PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC - Quarter Report: 2008 March (Form 10-Q)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
Form
10-Q
x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the quarterly period ended March 31,
2008
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Or
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o
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the transition period from _______________________ to
_______________________
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Commission
File No. 111596
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization) |
58-1954497
(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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8302
Dunwoody Place, Suite 250, Atlanta, GA
(Address
of principal executive offices)
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30350
(Zip
Code)
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(770)
587-9898
(Registrant's
telephone number)
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N/A
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(Former
name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last
report)
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Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required
to
be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934
during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject
to
such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
x
No
o
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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 definition 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 x Non-accelerated
Filer £ Smaller
reporting company £
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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined
in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes £ No x |
Indicate
the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes
of Common
Stock, as of the close of the latest practical
date.
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Class
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Outstanding
at May 8, 2008
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Common
Stock, $.001 Par Value
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53,704,516
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shares
of registrant’s
Common
Stock
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PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
INDEX
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Page No.
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PART
I
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Condensed
Financial Statements
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets -
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March
31, 2008 (unaudited) and December 31, 2007
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1
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations -
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Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)
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3
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows -
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Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (unaudited)
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4
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Consolidated
Statement of Stockholders' Equity -
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Three
Months Ended March 31, 2008 (unaudited)
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5
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
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6
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Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations |
24
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Item
3.
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Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures
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About
Market Risk
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47
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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48
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PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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49
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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49
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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50
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
March 31,
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2008
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December 31,
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(Amount in Thousands, Except for Share Amounts)
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(Unaudited)
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2007
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
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$
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63
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$
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102
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Restricted
cash
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35
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35
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Accounts
receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $79 and $138,
respectively
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13,284
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13,536
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Unbilled
receivables - current
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8,738
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10,321
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Inventories
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206
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233
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Prepaid
and other assets
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3,136
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3,170
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Current
assets related to discontinued operations
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2,804
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5,197
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Total
current assets
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28,266
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32,594
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Property
and equipment:
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Buildings
and land
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21,207
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20,748
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Equipment
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31,735
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31,140
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Vehicles
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141
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141
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Leasehold
improvements
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11,458
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11,457
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Office
furniture and equipment
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2,281
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2,268
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Construction-in-progress
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1,091
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1,639
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67,913
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67,393
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Less
accumulated depreciation and amortization
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(21,204
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)
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(20,084
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)
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Net
property and equipment
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46,709
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47,309
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Property
and equipment related to discontinued operations
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4,232
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6,775
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Intangibles
and other assets:
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Permits
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15,697
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15,636
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Goodwill
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9,058
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9,046
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Unbilled
receivables – non-current
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3,454
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3,772
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Finite
Risk Sinking Fund
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8,192
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6,034
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Other
assets
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2,363
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2,496
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Intangible
and other assets related to discontinued operations
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1,598
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2,369
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Total
assets
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$
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119,569
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$
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126,031
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
1
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS, CONTINUED
March 31,
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2008
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December 31,
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(Amount in Thousands, Except for Share Amounts)
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(Unaudited)
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2007
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LIABILITIES
AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$
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6,519
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$
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5,010
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Current
environmental accrual
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209
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225
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Accrued
expenses
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8,562
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9,207
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Disposal/transportation
accrual
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6,611
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6,677
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Unearned
revenue
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5,131
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4,978
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Current
liabilities related to discontinued operations
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4,834
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8,359
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Current
portion of long-term debt
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3,478
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15,292
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Total
current liabilities
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35,344
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49,748
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Environmental
accruals
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225
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251
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Accrued
closure costs
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8,773
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8,739
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Other
long-term liabilities
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940
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966
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Long-term
liabilities related to discontinued operations
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3,093
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3,590
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Long-term
debt, less current portion
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9,957
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2,724
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Total
long-term liabilities
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22,988
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16,270
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Total
liabilities
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58,332
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66,018
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Commitments
and Contingencies
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Preferred
Stock of subsidiary, $1.00 par value; 1,467,396 shares authorized,
1,284,730 shares issued and outstanding, liquidation value $1.00
per
share
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1,285
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1,285
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Stockholders'
equity:
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Preferred
Stock, $.001 par value; 2,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued
and
outstanding
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¾
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¾
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Common
Stock, $.001 par value; 75,000,000 shares authorized, 53,704,516
and
53,704,516 shares issued and outstanding, respectively
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54
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54
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Additional
paid-in capital
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96,549
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96,409
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Stock
subscription receivable
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(10
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)
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(25
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)
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Accumulated
deficit
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(36,641
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)
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(37,710
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)
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Total
stockholders' equity
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59,952
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58,728
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Total
liabilities and stockholders' equity
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$
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119,569
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$
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126,031
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
2
PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Per Share Amounts)
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2008
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2007
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Net
revenues
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$
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14,883
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$
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12,921
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Cost
of goods sold
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11,074
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8,321
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Gross
profit
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3,809
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4,600
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Selling,
general and administrative expenses
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3,807
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3,715
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Income
from operations
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2
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885
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Other
income (expense):
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Interest
income
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68
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88
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Interest
expense
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(352
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)
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(200
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)
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Interest
expense-financing fees
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(52
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)
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(48
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)
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Other
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6
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(16
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)
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(Loss)
income from continuing operations before taxes
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(328
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)
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709
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Income
tax expense
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―
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126
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(Loss)
income from continuing operations
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(328
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)
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583
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Loss
from discontinued operations, net of taxes
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(710
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)
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(1,667
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)
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Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes
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2,107
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―
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Net
income (loss)
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1,069
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(1,084
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)
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Preferred
Stock dividends
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¾
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¾
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Net
income (loss) applicable to Common Stockholders
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$
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1,069
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$
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(1,084
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)
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Net
income (loss) per common share – basic
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Continuing
operations
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$
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(.01
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)
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$
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.01
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Discontinued
operations
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(.01
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)
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(.03
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)
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Disposal
of discontinued operations
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.04
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¾
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Net
income (loss) per common share
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$
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.02
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$
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(.02
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)
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Net
income (loss) per common share – diluted
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Continuing
operations
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$
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(.01
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)
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$
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.01
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Discontinued
operations
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(.01
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)
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(.03
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)
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Disposal
of discontinued operations
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.04
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¾
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Net
income (loss) per common share
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$
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.02
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$
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(.02
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)
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Number
of common shares used in computing net income (loss) per
share:
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Basic
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53,704
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52,063
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Diluted
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53,704
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53,067
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements
3
PERMA-FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Three Months Ended
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March 31,
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(Amounts in Thousands)
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2008
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2007
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income (loss)
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$
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1,069
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$
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(1,084
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)
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Less:
Income (loss) on discontinued operations (Note 8)
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1,397
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(1,667
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)
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(Loss)
income from continuing operations
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(328
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)
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583
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Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to cash provided by
operations:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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1,121
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771
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Benefit
for bad debt and other reserves
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(40
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)
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(13
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)
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Issuance
of common stock for services
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14
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12
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Share
based compensation
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126
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111
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities of continuing operations, net
of
effect from business acquisitions:
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Accounts
receivable
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292
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(1,763
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)
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Unbilled
receivables
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1,901
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(60
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)
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Prepaid
expenses, inventories and other assets
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331
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2,166
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Accounts
payable, accrued expenses and unearned revenue
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717
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(125
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)
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Cash
provided by continuing operations
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4,134
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1,682
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Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations (Note 8)
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(2,107
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)
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―
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Cash
used in discontinued operations
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(641
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)
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(32
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)
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Cash
provided by operating activities
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1,386
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1,650
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Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Purchases
of property and equipment
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(519
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)
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(1,118
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)
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Change
in finite risk sinking fund
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(2,158
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)
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(1,048
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)
|
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Cash
used for acquisition consideration, net of cash acquired
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(12
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)
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―
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Cash
used in investing activities of continuing operations
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(2,689
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)
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(2,166
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)
|
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Proceeds
from sale of discontinued operations (Note 8)
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5,950
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―
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|||||
Cash
used in discontinued operations
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(74
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)
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(350
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)
|
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Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
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3,187
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(2,516
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)
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Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Net
repayments of revolving credit
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(124
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)
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―
|
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Principal
repayments of long term debt
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(4,457
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)
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(283
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)
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Proceeds
from issuance of stock
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―
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25
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|||||
Repayment
of stock subscription receivable
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15
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13
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Cash
used in financing activities of continuing operations
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(4,566
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)
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(245
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)
|
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Principal
repayment of long-term debt for discontinued operations
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(46
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)
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(105
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)
|
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Cash
used in financing activities
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(4,612
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)
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(350
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)
|
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Decrease
in cash
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(39
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)
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(1,216
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)
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Cash
at beginning of period
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102
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2,528
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Cash
at end of period
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$
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63
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$
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1,312
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Supplemental
disclosure:
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Interest
paid
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$
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297
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$
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191
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Income
taxes paid
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―
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99
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Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
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Long-term
debt incurred for purchase of property and equipment
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614
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428
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The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
4
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited,
for the three months ended March 31, 2008)
(Amounts in thousands,
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Common Stock
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Additional Paid-
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Stock
Subscription
|
Accumulated
|
Total
Stockholders'
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||||||||||||||
except for share amounts)
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Shares
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Amount
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In Capital
|
Receivable
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Deficit
|
Equity
|
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Balance
at December 31, 2007
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53,704,516
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$
|
54
|
$
|
96,409
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$
|
(25
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)
|
$
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(37,710
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)
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$
|
58,728
|
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Net
income
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
1,069
|
1,069
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Issuance
of Common Stock for services
|
—
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—
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14
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—
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—
|
14
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Issuance
of Common Stock upon exercise of Warrants & Options
|
—
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—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||||
Share
based compensation
|
—
|
—
|
126
|
—
|
—
|
126
|
|||||||||||||
Repayment
of stock subscription receivable
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
15
|
—
|
15
|
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Balance
at March 31, 2008
|
53,704,516
|
$
|
54
|
$
|
96,549
|
$
|
(10
|
)
|
$
|
(36,641
|
)
|
$
|
59,952
|
The
accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial
statements.
5
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
March
31, 2008
(Unaudited)
Reference
is made herein to the notes to consolidated financial statements included in
our
Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31,
2007.
1.
Basis of Presentation
The consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by the Company (which may be referred to as we, us or our), without an audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain information and note disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations, although the Company believes the disclosures which are made are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. Further, the consolidated financial statements reflect, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (which include only normal recurring adjustments) necessary to present fairly the financial position and results of operations as of and for the periods indicated. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2008, are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008.
It
is
suggested that these consolidated financial statements be read in conjunction
with the consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto included in
the
Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Form 10-K/A for the year ended December
31, 2007.
As
previously disclosed, on May 18, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the
divestiture of our Industrial Segment. Our Industrial Segment provides
treatment, storage, processing, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous
waste, wastewater management services, and environmental services, which
includes emergency response, vacuum services, marine environmental and other
remediation services. The decision to sell our Industrial Segment is based
on
our belief that our Nuclear Segment represents a sustainable long-term growth
driver of our business. During 2007, we entered into several letters of intent
to sell various portions of our Industrial Segment. All of the letters of intent
expired or terminated without being completed, except for the following: we
completed, on January 8, 2008, the sale of substantially all of the assets
of
Perma-Fix Maryland, Inc. (“PFMD”) for $3,825,000 in cash, subject to a working
capital adjustment during 2008, and assumption by the buyer of certain
liabilities of PFMD, and on March 14, 2008, we completed the sale of
substantially all of the assets of Perma-Fix of Dayton, Inc. (“PFD”) for
approximately $2,143,000 in cash, subject to certain working capital adjustments
after the closing, plus assumption by the buyer of certain of PFD’s liabilities
and obligations. As previously disclosed, we are negotiating the sale of
Perma-Fix of South Georgia (“PFSG”) and had anticipated completing the sale in
May 2008; however, the negotiation has not progressed as planned and the
anticipated sale date is not expected until the third quarter 2008. We are
currently negotiating the sale of Perma-Fix Treatment Services, Inc. (“PFTS”).
We anticipate that the sale of PFTS will be completed during the second quarter
of 2008. The terms of the sale of PFSG and PFTS are not yet finalized. We are
attempting to sell the remaining other companies and/or operations within our
Industrial Segment, but as of the date of this report, we have not entered
into
any agreements regarding these other remaining companies or operations within
our Industrial Segment.
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At May 25, 2007, the Industrial Segment met the held for sale criteria under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, and therefore, certain assets and liabilities of the Industrial Segment are reclassified as discontinued operations in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and we have ceased depreciation of the Industrial Segment’s long-lived assets classified as held for sale. In accordance with SFAS No. 144, the long-lived assets have been written down to fair value less anticipated selling costs. As of March 31, 2008, we have recorded $6,367,000 in impairment charges, all of which were included in “loss from discontinued operations, net of taxes” on our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2007. The results of operations and cash flows of the Industrial Segment have been reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements as discontinued operations for all periods presented. The criteria which the Company based its decision in reclassifying its Industrial Segment as discontinued operations is as follows: (1) the Company has the ability and authority to sell the facilities within the Industrial Segment; (2) the facilities are available for sale in its present condition; (3) the sale of the facilities is probable and is expected to occur within one year, subject to certain circumstances; (4) the facilities are being actively marketed at its fair value; and (5) the Company’s actions to finalize the disposal of the facilities are unlikely to change significantly.
We
believe the divestiture of certain facilities within our Industrial Segment
has
not occurred within the anticipated time period due to the current state of
our
economy which has impacted potential buyers’ ability to obtain financing.
Originally, we had planned to sell the majority of companies that comprised
the
Industrial Segment together; however, that plan did not materialize as expected.
We are now pursuing potential sale of each company within our Industrial Segment
individually. Although this process has taken more time than anticipated for
numerous reasons, we continue to market the remaining facilities within our
Industrial Segment for eventual sale.
2.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Our accounting policies are as set forth in the notes to consolidated financial statements referred to above.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), “Fair Value
Measurements”. SFAS 157 simplifies and codifies guidance on fair value
measurements under generally accepted accounting principles. This standard
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and
prescribes expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. In February
2008,
the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement
No. 157” (“FSP FAS 157-2”), which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for
certain non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities. SFAS 157 is
effective for financial assets and liabilities in fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007 and for non-financial assets and liabilities in fiscal
years beginning after March 15, 2008. We have evaluated the impact of the
provisions applicable to our financial assets and liabilities and have
determined that there is no current impact on our financial condition, results
of operations and cash flow. The aspects that have been deferred by FSP FAS
157-2 pertaining to non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities will
be
effective for us beginning January 1, 2009. We are currently evaluating the
impact of SFAS 157 for non-financial assets and liabilities on the Company’s
financial position and results of operations.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities”. SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to
measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The
objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the
opportunities to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring
related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex
hedge
accounting provisions. SFAS 159 is expected to expand the use of fair value
measurement, which is consistent with the Board’s long-term measurement
objectives for accounting for financial instruments. SFAS 159 is effective
as of
the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15,
2007. If the fair value option is elected, the effect of the first
re-measurement to fair value is reported as a cumulative effect adjustment
to
the opening balance of retained earnings. In the event the Company elects the
fair value option pursuant to this standard, the valuations of certain assets
and liabilities may be impacted. This statement is applied prospectively upon
adoption. We have evaluated the impact of the provisions of SFAS 159 and have
determined that there will not be a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
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In December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R, Business Combinations. SFAS No. 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in the acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring the goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what information to disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature and financial effects of the business combination. SFAS No. 141R is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008. Accordingly, any business combinations the Company engages in will be recorded and disclosed following existing GAAP until December 31, 2008. The Company expects SFAS No. 141R will have an impact on its consolidated financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of acquisitions it consummates after the effect date. The Company is still assessing the impact of this standard on its future consolidated financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB
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SFAS
No. 160 changes the accounting and reporting for minority interest. Minority
interest will be recharacterized as noncontrolling interest and will be reported
as a component of equity separate from the parent’s equity, and purchases or
sales of equity interest that do not result in a change in control will be
accounted for as equity transactions. In addition, net income attributable
to
the noncontrolling interest will be included in consolidated net income on
the
face of the income statement and upon a loss of control, the interest sold,
as
well as any interest retained, will be recorded at fair value with any gain
or
loss recognized in earnings. SFAS No. 160 is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim period
within those fiscal years, except for the presentation and disclosure
requirements, which will apply retrospectively. This standard is not expected
to
have as material impact on the Company’s future consolidated financial
statements.
In
December 2007, the SEC issued SAB No. 110, which expressed the views of the
staff regarding the use of a “simplified” method, as discussed in SAB No. 107,
in developing an estimate of expected term of “plain vanilla” share options in
accordance with SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment. In
particular, the staff indicated in SAB No. 107 that it will accept a company’s
election to use the simplified method, regardless of whether the Company has
sufficient information to make more refined estimates of expected term. At
the
time SAB No. 107 was issued, the staff believed that more detailed external
information about employee exercise behavior would, over time, become readily
available to companies. Therefore, the SEC staff stated in SAB No. 107 that
it
would not expect a company to use the simplified method for share option grants
after December 31, 2007. The staff understands that such detailed information
about employee exercise behavior may not be widely available by December 31,
2007. Accordingly, SAB No. 110 states that the staff will continue to accept,
under certain circumstances, the use of the simplified method beyond December
31, 2007. The Company does not expect the adoption of SAB No. 110 to have
material effect on its operations or financial position.
Reclassifications
Certain
prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period
presentation.
3.
Stock
Based Compensation
We follow the provisions of Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Statement No. 123 (revised) ("SFAS 123R"), Share-Based Payment, a revision of FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, superseding APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees, and its related implementation guidance. This Statement establishes accounting standards for entity exchanges of equity instruments for goods or services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity's equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair values.
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Effective January 1, 2006, we adopted SFAS 123R utilizing the modified prospective method in which compensation cost is recognized beginning with the effective date based on SFAS 123R requirements for all (a) share-based payments granted after the effective date and (b) awards granted to employees prior to the effective date of SFAS 123R that remain unvested on the effective date. In accordance with the modified prospective method, the consolidated financial statements for prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the impact of SFAS 123R.
As
of
March 31, 2008, we had 1,966,692 employee stock options outstanding, which
included 1,206,359 that were outstanding and fully vested at December 31, 2005,
693,666 of the 833,000 employee stock options approved and granted on March
2,
2006, of which 462,333 are vested as of March 31, 2008, and 66,667 of the
100,000 employee stock options approved and granted on May 15, 2006, of which
none of the options is vested as of March 31, 2008. The weighted average
exercise price of the 1,966,692 outstanding and fully vested employee stock
options is $1.84 with a weighted contractual life of 3.78 years. The employee
stock options outstanding at December 31, 2005 are ten year options, issuable
at
exercise prices from $1.25 to $2.19 per share, and expiration dates from October
14, 2008 to October 28, 2014. The employee stock option grants in March and
May
2006 are six year options with a three year vesting period, with exercise prices
from $1.85 to $1.86 per share. Additionally, we also have 576,000 outstanding
and fully vested director stock options, of which 102,000 became fully vested
in
February 2008, with exercise price ranging from $1.22 to $2.98 per share and
expiration dates from May 20, 2008 to August 2, 2017. The 102,000 director
stock
options which became vested in February 2008 were granted on August 2, 2007,
resulting from the reelection of our Board of Directors. The weighted average
exercise price of the 576,000 outstanding and fully vested director stock option
is $2.14 with a weighted contractual life of 6.26 years. We have not granted
any
employee or director stock options for the three months ended March 31,
2008.
We
recognized share based compensation expense of approximately $83,000 for the
three months ended March 31, 2008, for the employee stock options grants of
March 2, 2006 and May 15, 2006, as compared to approximately $87,000 for the
period ended March 31, 2007. For the stock option grants on March 2, 2006 and
May 15, 2006, we have estimated compensation expense based on the fair value
at
grant date using the Black-Scholes valuation model, and have recognized
compensation expense using a straight-line amortization method over the three
year vesting period. We also recognized the remaining share based compensation
expense of approximately $43,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008
for
the 102,000 director option grant made on August 2, 2007, which became vested
in
February 2008 as compared to approximately $24,000 for the three months ended
March 31, 2007 for the 90,000 director option grant made on July 27, 2006,
which
became vested in January 2007. Total share based compensation expense for our
director and employee options impacted our results of operations for the three
months ended March 31, 2008 by approximately $126,000 as compared to
approximately $111,000 for the same period ended March 31, 2007. As SFAS 123R
requires that stock based compensation be based on options that are ultimately
expected to vest, we have estimated forfeiture rate of 7.7% for our final third
year of vesting on the March 2, 2006 employee grant. We have estimated 0%
forfeiture rate for our May 15, 2006 employee option grant, director stock
option grants of July 27, 2006, and director stock option grants of August
2,
2007. Our estimated forfeiture rate is based on trends of actual option
forfeitures. We have approximately $257,000 of total unrecognized compensation
cost related to unvested options as of March 31, 2008, of which $168,000 will
be
recognized in remaining 2008 and the remaining $89,000 in 2009.
For
the
director option grant of August 2, 2007, we calculated a fair value of $2.30
for
each option grant with the following assumptions using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model: no dividend yield; an expected life of ten years; an expected
volatility of 67.60%; and a risk free interest rate of 4.77%. We calculated
a
fair value of $0.868 for each March 2, 2006 option grant on the date of grant
with the following assumptions: no dividend yield; an expected life of four
years; expected volatility of 54.0%; and a risk free interest rate of 4.70%.
We
calculated a fair value of $0.877 for each May 15, 2006 option grant on the
date
of grant with the following assumptions: no dividend yield; an expected life
of
four years; an expected volatility of 54.6%; and a risk-free interest rate
of
5.03%. We calculated a fair value of $1.742 for each July 27, 2006 director
option grant on the date of the grant with the following assumptions: no
dividend yield; an expected life of ten years; an expected volatility of 73.31%;
and a risk free interest rate of 4.98%.
Our
computation of expected volatility is based on historical volatility from our
traded common stock. Due to our change in the contractual term and vesting
period, we utilized the
simplified method, defined in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 107, to calculate the expected term for our 2006
employee grants. The expected term for our 2006 and 2007 director grants were
calculated based on historical trend. The
interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the award is based
on
the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of
grant.
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4.
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Earnings
(Loss) Per Share
|
Basic
earning per share excludes any dilutive effects of stock options, warrants, and
convertible preferred stock. In periods where they are anti-dilutive, such
amounts are excluded from the calculations of dilutive earnings per share.
The
following is a reconciliation of basic net income (loss) per share to diluted
net income (loss) per share for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and
2007:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
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|||||||
(Amounts
in Thousands, Except for Per Share Amounts)
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Earnings
(loss) per share from continuing operations
|
|||||||
(Loss)
income from continuing operations applicable to Common
Stockholders
|
$
|
(328
|
)
|
$
|
583
|
||
Basic
(loss) income per share
|
$
|
(.01
|
)
|
$
|
.01
|
||
Diluted
(loss) income per share
|
$
|
(.01
|
)
|
$
|
.01
|
||
(Loss)
per share from discontinued operations
|
|||||||
Loss
from discontinued operations
|
$
|
(710
|
)
|
$
|
(1,667
|
)
|
|
Basic
loss per share
|
$
|
(.01
|
)
|
$
|
(.03
|
)
|
|
Diluted
loss per share
|
$
|
(.01
|
)
|
$
|
(.03
|
)
|
|
Income
per share from disposal of discontinued operations
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|||||||
Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations
|
$
|
2,107
|
$
|
¾
|
|||
Basic
income per share
|
$
|
.04
|
$
|
¾
|
|||
Diluted
income per share
|
$
|
.04
|
$
|
¾
|
|||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding – basic
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53,704
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52,063
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|||||
Potential
shares exercisable under stock option plans
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¾
|
554
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|||||
Potential
shares upon exercise of Warrants
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¾
|
450
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|||||
Weighted
average shares outstanding – diluted
|
53,704
|
53,067
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|||||
Potential
shares excluded from above weighted average share calculations due
to
their anti-dilutive effect include:
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|||||||
Upon
exercise of options
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845
|
270
|
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5.
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Long
Term Debt
|
Long-term
debt consists of the following at March 31, 2008 and December 31,
2007:
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
March 31,
2008
|
December
31, 2007
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|||||
Revolving
Credit
facility dated December 22, 2000, borrowings based upon eligible
accounts
receivable, subject to monthly borrowing base calculation, variable
interest paid monthly at prime rate plus ½% (6.50% at March 31, 2008),
balance due in September 2009.
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$
|
6,727
|
$
|
6,851
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Term
Loan
dated December 22, 2000, payable in equal monthly installments of
principal of $83, balance due in September 2009, variable interest
paid
monthly at prime rate plus 1% (7.00% at March 31, 2008).
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553
|
4,500
|
|||||
Promissory
Note dated
June 25, 2001, payable in semiannual installments on June 30 and
December
31 through December 31, 2008, variable interest accrues at the applicable
law rate determined under the IRS Code Section (9.0% on March 31, 2008)
and is payable in one lump sum at the end of installment
period.
|
635
|
635
|
|||||
Promissory Note
dated June 25, 2007, payable in monthly installments of principal
of $160
starting July 2007 and $173 starting July 2008, variable interest
paid
monthly at prime rate plus 1.125% (7.125% at March 31,
2008)
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2,559
|
3,039
|
|||||
Installment
Agreement in
the Agreement and Plan of Merger with Nuvotec and PEcoS, dated April
27,
2007, payable in three equal yearly installment of principal of $833
beginning June 2009. Interest accrues at annual rate of 8.25% on
outstanding principal balance starting June 2007 and payable yearly
starting June 2008
|
2,500
|
2,500
|
|||||
Installment
Agreement
dated June 25, 2001, payable in semiannual installments on June 30
and
December 31 through December 31, 2008, variable interest accrues
at the
applicable law rate determined under the Internal Revenue Code Section
(9.0% on March 31, 2008) and is payable in one lump sum at the end
of
installment period.
|
153
|
153
|
|||||
Various
capital lease and promissory note obligations, payable 2008 to 2012,
interest at rates ranging from 5.0% to 12.6%.
|
717
|
1,158
|
|||||
13,844
|
18,836
|
||||||
Less
current portion of long-term debt
|
3,478
|
15,292
|
|||||
Less
long-term debt related to assets held for sale
|
409
|
820
|
|||||
$
|
9,957
|
$
|
2,724
|
Revolving
Credit and Term Loan Agreement
On
December 22, 2000, we entered into a Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security
Agreement ("Agreement") with PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking
association ("PNC") acting as agent ("Agent") for lenders, and as issuing bank,
as amended. The Agreement provides for a term loan ("Term Loan") in the amount
of $7,000,000, which requires monthly installments of $83,000 with the remaining
unpaid principal balance due on September 30, 2009. The Agreement also provides
for a revolving line of credit ("Revolving Credit") with a maximum principal
amount outstanding at any one time of $18,000,000, as amended. The Revolving
Credit advances are subject to limitations of an amount up to the sum of (a)
up
to 85% of Commercial Receivables aged 90 days or less from invoice date, (b)
up
to 85% of Commercial Broker Receivables aged up to 120 days from invoice date,
(c) up to 85% of acceptable Government Agency Receivables aged up to 150 days
from invoice date, and (d) up to 50% of acceptable unbilled amounts aged up
to
60 days, less (e) reserves the Agent reasonably deems proper and necessary.
As
of March 31, 2008, the excess availability under our Revolving Credit was
$4,806,000 based on our eligible receivables.
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Pursuant
to the Agreement, as amended, the Term Loan bears interest at a floating rate
equal to the prime rate plus 1%, and the Revolving Credit at a floating rate
equal to the prime rate plus ½%. The Agreement was subject to a prepayment fee
of 1% until March 25, 2006, and ½% until March 25, 2007 had we elected to
terminate the Agreement with PNC.
On
March
26, 2008, we entered into Amendment No. 10 with PNC, which extended the due
date
of the $25 million credit facility from November 27, 2008 to September 30,
2009.
Pursuant to the amendment, we may terminate the agreement upon 60 days’ prior
written notice upon payment in full of the obligation. As a condition to this
amendment, we agreed to pay PNC a fee of $25,000. As previously disclosed in
our
2007 Form 10-K filed on April 1, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange
Commissions, our fixed charge coverage ratio fell below the minimum requirement
pursuant to our loan agreement as of December 31, 2007. This amendment waived
the Company’s violation of the fixed charge coverage ratio as of December 31,
2007. On April 1, 2008, the date our Form 10-K was originally filed, we were
not
able to demonstrate that we would be able to comply with the fixed charge
coverage ratio in our loan agreement as of the end of the first and second
quarters of 2008. As a result, we were required under generally accepted
accounting principles to reclassify approximately $10,300,000 of debt under
this
credit facility and approximately $1,100,000 of debt payable to KeyBank National
Association, due to a cross default provision, from long term to current as
of
December 31, 2007.
On
April
4, 2008, Amendment No. 10 was amended by our lender which revised and modified
the method of calculating the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant contained
in
the loan agreement in each quarter of 2008. As result of the amendment, we
were
able to demonstrate, based on our projections, the likelihood of us meeting
our
minimum fixed charge coverage ratio in 2008.
We
have
met our fixed charge coverage ratio, as amended, in the first quarter of 2008
and continue to expect we will meet the covenant throughout 2008. As a result,
at March 31, 2008, we reclassified debt in the amount of $6,727,000 under the
PNC credit facility and debt in the amount of $532,000 payable to KeyBank
National Association to long term.
Promissory
Note
In
conjunction with our acquisition of M&EC, M&EC issued a promissory note
for a principal amount of $3.7 million to Performance Development Corporation
(“PDC”), dated June 25, 2001, for monies advanced to M&EC for certain
services performed by PDC. The promissory note is payable over eight years
on a
semiannual basis on June 30 and December 31. The note is due on December 31,
2008, with principal repayment of $400,000 to be made in June 2008 and the
remaining $235,000 to be made by December 31, 2008. Interest is accrued at
the
applicable law rate (“Applicable Rate”) pursuant to the provisions of section
6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (9.0% on March 31, 2008)
and payable in one lump sum at the end of the loan period. On March 31, 2008,
the outstanding balance was $2,772,000 including accrued interest of
approximately $2,137,000. PDC has directed M&EC to make all payments under
the promissory note directly to the IRS to be applied to PDC's obligations
under
its installment agreement with the IRS.
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In
conjunction with our acquisition of Nuvotec (n/k/a Perma-Fix of Northwest,
Inc.
- “PFNW”) and PEcoS (n/k/a Perma-Fix of Northwest Richland, Inc. - “PFNWR”),
which was completed on June 13, 2007, we entered into a promissory note for
a
principal amount of $4.0 million to KeyBank National Association, dated June
13,
2007, which represents debt assumed by us as result of the acquisition. The
promissory note is payable over a two years period with monthly principal
repayment of $160,000 starting July 2007 and $173,000 starting July 2008, along
with accrued interest. Interest is accrued at prime rate plus 1.125%. On March
31, 2008, the outstanding principal balance was $2,559,000. This note is
collateralized by the assets of PFNWR as agreed to by PNC Bank and the Company.
Installment
Agreement
Additionally,
M&EC entered into an installment agreement with the Internal Revenue Service
(“IRS”) for a principal amount of $923,000 effective June 25, 2001, for certain
withholding taxes owed by M&EC. The installment agreement is payable over
eight years on a semiannual basis on June 30 and December 31. The agreement
is
due on December 31, 2008, with principal repayments of approximately $100,000
to
be made in June 2008 and the remaining $53,000 to be made by December 31, 2008.
Interest is accrued at the Applicable Rate, and is adjusted on a quarterly
basis
and payable in lump sum at the end of the installment period. On March 31,
2008,
the rate was 9.0%. On March 31, 2008, the outstanding balance was $669,000
including accrued interest of approximately $516,000.
Additionally,
in conjunction with our acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR, we agreed to pay
shareholders of Nuvotec that qualified as accredited investors pursuant to
Rule
501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, $2.5 million,
with principal payable in equal installment of $833,333 on June 30, 2009, June
30, 2010, and June 30, 2011. Interest is accrued on outstanding principal
balance at 8.25% starting in June 2007 and is payable on June 30, 2008, June
30,
2009, June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011. As of March 31, 2008, we had accrued
interest of approximately $161,000.
6.
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Commitments
and Contingencies
|
Hazardous
Waste
In
connection with our waste management services, we handle both hazardous and
non-hazardous waste, which we transport to our own, or other facilities for
destruction or disposal. As a result of disposing of hazardous substances,
in
the event any cleanup is required, we could be a potentially responsible party
for the costs of the cleanup notwithstanding any absence of fault on our
part.
Legal
In
the
normal course of conducting our business, we are involved in various
litigations.
Perma-Fix
of Orlando, Inc. (“PFO”)
In
2007,
PFO was named as a defendant in four cases related to a series of toxic tort
cases, the “Brottem Litigation” that are pending in the Circuit Court of
Seminole County, Florida. All of the cases involve allegations of toxic chemical
exposure at a former telecommunications manufacturing facility located in Lake
Mary, Florida, known generally as the “Rinehart Road Plant”. PFO is presently a
defendant, together with numerous other defendants, in the following four cases:
Brottem
v. Siemens, et al.; Canada v. Siemens et al.; Bennett v. Siemens et
al.
and the
recently filed Culbreath
v. Siemens et al.
All of
the cases seek unspecified money damages for alleged personal injuries or
wrongful death. With the exception of PFO, the named defendants are all present
or former owners of the subject property, including several prominent
manufacturers that operated the Rinehart Road Plant. The allegations in all
of
the cases are essentially identical.
The
basic
allegations are that PFO provided “industrial waste management services” to the
Defendants and that PFO negligently “failed to prevent” the discharge of toxic
chemicals or negligently “failed to warn” the plaintiffs about the dangers
presented by the improper handling and disposal of chemicals at the facility.
The complaints make no attempt to specify the time and manner of the alleged
exposures in connection with PFO’s “industrial waste management services.” PFO
has moved to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action.
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At
this
time, the cases involve a large number of claims involving personal injuries.
At
this early stage, it is not possible to accurately assess PFO’s potential
liability. Our insurer has agreed to defend and indemnify us in these lawsuits,
excluding our deductible of $250,000, subject to a reservation of rights to
deny
indemnity pursuant to various provisions and exclusions under our policy.
Perma-Fix
of Dayton (“PFD”), Perma-Fix of Florida (“PFF”), Perma-Fix of Orlando (“PFO”),
Perma-Fix of South Georgia (“PFSG”), and Perma-Fix of Memphis
(“PFM”)
In
May
2007, the above facilities were named Partially Responsible Parties (“PRPs”) at
the Marine Shale Superfund site in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana (“Site”).
Information provided by the EPA indicates that, from 1985 through 1996, the
Perma-Fix facilities above were responsible for shipping 2.8% of the total
waste
volume received by Marine Shale. Subject to finalization of this estimate by
the
PRP group, PFF, PFO and PFD could be considered de-minimus at .06%, .07% and
.28% respectively. PFSG and PFM would be major at 1.12% and 1.27% respectively.
However, at this time the contributions of all facilities are
consolidated.
As
of the
date of this report, Louisiana DEQ (“LDEQ”) has collected approximately $8.4
million for the remediation of the site and is proceeding with the remediation
of the site. The EPA’s unofficial estimate to remediate the site is between $9
and $12 million; however, based on preliminary outside consulting work hired
by
the PRP group, which we are a party to, the remediation costs can be below
EPA’s
estimation. As part of the PRP Group, we have paid an initial assessment of
$10,000 in the fourth quarter of 2007, which was allocated among the facilities.
As of the date of this report, we cannot accurately access our liability. The
Company records its environmental liabilities when they are probable of payment
and can be estimated within a reasonable range. Since this contingency currently
does not meet this criteria, a liability has not been established.
Insurance
We
believe we maintain insurance coverage adequate for our needs and which is
similar to, or greater than, the coverage maintained by other companies of
our
size in the industry. There can be no assurances, however, those liabilities,
which may be incurred by us, will be covered by our insurance or that the dollar
amount of such liabilities, which are covered, will not exceed our policy
limits. Under our insurance contracts, we usually accept self-insured
retentions, which we believe is appropriate for our specific business risks.
We
are required by EPA regulations to carry environmental impairment liability
insurance providing coverage for damages on a claims-made basis in amounts
of at
least $1,000,000 per occurrence and $2,000,000 per year in the aggregate. To
meet the requirements of customers, we have exceeded these coverage amounts.
In
June
2003, we entered into a 25-year finite risk insurance policy, which provides
financial assurance to the applicable states for our permitted facilities in
the
event of unforeseen closure. Prior to obtaining or renewing operating permits
we
are required to provide financial assurance that guarantees to the states that
in the event of closure our permitted facilities will be closed in accordance
with the regulations. The policy provides a maximum $35 million of financial
assurance coverage of which the coverage amount totals $30,879,000 at March
31,
2008, and has available capacity to allow for annual inflation and other
performance and surety bond requirements. This finite risk insurance policy
required an upfront payment of $4.0 million, of which $2,766,000 represented
the
full premium for the 25-year term of the policy, and the remaining $1,234,000,
was deposited in a sinking fund account representing a restricted cash account.
In February 2008, we paid our fifth of nine required annual installments of
$1,004,000, of which $991,000 was deposited in the sinking fund account, the
remaining $13,000 represents a terrorism premium. As of March 31, 2008, we
have
recorded $6,823,000 in our sinking fund on the balance sheet, which includes
interest earned of $629,000 on the sinking fund as of March 31, 2008. Interest
income for the three month ended March 31, 2008, was $54,000. On the fourth
and
subsequent anniversaries of the contract inception, we may elect to terminate
this contract. If we so elect, the Insurer will pay us an amount equal to 100%
of the sinking fund account balance in return for complete releases of liability
from both us and any applicable regulatory agency using this policy as an
instrument to comply with financial assurance requirements.
14
In
August
2007, we entered into a second finite risk insurance policy for our PFNWR
facility, which we acquired in June 2007. The policy provides an initial $7.8
million of financial assurance coverage with annual growth rate of 1.5%, which
at the end of the four year term policy, will provide maximum coverage of $8.2
million. The policy will renew automatically on an annual basis at the end
of
the four year term and will not be subject to any renewal fees. The policy
requires total payment of $4.4 million, consisting of an annual payment of
$1.4
million, and two annual payments of $1.5 million, starting July 31, 2007. In
July 2007, we paid the first of our three annual payments of $1.4 million,
of
which $1.1 million represented premium on the policy and the remaining $258,000
was deposited into a sinking fund account. Each of the two remaining $1.5
million payments will consist of $176,000 in premium with the remaining $1.3
million to be deposited into a sinking fund. As part of the acquisition of
PFNWR
facility in June 2007, we have a large disposal accrual related to the legacy
waste at the facility of approximately $3,193,000 as of March 31, 2008. We
are
required to dispose of this legacy waste on or before August 31, 2008. In
connection with this waste, we are required to provide financial assurance
coverage of approximately $2.8 million, consisting of five equal payment of
approximately $550,604, which will be deposited into a sinking fund. We have
made two of the five payments as of March 31, 2008, with the remaining three
payable by August 31, 2008. Once this legacy waste has been disposed of and
release of the financial assurance is received from the state, we will be able
to reduce this financial assurance coverage by releasing the funds back to
us.
As of March 31, 2008, we have recorded $1,369,000 in our sinking fund on the
balance sheet, which includes interest earned of $9,000 on the sinking fund
as
of March 31, 2008. Interest income for the three month ended March 31, 2008,
was
$5,000.
7.
|
Business
Acquisition
|
Acquisition
of Nuvotec
On
June
13, 2007, the Company completed its acquisition of Nuvotec and its wholly owned
subsidiary, Pacific EcoSolutions, Inc (PEcoS), pursuant to the terms of the
Merger Agreement, between Perma-Fix, Perma-Fix’s wholly owned subsidiary,
Transitory, Nuvotec, and PEcoS, dated April 27, 2007, which was subsequently
amended on June 13, 2007. The Company acquired 100% of the outstanding shares
of
Nuvotec. The acquisition was structured as a reverse subsidiary merger, with
Transitory being merged into Nuvotec, and Nuvotec being the surviving
corporation. As a result of the merger, Nuvotec became a wholly owned subsidiary
of ours. Nuvotec’s name was changed to Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”).
PEcoS, whose name was changed to Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”) on
August 2, 2007, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of PFNW. PEcoS is a permitted
hazardous, low level radioactive and mixed waste treatment, storage and disposal
facility located in the Hanford U.S. Department of Energy site in the eastern
part of the state of Washington.
Under
the
terms of the Merger Agreement, the purchase price paid by the Company in
connection with the acquisition was $17.3 million, consisting of as follows:
(a)
|
$2.3
million in cash at closing of the merger, with $1.5 million payable
to
unaccredited shareholders and $0.8 million payable to shareholders
of
Nuvotec that qualified as accredited investors pursuant to Rule 501
of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the
“Act”).
|
(b)
|
Also
payable only to the shareholders of Nuvotec that qualified as accredited
investors:
|
·
|
$2.5
million, payable over a four year period, unsecured and nonnegotiable
and
bearing an annual rate of interest of 8.25%, with (i) accrued interest
only payable on June 30, 2008, (ii) $833,333.33, plus accrued and
unpaid
interest, payable on June 30, 2009, (iii) $833,333.33, plus accrued
and
unpaid interest, payable on June 30, 2010, and (iv) the remaining
unpaid
principal balance, plus accrued and unpaid interest, payable on June
30,
2011 (collectively, the “Installment Payments”). The Installment Payments
may be prepaid at any time by Perma-Fix without penalty; and
|
15
·
|
709,207
shares of Perma-Fix common stock, which were issued on July 23, 2007,
with
such number of shares determined by dividing $2.0 million by 95%
of
average of the closing price of the common stock as quoted on the
NASDAQ
during the 20 trading days period ending five business days prior
to the
closing of the merger. The value of these shares on June 13, 2007
was $2.2
million, which was determined by the average closing price of the
common
stock as quoted on the NASDAQ four days prior to and following the
completion date of the acquisition, which was June 13, 2007.
|
(c) |
The
assumption of $9.4 million of debt, $8.9 million of which was payable
to
KeyBank National Association which represents debt owed by PFNW under
a
credit facility. As part of the closing, the Company paid down $5.4
million of this debt resulting in debt remaining of $4.0
million.
|
(d) |
Transaction
costs totaling $0.9 million.
|
In
addition to the above, the agreement contains a contingency of an earn-out
amount not to exceed $4.4 million over a four year period (“Earn-Out Amount”).
The earn-out amounts will be earned if certain annual revenue targets are met
by
the Company’s consolidated Nuclear Segment. The first $1.0 million of the
earn-out amount, when earned, will be placed in an escrow account to satisfy
certain indemnification obligations under the Merger Agreement of Nuvotec,
PEcoS, and the shareholders of Nuvotec to Perma-Fix that are identified by
Perma-Fix within the escrow period as provided in the Merger Agreement. The
earn-out amount, if and when paid, will increase goodwill. As of March 31,
2008,
the Company has not made or accrued any earn-out payments to Nuvotec
shareholders because such revenue targets have not been met.
The
acquisition was accounted for using the purchase method of accounting, pursuant
to SFAS 141, “Business Combinations”. The consideration for the acquisition was
attributed to net assets on the basis of the fair value of assets acquired
and
liabilities assumed as of June 13, 2007. The results of operations after June
13, 2007 have been included in the consolidated financial statements. The excess
of the cost of the acquisition over the estimated fair value of the net tangible
assets and intangible assets on the acquisition date, which amounted to $7.7
million, was allocated to goodwill which is not amortized but subject to an
annual impairment test. The Company has not yet finalized the allocation of
the
purchase price to the net assets acquired in this acquisition. This purchase
price allocation will be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2008.
The
following table summarizes the preliminary purchase price to the net assets
acquired in this acquisition as of March 31, 2008.
(Amounts
in thousands)
|
||||
Cash
|
$
|
2,300
|
||
Assumed
debt
|
9,412
|
|||
Installment
payments
|
2,500
|
|||
Common
Stock of the Company
|
2,165
|
|||
Transaction
costs
|
920
|
|||
Total
consideration
|
$
|
17,297
|
The
following table presents the allocation of the preliminary acquisition cost,
including professional fees and other related acquisition costs, to the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed based on their estimated fair
values:
16
(Amounts
in thousands)
|
||||
Current
assets (including cash acquired of $249)
|
$
|
2,837
|
||
Property,
plant and equipment
|
14,978
|
|||
Permits
|
4,500
|
|||
Goodwill
|
7,728
|
|||
Total
assets acquired
|
30,043
|
|||
Current
liabilities
|
(8,978
|
)
|
||
Non-current
liabilties
|
(3,768
|
)
|
||
Total
liabilities assumed
|
(12,746
|
)
|
||
Net
assets acquired
|
$
|
17,297
|
The
results of operations of PFNW and PFNWR have been included in Perma-Fix’s
consolidated financial statements from the date of the closing of the
acquisition, which was June 13, 2007. The following unaudited pro forma
financial information presents the combined results of operations of combining
us, PFNW, and PFNWR as though the acquisition had occurred as of the beginning
of the period presented. The pro forma financial information does not
necessarily represent the results of operations that would have occurred had
we,
PFNW, and PFNWR been a single company during the periods presented, nor do
we
believe that the pro forma financial information presented is necessarily
representative of future operating results. As the acquisition was a stock
transaction, none of the goodwill related to PFNW and PFNWR is deductible for
tax purposes.
|
Three Months Ended
|
|||
(Amounts in Thousands, Except per Share Data) |
March 31, 2007
|
|||
(Unaudited)
|
||||
Net
revenues
|
$
|
15,816
|
||
Net
income
|
$
|
639
|
||
Net
income per share from continuing operations- basic
|
$
|
.01
|
||
Net
income per share from continuing operations- diluted
|
$
|
.01
|
||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding - basic
|
52,063
|
|||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding - diluted
|
53,067
|
8.
|
Discontinued
Operations and
Divestitures
|
Our
discontinued operations encompass all of our facilities within our Industrial
Segment. As previously discussed in “Note 1 – Basis of Presentation”, on May 25,
2007, our Industrial Segment met the held for sale criteria under Statement
of
Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the Impairment
or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, and therefore, certain assets and liabilities
of the Industrial Segment are classified as discontinued operations in the
Consolidated Balance Sheet, and we have ceased depreciation of the Industrial
Segment’s long-lived assets classified as held for sale. In accordance with SFAS
No. 144, the long-lived assets have been written down to fair value less
anticipated selling costs. As of March 31, 2008, we have recorded $6,367,000
in
impairment charges, all of which were included in “loss from discontinued
operations, net of taxes” on our Consolidated Statement of Operations for the
year ended December 31, 2007. The results of operations and cash flows of the
Industrial Segment have been reported in the Consolidated Financial Statements
as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
17
On
January 8, 2008, we sold substantially all of the assets of PFMD within our
Industrial Segment, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated
January 8, 2008. In consideration for such assets, the buyer paid us $3,811,000
(purchase price of $3,825,000 less closing costs) in cash at the closing and
assumed certain liabilities of PFMD. The cash consideration is subject to
certain working capital adjustments during the first half of 2008. Pursuant
to
the terms of our credit facility, $1,400,000 of the proceeds received were
used
to pay down our term loan, with the remaining funds used to pay down our
revolver. As of the date of this report, we have sold approximately $3,107,000
of PFMD’s assets, which excludes approximately $10,000 of restricted cash. The
buyer assumed liabilities in the amount of approximately $1,115,000. As of
March
31, 2008, we recorded a gain of approximately $1,647,000, net of taxes of
$43,000, on the sale of PFMD. The gain is recorded separately on the
Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations, net of taxes”.
On
March
14, 2008, we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFD within
our Industrial Segment, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement,
dated March 14, 2008, for approximately $2,143,000 in cash, subject to certain
working capital adjustments after the closing, plus the assumption by the buyer
of certain of PFD’s liabilities and obligations. We received cash of
approximately $2,139,000, net of certain closing costs. The proceeds received
were used to pay down our term loan. As of March 31, 2008, we have sold
approximately $3,206,000 of PFD’s assets. The buyer assumed liabilities in the
amount of approximately $1,678,000. As of March 31, 2008, we recorded a gain
of
approximately $460,000, net of taxes of $0, on the sale of PFD. The gain is
recorded separately on the Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on
disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes”.
The
following table summarizes the results of discontinued operations for the three
months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007. The gains on disposals of discontinued
operations, net of taxes, as mentioned above, are reported separately on our
Consolidated Statements of Operations as “Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations, net of taxes”. The operating results of discontinued operations are
included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as part of our “Loss from
discontinued operations, net of taxes”.
Three Months Ended March 31,
|
|||||||
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Net
revenues
|
$
|
4,974
|
$
|
7,234
|
|||
Interest
expense
|
$
|
(40
|
)
|
$
|
(53
|
)
|
|
Operating
loss from discontinued operations
|
$
|
(710
|
)
|
$
|
(1,667
|
)
|
|
Income
tax provision
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
||||
Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes of $43 and
$0
|
$
|
2,107
|
—
|
||||
Income
(loss) from discontinued operations
|
$
|
1,397
|
$
|
(1,667
|
)
|
Assets
and liabilities related to discontinued operations total $8,634,000 and
$7,927,000 as of March 31, 2008, respectively and $14,341,000 and $11,949,000
as
of December 31, 2007, respectively.
The
following table presents the Industrial Segment’s major classes of assets and
liabilities of discontinued operations that are classified as held for sale
as
of March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007. The held for sale asset and liabilities
balances as of December 31, 2007 may differ from the respective balances at
closing:
18
March 31,
|
December
31,
|
||||||
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Account
receivable, net (1)
|
$
|
2,407
|
$
|
4,253
|
|||
Inventories
|
134
|
411
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
1,851
|
2,902
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net (2)
|
4,232
|
6,775
|
|||||
Total
assets held for sale
|
$
|
8,624
|
$
|
14,341
|
|||
Account
payable
|
$
|
1,606
|
$
|
2,403
|
|||
Accrued
expenses and other liabilities
|
2,285
|
4,713
|
|||||
Note
payable
|
409
|
820
|
|||||
Environmental
liabilities
|
675
|
1,132
|
|||||
Total
liabilities held for sale
|
$
|
4,975
|
$
|
9,068
|
(1)
net
of
allowance for doubtful account of $93,000 and $269,000 as of March 31, 2008
and
December 31, 2007, respectively.
(2)
net
of
accumulated depreciation of $6,027,000 and $12,408,000 as of March 31, 2008
and
December 31, 2007, respectively.
The
following table presents the Industrial Segment’s major classes of assets and
liabilities of discontinued operations that are not held for sale as of March
31, 2008 and December 31, 2007:
March 31,
|
December 31,
|
||||||
(Amounts in Thousands)
|
2008
|
2007
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Total
assets of discontinued operations
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
—
|
|||
Account
payable
|
$
|
351
|
$
|
329
|
|||
Accrued
expenses and other liabilities
|
1,336
|
1,287
|
|||||
Environmental
liabilities
|
1,265
|
1,265
|
|||||
Total
liabilities of discontinued operations
|
$
|
2,952
|
$
|
2,881
|
Non
Operational Facilities
The
Industrial Segment includes two previously shut-down facilities which were
presented as discontinued operations in prior years. These facilities include
Perma-Fix of Pittsburgh (“PFP”) and Perma-Fix of Michigan (“PFMI”). Our decision
to discontinue operations at PFP was due to our reevaluation of the facility
and
our inability to achieve profitability at the facility. During February 2006,
we
completed the remediation of the leased property and the equipment at PFP,
and
released the property back to the owner. Our decision to discontinue operations
at PFMI was principally a result of two fires that significantly disrupted
operations at the facility in 2003, and the facility’s continued drain on the
financial resources of our Industrial Segment. As a result of the discontinued
operations at the PFMI facility, we were required to complete certain closure
and remediation activities pursuant to our RCRA permit, which were completed
in
January 2006. In September 2006, PFMI signed a Corrective Action Consent Order
with the State of Michigan, requiring performance of studies and development
and
execution of plans related to the potential clean-up of soils in portions of
the
property. The level and cost of the clean-up and remediation are determined
by
state mandated requirements. Upon discontinuation of operations in 2004, we
engaged our engineering firm, SYA, to perform an analysis and related estimate
of the cost to complete the RCRA portion of the closure/clean-up costs and
the
potential long-term remediation costs. Based upon this analysis, we estimated
the cost of this environmental closure and remediation liability to be
$2,464,000. During 2006, based on state-mandated criteria, we re-evaluated
our
required activities to close and remediate the facility, and during the quarter
ended June 30, 2006, we began implementing the modified methodology to remediate
the facility. As a result of the reevaluation and the change in methodology,
we
reduced the accrual by $1,182,000. We
have spent approximately $710,000 for closure costs since September 30, 2004,
of
which $1,000 has been spent during the three months of 2008 and $81,000 was
spent during 2007. In the 4th
quarter of 2007, we reduced our reserve by $9,000 as a result of our
reassessment of the cost of remediation. We have $563,000 accrued for the
closure, as of March 31, 2008, and we anticipate spending $187,000 in the
remaining nine months of 2008 with the remainder over the next five years.
Based
on the current status of the Corrective Action, we believe that the remaining
reserve is adequate to cover the liability.
19
As
of March 31, 2008, PFMI has a pension payable of $1,237,000. The
pension plan withdrawal liability, is a result of the termination of the union
employees of PFMI. The PFMI union employees participate in the Central States
Teamsters Pension Fund ("CST"), which provides that a partial or full
termination of union employees may result in a withdrawal liability, due from
PFMI to CST. The recorded liability is based upon a demand letter received
from
CST in August 2005 that provided for the payment of $22,000 per month over
an
eight year period. This obligation is recorded as a long-term liability, with
a
current portion of $171,000 that we expect to pay over the next
year.
9.
|
Operating
Segments
|
Pursuant
to FAS 131, we define an operating segment as a business activity:
·
|
from
which we may earn revenue and incur expenses;
|
|
·
|
whose
operating results are regularly reviewed by the segment president
to make
decisions about resources to be allocated to the segment and assess
its
performance; and
|
|
·
|
for
which discrete financial information is
available.
|
We
currently have two operating segments, which are defined as each business line
that we operate. This however, excludes corporate headquarters, which does
not
generate revenue, and our discontinued operations, which include our facilities
in our Industrial Segment.
Our
operating segments are defined as follows:
The
Nuclear Waste Management Services Segment (“Nuclear Segment”) provides
treatment, storage, processing and disposal of nuclear, low-level radioactive,
mixed (waste containing both hazardous and non-hazardous constituents),
hazardous and non-hazardous waste through our four facilities: Perma-Fix of
Florida, Inc., Diversified Scientific Services, Inc., East Tennessee Materials
and Energy Corporation, and Perma-Fix of Northwest Richland, Inc., which was
acquired in June 2007.
The
Consulting Engineering Services Segment (“Engineering Segment”) provides
environmental engineering and regulatory compliance services through Schreiber,
Yonley & Associates, Inc. which includes oversight management of
environmental restoration projects, air and soil sampling and compliance and
training activities to industrial and government customers, as well as,
engineering and compliance support needed by our other segments.
Our
discontinued operations encompass our facilities in our Industrial Waste
Management Services Segment (“Industrial Segment”) which provides on-and-off
site treatment, storage, processing and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous
industrial waste, and wastewater through our six facilities; Perma-Fix Treatment
Services, Inc., Perma-Fix of Dayton, Inc., Perma-Fix of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc.,
Perma-Fix of Orlando, Inc., Perma-Fix of South Georgia, Inc., and Perma-Fix
of
Maryland, Inc. Our discontinued operations also include Perma-Fix of Michigan,
Inc., and Perma-Fix of Pittsburgh, Inc., two non-operational facilities. On
January 8, 2008, and March 14, 2008, we completed the sale of substantially
all
of the assets of Perma-Fix of Maryland, Inc. and Perma-Fix of Dayton, Inc.,
respectively. See “Note 8 – Discontinued Operations and Divestiture” for
accounting treatment of both divestitures.
20
The
table
below presents certain financial information of our operating segment as of
and
for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007 (in
thousands).
Segment
Reporting for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2008
Nuclear
|
Engineering
|
Segments
Total
|
Corporate (2)
|
Consolidated
Total
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
from external customers
|
$
|
13,981
|
(3)
|
$
|
902
|
$
|
14,883
|
$
|
¾
|
$
|
14,883
|
|||||
Intercompany
revenues
|
611
|
98
|
709
|
¾
|
709
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
3,554
|
255
|
3,809
|
¾
|
3,809
|
|||||||||||
Interest
income
|
2
|
¾
|
2
|
66
|
68
|
|||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
195
|
1
|
196
|
156
|
352
|
|||||||||||
Interest
expense-financing fees
|
¾
|
¾
|
¾
|
52
|
52
|
|||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
1,103
|
7
|
1,110
|
11
|
1,121
|
|||||||||||
Segment
profit (loss)
|
976
|
128
|
1,104
|
(1,432
|
)
|
(328
|
)
|
|||||||||
Segment
assets(1)
|
95,578
|
2,196
|
97,774
|
21,795
|
(4)
|
119,569
|
||||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
512
|
¾
|
512
|
7
|
519
|
|||||||||||
Total
long-term debt
|
6,152
|
3
|
6,155
|
7,280
|
13,435
|
Segment
Reporting for the Quarter Ended March 31, 2007
Nuclear
|
Engineering
|
Segments
Total
|
Corporate (2)
|
Consolidated
Total
|
||||||||||||
Revenue
from external customers
|
$
|
12,344
|
(3)
|
$
|
577
|
$
|
12,921
|
$
|
¾
|
$
|
12,921
|
|||||
Intercompany
revenues
|
555
|
235
|
790
|
¾
|
790
|
|||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
4,431
|
169
|
4,600
|
¾
|
4,600
|
|||||||||||
Interest
income
|
¾
|
¾
|
¾
|
88
|
88
|
|||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
91
|
¾
|
91
|
109
|
200
|
|||||||||||
Interest
expense-financing fees
|
¾
|
¾
|
¾
|
48
|
48
|
|||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
743
|
9
|
752
|
19
|
771
|
|||||||||||
Segment
profit (loss)
|
2,011
|
49
|
2,060
|
(1,477
|
)
|
583
|
||||||||||
Segment
assets(1)
|
70,596
|
2,063
|
72,659
|
33,794
|
(4)
|
106,453
|
||||||||||
Expenditures
for segment assets
|
1,353
|
10
|
1,363
|
3
|
1,366
|
|||||||||||
Total
long-term debt
|
2,200
|
13
|
2,213
|
5,250
|
7,463
|
(1) |
Segment
assets have been adjusted for intercompany accounts to reflect actual
assets for each segment.
|
(2) |
Amounts
reflect the activity for corporate headquarters not included in the
segment information.
|
(3)
|
The
consolidated revenues within the Nuclear Segment include the LATA/Parallax
revenues of $1,552,000 (or 10.4%) and $1,954,000 (or 15.1%) for the
quarter ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. In addition,
the
consolidated revenues within the Nuclear Segment include the Fluor
Hanford
revenues of $1,766,000 (or 11.9%) and $1,511,000 (or 11.7%) for the
quarter ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively.
|
(4)
|
Amount
includes assets from discontinued operations of $ 8,634,000 and
$22,301,000 as of March 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively.
|
10.
|
Income
Taxes
|
The
provision for income taxes is determined in accordance with SFAS No. 109,
Accounting
for Income Taxes.
Under
this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for future
tax
consequences attributed to differences between the financial statement carrying
amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis.
Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted income tax rates
expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary
differences are expected to be recovered or settled. Any effect on deferred
tax
assets and liabilities of a change in tax rates is recognized in income in
the
period that includes the enactment date.
21
SFAS
No.
109 requires that deferred income tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance
if it is more likely that not that some portion or all of the deferred income
tax assets will not be realized. We evaluate the realizability of our deferred
income tax assets, primarily resulting from impairment loss and net operating
loss carryforwards, and adjust our valuation allowance, if necessary. Once
we
utilize our net operating loss carryforwards, we would expect our provision
for
income tax expense in future periods to reflect an effective tax rate that
will
be significantly higher than past periods.
In
July
2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,
which
attempts to set out a consistent framework for preparers to use to determine
the
appropriate level of tax reserve to maintain for uncertain tax positions. This
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 uses a two-step approach wherein a
tax
benefit is recognized if a position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained.
The
amount of the benefit is then measured to be the highest tax benefit which
is
greater than 50% likely to be realized. FIN 48 also sets out disclosure
requirements to enhance transparency of an entity’s tax reserves. The Company
adopted this Interpretation as of January 1, 2007. As a result of the
implementation of FIN 48, we have concluded that we have not taken any material
uncertain tax positions on any of our open tax returns filed through December
31, 2006.
We
have
not yet filed our income tax returns for the period ended December 31, 2007
tax
year; however, we expect that the actual return will mirror tax positions taken
within our income tax provision for 2007. As we believe that all such positions
are fully supportable by existing Federal law and related interpretations,
there
are no uncertain tax positions to consider in accordance with FIN 48. The impact
of our reassessment of our tax positions in accordance with FIN 48 for the
first
quarter of 2008 did not have any impact on our result of operations, financial
condition or liquidity.
11.
|
Capital
Stock And Employee Stock
Plan
|
During
the three months ended March 31, 2008, we did not issue any shares of our Common
Stock.
On
July
28, 2006, our Board of Directors has authorized a common stock repurchase
program to purchase up to $2,000,000 of our Common Stock, through open market
and privately negotiated transactions, with the timing, the amount of repurchase
transactions and the prices paid under the program as deemed appropriate by
management and dependent on market conditions and corporate and regulatory
considerations. As of the date of this report, we have not repurchased any
of
our Common Stock under the program as we continue to evaluate this repurchase
program within our internal cash flow and/or borrowings under our line of
credit.
22
The
summary of the Company’s total Plans as of March 31, 2008 as compared to March
31, 2007 and changes during the period then ended are presented as
follows:
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
||||||||||
Options
outstanding Janury 1, 2008
|
2,590,026
|
$
|
1.91
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
¾
|
¾
|
|||||||||||
Exercised
|
¾
|
¾
|
¾
|
||||||||||
Forfeited
|
(47,334
|
)
|
¾
|
||||||||||
Options
outstanding End of Period (1)
|
2,542,692
|
1.91
|
4.3
|
$
|
96,673
|
||||||||
Options
Exercisable at March 31, 2008 (1)
|
2,244,692
|
$
|
1.92
|
4.4
|
$
|
96,673
|
|||||||
Options
Vested and expected to be vested at March 31, 2008
|
2,524,879
|
$
|
1.91
|
4.3
|
$
|
96,673
|
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
||||||||||
Options
outstanding Janury 1, 2007
|
2,816,750
|
$
|
1.86
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
¾
|
¾
|
|||||||||||
Exercised
|
(17,500
|
)
|
1.41
|
$
|
16,938
|
||||||||
Forfeited
|
¾
|
¾
|
|||||||||||
Options
outstanding End of Period (1)
|
2,799,250
|
1.86
|
5.1
|
$
|
1,465,613
|
||||||||
Options
Exercisable at March 31, 2007 (1)
|
2,143,917
|
$
|
1.87
|
5.2
|
$
|
1,123,840
|
|||||||
Options
Vested and expected to be vested at March 31, 2007
|
2,752,047
|
$
|
1.86
|
5.1
|
$
|
1,441,000
|
(1)
Option
with exercise price ranging from $1.22 to $2.98
23
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
MANAGEMENT'S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL
CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
PART
I, ITEM 2
Forward-looking
Statements
Certain
statements contained within this report may be deemed "forward-looking
statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933,
as
amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
(collectively, the "Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995"). All
statements in this report other than a statement of historical fact are
forward-looking statements that are subject to known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors, which could cause actual results and
performance of the Company to differ materially from such statements. The words
"believe," "expect," "anticipate," "intend," "will," and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements contained herein
relate to, among other things,
·
|
ability
or inability to continue and improve operations and achieve profitability
on an annualized basis;
|
·
|
ability
to retain or receive certain permits, licenses, or
patents;
|
·
|
ability
to comply with the Company's general working capital requirements;
|
·
|
anticipate
a full repayment of our Term Loan by September 2008 and our Revolver
by
September 2009;
|
·
|
ability
to continue to meet our fixed charge coverage ratio in
2008;
|
·
|
ability
to be able to continue to borrow under the Company's revolving
line of
credit;
|
·
|
we
plan to fund any repurchases under the common stock repurchase
plan
through our internal cash flow and/or borrowing under our line
of
credit;
|
·
|
ability
to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund all costs
of
operations;
|
·
|
ability
to remediate certain contaminated sites for projected
amounts;
|
·
|
despite
our aggressive compliance and auditing procedures for disposal
of wastes,
we could, in the future, be notified that we are a Partially Responsible
Party (“PRP”) at a remedial action site, which could have a material
adverse effect;
|
·
|
ability
to fund budgeted capital expenditures of $3,100,000 during 2008
through
our operations or lease financing or a combination of both;
|
·
|
growth
of our Nuclear Segment;
|
·
|
we
believe that our cash flows from operations are sufficient to service
the
Company’s current obligations;
|
·
|
we
expect backlog levels to continue to fluctuate in 2008, depending
on the
complexity of waste streams and the timing of receipts and processing
of
materials;
|
·
|
the
high levels of backlog material continue to position the segment
well for
increases in future processing material prospective;
|
·
|
our
contract with LATA/Parallax and Fluor Hanford is expected to be
completed
in 2008;
|
·
|
Our
inability to continue under existing contracts that we have with
the
federal government (directly or indirectly as a subcontractor)
could have
a material adverse effect on our operations and financial
condition;
|
·
|
as
the DOE is currently in the process of re-bidding its contracts
with
current prime contractors, our future revenue beyond 2008 from
Fluor
Hanford is uncertain at this time;
|
·
|
as
with most contracts relating to the federal government, LATA/Parallax
and/or Fluor Hanford can terminate the contract with us at any
time for
convenience, which could have a material adverse effect on our
operations;
|
·
|
although
we have seen smaller fluctuation in government receipts between
quarters
in recent years, as government spending is contingent upon its
annual
budget and allocation of funding, we cannot provide assurance that
we will
not have larger fluctuations in the quarters in the near
future;
|
·
|
we
anticipate spending $187,000 in the remaining nine months of 2008
to
remediate the PFMI site, with the remainder over the next five
years;
|
·
|
under
our insurance contracts, we usually accept self-insured retentions,
which
we believe is appropriate for our specific business
risks;
|
24
·
|
we
believe we maintain insurance coverage adequate for our needs and
which is
similar to, or greater than the coverage maintained by other companies
of
our size in the industry;
|
·
|
the
purchase price allocation of PFNWR will be completed by the end
of the
second quarter of 2008;
|
·
|
we
are negotiating the sale of PFTS and PFSG and we anticipate the
sale of
the facilities to be completed during the second and during the
third
quarter of 2008, respectively;
|
·
|
we
believe the divestiture of certain facilities within our Industrial
Segment has not occurred within the anticipated time period due
to the
current state of our economy which has impacted potential buyers’ ability
to obtain financing;
|
·
|
although
the process of divesting certain facilities within our Industrial
Segment
has taken more time than anticipated for numerous reasons, we continue
to
market the facilities within our Industrial Segment for eventual
sale;
|
·
|
cash
to be received subject from the sale of any remaining
facilities/operations within our Industrial Segment (net of the
collateralized portion held by our credit facility) will be used
to reduce
our term note, with any remaining cash used to reduce our
revolver;
|
·
|
with
the impending divestitures of our remaining facilities/operations,
we
anticipate the remaining environmental liabilities will be part
of the
divestitures with the exception of PFM and PFMI, along with PFD,
which
will remain the financial obligations of the Company;
|
·
|
despite
our aggressive compliance and auditing procedures for disposal
of wastes,
we could, in the future, be notified that we are a PRP at a remedial
action site, which could have a material adverse
effect;
|
·
|
we
believe the material weakness at certain of our Industrial Segment
will
inherently be remediated once the remaining facilities/operations
within
our Industrial Segment are sold;
|
·
|
the
Company expects SFAS No. 141R will have an impact on its consolidated
financial statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude
of the
specific effects will depend upon the nature, terms and size of
acquisitions it consummates after the effect date;
|
·
|
the
Company does not expect the adoption of SAB No. 110 to have material
effect on its operations or financial position;
|
·
|
we
do not expect standard in SFAS 160 to have a material impact on
the
Company’s future consolidated financial statements; and
|
·
|
we
currently have interested parties and are negotiating to sell certain
facilities within our Industrial
Segment.
|
While
the
Company believes the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements
are reasonable, it can give no assurance such expectations will prove to
have
been correct. There are a variety of factors, which could cause future outcomes
to differ materially from those described in this report, including, but
not
limited to:
·
|
general
economic conditions;
|
·
|
material
reduction in revenues;
|
·
|
ability
to meet PNC covenant requirements;
|
·
|
inability
to collect in a timely manner a material amount of receivables;
|
·
|
increased
competitive pressures;
|
·
|
the
ability to maintain and obtain required permits and approvals to
conduct
operations;
|
·
|
the
ability to develop new and existing technologies in the conduct
of
operations;
|
·
|
ability
to retain or renew certain required permits;
|
·
|
discovery
of additional contamination or expanded contamination at any of
the sites
or facilities leased or owned by us or our subsidiaries which would
result
in a material increase in remediation expenditures;
|
·
|
changes
in federal, state and local laws and regulations, especially environmental
laws and regulations, or in interpretation of such;
|
·
|
potential
increases in equipment, maintenance, operating or labor
costs;
|
·
|
management
retention and development;
|
25
·
|
financial
valuation of intangible assets is substantially more/less than
expected;
|
·
|
the
requirement to use internally generated funds for purposes not
presently
anticipated;
|
·
|
inability
to divest the remaining facilities/operations within our Industrial
Segment;
|
·
|
inability
to continue to be profitable on an annualized basis;
|
·
|
the
inability of the Company to maintain the listing of its Common
Stock on
the NASDAQ;
|
·
|
terminations
of contracts with federal agencies or subcontracts involving federal
agencies, or reduction in amount of waste delivered to the Company
under
the contracts or subcontracts; and
|
·
|
disposal
expense accrual could prove to be inadequate in the event the waste
requires re-treatment.
|
The
Company undertakes no obligations to update publicly any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
26
Overview
We
provide services through two reportable operating segments: Nuclear Waste
Management Services Segment (“Nuclear Segment”) and Consulting Engineering
Services Segment (“Engineering Segment”). The Nuclear Segment provides
treatment, storage, processing and disposal services of mixed waste (waste
containing both hazardous and low-level radioactive materials) and low-level
radioactive wastes, including research, development and on-site and off-site
waste remediation. Our Engineering Segment provides a wide variety of
environmental related consulting and engineering services to both industry
and
government. These services include oversight management of environmental
restoration projects, air and soil sampling, compliance reporting, surface
and
subsurface water treatment design for removal of pollutants, and various
compliance and training activities.
The
first
quarter of 2008 reflected a revenue increase of $1,962,000 to $14,883,000 or
15.2% from revenue of $12,921,000 for the same period of 2007. Excluding
the revenue of $3,766,000 of our Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. facility
(“PFNWR”) which was acquired in June 2007, the Nuclear Segment revenue decreased
$2,129,000 or 17.2%. This decrease is primarily the result of reduction in
the
volume of waste receipts from the federal government and brokers and the waste
mix of the revenue received. Revenue for the first quarter of 2008 from the
Engineering Segment increased $325,000 or 56.3% to $902,000 from $577,000 for
the same period of 2007. The first quarter 2008 gross profit, excluding the
gross profit of $1,092,000 of PFWNR facility, decreased by $1,883,000 or 40.9%
for the corresponding period of 2007. This reduction was primarily due to
lower revenue and revenue mix primarily in the Nuclear Segment. SG&A for the
first quarter of 2008, excluding the SG&A of PFNWR of $662,000, decreased
$570,000 or 15.3%, as compared to the three months ended March 31, 2007.
During
the first quarter of 2008, we completed the sale of two companies within our
discontinued Industrial Segment, Perma-Fix of Maryland, Inc. (“PFMD”) and
Perma-Fix of Dayton, Inc. (“PFD”). We sold substantially all of the assets of
PFMD for $3,825,000 in cash, subject to certain working adjustments during
2008,
and assumption by the buyer of certain liabilities of PFMD. We also sold
substantially all of the assets of PFD for approximately $2,143,000 in cash,
subject to certain working capital adjustments after closing, and assumption
by
the buyer of certain of PFD’s liabilities and obligations. The net proceeds we
received from these divestures were used to reduce our term loan and our working
capital revolver. See “—Discontinued Operations and Divestures” for further
discussion of these transactions.
Our
working capital position at March 31, 2008 was a negative $7,078,000, which
includes working capital of our discontinued operations, as compared to a
negative working capital of $17,154,000 as of December 31, 2007. The improvement
in our working capital is primarily the result of the reclassification of our
indebtedness to certain of our lenders from current (less current maturities
as
of March 31, 2008) to long term. As previously disclosed in our 2007 Form 10-K
filed on April 1, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commissions, our fixed
charge coverage ratio fell below the minimum requirement pursuant to our loan
agreement as of December 31, 2007. We obtained a waiver from our lender for
the
Company’s violation of the fixed charge coverage ratio as of December 31, 2007.
On April 1, 2008, the date our Form 10-K was originally filed, we were not
able
to demonstrate that we would be able to comply with the fixed charge coverage
ratio in our loan agreement with PNC as of the end of the first and second
quarters of 2008. As a result, we were required under generally accepted
accounting principles to reclassify approximately $10,300,000 of debt under
our
credit facility with PNC and approximately $1,100,000 of debt payable to KeyBank
National Association, due to a cross default provision, from long term to
current as of December 31, 2007. On April 4, 2008, our lender revised and
modified the method of calculating the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant
contained in our loan agreement in each quarter of 2008. As result of the
amendment, we were able to demonstrate, based on our projections, the likelihood
of us meeting our minimum fixed charge coverage ratio in 2008. We have met
our
fixed charge coverage ratio, as amended, in the first quarter of 2008 and
continue to expect we will meet the covenant throughout 2008. As a result,
at
March 31, 2008, we reclassified debt in the amount of $6,727,000 under the
PNC
credit facility and debt in the amount of $532,000 payable to KeyBank National
Association to long term.
27
Results
of Operations
The
reporting of financial results and pertinent discussions are tailored to two
reportable segments: Nuclear and Engineering.
Three Months Ended
March 31,
|
|||||||||||||
Consolidated (amounts in thousands)
|
2008
|
%
|
2007
|
%
|
|||||||||
Net
revenues
|
$
|
14,883
|
100.0
|
$
|
12,921
|
100.0
|
|||||||
Cost
of good sold
|
11,074
|
74.4
|
8,321
|
64.4
|
|||||||||
Gross
profit
|
3,809
|
25.6
|
4,600
|
35.6
|
|||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
3,807
|
25.6
|
3,715
|
28.8
|
|||||||||
Income
from operations
|
$
|
2
|
¾
|
$
|
885
|
6.8
|
|||||||
Interest
income
|
68
|
.5
|
88
|
.7
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(352
|
)
|
(2.4
|
)
|
(200
|
)
|
(1.5
|
)
|
|||||
Interest
expense-financing fees
|
(52
|
)
|
(.3
|
)
|
(48
|
)
|
(.4
|
)
|
|||||
Other
|
6
|
¾
|
(16
|
)
|
(.1
|
)
|
|||||||
(Loss)
income from continuing operations before taxes
|
(328
|
)
|
(2.2
|
)
|
709
|
5.5
|
|||||||
Income
tax expense
|
¾
|
¾
|
126
|
1.0
|
|||||||||
(Loss)
income from continuing operations
|
(328
|
)
|
(2.2
|
)
|
583
|
4.5
|
|||||||
Preferred
Stock dividends
|
¾
|
¾
|
¾
|
¾
|
Summary –
Three Months Ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
Net
Revenue
Consolidated
revenues increased $1,962,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008,
compared to the three months ended March 31, 2007, as follows:
(In
thousands)
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
2007
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
%
Change
|
|||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Government
waste
|
$
|
2,726
|
18.3
|
$
|
3,420
|
26.5
|
$
|
(694
|
)
|
(20.3
|
)
|
||||||||
Hazardous/Non-hazardous
|
855
|
5.7
|
1,486
|
11.5
|
(631
|
)
|
(42.5
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Other
nuclear waste
|
4,314
|
29.0
|
3,973
|
30.7
|
341
|
8.6
|
|||||||||||||
LATA/Parallax
|
1,552
|
10.4
|
1,954
|
15.1
|
(402
|
)
|
(20.6
|
)
|
|||||||||||
Fluor
Hanford
|
768
|
(1)
|
5.2
|
1,511
|
11.7
|
(743
|
)
|
(49.2
|
)
|
||||||||||
Acquisition
- 6/07 (PFNWR)
|
3,766
|
(1)
|
25.3
|
—
|
—
|
3,766
|
100.0
|
||||||||||||
Total
|
13,981
|
93.9
|
12,344
|
95.5
|
1,637
|
13.3
|
|||||||||||||
Engineering
|
902
|
6.1
|
577
|
4.5
|
325
|
56.3
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
14,883
|
100.0
|
$
|
12,921
|
100.0
|
$
|
1,962
|
15.2
|
(1)
Revenue
of $3,766,000 from PFNWR for the three months ended March 31, 2008 includes
approximately $3,055,000 relating to wastes generated by the federal government,
either directly or indirectly as a subcontractor to the federal government.
Of
the $3,055,000 in revenue, approximately $998,000 was from Fluor Hanford, a
contractor to the federal government. Revenue for the three months ended March
31, 2008 from Fluor Hanford totaled approximately $1,766,000 or 11.9 % of total
consolidated revenue.
28
The
Nuclear Segment realized revenue growth of $1,637,000 or 13.3% for the three
months ended March 31, 2008 over the same period in 2007. Excluding the revenue
of PFNWR facility, revenue from our Nuclear Segment decreased $2,129,000 or
17.2% in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the same period of 2007.
Revenue from government generators (which includes LATA/Parallax and Fluor
Hanford) decreased $1,839,000 (excluding government revenue of $3,055,000 from
our PFNWR facility) or 26.7%. This decrease in overall government receipts
was
the result of lower volume received and a change in revenue mix processed to
waste with a lower average price per drum. Hazardous and Non Hazardous waste
was
also down due to lower volume of waste received at lower average prices per
drum. Offsetting these decreases was an increase in other nuclear waste revenue
which exceeded prior year as a result of a shipment of high activity and high
margin waste. The backlog of stored waste within the Nuclear Segment at March
31, 2008, was $8,338,000, excluding backlog of PFNWR facility of $6,573,000,
as
compared to $9,964,000, excluding backlog of PFNWR facility of $4,683,000,
as of
December 31, 2007. This decrease in backlog of $1,626,000, excluding the backlog
of PFNWR facility, reflects both the increases in processing and disposal in
the
quarter as well as the slow down in waste received. We expect waste backlog
will
continue to fluctuate in 2008 depending on the complexity of waste streams
and
the timing of receipts and processing of materials. The high levels of backlog
material continue to position the segment well for increases in future
processing material prospective. The decrease in revenue from LATA/Parallax
is
due to significant progress made by LATA/Parallax in completing legacy waste
removal actions as part of their clean-up project at Portsmouth for the
Department of Energy. Revenue from Fluor Hanford decreased approximately
$743,000 (excluding approximately $998,000 from PFNWR) due to lower receipts
at
our M&EC facility. Revenue from our Engineering Segment increased
approximately $325,000 in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the first
quarter of 2007 as billability rate increased from 72.8% to 82.2%. External
billed hours were up as was the average billing rate.
Cost
of Goods Sold
Cost
of
goods sold increased $2,753,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, compared
to the quarter ended March 31, 2007, as follows:
(In
thousands)
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
2007
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||
Nuclear
|
$
|
7,753
|
75.9
|
$
|
7,913
|
64.1
|
$
|
(160
|
)
|
|||||||
Engineering
|
647
|
71.7
|
408
|
70.7
|
239
|
|||||||||||
Acquisition
- 6/07 (PFNWR)
|
2,674
|
71.0
|
—
|
—
|
2,674
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
11,074
|
74.4
|
$
|
8,321
|
64.4
|
2,753
|
Excluding
the cost of goods sold of approximately $2,674,000 for the PFNWR facility,
the
Nuclear Segment’s costs of goods sold for the three months ended March 31, 2008
were down approximately $160,000 as compared to the corresponding period of
2007
due to lower revenue. Costs as a percent of revenue were up as volume processed
and disposed was up 7%, as were per unit costs of processing. Engineering
Segment costs increased approximately $239,000 due to higher revenue and higher
payroll related expenses. Cost as a percent of revenue was up slightly due
to
the increased payroll expenses. Included within cost of goods sold is
depreciation and amortization expense of $1,093,000 and $740,000 for the three
months ended March 31, 2008, and 2007, respectively.
29
Gross
Profit
Gross
profit for the quarter ended March 31, 2008 decreased $791,000 over 2007, as
follows:
(In
thousands)
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
2007
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||
Nuclear
|
$
|
2,462
|
24.1
|
$
|
4,431
|
35.9
|
$
|
(1,969
|
)
|
|||||||
Engineering
|
255
|
28.3
|
169
|
29.3
|
86
|
|||||||||||
Acquisition
- 6/07 (PFNWR)
|
1,092
|
29.0
|
—
|
—
|
1,092
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
3,809
|
25.6
|
$
|
4,600
|
35.6
|
(791
|
)
|
The
Nuclear Segment gross profit, excluding approximately $1,092,000 from PFNWR
facility, saw a decrease of approximately $1,969,000 or 44.4%. This decrease
was
in gross profit was due to reduced revenue. The decrease in gross margin as
a
percent of sales was due to the revenue mix received and processed as we had
lower margin waste this quarter as compared to the corresponding period of
2007.
The increase in gross profit in the Engineering Segment was due to increased
revenue due to higher external billable hours at higher average hourly rate.
Selling,
General and Administrative
Selling,
general and administrative ("SG&A")
expenses
increased $92,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008, as compared to
the
corresponding period for 2007, as follows:
(In
thousands)
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
2007
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||
Administrative
|
$
|
1,289
|
¾
|
$
|
1,346
|
¾
|
$
|
(57
|
)
|
|||||||
Nuclear
|
1,729
|
16.9
|
2,250
|
18.2
|
(521
|
)
|
||||||||||
Engineering
|
127
|
14.1
|
119
|
20.6
|
8
|
|||||||||||
Acquisition
- 6/07 (PFNWR)
|
662
|
17.6
|
—
|
—
|
662
|
|||||||||||
Total
|
$
|
3,807
|
25.6
|
$
|
3,715
|
28.8
|
$
|
92
|
Excluding
the SG&A of our PFNWR facility of approximately $662,000, SG&A expenses
in the first quarter of 2008 was down approximately $570,000 or 15.3% as
compared to the corresponding period of 2007. The small decrease in
administrative SG&A was the result of lower payroll related expenses, lower
travel, and lower consulting service expenses. Nuclear Segment SG&A was down
approximately $521,000, excluding the SG&A expenses of PFNWR. This decrease
is attributed mainly to lower payroll related expenses resulting from lower
revenue as we continue to streamline our costs. The Engineering Segment’s
SG&A expense increased approximately $8,000 in the first quarter of 2008 as
compared to the corresponding period of 2007 primarily due to increase in
payroll related expenses which was offset by reduction in bad debt expense.
Included in SG&A expenses is depreciation and amortization expense of
$28,000 and $31,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2008, and 2007,
respectively.
Interest
Expense
Interest
expense increased $152,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2008, as compared
to
the corresponding period of 2007
(In thousands)
|
2008
|
2007
|
Change
|
|||||||
PNC
interest
|
$
|
122
|
$
|
108
|
$
|
14
|
||||
Other
|
230
|
92
|
138
|
|||||||
Total
|
$
|
352
|
$
|
200
|
$
|
152
|
30
The
increase in the first quarter of 2008 as compared to the corresponding quarter
in 2007 is due primarily to increased external debt related to the acquisition
of Perma-Fix
Northwest, Inc. (f/k/a Nuvotec USA, Inc.) and its subsidiary, PFNWR in June
2007. In addition, we continue to maintain our revolver borrowing position
at
PNC as a result of the increased borrowing made necessary for the acquisition
in
2007. However, this revolver debt was reduced by payment on the term note from
proceeds received from the sale of PFMD and PFD facilities in the first quarter
of 2008.
Interest
Expense - Financing Fees
Interest
expense-financing fees remained constant for the three months ended March 31,
2008 as compared to the corresponding period of 2007.
Interest
Income
Interest
income decreased approximately $20,000 for the three months ended March 31,
2008, as compared to the corresponding period of 2007. This decrease is
primarily due to interest earned in 2007 from excess cash which we held in
a
sweep account. We did not have this excess cash in the corresponding period
of
2008 as we are currently in a net borrowing position as a result of the
acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR in June 2007.
Income
Tax Expense
We
have
recorded no income tax expense from continuing operations for the three months
ended March 31, 2008 as compared to income tax expense of $126,000 for the
corresponding period of 2007. The effective income tax rate from continuing
operations for the first quarter of 2008 was 0% as compared to 18% for the
first
quarter of 2007. In determining our interim income tax provision from continuing
operations, we have used the projected full year income as a basis for
determining the Company's overall estimated income tax expense.
Discontinued
Operations and Divestitures
Our
Industrial Segment has sustained losses in each year since 2000. As previously
disclosed, on May 18, 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the divestiture
of
our Industrial Segment. Our Industrial Segment provides treatment, storage,
processing, and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste, wastewater
management services, and environmental services, which includes emergency
response, vacuum services, marine environmental and other remediation services.
The decision to sell our Industrial Segment is based on our belief that our
Nuclear Segment represents a sustainable long-term growth driver of our
business. During 2007, we entered into several letters of intent to sell various
portions of our Industrial Segment. All of the letters of intent expired or
terminated without being completed, except for the following: we completed,
on
January 8, 2008, the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFMD for
$3,825,000 in cash, subject to a working capital adjustment during 2008, and
assumption by the buyer of certain liabilities of PFMD, and during March, 2008,
we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFD for
approximately $2,143,000 in cash, subject to certain working capital adjustments
after the closing, plus assumption by the buyer of certain of PFD’s liabilities
and obligations. As previously disclosed, we are negotiating the sale of
Perma-Fix of South Georgia (“PFSG”), which is within our Industrial Segment, and
had anticipated completing the sale in May 2008; however, the negotiation has
not progressed as planned and the anticipated sale date is not expected until
the third quarter 2008. We are currently negotiating the sale of Perma-Fix
Treatment Services, Inc. (“PFTS”), which also is within our Industrial Segment.
We anticipate that the sale of PFTS will be completed during the second quarter
of 2008. The terms of the sale of PFSG and PFTS are not yet finalized. We are
attempting to sell the remaining other companies and/or operations within our
Industrial Segment, but as of the date of this report, we have not entered
into
any agreements regarding these other remaining companies or operations within
our Industrial Segment.
31
At
May
25, 2007, the Industrial Segment met the held for sale criteria under Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 144, “Accounting for the
Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, and therefore, certain assets and
liabilities of the Industrial Segment are reclassified as discontinued
operations in the Consolidated Balance Sheets, and we have ceased depreciation
of the Industrial Segment’s long-lived assets classified as held for sale. In
accordance with SFAS No. 144, the long-lived assets have been written down
to
fair value less anticipated selling costs. As of March 31, 2008, we have
recorded $6,367,000 in impairment charges, all of which were included in “loss
from discontinued operations, net of taxes” on our Consolidated Statement of
Operations for the year ended December 31, 2007. The results of operations
and
cash flows of the Industrial Segment have been reported in the Consolidated
Financial Statements as discontinued operations for all periods presented.
The
criteria which the Company based its decision in reclassifying its Industrial
Segment as discontinued operations is as follows: (1) the Company has the
ability and authority to sell the facilities within the Industrial Segment;
(2)
the facilities are available for sale in its present condition; (3) the sale
of
the facilities is probable and is expected to occur within one year, subject
to
certain circumstances; (4) the facilities are being actively marketed at its
fair value; and (5) the Company’s actions to finalize the disposal of the
facilities are unlikely to change significantly.
We
believe the divestiture of certain facilities within our Industrial Segment
has
not occurred within the anticipated time period due to the current state of
our
economy which has impacted potential buyers’ ability to obtain financing.
Originally, we had planned to sell the majority of companies that comprised
the
Industrial Segment together; however, that plan did not materialize as expected.
We are now pursuing the potential sale of each company within our Industrial
Segment individually. Although this process has taken more time than anticipated
for numerous reasons, we continue to market the facilities within our Industrial
Segment for eventual sale.
Pursuant
to the terms of our credit facility, $1,400,000 of the proceeds received from
the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFMD were used to pay down our
term loan, with the remaining funds used to pay down our revolver. As of the
date of this report, we have sold approximately $3,107,000 of PFMD’s assets,
which excludes approximately $10,000 of restricted cash. The buyer assumed
liabilities in the amount of approximately $1,115,000. As of March 31, 2008,
we
recorded a gain of approximately $1,647,000, net of taxes of $43,000, on the
sale of PFMD. The gain is recorded separately on the Consolidated Statement
of
Operations as “Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes”.
Pursuant
to the terms of our credit facility, the proceeds received from the sale of
substantially all of the assets of PFD were used to pay down our term note.
As
of March 31, 2008, we have sold approximately $3,206,000 of PFD’s assets. The
buyer assumed liabilities in the amount of approximately $1,678,000. As of
March
31, 2008, we recorded a gain of approximately $460,000, net of tax of $0, on
the
sale of PFD. The gain is recorded separately on the Consolidated Statement
of
Operations as “Gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes”.
Our
Industrial Segment generated revenues of $4,974,000 and $7,234,000 for the
period ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively and had net operating loss,
net of taxes, of $710,000 and $1,667,000 for the same periods, respectively.
Assets
and liabilities related to discontinued operations total $8,634,000 and
$7,927,000 as of March 31, 2008, respectively and $14,341,000 and $11,949,000
as
of December 31, 2007, respectively.
32
Non
Operational Facilities
The
Industrial Segment includes two previously shut-down facilities which were
presented as discontinued operations in prior years. These facilities include
Perma-Fix of Pittsburgh (PFP) and Perma-Fix of Michigan (PFMI). Our decision
to
discontinue operations at PFP was due to our reevaluation of the facility and
our inability to achieve profitability at the facility. During February 2006,
we
completed the remediation of the leased property and the equipment at PFP,
and
released the property back to the owner. Our decision to discontinue operations
at PFMI was principally a result of two fires that significantly disrupted
operations at the facility in 2003, and the facility’s continued drain on the
financial resources of our Industrial Segment. As a result of the discontinued
operations at the PFMI facility, we were required to complete certain closure
and remediation activities pursuant to our RCRA permit, which were completed
in
January 2006. In September 2006, PFMI signed a Corrective Action Consent Order
with the State of Michigan, requiring performance of studies and development
and
execution of plans related to the potential clean-up of soils in portions of
the
property. The level and cost of the clean-up and remediation are determined
by
state mandated requirements. Upon discontinuation of operations in 2004, we
engaged our engineering firm, SYA, to perform an analysis and related estimate
of the cost to complete the RCRA portion of the closure/clean-up costs and
the
potential long-term remediation costs. Based upon this analysis, we estimated
the cost of this environmental closure and remediation liability to be
$2,464,000. During 2006, based on state-mandated criteria, we re-evaluated
our
required activities to close and remediate the facility, and during the quarter
ended June 30, 2006, we began implementing the modified methodology to remediate
the facility. As a result of the reevaluation and the change in methodology,
we
reduced the accrual by $1,182,000. We
have spent approximately $710,000 for closure costs since September 30, 2004,
of
which $1,000 has been spent during the three months of 2008 and $81,000 was
spent during 2007. In the 4th
quarter of 2007, we reduced our reserve by $9,000 as a result of our
reassessment of the cost of remediation. We have $563,000 accrued for the
closure, as of March 31, 2008, and we anticipate spending $187,000 in the
remaining nine months of 2008 with the remainder over the next five years.
Based
on the current status of the Corrective Action, we believe that the remaining
reserve is adequate to cover the liability.
As
of March 31, 2008, PFMI has a pension payable of $1,237,000. The
pension plan withdrawal liability is a result of the termination of the union
employees of PFMI. The PFMI union employees participate in the Central States
Teamsters Pension Fund ("CST"), which provides that a partial or full
termination of union employees may result in a withdrawal liability, due from
PFMI to CST. The recorded liability is based upon a demand letter received
from
CST in August 2005 that provided for the payment of $22,000 per month over
an
eight year period. This obligation is recorded as a long-term liability, with
a
current portion of $171,000 that we expect to pay over the next
year.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources of the Company
Our
capital requirements consist of general working capital needs, scheduled
principal payments on our debt obligations and capital leases, remediation
projects and planned capital expenditures. Our capital resources consist
primarily of cash generated from operations, funds available under our revolving
credit facility and proceeds from issuance of our Common Stock. Our capital
resources are impacted by changes in accounts receivable as a result of revenue
fluctuation, economic trends, collection activities, and the profitability
of
the segments.
At
March
31, 2008, we had cash of $63,000. The following table reflects the cash flow
activities during the first quarter of 2008.
33
(In
thousands)
|
2008
|
|||
Cash
provided by continuing operations
|
$
|
4,134
|
||
Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations
|
$
|
(2,107
|
)
|
|
Cash
used in discontinued operations
|
(641
|
)
|
||
Cash
used in investing activities of continuing operations
|
(2,689
|
)
|
||
Proceeds
from sale of discontinued operations
|
5,950
|
|||
Cash
used in investing activities of discontinued operations
|
(74
|
)
|
||
Cash
used in financing activities of continuing operations
|
(4,566
|
)
|
||
Principal
repayment of long-term debt for discontinued operations
|
(46
|
)
|
||
Decrease
in cash
|
$
|
(39
|
)
|
We
are in
a net borrowing position and therefore attempt to move all excess cash balances
immediately to the revolving credit facility, so as to reduce debt and interest
expense. We utilize a centralized cash management system, which includes
remittance lock boxes and is structured to accelerate collection activities
and
reduce cash balances, as idle cash is moved without delay to the revolving
credit facility or the Money Market account, if applicable. The cash balance
at
March 31, 2008, primarily represents minor petty cash and local account balances
used for miscellaneous services and supplies.
Operating
Activities
Accounts
Receivable, net of allowances for doubtful accounts, totaled $13,284,000, a
decrease of $252,000 over the December 31, 2007, balance of $13,536,000. The
Nuclear Segment experienced a decrease of approximately $341,000 as a result
of
reduced revenues and improved collection efforts. The Engineering Segment
experienced an increase of approximately $89,000 due mainly to increased
revenues for the quarter.
Unbilled
receivables are generated by differences between invoicing timing and the
percentage of completion methodology used for revenue recognition purposes.
As
major processing phases are completed and the costs incurred, we recognize
the
corresponding percentage of revenue. We experience delays in processing invoices
due to the complexity of the documentation that is required for invoicing,
as
well as, the difference between completion of revenue recognition milestones
and
agreed upon invoicing terms, which results in unbilled receivables. The timing
differences occur for several reasons. Partially from delays in the final
processing of all wastes associated with certain work orders and partially
from
delays for analytical testing that is required after we have processed waste
but
prior to our release of waste for disposal. The difference also occurs due
to
our end disposal sites requirement of pre-approval prior to our shipping waste
for disposal and our contract terms with the customer that we dispose of the
waste prior to invoicing. These delays usually take several months to complete.
As of March 31, 2008, unbilled receivables totaled $12,192,000, a decrease
of
$1,901,000 from the December 31, 2007, balance of $14,093,000, which reflects
our continued efforts to reduce this balance. The delays in processing invoices,
as mentioned above, usually take several months to complete but are normally
considered collectible within twelve months. However, as we now have historical
data to review the timing of these delays, we realize that certain issues,
including but not limited to delays at our third party disposal site, can
exacerbate collection of some of these receivables greater than twelve months.
Therefore, we have segregated the unbilled receivables between current and
long
term. The current portion of the unbilled receivables as of March 31, 2008
is
$8,738,000, a decrease of $1,583,000 from the balance of $10,321,000 as of
December 31, 2007. The long term portion as of March 31, 2008 is $3,454,000,
a
decrease of $318,000 from the balance of $3,772,000 as of December 31,
2007.
As
of
March 31, 2008, total consolidated accounts payable was $6,519,000, an increase
of $1,509,000 from the December 31, 2007, balance of $5,010,000. The increase
is
the result of our continued efforts to manage payment terms with our vendors
to
maximize our cash position throughout all segments. Accounts payable can
increase in conjunction with decreases in accrued expenses depending on the
timing of vendor invoices.
34
Accrued
Expenses as of March 31, 2008, totaled $8,562,000, a decrease of $645,000 over
the December 31, 2007, balance of $9,207,000. Accrued expenses are made up
of
accrued compensation, interest payable, insurance payable, certain tax accruals,
and other miscellaneous accruals. The decrease is primarily due to monthly
payment for the Company’s general insurance policies and the closure policy for
PFNWR facility.
Disposal/transportation
accrual as of March 31, 2008, totaled $6,611,000, a decrease of $66,000 over
the
December 31, 2007 balance of $6,677,000. The decrease is mainly attributed
to
the reduction of the legacy waste accrual at PFNWR facility.
Our
working capital position at March 31, 2008 was a negative $7,078,000, which
includes working capital of our discontinued operations, as compared to a
negative working capital of $17,154,000 as of December 31, 2007. The improvement
in our working capital is primarily the result of the reclassification of our
indebtedness to certain of our lenders from current (less current maturities
as
of March 31, 2008) to long term. As previously disclosed in our 2007 Form 10-K
filed on April 1, 2008 with the Securities and Exchange Commissions, our fixed
charge coverage ratio fell below the minimum requirement pursuant to our loan
agreement as of December 31, 2007. We obtained a waiver from our lender for
the
Company’s violation of the fixed charge coverage ratio as of December 31, 2007.
On April 1, 2008, the date our Form 10-K was originally filed, we were not
able
to demonstrate that we would be able to comply with the fixed charge coverage
ratio in our loan agreement with PNC as of the end of the first and second
quarters of 2008. As a result, we were required under generally accepted
accounting principles to reclassify approximately $10,300,000 of debt under
our
credit facility with PNC and approximately $1,100,000 of debt payable to KeyBank
National Association, due to a cross default provision, from long term to
current as of December 31, 2007. On April 4, 2008, our lender revised and
modified the method of calculating the fixed charge coverage ratio covenant
contained in the loan agreement in each quarter of 2008. As result of the
amendment, we were able to demonstrate, based on our projections, the likelihood
of us meeting our minimum fixed charge coverage ratio in 2008. We have met
our
fixed charge coverage ratio, as amended, in the first quarter of 2008 and
continue to expect we will meet the covenant throughout 2008. As a result,
at
March 31, 2008, we reclassified debt in the amount of $6,727,000 under the
PNC
credit facility and debt in the amount of $532,000 payable to KeyBank National
Association to long term. Our working capital in the first quarter of 2008
was
also impacted by the annual cash payment to the finite risk sinking fund of
$1,003,000, our payments of approximately $1,101,000 in financial assurance
coverage for the legacy waste at our PFNWR facility, capital spending of
approximately $594,000 and the payments against the long term portion of our
term note of approximately $2,700,000 in proceeds received from sale of PFMD
and
PFD.
Investing
Activities
Our
purchases of capital equipment for the year three months period ended March
31,
2008, totaled approximately $594,000 of which $519,000 and $75,000 was for
our
continuing and discontinued operations, respectively. These expenditures were
for expansion and improvements to the operations principally within the Nuclear
Segment. These capital expenditures were funded by the cash provided by
operations. We have budgeted capital expenditures of approximately $3,100,000
for fiscal year 2008 for our operating segments to expand our operations into
new markets, reduce the cost of waste processing and handling, expand the range
of wastes that can be accepted for treatment and processing, and to maintain
permit compliance requirements. We expect to fund these capital expenditures
through our operations. Certain of these budgeted projects are discretionary
and
may either be delayed until later in the year or deferred altogether. We have
traditionally incurred actual capital spending totals for a given year less
than
the initial budget amount. The initiation and timing of projects are also
determined by financing alternatives or funds available for such capital
projects. We anticipate funding these capital expenditures by a combination
of
lease financing and internally generated funds.
35
In
June
2003, we entered into a 25-year finite risk insurance policy, which provides
financial assurance to the applicable states for our permitted facilities in
the
event of unforeseen closure. Prior to obtaining or renewing operating permits
we
are required to provide financial assurance that guarantees to the states that
in the event of closure our permitted facilities will be closed in accordance
with the regulations. The policy provides a maximum $35 million of financial
assurance coverage of which the coverage amount totals $30,879,000 at March
31,
2008, and has available capacity to allow for annual inflation and other
performance and surety bond requirements. This finite risk insurance policy
required an upfront payment of $4.0 million, of which $2,766,000 represented
the
full premium for the 25-year term of the policy, and the remaining $1,234,000,
was deposited in a sinking fund account representing a restricted cash account.
In February 2008, we paid our fifth of nine required annual installments of
$1,004,000, of which $991,000 was deposited in the sinking fund account, the
remaining $13,000 represents a terrorism premium. As of March 31, 2008, we
have
recorded $6,823,000 in our sinking fund on the balance sheet, which includes
interest earned of $629,000 on the sinking fund as of March 31, 2008. Interest
income for the three month ended March 31, 2008, was $54,000. On the fourth
and
subsequent anniversaries of the contract inception, we may elect to terminate
this contract. If we so elect, the Insurer will pay us an amount equal to 100%
of the sinking fund account balance in return for complete releases of liability
from both us and any applicable regulatory agency using this policy as an
instrument to comply with financial assurance requirements.
In
August
2007, we entered into a second finite risk insurance policy for our PFNWR
facility, which we acquired in June 2007. The policy provides an initial $7.8
million of financial assurance coverage with annual growth rate of 1.5%, which
at the end of the four year term policy, will provide maximum coverage of $8.2
million. The policy will renew automatically on an annual basis at the end
of
the four year term and will not be subject to any renewal fees. The policy
requires total payment of $4.4 million, consisting of an annual payment of
$1.4
million, and two annual payments of $1.5 million, starting July 31, 2007. In
July 2007, we paid the first of our three annual payments of $1.4 million,
of
which $1.1 million represented premium on the policy and the remaining $258,000
was deposited into a sinking fund account. Each of the two remaining $1.5
million payments will consist of $176,000 in premium with the remaining $1.3
million to be deposited into a sinking fund. As part of the acquisition of
PFNWR
facility in June 2007, we have a large disposal accrual related to the legacy
waste at the facility of approximately $3,193,000 as of March 31, 2008. We
are
required to dispose of this legacy waste on or before August 31, 2008. In
connection with this waste, we are required to provide financial assurance
coverage of approximately $2.8 million, consisting of five equal payment of
approximately $550,604, which will be deposited into a sinking fund. We have
made two of the five payments as of March 31, 2008, with the remaining three
payable by August 31, 2008. Once this legacy waste has been disposed of and
release of the financial assurance is received from the state, we will be able
to reduce this financial assurance coverage by releasing the funds back to
us.
As of March 31, 2008, we have recorded $1,369,000 in our sinking fund on the
balance sheet, which includes interest earned of $9,000 on the sinking fund
as
of March 31, 2008. Interest income for the three month ended March 31, 2008,
was
$5,000.
On
July
28, 2006, our Board of Directors has authorized a common stock repurchase
program to purchase up to $2,000,000 of our Common Stock, through open market
and privately negotiated transactions, with the timing, the amount of repurchase
transactions and the prices paid under the program as deemed appropriate by
management and dependent on market conditions and corporate and regulatory
considerations. We plan to fund any repurchases under this program through
our
internal cash flow and/or borrowing under our line of credit. As of the date
of
this report, we have not repurchased any of our Common Stock under the program
as we continue to evaluate this repurchase program within our internal cash
flow
and/or borrowings under our line of credit.
Financing
Activities
On
December 22, 2000, we entered into a Revolving Credit, Term Loan and Security
Agreement ("Agreement") with PNC Bank, National Association, a national banking
association ("PNC") acting as agent ("Agent") for lenders, and as issuing bank,
as amended. The Agreement provides for a term loan ("Term Loan") in the amount
of $7,000,000, which requires monthly installments of $83,000 with the remaining
unpaid principal balance due on September 30, 2009. The Agreement also provides
for a revolving line of credit ("Revolving Credit") with a maximum principal
amount outstanding at any one time of $18,000,000, as amended. The Revolving
Credit advances are subject to limitations of an amount up to the sum of (a)
up
to 85% of Commercial Receivables aged 90 days or less from invoice date, (b)
up
to 85% of Commercial Broker Receivables aged up to 120 days from invoice date,
(c) up to 85% of acceptable Government Agency Receivables aged up to 150 days
from invoice date, and (d) up to 50% of acceptable unbilled amounts aged up
to
60 days, less (e) reserves the Agent reasonably deems proper and necessary.
As
of March 31, 2008, the excess availability under our Revolving Credit was
$4,806,000 based on our eligible receivables.
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Pursuant
to the Agreement, as amended, the Term Loan bears interest at a floating rate
equal to the prime rate plus 1%, and the Revolving Credit at a floating rate
equal to the prime rate plus ½%. The Agreement was subject to a prepayment fee
of 1% until March 25, 2006, and ½% until March 25, 2007 had we elected to
terminate the Agreement with PNC.
In
conjunction with our acquisition of M&EC, M&EC issued a promissory note
for a principal amount of $3.7 million to Performance Development Corporation
(“PDC”), dated June 25, 2001, for monies advanced to M&EC for certain
services performed by PDC. The promissory note is payable over eight years
on a
semiannual basis on June 30 and December 31. The note is due on December 31,
2008, with principal repayment of $400,000 to be made in June 2008 and the
remaining $235,000 to be made by December 31, 2008. Interest is accrued at
the
applicable law rate (“Applicable Rate”) pursuant to the provisions of section
6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 as amended (9.0% on March 31, 2008)
and payable in one lump sum at the end of the loan period. On March 31, 2008,
the outstanding balance was $2,772,000 including accrued interest of
approximately $2,137,000. PDC has directed M&EC to make all payments under
the promissory note directly to the IRS to be applied to PDC's obligations
under
its installment agreement with the IRS.
Additionally,
M&EC entered into an installment agreement with the Internal Revenue Service
(“IRS”) for a principal amount of $923,000 effective June 25, 2001, for certain
withholding taxes owed by M&EC. The installment agreement is payable over
eight years on a semiannual basis on June 30 and December 31. The agreement
is
due on December 31, 2008, with principal repayments of approximately $100,000
to
be made in June 2008 and the remaining $53,000 to be made by December 31, 2008.
Interest is accrued at the Applicable Rate, and is adjusted on a quarterly
basis
and payable in lump sum at the end of the installment period. On March 31,
2008,
the rate was 9.0%. On March 31, 2008, the outstanding balance was $669,000
including accrued interest of approximately $516,000.
In
conjunction with our acquisition of Nuvotec (n/k/a Perma-Fix of Northwest,
Inc. – “PFNW”) and PEcoS (n/k/a Perma-Fix of Northwest Richland,
Inc. – “PFNWR”), which was completed on June 13, 2007, we entered into a
promissory note for a principal amount of $4.0 million to KeyBank National
Association, dated June 13, 2007, which represents debt assumed by us as result
of the acquisition. The promissory note is payable over a two years period
with
monthly principal repayment of $160,000 starting July 2007 and $173,000 starting
July 2008, along with accrued interest. Interest is accrued at prime rate plus
1.125%. On March 31, 2008, the outstanding principal balance was $2,559,000.
This note is collateralized by the assets of PFNWR as agreed to by PNC Bank
and
the Company.
Additionally,
in conjunction with our acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR, we agreed to pay
shareholders of Nuvotec that qualified as accredited investors pursuant to
Rule
501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, $2.5 million,
with principal payable in equal installment of $833,333 on June 30, 2009, June
30, 2010, and June 30, 2011. Interest is accrued on outstanding principal
balance at 8.25% starting in June 2007 and is payable on June 30, 2008, June
30,
2009, June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011. As of March 31, 2008, we had accrued
interest of approximately $161,000.
In
summary, the reclassification of debts (less current maturities) due to certain
of our lenders resulting from our compliance of our fixed charge coverage ratio
in the first quarter of 2008 back to long term from current has improved our
working capital position as of March 31, 2008. In addition, cash received from
the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFMD and PFD (net of
collateralized portion held by our credit facility) in the first quarter of
2008, was used to reduce our term note and our revolver. Cash to be received
subject from the sale of any remaining facilities/operations within our
Industrial Segment (net of the collateralized portion held by our credit
facility) will be used to reduce our term note, with any remaining cash used
to
reduce our revolver. The acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR in June 2007 continues
to
negatively impact our working capital as we continue to draw funds from our
revolver to make payments on debt that we assumed as well as financial assurance
payments requirement resulting from legacy wastes assumed from the acquisition.
We continue to take steps to improve our operations and liquidity and to invest
working capital into our facilities to fund capital additions in the Nuclear
Segment. We believe that our cash flows from operations are sufficient to
service the Company’s current obligations.
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Contractual
Obligations
The
following table summarizes our contractual obligations at March 31, 2008, and
the effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash
flow
in future periods, (in thousands):
Payments
due by period
|
||||||||||||||||
Contractual
Obligations
|
Total
|
2008
|
2009-
2011
|
2012
-
2013 |
After
2013
|
|||||||||||
Long-term
debt
|
$
|
13,435
|
$
|
2,932
|
$
|
10,493
|
$
|
10
|
$
|
¾
|
||||||
Interest
on long-term debt (1)
|
3,279
|
2,866
|
413
|
¾
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Interest
on variable rate debt (2)
|
456
|
282
|
174
|
¾
|
¾
|
|||||||||||
Operating
leases
|
2,095
|
518
|
1,391
|
186
|
¾
|
|||||||||||
Finite
risk policy (3)
|
8,708
|
3,172
|
4,532
|
1,004
|
¾
|
|||||||||||
Pension
withdrawal liability (4)
|
1,237
|
108
|
574
|
483
|
72
|
|||||||||||
Environmental
contingencies (5)
|
1,699
|
385
|
987
|
214
|
113
|
|||||||||||
Purchase
obligations (6)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||||||
Total
contractual obligations
|
$
|
30,909
|
$
|
10,263
|
$
|
18,564
|
$
|
1,897
|
$
|
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(1) |
Our
IRS Note and PDC Note agreements call for interest to be paid at
the end
of the term, December 2008. In conjunction with our acquisition of
PFNWR,
which was completed on June 13, 2007, we agreed to pay shareholders
of
Nuvotec that qualified as accredited investors pursuant to Rule 501
of
Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, $2.5 million,
with principal payable in equal installment of $833,333 on June 30,
2009,
June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011. Interest is accrued on outstanding
principal balance at 8.25% starting in June 2007 and is payable on
June
30, 2008, June 30, 2009, June 30, 2010, and June 30, 2011.
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(2) |
We
have variable interest rates on our Term Loan and Revolving Credit
of 1%
and 1/2% over the prime rate of interest, respectively, and as such
we
have made certain assumptions in estimating future interest payments
on
this variable interest rate debt. We assume an increase in prime
rate of
0.25% in each of the years 2008 through 2009. Pursuant to the terms
of our
credit facility, proceeds (net of collateralized portion held by
our
credit facility) from the sale of PFMD and PFD facilities in January
2008
and March 2008, respectively, within our Industrial Segment facilities
were used to pay down our Term Loan, with any remaining proceeds
to be
used to pay down our Revolver. We anticipate a full repayment of
our Term
Loan by September 2008. In addition, we anticipate a full repayment
of our
Revolver by September 30, 2009. As result of the acquisition of our
new
Perma-Fix Northwest facility on June 13, 2007, we have entered into
a
promissory note for a principal amount $4.0 million to KeyBank National
Association which has variable interest rate of 1.125% over the prime
rate, and as such, we also have assumed an increase in prime rate
of 0.25%
through July 2009, when the note is
due.
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(3) |
Our
finite risk insurance policy provides financial assurance guarantees
to
the states in the event of unforeseen closure of our permitted facilities.
See Liquidity and Capital Resources – Investing activities earlier in
this Management’s Discussion and Analysis for further discussion on our
finite risk policy.
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(4) |
The
pension withdrawal liability is the estimated liability to us upon
termination of our union employees at our discontinued operation,
PFMI.
See Discontinued Operations earlier in this section for discussion
on our
discontinued operation.
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(5) |
The
environmental contingencies and related assumptions are discussed
further
in the Environmental Contingencies section of this Management’s Discussion
and Analysis, and are based on estimated cash flow spending for these
liabilities. The environmental contingencies noted are for Perma-Fix
of
Michigan, Inc., Perma-Fix of Memphis, Inc., and Perma-Fix of Dayton,
Inc.,
which are the financial obligations of the Company. The environmental
liability of PFD was retained by the Company upon the sale of PFD
in March
2008.
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(6) |
We
are not a party to any significant long-term service or supply contracts
with respect to our processes. We refrain from entering into any
long-term
purchase commitments in the ordinary course of
business.
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Critical
Accounting Estimates
In
preparing the consolidated financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, management
makes
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date
of
the financial statements, as well as, the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. We believe the following critical
accounting policies affect the more significant estimates used in preparation
of
the consolidated financial statements:
Revenue
Recognition Estimates. We
utilize a percentage of completion methodology for purposes of revenue
recognition in our Nuclear Segment. As we accept more complex waste streams
in
this segment, the treatment of those waste streams becomes more complicated
and
time consuming. We have continued to enhance our waste tracking capabilities
and
systems, which has enabled us to better match the revenue earned to the
processing phases achieved. The major processing phases are receipt,
treatment/processing and shipment/final disposition. Upon receiving mixed waste
we recognize a certain percentage (generally 33%) of revenue as we incur costs
for transportation, analytical and labor associated with the receipt of mixed
wastes. As the waste is processed, shipped and disposed of we recognize the
remaining 67% revenue and the associated costs of transportation and burial.
We
review and evaluate our revenue recognition estimates and policies on a
quarterly basis.
Allowance
for Doubtful Accounts.
The
carrying amount of accounts receivable is reduced by an allowance for doubtful
accounts, which is a valuation allowance that reflects management's best
estimate of the amounts that are uncollectible. We regularly review all accounts
receivable balances that exceed 60 days from the invoice date and based on
an
assessment of current credit worthiness, estimate the portion, if any, of the
balances that are uncollectible. Specific accounts that are deemed to be
uncollectible are reserved at 100% of their outstanding balance. The remaining
balances aged over 60 days have a percentage applied by aging category (5%
for
balances 61-90 days, 20% for balances 91-120 days and 40% for balances over
120
days aged), based on a historical valuation, that allows us to calculate the
total reserve required. This allowance was approximately 0.3% of revenue for
2007 and 1.0%, of accounts receivable for 2007. Additionally, this allowance
was
approximately 0.3% of revenue for 2006 and 1.7% of accounts receivable for
2006.
Intangible
Assets.
Intangible assets relating to acquired businesses consist primarily of the
cost
of purchased businesses in excess of the estimated fair value of net
identifiable assets acquired (“goodwill”) and the recognized permit value of the
business. We continually reevaluate the propriety of the carrying amount of
permits and goodwill to determine whether current events and circumstances
warrant adjustments to the carrying value. We test goodwill and permits,
separately, for impairment, annually as of October 1. Our annual impairment
test
as of October 1, 2007 and 2006 resulted in no impairment of goodwill and
permits. The methodology utilized in performing this test estimates the fair
value of our operating segments using a discounted cash flow valuation approach.
This approach is dependent on estimates for future sales, operating income,
working capital changes, and capital expenditures, as well as, expected growth
rates for cash flows and long-term interest rates, all of which are impacted
by
economic conditions related to our industry as well as conditions in the U.S.
capital markets.
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As
result
of classifying our Industrial Segment as discontinued operations in 2007, we
performed internal financial valuations on the intangible assets of the
Industrial Segment as a whole based on the LOIs and offers received to test
for
impairment as required by SFAS 142. We concluded that no intangible impairments
existed as of December 31, 2007.
Property
and Equipment
Property
and equipment expenditures are capitalized and depreciated using the
straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets for financial
statement purposes, while accelerated depreciation methods are principally
used
for income tax purposes. Generally, annual depreciation rates range from ten
to
forty years for buildings (including improvements and asset retirement costs)
and three to seven years for office furniture and equipment, vehicles, and
decontamination and processing equipment. Leasehold improvements are capitalized
and amortized over the lesser of the term of the lease or the life of the asset.
Maintenance and repairs are charged directly to expense as incurred. The cost
and accumulated depreciation of assets sold or retired are removed from the
respective accounts, and any gain or loss from sale or retirement is recognized
in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
In
accordance with Statement 144, “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-Lived Assets”, long-lived assets, such as property, plant and equipment,
and purchased intangible assets subject to amortization, are reviewed for
impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying amount of an asset may not be recoverable. Recoverability of assets
to
be held and used is measured by a comparison of the carrying amount of an asset
to estimated undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated by the
asset. If the carrying amount of an asset exceeds its estimated future cash
flows, an impairment charge is recognized in the amount by which the carrying
amount of the asset exceeds the fair value of the asset. Assets to be disposed
of would be separately presented in the balance sheet and reported at the lower
of the carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell, and are no longer
depreciated. The assets and liabilities of a disposal group classified as held
for sale would be presented separately in the appropriate asset and liability
sections of the balance sheet. In 2007, as result of the approved divestiture
of
our Industrial Segment by our Board of Directors in May 2007 and the subsequent
letters of intent entered and prospective interests received, we performed
updated financial valuations on the tangibles on the Industrial Segment to
test
for impairment as required by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 144,
“Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. Our analysis
included the comparison of the offered sale price less cost to sell to the
carrying value of the investment under each LOI separately in the Industrial
Segment. Based on our analysis, we concluded that the carrying value of the
tangible assets for Perma-Fix Dayton, Inc., Perma-Fix of Treatment Services,
Inc., Perma-Fix of Orlando, Inc., and Perma-Fix of South Georgia, Inc.
facilities exceeded its fair value, less cost to sell. Consequently, we recorded
$2,727,000, $1,804,000, $507,000 and $1,329,000, respectively, in tangible
asset
impairment loss for each of the facilities, which are included in “loss from
discontinued operations, net of taxes” on our Consolidated Statements of
Operations for the year ended December 31, 2007. We continue to review for
possible impairments of the assets of our Industrial Segment as events or
circumstances warrant; however, as of March 31, 2008, we determined no further
impairment of assets is required.
Accrued
Closure Costs.
Accrued
closure costs represent a contingent environmental liability to clean up a
facility in the event we cease operations in an existing facility. The accrued
closure costs are estimates based on guidelines developed by federal and/or
state regulatory authorities under Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(“RCRA”). Such costs are evaluated annually and adjusted for inflationary
factors and for approved changes or expansions to the facilities. Increases
due
to inflationary factors for 2008 and 2007, have been approximately 2.7%, and
2.9%, respectively, and based on the historical information, we do not expect
future inflationary changes to differ materially from the last three years.
Increases or decreases in accrued closure costs resulting from changes or
expansions at the facilities are determined based on specific RCRA guidelines
applied to the requested change. This calculation includes certain estimates,
such as disposal pricing, external labor, analytical costs and processing costs,
which are based on current market conditions. Except for the Michigan and
Pittsburgh facilities, we have no current intention to close any of our
facilities.
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Accrued
Environmental Liabilities.
We have
five remediation projects currently in progress within our discontinued
operations. The current and long-term accrual amounts for the projects are
our
best estimates based on proposed or approved processes for clean-up. The
circumstances that could affect the outcome range from new technologies that
are
being developed every day to reduce our overall costs, to increased
contamination levels that could arise as we complete remediation which could
increase our costs, neither of which we anticipate at this time. In addition,
significant changes in regulations could adversely or favorably affect our
costs
to remediate existing sites or potential future sites, which cannot be
reasonably quantified. Our environmental liabilities also included $391,000
in
accrued long-term environmental liability as of December 31, 2007 for our
Maryland facility acquired in March 2004. As previously discussed, in January
2008, we sold substantially all of the assets of the Maryland facility. In
connection with this sale, the buyer has assumed this liability, in addition
to
obligations and liabilities for environmental conditions at the Maryland
facility except for fines, assessments, or judgments to governmental authorities
prior to the closing of the transaction or third party tort claims existing
prior to the closing of the sale. In connection with the sale of our PFD
facility in March 2008, the Company has retained the environmental liability
of
the PFD facility. With the impending divestiture of our remaining Industrial
Segment facilities/operations, we anticipate the environmental liabilities
of
PFSG and PFTS will be part of the divestiture. The environmental liabilities
of
PFM and PFMI, along with the environmental liabilities of PFD as mentioned
above, will be the financial obligations of the Company.
Disposal/Transportation
Costs.
We
accrue for waste disposal based upon a physical count of the total waste at
each
facility at the end of each accounting period. Current market prices for
transportation and disposal costs are applied to the end of period waste
inventories to calculate the disposal accrual. Costs are calculated using
current costs for disposal, but economic trends could materially affect our
actual costs for disposal. As there are limited disposal sites available to
us,
a change in the number of available sites or an increase or decrease in demand
for the existing disposal areas could significantly affect the actual disposal
costs either positively or negatively.
Share-Based
Compensation. On
January 1, 2006, we adopted Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”)
Statement No. 123 (revised) (“SFAS 123R”), Share-Based
Payment,
a
revision of FASB Statement No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation,
superseding APB Opinion No. 25, Accounting
for Stock Issued to Employees, and
its
related implementation guidance. This Statement establishes
accounting standards for entity exchanges of equity instruments for goods or
services. It also addresses transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities
in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the
entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those
equity instruments. SFAS 123R
requires all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee
stock options, to be recognized in the income statement based on their fair
values. Pro forma disclosure is no longer an alternative upon adopting SFAS
123R. We adopted SFAS 123R utilizing the modified prospective method in
which compensation cost is recognized beginning with the effective date based
on
SFAS 123R requirements for all (a) share-based payments granted after the
effective date and (b) awards granted to employees prior to the effective
date of SFAS 123R that remain unvested on the effective date. In accordance
with the modified prospective method, the consolidated financial statements
for
prior periods have not been restated to reflect, and do not include, the impact
of SFAS 123R.
Prior
to
our adoption of SFAS 123R, on
July 28, 2005, the Compensation and Stock Option Committee of the Board of
Directors approved the acceleration of vesting for all the outstanding and
unvested options to purchase Common Stock awarded to employees as of the
approval date. The Board of Directors approved the accelerated vesting of these
options based on the belief that it was in the best interest of our stockholders
to reduce future compensation expense that would otherwise be required in the
statement of operations upon adoption of SFAS 123R, effective beginning January
1, 2006. The accelerated vesting triggered the re-measurement of compensation
cost under current accounting standards.
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Pursuant
to the adoption of SFAS 123R, we recorded stock-based compensation expense
for
the director stock options granted prior to, but not yet vested, as of
January 1, 2006, using the fair value method required under SFAS 123R.
For the employee stock option grants on March 2, 2006 and May 15, 2006, and
the
director stock option grant on July 27, 2006 and August 2, 2007, we have
estimated compensation expense based on the fair value at grant date using
the
Black-Scholes valuation model and have recognized compensation expense using
a
straight-line amortization method over the vesting period. As SFAS 123R
requires that stock-based compensation expense be based on options that are
ultimately expected to vest, stock-based compensation for the March 2, 2006
grant has been reduced for estimated forfeitures at a rate of 7.7% for the
third
and final year of vesting on the March 2, 2006 grant. We estimated 0% forfeiture
rate for our March 15, 2006 employee option grant and director
stock option grants of July 27, 2006 and August 2, 2007.
When
estimating forfeitures, we considered trends of actual option
forfeitures.
We
calculated a fair value of $0.868 for each March 2, 2006 option grant on the
date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
assumptions:
no
dividend yield; an expected life of four years; expected volatility of 54.0%;
and a risk free interest rate of 4.70%. We calculated a fair value of $0.877
for
the May 15, 2006 option grant on the date of grant with the following
assumptions: no dividend yield; an expected life of four years; an expected
volatility of 54.6%; and a risk-free interest rate of 5.03%. No employee options
were granted 2005. We calculated a fair value of $1.742 for each July 27, 2006
director option grant on the date of the grant with the following assumptions:
no dividend yield; an expected life of ten years; an expected volatility of
73.31%; and a risk free interest rate of 4.98%. For
the
director option grant of August 2, 2007, we calculated a fair value of $2.30
for
each option grant with the following assumptions using the Black-Scholes option
pricing model: no dividend yield; an expected life of ten years; an expected
volatility of 67.60%; and a risk free interest rate of 4.77%.
Our
computation of expected volatility is based on historical volatility from our
traded common stock. Due to our change in the contractual term and vesting
period, we utilized the
simplified method, defined in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Staff
Accounting Bulletin No. 107, to calculate the expected term for our 2006 grants.
The
interest rate for periods within the contractual life of the award is based
on
the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant.
FIN
48
In
July
2006, the FASB issued FIN 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,
which
attempts to set out a consistent framework for preparers to use to determine
the
appropriate level of tax reserve to maintain for uncertain tax positions. This
interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109 uses a two-step approach wherein a
tax
benefit is recognized if a position is more-likely-than-not to be sustained.
The
amount of the benefit is then measured to be the highest tax benefit which
is
greater than 50% likely to be realized. FIN 48 also sets out disclosure
requirements to enhance transparency of an entity’s tax reserves. The Company
adopted this Interpretation as of January 1, 2007. The adoption of FIN 48 did
not have a material impact on our financial statements.
Known
Trends and Uncertainties
Seasonality.
Historically, we have experienced reduced activities and related billable hours
throughout the November and December holiday periods within our Engineering
Segment. The DOE and DOD represent major customers for the Nuclear Segment.
In
conjunction with the federal government’s September 30 fiscal year-end, the
Nuclear Segment historically experienced seasonably large shipments during
the
third quarter, leading up to this government fiscal year-end, as a result of
incentives and other quota requirements. Correspondingly for a period of
approximately three months following September 30, the Nuclear Segment is
generally seasonably slow, as the government budgets are still being finalized,
planning for the new year is occurring and we enter the holiday season. Since
2005, due to our efforts to work with the various government customers to smooth
these shipments more evenly throughout the year, we have seen smaller
fluctuation in the quarters. Although we have seen smaller fluctuation in the
quarters in recent years, as government spending is contingent upon its annual
budget and allocation of funding, we cannot provide assurance that we will
not
have larger fluctuations in the quarters in the near future.
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Economic
Conditions. With
much
of our Nuclear Segment customer base being government or prime contractors
treating government waste, economic upturns or downturns do not usually have
a
significant impact on the demand for our services. Our Engineering Segment
relies more on commercial customers though this segment makes up a very small
percentage of our revenue.
Significant
Customers.
Our
revenues are principally derived from numerous and varied customers. However,
we
have a significant relationship with the federal government, and have continued
to enter into contracts with (directly or indirectly as a subcontractor) the
federal government. The contracts that we are a party to with the federal
government or with others as a subcontractor to the federal government generally
provide that the government may terminate on 30 days notice or renegotiate
the
contracts, at the government's election. Our inability to continue under
existing contracts that we have with the federal government (directly or
indirectly as a subcontractor) could have a material adverse effect on our
operations and financial condition.
We
performed services relating to waste generated by the federal government, either
directly or indirectly as a subcontractor (including LATA/Parallax and Fluor
Hanford as discussed below) to the federal government, representing
approximately $8,101,000 (includes approximately $3,055,000 from PFNWR facility)
or 54.4% of our total revenue from continuing operations during the three months
ended March 31, 2008, as compared to $6,885,000 or 53.3% of our total revenue
from continuing operations during the corresponding period of 2007.
Included
in the amounts discussed above, are revenues from LATA/Parallax Portsmouth
LLC
(“LATA/Parallax”). LATA/Parallax is a manager for environmental programs for the
Department of Energy (“DOE”). Our revenues from LATA/Parallax, as a
subcontractor to perform remediation services at the Portsmouth site,
contributed $1,552,000 or 10.4% and $1,954,000 or 15.1% of our revenues from
continuing operations for three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007,
respectively. Our contract with LATA/Parallax is expected to be completed in
2008. As with most contracts relating to the federal government, LATA/Parallax
can terminate the contract with us at any time for convenience, which could
have
a material adverse effect on our operations.
Our
Nuclear Segment has provided treatment of mixed low-level waste, as a
subcontractor, for Fluor Hanford since 2004. However, with the acquisition
of
our PFNWR facility, we now have a significant relationship with Fluor Hanford,
a
prime contractor to the DOE since 1996. Fluor Hanford manages several major
activities at the DOE’s Hanford Site, including dismantling former nuclear
processing facilities, monitoring and cleaning up the site’s contaminated
groundwater, and retrieving and processing transuranic waste for off-site
shipment. The Hanford site is one of DOE’s largest nuclear weapon environmental
remediation projects. Our PFNWR facility is located adjacent to the Hanford
site
and provides treatment of low level radioactive and mixed wastes. We currently
have three contracts with Fluor Hanford at our PFNWR facility, with the initial
contract dating back to 2003. These three contracts have is expected to be
completed in 2008. As the DOE is currently in the process of re-bidding its
contracts with current prime contractors, our future revenue beyond 2008 from
Fluor Hanford is uncertain at this time. Revenues from Fluor Hanford totaled
$1,766,000 (approximately $998,000 from PFNWR) or 11.9% and $1,511,000 or 11.7%
of consolidated revenue from continuing operations for the year three months
ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively. As with most contracts relating
to
the federal government, Fluor Hanford can terminate the contracts with us at
any
time for convenience, which could have a material adverse effect on our
operations.
Insurance.
We
maintain insurance coverage similar to, or greater than, the coverage maintained
by other companies of the same size and industry, which complies with the
requirements under applicable environmental laws. We evaluate our insurance
policies annually to determine adequacy, cost effectiveness and desired
deductible levels. Due to the downturn in the economy and changes within the
environmental insurance market, we have no guarantee that we will be able to
obtain similar insurance in future years, or that the cost of such insurance
will not increase materially.
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Environmental
Contingencies
We
are
engaged in the waste management services segment of the pollution control
industry. As a participant in the on-site treatment, storage and disposal market
and the off-site treatment and services market, we are subject to rigorous
federal, state and local regulations. These regulations mandate strict
compliance and therefore are a cost and concern to us. Because of their integral
role in providing quality environmental services, we make every reasonable
attempt to maintain complete compliance with these regulations; however, even
with a diligent commitment, we, along with many of our competitors, may be
required to pay fines for violations or investigate and potentially remediate
our waste management facilities.
We
routinely use third party disposal companies, who ultimately destroy or secure
landfill residual materials generated at our facilities or at a client's site.
Compared with certain of our competitors, we dispose of significantly less
hazardous or industrial by-products from our operations due to rendering
material non-hazardous, discharging treated wastewaters to publicly-owned
treatment works and/or processing wastes into saleable products. In the past,
numerous third party disposal sites have improperly managed wastes and
consequently require remedial action; consequently, any party utilizing these
sites may be liable for some or all of the remedial costs. Despite our
aggressive compliance and auditing procedures for disposal of wastes, we could,
in the future, be notified that we are a Partially Responsible Party (“PRP”) at
a remedial action site, which could have a material adverse effect.
We
have
budgeted for 2008, $1,168,000 in environmental remediation expenditures to
comply with federal, state and local regulations in connection with remediation
of certain contaminates at our facilities. Our facilities where the remediation
expenditures will be made are the Leased Property in Dayton, Ohio (EPS), a
former RCRA storage facility as operated by the former owners of PFD, PFM's
facility in Memphis, Tennessee, PFSG's facility in Valdosta, Georgia, PFTS's
facility in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and PFMI's facility in Detroit, Michigan. The
environmental liability of PFD, as it relates to the leased property, was
retained by the Company upon the sale of PFD in March 2008. With the impending
divestiture of our remaining Industrial Segment facilities/operations, we
anticipate the environmental liabilities of PFSG and PFTS will be part of the
divestiture with the exception of PFM and PFMI, which will remain the financial
obligations of the Company. While no assurances can be made that we will be
able
to do so, we expect to fund the expenses to remediate these sites from funds
generated internally.
At
March
31, 2008, we had total accrued environmental remediation liabilities of
$2,374,000 of which $819,000 is recorded as a current liability, which reflects
a decrease of $499,000 from the December 31, 2007, balance of $2,873,000. The
decrease represents payments on remediation projects in addition to
approximately $391,000 in environmental reserve which was assumed by the buyer
upon the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFMD in January 2008. In
connection with this sale, the buyer assumed all obligations and liabilities
for
environmental conditions at the Maryland facility except for fines, assessments,
or judgments to governmental authorities prior to the closing of the transaction
or third party tort claims existing prior to the closing of the sale. The March
31, 2008, current and long-term accrued environmental balance is recorded as
follows:
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Current
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Long-term
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Accrual
|
Accrual
|
Total
|
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PFD
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$
|
197,000
|
$
|
505,000
|
$
|
702,000
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PFM
|
209,000
|
225,000
|
434,000
|
|||||||
PFSG
|
116,000
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522,000
|
638,000
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PFTS
|
7,000
|
30,000
|
37,000
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|||||||
PFMI
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290,000
|
273,000
|
563,000
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Total
Liability
|
$
|
819,000
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$
|
1,555,000
|
$
|
2,374,000
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Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), “Fair Value
Measurements”. SFAS 157 simplifies and codifies guidance on fair value
measurements under generally accepted accounting principles. This standard
defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and
prescribes expanded disclosures about fair value measurements. In February
2008,
the FASB issued FASB Staff Position No. 157-2, “Effective Date of FASB Statement
No. 157” (“FSP FAS 157-2”), which delays the effective date of SFAS 157 for
certain non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities. SFAS 157 is
effective for financial assets and liabilities in fiscal years beginning after
November 15, 2007 and for non-financial assets and liabilities in fiscal
years beginning after March 15, 2008. We have evaluated the impact of the
provisions applicable to our financial assets and liabilities and have
determined that there is no current impact on our financial condition, results
of operations and cash flow. The aspects that have been deferred by FSP FAS
157-2 pertaining to non-financial assets and non-financial liabilities will
be
effective for us beginning January 1, 2009. We are currently evaluating the
impact of SFAS 157 for non-financial assets and liabilities on the Company’s
financial position and results of operations.
In
February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial
Assets and Financial Liabilities”. SFAS 159 permits entities to choose to
measure many financial instruments and certain other items at fair value. The
objective is to improve financial reporting by providing entities with the
opportunities to mitigate volatility in reported earnings caused by measuring
related assets and liabilities differently without having to apply complex
hedge
accounting provisions. SFAS 159 is expected to expand the use of fair value
measurement, which is consistent with the Board’s long-term measurement
objectives for accounting for financial instruments. SFAS 159 is effective
as of
the beginning of an entity’s first fiscal year that begins after November 15,
2007. If the fair value option is elected, the effect of the first
re-measurement to fair value is reported as a cumulative effect adjustment
to
the opening balance of retained earnings. In the event the Company elects the
fair value option pursuant to this standard, the valuations of certain assets
and liabilities may be impacted. This statement is applied prospectively upon
adoption. We have evaluated the impact of the provisions of SFAS 159 and have
determined that there will not be a material impact on our consolidated
financial statements.
In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 141R, Business
Combinations.
SFAS
No. 141R establishes principles and requirements for how the acquirer of a
business recognizes and measures in its financial statements the identifiable
assets acquired, the liabilities assumed, and any noncontrolling interest in
the
acquiree. The statement also provides guidance for recognizing and measuring
the
goodwill acquired in the business combination and determines what information
to
disclose to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the nature
and
financial effects of the business combination. SFAS No. 141R is effective for
financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008.
Accordingly, any business combinations the Company engages in will be recorded
and disclosed following existing GAAP until December 31, 2008. The Company
expects SFAS No. 141R will have an impact on its consolidated financial
statements when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects
will depend upon the nature, terms and size of acquisitions it consummates
after
the effect date. The Company is still assessing the impact of this standard
on
its future consolidated financial statements.
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In
December 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 160, Noncontrolling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements, an amendment of ARB
51.
SFAS
No. 160 changes the accounting and reporting for minority interest. Minority
interest will be recharacterized as noncontrolling interest and will be reported
as a component of equity separate from the parent’s equity, and purchases or
sales of equity interest that do not result in a change in control will be
accounted for as equity transactions. In addition, net income attributable
to
the noncontrolling interest will be included in consolidated net income on
the
face of the income statement and upon a loss of control, the interest sold,
as
well as any interest retained, will be recorded at fair value with any gain
or
loss recognized in earnings. SFAS No. 160 is effective for financial statements
issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2008, and interim period
within those fiscal years, except for the presentation and disclosure
requirements, which will apply retrospectively. This standard is not expected
to
have a material impact on the Company’s future consolidated financial
statements.
In
December 2007, the SEC issued SAB No. 110, which expressed the views of the
staff regarding the use of a “simplified” method, as discussed in SAB No. 107,
in developing an estimate of expected term of “plain vanilla” share options in
accordance with SFAS No. 123R, Share-Based
Payment. In
particular, the staff indicated in SAB No. 107 that it will accept a company’s
election to use the simplified method, regardless of whether the Company has
sufficient information to make more refined estimates of expected term. At
the
time SAB No. 107 was issued, the staff believed that more detailed external
information about employee exercise behavior would, over time, become readily
available to companies. Therefore, the SEC staff stated in SAB No. 107 that
it
would not expect a company to use the simplified method for share option grants
after December 31, 2007. The staff understands that such detailed information
about employee exercise behavior may not be widely available by December 31,
2007. Accordingly, SAB No. 110 states that the staff will continue to accept,
under certain circumstances, the use of the simplified method beyond December
31, 2007. The Company does not expect the adoption of SAB No. 110 to have
material effect on its operations or financial position.
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PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
PART
I, ITEM 3
For
the
three months ended March 31, 2008, we were exposed to certain market risks
arising from adverse changes in interest rates, primarily due to the potential
effect of such changes on our variable rate loan arrangements with PNC and
variable rate promissory note agreement with KeyBank National Association.
The
interest rates payable to PNC and KeyBank National Association are based on
a
spread over prime rate. If
our
floating rates of interest experienced an upward increase of 1%, our debt
service would have increased by approximately
$26,000
for the year three months ended March 31, 2008. As of March 31, 2008, we had
no
interest swap agreements outstanding.
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PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONTROLS
AND PROCEDURES
PART
1, ITEM 4
(a)
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Evaluation
of disclosure controls, and procedures.
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We
maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to
ensure
that information required to be disclosed in our periodic reports
filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") is recorded,
processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified
in
the rules and forms of the SEC and that such information is accumulated
and communicated to our management. Based on their most recent evaluation,
which was completed as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q, we have evaluated, with the participation of
our
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer the effectiveness
of
our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15
and
15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) and believe
that such are not effective, as a result of the identified material
weakness in our internal control over financial reporting as set
forth
below (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)):
The
monitoring of pricing, invoicing, and the corresponding inventory
for
transportation and disposal process controls at certain facilities
within
the Company's Industrial Segment were ineffective and were not being
applied consistently. This weakness could result in sales being priced
and
invoiced at amounts, which were not approved by the customer or the
appropriate level of management, and inaccurate corresponding
transportation and disposal expense. Although this material weakness
did
not result in an adjustment to the quarterly or annual financial
statements, if not corrected, it has a reasonable possibility that
a
misstatement of the company's annual or interim financial statements
will
not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
We
completed the sale of our PFMD and PFD facilities within our Industrial
Segment in January 2008 and March 2008, respectively. We currently
have
interested parties and are negotiating to sell certain of the remaining
facilities/operations within our Industrial Segment. We believe the
material weakness as set forth above will inherently be remediated
once
the remaining facilities/operations within our Industrial Segment
are
sold. Furthermore, we are in the process of developing a formal
remediation plan for the Audit Committee’s review and
approval.
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(b)
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Changes
in internal control over financial reporting.
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There
have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting
in
the quarter ended March 31,
2008.
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PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
PART
II – Other
Information
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
|
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There
are no additional material legal proceedings pending against us and/or
our
subsidiaries not previously reported by us in Item 3 of our Form
10-K/A
for the year ended December 31, 2007, which is incorporated herein
by
reference. In addition, there has been no material developments with
regards to the proceedings as previously disclosed in our Form 10-K/A
for
the year ended December 31, 2007.
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
|
|
There
has been no material change from the risk factors previously disclosed
in
our Form 10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2007.
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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(a)
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Exhibits
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31.1
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Certification
by Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Chief Executive Officer of the Company
pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).
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31.2
|
Certification
by Steven T. Baughman, Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant
to
Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).
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32.1
|
Certification
by Dr. Louis F. Centofanti, Chief Executive Officer of the Company
furnished pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.
|
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32.2
|
Certification
by Steven T. Baughman, Chief Financial Officer of the Company furnished
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section
1350.
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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, hereunto
duly authorized.
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
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Date:
May 12, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Dr. Louis F. Centofanti
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Dr.
Louis F. Centofanti
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Chairman
of the Board
|
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Date:
May 12, 2008
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By:
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/s/
Steven Baughman
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Steven
T. Baughman
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Chief
Financial Officer
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