PERMA FIX ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES INC - Quarter Report: 2009 June (Form 10-Q)
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
Form
10-Q
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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 June 30,
2009
Or
¨
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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
___________________
Commission
File No.
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111596
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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)
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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 ¨
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on
its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be
submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this
chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Yes £ No
£
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an
accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting
company. See 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 ¨
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.
Class
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Outstanding at August 3,
2009
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Common Stock, $.001 Par
Value
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54,243,704
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shares of registrant’s
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Common
Stock
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PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
INDEX
Page No.
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PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION | ||
Item
1.
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Condensed
Financial Statements
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets –
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June
30, 2009 (unaudited) and December 31, 2008
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1
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations -
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Three
and Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
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3
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows -
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Six
Months Ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (unaudited)
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4
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Consolidated
Statement of Stockholders' Equity -
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Six
Months Ended June 30, 2009 (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
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Financial
Condition and Results of Operations
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25
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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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51
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Item
4.
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Controls
and Procedures
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52
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION | ||
Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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54
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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54
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Item
2.
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Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
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54
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Item
4.
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Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
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55
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Item
6.
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Exhibits
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56
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PART
I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM
1. - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
June 30,
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2009
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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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2008
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
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$ | 59 | $ | 129 | ||||
Restricted
cash
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55 | 55 | ||||||
Accounts receivable, net of
allowance for doubtful
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accounts of $516 and $333,
respectively
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13,037 | 13,416 | ||||||
Unbilled receivables -
current
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10,947 | 13,104 | ||||||
Inventories
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259 | 344 | ||||||
Prepaid and other
assets
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2,283 | 2,565 | ||||||
Current assets related to
discontinued operations
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73 | 110 | ||||||
Total current
assets
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26,713 | 29,723 | ||||||
Property and
equipment:
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Buildings and
land
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26,718 | 24,726 | ||||||
Equipment
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31,549 | 31,315 | ||||||
Vehicles
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628 | 637 | ||||||
Leasehold
improvements
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11,455 | 11,455 | ||||||
Office furniture and
equipment
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1,917 | 1,904 | ||||||
Construction-in-progress
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1,466 | 1,159 | ||||||
73,733 | 71,196 | |||||||
Less accumulated depreciation and
amortization
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(26,125 | ) | (23,762 | ) | ||||
Net property and
equipment
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47,608 | 47,434 | ||||||
Property and equipment related to
discontinued operations
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651 | 651 | ||||||
Intangibles and other long term
assets:
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Permits
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17,295 | 17,125 | ||||||
Goodwill
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12,054 | 11,320 | ||||||
Unbilled receivables –
non-current
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3,119 | 3,858 | ||||||
Finite Risk Sinking
Fund
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14,083 | 11,345 | ||||||
Other
assets
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2,327 | 2,256 | ||||||
Total
assets
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$ | 123,850 | $ | 123,712 |
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
1
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS, CONTINUED
June 30,
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2009
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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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2008
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS'
EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Accounts
payable
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$ | 7,483 | $ | 11,076 | ||||
Current environmental
accrual
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199 | 186 | ||||||
Accrued
expenses
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6,187 | 8,896 | ||||||
Disposal/transportation
accrual
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4,337 | 5,847 | ||||||
Unearned
revenue
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3,995 | 4,371 | ||||||
Current liabilities related to
discontinued operations
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1,391 | 1,211 | ||||||
Current portion of long-term
debt
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3,056 | 2,022 | ||||||
Total current
liabilities
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26,648 | 33,609 | ||||||
Environmental
accruals
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511 | 620 | ||||||
Accrued
closure costs
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12,131 | 10,141 | ||||||
Other
long-term liabilities
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476 | 457 | ||||||
Long-term
liabilities related to discontinued operations
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1,138 | 1,783 | ||||||
Long-term
debt, less current portion
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17,707 | 14,181 | ||||||
Total
long-term liabilities
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31,963 | 27,182 | ||||||
Total
liabilities
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58,611 | 60,791 | ||||||
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 | 1,285 | ||||||
Stockholders'
equity:
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Preferred Stock, $.001 par value;
2,000,000 shares authorized,
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no shares issued and
outstanding
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¾ | ¾ | ||||||
Common Stock, $.001 par value;
75,000,000 shares authorized,
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54,219,324 and 53,934,560 shares
issued and outstanding, respectively
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54 | 54 | ||||||
Additional paid-in
capital
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98,400 | 97,381 | ||||||
Accumulated
deficit
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(34,500 | ) | (35,799 | ) | ||||
Total stockholders'
equity
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63,954 | 61,636 | ||||||
Total liabilities and
stockholders' equity
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$ | 123,850 | $ | 123,712 |
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
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Six Months Ended
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June 30,
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June 30,
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(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Per Share Amounts)
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Net
revenues
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$ | 23,698 | $ | 18,502 | $ | 45,700 | $ | 35,972 | ||||||||
Cost of goods
sold
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17,673 | 12,628 | 34,587 | 25,651 | ||||||||||||
Gross
profit
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6,025 | 5,874 | 11,113 | 10,321 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and
administrative expenses
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4,465 | 4,596 | 8,805 | 9,056 | ||||||||||||
Loss (gain) on disposal of
property and equipment
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¾ | 141 | (12 | ) | 141 | |||||||||||
Income from
operations
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1,560 | 1,137 | 2,320 | 1,124 | ||||||||||||
Other income
(expense):
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Interest
income
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41 | 49 | 93 | 117 | ||||||||||||
Interest
expense
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(468 | ) | (367 | ) | (1,015 | ) | (738 | ) | ||||||||
Interest expense-financing
fees
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(63 | ) | (57 | ) | (76 | ) | (110 | ) | ||||||||
Other
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9 | (12 | ) | 10 | (6 | ) | ||||||||||
Income from continuing operations
before taxes
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1,079 | 750 | 1,332 | 387 | ||||||||||||
Income tax
expense
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91 | 17 | 100 | 16 | ||||||||||||
Income from continuing
operations
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988 | 733 | 1,232 | 371 | ||||||||||||
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations, net of taxes
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(237 | ) | (383 | ) | 67 | (1,060 | ) | |||||||||
Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations, net of taxes
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¾ | 108 | ¾ | 2,216 | ||||||||||||
Net income applicable to Common
Stockholders
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$ | 751 | $ | 458 | $ | 1,299 | $ | 1,527 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) per common share
– basic
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Continuing
operations
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$ | .02 | $ | .02 | $ | .02 | $ | .01 | ||||||||
Discontinued
operations
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(.01 | ) | (.01 | ) | ¾ | (.02 | ) | |||||||||
Disposal of discontinued
operations
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¾ | ¾ | ¾ | .04 | ||||||||||||
Net income per common
share
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$ | .01 | $ | .01 | $ | .02 | $ | .03 | ||||||||
Net income (loss) per common share
– diluted
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Continuing
operations
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$ | .02 | $ | .02 | $ | .02 | $ | .01 | ||||||||
Discontinued
operations
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(.01 | ) | (.01 | ) | ¾ | (.02 | ) | |||||||||
Disposal of discontinued
operations
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¾ | ¾ | ¾ | .04 | ||||||||||||
Net income per common
share
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$ | .01 | $ | .01 | $ | .02 | $ | .03 | ||||||||
Number
of common shares used in computing
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net
income (loss) per share:
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Basic
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54,124 | 53,729 | 54,054 | 53,717 | ||||||||||||
Diluted
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54,537 | 54,173 | 54,189 | 54,035 |
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
3
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended
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June 30,
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(Amounts in Thousands)
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2009
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2008
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Cash flows from operating
activities:
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Net income
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$ | 1,299 | $ | 1,527 | ||||
Less: Income on discontinued
operations
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67 | 1,156 | ||||||
Income from continuing
operations
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1,232 | 371 | ||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net
income to cash provided by operations:
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Depreciation and
amortization
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2,381 | 2,238 | ||||||
Non-cash financing
costs
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49 | ― | ||||||
Provision for bad debt and other
reserves
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212 | 3 | ||||||
(Gain) loss on disposal of plant,
property and equipment
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(12 | ) | 141 | |||||
Issuance of common stock for
services
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129 | 28 | ||||||
Share based
compensation
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224 | 184 | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and
liabilities of continuing operations, net of
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effect from business
acquisitions:
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Accounts
receivable
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168 | 4,197 | ||||||
Unbilled
receivables
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2,896 | 1,354 | ||||||
Prepaid expenses, inventories and
other assets
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297 | 1,874 | ||||||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses
and unearned revenue
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(9,167 | ) | (3,639 | ) | ||||
Cash (used in) provided by
continuing operations
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(1,591 | ) | 6,751 | |||||
Cash used in discontinued
operations
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(371 | ) | (3,023 | ) | ||||
Cash (used in) provided by
operating activities
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(1,962 | ) | 3,728 | |||||
Cash flows from investing
activities:
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Purchases of property and
equipment
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(552 | ) | (611 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of plant,
property and equipment
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12 | 27 | ||||||
Payment to finite risk sinking
fund
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(2,738 | ) | (2,757 | ) | ||||
Cash used for acquisition
considerations, net of cash acquired
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― | (14 | ) | |||||
Cash used in investing activities
of continuing operations
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(3,278 | ) | (3,355 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from sale of discontinued
operations
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― | 7,131 | ||||||
Cash provided by discontinued
operations
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11 | 42 | ||||||
Net cash (used in) provided by
investing activities
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(3,267 | ) | 3,818 | |||||
Cash flows from financing
activities:
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Net borrowing (repayments) of
revolving credit
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3,691 | (1,435 | ) | |||||
Principal repayments of long term
debt
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(1,514 | ) | (6,052 | ) | ||||
Proceeds from issuance of long
term debt
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2,982 | ― | ||||||
Proceeds from issuance of
stock
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― | 95 | ||||||
Repayment of stock subscription
receivable
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― | 25 | ||||||
Cash provided by (used in)
financing activities of continuing operations
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5,159 | (7,367 | ) | |||||
Principal repayment of long-term
debt for discontinued operations
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― | (238 | ) | |||||
Cash provided by (used in)
financing activities
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5,159 | (7,605 | ) | |||||
Decrease in
cash
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(70 | ) | (59 | ) | ||||
Cash at beginning of
period
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129 | 118 | ||||||
Cash at end of
period
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$ | 59 | $ | 59 | ||||
Supplemental
disclosure:
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Interest paid, net of amounts
capitalized
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$ | 3,628 | $ | 768 | ||||
Income taxes
paid
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57 | 3 | ||||||
Non-cash investing and financing
activities:
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Long-term debt incurred for
purchase of property and equipment
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― | ― | ||||||
Issuance of Common Stock for
debt
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476 | ― | ||||||
Issuance of Warrants for
debt
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190 | ― |
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 six months ended June 30, 2009)
(Amounts in thousands,
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Common Stock
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Additional
Paid-In
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Accumulated
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Total
Stockholders'
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except for share
amounts)
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Shares
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Amount
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Capital
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Deficit
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Equity
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Balance at December 31,
2008
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53,934,560 | $ | 54 | $ | 97,381 | $ | (35,799 | ) | $ | 61,636 | ||||||||||
Net income
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¾ | ¾ | ¾ | 1,299 | 1,299 | |||||||||||||||
Issuance of Common Stock for
debt
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200,000 | ¾ | 476 | ¾ | 476 | |||||||||||||||
Issuance of Warrants for
debt
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¾ | ¾ | 190 | ¾ | 190 | |||||||||||||||
Issuance of Common Stock for
services
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84,764 | ¾ | 129 | ¾ | 129 | |||||||||||||||
Share Based
Compensation
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¾ | ¾ | 224 | ¾ | 224 | |||||||||||||||
Balance at June 30,
2009
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54,219,324 | $ | 54 | $ | 98,400 | $ | (34,500 | ) | $ | 63,954 |
The accompanying notes are an integral
part of these consolidated financial statements.
5
PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
June
30, 2009
(Unaudited)
Reference
is made herein to the notes to consolidated financial statements included in our
Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
1.
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Basis of
Presentation
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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
(“SEC”). 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 six months ended June 30, 2009, are not
necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the fiscal year ending
December 31, 2009.
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 for the year ended December 31,
2008.
As
previously disclosed, in May 2007, as result of the Company’s decision to divest
the facilities within our Industrial Segment, our Industrial Segment facilities
were reclassified in the second quarter of 2007 (with the exception of Perma-Fix
of Michigan, Inc. (“PFMI”) and Perma-Fix of Pittsburgh, Inc. (“PFP”), two
non-operational facilities which were already reclassified as discontinued
operations in 2004 and 2005, respectively) as discontinued operations, in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, “Accounting
for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets” (“SFAS No.
144”). In 2008, we sold substantially all of the assets of Perma-Fix
of Maryland, Inc. (“PFMD”), Perma-Fix of Dayton, Inc. (“PFD”), and Perma-Fix
Treatment Services, Inc. (“PFTS”) within our Industrial Segment on January 8,
2008, March 14, 2008, and May 30, 2008, respectively. The respective
buyer of each facility’s assets also assumed certain liabilities/obligations of
the facility (see “ – Discontinued Operations and Divestitures” in this section
for accounting treatment of the divested facilities). In September
2008, the Company’s Board of Directors approved the retention of Perma-Fix of
Fort Lauderdale, Inc. (“PFFL”), Perma-Fix of Orlando, Inc. (“PFO”), and
Perma-Fix of South Georgia, Inc. (“PFSG”) within our Industrial
Segment. As the result of this decision and in accordance with SFAS
No. 144, the accompanying condensed financial statements have been restated for
all periods presented to reflect the reclassification of these three facilities
back into our continuing operations.
The
Company evaluated subsequent events through the time of filing this Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q on August 7, 2009. We are not aware of any
significant events that occurred subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior
to the filing of this report that would have a material impact on our Condensed
Consolidated Financial Statements.
2.
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Summary of Significant
Accounting Policies
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Our
accounting policies are as set forth in the notes to consolidated financial
statements referred to above.
6
Recently
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In
April 2009, the Financial Accounting Standard Board (“FASB”) issued three
related FASB Staff Positions (“FSPs”) intended to provide additional application
guidance and enhanced disclosures regarding fair value measurement and
other-than-temporary impairments of securities.
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·
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FSP
FAS 157-4, “Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of Activity
for the Asset or Liability have Significantly Decreased and Identifying
Transactions That Are Not Orderly” (“FSP FAS 157-4”), provides guidance
for making fair value measurements more consistent with the principles
presented in FASB Statement No, 157, “Fair Value
Measurement”. FSP FAS 157-4 must be applied prospectively and
retrospective application is not permitted. FSP FAS 157-4 is
effective for interim and annual periods ending after June 15, 2009, with
early adoption permitted for periods ending after March 15,
2009. An entity adopting FSP FAS 157-4 early must also adopt
FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 early.
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·
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FSP
FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2, “Recognition and Presentation of
Other-Than-Temporary Impairments” (“FSP FAS 115-2 and FSP 124-2”),
provides additional guidance designed to create greater clarity and
consistency in accounting for and presenting impairment losses on debt
securities. FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2 is effective for
interim and annual period ending after June 15, 2009, with early adoption
permitted for periods ending after March 15, 2009. An entity
may adopt this FSP early only if it also elects to adopt FSP FAS 157-4
early.
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·
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FSP
FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1, “Interim Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial
Instruments” (“FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1”), enhances consistency in
financial reporting by increasing the frequency of fair value
disclosures. FSP FAS 107-1 and APB 28-1 is effective for
interim periods ending after June 15, 2009 with early adoption permitted
for periods ending after March 15, 2009. However, an entity may
adopt these interim fair value disclosure requirements early only if it
also elects to adopt FSP FAS 157-4 and FSP FAS 115-2 and FAS 124-2
early.
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The above
standards did not materially impact the Company’s financial position, results of
operations, or its disclosure requirements.
In May
2009, the FASB issued SFAS No. 165, “Subsequent Events” (“SFAS 165”), which
modifies the definition of what qualifies as a subsequent event, those events or
transactions that occur following the balance sheet date, but before the
financial statements are issued, or are available to be issued, and requires
companies to disclose the date through which it has evaluated subsequent events
and the basis for determining that date. This standard is effective
for interim and annual financial period ending after June 15,
2009. This standard did not have a material effect on our results of
operations or financial position.
Recently Issue Accounting
Standards
In
April 2009, the FASB issued FSP No. 141R-1 “Accounting for Assets
Acquired and Liabilities Assumed in a Business Combination That Arise from
Contingencies” (“FSP 141R-1”). FSP 141R-1 amends the provisions in
Statement 141R for the initial recognition and measurement, subsequent
measurement and accounting, and disclosures for assets and liabilities arising
from contingencies in business combinations. FSP 141R-1 eliminates
the distinction between contractual and non-contractual contingencies, including
the initial recognition and measurement criteria in Statement 141R and instead
carries forward most of the provisions in SFAS 141 for acquired
contingencies. FSP 141R-1 is effective for contingent assets and
contingent liabilities acquired in business combinations for which the
acquisition date is on or after the beginning of the first annual reporting
period beginning on or after December 15, 2008. The Company
expects FSP 141R-1 may have an impact on its consolidated financial statements
when effective, but the nature and magnitude of the specific effects will depend
upon the nature, term and size of the acquired contingencies.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 166, “Accounting for Transfers of Financial
Assets, an amendment to SFAS
No. 140” (“SFAS
166”). SFAS 166 eliminates the concept of a
“qualifying special-purpose entity,” changes the requirements for derecognizing
financial assets, and requires additional disclosures in order to enhance
information reported to users of financial statements by providing greater
transparency about transfers of financial assets, including securitization
transactions, and an entity’s continuing involvement in and exposure to the
risks related to transferred financial assets. SFAS 166 is effective for fiscal years
beginning after November 15, 2009. The Company does not expect SFAS 166 to materially
impact its operations or financial position.
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In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS No.
167, “Amendments to FASB Interpretation No.
46(R)” (“SFAS 167”). The
amendments include: (1) the elimination of the exemption for qualifying special
purpose entities, (2) a new approach for determining who should consolidate a
variable-interest entity, and (3) changes to when it is necessary to reassess
who should consolidate a variable-interest entity. SFAS 167 is effective for the first
annual reporting period beginning after November 15, 2009 and for interim
periods within that first annual reporting period. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of
this standard on its consolidated financial position and results of
operations.
In June 2009, the FASB issued SFAS
No. 168, “The FASB Accounting Standards
Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles” (“SFAS 168”).
SFAS 168 replaces FASB Statement No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles”,
and establishes the FASB
Accounting Standards Codification TM (the “Codification”) as the source of authoritative
accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental
entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally
accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). SFAS 168 is effective for interim and
annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. The Company will begin to
use the new Codification beginning with the Form 10-Q for the
quarter ending September 30, 2009.
Reclassifications
Certain
prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform with the current period
presentation.
3.
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Stock Based
Compensation
|
We follow the provisions of
SFAS 123R, “Share-Based Payment “ (“SFAS 123R”), a revision of SFAS
No. 123, “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” (“SFAS 123”), 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.
The Company has certain stock option
plans under which it awards incentive and non-qualified stock options to
employees, officers, and outside directors. Stock options granted to
employees have either a ten year contractual term with one-fifth yearly vesting
over a five year period or a six year contractual term with one-third yearly
vesting over a three year period. Stock options granted to outside
directors have a ten year contractual term with vesting period of six
months. As of June 30, 2009, we had 2,913,347 employee stock options
outstanding, of which 1,777,847 are vested. The weighted average
exercise price of the 1,777,847 outstanding and fully vested employee stock
option is $1.85 with a remaining weighted contractual life of 2.56
years. Additionally, we had 630,000 outstanding and fully vested
director stock options with a weighted average exercise price and remaining
contractual life of $2.21 and 5.83 years, respectively.
The Company did not grant any stock
options for the quarter ended June 30, 2009 and the corresponding period of
2008. For the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company granted a
total of 145,000 Incentive Stock Options (“ISO”) to our Chief Financial Officer
(“CFO”) and certain employees of the Company which allows for the purchase of
145,000 shares of Common Stock from the Company’s 2004 Stock Option
Plan. The options granted were for a contractual term of six years
with vesting period over a three year period at one-third increments per
year. The exercise price of the options granted was $1.42 per share
which was based on our closing stock price on the date of grant. No
stock options were granted for the six months ended June 30,
2008.
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The Company estimates fair value of
stock options using the Black-Scholes valuation model. Assumptions
used to estimate the fair value of stock options granted include the exercise
price of the award, the expected term, the expected volatility of the Company’s
stock over the option’s expected term, the risk-free interest rate over the
option’s expected term, and the expected annual dividend yield. The
fair value of the options granted to our CFO and certain employees noted above
and the related assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing model used
to value the options granted as of June 30, 2009 were as
follows.
Employee Stock Options Granted
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as of June 30, 2009
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Weighted-average fair value per
share
|
$
|
1.42
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||
Risk -free interest rate
(1)
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2.07% -
2.40%
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Expected volatility of stock
(2)
|
59.16% -
60.38%
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Dividend
yield
|
None
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|||
Expected option life (3)
|
4.6 years - 5.8
years
|
(1) The risk-free interest rate is based on
the U.S. Treasury yield in effect at the grant date over the expected term of
the option.
(2) The expected volatility is based on
historical volatility from our traded Common Stock over the expected term of the
option.
(3) The expected option life is based on
historical exercises and post-vesting data.
The following table summarizes
stock-based compensation recognized for the three and six months ended June 30,
2009 and 2008 for our employee and director stock options.
Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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Stock Options
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June 30,
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June 30,
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2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
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Employee Stock
Options
|
$ | 89,000 | $ | 59,000 | $ | 194,000 | $ | 141,000 | ||||||||
Director Stock
Options
|
¾ | ¾ | 30,000 | 43,000 | ||||||||||||
Total
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$ | 89,000 | $ | 59,000 | $ | 224,000 | $ | 184,000 |
We recognized share based compensation
expense using a straight-line amortization method over the requisite period,
which is the vesting period of the stock option grant. SFAS 123R
requires that stock based compensation expense be based on options that are
ultimately expected to vest. SFAS 123R requires forfeitures to be
estimated at the time of grant and revised, if necessary, in subsequent periods
if actual forfeitures differ from those estimates. When actual
forfeitures vary from our estimates, we recognize the difference in compensation
expense in the period the actual forfeitures occur or when options
vest. We have generally estimated forfeiture rate based on historical
trends of actual forfeitures. As of June 30, 2009, we have
approximately $813,000 of total unrecognized compensation cost related to
unvested options, of which $178,000 is expected to be recognized in remaining
2009, $355,000 in 2010, $275,000 in 2011, and $5,000 in
2012.
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4.
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Capital Stock, Stock
Plans, and Warrants
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During
the six months ended June 30, 2009, No options were exercised. We
issued 84,764 shares of our Common Stock under our 2003 Outside Directors Stock
Plan to our outside directors as compensation for serving on our Board of
Directors, with 50,559 shares and 34,205 shares issued in the first and second
quarter of 2009, respectively. We pay each of our outside directors
$2,167 monthly in fees for serving as a member of our Board of
Directors. The Audit Committee Chairman receives an additional
monthly fee of $1,833 due to the position’s additional
responsibility. In addition, each board member is paid $1,000 for
each board meeting attended as well as $500 for each telephonic conference
call. As a member of the Board of Directors, each director elects to
receive either 65% or 100% of the director’s fee in shares of our Common Stock
based on 75% of the fair market value of our Common Stock determined on the
business day immediately preceding the date that the quarterly fee is
due. The balance of each director’s fee, if any, is payable in
cash.
The summary of the Company’s total Plans
as of June 30, 2009 as compared to June 30, 2008, 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,
2009
|
3,417,347 | $ | 2.03 | |||||||||||||
Granted
|
145,000 | 1.42 | ||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
–
|
– | $ | – | ||||||||||||
Forfeited
|
(19,000 | ) | 1.38 | |||||||||||||
Options outstanding End of Period
(1)
|
3,543,347 | 2.01 | 4.0 | $ | 1,524,369 | |||||||||||
Options Exercisable at June 30,
2009 (1)
|
2,407,847 | $ | 1.95 | 3.4 | $ | 1,209,349 | ||||||||||
Options Vested and expected to be
vested at June 30, 2009
|
3,501,989 | $ | 1.95 | 4.0 | $ | 1,518,579 |
Shares
|
Weighted
Average
Exercise
Price
|
Weighted
Average
Remaining
Contractual
Term
|
Aggregate
Intrinsic
Value
|
|||||||||||||
Options outstanding Janury 1,
2008
|
2,590,026 | $ | 1.91 | |||||||||||||
Granted
|
–
|
–
|
||||||||||||||
Exercised
|
(58,334 | ) | 1.64 | $ | 46,167 | |||||||||||
Forfeited
|
(76,834 | ) | 1.78 | |||||||||||||
Options outstanding End of Period
(2)
|
2,454,858 | 1.92 | 4.1 | $ | 2,384,309 | |||||||||||
Options Exercisable at June 30,
2008 (2)
|
2,190,858 | $ | 1.93 | 4.2 | $ | 2,112,056 | ||||||||||
Options Vested and expected to be
vested at June 30, 2008
|
2,437,097 | $ | 1.92 | 4.1 | $ | 2,366,015 |
(1)
Option with exercise price
ranging from $1.25 to $2.98
(2)
Option with exercise price
ranging from $1.22 to $2.98
On July 28, 2006, our Board of Directors
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.
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On May 8, 2009, the Company
entered into a Loan and Securities Purchase Agreement (“Agreement”) with Mr.
William N. Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig (collectively, the “Lenders”). Mr.
Lampson was formerly a major shareholder of Nuvotec USA, Inc. (n/k/a Perma-Fix
Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”)) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific EcoSolution,
Inc. (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”)) prior to our
acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR, and Mr. Rettig was formerly a shareholder of, and
counsel for, Nuvotec USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries at the time of our
acquisition and after our acquisition has continued to perform certain legal
services for PFNWR. Both of the Lenders are also stockholders of the
Company having received shares of our Common Stock in connection with our
acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR. Under the Agreement, we entered into a
Promissory Note (“Note”) with the Lenders in the amount of $3,000,000 (see note
6 - “Long Term Debt” for information regarding terms of the Promissory
Note). As consideration of the Company receiving the loan pursuant to
the Agreement, we issued to Messrs. Lampson and Rettig, pursuant to an exemption
from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended
(the “Act”), and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act, an
aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“Shares”) and two
Warrants to purchase up to an aggregate 150,000 shares of the Company’s Common
Stock (“Warrant Shares”) at an exercise price of $1.50 per share, with Mr.
Lampson receiving 180,000 Shares and a Warrant to purchase up to an aggregate of
135,000 Warrant Shares and Mr. Rettig receiving 20,000 Shares and a Warrant to
purchase up to an aggregate of 15,000 Warrant Shares. The Warrants
are exercisable six months from May 8, 2009 and expire two years from May 8,
2009. We determined the fair value of the 200,000 shares of Common
Stock to be $476,000 which was based on the closing price of the stock of $2.38
per share on May 8, 2009. We estimated the fair value of the Warrants
using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of the
Common Stock and Warrants was recorded as a debt discount to the loan and is
being amortized over the term of the loan as interest expense – financing
fees. (See Note 6 – “Long Term Debt – Promissory Note and Installment
Agreement” for valuation and accounting treatment of the Common Stock and
Warrants).
Under the
terms of the Agreement and Note, if the Company defaults in the payment of any
principal or interest under the Note and such default continues for 30 days, the
Lenders shall have the right to declare the Note immediately due and payable and
to have payment of the remaining unpaid principal amount and accrued interest
(“Payoff Amount”) in one of the two methods, at their option:
·
|
in
cash, or
|
|
·
|
subject
to certain limitations and pursuant to an exemption from registration
under Section 4(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D, in shares
of Company Common Stock, with the number of shares to be issued determined
by dividing the unpaid principal balance as of the date of default, plus
accrued interest, by a dollar amount equal to the closing bid price of the
Company’s Common Stock on the date of default as reported on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”)
(“Payoff Shares”). The Payoff Amount is to be paid as
follows: 90% to Mr. Lampson and 10% to Mr.
Rettig.
|
The
aggregate number of Shares, Warrant Shares, and Payoff Shares that are to be
issued to the Lenders under the Agreement and Note, together with the aggregate
shares of the Company’s Common Stock and other Company voting securities owned
by the Lenders as of the date of issuance of the Payoff Shares, if any, shall
not exceed:
|
·
|
the
number of shares equal to 19.9% of the number of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of the Agreement,
or
|
|
·
|
19.9%
of the voting power of all of the Company’s voting securities issued and
outstanding as of the date of the
Agreement.
|
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5.
|
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 and six months ended June 30, 2009 and
2008:
Three Months Ended
June 30,
|
Six Months Ended
June 30,
|
|||||||||||||||
(Unaudited)
|
(Unaudited)
|
|||||||||||||||
(Amounts in Thousands, Except for Per Share Amounts)
|
2009
|
2008
|
2009
|
2008
|
||||||||||||
Earnings per share from continuing
operations
|
||||||||||||||||
Income from continuing operations
applicable to
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
Stockholders
|
$ | 988 | $ | 733 | 1,232 | $ | 371 | |||||||||
Basic income per
share
|
$ | .02 | $ | .02 | .02 | $ | .01 | |||||||||
Diluted income per
share
|
$ | .02 | $ | .02 | .02 | $ | .01 | |||||||||
(Loss) income per share from
discontinued operations
|
||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from discontinued
operations
|
$ | (237 | ) | $ | (383 | ) | 67 | $ | (1,060 | ) | ||||||
Basic
loss per share
|
$ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | — | $ | (.02 | ) | ||||||
Diluted
loss per share
|
$ | (.01 | ) | $ | (.01 | ) | — | $ | (.02 | ) | ||||||
Income
per share from disposal of discontinued
operations
|
||||||||||||||||
Gain
on disposal of discontinued operations
|
$ | — | $ | 108 | — | $ | 2,216 | |||||||||
Basic
income per share
|
$ | — | $ | — | — | $ | .04 | |||||||||
Diluted
income per share
|
$ | — | — | — | $ | .04 | ||||||||||
Weighted
average common shares outstanding – basic
|
54,124 | 53,729 | 54,053 | 53,717 | ||||||||||||
Potential
shares exercisable under stock option plans
|
367 | 444 | 111 | 318 | ||||||||||||
Potential shares upon exercise of
Warrants
|
46 | ¾ | 25 | ¾ | ||||||||||||
Weighted average shares
outstanding – diluted
|
54,537 | 54,173 | 54,189 | 54,035 | ||||||||||||
Potential shares excluded from
above weighted average share calculations due to their anti-dilutive
effect include:
|
||||||||||||||||
Upon exercise of
options
|
1,546 | 172 | 2,645 | 740 | ||||||||||||
Upon exercise of
Warrants
|
¾ | ¾ | ¾ | ¾ |
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6.
|
Long Term
Debt
|
Long-term
debt consists of the following at June 30, 2009 and December 31,
2008:
(Amounts in
Thousands)
|
June 30,
2009
|
December 31,
2008
|
||||||
Revolving
Credit facility dated
December 22, 2000, borrowings based
|
||||||||
upon eligible accounts receivable,
subject to monthly borrowing base
|
||||||||
calculation, variable interest
paid monthly at option of prime rate
|
||||||||
(3.25% at June 30,2009) plus 2.0%
or minimum floor base London
|
||||||||
InterBank Offer Rate ("LIBOR") of
2.5% plus 3.0%, balance due in
|
||||||||
July 2012. (1)
(3)
|
$ | 10,207 | $ | 6,516 | ||||
Term
Loan dated December
22, 2000, payable in equal monthly
|
||||||||
installments of principal of $83,
balance due in July 2012, variable
|
||||||||
interest
paid monthly at option of prime rate plus 2.5% or minimum
floor
|
||||||||
base
LIBOR of 2.5% plus 3.5%. (1)
(3)
|
6,167 | 6,667 | ||||||
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
|
1,667 | 2,500 | ||||||
Promissory Note
dated May 8, 2009,
payable in monthly installments of
|
||||||||
principal of $87 starting June 8,
2009, balance due May 8, 2011, variable
|
||||||||
interest paid monthly at LIBOR
plus 4.5%, with LIBOR at least 1.5%.(2)
|
2,296 |
──
|
||||||
Various capital
lease and promissory note obligations, payable 2009
to
|
||||||||
2013, interest at rates ranging
from 5.0% to 12.6%.
|
426 | 520 | ||||||
20,763 | 16,203 | |||||||
Less current portion
of long-term debt
|
3,056 | 2,022 | ||||||
$ | 17,707 | $ | 14,181 |
(1) Prior
to March 5, 2009, variable interest was paid monthly at prime plus 1/2% for our
Revolving Credit and prime plus 1.0% for our Term Loan.
(2) Net of debt discount recorded
($666,000) and amortized ($49,000) based on the estimated fair value of two
Warrants and 200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued on May 8, 2009
in connection with a $3,000,000 promissory note entered into by the Company and
Mr. William Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig. See “Promissory Note and
Installment Agreement” below for additional
information.
(3) Our Revolving Credit is collateralized
by our account receivables and our Term Loan is collateralized by our property,
plant, and equipment.
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 provided for a term loan ("Term Loan") in
the amount of $7,000,000, which requires monthly installments of
$83,000. The Agreement also provided 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 June
30, 2009, the excess availability under our Revolving Credit was $4,446,000
based on our eligible receivables.
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Pursuant
to the Agreement, as amended, we may terminate the Agreement upon 90 days’ prior
written notice upon payment in full of the obligation. We agreed to
pay PNC 1% of the total financing in the event we pay off our obligations on or
prior to August 4, 2009 and 1/2 % of the total financing if we pay off our
obligations on or after August 5, 2009, but prior to August 4,
2010. No early termination fee shall apply if we pay off our
obligations after August 5, 2010.
On March
5, 2009, we entered into an Amendment to our PNC Agreement. This
Amendment increased our borrowing availability by approximately an additional
$2,200,000. In addition, pursuant to the Amendment, monthly interest
due on our revolving line of credit was amended from prime plus 1/2% to prime
plus 2.0% and monthly interest due on our Term Loan was amended from prime plus
1.0% to prime plus 2.5%. The Company also has the option to pay
monthly interest due on the revolving line of credit by using the LIBOR, with
the minimum floor base LIBOR rate of 2.5%, plus 3.0% and to pay monthly interest
due on the Term Loan using the minimum floor base LIBOR of 2.5%, plus
3.5%. In addition, pursuant to the Amendment, the fixed charge
coverage ratio was amended to reduce the availability monthly by
$48,000. The Amendment also allowed us to retain funds received from
the sale of our PFO property which was completed in the fourth quarter of
2008. All other terms and conditions to the credit facility remain
principally unchanged. As a condition of this Amendment, we paid PNC
a fee of $25,000. Funds made available under this Amendment were used
to secure the additional financial assurance coverage needed by our DSSI
subsidiary to operate under the PCB permit issued by the EPA on November 26,
2008.
Promissory
Note and Installment Agreement
In
acquiring our Material &Energy Corporation (“M&EC”) subsidiary, M&EC
issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $3,700,000, together with
interest at an annual rate equal to the applicable law rate pursuant to Section
6621 of the Internal Revenue Code, to Performance Development Corporation
(“PDC”), dated June 25, 2001, for monies advanced to M&EC by PDC and certain
services performed by PDC on behalf of M&EC prior to our acquisition of
M&EC. The principal amount of the promissory note was payable
over eight years on a semiannual basis on June 30 and December 31, with a final
principal payment to be made by December 31, 2008. All accrued and
unpaid interest on the promissory note was payable in one lump sum on December
31, 2008. PDC directed M&EC to make all payments under the
promissory note directly to the IRS to be applied to PDC’s obligations to the
IRS. On December 29, 2008, M&EC and PDC entered into an amendment
to the promissory note, whereby the outstanding principal and accrued interest
due under the promissory note totaling approximately $3,066,000 was to be paid
in the following installments: $500,000 payment to be made by
December 31, 2008 and five monthly payment of $100,000 to be made starting
January 27, 2009, with the balance consisting of accrued and unpaid interest due
on June 30, 2009. We were directed by PDC to continue to make all
payments under the promissory note, as amended, directly to the IRS to be
applied to PDC’s obligations under its obligations with the IRS. On
May 13, 2009, we paid the outstanding balance of approximately $2,225,000, which
consists of interest only, on the PDC promissory note directly to the IRS which
satisfied M&EC’s obligations to PDC in full.
In
acquiring Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”- f/k/a Nuvotec) and Perma-Fix
Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR” – f/k/a Pacific EcoSolutions, Inc. (“PEcoS”)),
we agreed to pay former shareholders of Nuvotec who qualified as accredited
investors pursuant to Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933 (which includes Mr. Robert L. Ferguson, a current member of our
Board of Directors) $2,500,000, 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. In June 2009, we paid the first principal installment of
$833,333, along with accrued interest. As of June 30, 2009, interest
paid totaled approximately $422,000, of which $206,000 was paid in the second
quarter of 2009 and $216,000 was paid in the second quarter of
2008. See Note 11 - “Related Party Transaction” in this section for
information regarding Mr. Robert L. Ferguson.
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On May 8,
2009, the Company entered into a promissory note with William N. Lampson and Mr.
Diehl Rettig (collectively, the “Lenders”) for $3,000,000. Mr.
Lampson was formerly a major shareholder of Nuvotec USA, Inc. (n/k/a Perma-Fix
Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”)) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific EcoSolution,
Inc. (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”)) prior to our
acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR, and Mr. Rettig was formerly a shareholder of, and
counsel for, Nuvotec USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries at the time of our
acquisition and after our acquisition has continued to perform certain legal
services for PFNWR. Both of the Lenders are also stockholders of the
Company having received shares of our Common Stock in connection with our
acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR. The proceeds of the loan were used
primarily to pay off the promissory note, dated June 25, 2001, as amended on
December 28, 2008, entered into by our M&EC subsidiary with PDC as mentioned
above, with the remaining funds used for working capital
purposes. The promissory note provides for monthly principal
repayment of approximately $87,000 plus accrued interest, starting June 8, 2009,
and on the 8th day of each month thereafter, with interest payable at LIBOR plus
4.5%, with LIBOR at least 1.5%. Any unpaid principal balance along
with accrued interest is due May 8, 2011. We paid approximately
$22,000 in closing costs for the promissory note which will be amortized over
the terms of the note. The promissory note may be prepaid at anytime
by the Company without penalty. As consideration of the Company
receiving this loan, we issued a Warrant to Mr. Lampson and a Warrant to Mr.
Diehl to purchase up to 135,000 and 15,000 shares, respectively, of the
Company’s Common Stock at an exercise price of $1.50 per share. The
Warrants are exercisable six months from May 8, 2009 and expire two years from
May 8, 2009. We estimated the fair value of the Warrants to be
approximately $190,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the
following assumption: 70.47% volatility, risk free interest rate of
1.0%, an expected life of two years and no dividends. We also issued
an aggregate of 200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock with Mr. Lampson
receiving 180,000 shares and Mr. Rettig receiving 20,000 shares of the Company’s
Common Stock. We determined the fair value of the 200,000 shares of
Common Stock to be $476,000 which was based on the closing price of the stock of
$2.38 per share on May 8, 2009. The fair value of the Warrants and
Common Stock was recorded as a debt discount and is being amortized over the
term of the loan as interest expense – financing fees. Debt discount
amortized as of June 30, 2009 totaled approximately $49,000.
The
promissory note includes an embedded Put Option (“Put”) that can be exercised
upon default. We have concluded that the Put should be bifurcated;
however, the Put has nominal value as of June 30, 2009. We will
continue to monitor the fair value of the Put on a quarterly basis.
7.
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Commitments and
Contingencies
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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 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 Potentially 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.
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As of the
date of this report, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”)
has collected approximately $8,400,000 for the remediation of the site and has
completed removal of above ground waste from the site. The EPA’s
unofficial estimate to complete remediation of the site is between $9,000,000
and $12,000,000; however, based on preliminary outside consulting work hired by
the PRP group, which we are a party to, the remediation costs could be below
EPA’s estimation. The PRP Group has established a cooperative
relationship with LDEQ and EPA, and is working closely with these agencies to
assure that the funds held by LDEQ are used cost-effectively. As a
result of negotiations with LDEQ and EPA, further remediation work by LDEQ has
been put on hold pending completion of a site assessment by the PRP
Group. This site assessment could result in remediation activities to
be completed within the funds held by LDEQ. 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. In addition, we accrued approximately
$27,000 in the third quarter of 2008 for our estimated portion of the cost of
the site assessment, which was allocated among the facilities. As of
June 30, 2009, $18,000 of the accrued amount has been paid, of which $9,000 was
paid in the fourth quarter of 2008 and $9,000 was paid in the second quarter of
2009. We anticipate paying the remaining $9,000 in the fourth quarter
of 2009. As of the date of this report, we cannot accurately access
our ultimate 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.
Notice
of Violation - Perma-Fix Treatment Services, Inc. (“PFTS”)
In July
2008, PFTS received a notice of violation (“NOV”) from the Oklahoma Department
of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) alleging that eight loads of waste materials
received by PFTS between January 2007 and July 2007 were improperly analyzed to
assure that the treatment process rendered the waste non-hazardous before
disposition in PFTS’ non-hazardous injection well. The ODEQ alleges the
handling of these waste materials violated regulations regarding hazardous
waste. On May 18, 2009, ODEQ and PFTS finalized a settlement agreement
which resulted in funding of a supplemental environmental project (“SEP”) in the
amount of $5,000 in lieu of a civil penalty. PFTS sold most all of
its assets to a non-affiliated third party on May 30, 2008.
Industrial
Segment Divested Facilities/Operations
We sold
substantially all of the assets of PFTS pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement
on May 30, 2008. Under this Agreement the buyer assumed certain debts
and obligations of PFTS, including, but not limited to, certain debts and
obligations of PFTS to regulatory authorities under certain consent agreements
entered into by PFTS with the appropriate regulatory authority to remediate
portions of the facility sold to the buyer. If any of these
liabilities/obligations are not paid or performed by the buyer, the buyer would
be in breach of the Asset Purchase Agreement and we may assert claims against
the buyer for such breach. We have sued the buyer of the PFTS’ assets
regarding certain liabilities which we believe the buyer assumed and agreed to
pay under the Asset Purchase Agreement but which the buyer has refused to
satisfy as of the date of this report.
Earn-Out
Amount – Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”) and Perma-Fix Northwest Richland,
Inc. (“PFNWR”)
In
connection with the acquisition of PFNW (f/n/a “Nuvotec”) and PFNWR (f/k/a
Pacific EcoSolutions, Inc. (“PEcoS”) in June 2007, we are required, if certain
revenue targets are met, to pay to the former shareholders of Nuvotec an
earn-out amount for each twelve months ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2011,
with the aggregate of the full earn-out amount not to exceed $4,552,000,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as amended, with the first $1,000,000 of the
earn-out amount to be placed into an escrow account to satisfy any
indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec, PEcoS, and the former shareholders
of Nuvotec. The earn-out amounts will be earned if certain annual
revenue targets for each such twelve month period are met by the Company’s
consolidated Nuclear Segment. No earn-out amounts were required to be
paid for the twelve month period ended June 30, 2008. For the twelve
month period ended June 30, 2009, we have calculated that we are required to pay
approximately $734,000 in earn-out amount, all of which is to be paid into the
escrow account during the quarter ending September 30, 2009. The
earn-out amount was recorded as an increase to goodwill for
PFNWR. Any remaining earn-out amount earned after placing the first
$1,000,000 into the escrow account will be allocated to the former shareholders
of Nuvotec (which includes Mr. Robert L. Ferguson, a current member of our Board
of Director). The first $1,000,000 in earn-out amount will remain in
the escrow account to satisfy any indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec,
PEcoS, and the former shareholders of Nuvotec until the end of a two year period
from the date the first full $1,000,000 is placed into the escrow account, at
which time any remaining amount in the escrow account will be allocated to the
former shareholders of Nuvotec. See Note 11 - “Related Party
Transaction” in this section for information regarding Mr. Robert L.
Ferguson.
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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 with American
International Group, Inc. (“AIG”), 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 provided an initial maximum $35,000,000
of financial assurance coverage and has available capacity to allow for annual
inflation and other performance and surety bond requirements. Our
initial finite risk insurance policy required an upfront payment of $4,000,000,
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. We are required to make seven
annual installments, as amended, of $1,004,000, of which $991,000 is to be
deposited in the sinking fund account, with the remaining $13,000 represents a
terrorism premium. In addition, we are required to make a final
payment of $2,008,000, of which $1,982,000 is to be deposited in the sinking
fund account, with the remaining $26,000 represents a terrorism
premium. In March 2009, we paid our sixth of the eight required
remaining payments. In March 2009, we secured additional financial
assurance coverage of approximately $5,421,000 with AIG which enabled our
Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (“DSSI”) facility to receive and process
wastes under a permit issued by the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (“EPA”)
Region 4 on November 26, 2008 to commercially store and dispose of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (“PCBs”). We secured this additional
financial assurance coverage requirement by increasing our initial 25-year
finite risk insurance policy with AIG from maximum policy coverage of
$35,000,000 to $39,000,000, of which our total financial coverage amounts to
$35,871,000 as of June 30, 2009. Payment for this additional
financial assurance coverage requires a total payment of approximately
$5,219,000, consisting of an upfront payment of $2,000,000 made on March 6,
2009, of which approximately $1,655,000 was deposited into a sinking fund
account, with the remaining representing fee payable to AIG. In
addition, we are required to make three yearly payments of approximately
$1,073,000 starting December 31, 2009, of which $888,000 will be deposited into
a sinking fund account, with the remaining to represent fee payable to
AIG.
As of
June 30, 2009, we have recorded $9,607,000 in our sinking fund related to the
policy noted above on the balance sheet, which includes interest earned of
$773,000 on the sinking fund as of June 30, 2009. Interest income for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 was $16,000 and $42,000,
respectively. On the fourth and subsequent anniversaries of the
contract inception, we may elect to terminate this contract. If we so
elect, the Insurer is obligated to 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.
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In August
2007, we entered into a second finite risk insurance policy for our PFNWR
facility, which we acquired in June 2007, with AIG. The policy
provides an initial $7,800,000 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 $8,200,000. 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 $7,158,000,
consisting of an annual payment of $1,363,000 and two annual payments of
$1,520,000, starting July 31, 2008 and an additional $2,755,000 payment to be
made in five quarterly payments of $551,000 beginning September
2007. In July 2007, we paid the $1,363,000, of which $1,106,000
represented premium on the policy and the remaining was deposited into a sinking
fund account. In July 2008, we paid the first of the two $1,520,000
payments, with $1,344,000 deposited into a sinking fund account and the
remaining representing premium. We have made all of the five
quarterly payments which were deposited into a sinking fund. As of
June 30, 2009, we have recorded $4,476,000 in our sinking fund related to this
policy on the balance sheet, which includes interest earned of $121,000 on the
sinking fund as of June 30, 2009. Interest income for the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2009 totaled $24,000 and $50,000,
respectively.
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Discontinued
Operations and Divestitures
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Our
discontinued operations encompass our PFMD, PFD, and PFTS facilities within our
Industrial Segment as well as two previously shut down locations, PFP and PFMI,
two facilities which were approved as discontinued operations by our Board of
Directors effective November 8, 2005, and October 4, 2004,
respectively. As discussed in “Note 1 – Basis of Presentation”, in
May 2007, PFMD, PFD, and PFTS met the held for sale criteria under SFAS No. 144,
“Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”, and therefore,
certain assets and liabilities of these facilities were classified as
discontinued operations in the Consolidated Balance Sheet, and we ceased
depreciation of these facilities’ long-lived assets classified as held for sale
in May 2007.
On
January 8, 2008, we sold substantially all of the assets of PFMD, 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 was subject to certain
working capital adjustments after closing. Proceeds received from the
sale were used to pay down our term loan, with the remaining funds used to pay
down our revolver. We recorded $1,786,000 (net of taxes of $71,000)
in final gain on the sale of PFMD which was recorded separately on the
Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations, net of taxes” for the year ended December 31, 2008.
On March
14, 2008, we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFD,
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 at closing, which was net of certain closing costs. The
proceeds received were used to pay down our term loan. Our final gain
on the sale PFD totaled $256,000, net of taxes of $0, which was recorded on the
Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations, net of taxes”, for the year ended December 31, 2008.
On May
30, 2008, we completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFTS,
pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated May 14, 2008 as
amended by a First Amendment dated May 30, 2008. In consideration for
such assets, the buyer paid us $1,468,000 (purchase price of $1,503,000 less
certain closing/settlement costs) in cash at closing and assumed certain
liabilities of PFTS. The cash consideration was subject to certain
working capital adjustments after closing. Pursuant to the terms of
our credit facility, the proceeds received were used to pay down our term loan
with the remaining funds used to pay down our revolver. We recorded a
final gain on the sale of PFTS of $281,000, net of taxes of $0, which was
recorded on the Consolidated Statement of Operations as “Gain on disposal of
discontinued operations, net of taxes”, for the year ended December 31,
2008. We have sued the buyer of the PFTS’ assets regarding certain
liabilities which we believe that the buyer assumed and agreed to pay under the
Asset Purchase Agreement but which the buyer has refused to satisfy as of the
date of this report.
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The
following table summarizes the results of discontinued operations for the three
and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008. The gains on disposals
of discontinued operations, net of taxes, were reported separately on our
Consolidated Statements of Operations as “Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations, net of taxes”. The operating results of discontinued
operations are included in our Consolidated Statements of Operations as part of
our “Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of taxes”.
Three Months Ended
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Six Months Ended
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June 30,
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June 30,
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(Amounts in Thousands)
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2009
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2008
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2009
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2008
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Net
revenues
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$ | — | $ | 808 | $ | — | $ | 3,195 | ||||||||
Interest
expense
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$ | (139 | ) | $ | (32 | ) | $ | (159 | ) | $ | (72 | ) | ||||
Operating (loss)
income from discontinued operations (1)
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$ | (237 | ) | $ | (383 | ) | $ | 67 | $ | (1,060 | ) | |||||
Gain on disposal of discontinued
operations (2)
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— | $ | 108 | $ | — | $ | 2,216 | |||||||||
Income (loss) from discontinued
operations
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$ | (237 | ) | $ | (275 | ) | $ | 67 | $ | 1,156 |
(1) Net
of taxes of $0 for all periods noted.
(2) Net of
taxes of $0 and $43,000 for three and six months ended June 30, 2008,
respectively.
Our
“income from discontinued operations, net of taxes” on the Consolidated
Statement of Operations for the six months ended June 30, 2009 included a
recovery of approximately $400,000 in closure costs for PFTS recorded in the
first quarter of 2009. In connection with the divestiture of PFTS
above, the buyer of PFTS’s assets was required to replace our financial
assurance bond with its own financial assurance mechanism for facility
closures. Our financial assurance bond for PFTS was required to
remain in place until the buyer has provided replacement coverage. On
March 24, 2009, the appropriate regulatory authority authorized the release of
our financial assurance bond for PFTS which resulted in this recovery of closure
costs of approximately $400,000. In the second quarter of 2009,
we recorded approximately $119,000 in interests related to a certain excise tax
audit for fiscal years 1999 to 2005 for PFTS.
Assets
and liabilities related to discontinued operations total $724,000 and $2,529,000
as of June 30, 2009, respectively and $761,000 and $2,994,000 as of December 31,
2008, respectively.
The
following table presents the Industrial Segment’s major classes of assets and
liabilities of discontinued operations that are classified as held for sale as
of June 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008. The held for sale asset and
liabilities balances as of December 31, 2008 may differ from the respective
balances at closing:
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June 30,
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December 31,
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(Amounts in Thousands)
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2009
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2008
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Account receivable,
net
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$ | — | $ | — | ||||
Inventories
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— | — | ||||||
Other
assets
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— | 22 | ||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net
(1)
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651 | 651 | ||||||
Total assets held for
sale
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$ | 651 | $ | 673 | ||||
Account
payable
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$ | — | $ | — | ||||
Accrued expenses and other
liabilities
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44 | 5 | ||||||
Note
payable
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— | — | ||||||
Environmental
liabilities
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— | — | ||||||
Total liabilities held for
sale
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$ | 44 | $ | 5 |
(1)
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net
of accumulated depreciation of $13 for as June 30, 2009 and December 31,
2008.
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The
following table presents the Industrial Segment’s major classes of assets and
liabilities of discontinued operations that are not held for sale as of June 30,
2009 and December 31, 2008:
June 30,
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December 31,
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(Amounts in Thousands)
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2009
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2008
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Other
assets
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$ | 73 | $ | 88 | ||||
Total assets of discontinued
operations
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$ | 73 | $ | 88 | ||||
Account
payable
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$ | 2 | $ | 15 | ||||
Accrued expenses and other
liabilities
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1,536 | 1,947 | ||||||
Deferred
revenue
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— | — | ||||||
Environmental
liabilities
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947 | 1,027 | ||||||
Total liabilities of discontinued
operations
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$ | 2,485 | $ | 2,989 |
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. During
2006, based on state-mandated criteria, we began implementing the modified
methodology to remediate the facility. We have spent approximately
$771,000 for closure costs since discontinuation of PFMI in October 2004, of
which approximately $26,000 was spent during the six months ended June 30, 2009
and $26,000 was spent during 2008. We have $511,000 accrued for the
closure, as of June 30, 2009, and we anticipate spending $3,000 in the remaining
six months of 2009, 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.
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As of June 30, 2009, PFMI has a pension
payable
of
$1,001,000. 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 $184,000 that we expect to pay over the next
year.
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Operating
Segments
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Pursuant
to FAS 131, we define an operating segment as a business activity:
·
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from
which we may earn revenue and incur
expenses;
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·
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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
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·
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for
which discrete financial information is
available.
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We
currently have three 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
certain facilities within our Industrial Segment (See “Note 8 – Discontinued
Operations and Divestitures” to “Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements”).
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.
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, soil, and water sampling, compliance
reporting, emission reduction strategies, compliance auditing, and various
compliance and training activities to industrial and government customers, as
well as, engineering and compliance support needed by our other
segments.
The
Industrial Waste Management Services Segment (“Industrial Segment”) provides
on-and-off site treatment, storage, processing and disposal of hazardous and
non-hazardous industrial waste, and wastewater through our three facilities:
Perma-Fix of Ft. Lauderdale, Inc., Perma-Fix of Orlando, Inc., and Perma-Fix of
South Georgia, Inc.
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The table
below presents certain financial information of our operating segment as of and
for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 and 2008 (in
thousands).
Segment Reporting for the Quarter
Ended June 30, 2009
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Nuclear
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Industrial
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Engineering
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Segments
Total
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Corporate (2)
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Consolidated
Total
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Revenue from external
customers
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$ | 20,732 |
(3)
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$ | 1,962 | $ | 1,004 | $ | 23,698 | $ | — | $ | 23,698 | |||||||||||
Intercompany
revenues
|
690 | 187 | 52 | 929 | — | 929 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
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5,300 | 411 | 314 | 6,025 | — | 6,025 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
—
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— | — | — | 41 | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
165 | 34 | 1 | 200 | 268 | 468 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense-financing
fees
|
— | — | — | — | 63 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and
amortization
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1,073 | 110 | 9 | 1,192 | 9 | 1,201 | ||||||||||||||||||
Segment profit
(loss)
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2,713 | (141 | ) | 159 | 2,731 | (1,743 | ) | 988 | ||||||||||||||||
Segment assets(1)
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97,508 | 5,246 | 2,221 | 104,975 | 18,875 |
(4)
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123,850 | |||||||||||||||||
Expenditures for segment
assets
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176 | 64 | 2 | 242 | 6 | 248 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total long-term
debt
|
1,938 | 130 | 25 | 2,093 | 18,670 |
(5)
|
20,763 |
Segment Reporting for the Quarter
Ended June 30, 2008
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Nuclear
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Industrial
|
Engineering
|
Segments
Total
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Corporate (2)
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Consolidated
Total
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Revenue from external
customers
|
$ | 15,009 |
(3)
|
$ | 2,704 | $ | 789 | $ | 18,502 | $ | — | $ | 18,502 | |||||||||||
Intercompany
revenues
|
673 | 247 | 168 | 1,088 | — | 1,088 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
4,557 | 989 | 328 | 5,874 | — | 5,874 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
— | — | — | — | 49 | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
229 | 4 | 1 | 234 | 133 | 367 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense-financing
fees
|
— | — | — | — | 57 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and
amortization
|
1,099 | — | 8 | 1,107 | 10 | 1,117 | ||||||||||||||||||
Segment profit
(loss)
|
1,763 | 334 | 134 | 2,231 | (1,498 | ) | 733 | |||||||||||||||||
Segment assets(1)
|
92,241 | 5,962 | 2,008 | 100,211 | 13,487 |
(4)
|
113,698 | |||||||||||||||||
Expenditures for segment
assets
|
33 | 4 |
8
|
45 | 2 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total long-term
debt
|
5,143 | 186 | 1 | 5,330 | 5,415 | 10,745 |
Segment Reporting for the Six
Months Ended June 30, 2009
|
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Nuclear
|
Industrial
|
Engineering
|
Segments
Total
|
Corporate (2)
|
Consolidated
Total
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Revenue from external
customers
|
$ | 39,846 |
(3)
|
$ | 4,071 | $ | 1,783 | $ | 45,700 | $ | — | $ | 45,700 | |||||||||||
Intercompany
revenues
|
1,441 | 374 | 223 | 2,038 | — | 2,038 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
9,592 | 981 | 540 | 11,113 | — | 11,113 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
1 | — | — | 1 | 92 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
525 | 38 | 3 | 566 | 449 | 1,015 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense-financing
fees
|
— | — | — | — | 76 | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and
amortization
|
2,129 | 213 | 19 | 2,361 | 20 | 2,381 | ||||||||||||||||||
Segment profit
(loss)
|
4,462 | (87 | ) | 245 | 4,620 | (3,388 | ) | 1,232 | ||||||||||||||||
Segment assets(1)
|
97,508 | 5,246 | 2,221 | 104,975 | 18,875 |
(4)
|
123,850 | |||||||||||||||||
Expenditures for segment
assets
|
428 | 113 | 2 | 543 | 9 | 552 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total long-term
debt
|
1,938 | 130 | 25 | 2,093 | 18,670 |
(5)
|
20,763 |
Segment Reporting for the Six
Months Ended June 30, 2008
|
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Nuclear
|
Industrial
|
Engineering
|
Segments
Total
|
Corporate (2)
|
Consolidated
Total
|
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Revenue from external
customers
|
$ | 28,991 |
(3)
|
$ | 5,290 | $ | 1,691 | $ | 35,972 | $ | — | $ | 35,972 | |||||||||||
Intercompany
revenues
|
1,284 | 444 | 266 | 1,994 | — | 1,994 | ||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
8,112 | 1,625 | 584 | 10,321 | — | 10,321 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
2 | — | — | 2 | 115 | 117 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
436 | 10 | 1 | 447 | 291 | 738 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense-financing
fees
|
1 | — | — | 1 | 109 | 110 | ||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and
amortization
|
2,203 | — | 15 | 2,218 | 20 | 2,238 | ||||||||||||||||||
Segment profit
(loss)
|
2,739 | 300 | 262 | 3,301 | (2,930 | ) | 371 | |||||||||||||||||
Segment assets(1)
|
92,241 | 5,962 | 2,008 | 100,211 | 13,487 |
(4)
|
113,698 | |||||||||||||||||
Expenditures for segment
assets
|
545 | 49 | 8 | 602 | 9 | 611 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total long-term
debt
|
5,143 | 186 | 1 | 5,330 | 5,415 | 10,745 |
(1)
|
Segment
assets have been adjusted for intercompany accounts to reflect actual
assets for each segment.
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(2)
|
Amounts
reflect the activity for corporate headquarters not included in the
segment information.
|
(3)
|
The
consolidated revenues within the Nuclear Segment include the CH Plateau
Remediation Company (“CHPRC”) revenue of $11,624,000 or 49.1% and
$22,371,000 or 49.0% of our total consolidated revenue for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively. Our M&EC
facility was awarded a subcontract by CHPRC, a general contractor to the
Department of Energy (“DOE”), in the second quarter of
2008. Operations of this subcontract commenced at the DOE
Hanford Site on October 1, 2008. The consolidated revenues
within the Nuclear Segment also include the Fluor Hanford revenue of $0
for both the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared to
$2,110,000 or 11.4% and $3,875,000 or 10.8% for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2008, respectively. Effective October 1, 2008,
CHPRC began management of waste activities previously under Fluor Hanford,
DOE’s general contractor prior to CHPRC. See “Known Trends and
Uncertainties – Significant Customers” in “Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for the revenue
transition discussion.
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(4)
|
Amount
includes assets from discontinued operations of $724,000 and $766,000 as
of June 30, 2009 and 2008,
respectively.
|
(5)
|
Net of debt discount recorded
($666,000) and amortized ($49,000) based on the estimated fair value of
two Warrants and 200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock issued on
May 8, 2009 in connection with a $3,000,000 promissory note entered into
by the Company and Mr. William Lampson and Mr. Diehl
Rettig. See Note 6 - “Promissory Note and Installment
Agreement” for additional
information.
|
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.
SFAS No.
109 requires that deferred income tax assets be reduced by a valuation allowance
if it is more likely than 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 the recognition and
measurement of 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.
We have
not yet filed our income tax returns for the period ended December 31, 2008 tax
year; however, we expect that the actual return will mirror tax positions taken
within our income tax provision for 2008. 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 and second quarters of 2009 did not have
any impact on our result of operations, financial condition or
liquidity.
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11. Related Party
Transaction
Mr. Robert L.
Ferguson
Mr.
Robert Ferguson, was nominated to serve as a Director in connection with the
closing of the acquisition by the Company of Nuvotec (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest,
Inc. (“PFNW”)) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific EcoSolutions, Inc.
(“PEcoS”) (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”)) in June 2007 and
subsequently elected as a Director at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in
August 2007 and each Annual Meeting of Shareholders since August
2007. At the time of the acquisition, Mr. Ferguson was the Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, and individually or through entities controlled by him,
the owner of approximately 21.29% of Nuvotec’s outstanding Common
Stock. In connection with the acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR in June
2007, we are required, if certain revenue targets are met, to pay to the former
shareholders of Nuvotec an earn-out amount for each twelve month period ending
June 30, 2008 to June 30, 2011, with the aggregate of the full earn-out amount
not to exceed $4,552,000, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as amended, with the
first $1,000,000 of the earn-out amount to be placed into an escrow account to
satisfy any indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec, PEcoS, and the former
shareholders of Nuvotec. The earn-out amounts will be earned if
certain annual revenue targets for each such twelve month period are met by the
Company’s consolidated Nuclear Segment. No earn-out amounts were
required to be paid for the twelve month period ended June 30,
2008. For the twelve month period ended June 30, 2009, we have
calculated that we are required to pay $734,000 in earn-out amount, all of which
is to be paid into the escrow account during the quarter ending September 30,
2009. Any remaining earn-out amount earned after placing the first
$1,000,000 into the escrow account will be allocated to the former shareholders
of Nuvotec. The first $1,000,000 in earn-out amount will remain in
the escrow account to satisfy any indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec,
PEcoS, and the former shareholders of Nuvotec until the end of a two year period
from the date the first full $1,000,000 is placed into the escrow account, at
which time any remaining amount in the escrow account will be allocated to the
former shareholders of Nuvotec. Mr. Ferguson, individually or through
entities controlled by him, is entitled to receive 21.29% of the total earn-out
amounts.
In
connection with the acquisition of Nuvotec and PEcoS, we also agreed to pay
former shareholders of Nuvotec who qualified as accredited investors pursuant to
Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (which
includes Mr. Robert L. Ferguson) $2,500,000, 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. In June 2009, we made our first principal
installment payment of $833,333, along with accrued interest. As of
June 30, 2009, interest paid totaled approximately $422,000, of which $206,000
was paid in the second quarter of 2009 and $216,000 was paid in the second
quarter of 2008. Mr. Robert L. Ferguson is entitled to receive his
proportionate share of 27.18% of the note payments.
12. Subsequent
Event
In 2004,
our Board of Directors adopted the 2004 Stock Option Plan (the “2004 Option
Plan”), and the 2004 Option Plan was approved by our stockholders at the annual
meeting held on July 28, 2004. The 2004 Option Plan authorizes the
grant of non-qualified and incentive stock options to officers and employees
(including an employee who is a member of the Board of
Directors). The Board of Directors believes that the 2004 Option Plan
serves to:
|
(a)
|
enhance
the Company’s ability to attract, retain, and reward qualified employees,
and
|
|
(b)
|
to
provide incentive for such employees to render outstanding service to the
Company and its stockholders.
|
Currently,
the maximum number of shares of our Common Stock that may be issued under the
2004 Option Plan is 2,000,000, of which 166,502 shares have previously been
issued under the 2004 Option Plan and 1,832,499 shares are issuable under
outstanding options granted under the 2004 Option Plan. As a result,
an aggregate of 1,999,001 of the 2,000,000 shares authorized under the 2004
Option Plan have been previously issued or reserved for issuance, and only 999
shares remain available for issuance under the 2004 Option Plan. In
order to continue the benefits that are derived through the 2004 Option Plan, on
May 1, 2009, our Compensation Committee approved and recommended that our Board
of Directors approved the First Amendment to the 2004 Option Plan (the “First
Amendment”) to increase from 2,000,000 to 3,000,000 the number of shares of our
Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 2004 Option Plan. Our
Board of Directors approved the First Amendment on May 1,
2009. Approval of the First Amendment was subject to the approval by
our stockholders. On July 29, 2009, our shareholders did not approve
the First Amendment to the 2004 Option Plan at our Annual Meeting of
Stockholders.
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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,
·
|
cash
flow from operations and our available liquidity from our line of credit
are sufficient to service our current
obligations;
|
·
|
government
funding and economic stimulus package should positively impact our
existing government contracts;
|
·
|
demand
for our service will continue to be subject to
fluctuations;
|
·
|
effect
on us due to reductions in the level of government
funding;
|
·
|
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;
|
·
|
the
Company does not have any immediate plans or current commitments to issue
shares under the registration
statement;
|
·
|
ability
to generate sufficient cash flow from operations to fund all costs of
operations;
|
·
|
ability
to remediate certain contaminated sites for projected
amounts;
|
·
|
ability
to borrow under our credit
facility;
|
·
|
consideration
of alternatives to our credit facility which could provide terms more
favorable to us than under our existing credit
facilities;
|
·
|
no
further impairment of intangible or tangible
assets;
|
·
|
despite
our aggressive compliance and auditing procedures for disposal of wastes,
we could, in the future, be notified that we are a Potentially Responsible
Party (“PRP”) at a remedial action site, which could have a material
adverse effect;
|
·
|
ability
to generate funds internally to remediate
sites;
|
·
|
ability
to fund budgeted capital expenditures of $1,300,000 during 2009 through
our operations or lease financing or a combination of
both;
|
·
|
growth
of our Nuclear Segment;
|
·
|
we
believe full operations under the CHPRC subcontract will result in
revenues for on-site and off-site work of approximately $200,000,000 to
$250,000,000 over the five year base
period;
|
·
|
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
believe that the higher federal government funding made available to
remediate DOE sites than past years under the 2009 federal budget along
with the economic stimulus package (“ARRA”), enacted by the Congress in
February 2009, will provide substantial funds to remediate DOE sits and
thus should positively impact our existing government contracts within our
Nuclear Segment;
|
·
|
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 $3,000 in the remaining six months of 2009 to
remediate the PFMI site, with the remainder over the next five
years;
|
·
|
based
on the current status of Corrective Action for PFMI, we believe that the
remaining reserve is adequate to cover the
liability;
|
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·
|
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;
|
·
|
implementation
of controls which we believe will remediate material control weaknesses by
the third quarter of 2009;
|
·
|
we
anticipate centralization of Accounts Payable for three remaining
facilities by the third quarter of
2009;
|
·
|
we
plan to integrate a Purchase Order System to certain of our facilities by
year end;
|
·
|
our
believe that the buyer of PFTS’ assets assumed certain liabilities and
agreed to pay under the Asset Purchase Agreement but which the buyer has
refused to satisfy as of the date of this
report;
|
·
|
potential
for fines and remediation of our waste management
facilities;
|
·
|
we
will continue to monitor the fair value of the Put on a quarterly
basis;
|
·
|
In
the event of failure of AIG, this could significantly impact our
operations and our permits;
|
·
|
the
Company will begin to use the new Codification beginning with the Form
10-Q for the quarter ending September 30,
2009;
|
·
|
the
Company does not expect SFAS 166 to materially impact its operations or
financial position;
|
·
|
the
Company expects FSP No. 141R-1 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;
|
·
|
payment
of $734,000 in earn-out amount into the escrow account is to be made
during the quarter ending September 30, 2009;
and
|
·
|
the
remaining amount of the earn-out that we may be required to pay in
connection with the acquisition of PFNWR and
PFNW.
|
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;
|
·
|
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 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;
|
·
|
renegotiation
of contracts involving the federal
government;
|
·
|
disposal
expense accrual could prove to be inadequate in the event the waste
requires re-treatment; and
|
·
|
Risk
Factors contained in Item 1A of our 2008 Form
10-K.
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The
Company undertakes no obligations to update publicly any forward-looking
statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
Overview
We
provide services through three reportable operating segments: Nuclear Waste
Management Services Segment (“Nuclear Segment”), Industrial Waste Management
Services Segment (“Industrial 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 Industrial Segment provides on-and-off site
treatment, storage, processing and disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous
industrial waste and wastewater. 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, soil, and water sampling,
compliance reporting, emission reduction strategies, compliance auditing, and
various compliance and training activities.
The
second quarter of 2009 reflected a revenue increase of $5,196,000 to $23,698,000
or 28.1% from revenue of $18,502,000 for the same period of 2008. Within
our Nuclear Segment, we generated revenue of $20,732,000 in the second quarter
of 2009, an increase of $5,723,000 or 38.1% from the corresponding period of
2008. The increase in revenue within our Nuclear Segment was
primarily due to revenue generated from the subcontract awarded to our M&EC
subsidiary by CH Plateau Remediation Company (“CHPRC”), a general contractor to
the Department of Energy (“DOE”), in the second quarter of 2008. This
subcontract officially commenced on October 1, 2008. The increase was
offset by lower revenue from remaining generators due to the impact of lower
volume of waste. Our Industrial Segment generated $1,962,000 in
revenue in the second quarter of 2009, as compared to $2,704,000 for the
corresponding period of 2008, or 27.4% decrease. This decrease was
primarily the result of lower oil sales revenue resulting from both decreased
volume and a lower average price per gallon. In addition, we saw a
decrease in revenue from government generators due to reduced volume as result
of the slow down in the economy. Revenue in our Industrial Segment
includes revenue of Perma-Fix of Fort Lauderdale, Inc. (“PFFL”), Perma-Fix of
South Georgia, Inc. (“PFSG”), and Perma-Fix of Orlando, Inc.
(“PFO”). In May 2007, our Board of Directors authorized the
divestiture of our Industrial Segment. In September 2008, our Board
of Directors approved retaining the three facilities/operations at PFFL, PFSG,
and PFO, which resulted in the reclassification of these three
facilities/operations back into our continuing operations. Revenue
for the second quarter of 2009 from the Engineering Segment increased $215,000
or 27.2% to $1,004,000 from $789,000 for the same period of 2008.
The
second quarter 2009 gross profit increased $151,000 or 2.6% from the
corresponding period of 2008 due primarily to the CHPRC subcontract at
M&EC.
SG&A
for the second quarter of 2009 decreased 2.8% to $4,465,000 from $4,596,000 in
the corresponding period of 2008.
Our
working capital position at June 30, 2009 was $65,000, which includes working
capital of our discontinued operations, as compared to a negative working
capital of $3,886,000 as of December 31, 2008. The improvement in our
working capital was attributed by the reduction of our account payables and
current debts from funds generated by our operations.
Outlook
We
believe that the increase in government funding made available to remediate DOE
sites under the 2009 federal government budget along with the economic stimulus
package (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), enacted by the Congress in
February 2009, will provide substantial funds to remediate DOE sites and thus
should positively impact our existing government contracts within our Nuclear
Segment. However, we expect that demand for our services will
continue to be subjected to fluctuations due to a variety of factors beyond our
control, including the current economic recession and conditions, the federal
deficit, and the manner in which the federal government will be required to
spend funding to remediate federal sites. Our operations
depend, in large part, upon governmental funding, particularly funding levels at
the DOE. Significant reductions in the level of governmental funding
or specifically mandated levels for different programs that are important to our
business could have a material adverse impact on our business, financial
position, results of operations and cash flows.
27
Results
of Operations
The
reporting of financial results and pertinent discussions are tailored to three
reportable segments: Nuclear, Industrial, and Engineering.
Three
Months Ending
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Six
Months Ending
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June
30,
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June
30,
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Consolidated
(amounts in thousands)
|
2009
|
%
|
2008
|
%
|
2009
|
%
|
2008
|
%
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net
revenues
|
$ | 23,698 | 100.0 | $ | 18,502 | 100.0 | $ | 45,700 | 100.0 | $ | 35,972 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cost
of goods sold
|
17,673 | 74.6 | 12,628 | 68.3 | 34,587 | 75.7 | 25,651 | 71.3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross
profit
|
6,025 | 25.4 | 5,874 | 31.7 | 11,113 | 24.3 | 10,321 | 28.7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Selling,
general and administrative
|
4,465 | 18.8 | 4,596 | 24.8 | 8,805 | 19.3 | 9,056 | 25.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss
(gain) on disposal of property and equipment
|
― | ― | 141 | .8 | (12 | ) | ― | 141 | .4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
from operations
|
$ | 1,560 | 6.6 | $ | 1,137 | 6.1 | $ | 2,320 | 5.0 | $ | 1,124 | 3.1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
income
|
41 | .2 | 49 | .3 | 93 | .2 | 117 | .3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense
|
(468 | ) | (2.0 | ) | (367 | ) | (2.0 | ) | (1,015 | ) | (2.2 | ) | (738 | ) | (2.1 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Interest
expense-financing fees
|
(63 | ) | (.2 | ) | (57 | ) | (.3 | ) | (76 | ) | (.1 | ) | (110 | ) | (.3 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
other
|
9 | ― | (12 | ) | ― | 10 | ― | (6 | ) | ― | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations before taxes
|
1,079 | 4.6 | 750 | 4.1 | 1,332 | 2.9 | 387 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
tax expense
|
91 | .4 | 17 | .1 | 100 | .2 | 16 | ― | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income
from continuing operations
|
988 | 4.2 | 733 | 4.0 | 1,232 | 2.7 | 371 | 1.0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred
Stock dividends
|
― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― | ― |
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Summary –
Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2009 and 2008
Consolidated
revenues increased $5,196,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, compared
to the three months ended June 30, 2008, as follows:
(In thousands)
|
2009
|
%
Revenue
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
%
Change
|
||||||||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government
waste
|
$ | 5,198 | 21.9 | $ | 9,181 | 49.6 | $ | (3,983 | ) | (43.4 | ) | |||||||||||||
Hazardous/Non-hazardous
|
894 | 3.8 | 922 | 5.0 | (28 | ) | (3.0 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Other
nuclear waste
|
3,016 | 12.7 | 2,796 | 15.1 | 220 | 7.9 | ||||||||||||||||||
Fluor
Hanford
|
— | — | 2,110 | 11.4 | (2,110 | ) | (100.0 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
CHPRC
|
11,624 | 49.1 | — | — | 11,624 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
20,732 | 87.5 | 15,009 | 81.1 | 5,723 | 38.1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Industrial
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
|
$ | 1,238 | 5.2 | $ | 1,231 | 6.7 | $ | 7 | 0.6 | |||||||||||||||
Government
services
|
131 | 0.6 | 301 | 1.6 | (170 | ) | (56.5 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Oil
Sales
|
593 | 2.5 | 1,172 | 6.3 | (579 | ) | (49.4 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Total
|
1,962 | 8.3 | 2,704 | 14.6 | (742 | ) | (27.4 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
1,004 | 4.2 | 789 | 4.3 | 215 | 27.2 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 23,698 | 100.0 | $ | 18,502 | 100.0 | $ | 5,196 | 28.1 |
Net
Revenue
The
Nuclear Segment realized revenue growth of $5,723,000 or 38.1% for the three
months ended June 30, 2009 over the same period in 2008. In the
second quarter of 2008, our M&EC subsidiary was awarded a subcontract by
CHPRC (“CHPRC subcontract”) to perform a portion of facility operations and
waste management activities for the DOE Hanford, Washington
Site. Operations under this subcontract commenced at the DOE Hanford
Site on October 1, 2008. This is a cost plus award fee
subcontract. Revenue from CHPRC totaled $11,624,000 or 49.1% of our
total revenue from continuing operations, and included approximately $7,827,000
of revenue under the CHPRC subcontract at M&EC. Effective October
1, 2008, CHPRC also began management of waste activities previously under Fluor
Hanford, DOE’s general contractor at the Hanford Site prior to
CHPRC. Our Nuclear Segment had three previous subcontracts with Fluor
Hanford. These three subcontracts have since been renegotiated by
CHPRC to September 30, 2013. Revenue from government generators,
excluding CHPRC and Fluor Hanford as discussed above, decreased $3,983,000 or
43.4% due primarily to significant reduction in volume which more than offset
pricing increases. Revenue from hazardous and non-hazardous waste was
down $28,000 or 3.0% due primarily to reduced average pricing which was
partially offset by increase in remediation revenues. Revenue from
our Industrial Segment decreased $742,000 or 27.4% due to lower oil sales
revenue resulting from both decreased volume and decreased average price per
gallon of 11.9% and 42.6%, respectively. Government revenue was also
down due to reduced volume received. Revenue in our Engineering
Segment increased approximately $215,000 or 27.2% due to increased billable
hours of 18.9% and increased average billing rate of 7.6%.
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Consolidated
revenues increased $9,728,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, as
compared to the six months ended June 30, 2008, as follows:
(In thousands)
|
2009
|
%
Revenue
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
%
Change
|
||||||||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Government
waste
|
$ | 9,876 | 21.6 | $ | 15,517 | 43.1 | $ | (5,641 | ) | (36.4 | ) | |||||||||||||
Hazardous/Non-hazardous
|
1,853 | 4.0 | 1,777 | 5.0 | 76 | 4.3 | ||||||||||||||||||
Other nuclear
waste
|
5,746 | 12.6 | 7,822 | 21.7 | (2,076 | ) | (26.5 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Fluor
Hanford
|
— | — | 3,875 | 10.8 | (3,875 | ) | (100.0 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
CHPRC
|
22,371 | 49.0 | — | — | 22,371 | 100.0 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
39,846 | 87.2 | 28,991 | 80.6 | 10,855 | 37.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Industrial
|
||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial
|
$ | 2,466 | 5.4 | $ | 2,631 | 7.3 | $ | (165 | ) | (6.3 | ) | |||||||||||||
Government
services
|
258 | 0.6 | 540 | 1.5 | (282 | ) | (52.2 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Oil Sales
|
1,347 | 2.9 | 2,119 | 5.9 | (772 | ) | (36.4 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Total
|
4,071 | 8.9 | 5,290 | 14.7 | (1,219 | ) | (23.0 | ) | ||||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
1,783 | 3.9 | 1,691 | 4.7 | 92 | 5.4 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 45,700 | 100.0 | $ | 35,972 | 100.0 | $ | 9,728 | 27.0 |
The
Nuclear Segment experienced approximately $10,855,000 or 37.4% increase in
revenue for the six months ended June 30, 2009 over the same period of
2008. Revenue from CHPRC totaled $22,371,000 or 49.0% of our total
revenue from continuing operations, including approximately $15,365,000 of
revenue under the CHPRC subcontract previously discussed. Revenue
from CHPRC also included revenue from three subcontracts previously managed by
Fluor Hanford, DOE general contractor at the Hanford Site prior to
CHPRC. CHPRC has since renegotiated these three subcontracts to
September 30, 2013. Revenue from government generators, excluding
CHPRC and Fluor Hanford as discussed above, decreased $5,641,000 or 36.4% due
primarily to significant reduction in volume which more than offset increase in
pricing. Revenue from hazardous and non-hazardous waste was up
$76,000 or 4.3% due primarily to higher remediation revenue. Other
nuclear waste revenue decreased $2,076,000 or 26.5% due primarily to
a shipment of high activity and high margin waste of approximately $2,700,000
received in the first quarter of 2008 which we did not repeat in the first six
months of 2009. Revenue from our Industrial Segment decreased
$1,219,000 or 23.0% due primarily to significant reduction in oil sales revenue
resulting from both decreased volume and decreased average price per gallon of
12.9% and 27.3%, respectively. Revenue from government generators was
down primarily due to lower volume. Commercial revenue was down due to less
field services work, which is impacted by the slow down in the
economy. Revenue in our Engineering Segment increased approximately
$92,000 or 5.4% due primarily to increased average billing rate of 3.5% with
billable hours remaining constant.
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Cost
of Goods Sold
Cost of
goods sold increased $5,045,000 for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, as compared
to the quarter ended June 30, 2008, as follows:
%
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
2009
|
Revenue
|
2008
|
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
$ | 15,432 | 74.4 | $ | 10,452 | 69.6 | 4,980 | |||||||||||||
Industrial
|
1,551 | 79.1 | 1,715 | 63.4 | (164 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
690 | 68.7 | 461 | 58.4 | 229 | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 17,673 | 74.6 | $ | 12,628 | 68.3 | 5,045 |
The
Nuclear Segment’s cost of goods sold for the three months ended June 30, 2009
were up $4,980,000 or 47.6%, which included the cost of goods sold of
approximately $6,276,000 related to the CHPRC subcontract. Costs as a
percentage of revenue were up approximately 4.8% which reflected primarily the
higher cost CHPRC subcontract. Excluding the cost of goods sold of
CHPRC, remaining Nuclear Segment cost of goods sold decreased approximately
$1,296,000 due primarily to reduction in revenue. In the Industrial
Segment, cost of goods sold decreased $164,000 or 9.6%. However, cost
as a percentage of revenue was up approximately 15.7% due to lower margin wastes
processed and disposed of. In addition, we had approximately $67,000
in depreciation expense in the quarter ended June 30, 2009 which did not exist
in the corresponding period of 2008 as PFFL, PFO, and PFSG were in discontinued
operations during the three months ended June 30, 2008. Engineering
Segment costs increased approximately $229,000 due primarily to higher revenue,
higher bonus/commission, and higher payroll expenses. Included within
cost of goods sold is depreciation and amortization expense of $1,123,000 and
$1,092,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, and 2008,
respectively.
Cost of
goods sold increased $8,936,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, as
compared to the six months ended June 30, 2008, as follows:
%
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
2009
|
Revenue
|
2008
|
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
$ | 30,254 | 75.9 | $ | 20,879 | 72.0 | 9,375 | |||||||||||||
Industrial
|
3,090 | 75.9 | 3,665 | 69.3 | (575 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
1,243 | 69.7 | 1,107 | 65.5 | 136 | |||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 34,587 | 75.7 | $ | 25,651 | 71.3 | 8,936 |
Cost of
goods sold for the Nuclear Segment increased $9,375,000 or 44.9%, which included
the cost of goods sold of approximately $12,302,000 related to the CHPRC
subcontract. The increase in cost of goods sold for the six months
ended June 30, 2009 was primarily the result of higher costs related to the
CHPRC subcontract in addition to lower margin wastes which resulted in higher
disposal costs. In the Industrial Segment, cost of goods sold
decreased $575,000 or 15.7% due to lower material, disposal, and payroll related
expenses. Cost as a percentage of revenue increased due to revenue
mix as we sold less used oil which has higher margin. In addition, we
incurred depreciation expense of approximately $137,000 which did not exist in
the six months ended June 30, 2008 as PFFL, PFSG, and PFO were in discontinued
operations. The Engineering Segment’s cost of goods sold increased
approximately $136,000 due primarily to higher payroll expenses and increased
revenue. Included within cost of goods sold is depreciation and
amortization expense of $2,246,000 and $2,185,000 for the six months ended June
30, 2009, and 2008, respectively.
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Gross
Profit
Gross
profit for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, increased $151,000 over 2008, as
follows:
(In thousands)
|
2009
|
%
Revenue
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
$ | 5,300 | 25.6 | $ | 4,557 | 30.4 | $ | 743 | ||||||||||||
Industrial
|
411 | 20.9 | 989 | 36.6 | (578 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
314 | 31.3 | 328 | 41.6 | (14 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 6,025 | 25.4 | $ | 5,874 | 31.7 | 151 |
The
Nuclear Segment gross profit increased $743,000, which included gross profit of
approximately $1,552,000 on the CHPRC subcontract at our M&EC
facility. The decrease in gross margin was due primarily to revenue
mix as our total Nuclear Segment revenue contained more revenue from the CHPRC
subcontract, which carries a lower gross margin than our treatment
revenue. In the Industrial Segment, gross profit decreased
approximately $578,000 or 58.4% due primarily to higher disposal costs and
depreciation expense which did not exist in 2008 as PFFL, PFSG, and PFO were in
discontinued operations. Gross margin decreased to 20.9% in the
second quarter of 2009 as compared to 36.6% in the corresponding period of 2008
due to processing lower margin wastes instead of higher margin used oil
sales. The decrease in gross profit in the Engineering Segment was
due primarily to higher payroll related expenses and
bonus/commission.
Gross
profit for the six months ended June 30, 2009, increased $792,000 over 2008, as
follows:
(In thousands)
|
2009
|
%
Revenue
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
$ | 9,592 | 24.1 | $ | 8,112 | 28.0 | $ | 1,480 | ||||||||||||
Industrial
|
981 | 24.1 | 1,625 | 30.7 | (644 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
540 | 30.3 | 584 | 34.5 | (44 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 11,113 | 24.3 | $ | 10,321 | 28.7 | $ | 792 |
The
Nuclear Segment gross profit increased $1,480,000, which included gross profit
of approximately $3,063,000 related to the CHPRC subcontract. The
decrease in gross margin was primarily due to the lower margin CHPRC subcontract
in addition to low waste volume received. Gross profit for the
Industrial Segment decreased $644,000. The decrease in gross margin
was attributed to increase in depreciation expense as mentioned above in
addition to lower margin waste streams. The Engineering Segment gross
profit decreased approximately $44,000 or 7.5% primarily due to higher payroll
expenses.
Selling,
General and Administrative
Selling,
general and administrative ("SG&A") expenses decreased $131,000 for the
three months ended June 30, 2009, as compared to the corresponding period for
2008, as follows:
(In
thousands)
|
2009
|
%
Revenue
|
2008
|
%
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
Administrative
|
$ | 1,431 |
—
|
$ | 1,365 |
—
|
$ | 66 | ||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
2,364 | 11.4 | 2,401 | 16.0 | (37 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Industrial
|
516 | 26.3 | 637 | 23.6 | (121 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
154 | 15.3 | 193 | 24.5 | (39 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 4,465 | 18.8 | $ | 4,596 | 24.8 | $ | (131 | ) |
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Our
SG&A for the three months ended June 30, 2009 decreased $131,000 or 2.8%
over the corresponding period of 2008. The increase in administrative
SG&A was primarily the result of higher salaries due to additional headcount
at our corporate office as we continue to centralize accounting
function. This increase was offset by decrease in payroll expenses in
our segments. In addition, stock option expense was higher due to
1,228,000 options granted to certain company officers and employees since August
2008. Such options were not granted in 2007. Nuclear
Segment SG&A was down approximately $37,000 due mainly to lower salaries,
payroll related expenses, and bonus/commission as we continue to streamline our
costs. This decrease was partially offset by bad debt
expense. Industrial Segment SG&A decreased approximately $121,000
due primarily to lower payroll, bonus/incentive, and outside service expense as
we had certain permit compliance and legal matters in 2008 which did not occur
in 2009. This decrease was partially offset by higher bad debt
expense and depreciation expense incurred in 2009 which did not exist in 2008 as
the Industrial Segment was in discontinued operations. The
Engineering Segment’s SG&A expense decreased approximately $39,000 primarily
due to decrease in payroll expenses. Included in SG&A expenses is
depreciation and amortization expense of $78,000 and $25,000 for the three
months ended June 30, 2009, and 2008, respectively.
SG&A
expenses decreased $251,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared
to the corresponding period for 2008, as follows:
%
|
%
|
|||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
2009
|
Revenue
|
2008
|
Revenue
|
Change
|
|||||||||||||||
Administrative
|
$ | 2,934 |
—
|
$ | 2,653 |
—
|
$ | 281 | ||||||||||||
Nuclear
|
4,542 | 11.4 | 4,780 | 16.5 | (238 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Industrial
|
1,037 | 25.5 | 1,303 | 24.6 | (266 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Engineering
|
292 | 16.4 | 320 | 18.9 | (28 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 8,805 | 19.3 | $ | 9,056 | 25.2 | $ | (251 | ) |
SG&A
decreased $251,000 or 2.8% for the six months ended June 30, 2009 as compared to
the corresponding period of 2008. The increase in administrative
SG&A of approximately $281,000 was primarily the result higher stock option
expense as mentioned above and higher payroll expenses resulting from
centralization of accounting function. 401k match expense was higher
as certain Industrial Segment employees forfeited the Company’s match portion
following the divestures in 2008. We also incurred higher outside
service expenses relating to daily corporate legal matters and information
technology projects. Nuclear Segment SG&A was down approximately
$238,000 due mainly to lower salaries, other payroll related expenses, and
bonus/commission as we continue to streamline our costs. The decrease
was partially offset by bad debt expense and legal expense at certain of our
facilities. SG&A for the Industrial Segment decreased for the
same reason as the second quarter mentioned above with the exception of no
significant change in bad debt expense. The Engineering Segment’s
SG&A expense decreased approximately $28,000 primarily due to decrease in
payroll and travel expenses. Included in SG&A expenses is
depreciation and amortization expense of $135,000 and $53,000 for the six months
ended June 30, 2009, and 2008, respectively.
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Interest
Expense
Interest
expense increased $101,000 and $277,000 for the three and six months ended June
30, 2009, respectively, as compared to the corresponding period of
2008.
Three
Months
|
Six Months
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
(In
thousands)
|
2009
|
2008
|
Change
|
2009
|
2008
|
Change
|
||||||||||||||||||
PNC
interest
|
$ | 221 | $ | 98 | $ | 123 | $ | 383 | $ | 221 | $ | 162 | ||||||||||||
Other
|
247 | 269 | (22 | ) | 632 | 517 | 115 | |||||||||||||||||
Total
|
$ | 468 | $ | 367 | $ | 101 | $ | 1,015 | $ | 738 | $ | 277 |
The
increase in interest expense for both the three and six months ended June 30,
2009 as compared to the corresponding period of 2008 was due primarily to higher
interest on our revolver and term note resulting from higher balances in
addition to higher interest expense relating to certain vendor
invoices. During the first six months of 2008, our term loan balance
was paid off, the result of proceeds received from the sale of certain of our
Industrial Segment facilities. Our term loan balance was
significantly higher in the first six months of 2009 resulting from the reload
of our term note in August 2008 to $7,000,000. In addition, our
revolver balance was higher throughout the first six months of 2009 as compared
to 2008 due to funding of our finite insurance policies. The increase
in interest expense for both the three and six months was partially offset by
lower interest resulting from payoff of the KeyBank note in December 2008 at our
PFNWR facility as well as lower interest resulting from decreasing and paying
off of our loan balance for the PDC note at our M&EC facility during the
first six months of 2009.
Interest
Expense - Financing Fees
Interest
expense-financing fees increased approximately $8,000 and decreased $34,000 for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively, as compared to the
corresponding period of 2008. The increase for the three months was
due primarily to debt discount amortized as financing fees in connection with
the issuance of 200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock and two Warrants
for purchase up to 150,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock as consideration
for the Company receiving a $3,000,000 loan from Mr. William Lampson and Mr.
Diehl Rettig in May 2009. The decrease for the six months was due
primarily to monthly amortized financing fees associated with our original
credit facility and subsequent amendments which became fully amortized in May
2008. The decrease was partially offset by the debt discount
amortized as financing fees mentioned above.
Interest
Income
Interest
income decreased approximately $8,000 and $24,000 for the three and six months
ended June 30, 2009, as compared to the corresponding period of 2008,
respectively. The decrease for the three and six months is primarily
the result of lower interest earned on the finite risk sinking fund due to lower
interest rates.
Loss
(gain) on disposal of Property and Equipment
The loss
on disposal of fixed assets for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008 was
primarily due to disposal of idle equipment at our DSSI facility.
Discontinued
Operations and Divestitures
Our
discontinued operations encompass our Perma-Fix of Maryland, Inc. (“PFMD”),
Perma-Fix of Dayton, Inc. (“PFD”), and Perma-Fix Treatment Services, Inc.
(“PFTS”) facilities within our Industrial Segment, as well as two previously
shut down locations, Perma-Fix of Pittsburgh, Inc. (“PFP”), and Perma-Fix of
Michigan, Inc. (“PFMI”), two facilities which were approved as discontinued
operations by our Board of Directors effective November 8, 2005, and October 4,
2004, respectively.
We
completed the sale of substantially all of the assets of PFMD, PFD, and PFTS on
January 8, 2008, March 14, 2008, and May 30, 2008,
respectively.
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Our
discontinued operations had no revenues in 2009. Revenues for the
three and six months ended June 2008 were $808,000 and $3,195,000,
respectively. The Industrial Segment had net operating loss of
$237,000 and net operating income of $67,000 for the three and six months ended
June 30, 2009, respectively, as compared to net operating loss of $383,000 and
$1,060,000 for the corresponding period of 2008. The net operating
income for the six months ended June 30, 2009 included a recovery of
approximately $400,000 in closure costs recorded in the first quarter of 2009
resulting from the authorized release of PFTS’s financial assurance bond from
the appropriate regulatory authority as result of the divestiture of the PFTS
facility. In the second quarter of 2009, we recorded approximately
$119,000 in interests related to a certain excise tax audit for fiscal years
1999 to 2005 for PFTS.
We had a
‘gain on disposal of discontinued operations, net of taxes” of $108,000 and
$2,216,000 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008.
Assets
and liabilities related to discontinued operations total $724,000 and $2,529,000
as of June 30, 2009, respectively and $761,000 and $2,994,000 as of December 31,
2008, respectively.
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. During
2006, based on state-mandated criteria, we began implementing the modified
methodology to remediate the facility. We have spent approximately
$771,000 for closure costs since discontinuation of PFMI in October 2004, of
which approximately $26,000 was spent during the six months ended June 30, 2009
and $26,000 was spent during 2008. We have $511,000 accrued for the
closure, as of June 30, 2009, and we anticipate spending $3,000 in the remaining
six months of 2009, 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 June 30, 2009, PFMI has a pension
payable
of
$1,001,000. 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 $184,000 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.
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At June
30, 2009, we had cash of $59,000. The following table reflects the
cash flow activities during the first six months of 2009.
(In
thousands)
|
2009
|
|||
Cash used in continuing
operations
|
$ | (1,591 | ) | |
Cash used in discontinued
operations
|
(371 | ) | ||
Cash used in investing activities
of continuing operations
|
(3,278 | ) | ||
Cash provided by investing
activities of discontinued operations
|
11 | |||
Cash provided by financing
activities of continuing operations
|
5,159 | |||
Decrease in
cash
|
$ | (70 | ) |
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 June 30, 2009, 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 $13,037,000, a
decrease of $379,000 over the December 31, 2008, balance of
$13,416,000. The Nuclear Segment experienced an increase of
approximately $199,000 due primarily to increased invoicing as the Segment
continues to work toward reducing its unbilled revenue targets. This increase
was partially offset by improved collection efforts. The Industrial
Segment experienced a decrease of approximately $797,000 due primarily to a
decrease in revenue. The Engineering Segment experienced an increase
of approximately $219,000 due mainly to increases in revenue.
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 June 30, 2009, unbilled receivables totaled
$14,066,000, a decrease of $2,896,000 from the December 31, 2008, balance of
$16,962,000, 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 June 30, 2009 is $10,947,000, a decrease of $2,157,000 from
the balance of $13,104,000 as of December 31, 2008. The long term
portion as of June 30, 2009 is $3,119,000, a decrease of $739,000 from the
balance of $3,858,000 as of December 31, 2008.
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As of
June 30, 2009, total consolidated accounts payable was $7,483,000, a decrease of
$3,593,000 from the December 31, 2008, balance of $11,076,000. The
decrease was due primarily to payment of our outstanding vendor invoices using
cash generated from our operations. We continue to increase our
invoicing as we work toward reducing our unbilled revenue targets to pay down
our accounts payable, in addition to manage payment terms with our vendors to
maximize our cash position throughout all segments.
Accrued
Expenses as of June 30, 2009, totaled $6,187,000, a decrease of $2,709,000 over
the December 31, 2008, balance of $8,896,000. Accrued expenses are
made up of accrued compensation, interest payable, insurance payable, certain
tax accruals, and other miscellaneous accruals. The decrease was
primarily due to monthly payments for the Company’s general insurance policies
and closure policy for PFNWR facility, payoff of approximately $2,225,000 in
interests on the PDC note in May 2009, and payment of interest on the
shareholder note in June 2009 for our PFNWR facility. This decrease was offset
by the earn-out amount of approximately $734,000 that we are required to pay to
an escrow account in connection with the acquisition of our PFNWR facility in
June 2007.
Disposal/transportation
accrual as of June 30, 2009, totaled $4,337,000, a decrease of $1,510,000 over
the December 31, 2008 balance of $5,847,000. The decrease was mainly
attributed to the reduction of the legacy waste accrual at PFNWR
facility.
Our
working capital position at June 30, 2009 was $65,000, which includes working
capital of our discontinued operations, as compared to a negative working
capital of $3,886,000 as of December 31, 2008. The improvement in our
working capital was attributed by the reduction of our account payables and
current debts from funds generated by our operations.
Investing
Activities
Our
purchases of capital equipment for the six months ended June 30, 2009, totaled
approximately $552,000. These expenditures were for improvements to
operations primarily within the Nuclear and Industrial
Segments. These capital expenditures were funded by the cash provided
by operations. We have budgeted capital expenditures of approximately $1,300,000
for fiscal year 2009 for our operating segments to 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. 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.
In June
2003, we entered into a 25-year finite risk insurance policy with American
International Group, Inc. (“AIG”), 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 provided an initial maximum $35,000,000
of financial assurance coverage and has available capacity to allow for annual
inflation and other performance and surety bond requirements. Our
initial finite risk insurance policy required an upfront payment of $4,000,000,
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. We are required to make seven
annual installments, as amended, of $1,004,000, of which $991,000 is to be
deposited in the sinking fund account, with the remaining $13,000 represents a
terrorism premium. In addition, we are required to make a final
payment of $2,008,000, of which $1,982,000 is to be deposited in the sinking
fund account, with the remaining $26,000 represents a terrorism
premium. In March 2009, we paid our sixth of the eight required
remaining payments. In March 2009, we secured additional financial
assurance coverage of approximately $5,421,000 with AIG which enabled our
Diversified Scientific Services, Inc. (“DSSI”) facility to receive and process
wastes under a permit issued by the U.S. Environment Protection Agency (“EPA”)
Region 4 on November 26, 2008 to commercially store and dispose of
Polychlorinated Biphenyls (“PCBs”). We secured this additional
financial assurance coverage requirement by increasing our initial 25-year
finite risk insurance policy with AIG from maximum policy coverage of
$35,000,000 to $39,000,000, of which our total financial coverage amounts to
$35,871,000 as of June 30, 2009. Payment for this additional
financial assurance coverage requires a total payment of approximately
$5,219,000, consisting of an upfront payment of $2,000,000 made on March 6,
2009, of which approximately $1,655,000 was deposited into a sinking fund
account, with the remaining representing fee payable to AIG. In
addition, we are required to make three yearly payments of approximately
$1,073,000 starting December 31, 2009, of which $888,000 will be deposited into
a sinking fund account, with the remaining to represent fee payable to
AIG.
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As of
June 30, 2009, we have recorded $9,607,000 in our sinking fund related to the
policy noted above on the balance sheet, which includes interest earned of
$773,000 on the sinking fund as of June 30, 2009. Interest income for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 was $16,000 and $42,000,
respectively. On the fourth and subsequent anniversaries of the
contract inception, we may elect to terminate this contract. If we so
elect, the Insurer is obligated to 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, with AIG. The policy
provides an initial $7,800,000 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 $8,200,000. 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 $7,158,000,
consisting of an annual payment of $1,363,000 and two annual payments of
$1,520,000, starting July 31, 2008 and an additional $2,755,000 payment to be
made in five quarterly payments of $551,000 beginning September
2007. In July 2007, we paid the $1,363,000, of which $1,106,000
represented premium on the policy and the remaining was deposited into a sinking
fund account. In July 2008, we paid the first of the two $1,520,000
payments, with $1,344,000 deposited into a sinking fund account and the
remaining representing premium. We have made all of the five
quarterly payments which were deposited into a sinking fund. As of
June 30, 2009, we have recorded $4,476,000 in our sinking fund related to this
policy on the balance sheet, which includes interest earned of $121,000 on the
sinking fund as of June 30, 2009. Interest income for the three
months and six months ended June 30, 2009 totaled $24,000 and $50,000,
respectively.
It has
been previously reported that AIG has experienced financial difficulties and is
continuing to experience financial difficulties. In the event of
failure of AIG, this could significantly impact our operations and our
permits.
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 provided for a term loan ("Term Loan") in
the amount of $7,000,000, which required monthly installments of $83,000. The
Agreement also provided 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 Term Loan and Revolving Credit matures in July,
2012. 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 June 30, 2009, the
excess availability under our Revolving Credit was $4,446,000 based on our
eligible receivables.
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Pursuant
to the Agreement, as amended, we may terminate the Agreement upon 90 days’ prior
written notice upon payment in full of the obligation. We agreed to
pay PNC 1% of the total financing in the event we pay off our obligations on or
prior to August 4, 2009 and 1/2 % of the total financing if we pay off our
obligations on or after August 5, 2009, but prior to August 4,
2010. No early termination fee shall apply if we pay off our
obligations after August 5, 2010.
On March
5, 2009, we entered into an Amendment with PNC Bank to our
Agreement. This Amendment increased our borrowing availability by
approximately an additional $2,200,000. In addition, pursuant to the
Amendment, monthly interest due on our revolving line of credit was amended from
prime plus 1/2% to prime plus 2.0% and monthly interest due on our Term Loan was
amended from prime plus 1.0% to prime plus 2.5%. The Company also has
the option to pay monthly interest due on the revolving line of credit by using
the LIBOR, with the minimum floor base LIBOR rate of 2.5%, plus 3.0% and to pay
monthly interest due on the Term Loan using the minimum floor base LIBOR of
2.5%, plus 3.5%. In addition, pursuant to the Amendment, the fixed
charge coverage ratio was amended to reduce the availability monthly by
$48,000. The Amendment also allowed us to retain funds received from
the sale of our PFO property which was completed in the fourth quarter of
2008. All other terms and conditions to the credit facility remain
principally unchanged. As a condition of this Amendment, we paid PNC
a fee of $25,000. Funds made available under this Amendment were used
to secure the additional financial assurance coverage needed by our DSSI
subsidiary to operate under the PCB permit issued by the EPA on November 26,
2008.
In
connection with our review of our financing activities, from time to time we
consider alternatives that could provide terms more favorable to us than under
our existing credit facilities, including increasing the amount of our existing
credit facilities to provide us with additional liquidity. We are
considering a proposal from a commercial lender (the “Potential Lender”), which
is non-binding and subject to customary contingencies.
In
acquiring our Material &Energy Corporation (“M&EC”) subsidiary, M&EC
issued a promissory note in the principal amount of $3,700,000, together with
interest at an annual rate equal to the applicable law rate pursuant to Section
6621 of the Internal Revenue Code, to Performance Development Corporation
(“PDC”), dated June 25, 2001, for monies advanced to M&EC by PDC and certain
services performed by PDC on behalf of M&EC prior to our acquisition of
M&EC. The principal amount of the promissory note was payable
over eight years on a semiannual basis on June 30 and December 31, with a final
principal payment to be made by December 31, 2008. All accrued and
unpaid interest on the promissory note was payable in one lump sum on December
31, 2008. PDC directed M&EC to make all payments under the
promissory note directly to the IRS to be applied to PDC’s obligations to the
IRS. On December 29, 2008, M&EC and PDC entered into an amendment
to the promissory note, whereby the outstanding principal and accrued interest
due under the promissory note totaling approximately $3,066,000 was to be paid
in the following installments: $500,000 payment to be made by
December 31, 2008 and five monthly payment of $100,000 to be made starting
January 27, 2009, with the balance consisting of accrued and unpaid interest due
on June 30, 2009. We were directed by PDC to continue to make all
payments under the promissory note, as amended, directly to the IRS to be
applied to PDC’s obligations under its obligations with the IRS. On
May 13, 2009, we paid the outstanding balance of approximately $2,225,000, which
consists of interest only, on the PDC promissory note directly to the IRS which
satisfied M&EC’s obligations to PDC in full. Fund used to pay off
the note was from a $3,000,000 promissory note that the Company entered into
with Mr. William Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig as discussed
below.
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In
acquiring Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”- f/k/a Nuvotec) and Perma-Fix
Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR” – f/k/a Pacific EcoSolutions, Inc. (“PEcoS”)),
we agreed to pay former shareholders of Nuvotec who qualified as accredited
investors pursuant to Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities
Act of 1933 (which includes Mr. Robert L. Ferguson, a current member of our
Board of Directors) $2,500,000, 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. In June 2009, we paid our first principal installment of
$833,333, along with accrued interest. As of June 30, 2009, interest
paid totaled approximately $422,000, of which $206,000 was paid in the second
quarter of 2009 and $216,000 was paid in the second quarter of 2008. See
“Related Party Transaction” in this section regarding Mr. Robert
Ferguson.
In
connection with the acquisition of PFNW (f/n/a “Nuvotec”) and PFNWR (f/k/a
Pacific EcoSolutions, Inc. (“PEcoS”) in June 2007, we are required, if certain
revenue targets are met, to pay to the former shareholders of Nuvotec (which
includes Mr. Robert L. Ferguson, a current member of our Board of Director) an
earn-out amount for twelve months period ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2011,
with the aggregate of the full earn-out amount not to exceed $4,552,000,
pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as amended, with the first $1,000,000 of the
earn-out amount to be placed into an escrow account to satisfy any
indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec, PEcoS, and the former shareholders
of Nuvotec. The earn-out amounts will be earned if certain annual
revenue targets for each such twelve month period are met by the Company’s
consolidated Nuclear Segment. No earn-out amounts were required to be
paid for the twelve month period ended June 30, 2008. For the twelve
month period ended June 30, 2009, we have calculated that we are required to pay
$734,000 in earn-out amount, all of which is to be paid into the escrow account
during the quarter ending September 30, 2009. The earn-out amount was
recorded as an increase to goodwill for PFNWR. Any remaining earn-out
amount earned after placing the first $1,000,000 into the escrow account will be
allocated to the former shareholders of Nuvotec. The first $1,000,000
in earn-out amount will remain in the escrow account to satisfy any
indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec, PEcoS, and the former shareholders
of Nuvotec until the end of a two year period from the date the first full
$1,000,000 is placed into the escrow account, at which time any remaining amount
in the escrow account will be allocated to the former shareholders of
Nuvotec. See “Related Party Transaction” in this section for
information regarding Mr. Robert L. Ferguson.
On April
8 2009, the Company filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which was declared effective by
the SEC on June 26, 2009. The shelf registration statement gives the
Company the ability to sell up to 5,000,000 shares of its Common Stock from time
to time and through one or more methods of distribution, subject to market
conditions and the Company’s capital needs at that time. The terms of
any offering under the registration statement will be established at the time of
the offering. The Company does not have any immediate plans or
current commitments to issue shares under the registration
statement.
On May 8,
2009, the Company entered into a Loan and Securities Purchase Agreement
(“Agreement”) with Mr. William N. Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig (collectively,
the “Lenders”). Mr. Lampson was formerly a major shareholder of Nuvotec USA,
Inc. (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc. (“PFNW”)) and its wholly owned subsidiary,
Pacific EcoSolution, Inc. (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”))
prior to our acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR, and Mr. Rettig was formerly a
shareholder of, and counsel for, Nuvotec USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries at the
time of our acquisition and after our acquisition has continued to perform
certain legal services for PFNWR. Both of the Lenders are also
stockholders of the Company having received shares of our Common Stock in
connection with our acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR. Under the
Agreement, we entered into a Promissory Note (“Note”) with the Lenders in the
amount of $3,000,000. The Note provides for monthly principal
repayment of approximately $87,000 plus accrued interest, starting June 8, 2009,
and on the 8th day of each month thereafter, with interest payable at LIBOR plus
4.5%, with LIBOR at least 1.5%. Any unpaid principal balance along
with accrued interest is due May 8, 2011. We paid approximately
$22,000 in closing costs for the Note which will be amortized over the terms of
the Note. The Note may be prepaid at anytime by the Company without
penalty. The proceeds of the loan were used primarily to pay off the
promissory note, dated June 25, 2001, as amended on December 28, 2008, entered
into by our M&EC subsidiary with PDC as mentioned above, with the remaining
funds used for working capital purposes.
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As
consideration of the Company receiving the loan pursuant to the Agreement, we
issued to Messrs. Lampson and Rettig, pursuant to an exemption from registration
under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and/or
Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act, an aggregate of 200,000
shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“Shares”) and two Warrants to purchase up
to an aggregate 150,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock (“Warrant Shares”)
at an exercise price of $1.50 per share, with Mr. Lampson receiving 180,000
Shares and a Warrant to purchase up to an aggregate of 135,000 Warrant Shares
and Mr. Rettig receiving 20,000 Shares and a Warrant to purchase up to an
aggregate of 15,000 Warrant Shares. The Warrants are exercisable six
months from May 8, 2009 and expire two years from May 8, 2009. We
determined the fair value of the 200,000 shares of Common Stock to be $476,000
which was based on the closing price of the stock of $2.38 per share on May 8,
2009. We estimated the fair value of the Warrants to be approximately
$190,000 using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
assumption: 70.47% volatility, risk free interest rate of 1.0%, an
expected life of two years and no dividends. The fair value of the
Common Stock and Warrants was recorded as a debt discount to the loan and is
being amortized over the term of the Note as interest expense – financing
fees. Debt discount amortized as of June 30, 2009 totaled
approximately $49,000.
Under the
terms of the Agreement and Note, if the Company defaults in payment of any
principal or interest under the Note and such default continues for 30 days, the
Lenders shall have the right to declare the Note immediately due and payable and
to have payment of the remaining unpaid principal amount and accrued interest
(“Payoff Amount”) in one of the two methods, at their option:
·
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in
cash, or
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·
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subject
to certain limitations and pursuant to an exemption from registration
under Section 4(2) of the Act and/or Rule 506 of Regulation D, in shares
of Company Common Stock, with the number of shares to be issued determined
by dividing the unpaid principal balance as of the date of default, plus
accrued interest, by a dollar amount equal to the closing bid price of the
Company’s Common Stock on the date of default as reported on the National
Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”)
(“Payoff Shares”). The Payoff Amount is to be paid as
follows: 90% to Mr. Lampson and 10% to Mr.
Rettig.
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The
aggregate number of Shares, Warrant Shares, and Payoff Shares that are to be
issued to the Lenders under the Agreement and Note, together with the aggregate
shares of the Company’s Common Stock and other Company voting securities owned
by the Lenders as of the date of issuance of the Payoff Shares, if any, shall
not exceed:
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·
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the
number of shares equal to 19.9% of the number of shares of the Company’s
Common Stock issued and outstanding as of the date of the Agreement,
or
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·
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19.9%
of the voting power of all of the Company’s voting securities issued and
outstanding as of the date of the
Agreement.
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In
summary, funds generated from our operations have positively impacted our
working capital in the first six months of 2009. We continue to take
steps to improve our operations and liquidity and to invest working capital into
our facilities to fund capital additions for our Segments. Although
there are no assurances, we believe that our cash flows from operations and our
available liquidity from our line of credit are sufficient to service the
Company’s current obligations.
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Contractual
Obligations
The
following table summarizes our contractual obligations at June 30, 2009, and the
effect such obligations are expected to have on our liquidity and cash flow in
future periods, (in thousands):
Payments
due by period
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Contractual
Obligations
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Total
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2009
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2010-
2012
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2013 -
2014
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After
2014
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Long-term
debt (1)
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$ | 21,380 | $ | 1,119 | $ | 20,252 | $ | 9 | $ |
—
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Interest
on long-term debt (2)
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206 |
—
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206 |
—
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— | |||||||||||||||
Interest
on variable rate debt (3)
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2,591 | 574 | 2,017 |
—
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—
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Operating
leases
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2,263 | 450 | 1,519 | 294 |
—
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Finite
risk policy (4)
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7,752 | 2,594 | 5,158 |
—
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—
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Pension
withdrawal liability (5)
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1,001 | 43 | 635 | 323 |
—
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Environmental
contingencies (6)
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1,657 | 151 | 1,070 | 326 | 110 | |||||||||||||||
Earn
Out Amount - PFNWR (7)
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— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Purchase
obligations (8)
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— | — | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||
Total
contractual obligations
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$ | 36,850 | $ | 4,931 | $ | 30,857 | $ | 952 | $ | 110 |
(1)
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Amount
excludes debt discount recorded and amortized of approximately $176,000
for the two Warrants and $441,000 for the 200,000 shares of the Company
Stock issued in connection with the $3,000,000 loan between the Company
and Mr. William Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig. See Liquidity and
Capital Resources – Financing activities earlier in this Management’s
Discussion and Analysis for further discussion on the debt
discount.
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(2)
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In
conjunction with our acquisition of PFNWR and PFNW, 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, $2,500,000, 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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(3)
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We
have variable interest rates on our Term Loan and Revolving Credit of 2.5%
and 2.0% over the prime rate of interest, respectively, as amended, or
variable interest rates on our Term Loan and Revolving Credit of 3.5% and
3.0%, respectively over the minimum floor base LIBOR of 2.5%, and as such
we have made certain assumptions in estimating future interest payments on
this variable interest rate debt. Our calculation of interests on our Term
Loan and Revolving Credit was estimated using the more current favorable
prime rate method and we assumed an increase in prime rate of 1/2% in each
of the years 2009 through July 2012. In addition, we have a
$3,000,000 promissory note with Mr. William Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig
which pays interest at LIBOR plus 4.5%, with LIBOR of at least
1.5%. We also assumed an increase of 1/2% over the minimum
LIBOR of 1.5% in calculating interests on the
loan.
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(4)
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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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(5)
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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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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
PFMI, PFM, PFSG, and PFD, which are the financial obligations of the
Company. The environmental liability, as it relates to the
remediation of the EPS site assumed by the Company as a result of the
original acquisition of the PFD facility, was retained by the Company upon
the sale of PFD in March 2008.
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In
connection with the acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR in June 2007, we are
required, if certain revenue targets are met, to pay to the former
shareholders of Nuvotec an earn-out amount for each twelve months period
ending June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2011, with the aggregate of the full
earn-out amount not to exceed $4,552,000, pursuant to the Merger
Agreement, as amended, with the first $1,000,000 of the earn-out amount to
be placed into an escrow account to satisfy any indemnification
obligations to us of Nuvotec, PEcoS, and the former shareholders of
Nuvotec. The earn-out amounts will be earned if certain annual
revenue targets for each such twelve month period are met by the Company’s
consolidated Nuclear Segment. No earn-out amounts were required
to be paid for the twelve month period ended June 30, 2008. For
fiscal year ended June 30, 2009, we have calculated that we are required
to pay $734,000 in earn-out amount, all of which is to be paid into the
escrow account during the quarter ending September 30,
2009.
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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 (ranging from 20% to 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 revenue and the associated costs of
transportation and burial. The waste streams in our Industrial
Segment are much less complicated, and services are rendered shortly after
receipt, as such we do not use percentage of completion estimates in our
Industrial segment. We review and evaluate our revenue recognition
estimates and policies on a quarterly basis. Under our subcontract
awarded by CHPRC in 2008, we are reimbursed for costs incurred plus a certain
percentage markup for indirect costs, in accordance with contract
provision. Costs incurred on excess of contract funding may be
renegotiated for reimbursement. We also earn a fee based on the
approved costs to complete the contract. We recognize this fee using
the proportion of costs incurred to total estimated contract costs.
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 0.4% of revenue for
2008 and 2.4%, of accounts receivable as of December 31,
2008. Additionally, this allowance was approximately 0.3% of revenue
for 2007 and 1.3% of accounts receivable as of December 31,
2007.
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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 or goodwill and the recognized
value of the permits required to operate 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 each Segment’s (or Reporting Unit’s) goodwill
and permits, separately, for impairment, annually as of October
1. Our annual impairment test as of October 1, 2008 and 2007 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. Those cash flow estimates
incorporate assumptions that marketplace participants would use in their
estimates of fair value. The most significant assumptions used in the
discounted cash flow valuation regarding each of the Segment’s fair value in
connection with goodwill valuations are: (1) detailed five year cash
flow projections, (2) the risk adjusted discount rate, and (3) the expected
long-term growth rate. The primary drivers of the cash flow
projection in 2008 included sales revenue and projected margin which are based
on our current revenue, projected government funding as it relates to our
existing government contracts and future revenue expected as part of the
government stimulus plan. The risk adjusted discount rate represents
the weighted average cost of capital and is established based on (1) the 20 year
risk-free rate, which is impacted by events external to our business, such as
investor expectation regarding economic activity (2) our required rate of return
on equity, and (3) the current after tax rate of return on debt. In
valuing our goodwill for 2008, risk adjusted discount rate of 18% was used for
the Nuclear and Industrial Segment and 16% for our Engineering
Segment. As of December 31, 2008, the fair value of our reporting
units exceeds carrying value by approximately $6,616,000, $616,000, and
$3,329,000 above its carrying value for the Nuclear, Engineering, and Industrial
Segment, respectively.
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. Renewals and improvement, which extend
the useful lives of the assets, are capitalized. We include within
buildings, asset retirement obligations, which represents our best estimates of
the cost to close, at some undetermined future date, our permitted and/or
licensed facilities.
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 (for 2009, the average
inflationary factor was approximately 2.4%) and for approved changes or
expansions to the facilities. 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 four remediation projects currently in
progress. 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. In connection with the
sale of our PFD facility in March 2008, the Company has retained the
environmental liability for the remediation of an independent site known as
EPS. This liability was assumed by the Company as a result of the
original acquisition of the PFD facility. The environmental
liabilities of PFM, PFMI, PFSG, and PFD remain 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.
Effective January 1, 2006, we account for stock-based compensation in
accordance with 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. 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.
We
estimate compensation expense based on the fair value at grant date for our
employee and director options using the Black-Scholes valuation model and
recognize 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,
our stock-based compensation is reduced for estimated forfeiture rates based on
historical trends of actual forfeitures. When actual forfeitures vary
from our estimates, we recognize the difference in compensation expense in the
period the actual forfeitures occur or when options vest.
Our
computation of expected volatility used to calculate the fair value of options
granted using the Black-Scholes valuation model is based on historical
volatility from our traded Common Stock over the expected term of the option
grants. For our employee option grants made prior to 2008 (we had no
option grant to employees in 2007), we used the simplified method, defined in
the SEC’s Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 107, to calculate the expected
term. For our employee option grants made since 2008, we computed the
expected term based on historical exercises and post-vesting
data. For the December 2008 and February 2009 option grants made to
employees working under the CHPRC subcontract, we computed the expected term
using the subcontract term of five years as our basis. For our
director option grants, the expected term is calculated based on historical
exercise and post-vesting data. 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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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. Our Industrial Segment operations experience reduced
activities during the holiday periods; however, one key product line is the
servicing of cruise line business where operations are typically higher during
the winter months, thus offsetting the impact of the holiday
season. 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. Over the
past years, due to our efforts to work with the various government customers to
smooth these shipments more evenly throughout the year, we have seen smaller
fluctuations 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. In addition, higher government (specifically DOE) funding
made available to remediate DOE site than in past years under the 2009 federal
budget, along with the economic stimulus package (American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act) enacted by Congress in February 2009, could result in larger
fluctuations in the quarters of 2009.
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. With our
Industrial Segment, economic downturns or recessionary conditions can adversely
affect the demand for our industrial services. Although we believe we
are currently experiencing an economic downturn due to the recessionary economic
environment, we continue to review contracts and revenue streams within our
Industrial Segment in efforts to replace those that are not profitable with more
profitable ones. Our Engineering Segment relies more on commercial
customers though this segment makes up a very small percentage of our
revenue.
We
believe that the higher government funding made available to remediate DOE sites
than past years under the 2009 federal budget along with the economic stimulus
package (American Recovery and Reinvestment Act), enacted by the Congress in
February 2009, will provide substantial funds to remediate DOE sites and thus
should positively impact our existing government contracts within our Nuclear
Segment. However, we expect that demand for our services will be
subjected to fluctuations due to a variety of factors beyond our control,
including the current economic recession and conditions, and the manner in which
the government will be required to spend funding to remediate federal
sites. Our operations depend, in large part, upon governmental
funding, particularly funding levels at the DOE. In addition, our
governmental contracts and subcontracts relating to activities at governmental
sites are subject to termination or renegotiation on 30 days notice at the
government’s option. Significant reductions in the level of
governmental funding or specifically mandated levels for different programs that
are important to our business could have a material adverse impact on our
business, financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
Certain
Legal Matters:
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 Potentially 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.
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As of the
date of this report, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”)
has collected approximately $8,400,000 for the remediation of the site and has
completed removal of above ground waste from the site. The EPA’s
unofficial estimate to complete remediation of the site is between $9,000,000
and $12,000,000; however, based on preliminary outside consulting work hired by
the PRP group, which we are a party to, the remediation costs could be below
EPA’s estimation. The PRP Group has established a cooperative
relationship with LDEQ and EPA, and is working closely with these agencies to
assure that the funds held by LDEQ are used cost-effectively. As a
result of negotiations with LDEQ and EPA, further remediation work by LDEQ has
been put on hold pending completion of a site assessment by the PRP
Group. This site assessment could result in remediation activities to
be completed within the funds held by LDEQ. 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. In addition, we accrued approximately
$27,000 in the third quarter of 2008 for our estimated portion of the cost of
the site assessment, which was allocated among the facilities. As of
June 30, 2009, $18,000 of the accrued amount has been paid, of which $9,000 was
paid in the fourth quarter of 2008 and $9,000 was paid in the second quarter of
2009. We anticipate paying the remaining $9,000 in the fourth quarter
of 2009. As of the date of this report, we cannot accurately access
our ultimate 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.
Industrial
Segment Divested Facilities/Operations
We sold
substantially all of the assets of PFTS pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement
on May 30, 2008. Under this Agreement the buyer assumed certain debts
and obligations of PFTS, including, but not limited to, certain debts and
obligations of PFTS to regulatory authorities under certain consent agreements
entered into by PFTS with the appropriate regulatory authority to remediate
portions of the facility sold to the buyer. If any of these
liabilities/obligations are not paid or performed by the buyer, the buyer would
be in breach of the Asset Purchase Agreement and we may assert claims against
the buyer for such breach. We have sued the buyer of the PFTS’ assets
regarding certain liabilities which we believe the buyer assumed and agreed to
pay under the Asset Purchase Agreement but which the buyer has refused to
satisfy as of the date of this report.
Significant Customers. Our
revenues are principally derived from numerous and varied customers. However, we
have a significant relationship with the federal government within our Nuclear
Segment, 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 Fluor Hanford and CHPRC as
discussed below) to the federal government, representing approximately
$16,822,000 or 71.0% and $32,247,000 or 70.6% (within our Nuclear Segment) of
our total revenue from continuing operations during the three and six months
ended June 30, 2009, respectively, as compared to $11,291,000 or 61.0% and
$19,392,000 or 53.9% of our total revenue from continuing operations during the
corresponding period of 2008.
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In the
second quarter of 2008, our M&EC facility was awarded a subcontract by
CHPRC, a general contractor to the DOE, to participate in the cleanup of the
central portion of the Hanford Site, which once housed certain chemical
separation building and other facilities that separated and recovered plutonium
and other materials for use in nuclear weapons. This subcontract
became effective on June 19, 2008, the date DOE awarded CHPRC the general
contract. DOE’s general contract and M&EC’s subcontract provided
a transition period from August 11, 2008 through September 30, 2008, a base
period from October 1, 2008 through September 30, 2013, and an option period
from October 1, 2013 through September 30, 2018. M&EC’s
subcontract is a cost plus award fee contract. On October 1, 2008,
operations of this subcontract commenced at the DOE Hanford Site. We
believe full operations under this subcontract will result in revenues for
on-site and off-site work of approximately $200,000,000 to $250,000,000 over the
five year base period. As provided above, M&EC’s subcontract is
terminable or subject to renegotiation, at the option of the government, on 30
days notice. Effective October 1, 2008, CHPRC also began management
of waste activities previously managed by Fluor Hanford, DOE’s general
contractor prior to CHPRC. Our Nuclear Segment had three previous
subcontracts with Fluor Hanford which have been renegotiated by CHPRC to
September 30, 2013. Revenues from CHPRC totaled $11,624,000 or 49.1%
and $22,371,000 or 49.0% of our total revenue from continuing operations for the
three months and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively. As
revenue from Fluor Hanford has been transitioned to CHPRC, revenue from Fluor
Hanford totaled $0 of our total revenue from continuing operations for both the
three and six months ended June 30, 2009, as compared to $2,110,000 or 11.4% and
$3,875,000 or 10.8% for the three and six months ended June 30, 2008,
respectively.
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, changes within the
environmental insurance market, and the financial difficulties of AIG, the
provider of our financial assurance policies, we have no guarantees as to
continued coverage by AIG, that we will be able to obtain similar insurance in
future years, or that the cost of such insurance will not increase
materially.
Profit
Sharing Plan
The
Company adopted its 401(k) Plan in 1992, which is intended to comply with
Section 401 of the Internal Revenue Code and the provisions of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. All full-time employees who
have attained the age of 18 are eligible to participate in the 401(k)
Plan. Eligibility is immediate upon employment but enrollment is only
allowed during two yearly open periods of January 1 and July
1. Participating employees may make annual pretax contributions to
their accounts up to 100% of their compensation, up to a maximum amount as
limited by law. We, at our discretion, may make matching
contributions based on the employee’s elective contributions. Company
contributions vest over a period of five years. We matched 25% of our
employees’ contributions. We contributed $401,000 in matching funds
during 2008. Effective March 1, 2009, the Company suspended its
matching contribution in an effort to reduce costs in light of the recent
economic environment. The Company will evaluate the reversal of this
suspension as the economic environment improves.
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 Potentially Responsible Party (“PRP”) at a remedial action site, which
could have a material adverse effect.
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We have
budgeted for 2009, $776,000 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, and
PFMI's facility in Detroit, Michigan. The environmental liability of
PFD (as it relates to the remediation of the EPS site assumed by the Company as
a result of the original acquisition of the PFD facility) was retained by the
Company upon the sale of PFD in March 2008. 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 June
30, 2009, we had total accrued environmental remediation liabilities of
$1,657,000 of which $825,000 is recorded as a current liability, which reflects
a decrease of $176,000 from the December 31, 2008, balance of
$1,833,000. The decrease represents payments on remediation
projects. The June 30, 2009, current and long-term accrued
environmental balance is recorded as follows (in thousands):
Current
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Long-term
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Accrual
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Accrual
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Total
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PFD
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$ | 176 | $ | 260 | $ | 436 | ||||||
PFM
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66 | 140 | 206 | |||||||||
PFSG
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133 | 371 | 504 | |||||||||
PFMI
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450 | 61 | 511 | |||||||||
Total
Liability
|
$ | 825 | $ | 832 | $ | 1,657 |
Related
Party Transactions
Mr.
Robert L. Ferguson
Mr.
Robert Ferguson, was nominated to serve as a Director in connection with the
closing of the acquisition by the Company of Nuvotec (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest,
Inc. (“PFNW”)) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific EcoSolutions, Inc.
(“PEcoS”) (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”)) in June 2007 and
subsequently elected as a Director at our Annual Meeting of Shareholders held in
August 2007 and at our yearly Annual Meeting of Shareholders since August
2007. At the time of the acquisition, Mr. Ferguson was the Chairman,
Chief Executive Officer, and individually or through entities controlled by him,
the owner of approximately 21.29% of Nuvotec’s outstanding Common
Stock. In connection with the acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR in June
2007, we are required, if certain revenue targets are met, to pay to the former
shareholders of Nuvotec an earn-out amount for each twelve month period ending
June 30, 2008 to June 30, 2011, with the aggregate of the full earn-out amount
not to exceed $4,552,000, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, as amended, with the
first $1,000,000 of the earn-out amount to be placed into an escrow account to
satisfy any indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec, PEcoS, and the former
shareholders of Nuvotec. The earn-out amounts will be earned if
certain annual revenue targets for each such twelve month period are met by the
Company’s consolidated Nuclear Segment. No earn-out amounts were
required to be paid for the twelve month period ended June 30,
2008. For the twelve month period year ended June 30, 2009, we have
calculated that we are required to pay $734,000 in earn-out amount, all of which
is to be paid into the escrow account during the quarter ending September 30,
2009. Any remaining earn-out amount earned after placing the first
$1,000,000 into the escrow account will be allocated to the former shareholders
of Nuvotec (which includes Mr. Robert L. Ferguson). The first
$1,000,000 in earn-out amount will remain in the escrow account to satisfy any
indemnification obligations to us of Nuvotec, PEcoS, and the former shareholders
of Nuvotec until the end of a two year period from the date the first full
$1,000,000 is placed into the escrow account, at which time any remaining amount
in the escrow account will be allocated to the former shareholders of Nuvotec.
Mr. Ferguson, individually or through entities controlled by him, is entitled to
receive 21.29% of the total earn-out amounts.
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In
connection with the acquisition of Nuvotec and PEcoS, we also agreed to pay
former shareholders of Nuvotec who qualified as accredited investors pursuant to
Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (which
includes Mr. Robert L. Ferguson) $2,500,000, 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. In June 2009, we paid the first principal
installment payment of $833,333, along with accrued interest. As of
June 30, 2009, interest paid totaled approximately $422,000, of which $206,000
was paid in the second quarter of 2009 and $216,000 was paid in the second
quarter of 2008. Mr. Robert L. Ferguson is entitled to receive his
proportionate share of 27.18% of the note payments.
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PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
QUANTITATIVE
AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURE ABOUT MARKET RISK
PART
I, ITEM 3
For the
six months ended June 30, 2009, 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 with Mr.
William Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig. The interest rates payable to
PNC are based on a spread over prime rate or a spread over a minimum floor base
LIBOR of 2.5% and the interest rates payable on the promissory note to Mr.
Lampson and Mr. Rettig is based on a spread over a minimum floor base LIBOR of
1.5%. If our floating rates of interest experienced an upward
increase of 1%, our debt service would have increased by approximately $84,000
for the six months ended June 30, 2009. As of June 30, 2009, we
had no interest swap agreement 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 weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting
as set forth below (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and
15d-15(f)):
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The
monitoring of pricing, invoicing, and the corresponding inventory for
transportation and disposal process controls at facilities within our
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.
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We
are in the process of implementing controls which we believe will
remediate this material weakness in the third quarter of
2009.
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The
design and operation of payroll, pricing and invoicing controls for our
subcontract awarded to our East Tennessee Materials & Energy
Corporation (“M&EC”) subsidiary by the Department of Energy’s (“DOE”)
general contractor, CH Plateau Remediation Company (“CHPRC”) were
ineffective and were not being applied consistently. This
weakness could result in invoices, expenses, and revenue recognized at
amounts that were not validated and approved by the customer and the
appropriate level of management.
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We
have designed and implemented the following controls and are currently
testing these controls which we believe will remediate the material
weakness above for our CHPRC subcontract in the third quarter of
2009.
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1.
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Appropriate
management review and approval on various critical processes such as
invoicing, contract rate changes, and employee and pay rate
changes.
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2.
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Reasonableness
tests to validate actual hours produced by certain time management systems
through the use of an established utilization
matrix.
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3.
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Preparation
and management review of monthly financial statements and
reconciliations.
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·
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The
control for the recognition of processed/disposed revenue at our Perma-Fix
Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”) subsidiary was ineffective and not
being applied consistently. This weakness could result in a
material amount of revenue being recognized in an incorrect financial
reporting period.
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We
have designed and substantially completed implementation of certain
monthly revenue and related account reconciliations, test samples, and
analytic review procedures which we believe will remediate this material
weakness in the third quarter of
2009.
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(b)
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Changes in internal control
over financial reporting.
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In
addition to the above, the following are changes in our internal control
over financial reporting during the six months ended June 30,
2009:
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We
have centralized the following financial functions and processes to the
Corporate Office during the six months ended June 30,
2009:
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1.
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Reduction
of facility level bank accounts to one centralized bank account and
lockbox. All accounts payable checks are now written and issued
at the Corporate Office.
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2.
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Transition
to centralized Accounts Payable from facility level to the Corporate
Office. We anticipate centralization of Accounts Payable for
three remaining facilities by the third quarter of
2009.
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3.
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A
Purchase Order System integrated with our accounting software was
implemented for our Corporate Office during the second quarter of
2009. We plan to integrate the same system to certain of our
facilities by year end.
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4.
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We
have centralized certain accounting entries and reconciliations, such as
payroll, bank, fixed assets, accounts payable, and various non-operating
accounts into our Corporate Office.
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PERMA-FIX
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.
PART
II – Other Information
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 for
the year ended December 31, 2008, and Item 1, Part II of our Form 10-Q for
the period ended March 31, 2009, which are incorporated herein by
reference. However, the following developments have occurred
with regard to the following legal
proceedings:
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Notice
of Violation - Perma-Fix Treatment Services, Inc.
(“PFTS”)
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In
July 2008, PFTS received a notice of violation (“NOV”) from the Oklahoma
Department of Environmental Quality (“ODEQ”) alleging that eight loads of
waste materials received by PFTS between January 2007 and July 2007 were
improperly analyzed to assure that the treatment process rendered the
waste non-hazardous before disposition in PFTS’ non-hazardous injection
well. The ODEQ alleges the handling of these waste materials
violated regulations regarding hazardous waste. On May 18, 2009,
ODEQ and PFTS finalized a settlement agreement which resulted in funding
of a supplemental environmental project (“SEP”) in the amount of $5,000 in
lieu of a civil penalty. PFTS sold most all of its assets to a
non-affiliated third party on May 30,
2008.
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As
previously disclosed, our subsidiary, Perma-Fix Treatment Services, Inc.,
sold substantially all of its assets in May 2008, pursuant to an Asset
Purchase Agreement, as amended (“Agreement”). Under the
Agreement, the buyer assumed certain debts and obligations of
PFTS. We have sued the buyer of the PFTS assets regarding
certain liabilities which we believe the buyer assumed and agreed to pay
under the Agreement but which the buyer has refused to pay. The
buyer is alleging that PFTS made certain misrepresentations and failed to
disclose certain liabilities. The pending litigation is styled
American
Environmental Landfill, Inc. v. Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. v.
A Clean Environment, Inc., Case No. CJ-2008-659, pending in the
District Court of Osage County, State of
Oklahoma.
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Item
1A.
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Risk
Factors
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There
has been no other material change from the risk factors previously
disclosed in our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2008.
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Item
2.
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Unregistered Sales of
Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
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On
May 8, 2009, the Company entered into a Loan and Securities Purchase
Agreement (“Agreement”) with Mr. William N. Lampson and Mr. Diehl Rettig
(collectively, the “Lenders”). Mr. Lampson was formerly a major
shareholder of Nuvotec USA, Inc. (n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest, Inc.
(“PFNW”)) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Pacific EcoSolution, Inc.
(n/k/a Perma-Fix Northwest Richland, Inc. (“PFNWR”)) prior to our
acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR, and Mr. Rettig was formerly a shareholder
of, and counsel for, Nuvotec USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries at the time of
our acquisition and after our acquisition has continued to perform certain
legal services for PFNWR. Both of the Lenders are also
stockholders of the Company having received shares of our Common Stock in
connection with our acquisition of PFNW and PFNWR. Under the
Agreement, we entered into a promissory note with the Lenders in the
amount of $3,000,000. As consideration of the Company receiving
the loan pursuant to the Agreement, we issued to Messrs. Lampson and
Rettig during May 2009, pursuant to an exemption from registration under
Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and/or
Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated under the Act, an aggregate of
200,000 shares of the Company’s Common Stock. The value of the
200,000 shares of Common Stock was determined to be $476,000 which was
based on the closing price of the stock of $2.38 per share on May 8,
2009.
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Item
4.
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Submission of Matters
to a Vote of Security
Holders
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At
the Company’s Annual Meeting of Stockholders on July 29, 2009, the
following matters were voted on by the stockholders. All
matters were approved by the stockholders with the exception of the First
Amendment to the Company’s 2004 Stock Option Plan, which was not approved
by the stockholders.
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1.
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Election
of eight directors to serve until the next annual meeting of stockholders
or until their respective successors are duly elected and
qualified.
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2.
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Approval
to the First Amendment to the Company’s 2004 Stock Option
Plan.
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3.
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Ratification
of the appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as the registered auditors of the
Company for fiscal year 2009.
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Directors
were elected and votes cast for and against or withheld authority for each
director are as follows:
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Directors
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For
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Against
or Withhold
Authority
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Dr.
Louis F. Centofanti
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41,565,456 | 791,154 | ||||||
Jon
Colin
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34,160,561 | 8,196,049 | ||||||
Robert
L. Ferguson
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33,575,825 | 8,780,785 | ||||||
Jack
Lahav
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40,777,672 | 1,578,938 | ||||||
Joe
R. Reeder
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35,111,214 | 7,245,396 | ||||||
Larry
Shelton
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33,990,719 | 8,365,891 | ||||||
Dr.
Charles E. Young
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35,113,634 | 7,242,976 | ||||||
Mark
A. Zwecker
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33,995,336 | 8,361,274 |
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The
votes for, against, abstentions and non-votes for the approval of the
First Amendment to the Company’s 2004 Stock Option Plan and Ratification
of the Appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as the Registered
Auditors are as follow:
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For
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Against
or
Withhold
Authority
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Abstentions
and Broker
Non-Votes
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Approval
of the First Amedment to the Company's 2004 Stock Option
Plan
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19,083,504 | 10,258,008 | 13,015,098 | |||||||||
Ratification
of the Appointment of BDO Seidman, LLP as the Registered
Auditors
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41,861,541 | 473,563 | 21,506 |
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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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4.1
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Loan
and Securities Purchase Agreement, dated May 8, 2009, between William N.
Lampson, Diehl Rettig, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., which
is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31,
2009.
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4.2
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Promissory
Note, dated May 8, 2009, between William Lampson, Diehl Rettig and
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., which is incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 4.2 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March
31, 2009.
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4.3
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Common
Stock Purchase Warrant, dated May 8, 2009, for William N. Lampson, which
is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.3 to the Company’s Form 10-Q
for the quarter ended March 31,
2009.
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4.4
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Common
Stock Purchase Warrant, dated May 8, 2009, for Diehl Rettig, which is
incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.4 to the Company’s Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2009.
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10.1
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2009
Incentive Compensation Plan for Chief Executive Officer, effective January
1, 2009, which is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.1 to the
Company’s Form 8-K filed May 7,
2009.
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10.2
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2009
Incentive Compensation Plan for Chief Operating Officer, effective January
1, 2009, which is incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.2 to the
Company’s Form 8-K filed May 7,
2009.
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10.3
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2009
Incentive Compensation Plan for Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
effective January 1, 2009, which is incorporated by reference from Exhibit
10.3 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed May 7,
2009.
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10.4
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Employment
Agreement dated May 6, 2009 between Louis Centofanti, Chief Executive
Officer, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., which is incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 10.4 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed May 7,
2009.
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10.5
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Employment
Agreement dated May 6, 2009 between Larry McNamara, Chief Operating
Officer, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., which is incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 10.5 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed May 7,
2009.
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10.6
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Employment
Agreement dated May 6, 2009 between Ben Naccarato, Chief Financial
Officer, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc., which is incorporated
by reference from Exhibit 10.6 to the Company’s Form 8-K filed May 7,
2009.
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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
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Certification
by Ben Naccarato, Chief Financial Officer of the Company pursuant to Rule
13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a).
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32.1
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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
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Certification
by Ben Naccarato, 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: August
7, 2009
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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: August
7, 2009
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By:
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/s/ Ben Naccarato
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Ben
Naccarato
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Chief
Financial Officer
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