Hill International, Inc. - Quarter Report: 2008 June (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2008

or

For the transition period from              to            

Commission File Number: 001-33961

HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (856) 810-6200

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, and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

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

Large Accelerated Filer  ¨    Accelerated Filer  ¨    Non-Accelerated Filer  x

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  ¨    No  x

There were 40,955,016 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding at August 1, 2008.

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HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Index to Form 10-Q

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HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

(In thousands, except per share data)

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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HILL INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

Note 1 - The Company

Hill International, Inc. (“Hill” or the “Company”) is a publicly owned construction consulting firm headquartered in Marlton, New Jersey that provides both fee-based project management and construction claims consulting services to clients worldwide. Hill’s clients include the U.S. federal government, U.S. state and local governments, foreign governments, and the private sector. Hill’s business was established in 1976 as a closely held corporation. On June 28, 2006, the closely held Hill (“Old Hill”) merged with and into Arpeggio Acquisition Corp. (“Arpeggio”), a specified purpose acquisition company, at which time Arpeggio changed its name to “Hill International, Inc.” The Company is organized into two key operating divisions: the Project Management Group and the Construction Claims Group.

Note 2 - Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States and the interim financial statement rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, these statements include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of the Consolidated Financial Statements. The consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007.

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hill and its wholly and majority-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The interim operating results are not necessarily indicative of the results for a full year.

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Note 3 - Acquisitions

Euromost Polska Sp. z o.o

On May 27, 2008, Hill International S.A., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Euromost Polska Sp. z o.o (“Euromost”), a Warsaw-headquartered firm, with about 130 employees, that provides project management and other construction consulting services throughout Poland. Euromost also has offices in Krakow, Wroclaw and Gdynia. The consideration paid by Hill International S.A. consisted of cash amounting to €10,850,000 ($17,063,000 at the exchange rate at the date of acquisition) and a non-interest bearing note amounting to €500,000 ($786,000) payable on June 17, 2009. The note is subject to reduction to satisfy any of the sellers’ indemnification obligations. The sellers may receive additional consideration of up to €5,350,000 ($8,413,000) under an earn-out arrangement payable at the rate of €2,775,000 ($4,364,000) in 2009 and €2,575,000 ($4,049,000) in 2010 based on the future financial performance of Euromost for the years ending December 31, 2008 and 2009, respectively.

The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and accordingly, the results of operations and cash flows of Euromost have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to the acquisition date. At May 27, 2008, the total purchase price, including acquisition expenses of $528,000, was $18,377,000. The Company is in the process of obtaining a detailed valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and, therefore, the allocation of the purchase price and the valuation of the assets and liabilities are subject to refinement. The following table summarizes the allocation (which is preliminary and subject to change) of the purchase price based on the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in thousands):

Gerens Management Group, S.A.

On February 15, 2008, Hill International S.A., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, acquired 60% of the outstanding capital stock of Gerens Management Group, S.A. (“Gerens”), a Spanish-headquartered firm that provides project management services on major construction projects throughout Spain as well as in Western Europe and Latin America. The consideration paid by Hill International S.A. was €10,800,000 ($15,981,000 at the exchange rate at the date of acquisition) in cash. The remaining minority stockholders of Gerens, who own 40% of the company, consist of Gerens’ Managing Director as well as a group of major Spanish savings banks. Gerens, which has about 250 employees, immediately changed its name to Gerens Hill International, S.A. following the acquisition.

Gerens is headquartered in Madrid, Spain and has additional offices in Barcelona, Spain and Cancun, Mexico. The company has managed the construction of major projects in various sectors, including residential, commercial, healthcare, retail and leisure,

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infrastructure, and hotels and resorts. Gerens brings together extensive knowledge of the Spanish market and worldwide experience in the management and control of complex design and construction processes offering their clients project management and independent technical consultancy services.

In connection with the acquisition, Gerens’ shareholders, including Hill International S.A., entered into an agreement whereby the minority shareholders have a right to compel Hill International S.A. to purchase any or all of their shares during the period from March 31, 2010 to March 31, 2020. Hill International S.A. also has the right to compel the minority shareholders to sell any or all of their shares during the period from March 31, 2011 to March 31, 2021. The purchase price for such shares shall be the greater of (a) €18,000,000 increased by the General Price Index (capped at 3.5% per annum) or (b) ten times the company’s earnings before interest and income taxes for the prior fiscal year, multiplied by a percentage which the shares to be purchased bear to the total number of shares outstanding at the time of the purchase. Such amount may be increased by increases in equity subsequent to the acquisition date, and can be paid in cash or shares of our common stock at the option of the sellers.

The acquisition was accounted for under the purchase method of accounting and accordingly, the results of operations and cash flows of Gerens have been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements for the period subsequent to the acquisition date. The total purchase price, including acquisition expenses of $263,000, was $16,244,000. The Company is in the process of obtaining a detailed valuation of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and, therefore, the allocation of the purchase price and the valuation of the assets and liabilities are subject to refinement. The following table summarizes the allocation (which is preliminary and subject to change) of the purchase price based on the estimated fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed as of the acquisition date (in thousands):

The following unaudited pro forma information assumes the above acquisitions had occurred on December 31, 2006. The pro forma information, as presented below, is not necessarily indicative of the results that would have been obtained had the Euromost and Gerens acquisition occurred on that date, nor is it necessarily indicative of the Company’s future results:

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The pro forma net income reflects adjustments for amortization of intangibles, stock-based compensation expense, interest charges and income taxes.

John Shreeves Holdings Ltd.

On January 4, 2008, Hill International (UK) Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, acquired John Shreeves Holdings Ltd. and its operating subsidiary John Shreeves & Partners Ltd. (collectively “Shreeves”), a London-based firm that provides project management and cost consultancy services on primarily private-sector projects throughout the United Kingdom. The acquired business will continue to operate under the Shreeves brand name until its operations have been consolidated with Hill’s. Total consideration amounted to £1,850,000 ($3,700,000 at the exchange rate on the date of acquisition) consisting of a cash payment of £1,650,000 ($3,300,000) on the date of closing and a cash payment of £200,000 ($400,000) payable six months after the closing date. The results of operations of Shreeves are not material to the consolidated results of operations of the Company.

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Note 4 - Comprehensive Income

The following table summarizes the Company’s comprehensive income:

Note 5 - Accounts Receivable

The components of accounts receivable are as follows:

Note 6 - Intangible Assets

The following table summarizes the Company’s acquired intangible assets as of June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007:

Amortization expense related to intangible assets totaled $748,000 and $243,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007, respectively, and totaled $1,230,000 and $482,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007, respectively. Estimated amortization expense based on our present intangible assets for the next five years:

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Note 7 - Goodwill

In accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 142, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets, the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment testing, by reportable segment, in the third quarter, or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill may be impaired. Application of the goodwill impairment test requires significant judgments including estimation of future cash flows, which is dependent on internal forecasts, estimation of the long-term rate of growth for the businesses, the useful life over which cash flows will occur, and determination of the Company’s weighted average cost of capital. Changes in these estimates and assumptions could materially affect the determination of fair value and/or conclusions on goodwill impairment for each reporting unit.

The following table summarizes the changes in the Company’s carrying value of goodwill during 2008 (in thousands):

Note 8 - Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

Below are the components of accounts payable and accrued expenses:

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Note 9 - Deferred Revenue

In certain instances the Company may collect advance payments from clients for future services. As the services are performed these advance payments are recognized as revenue. Deferred revenue is classified as current or long term based on the anticipated life of the project. The following table summarizes deferred revenue:

Note 10 - Notes Payable

Outstanding debt obligations are as follows:

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The Company is a party to a loan and security agreement with LaSalle Bank N.A. (“LaSalle”), which provides for up to $35,000,000 to be made available on a revolving basis (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility provides for a letter of credit sub-facility of $20,000,000. The Credit Facility is secured by all of the Company’s assets, including, without limitation, our accounts receivable, equipment, securities, financial assets and proceeds from the sale of the foregoing, as well as by a pledge of 66.67% of the outstanding capital stock of the following subsidiaries: Hill International S.A., Hill International (UK) Ltd., Hill International (Middle East) Ltd. and James R. Knowles (Holdings) Ltd.

The Credit Facility is for a term extending until January 1, 2011. The Credit Facility provides for LIBOR loans and prime rate loans, payable at margins above either LaSalle’s prime rate or LIBOR based on the Company’s ratio of total debt to EBITDA ranging from 0 to 50 basis points above prime or 150 to 262.50 basis points above LIBOR. At March 31, 2008 the applicable margins were 0 basis points above LaSalle’s prime rate and 150 basis points above LIBOR. The Credit Facility contains covenants with respect to the Company’s minimum net worth, total debt to EBITDA ratios, fixed charge coverage ratios and billed accounts receivable to total debt ratios, as well as other financial covenants and certain restrictions on the incurrence of debt, on the making of investments, on the payment of dividends, on transactions with affiliates and other affirmative and negative covenants and events of default customary for facilities of its type. At June 30, 2008, there were no outstanding borrowings under the Credit Facility, although the Company had $7,988,000 in outstanding letters of credit which reduced availability under the Credit Facility.

The Company also maintains a credit facility with a bank in the Middle East for 11,500,000 AED ($3,131,000) collateralized by certain overseas receivables. The interest rate on that facility is the three-month Emirates InterBank Offer Rate (“EIBOR”), which at June 30, 2008 was 1.89%, plus 2.0%. At June 30, 2008, there were no outstanding borrowings under this facility which expires on December 24, 2008.

The Company also maintains an unsecured credit facility with a bank in Spain for €750,000 ($1,184,000). The interest rate on that facility is the three month EURIBOR rate which at June 30, 2008 was 4.75%, plus 0.75%. At June 30, 2008 there were no outstanding borrowings under this facility which expires on December 18, 2008.

Note 11 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information

On March 24, 2008, options to purchase 1,000 shares of Hill’s common stock with an exercise price of $7.67 per share were exercised on a cashless basis when the fair market value was $12.59 resulting in Hill issuing 391 shares of its common stock.

On April 9, 2008, the Company issued 2,300,000 shares of its common stock in connection with the earn-out provision of the Merger Agreement with Arpeggio.

On May 10, 2008, the Company issued 134,360 shares of its common stock, with a fair value of $1,955,000, to the former owner of KJM & Associates, Ltd. These shares had been held in escrow pending the satisfaction of certain indemnification obligations of the seller. The Company reflected this payment as additional purchase consideration and has increased goodwill.

In connection with the Euromost purchase, the Company issued a non-interest bearing note payable in the amount of €500,000 ($786,000) with a maturity date of June 17, 2009.

As the result of a Third Circuit Court decision, the Company eliminated an accrued liability of $3,350,000 and the offsetting reduction in stockholders’ equity. See the discussion in Note 19 related to the Wartsila matter.

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The following table provides additional cash flow information:

Note 12 - Equity in Earnings of Affiliates

Stanley Baker Hill, LLC

Equity in earnings of affiliates reflects ownership by the Company of 33.33% of the members’ equity of Stanley Baker Hill, LLC (“SBH”). SBH is a joint venture formed in February 2004 between Stanley Consultants, Inc., Michael Baker, Jr. Inc., and Hill.

SBH has a contract for an indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity for construction management and general architect-engineer services for facilities in Iraq with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

At June 30, 2008 and December 31, 2007, the Company reported receivables totaling $1,084,000 and $3,394,000, respectively, from SBH for work performed by the Company as a subcontractor to SBH. Such amounts were payable in accordance with the subcontract agreement between the Company and SBH.

Revenue from SBH pursuant to such subcontract agreement for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007 was $6,680,200 and $1,905,000, respectively, and for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and June 30, 2007 was $13,494,000 and $3,137,000, respectively.

Note 13 - Earnings per Share

Basic earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share are presented in accordance with SFAS No. 128, Earnings per Share. Basic earnings per common share have been computed using the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per common share incorporate the incremental shares issuable upon the assumed exercise of stock options, warrants and unit purchase options, if dilutive. Dilutive shares were 426,888 shares and 4,252,584 shares for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively and 379,872 shares and 4,364,613 shares for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007. Certain stock options, warrants and units were excluded from the 2007 calculation of diluted earnings per common share because their effect was antidilutive. The total number of such shares excluded from diluted earnings per common share was 1,710,659 shares for the three-month period ended June 30, 2007 and 1,443,702 shares for the six-month period ended June 30, 2007. The 2,300,000 common shares, which were issued in April 2008 in connection with the 2007 earn-out provision of the merger agreement with Arpeggio, have been included, effective January 1, 2008, in both the basic and diluted weighted average shares for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008.

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Note 14 - Share-Based Compensation

At June 30, 2008, the Company had 933,000 options outstanding with a weighted average exercise price of $8.23. During the six-month period ended June 30, 2008, the Company granted 120,000 options, which vest over a five-year period, with a weighted average exercise price of $12.53 and a contractual life of seven years. The aggregate fair value of the options was $535,200 calculated using the Black-Scholes valuation model. The weighted average assumptions used to calculate the fair value were: expected life – five years; volatility – 35.2% and risk free interest rate – 2.78%. During the first half of 2008, options for 18,000 shares with a weighted average exercise price of $7.66 were exercised and options for 24,000 shares with a weighted average exercise price of $7.61 were forfeited.

At the June 10, 2008 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, the stockholders approved:

The Company recognized share-based compensation expense in selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of earnings totaling $1,608,000 and $125,000 for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007, respectively, and $1,764,000 and $164,000 for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007. Total expense related to the 2007 Restricted Stock Grant Plan, which was approved by the stockholders on June 10, 2008, amounted to approximately $1,465,000 for each of the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008.

Note 15 - Income Taxes

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which provides criteria for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of uncertain tax positions. The Company adopted the provisions of FIN 48 on December 31, 2006, the first day of our 2007 fiscal year. As a result of the implementation of FIN 48, the Company has analyzed filing positions in all of the federal, state and foreign filing jurisdictions where it is required to file income tax returns, as well as all open years in those jurisdictions. In this regard, an uncertain tax position represents the Company’s expected treatment of a tax position taken in a filed tax return, or planned to be taken in a future tax return, that has not been reflected in measuring income tax expense for financial reporting purposes. As a result of this review, the Company concluded that there were no uncertain tax positions which would require a cumulative effect adjustment to retained earnings as of December 31, 2006.

The Company files income tax returns in the U.S. federal jurisdiction and in various states and foreign jurisdictions. As a result of its acquisition of Knowles, the Company has an ongoing audit with Inland Revenue for two Knowles affiliates for the years ended in 2000 through 2005. The Company generally is no longer subject to U.S. federal, state or foreign examinations by tax authorities for tax years prior to 2004.

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The Company’s income tax expense for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 was adversely affected by a one-time modification to the cash-to-accrual estimate of approximately $1,300,000. During the six month period ended June 30, 2008, the Company recognized an income tax benefit principally relating to a tax benefit of $2,506,000 due to the expirations of statutes upon the filing of certain income tax returns resulting in the reduction in the reserves for uncertain tax positions.

The following table indicates the changes to the Company’s uncertain tax positions for the period ended June 30, 2008, including interest and penalties:

The Company’s policy is to record income tax related interest and penalties in income tax expense. At June 30, 2008, $1,850,000 for potential interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions was included in the balance above.

The effective income tax rates for the three-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 were 27.5% and 23.8%, respectively, and the effective income tax rates for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 were 2.5% and 23.3%, respectively. Excluding the effect of the cash-to-accrual adjustment and the reserve reduction included in the table above, the effective income tax rates would have been 2.4% and 13.6% for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008.

Note 16 - Business Segment Information

The Company’s business segments reflect how executive management makes resource decisions and assesses its performance. The Company bases these decisions on the type of services provided (Project Management and Construction Claims services) and secondarily by their geography (Americas, Europe, the Middle East/North Africa and Asia/Pacific).

The Project Management business segment provides extensive construction and project management services to construction owners worldwide. Such services include program management, project management, construction management, project management oversight, staff augmentation, management consulting, and estimating and cost management services.

The Construction Claims business segment provides such services as claims consulting, litigation support, expert witness testimony, cost and damages assessment, delay and disruption analysis, lender advisory, and adjudication services to clients worldwide.

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The Company evaluates the performance of its segments primarily on operating profit before corporate overhead allocations and income taxes.

The following tables reflect the required disclosures for the Company’s reportable segments for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2008 and 2007 (in thousands):

Three Months Ended:

Consulting Fee Revenue:

Total Revenue:

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Operating Profit:

Depreciation and Amortization Expense:

In the fourth quarter of 2007, the Company revised the method by which it allocates revenue to geographic areas for project management contracts. The Company now allocates revenue based on the site of the actual project which provides a more accurate portrayal of the areas in which the Company operates. Previously, the Company allocated revenue based on the location of the client. For construction claims contracts, the Company allocates revenue based on the location of the office performing the work. The amounts for the three months ended June 30, 2007 have been revised to reflect the new method.

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Consulting Fee Revenue by Geographic Region:

Total Revenue by Geographic Region:

Consulting Fee Revenue By Client Type:

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Total Revenue By Client Type:

Six Months Ended:

Consulting Fee Revenue

Total Revenue

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Operating Profit: