 | ) | $ | 616,216 | |||||||||
Cost of sales |
91,692 | 148,090 | 248,890 | (73,281 | ) | 415,391 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit |
11,920 | 86,560 | 117,248 | (14,903 | ) | 200,825 | ||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets, net |
| | (23 | ) | | (23 | ) | |||||||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses |
13,559 | 11,938 | 26,570 | (1,367 | ) | 50,700 | ||||||||||||||
Income from operations |
(1,639 | ) | 74,622 | 90,655 | (13,536 | ) | 150,102 | |||||||||||||
Equity in earnings (losses) of investments |
83,140 | 1,885 | 8,886 | (85,025 | ) | 8,886 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest expense and other |
316 | 7,661 | 14,606 | 881 | 23,464 | |||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes |
81,185 | 68,846 | 84,935 | (99,442 | ) | 135,524 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes |
10,775 | 25,550 | 23,945 | (5,454 | ) | 54,816 | ||||||||||||||
Minority interest |
| | | 19,240 | 19,240 | |||||||||||||||
Net income |
70,410 | 43,296 | 60,990 | (113,228 | ) | 61,468 | ||||||||||||||
Preferred stock dividends |
881 | | | | 881 | |||||||||||||||
Net income applicable to common shareholders |
$ | 69,529 | $ | 43,296 | $ | 60,990 | $ | (113,228 | ) | $ | 60,587 | |||||||||
Three Months Ended September 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net revenues |
$ | 55,409 | $ | 199,847 | $ | 261,381 | $ | (56,064 | ) | $ | 460,573 | |||||||||
Cost of sales |
39,489 | 142,257 | 161,744 | (49,235 | ) | 294,255 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit |
15,920 | 57,590 | 99,637 | (6,829 | ) | 166,318 | ||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets, net |
1,738 | 18,805 | 158 | | 20,701 | |||||||||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses |
12,019 | 11,950 | 18,801 | (624 | ) | 42,146 | ||||||||||||||
Income from operations |
5,639 | 64,445 | 80,994 | (6,205 | ) | 144,873 | ||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of investments |
81,334 | 7,456 | 7,889 | (88,790 | ) | 7,889 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest expense and other |
(3,938 | ) | 13,391 | 3,230 | 784 | 13,467 | ||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes |
90,911 | 58,510 | 85,653 | (95,779 | ) | 139,295 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes |
7,320 | 17,469 | 22,990 | (2,452 | ) | 45,327 | ||||||||||||||
Minority interest |
| | | 10,195 | 10,195 | |||||||||||||||
Net income |
83,591 | 41,041 | 62,663 | (103,522 | ) | 83,773 | ||||||||||||||
Preferred stock dividends |
945 | | | | 945 | |||||||||||||||
Net income applicable to common shareholders |
$ | 82,646 | $ | 41,041 | $ | 62,663 | $ | (103,522 | ) | $ | 82,828 | |||||||||
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net revenues |
$ | 278,602 | $ | 684,357 | $ | 847,379 | $ | (202,891 | ) | $ | 1,607,447 | |||||||||
Cost of sales |
242,553 | 419,298 | 609,185 | (177,707 | ) | 1,093,329 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit |
36,049 | 265,059 | 238,194 | (25,184 | ) | 514,118 | ||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets, net |
| 79,707 | 186 | | 79,893 | |||||||||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses |
30,854 | 41,015 | 73,937 | (3,401 | ) | 142,405 | ||||||||||||||
Income from operations |
5,195 | 303,751 | 164,443 | (21,783 | ) | 451,606 | ||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of investments |
267,256 | 7,042 | 25,964 | (274,298 | ) | 25,964 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest expense and other |
6,693 | 32,129 | 30,309 | (953 | ) | 68,178 | ||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes |
265,758 | 278,664 | 160,098 | (295,128 | ) | 409,392 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes |
25,244 | 96,600 | 41,310 | (8,781 | ) | 154,373 | ||||||||||||||
Minority interest |
| | | 26,553 | 26,553 | |||||||||||||||
Net income |
240,514 | 182,064 | 118,788 | (312,900 | ) | 228,466 | ||||||||||||||
Preferred stock dividends |
2,642 | | | | 2,642 | |||||||||||||||
Net income applicable to common shareholders |
$ | 237,872 | $ | 182,064 | $ | 118,788 | $ | (312,900 | ) | $ | 225,824 | |||||||||
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Net revenues |
$ | 146,293 | $ | 562,946 | $ | 667,173 | $ | (109,210 | ) | $ | 1,267,202 | |||||||||
Cost of sales |
106,468 | 378,973 | 431,697 | (93,634 | ) | 823,504 | ||||||||||||||
Gross profit |
39,825 | 183,973 | 235,476 | (15,576 | ) | 443,698 | ||||||||||||||
Gain on sale of assets, net |
1,959 | 20,980 | 3,446 | | 26,385 | |||||||||||||||
Selling and administrative expenses |
23,759 | 34,483 | 49,247 | (1,355 | ) | 106,134 | ||||||||||||||
Income from operations |
18,025 | 170,470 | 189,675 | (14,221 | ) | 363,949 | ||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of investments |
199,701 | 13,511 | 9,245 | (213,212 | ) | 9,245 | ||||||||||||||
Net interest expense and other |
(7,222 | ) | 36,128 | 11,075 | 784 | 40,765 | ||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes |
224,948 | 147,853 | 187,845 | (228,217 | ) | 332,429 | ||||||||||||||
Provision for income taxes |
16,014 | 46,276 | 54,677 | (5,256 | ) | 111,711 | ||||||||||||||
Minority interest |
| | 113 | 21,420 | 21,533 | |||||||||||||||
Net income |
208,934 | 101,577 | 133,055 | (244,381 | ) | 199,185 | ||||||||||||||
Preferred stock dividends |
2,835 | | | | 2,835 | |||||||||||||||
Net income applicable to common shareholders |
$ | 206,099 | $ | 101,577 | $ | 133,055 | $ | (244,381 | ) | $ | 196,350 | |||||||||
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Cash flow from operating activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 240,514 | $ | 182,064 | $ | 118,788 | $ | (312,900 | ) | $ | 228,466 | |||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates |
| | 2,300 | | 2,300 | |||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates |
(267,257 | ) | (7,041 | ) | | 274,298 | | |||||||||||||
Other adjustments |
(62,637 | ) | 115,320 | 23,629 | 32,008 | 108,320 | ||||||||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by
operating activities |
(89,380 | ) | 290,343 | 144,717 | (6,594 | ) | 339,086 | |||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures |
(89,451 | ) | (420,044 | ) | (219,308 | ) | | (728,803 | ) | |||||||||||
Investments in equity investments |
| | (708 | ) | | (708 | ) | |||||||||||||
Distributions from equity investments, net |
| | 4,636 | | 4,636 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales of property |
| 228,483 | 1,778 | | 230,261 | |||||||||||||||
Other |
| (553 | ) | | | (553 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net cash used in investing activities |
(89,451 | ) | (192,114 | ) | (213,602 | ) | | (495,167 | ) | |||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings on revolvers |
847,000 | | 61,100 | | 908,100 | |||||||||||||||
Repayments on revolvers |
(690,000 | ) | | (61,100 | ) | | (751,100 | ) | ||||||||||||
Repayments of debt |
(3,245 | ) | | (44,014 | ) | | (47,259 | ) | ||||||||||||
Deferred financing costs |
(1,711 | ) | | | | (1,711 | ) | |||||||||||||
Preferred stock dividends paid |
(2,642 | ) | | | | (2,642 | ) | |||||||||||||
Capital lease payments |
| (2 | ) | (1,503 | ) | | (1,505 | ) | ||||||||||||
Repurchase of common stock |
(3,912 | ) | | | | (3,912 | ) | |||||||||||||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based
compensation |
1,142 | | | | 1,142 | |||||||||||||||
Exercise of stock options, net |
2,139 | | | | 2,139 | |||||||||||||||
Intercompany financing |
29,769 | (100,605 | ) | 64,242 | 6,594 | | ||||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities |
178,540 | (100,607 | ) | 18,725 | 6,594 | 103,252 | ||||||||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and
cash equivalents |
| | (965 | ) | | (965 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(291 | ) | (2,378 | ) | (51,125 | ) | | (53,794 | ) | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of year |
3,507 | 2,609 | 83,439 | | 89,555 | |||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period |
$ | 3,216 | $ | 231 | $ | 32,314 | $ | | $ | 35,761 | ||||||||||
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HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATING STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands)
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non- | Consolidating | |||||||||||||||||||
Helix | Guarantors | Guarantors | Entries | Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||
Cash flow from operating activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Net income |
$ | 208,934 | $ | 101,577 | $ | 133,055 | $ | (244,381 | ) | $ | 199,185 | |||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net income to
net cash provided by (used in) operating
activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Equity in losses of unconsolidated
affiliates |
| | 10,841 | | 10,841 | |||||||||||||||
Equity in earnings of affiliates |
(199,701 | ) | (13,511 | ) | | 213,212 | | |||||||||||||
Other adjustments |
(187,268 | ) | 176,475 | 37,698 | 43,597 | 70,502 | ||||||||||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by
operating activities |
(178,035 | ) | 264,541 | 181,594 | 12,428 | 280,528 | ||||||||||||||
Cash flows from investing activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures |
(48,013 | ) | (504,954 | ) | (131,686 | ) | | (684,653 | ) | |||||||||||
Acquisition of businesses, net of
cash acquired |
| (136 | ) | (10,066 | ) | | (10,202 | ) | ||||||||||||
Sale of short-term investments |
285,395 | | | | 285,395 | |||||||||||||||
Investments in equity investments |
| | (16,132 | ) | | (16,132 | ) | |||||||||||||
Distributions from equity investments, net |
| | 6,363 | | 6,363 | |||||||||||||||
Proceeds from sales of property |
| 2,003 | 2,340 | | 4,343 | |||||||||||||||
Other |
| (834 | ) | | | (834 | ) | |||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in)
investing activities |
237,382 | (503,921 | ) | (149,181 | ) | | (415,720 | ) | ||||||||||||
Cash flows from financing activities: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Borrowings on revolvers |
236,300 | | 19,000 | | 255,300 | |||||||||||||||
Repayments on revolvers |
(150,300 | ) | | (103,000 | ) | | (253,300 | ) | ||||||||||||
Repayments of debt |
(6,300 | ) | | (3,823 | ) | | (10,123 | ) | ||||||||||||
Deferred financing costs |
(216 | ) | | (15 | ) | | (231 | ) | ||||||||||||
Capital lease payments |
| | (1,882 | ) | | (1,882 | ) | |||||||||||||
Preferred stock dividends paid |
(2,835 | ) | | | | (2,835 | ) | |||||||||||||
Repurchase of common stock |
(9,821 | ) | | | | (9,821 | ) | |||||||||||||
Excess tax benefit from stock-based
compensation |
28 | | | | 28 | |||||||||||||||
Exercise of stock options, net |
957 | | | | 957 | |||||||||||||||
Intercompany financing |
(267,028 | ) | 237,481 | 41,975 | (12,428 | ) | | |||||||||||||
Net cash provided by (used in)
financing activities |
(199,215 | ) | 237,481 | (47,745 | ) | (12,428 | ) | (21,907 | ) | |||||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and
cash equivalents |
| | 1,271 | | 1,271 | |||||||||||||||
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(139,868 | ) | (1,899 | ) | (14,061 | ) | | (155,828 | ) | |||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents: |
||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of year |
142,489 | 7,690 | 56,085 | | 206,264 | |||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period |
$ | 2,621 | $ | 5,791 | $ | 42,024 | $ | | $ | 50,436 | ||||||||||
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Item 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND ASSUMPTIONS
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains various statements that contain forward-looking
information regarding Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. and represent our expectations or beliefs
concerning future events. This forward-looking information is intended to be covered by the safe
harbor for forward-looking statements provided by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 as set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act). All statements that are
predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that use terms
and phrases such as achieve, anticipate, believe, estimate, expect, forecast, plan,
project, propose, strategy, predict, envision, hope, intend, will, continue,
may, potential, achieve, should, could and similar terms and phrases are forward-looking
statements. Included in forward-looking statements are, among other things:
| statements regarding our anticipated production volumes, results of exploration, exploitation, development, acquisition or operations expenditures, and current or prospective reserve levels, with respect to any property or well; | ||
| statements relating to our proposed acquisition, exploration, development and/or production of oil and gas properties, prospects or other interests and any anticipated costs related thereto; | ||
| statements relating to the construction or acquisition of vessels or equipment and any anticipated costs related thereto; | ||
| statements that our proposed vessels, when completed, will have certain characteristics or the effectiveness of such characteristics; | ||
| statements regarding projections of revenues, gross margin, expenses, earnings or losses, working capital or other financial items; | ||
| statements regarding our business strategy, our business plans or any other plans, forecasts or objectives, any or all of which is subject to change; and | ||
| statements regarding anticipated developments, industry trends, performance or industry ranking. |
Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are
reasonable and are based on reasonable assumptions, they do involve risks, uncertainties and other
factors that could cause actual results to be materially different from those in the
forward-looking statements. These factors include, among other things:
| uncertainties inherent in the development and production of oil and gas and in estimating reserves; | ||
| uncertainties regarding our ability to replace depletion; | ||
| unexpected future capital expenditures (including the amount and nature thereof); | ||
| impact of oil and gas price fluctuations and the cyclical nature of the oil and gas industry; | ||
| the effects of indebtedness, which could adversely restrict our ability to operate, could make us vulnerable to general adverse economic and industry conditions, could place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that have less debt and could have other adverse consequences; | ||
| the success of our derivative activities; | ||
| the results of our continuing efforts to control or reduce costs, and improve performance; | ||
| the success of our risk management activities; | ||
| the effects of competition; | ||
| the availability (or lack thereof) of capital (including any financing) to fund our business strategy and/or operations and the terms of any such financing; | ||
| the impact of current and future laws and governmental regulations including tax and accounting developments; | ||
| the effect of adverse weather conditions or other risks associated with marine operations; | ||
| the effect of environmental liabilities that are not covered by an effective indemnity or insurance; | ||
| the potential impact of a loss of one or more key employees; and | ||
| the impact of general economic, market, industry or business conditions. |
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Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking
statements as a result of the risk and uncertainties set forth above as well as those described
under the heading Risk Factors in our 2007 Form 10-K. All forward-looking statements
attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by
these risk factors. These risk factors are not intended to be a discussion of all potential risks
and uncertainties as it is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors. Although we
believe the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are based upon reasonable
assumptions, we can give no assurance that we will attain these expectations or that any deviation
will not be material. All forward-looking statements in this report are based upon information
available to us on the date of this report. You should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made, and
other than as required under the securities laws, we assume no obligation to update or revise these
forward-looking statements or provide reasons why actual results may differ.
Economic Outlook
The recent volatility in the equity and credit markets has led to increased uncertainty
regarding the outlook of the global economy. This heightened uncertainty and the likelihood of a
global decrease in hydrocarbon demand has led to declining commodity prices, which negatively
impacts our oil and gas operations. These events have contributed to a decline in our stock price
and corresponding market capitalization. Further stock price or commodity price decreases in the
fourth quarter could result in noncash impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill. At September
30, 2008, we had $1.1 billion of goodwill recorded in conjunction with past business combinations
and $6.3 million of intangible assets with indefinite useful lives. Further, our contracting
services operations may be negatively impacted by the declining commodity prices as these factors
may cause our customers, the oil and gas companies, to curtail capital spending. At the moment, it
is still too soon to predict to what extent current events will affect our overall activity levels
in 2009. The long-term outlook for our business remains generally favorable as the need for the
continual replenishment of oil and gas production should drive the long-term need for our services.
In addition, as our subsea construction operations primarily support capital projects with long
lead times, they are less likely to be impacted by temporary economic down-turns. Further, we have
entered into additional commodity hedges in October 2008 to minimize cash flow risks related to
declining commodity prices.
In light of the current credit crisis, in October 2008, we drew down an additional $175
million on our Revolving Credit Facility to ensure adequate and readily available liquidity. After
this draw down, we have approximately $44 million of additional capacity remaining under our
Revolving Credit Facility. Further, we have reduced our planned capital expenditures for the
fourth quarter of 2008 and 2009 to include only completion of major projects and limited new
exploration drilling. We believe our actions described above will allow us to have sufficient
liquidity.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Our operations are conducted through two lines of business: contracting services operations
and oil and gas operations.
Contracting Services Operations
We seek to provide services and methodologies which we believe are critical to finding and
developing offshore reservoirs and maximizing production economics, particularly from marginal
fields. Our life of field services are organized into five disciplines: construction, well
operations, production facilities, reservoir and well tech services, and drilling. We have
disaggregated our contracting services operations into three reportable segments in accordance with
SFAS No. 131: Contracting Services (which currently includes subsea construction, well operations
and reservoir and well technology services and in the future, drilling), Shelf Contracting, and
Production Facilities. Within our contracting services operations, we operate primarily in the
Gulf of Mexico, North Sea, Asia/Pacific and Middle East regions,
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with services that cover the lifecycle of an offshore oil or gas field. The Shelf Contracting
segment consists of assets deployed primarily for diving-related activities and shallow water
construction. The assets of our Shelf Contracting segment are the assets of Cal Dive. Our
ownership in Cal Dive was 58.1% as of September 30, 2008. As of September 30, 2008, our
contracting services operations had backlog of approximately $1.2 billion, of which over $370.5
million was expected to be completed in the remainder of 2008.
Oil and Gas Operations
In 1992 we began our oil and gas operations to provide a more efficient solution to offshore
abandonment, to expand our off-season asset utilization of our contracting services business and to
achieve incremental returns to our contracting services. Over the last 16 years, we have evolved
this business model to include not only mature oil and gas properties but also proved and unproved
reserves yet to be developed and explored. By owning oil and gas reservoirs and prospects, we are
able to utilize the services we otherwise provide to third parties to create value at key points in
the life of our own reservoirs including during the exploration and development stages, the field
management stage and the abandonment stage. It is also a feature of our business model to
opportunistically monetize part of the created reservoir value, through sales of working interests,
in order to help fund field development and reduce gross profit deferrals from our Contracting
Services operations. Therefore the reservoir value we create is realized through oil and gas
production and/or monetization of working interest stakes.
Comparison of Three Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
The following table details various financial and operational highlights for the periods
presented:
Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Revenues (in thousands) |
||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 284,671 | $ | 192,331 | $ | 92,340 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
278,709 | 176,928 | 101,781 | |||||||||
Oil and Gas |
134,619 | 141,821 | (7,202 | ) | ||||||||
Intercompany elimination |
(81,783 | ) | (50,507 | ) | (31,276 | ) | ||||||
$ | 616,216 | $ | 460,573 | $ | 155,643 | |||||||
Gross profit (in thousands) |
||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 77,388 | $ | 59,864 | $ | 17,524 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
92,543 | 69,939 | 22,604 | |||||||||
Oil and Gas |
44,414 | 43,593 | 821 | |||||||||
Intercompany elimination |
(13,520 | ) | (7,078 | ) | (6,442 | ) | ||||||
$ | 200,825 | $ | 166,318 | $ | 34,507 | |||||||
Gross Margin |
||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
27 | % | 31 | % | (4 pts) | |||||||
Shelf Contracting |
33 | % | 40 | % | (7 pts) | |||||||
Oil and Gas |
33 | % | 31 | % | 2 pts | |||||||
Total company |
33 | % | 36 | % | (3 pts) | |||||||
Number of vessels(1)/ Utilization(2) |
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Contracting Services: |
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Subsea construction vessels |
10/98 | % | 9/93 | % | ||||||||
Well operations |
2/100 | % | 2/83 | % | ||||||||
ROVs |
47/76 | % | 37/85 | % | ||||||||
Shelf Contracting |
30/78 | % | 25/74 | % |
(1) | Represents number of vessels (including chartered vessels) as of the end of the period excluding acquired vessels prior to their in-service dates, and vessels taken out of service prior to their disposition. | |
(2) | Average vessel utilization rate is calculated by dividing the total number of days the vessels in this category generated revenues by the total number of calendar days in the applicable period. |
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Intercompany segment revenues during the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were
as follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 65,424 | $ | 31,487 | $ | 33,937 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
16,359 | 19,020 | (2,661 | ) | ||||||||
$ | 81,783 | $ | 50,507 | $ | 31,276 | |||||||
Intercompany segment profit during the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 was as
follows (in thousands):
Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 12,097 | $ | 865 | $ | 11,232 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
1,423 | 6,213 | (4,790 | ) | ||||||||
$ | 13,520 | $ | 7,078 | $ | 6,442 | |||||||
The following table details various financial and operational highlights related to our Oil
and Gas segment for the periods presented:
Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Oil and Gas information |
||||||||||||
Oil production volume (MBbls) |
573 | 853 | (280 | ) | ||||||||
Oil sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | 61,436 | $ | 61,137 | $ | 299 | ||||||
Average oil sales price per Bbl (excluding hedges) |
$ | 114.64 | $ | 74.38 | $ | 40.26 | ||||||
Average realized oil price per Bbl (including hedges) |
$ | 107.14 | $ | 71.63 | $ | 35.51 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in oil sales revenue due to: |
||||||||||||
Change in prices (in thousands) |
$ | 30,316 | ||||||||||
Change in production volume (in thousands) |
(30,017 | ) | ||||||||||
Total increase in oil sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | 299 | ||||||||||
Gas production volume (MMcf) |
7,013 | 10,508 | (3,495 | ) | ||||||||
Gas sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | 71,658 | $ | 73,958 | $ | (2,300 | ) | |||||
Average gas sales price per mcf (excluding hedges) |
$ | 10.37 | $ | 6.51 | $ | 3.86 | ||||||
Average realized gas price per mcf (including hedges) |
$ | 10.22 | $ | 7.04 | $ | 3.18 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in gas sales revenue due to: |
||||||||||||
Change in prices (in thousands) |
$ | 33,416 | ||||||||||
Change in production volume (in thousands) |
(35,716 | ) | ||||||||||
Total increase in gas sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | (2,300 | ) | |||||||||
Total production (MMcfe) |
10,453 | 15,630 | (5,177 | ) | ||||||||
Price per Mcfe |
$ | 12.73 | $ | 8.64 | $ | 4.09 | ||||||
Oil and Gas revenue information (in thousands) |
||||||||||||
Oil and gas sales revenue |
$ | 133,094 | $ | 135,095 | $ | (2,001 | ) | |||||
Miscellaneous revenues(1) |
1,525 | 6,726 | (5,201 | ) | ||||||||
$ | 134,619 | $ | 141,821 | $ | (7,202 | ) | ||||||
(1) | Miscellaneous revenues primarily relate to fees earned under our process handling agreements. |
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Presenting the expenses of our Oil and Gas segment on a cost per Mcfe of production basis
normalizes for the impact of production gains/losses and provides a measure of expense control
efficiencies. The following table highlights certain relevant expense items in total (in
thousands) converted to Mcfe at a ratio of one barrel of oil to six Mcf:
Three Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Total | Per Mcfe | Total | Per Mcfe | |||||||||||||
Oil and gas operating expenses(1): |
||||||||||||||||
Direct operating expenses(2) |
$ | 21,945 | $ | 2.10 | $ | 22,515 | $ | 1.44 | ||||||||
Workover |
5,325 | 0.51 | 2,237 | 0.14 | ||||||||||||
Transportation |
1,551 | 0.15 | 1,031 | 0.07 | ||||||||||||
Repairs and maintenance |
6,002 | 0.57 | 2,941 | 0.19 | ||||||||||||
Overhead and company labor |
1,261 | 0.12 | 2,808 | 0.18 | ||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 36,084 | $ | 3.45 | $ | 31,532 | $ | 2.02 | ||||||||
Depletion expense |
$ | 35,802 | $ | 3.42 | $ | 50,746 | $ | 3.25 | ||||||||
Abandonment |
6,534 | 0.63 | 12,503 | 0.80 | ||||||||||||
Accretion expense |
3,266 | 0.31 | 2,836 | 0.18 | ||||||||||||
Impairment |
6,874 | 0.66 | | |
(1) | Excludes exploration expense of $1.6 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Exploration expense is not a component of lease operating expense. | |
(2) | Includes production taxes. |
Revenues. During the three months ended September 30, 2008, our revenues increased by 34% as
compared to the same period in 2007. Contracting Services revenues increased primarily due to the
following:
§ | addition of two chartered subsea construction vessels as well as an overall increase in utilization of our subsea construction vessels; | ||
§ | overall increase in utilization of our well operations vessels and higher dayrates realized; and | ||
§ | strong performance by our robotics division driven by higher number of ROVs in our overall fleet and additional services provided as a result of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. |
Shelf Contracting revenues increased primarily as a result of the revenue contributions from
certain former Horizon assets acquired in December 2007. This increase was partially offset by
adverse weather downtime due to Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
Oil and Gas revenues decreased 5% during the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared
to the same period in 2007. The decrease in oil and gas revenues was due to lower oil and gas
production. In September 2008, we sustained damage to certain of our oil and gas production
facilities from Hurricane Ike. While we sustained some damage to our own production facilities
from Hurricane Ike, ramp up of production is limited significantly by damage to third party
pipelines and onshore processing facilities. The timing of when these facilities will be
operational is uncertain and not subject to our control. We anticipate reaching pre-hurricane
production levels in January 2009. We expect fourth quarter production to range from 7.5 Bcfe to
8.0 Bcfe with a ramp up of production in first quarter 2009 to surpass second quarter 2008 levels
as a result of incremental production anticipated from the Noonan gas discovery. Production
declines during third quarter 2008 were also attributable to the loss of production at the Tiger
deepwater field (Green Canyon 195) in late 2007, along with a natural decline in shelf production
as a result of reduction in capital allocable to shelf exploration. These decreases were partially
offset by a 50% increase in realized oil prices, net of hedges in place, and a 45% increase in
realized gas prices, net of hedges in place.
Gross Profit. Gross profit in the third quarter of 2008 increased $34.5 million as compared
to the same period in 2007. This increase was primarily due to higher gross profit attributable to
our Contracting
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Services and Shelf Contracting segments. These increases were partially offset by decreases
in Oil and Gas segment gross profit as a result of temporary production shut-ins as described
above.
Contracting Services gross profit increased 29% for the reasons stated above, However,
Contracting Services gross margin decreased by four points. The decline in gross margin was
primarily due to lower margins realized on certain international deepwater pipelay projects during
the quarter as some services were provided to the customer under various change orders; however, no
revenue was recognized associated with this work as certain revenue recognition criteria were not
met at September 30, 2008. We expect our Contracting Services gross margin to improve in the
remainder of the year as these change orders are approved by our customers.
Shelf Contracting gross profit increase was primarily attributable to gross profit
contributions from certain Horizon assets, offset partially by lower vessel utilization, adverse
weather conditions described above, and higher depreciation and amortization due primarily to
assets purchased in the Horizon acquisition.
As described above, we sustained damage to certain of our contracting services and oil and gas
production facilities in Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. For the three months ended September 30, 2008,
we incurred approximately $3.7 million of additional repair and maintenance expense as a result of
the hurricanes. In addition, in September 2008, we recorded impairment expense of $6.7 million
related to the Tiger deepwater field, as we expect to abandon the property earlier than planned as
a result of damage caused by Hurricane Ike. We carry comprehensive insurance on all of our
operated and non-operated producing and non-producing properties which is subject to approximately
$6 million of aggregate deductibles. As of September 30, 2008, we have reached our aggregate
deductibles. We believe our comprehensive coverage is sufficient to cover all our repair and
inspection costs and capital redrill or rebuild costs as a result of damages sustained by the
hurricanes.
Gain on Sale of Assets, Net. Gain on sale of assets, net, decreased by $20.7 million during
the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the same prior year period. The decrease
was primarily due to a gain of $18.8 million recognized in third quarter 2007 relate to the sale of
a 30% interest in our Phoenix oilfield (Green Canyon Blocks 236/237), the Boris Oilfield (Green
Canyon Block 282), and the Little Burn Oilfield (Green Canyon Block 238).
Selling and Administrative Expenses. Selling and administrative expenses of $50.7 million for
the third quarter of 2008 were $8.6 million higher than the $42.1 million incurred in the same
prior year period. The increase was due primarily to higher overhead (primarily related to the
Horizon acquisition) to support our growth. Selling and administrative expenses decreased slightly
to 8% of revenues in the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to 9% in the same prior
year period.
Equity in Earnings of Investments. Equity in earnings of investments increased slightly by
$1.0 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the same prior year
period. Our equity in earnings related to our 20% investment in Independence Hub increased $2.2
million over the same prior year period as first production at Independence Hub began in July 2007.
This increase was partially offset by a $1.2 million decrease in equity earnings related to our
investment in Deepwater Gateway. Deepwater Gateway sustained minor damage to its production hub
from Hurricane Ike; however, major infrastructure damage was sustained to the downstream pipeline
facilities, causing temporary production shut-ins. Production had not resumed as of September 30,
2008. We expect production to resume to pre-hurricane level by first quarter 2009.
Net Interest Expense and Other. We reported net interest and other expense of $23.5 million
in third quarter 2008 as compared to $13.5 million in the same prior year period. Gross interest
expense of $30.5 million during the three months ended September 30, 2008 was higher than the $24.0
million incurred in 2007 due to overall higher levels of indebtedness as a result of our Senior
Unsecured Notes and CDIs term loan, which both closed in December 2007. In addition, we drew down
our revolver by $60 million in third quarter 2008. Offsetting the increase in interest expense was
$10.0 million of
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capitalized interest and $0.6 million of interest income in the third quarter of 2008,
compared with $8.9 million of capitalized interest and $1.1 million of interest income in the same
prior year period.
Provision for Income Taxes. Income taxes increased to $54.8 million in the three months ended
September 30, 2008 compared with $45.3 million in the same prior year period. The increase was
primarily due to increased profitability. In addition, the effective tax rate of 40% for the third
quarter of 2008 was higher than the 33% for the third quarter of 2007. The effective tax rate for
third quarter 2008 increased primarily because of additional deferred tax expense recorded as a
result of the increase in the equity earnings of CDI in excess of our tax basis. Further, the
surrender of the tax losses related to our oil and gas subsidiary in the United Kingdom to other
profitable subsidiaries in the United Kingdom that are taxed at a lower rate also contributed to
the increase in our consolidated effective tax rate.
Comparison of Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008 and 2007
The following table details various financial and operational highlights for the periods
presented:
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Revenues (in thousands) - |
||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 696,811 | $ | 484,767 | $ | 212,044 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
595,250 | 461,412 | 133,838 | |||||||||
Oil and Gas |
499,831 | 414,870 | 84,961 | |||||||||
Intercompany elimination |
(184,445 | ) | (93,847 | ) | (90,598 | ) | ||||||
$ | 1,607,447 | $ | 1,267,202 | $ | 340,245 | |||||||
Gross profit (in thousands) - |
||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 167,277 | $ | 137,429 | $ | 29,848 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
164,489 | 173,456 | (8,967 | ) | ||||||||
Oil and Gas |
204,143 | 147,912 | 56,231 | |||||||||
Intercompany elimination |
(21,791 | ) | (15,099 | ) | (6,692 | ) | ||||||
$ | 514,118 | $ | 443,698 | $ | 70,420 | |||||||
Gross Margin - |
||||||||||||
Contracting Services |
24 | % | 28 | % | (4 pts | ) | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
28 | % | 38 | % | (10 pts | ) | ||||||
Oil and Gas |
41 | % | 36 | % | 5 pts | |||||||
Total company |
32 | % | 35 | % | (3 pts | ) | ||||||
Number of vessels(1)/ Utilization(2) - |
||||||||||||
Contracting Services: |
||||||||||||
Subsea construction vessels |
10/96 | % | 9/81 | % | ||||||||
Well operations |
2/62 | % | 2/81 | % | ||||||||
ROVs |
47/70 | % | 37/82 | % | ||||||||
Shelf Contracting |
30/54 | % | 25/69 | % |
(1) | Represents number of vessels (including chartered vessels) as of the end of the period excluding acquired vessels prior to their in-service dates, and vessels taken out of service prior to their disposition. | |
(2) | Average vessel utilization rate is calculated by dividing the total number of days the vessels in this category generated revenues by the total number of calendar days in the applicable period. |
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Intercompany segment revenues during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were as
follows (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 150,465 | $ | 62,984 | $ | 87,481 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
33,980 | 30,863 | 3,117 | |||||||||
$ | 184,445 | $ | 93,847 | $ | 90,598 | |||||||
Intercompany segment profit during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 was as
follows (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | 17,989 | $ | 3,540 | $ | 14,449 | ||||||
Shelf Contracting |
3,802 | 11,559 | (7,757 | ) | ||||||||
$ | 21,791 | $ | 15,099 | $ | 6,692 | |||||||
The following table details various financial and operational highlights related to our Oil
and Gas segment for the periods presented:
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||||||
September 30, | Increase/ | |||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | (Decrease) | ||||||||||
Oil and Gas information- |
||||||||||||
Oil production volume (MBbls) |
2,380 | 2,750 | (370 | ) | ||||||||
Oil sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | 235,481 | $ | 173,619 | $ | 61,862 | ||||||
Average oil sales price per Bbl (excluding hedges) |
$ | 106.39 | $ | 64.06 | $ | 42.33 | ||||||
Average realized oil price per Bbl (including hedges) |
$ | 98.94 | $ | 63.13 | $ | 35.81 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in oil sales revenue due to: |
||||||||||||
Change in prices (in thousands) |
$ | 98,475 | ||||||||||
Change in production volume (in thousands) |
(36,613 | ) | ||||||||||
Total increase in oil sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | 61,862 | ||||||||||
Gas production volume (MMcf) |
26,607 | 30,660 | (4,053 | ) | ||||||||
Gas sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | 260,483 | $ | 231,761 | $ | 28,722 | ||||||
Average gas sales price per mcf (excluding hedges) |
$ | 10.04 | $ | 7.30 | $ | 2.74 | ||||||
Average realized gas price per mcf (including hedges) |
$ | 9.79 | $ | 7.56 | $ | 2.23 | ||||||
Increase (decrease) in gas sales revenue due to: |
||||||||||||
Change in prices (in thousands) |
$ | 68,398 | ||||||||||
Change in production volume (in thousands) |
(39,676 | ) | ||||||||||
Total increase in gas sales revenue (in thousands) |
$ | 28,722 | ||||||||||
Total production (MMcfe) |
40,888 | 47,161 | (6,273 | ) | ||||||||
Price per Mcfe |
$ | 12.13 | $ | 8.60 | $ | 3.53 | ||||||
Oil and Gas revenue information (in thousands)- |
||||||||||||
Oil and gas sales revenue |
$ | 495,964 | $ | 405,380 | $ | 90,584 | ||||||
Miscellaneous revenues(1) |
3,867 | 9,490 | (5,623 | ) | ||||||||
$ | 499,831 | $ | 414,870 | $ | 84,961 | |||||||
(1) | Miscellaneous revenues primarily relate to fees earned under our process handling agreements. |
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Presenting the expenses of our Oil and Gas segment on a cost per Mcfe of production basis
normalizes for the impact of production gains/losses and provides a measure of expense control
efficiencies. The following table highlights certain relevant expense items in total (in
thousands) converted to Mcfe at a ratio of one barrel of oil to six Mcf:
Nine Months Ended September 30, | ||||||||||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||||||||||
Total | Per Mcfe | Total | Per Mcfe | |||||||||||||
Oil and gas operating expenses(1): |
||||||||||||||||
Direct operating expenses(2) |
$ | 68,239 | $ | 1.67 | $ | 62,223 | $ | 1.32 | ||||||||
Workover |
12,031 | 0.29 | 6,910 | 0.15 | ||||||||||||
Transportation |
4,687 | 0.11 | 3,525 | 0.07 | ||||||||||||
Repairs and maintenance |
16,603 | 0.41 | 9,117 | 0.19 | ||||||||||||
Overhead and company labor |
5,057 | 0.12 | 8,669 | 0.18 | ||||||||||||
Total |
$ | 106,617 | $ | 2.60 | $ | 90,444 | $ | 1.91 | ||||||||
Depletion expense |
$ | 140,381 | $ | 3.43 | $ | 146,186 | $ | 3.10 | ||||||||
Abandonment |
10,011 | 0.24 | 16,582 | 0.35 | ||||||||||||
Accretion expense |
9,768 | 0.24 | 8,064 | 0.17 | ||||||||||||
Impairment |
23,902 | 0.58 | 904 | 0.02 |
(1) | Excludes exploration expense of $5.0 million and $5.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively. Exploration expense is not a component of lease operating expense. | |
(2) | Includes production taxes. |
Revenues. During the nine months ended September 30, 2008, our revenues increased by 27% as
compared to the same period in 2007. Contracting Services revenues increased primarily due to
strong performance from our robotics subsidiary as well as significant increased revenues from our
subsea construction and well operations vessels. These increases were partially offset by
increased number of out-of-service days for marine and drilling upgrades of the Q4000, which
returned to service in June 2008. Shelf Contracting revenues increased primarily as a result of
the revenue contributions from certain former Horizon assets acquired in December 2007. This
increase was partially offset by lower vessel utilization related to winter seasonality and harsh
weather conditions which continued into May 2008, and weather downtime related to Hurricanes Gustav
and Ike.
Oil and Gas revenues increased 20% during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared
to the same period in 2007. The increase in oil revenues was attributable to a 57% increase in oil
prices realized, net of hedges in place. The increase in gas revenues was attributable to a 29%
increase in gas prices realized, net of hedges in place. These increases were partially offset by
lower production as a result of temporary shut-ins caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. In
addition, production declines were attributable to the loss of production at the Tiger deepwater
field (Green Canyon 195) in late 2007, along with a natural decline in shelf production as a result
of reduction in capital allocable to shelf exploration.
Gross Profit. Gross profit during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 increased $70.4
million as compared to the same period in 2007. This increase was primarily due to higher gross
profit attributable to our Oil and Gas segment as a result of higher commodity prices realized, as
described above, offset partially by impairment expense of approximately $23.9 million, of which
approximately $14.6 million was related to the unsuccessful development well in January 2008 on
Devils Island (Garden Banks 344) and $6.7 million was related to the Tiger deepwater field, as we
expect to abandon this property earlier than planned as a result of damage caused by Hurricane Ike.
In addition, gross profit for Oil and Gas segment was negatively impacted by temporary production
shut-ins in September 2008 as a result of the hurricanes.
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In addition, Contracting Services gross profit increased 22% due to the factors stated above,
However, Contracting Services gross margin decreased by four points. The decline in gross margin
was primarily due to lower margins realized on certain international deepwater pipelay projects
during the second quarter as services were provided to the customer under various change orders;
however, no revenue was recognized associated with this work as certain revenue recognition
criteria were not met at September 30, 2008. Gross margin for the third quarter of 2008 improved
to 27% as compared to 22% in second quarter 2008 as we continue to get work performed under various
change orders approved by our customers.
These increases were partially offset by decreased Shelf Contracting gross profit. This
decrease was attributable to lower vessel utilization referred to above and increased depreciation
and amortization as a result of assets purchased in the Horizon acquisition. The utilization
impact from the continued harsh weather in the Gulf of Mexico during the first five months of 2008
and and adverse weather condition thereafter was compounded by CDIs increased exposure in terms of
its fleet size following the Horizon acquisition.
Gain on Sale of Assets, Net. Gain on sale of assets, net, increased by $53.5 million during
the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the same prior year period. The increase
was primarily due to a gain of $91.6 million related to the sale of a 30% working interest in the
Bushwood discoveries (Garden Banks Blocks 463, 506 and 507) and other Outer Continental Shelf oil
and gas properties (East Cameron blocks 371 and 381). Offsetting this gain was a loss of $11.9
million related to the sale of all our interest in our Onshore Properties. Included in the cost
basis of our Onshore Properties was $8.1 million of goodwill allocated from our Oil and Gas
segment. In addition, during third quarter 2007, we recognized approximately $18.8 million gain
related to the sale of the Phoenix oilfield as described above.
Selling and Administrative Expenses. Selling and administrative expenses for the nine months
ended September 30, 2008 were $36.3 million higher than the same prior year period. The increase
was due primarily to higher overhead (primarily related to the Horizon acquisition) to support our
growth. In addition, we recognized approximately $7.4 million of expenses related to the
separation agreements between the Company and two of our former executive officers.
Equity in Earnings of Investments. Equity in earnings of investments increased by $16.7
million during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to the same prior year period.
This increase was partially due to a $8.6 million increase in equity in earnings related to our 20%
investment in Independence Hub which began production during the third quarter of 2007. Also, in
second quarter 2007 equity losses and a related non-cash asset impairment charge both totaling
$11.8 million from CDIs 40% investment in OTSL were recorded. These increases were partially
offset by a $0.5 million decrease in equity earnings related to our investment in Deepwater Gateway
as major infrastructure damage was sustained to the downstream pipeline facilities connected to the
platform, causing temporary production shut-ins.
Net Interest Expense and Other. We reported net interest and other expense of $68.2 million
for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 as compared to $40.8 million in the same prior year
period. Gross interest expense of $95.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2008 was
higher than the $70.3 million incurred in 2007 due to overall higher levels of indebtedness as a
result of our Senior Unsecured Notes and CDIs term loan, which both closed in December 2007.
Offsetting the increase in interest expense was $30.6 million of capitalized interest and $2.2
million of interest income in the first nine months of 2008, compared with $20.7 million of
capitalized interest and $7.7 million of interest income in the same prior year period.
Provision for Income Taxes. Income taxes were $154.4 million during the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 compared with $111.7 million in the same prior year period. The increase was
primarily due to increased profitability. In addition, the effective tax rate of 38% for the nine
months ended September 30, 2008 was higher than the 34% for the same prior year period. The
effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2008 was higher because of the additional deferred
tax expense recorded as a result
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of the increase in the equity earnings of CDI in excess of our tax basis. Further, the
allocation of goodwill to the cost basis for the Onshore Properties sale is not allowable for tax
purposes. In addition, the surrender of the tax losses related to our oil and gas subsidiary in the
United Kingdom to other profitable subsidiaries in the United Kingdom that are taxed at a lower
rate also contributed to the increase in our consolidated effective tax rate. These increases were
partially offset by the increased benefit derived from the Internal Revenue Code §199 manufacturing
deduction primarily related to oil and gas production and the effect of lower tax rates in certain
foreign jurisdictions.
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Overview
The following tables present certain information useful in the analysis of our financial
condition and liquidity for the periods presented (in thousands):
September 30, | December 31, | |||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Net working capital |
$ | 109,832 | $ | 48,290 | ||||
Long-term debt(1) |
1,815,083 | 1,725,541 |
(1) | Long-term debt does not include the current maturities portion of the long-term debt as such amount is included in net working capital. |
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Net cash provided by (used in): |
||||||||
Operating activities |
$ | 339,086 | $ | 280,528 | ||||
Investing activities |
$ | (495,167 | ) | $ | (415,720 | ) | ||
Financing activities |
$ | 103,252 | $ | (21,907 | ) |
Our primary cash needs are to fund capital expenditures to allow the growth of our current
lines of business and to repay outstanding borrowings and make related interest payments.
Historically, we have funded our capital program, including acquisitions, with cash flows from
operations, borrowings under credit facilities and use of project financing along with other debt
and equity alternatives.
In May 2008, as provided by our amended Senior Credit Facilities, we increased our Revolving
Credit Facility by $120 million. As a result, our total borrowing capacity is now $420 million.
As of September 30, 2008, we had $221.5 million of available borrowing capacity under our credit
facilities. In addition, CDI had $293.8 million of available borrowing under its revolving credit
facility. We do not have access to any unused portion of CDIs revolving credit facility. See
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) Note 8 Long-term Debt for
additional information related to our long-term obligations.
In light of the current credit crisis, in October 2008, we drew down an additional $175
million on our Revolving Credit Facility to ensure adequate and readily available liquidity. After
this draw down, we have approximately $44 million of additional capacity remaining under our
Revolving Credit Facility. We expect to use the proceeds from this draw down to fund:
§ | critical capital projects that are ongoing during fourth quarter 2008 and into 2009; | ||
§ | general corporate and operating needs as we bring our oil and gas production back online; and | ||
§ | hurricane repair work (as we do not expect to begin receiving insurance proceeds until fourth quarter 2008). |
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In accordance with the Senior Unsecured Notes, amended Senior Credit Facilities, Convertible
Senior Notes, MARAD Debt and Cal Dives credit facility, we are required to comply with certain
covenants and restrictions, including the maintenance of minimum net worth, annual working capital
and debt-to-equity requirements. As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we were in
compliance with these covenants and restrictions. The Senior Unsecured Notes and Senior Credit
Facilities contain provisions that limit our ability to incur certain types of additional
indebtedness.
The Convertible Senior Notes can be converted prior to the stated maturity under certain
triggering events specified in the indenture governing the Convertible Senior Notes. To the
extent we do not have long-term financing secured to cover the conversion, the Convertible Senior
Notes would be classified as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet. During the
third quarter of 2008, no conversion triggers were met.
Pursuant to the documents governing our convertible preferred stock, in the event our common stock price on any date is less than a certain minimum price, we must deliver notice that either (i) the conversion price will be reset to such minimum price or (ii) in the event the holder exercises its redemption rights, we will satisfy our redemption obligations either in cash, or in a combination of cash and common stock with the number of shares of common stock, determined based upon the current market price of our common stock, subject to a maximum number of shares that can be delivered. In the event our redemption obligation is triggered and our obligation cannot be fully satisfied with common stock, we will be required to redeem a portion of the preferred stock in cash. As of October 30, 2008, our stock price has not been below the minimum price since the issuance of the preferred stock.
Working Capital
Cash flow from operating activities increased by $58.6 million in the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 as compared to the same period in 2007. This increase was primarily due to
higher profitability and lower income taxes paid in the first nine months of 2008 of approximately
$97.1 million compared to approximately $179.1 million in the first nine months of 2007, most of
which ($126.6 million) was related to the proceeds received from the CDI initial public offering in
December 2006. These increases were partially offset by $37.7 million incurred in the nine months
ended September 30, 2008 for recertification costs relating to regulatory drydocks as compared to
$32.8 million for the same prior year period. The increase in regulatory drydocks were primarily
related to the Q4000.
Our working capital at September 30, 2008 has improved significantly compared to end of second
quarter 2008. Under the terms of the MARAD Debt, we are required to maintain positive working
capital as of the end of each fiscal year. In the event that our working capital on December 31,
2008 is negative, under the terms of MARAD Debt agreements we would be required to deposit with the
trustee an amount of cash determined pursuant to the agreements (the Title XI Reserve Fund)
within 120 days after the year end. The Title XI Reserve Fund is calculated based on our after tax
earnings, adjusted for depreciation, multiplied by a percentage equal to the original cost basis in
the Q4000 divided by our total fixed assets as of December 31. This Title XI Reserve Fund is
available, under conditions imposed by MARAD, for use in future periods for payment of interest and
principal due under the indenture. If this deposit is required, we estimate the aggregate deposit
to be between $10 million to $15 million. We believe internally generated cash flow and borrowings
under our existing credit facilities will provide the necessary capital to fund our working capital
requirements. This is evident by the draw-down of our Revolving Credit Facility in October 2008.
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Investing Activities
Capital expenditures have consisted principally of strategic asset acquisitions related to the
purchase or construction of dynamically positioned vessels, acquisition of select businesses,
improvements to existing vessels, acquisition of oil and gas properties and investments in our
production facilities. Significant sources (uses) of cash associated with investing activities for
the nine months ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 were as follows (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Capital expenditures: |
||||||||
Contracting Services |
$ | (228,680 | ) | $ | (182,674 | ) | ||
Shelf Contracting |
(70,750 | ) | (26,390 | ) | ||||
Production Facilities |
(91,034 | ) | (68,471 | ) | ||||
Oil and Gas |
(338,339 | ) | (407,118 | ) | ||||
Acquisition of business, net of cash acquired |
| (10,066 | ) | |||||
Sale of short-term investments |
| 285,395 | ||||||
Investments in equity investments |
(708 | ) | (16,132 | ) | ||||
Distributions from equity investments, net(1) |
4,636 | 6,363 | ||||||
Proceeds from sales of properties |
230,261 | 4,343 | ||||||
Other |
(553 | ) | (970 | ) | ||||
Cash used in investing activities |
$ | (495,167 | ) | $ | (415,720 | ) | ||
(1) | Distributions from equity investments are net of undistributed equity earnings from our equity investments. Gross distributions from our equity investments are detailed below. |
Restricted Cash
As of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, we had $35.4 million and $34.8 million,
respectively, of restricted cash. All of our restricted cash was related to funds required to be
escrowed to cover decommissioning liabilities associated with the SMI 130 acquisition in 2002 by
our Oil and Gas segment. We had fully satisfied the escrow requirement as of September 30, 2008.
We may use the restricted cash for decommissioning the related field.
Equity Investments
We made the following contributions to our equity investments during the nine months ended
September 30, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Independence |
$ | | $ | 12,475 | ||||
Other |
708 | 3,656 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 708 | $ | 16,131 | ||||
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We received the following distributions from our equity investments during the nine months
ended September 30, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):
Nine Months Ended | ||||||||
September 30, | ||||||||
2008 | 2007 | |||||||
Deepwater Gateway |
$ | 16,500 | $ | 20,500 | ||||
Independence |
16,400 | 6,000 | ||||||
Total |
$ | 32,900 | $ | 26,500 | ||||
Sale of Oil and Gas Properties
In March and April 2008, we sold a total 30% working interest in the Bushwood discoveries
(Garden Banks Blocks 463, 506 and 507) and other Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas properties
(East Cameron blocks 371 and 381), in two separate transactions to affiliates of private
independent oil and gas company for total cash consideration of approximately $181.2 million (which
includes the purchasers share of past capital expenditures on these fields), and additional
potential cash payments of up to $20 million based upon certain field production milestones. The
new co-owners will also pay their pro rata share of all future capital expenditures related to the
exploration and development of these fields. The assumption of certain decommissioning liabilities
will be satisfied on a pro rata share basis between the new co-owners and us. Proceeds from the
sale of these properties were used to pay down our outstanding revolving loans in April 2008. As a
result of these sales, we recognized a pre-tax gain of $91.6 million in the first half of 2008.
In May 2008, we sold all our interests in our Onshore Properties to an unrelated investor. We
sold these Onshore Properties for cash proceeds of $47.2 million and recorded a related loss of
$11.9 million in the second quarter of 2008. Included in the cost basis of the Onshore Properties
was an $8.1 million allocation of goodwill from our Oil and Gas segment. Proceeds from the sale of
these properties were used to pay down our outstanding revolving loans in May 2008.
Outlook
We anticipate capital expenditures for the remainder of 2008 will range from $160 million to
$180 million. Our projected capital expenditures on certain projects have increased as compared to
the initially budgeted amounts due primarily to scope changes, escalating costs for certain
materials and services due to increasing demand, and the weakening of the U.S. dollar earlier in
2008 with respect to foreign currency denominated construction contracts. We may increase or
decrease these plans based on various economic factors. We believe internally generated cash flow
and borrowings under our existing credit facilities will provide the necessary capital to fund our
2008 initiatives.
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The following table summarizes our contractual cash obligations as of September 30, 2008 and
the scheduled years in which the obligations are contractually due (in thousands):
Less Than | More Than | |||||||||||||||||||
Total(1) | 1 year | 1-3 Years | 3-5 Years | 5 Years | ||||||||||||||||
Convertible Senior Notes(2) |
$ | 300,000 | $ | | $ | | $ | | $ | 300,000 | ||||||||||
Senior Unsecured Notes |
550,000 | | | | 550,000 | |||||||||||||||
Term Loan |
420,174 | 4,326 | 8,652 | 407,196 | | |||||||||||||||
MARAD debt |
123,449 | 4,214 | 9,069 | 9,997 | 100,169 | |||||||||||||||
Revolving Credit Facility |
175,000 | | 175,000 | | | |||||||||||||||
CDI Term Loan |
335,000 | 80,000 | 160,000 | 95,000 | | |||||||||||||||
Loan notes |
5,000 | 5,000 | | | | |||||||||||||||
Interest related to long-term debt(3) |
781,948 | 114,978 | 210,589 | 184,081 | 272,300 | |||||||||||||||
Preferred stock dividends(4) |
2,475 | 2,475 | | | | |||||||||||||||
Drilling and development costs |
108,700 | 108,700 | | | | |||||||||||||||
Property and equipment(5) |
74,000 | 74,000 | | | | |||||||||||||||
Operating leases(6) |
191,524 | 64,459 | 83,431 | 31,706 | 11,928 | |||||||||||||||
Total cash obligations |
$ | 3,067,270 | $ | 458,152 | $ | 646,741 | $ | 727,980 | $ | 1,234,397 | ||||||||||
(1) | Total exposure under letters of credit outstanding at September 30, 2008 was approximately $43.3 million and was excluded from the table above. These letters of credit primarily guarantee various contract bidding, contractual performance and insurance activities and shipyard commitments. | |
(2) | Maturity 2025. Can be converted prior to stated maturity if closing sale price of Helixs common stock for at least 20 days in the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the preceding fiscal quarter exceeds 120% of the closing price on that 30th trading day (i.e. $38.56 per share) and under certain triggering events as specified in the indenture governing the Convertible Senior Notes. To the extent we do not have alternative long-term financing secured to cover the conversion, the Convertible Senior Notes would be classified as a current liability in the accompanying balance sheet. At September 30, 2008, the conversion trigger was not met. | |
(3) | Estimated interest payments related to our long-term debt were calculated based on their respective maturity dates. | |
(4) | Amount represents dividend payment for one year only. Dividends are paid quarterly until such time the holder elects to redeem the stock. | |
(5) | Costs incurred as of September 30, 2008 and additional property and equipment commitments (excluding capitalized interest) at September 30, 2008 consisted of the following (in thousands): |
Costs | Costs | Total Estimated | ||||||||||
Incurred | Committed | Project Cost Range | ||||||||||
Caesar conversion |
$ | 148,000 | $ | 8,000 | $ | 200,000 - 220,000 | ||||||
Well Enhancer construction |
140,000 | 46,000 | 200,000 - 220,000 | |||||||||
Helix Producer I(a) |
194,000 | 20,000 | 325,000 - 355,000 | |||||||||
Total |
$ | 482,000 | $ | 74,000 | $ | 725,000 - 795,000 | ||||||
(a) | Represents 100% of the cost of the vessel, conversion and construction of additional facilities, of which we expect our portion to range between $283 million and $313 million. |
(6) | Operating leases included facility leases and vessel charter leases. Vessel charter lease commitments at September 30, 2008 were approximately $150.9 million. |
Contingencies
In orders from the MMS dated December 2005 and May 2006, we received notice from the MMS that
lease price thresholds were exceeded for 2004 oil and gas production and for 2003 gas production,
and that royalties are due on such production notwithstanding the provisions of the DWRRA. In a
subsequent order from the MMS dated September 2008, the MMS notified us that lease thresholds were
exceeded for oil and gas production for 2005, 2006 and 2007. As of September 30, 2008, we have
approximately $67.3 million accrued for the related royalties and interest. On October 30, 2007,
the federal district court in the Kerr-McGee case entered judgment in favor of Kerr-McGee and held
that the Department of the Interior exceeded its authority by including the price thresholds in the
subject leases. The government filed a notice of appeal of that decision on December 21, 2007.
See Notes to
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Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)Note 18 for a detailed description of
this contingency.
During the fourth quarter of 2006, Horizon received a tax assessment from the SAT, the Mexican
taxing authority, for approximately $23 million related to fiscal 2001, including penalties,
interest and monetary correction. The SATs assessment claims unpaid taxes related to services
performed among the Horizon subsidiaries that CDI acquired at the time it acquired Horizon. CDI
believes under the Mexico and United States double taxation treaty that these services are not
taxable and that the tax assessment itself is invalid. On February 14, 2008, CDI received notice
from the SAT upholding the original assessment. On April 21, 2008, CDI filed a petition in Mexico
tax court disputing the assessment. We believe that CDIs position is supported by law and CDI
intends to vigorously defend its position. However, the ultimate outcome of this litigation and
CDIs potential liability from this assessment, if any, cannot be determined at this time.
Nonetheless, an unfavorable outcome with respect to the Mexico tax assessment could have a material
adverse effect on CDIs and our financial position and results of operations. Horizons 2002
through 2007 tax years remain subject to examination by the appropriate governmental agencies for
Mexico tax purposes, with 2002 through 2004 currently under audit.
We sustained damage to certain of our oil and gas production facilities in Hurricane Ike. We
carry comprehensive insurance on all of our operated and non-operated producing and non-producing
properties which is subject to approximately $6 million of aggregate deductibles. As of September
2008, we have reached our aggregate deductibles. We believe our comprehensive coverage is
sufficient to cover all our repair and inspection costs and capital redrill or rebuild costs as a
result of damages sustained by the hurricane. These costs will be recorded as incurred. Insurance
reimbursements will be recorded when the realization of the claim for recovery of a loss is deemed
probable.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based
upon our consolidated financial statements. We prepare these financial statements in conformity
with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. As such, we are required to
make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the periods presented. We base our estimates on historical experience, available
information and various other assumptions we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances.
These estimates may change as new events occur, as more experience is acquired, as additional
information is obtained and as our operating environment changes. Due to the adoption of SFAS No.
157, we have updated our critical accounting policies fair value measurement. Please read the
following discussion in conjunction with our Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates as
disclosed in our 2007 Form 10-K.
Fair Value Measurement
SFAS No. 157 provides enhanced guidance for using fair value to measure assets and
liabilities. We adopted the provisions of SFAS No. 157 on January 1, 2008 for assets and
liabilities not subject to the deferral and expect to adopt this standard for all other assets and
liabilities by January 1, 2009. SFAS No. 157 establishes a three-tier fair value hierarchy, which
prioritizes the inputs used in measuring fair value as follows:
| Level 1. Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets; | ||
| Level 2. Inputs, other than the quoted prices in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and | ||
| Level 3. Unobservable inputs in which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions. |
Assets and liabilities measured at fair value are based on one or more of three valuation
techniques noted in SFAS No. 157. The valuation techniques are as follows:
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(a) | Market Approach. Prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. | ||
(b) | Cost Approach. Amount that would be required to replace the service capacity of an asset (replacement cost). | ||
(c) | Income Approach. Techniques to convert expected future cash flows to a single present amount based on market expectations (including present value techniques, option-pricing and excess earnings models). |
The financial assets and liabilities that are recognized based on fair value on a recurring
basis at September 30, 2008 include our oil and gas costless collars, interest rate swaps and
foreign currency forwards. The following table provides additional details regarding the
significant inputs used in the calculation of the fair values:
Fair Value | Valuation | |||||
Item | Hierarchy | Technique | Significant Inputs | |||
Oil swaps and collars
|
Level 2 | Income | Hedged oil price |
|||
NYMEX sweet crude oil forward price |
||||||
Light surface crude oil volatility rate |
||||||
Gas swaps and collars
|
Level 2 | Income | Hedged gas price |
|||
NYMEX natural gas forward price |
||||||
Natural gas volatility rate |
||||||
Interest rate swaps
|
Level 2 | Income | Fixed rate |
|||
Three months LIBOR forward rate |
||||||
Foreign currency forwards
|
Level 2 | Income | Hedged rate |
|||
Spot exchange rate |
||||||
Forward exchange rate calculated by
adjusting the spot exchange rate by the
prevailing interest differential between the
currencies |
As the financial assets and liabilities listed above qualify for hedge accounting, and as long as
these instruments continue to be effective hedges, changes to the significant inputs described
above would not have a material impact on results of operations as the change in the fair value is
recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income, a component of shareholders equity. In
addition, changes to significant inputs would not have a material impact on our liquidity, however,
they may have a material impact on our financial condition.
Recently Issued Accounting Principles
In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, which applies to all derivative instruments and
related hedged items accounted for under SFAS No. 133. SFAS No. 161 asks entities to provide
qualitative disclosures about the objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative
data about the fair value of and gains and losses on derivative contracts, and details of
credit-risk-related contingent features in their hedged positions. The standard is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008,
with early application encouraged, but not required. We are currently evaluating the impact of
this statement on our disclosures.
In May 2008, the FASB issued FSP APB 14-1. This FSP would require the proceeds from the
issuance of convertible debt instruments to be allocated between a liability component (issued at a
discount) and an equity component. The resulting debt discount would be amortized over the period
the convertible debt is expected to be outstanding as additional non-cash interest expense. The
effective date of FSP APB 14-1 is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and requires
retrospective application to all periods reported (with the cumulative effect of the change
reported in retained earnings as of the beginning of the first period presented). The FSP does not
permit early application. This FSP
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changes the accounting treatment for our Convertible Senior Notes. FSP APB 14-1 will increase our
non-cash interest expense for our past and future reporting periods. In addition, it will reduce
our long-term debt and increase our stockholders equity for the past reporting periods. We are
currently evaluating the potential impact of this issue on our consolidated financial statements.
In June 2008, the FASB issued FSP EITF 03-6-1. This FSP would require unvested share-based
payment awards containing non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid
or unpaid) to be included in the computation of basic EPS according to the two-class method. The
effective date of FSP EITF 03-6-1 is for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008 and
requires all prior-period EPS data presented to be adjusted retrospectively (including interim
financial statements, summaries of earnings, and selected financial data) to conform with the
provisions of this FSP. The FSP does not permit early application. This FSP changes our
calculation of basic and diluted EPS and will lower previously reported basic and diluted EPS as
weighted-average shares outstanding used in the EPS calculation will increase. We are currently
evaluating the impact of this statement on our consolidated financial statements.
Also in June 2008, the FASB issued EIFT 07-5. This issue addresses the determination of
whether an instrument (or an embedded feature) is indexed to an
entitys own stock. This issue is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years
beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Earlier
application by an entity that has previously adopted an alternative accounting policy is not
permitted. We are currently evaluating the impact of this issue on our consolidated financial
statements.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk
We are currently exposed to market risk in three major areas: interest rates, commodity prices
and foreign currency exchange rates.
Interest Rate Risk. As of September 30, 2008, including the effects of interest rate swaps,
approximately 33% of our outstanding debt was based on floating rates. As a result, we are subject
to interest rate risk. In September 2006, effective October 3, 2006, we entered into various cash
flow hedging interest rate swaps to stabilize cash flows relating to interest payments on $200
million of our Term Loan. In addition, in April 2008, CDI entered into an interest rate swap to
stabilize cash flows relating to its interest payments on $100 million of the CDI term loan.
Excluding the portion of our consolidated debt for which we have interest rate swaps in place, the
interest rate applicable to our remaining variable rate debt may rise, increasing our interest
expense. The impact of market risk is estimated using a hypothetical increase in interest rates by
100 basis points for our variable rate long-term debt that is not hedged. Based on this
hypothetical assumption, we would have incurred an additional $1.5 million and $4.7 million in
interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008, respectively. For the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, we would have incurred an additional $2.6 million
and $7.7 million in interest expense, respectively.
Commodity Price Risk. As of September 30, 2008, we had the following volumes under derivative
and forward sale contracts related to our oil and gas producing activities totaling 2,155 MBbl of
oil and 18,076,400 MMbtu of natural gas:
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Average | Weighted | ||||||||||||
Production Period | Instrument Type | Monthly Volumes | Average Price | ||||||||||
Crude Oil: |
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October 2008 - December 2008 |
Collar | 30 MBbl | $ | 60.00 $82.35 | |||||||||
October 2008 - December 2008 |
Swap | 42 MBbl | $106.25 | ||||||||||
October 2008 - December 2009 |
Forward Sale | 129 MBbl | $71.82 | ||||||||||
Natural Gas: |
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January 2009 - December 2009 |
Forward Sale | 1,506,367 MMBtu | $8.23 |
Subsequent to September 30, 2008, we entered into two additional natural gas costless collars
and two natural gas swaps. The costless collars cover an average of 1,029,000 MMBtu per month at
an average price of $7.00 to $7.90 per MMBtu for the period from January to December 2009. The
swaps cover an average of 1,500,000 MMBtu per month at an average price of $7.02 per MMBtu for
November and December 2008. We also entered into an oil costless collar for an average of 50.2
MBbl per month for the period from January to June 2009 at a price of $75.00 to $89.55.
Foreign Currency Exchange Risk. Because we operate in various regions in the world, we
conduct a portion of our business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. We entered into
various foreign currency forwards to stabilize expected cash outflows relating to a shipyard
contract where the contractual payments are denominated in euros and expected cash outflows
relating to certain vessel charters denominated in British pounds. The aggregate fair value of the
foreign currency forwards as of September 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007 was a net asset (liability)
of ($1.4) million and $1.4 million, respectively.
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. Our management, with the participation
of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of
our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) promulgated
under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008. Based on
this evaluation, the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer have concluded
that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the fiscal quarter
ended September 30, 2008 to ensure that information that is required to be disclosed by us in the
reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is (i) recorded, processed, summarized and
reported, within the time periods specified in the SECs rules and forms and (ii) accumulated and
communicated to our management, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required
disclosure.
(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There have been no changes in our
internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act, in the
period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially
affect, our internal control over financial reporting. We implemented an enterprise resource
planning system on January 1, 2008 for Helix Subsea Construction, Inc. (excluding our ROV and
trencher business) and our U.S. Well Operations division and continue to evolve our controls
accordingly. Resulting impacts on internal controls over financial reporting were evaluated and
determined not to be significant for the fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008. However, this
ongoing implementation effort may lead to our making additional changes in our internal controls
over financial reporting in future fiscal periods. On December 11, 2007, our majority owned
subsidiary, Cal Dive International, Inc., completed the acquisition of Horizon Offshore, Inc. Cal
Dive continues to integrate Horizons historical internal controls over financial reporting into
their own internal controls over financial reporting within our overall control structure. This
ongoing integration may lead to our making additional changes in our internal controls over
financial reporting in future fiscal periods.
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Part II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
See Part I, Item 1, Note 18 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which is
incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1A. Risk Factors
In addition to the risk factors disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal
year ended December 31, 2007, we add the following risk factor as a result of recent events.
Economic conditions could negatively impact our business.
Our operations are affected by local, national and worldwide economic conditions and the
condition of the oil and gas industry. Recent disruptions in the credit markets and concerns about
global economic growth have had a significant adverse impact on global financial markets and
commodity prices, both of which have contributed to a decline in our stock price and corresponding
market capitalization. Further stock price or commodity price decreases in the fourth quarter could
result in noncash impairments of long-lived assets and goodwill. At September 30, 2008, we had $1.1
billion of goodwill recorded in conjunction with past business combinations and $6.3 million of
intangible assets with indefinite useful lives.
Continued market deterioration could also jeopardize the performance of certain counterparty
obligations, including those of our insurers, customers and financial institutions. Although we
monitor the creditworthiness of our counterparties, the current disruptions could lead to sudden
changes in the counterpartys liquidity. In the event any such party fails to perform, our
financial results could be adversely affected and we could incur losses and our liquidity could be
negatively impacted.
The consequences of a prolonged recession may include a lower level of economic activity,
decreased offshore exploration and drilling and increased uncertainty regarding energy prices and
the capital and commodity markets. A lower level of offshore exploration and drilling could have a
material adverse effect on the demand for our services. In addition a general decline in the level
of economic activity might result in lower commodity prices, which may also adversely affect our
revenues. In addition, the capital and credit markets have become increasingly volatile. If the
capital and credit markets continue to experience volatility and the availability of funds remains
limited, we may incur increased costs associated with any additional financing we may require for
future operations. All of these risks, including our dependence on the oil and gas industry, and
in particular the willingness of oil and gas companies to make capital expenditures, are discussed
in greater detail in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
(c) Total | ||||||||||||||||
number | (d) Maximum | |||||||||||||||
of shares | value of shares | |||||||||||||||
(a) Total | (b) | purchased as | that may yet be | |||||||||||||
number | Average | part of publicly | purchased | |||||||||||||
of shares | price paid | announced | under | |||||||||||||
Period | purchased | per share | program | the program | ||||||||||||
July 1 to July 31, 2008(1) |
7,559 | $ | 37.71 | | $ | N/A | ||||||||||
August 1 to August 31, 2008(1) |
| | | N/A | ||||||||||||
September 1 to September 30, 2008(1) |
15,165 | 30.36 | | N/A | ||||||||||||
22,724 | $ | 32.80 | | $ | N/A | |||||||||||
(1) | Represents shares subject to restricted share awards withheld to satisfy tax obligations arising upon the vesting of restricted shares. |
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Item 6. Exhibits
15.1
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms Acknowledgement Letter(1) | |
31.1
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Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Owen Kratz, Chief Executive Officer(1) | |
31.2
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Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Anthony Tripodo, Chief Financial Officer(1) | |
32.1
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Certification of Helixs Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002(2) | |
99.1
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm(1) |
(1)
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Filed herewith | |
(2)
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Furnished herewith |
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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.
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC. | ||||
(Registrant) | ||||
Date: October 31, 2008
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By: | /s/ Owen Kratz | ||
Owen Kratz | ||||
President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Date: October 31, 2008
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By: | /s/ Anthony Tripodo | ||
Anthony Tripodo | ||||
Executive Vice President and | ||||
Chief Financial Officer |
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OF
HELIX ENERGY SOLUTIONS GROUP, INC.
15.1
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Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms Acknowledgement Letter(1) | |
31.1
|
Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Owen Kratz, Chief Executive Officer(1) | |
31.2
|
Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by Anthony Tripodo, Chief Financial Officer(1) | |
32.1
|
Certification of Helixs Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002(2) | |
99.1
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm(1) |
(1)
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Filed herewith | |
(2)
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Furnished herewith |
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