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STEEL DYNAMICS INC - Quarter Report: 2016 March (Form 10-Q)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C.  20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

x      Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2016

 

OR

 

o         Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Commission File Number 0-21719

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Indiana

 

35-1929476

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

7575 West Jefferson Blvd, Fort Wayne, IN

 

46804

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:  (260) 969-3500

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes x  No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  Yes x  No o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company (see definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

 

(Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer x

 

Accelerated filer o

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer o

 

Smaller reporting company o

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes o  No x

 

As of April 29, 2016, Registrant had 243,572,462 outstanding shares of common stock.

 

 

 



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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

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PART I.  Financial Information

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Financial Statements:

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2016 (unaudited) and December 31, 2015

1

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Income for the three months ended March31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited)

2

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited)

3

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)

4

 

 

 

Item 2.

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

16

 

 

 

Item 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

22

 

 

 

Item 4.

Controls and Procedures

22

 

 

 

 

PART II. Other Information

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

Legal Proceedings

23

 

 

 

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

23

 

 

 

Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

23

 

 

 

Item 3.

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

23

 

 

 

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

23

 

 

 

Item 5.

Other Information

23

 

 

 

Item 6.

Exhibits

24

 

 

 

 

Signatures

25

 



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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(in thousands, except share data)

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and equivalents

 

$

976,951

 

$

727,032

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

654,177

 

579,333

 

Accounts receivable-related parties

 

35,024

 

34,272

 

Inventories

 

1,066,823

 

1,149,390

 

Other current assets

 

41,258

 

47,914

 

Total current assets

 

2,774,233

 

2,537,941

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

2,914,186

 

2,951,210

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted cash

 

19,603

 

19,565

 

Intangible assets, net

 

272,528

 

278,960

 

Goodwill

 

395,872

 

397,470

 

Other assets

 

15,220

 

16,936

 

Total assets

 

$

6,391,642

 

$

6,202,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities and Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

407,405

 

$

276,725

 

Accounts payable-related parties

 

6,170

 

6,630

 

Income taxes payable

 

9,960

 

2,023

 

Accrued payroll and benefits

 

81,246

 

94,906

 

Accrued interest

 

47,928

 

38,502

 

Accrued expenses

 

97,567

 

99,824

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

22,770

 

16,680

 

Total current liabilities

 

673,046

 

535,290

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt

 

2,575,528

 

2,577,976

 

Deferred income taxes

 

416,260

 

400,770

 

Other liabilities

 

19,302

 

16,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

126,340

 

126,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock voting, $.0025 par value; 900,000,000 shares authorized; 263,142,777, and 262,937,139 shares issued; and 243,500,764, and 243,089,514 shares outstanding, as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively

 

639

 

638

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 19,642,013, and 19,847,625 shares, as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, respectively

 

(392,348

)

(396,455

)

Additional paid-in capital

 

1,115,008

 

1,110,253

 

Retained earnings

 

1,993,910

 

1,965,291

 

Total Steel Dynamics, Inc. equity

 

2,717,209

 

2,679,727

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

(136,043

)

(134,616

)

Total equity

 

2,581,166

 

2,545,111

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

6,391,642

 

$

6,202,082

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

 

 

 

 

Unrelated parties

 

$

1,698,004

 

$

2,003,973

 

Related parties

 

43,297

 

43,462

 

Total net sales

 

1,741,301

 

2,047,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs of goods sold

 

1,505,265

 

1,860,393

 

Gross profit

 

236,036

 

187,042

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

87,530

 

76,350

 

Profit sharing

 

9,291

 

4,598

 

Amortization of intangible assets

 

7,250

 

6,323

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

131,965

 

99,771

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest

 

37,043

 

43,087

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

(1,792

)

16,192

 

Income before income taxes

 

96,714

 

40,492

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

35,396

 

13,538

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

61,318

 

26,954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

1,419

 

3,807

 

Net income attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc.

 

$

62,737

 

$

30,761

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc. stockholders

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding

 

243,202

 

241,535

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc. stockholders, including the effect of assumed conversions when dilutive

 

$

0.26

 

$

0.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares and share equivalents outstanding

 

244,608

 

242,867

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends declared per share

 

$

0.1400

 

$

0.1375

 

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (UNAUDITED)

(in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

61,318

 

$

26,954

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

73,985

 

72,822

 

Equity-based compensation

 

8,405

 

8,543

 

Deferred income taxes

 

17,087

 

16,717

 

(Gain) loss on disposal of assets

 

(18

)

4,985

 

Changes in certain assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

(75,596

)

133,084

 

Inventories

 

82,567

 

164,999

 

Other assets

 

746

 

4,508

 

Accounts payable

 

112,659

 

(127,053

)

Income taxes receivable/payable

 

13,993

 

16,265

 

Accrued expenses

 

(6,247

)

(87,117

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

288,899

 

234,707

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Purchases of property, plant and equipment

 

(27,708

)

(33,351

)

Other investing activities

 

3,054

 

1,663

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(24,654

)

(31,688

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

Issuance of current and long-term debt

 

20,452

 

50,093

 

Repayment of current and long-term debt

 

(4,232

)

(427,451

)

Debt issuance costs

 

(5

)

 

Proceeds from exercise of stock options, including related tax effect

 

2,892

 

1,753

 

Contributions from noncontrolling investors, net

 

(8

)

(29

)

Dividends paid

 

(33,425

)

(27,766

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(14,326

)

(403,400

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents

 

249,919

 

(200,381

)

Cash and equivalents at beginning of period

 

727,032

 

361,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and equivalents at end of period

 

$

976,951

 

$

160,982

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure information:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid for interest

 

$

26,286

 

$

40,094

 

Cash paid (received) for federal and state income taxes, net

 

$

699

 

$

(18,539

)

 

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 1.  Description of the Business and Significant Accounting Policies

 

Description of the Business

 

Steel Dynamics, Inc. (SDI), together with its subsidiaries (the company), is a domestic manufacturer of steel products and metals recycler. The company has three report segments, consistent with how it currently manages the business, representing three reporting segments: steel operations, metals recycling operations, and steel fabrication operations.

 

Steel Operations Segment.  Steel operations include the company’s Butler Flat Roll Division, Columbus Flat Roll Division, The Techs galvanizing lines, Structural and Rail Division, Engineered Bar Products Division, Roanoke Bar Division, Steel of West Virginia, and  Iron Dynamics (IDI), a liquid pig iron (scrap substitute) production facility that supplies solely the Butler Flat Roll Division. These operations include electric arc furnace steel mills, producing steel from ferrous scrap and scrap substitutes, utilizing continuous casting, automated rolling mills, and ten downstream coating facilities. Steel operations accounted for 70% and 68% of the company’s consolidated external net sales during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

Metals Recycling Operations Segment. Metals recycling operations include the company’s metals recycling processing locations, and ferrous scrap procurement operations, of OmniSource Corporation (OmniSource). Metals recycling operations accounted for 15% and 21% of the company’s consolidated external net sales during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

 

Steel Fabrication Operations Segment.  Steel fabrication operations include the company’s eight New Millennium Building Systems’ joist and deck plants located throughout the United States and Northern Mexico. Revenues from these plants are generated from the fabrication of trusses, girders, steel joists and steel deck used within the non-residential construction industry. Steel fabrication operations accounted for approximately 10% and 8% of the company’s consolidated external net sales during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016, and 2015, respectively.

 

Other. TheOther” category consists of subsidiary operations that are below the quantitative thresholds required for reportable segments and primarily consist of our Minnesota ironmaking operations that were indefinitely idled in May 2015, and several smaller joint ventures. Also included in “Other” are certain unallocated corporate accounts, such as the company’s senior secured credit facility, senior notes, certain other investments and certain profit sharing expenses.

 

Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation. The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SDI, together with its wholly and majority-owned or controlled subsidiaries, after elimination of significant intercompany accounts and transactions. Noncontrolling interests represent the noncontrolling owner’s proportionate share in the equity, income, or losses of the company’s majority-owned or controlled consolidated subsidiaries.

 

Use of Estimates.  These financial statements are prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, and accordingly, include amounts that require management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and in the notes thereto. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying value of property, plant and equipment, intangible assets, and goodwill; valuation allowances for trade receivables, inventories and deferred income tax assets; unrecognized tax benefits; potential environmental liabilities; and litigation claims and settlements. Actual results may differ from these estimates and assumptions.

 

In the opinion of management, these financial statements reflect all normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the interim period results. These financial statements and notes should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes thereto included in the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 1.  Description of the Business and Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

 

Goodwill.  The company’s goodwill is allocated to the following reporting units at March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015, (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Metals Recycling Segment:

OmniSource

 

$

107,441

 

$

109,039

 

 

Butler Flat Roll Division,
Structural and Rail Division,
and Engineered Bar Division

 

95,000

 

95,000

 

Steel Segment:

The Techs

 

142,783

 

142,783

 

 

Roanoke Bar Division

 

29,041

 

29,041

 

 

Columbus Flat Roll Division

 

19,682

 

19,682

 

Fabrication Segment:

New Millennium Building Systems

 

1,925

 

1,925

 

 

 

 

$

395,872

 

$

397,470

 

 

OmniSource goodwill decreased $1.6 million from December 31, 2015 to March 31, 2016, in recognition of the 2016 tax benefit related to the normal amortization of the component of OmniSource tax-deductible goodwill in excess of book goodwill.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance codified in ASC 606, Revenue Recognition — Revenue from Contracts with Customers, which amends the guidance in former ASC 605, Revenue Recognition.  The core principle of ASC 606 is that an entity should recognize revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Because the guidance in ASC 606 is principles-based, it can be applied to all contracts with customers regardless of industry-specific or transaction-specific fact patterns. Additionally, ASC 606 requires additional disclosures to help users of financial statements better understand the nature, amount, timing, and potential uncertainty of revenue that is recognized. This guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2017, but can be early adopted for annual and interim periods ending after December 15, 2016. The company is currently evaluating the impact of the provisions of ASC 606, including the timing and method of adoption.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-15, Presentation of Financial Statements — Going Concern (Subtopic 205-40: Disclosure of Uncertainties about an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern), effective for annual and interim periods ending after December 15, 2016. ASU 2014-15 requires management to evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued. There are required disclosures if principal conditions or events are identified that raised substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern (before consideration of management’s plans), as well as management’s evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events in relation to the entity’s ability to meet its obligations, and management’s plans that alleviated substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern. This ASU is not expected to have any impact on our overall results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

 

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which requires an entity to measure inventory at the lower of cost and net realizable value, rather than at the lower of cost or market.  This new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2016, but can be early adopted. The company is currently evaluating the impact of this ASU’s adoption.

 

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842): which establishes a new lease accounting model that requires lessees to recognize a right of use asset and related lease liability for most leases having lease terms of more than 12 months.  Leases with a term of 12 months or less will be accounted for similar to existing guidance for operating leases.  This new guidance is effective for annual and interim periods beginning after December 15, 2018, but can be early adopted.  The company is currently evaluating the impact of the provisions of ASU 2016-02, including the timing of adoption.

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 2.  Earnings Per Share

 

Basic earnings per share is based on the weighted average shares of common stock outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share assumes the weighted average dilutive effect of common share equivalents outstanding during the period applied to the company’s basic earnings per share. Common share equivalents represent potentially dilutive stock options, restricted stock units and deferred stock units; and are excluded from the computation in periods in which they have an anti-dilutive effect. There were no anti-dilutive common share equivalents at or for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and 2015.

 

The following table presents a reconciliation of the numerators and the denominators of the company’s basic and diluted earnings per share computations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2016, and 2015 (in thousands, except per share data):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

Net Income
(Numerator)

 

Shares
(Denominator)

 

Per Share
Amount

 

Net Income
(Numerator)

 

Shares
(Denominator)

 

Per Share
Amount

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

62,737

 

243,202

 

$

0.26

 

$

30,761

 

241,535

 

$

0.13

 

Dilutive common share equivalents

 

 

1,406

 

 

 

 

1,332

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

62,737

 

244,608

 

$

0.26

 

$

30,761

 

242,867

 

$

0.13

 

 

Note 3.  Inventories

 

Inventories are stated at lower of cost or market. Cost is determined using a weighted average cost method for scrap, and on a first-in, first-out, basis for other inventory. Inventory consisted of the following (in thousands):

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

Raw materials

 

$

353,681

 

$

419,608

 

Supplies

 

390,362

 

396,349

 

Work in progress

 

88,139

 

90,486

 

Finished goods

 

234,641

 

242,947

 

Total inventories

 

$

1,066,823

 

$

1,149,390

 

 

Note 4.  Debt

 

On March 16, 2015, the company called and repaid all $350.0 million of its outstanding 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2020 (the “Notes”) at a redemption price of 103.813% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. Associated premiums and the write off of deferred financing costs of approximately $16.7 million were recorded in other expense in conjunction with the redemption.

 

Note 5.  Changes in Equity

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending carrying amounts of total equity, equity attributable to stockholders of Steel Dynamics, Inc. and equity and redeemable amounts attributable to the noncontrolling interests (in thousands):

 

 

 

Stockholders of Steel Dynamics, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common

 

Additional
Paid-In

 

Retained

 

Treasury

 

Noncontrolling

 

Total

 

Redeemable
Noncontrolling

 

 

 

Stock

 

Capital

 

Earnings

 

Stock

 

Interests

 

Equity

 

Interests

 

Balances at December  31, 2015

 

$

638

 

$

1,110,253

 

$

1,965,291

 

$

(396,455

)

$

(134,616

)

$

2,545,111

 

$

126,340

 

Exercise of stock options proceeds, including related tax effect

 

1

 

2,892

 

 

 

 

2,893

 

 

Dividends declared

 

 

 

(34,090

)

 

 

(34,090

)

 

Distributions to noncontrolling investors, net

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

(8

)

 

Equity-based compensation

 

 

1,863

 

(28

)

4,107

 

 

5,942

 

 

Comprehensive and net income (loss)

 

 

 

62,737

 

 

(1,419

)

61,318

 

 

Balances at March  31, 2016

 

$

639

 

$

1,115,008

 

$

1,993,910

 

$

(392,348

)

$

(136,043

)

$

2,581,166

 

$

126,340

 

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 6.  Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The company is exposed to certain risks relating to its ongoing business operations. The company utilizes derivative instruments to mitigate interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, and commodity margin risk. The company routinely enters into forward exchange traded futures and option contracts to manage the price risk associated with nonferrous metals inventory as well as purchases and sales of nonferrous metals (specifically aluminum, copper, and silver).  The company offsets fair value amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty under master netting agreements.

 

Commodity Futures Contracts.  If the company is “long” on futures contracts, it means the company has more futures contracts purchased than futures contracts sold for the underlying commodity. If the company is “short” on a futures contract, it means the company has more futures contracts sold than futures contracts purchased for the underlying commodity. The following summarizes the company’s futures contract commitments as of March 31, 2016 (MT represents metric tons and Lbs represents pounds):

 

Commodity Futures

 

Long/Short

 

Total

 

 

 

Aluminum

 

Long

 

3,075

 

MT

 

Aluminum

 

Short

 

1,125

 

MT

 

Copper

 

Long

 

8,736

 

MT

 

Copper

 

Short

 

11,796

 

MT

 

Silver

 

Short

 

343

 

Lbs

 

 

The following summarizes the location and amounts of the fair values reported on the company’s balance sheets as of March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015, and gains and losses related to derivatives included in the company’s statement of income for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and 2015 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

Liability Derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

Fair Value

 

Fair Value

 

 

 

Balance sheet location

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

March 31, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Derivative instruments designated as fair value hedges -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity futures

 

Other current assets

 

$

890

 

$

857

 

$

1,945

 

$

2,860

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative instruments not designated as hedges -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity futures

 

Other current assets

 

752

 

908

 

1,232

 

1,065

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total derivative instruments

 

 

 

$

1,642

 

$

1,765

 

$

3,177

 

$

3,925

 

 

The fair value of the above derivative instruments, along with required margin deposit amounts with the same counterparty under master netting arrangements, which totaled $2.5 million at March 31, 2016, and $3.4 million at December 31, 2015, are reflected in other current assets in the consolidated balance sheet.

 

 

 

 

 

Amount of gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

Amount of gain (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

recognized in income on

 

 

 

 

 

recognized in income on

 

 

 

Location of gain

 

derivatives for the three

 

 

 

Location of gain

 

related hedged items for

 

 

 

(loss) recognized

 

months ended

 

Hedged items

 

(loss) recognized

 

the three months ended

 

 

 

in income on

 

March 31,

 

March 31,

 

in fair value

 

in income on

 

March 31,

 

March 31,

 

 

 

derivatives

 

2016

 

2015

 

hedge

 

derivatives

 

2016

 

2015

 

Derivatives in fair value hedging relationships -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity futures

 

Costs of goods sold

 

$

932

 

$

(4,313

)

Firm commitments

 

Costs of goods sold

 

$

(1,222

)

$

494

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Inventory

 

Costs of goods sold

 

278

 

2,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(944

)

$

3,150

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity futures

 

Costs of goods sold

 

$

(872

)

$

6,996

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 6.  Derivative Financial Instruments (Continued)

 

Derivatives accounted for as fair value hedges had ineffectiveness resulting in losses of $45,000 for the three-month period ending March 31, 2016 and gains of $107,000 during the three-month period ended March 31, 2015.  Gains excluded from hedge effectiveness testing of $32,000 decreased costs of goods sold during the three-month period ending March 31, 2016 and losses excluded from hedge effectiveness testing of $1.3 million increased costs of goods sold during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2015.

 

Note 7.  Fair Value Measurements

 

FASB accounting standards provide a comprehensive framework for measuring fair value and sets forth a definition of fair value and establishes a hierarchy prioritizing the inputs to valuation techniques, giving the highest priority to quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities and the lowest priority to unobservable value inputs.  Levels within the hierarchy are defined as follows:

 

·   Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets and liabilities in active markets;

·   Level 2—Quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets (other than those included in Level 1) which are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly; and

·   Level 3—Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

 

The following table sets forth financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the consolidated balance sheet and the respective levels to which the fair value measurements are classified within the fair value hierarchy as of March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):

 

 

 

Total

 

Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets
(Level 1)

 

Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)

 

Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity futures — financial assets

 

$

1,642

 

$

 

$

1,642

 

$

 

Commodity futures — financial liabilities

 

3,177

 

 

3,177

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commodity futures — financial assets

 

$

1,765

 

$

 

$

1,765

 

$

 

Commodity futures — financial liabilities

 

3,925

 

 

3,925

 

 

 

The carrying amounts of financial instruments including cash and equivalents approximate fair value. The fair values of commodity futures contracts are estimated by the use of quoted market prices, estimates obtained from brokers, and other appropriate valuation techniques based on references available. The fair value of long-term debt, including current maturities, as determined by quoted market prices (Level 2), was approximately $2.6 billion and $2.5 billion (with a corresponding carrying amount in the consolidated balance sheets of $2.6 billion and $2.6 billion) at March 31, 2016, and December 31, 2015, respectively.

 

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Note 8.  Commitments and Contingencies

 

The company is involved, along with two other remaining steel manufacturing company defendants, in a class action antitrust suit in federal court in Chicago, Illinois, originally against eight companies. The Complaint alleges a conspiracy on the part of the original defendants to fix, raise, maintain and stabilize the price at which steel products were sold in the United States during a specified period between 2005 and 2007, by artificially restricting the supply of such steel products. All but one of the Complaints were brought on behalf of a purported class consisting of all direct purchasers of steel products. The other Complaint was brought on behalf of a purported class consisting of all indirect purchasers of steel products within the same time period.  In addition, another similar complaint was filed in December 2010 purporting to be on behalf of indirect purchasers of steel products in Tennessee. All Complaints have been consolidated in the Chicago action and seek treble damages and costs, including reasonable attorney fees, pre- and post-judgment interest and injunctive relief. Following an extensive period of discovery and related motions concerning class certification matters, the Court, on September 9, 2015, certified a class, limited, however, to the issue of the alleged conspiracy alone, and denied class certification on the issue of antitrust impact and damages.  As a result, some additional discovery is ongoing. The company has also filed a motion for summary judgment, as has co-defendant SSAB, and this matter is currently pending.

 

Due, however, to the uncertain nature of litigation, the company cannot presently determine the ultimate outcome of this litigation. Based on the information available at this time, the company has determined that there is not presently a “reasonable possibility” (as that term is defined in ASC 450-20-20), that the outcome of these legal proceedings would have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity. Although not presently necessary or appropriate to make a dollar estimate of exposure to loss, if any, in connection with the above matter, the company may in the future determine that a loss accrual is necessary. Although the company may make loss accruals, if and as warranted, any amounts that it may accrue from time to time could vary significantly from the amounts it actually pays, due to inherent uncertainties and the inherent shortcomings of the estimation process, the uncertainties involved in litigation and other factors. Additionally, an adverse result could have a material effect on the company’s financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

 

The company is involved in various routine litigation matters, including administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, governmental investigations, environmental matters, and commercial and construction contract disputes, none of which are expected to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity.

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

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Note 9.  Segment Information

 

The company’s operations are primarily organized and managed by operating segment, which are steel operations, metals recycling operations, and steel fabrication operations. The segment operations are more fully described in Note 1 to the financial statements. Operating segment performance and resource allocations are primarily based on operating results before income taxes. The accounting policies of the reportable segments are consistent with those described in Note 1 to the financial statements. Intra-segment sales and any related profits are eliminated in consolidation. Amounts included in the category “Other” are from subsidiary operations that are below the quantitative thresholds required for reportable segments.  In addition, “Other” also includes certain unallocated corporate accounts, such as the company’s senior secured credit facility, senior notes, certain other investments and certain profit sharing expenses.

 

The company’s segment results for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and 2015, each adjusted consistent with our current reportable segments presentation, are as follows (in thousands):

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

Metals Recycling

 

Steel Fabrication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

Steel Operations

 

Operations

 

Operations

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External

 

$

1,156,969

 

$

236,757

 

$

180,041

 

$

74,626

 

$

 

$

1,648,393

 

External Non-U.S.

 

60,207

 

32,650

 

14

 

37

 

 

92,908

 

Other segments

 

41,212

 

217,778

 

26

 

1,226

 

(260,242

)

 

 

 

1,258,388

 

487,185

 

180,081

 

75,889

 

(260,242

)

1,741,301

 

Operating income (loss)

 

132,275

 

2,767

 

32,016

 

(31,930

)(1)

(3,163

)(2)

131,965

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

109,375

 

(223

)

30,016

 

(39,291

)

(3,163

)

96,714

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

52,483

 

14,580

 

2,821

 

4,152

 

(51

)

73,985

 

Capital expenditures

 

23,904

 

3,080

 

604

 

120

 

 

27,708

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Assets

 

$

3,836,481

 

$

1,048,643

 

$

315,659

 

$

1,295,859

(3)

$

(105,000

)(4)

$

6,391,642

 

 


Footnotes related to the three months ended March 31, 2016 segment results (in millions):

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Corporate SG&A

 

$

(11.1

)

 

Company-wide equity-based compensation

 

(7.0

)

 

Profit sharing

 

(8.2

)

 

Minnesota ironmaking operations

 

(4.3

)

 

Other, net

 

(1.3

)

 

 

 

$

(31.9

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

Gross profit decrease from intra-company sales

 

$

(3.2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3)

Cash and equivalents

 

$

895.4

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

22.7

 

 

Inventories

 

30.2

 

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

302.6

 

 

Intra-company debt

 

6.8

 

 

Other

 

38.2

 

 

 

 

$

1,295.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4)

Elimination of intra-company receivables

 

$

(91.6

)

 

Elimination of intra-company debt

 

(6.8

)

 

Other

 

(6.6

)

 

 

 

$

(105.0

)

 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 9.  Segment Information (Continued)

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

Metals Recycling

 

Steel Fabrication

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

Steel Operations

 

Operations

 

Operations

 

Other

 

Eliminations

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External

 

$

1,313,426

 

$

374,292

 

$

161,024

 

$

75,232

 

$

 

$

1,923,974

 

External Non-U.S.

 

71,993

 

51,303

 

 

165

 

 

123,461

 

Other segments

 

48,903

 

226,416

 

4

 

18,203

 

(293,526

)

 

 

 

1,434,322

 

652,011

 

161,028

 

93,600

 

(293,526

)

2,047,435

 

Operating income (loss)

 

114,965

 

(4,498

)

21,361

 

(35,902

)(1)

3,845

(2)

99,771

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

89,331

 

(10,536

)

19,594

 

(61,742

)

3,845

 

40,492

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

50,970

 

17,280

 

2,230

 

2,393

 

(51

)

72,822

 

Capital expenditures

 

16,200

 

6,415

 

1,037

 

9,699

 

 

33,351

 

 


Footnotes related to the three months ended March 31, 2015 segment results (in millions):

 

(1)

Corporate SG&A

 

$

(9.4

)

 

Company-wide equity-based compensation

 

(5.9

)

 

Profit sharing

 

(3.5

)

 

Minnesota ironmaking operations

 

(13.0

)

 

Other, net

 

(4.1

)

 

 

 

$

(35.9

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2)

Gross profit increase from intra-company sales

 

$

3.8

 

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 10.  Condensed Consolidating Information

 

Certain 100%-owned subsidiaries of SDI have fully and unconditionally guaranteed all of the indebtedness relating to the issuance of the company’s senior unsecured notes due 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. Following are the company’s condensed consolidating financial statements, including the guarantors, which present the financial position, results of operations, and cash flows of (i) SDI (in each case, reflecting investments in its consolidated subsidiaries under the equity method of accounting), (ii) the guarantor subsidiaries of SDI, (iii) the non-guarantor subsidiaries of SDI, and (iv) the eliminations necessary to arrive at the information on a consolidated basis. The following statements should be read in conjunction with the accompanying consolidated financial statements and the company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combined

 

Consolidating

 

Total

 

As of March 31, 2016

 

Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Adjustments

 

Consolidated

 

Cash and equivalents

 

$

887,690

 

$

75,082

 

$

14,179

 

$

 

$

976,951

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

219,883

 

1,128,020

 

32,979

 

(691,681

)

689,201

 

Inventories

 

516,467

 

518,657

 

34,105

 

(2,406

)

1,066,823

 

Other current assets

 

19,602

 

20,902

 

2,128

 

(1,374

)

41,258

 

Total current assets

 

1,643,642

 

1,742,661

 

83,391

 

(695,461

)

2,774,233

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

948,732

 

1,677,310

 

290,103

 

(1,959

)

2,914,186

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

272,528

 

 

 

272,528

 

Goodwill

 

 

395,872

 

 

 

395,872

 

Other assets, including investments in subs

 

2,778,142

 

10,003

 

6,128

 

(2,759,450

)

34,823

 

Total assets

 

$

5,370,516

 

$

4,098,374

 

$

379,622

 

$

(3,456,870

)

$

6,391,642

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

138,423

 

$

281,926

 

$

66,679

 

$

(73,453

)

$

413,575

 

Accrued expenses

 

146,230

 

185,090

 

4,590

 

(99,209

)

236,701

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

13,134

 

700

 

34,034

 

(25,098

)

22,770

 

Total current liabilities

 

297,787

 

467,716

 

105,303

 

(197,760

)

673,046

 

Long-term debt

 

2,544,789

 

 

171,390

 

(140,651

)

2,575,528

 

Other liabilities

 

(189,269

)

1,173,238

 

70,280

 

(618,687

)

435,562

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

126,340

 

 

126,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

639

 

1,727,859

 

18,120

 

(1,745,979

)

639

 

Treasury stock

 

(392,348

)

 

 

 

(392,348

)

Additional paid-in-capital

 

1,115,008

 

117,737

 

653,787

 

(771,524

)

1,115,008

 

Retained earnings (deficit)

 

1,993,910

 

611,824

 

(629,555

)

17,731

 

1,993,910

 

Total Steel Dynamics, Inc. equity

 

2,717,209

 

2,457,420

 

42,352

 

(2,499,772

)

2,717,209

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

(136,043

)

 

(136,043

)

Total equity

 

2,717,209

 

2,457,420

 

(93,691

)

(2,499,772

)

2,581,166

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

5,370,516

 

$

4,098,374

 

$

379,622

 

$

(3,456,870

)

$

6,391,642

 

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 10.  Condensed Consolidating Information (Continued)

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets (in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Combined

 

Consolidating

 

Total

 

As of December 31, 2015

 

Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Adjustments

 

Consolidated

 

Cash and equivalents

 

$

636,877

 

$

81,976

 

$

8,179

 

$

 

$

727,032

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

200,094

 

1,056,285

 

29,775

 

(672,549

)

613,605

 

Inventories

 

539,963

 

573,924

 

35,004

 

499

 

1,149,390

 

Other current assets

 

21,654

 

25,415

 

1,676

 

(831

)

47,914

 

Total current assets

 

1,398,588

 

1,737,600

 

74,634

 

(672,881

)

2,537,941

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

958,212

 

1,703,932

 

291,077

 

(2,011

)

2,951,210

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

278,960

 

 

 

278,960

 

Goodwill

 

 

397,470

 

 

 

397,470

 

Other assets, including investments in subs

 

2,941,710

 

10,040

 

6,137

 

(2,921,386

)

36,501

 

Total assets

 

$

5,298,510

 

$

4,128,002

 

$

371,848

 

$

(3,596,278

)

$

6,202,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

100,751

 

$

183,344

 

$

68,948

 

$

(69,688

)

$

283,355

 

Accrued expenses

 

141,552

 

185,873

 

4,779

 

(96,949

)

235,255

 

Current maturities of long-term debt

 

13,122

 

700

 

24,975

 

(22,117

)

16,680

 

Total current liabilities

 

255,425

 

369,917

 

98,702

 

(188,754

)

535,290

 

Long-term debt

 

2,546,606

 

361

 

177,897

 

(146,888

)

2,577,976

 

Other liabilities

 

(183,248

)

1,342,541

 

63,020

 

(804,948

)

417,365

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redeemable noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

126,340

 

 

126,340

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock

 

638

 

1,727,859

 

18,120

 

(1,745,979

)

638

 

Treasury stock

 

(396,455

)

 

 

 

(396,455

)

Additional paid-in-capital

 

1,110,253

 

117,737

 

646,787

 

(764,524

)

1,110,253

 

Retained earnings (deficit)

 

1,965,291

 

569,587

 

(624,402

)

54,815

 

1,965,291

 

Total Steel Dynamics, Inc. equity

 

2,679,727

 

2,415,183

 

40,505

 

(2,455,688

)

2,679,727

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

(134,616

)

 

(134,616

)

Total equity

 

2,679,727

 

2,415,183

 

(94,111

)

(2,455,688

)

2,545,111

 

Total liabilities and equity

 

$

5,298,510

 

$

4,128,002

 

$

371,848

 

$

(3,596,278

)

$

6,202,082

 

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

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Note 10.  Condensed Consolidating Information (Continued)

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations (in thousands)

 

For the three months ended,

 

 

 

 

 

Combined

 

Consolidating

 

Total

 

March 31, 2016

 

Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Adjustments

 

Consolidated

 

Net sales

 

$

657,814

 

$

1,857,344

 

$

85,740

 

$

(859,597

)

$

1,741,301

 

Costs of goods sold

 

548,179

 

1,701,821

 

91,030

 

(835,765

)

1,505,265

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

109,635

 

155,523

 

(5,290

)

(23,832

)

236,036

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

38,602

 

67,200

 

2,802

 

(4,533

)

104,071

 

Operating income (loss)

 

71,033

 

88,323

 

(8,092

)

(19,299

)

131,965

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest

 

18,187

 

18,400

 

2,260

 

(1,804

)

37,043

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

(2,208

)

2,190

 

(3,578

)

1,804

 

(1,792

)

Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in net loss of subsidiaries

 

55,054

 

67,733

 

(6,774

)

(19,299

)

96,714

 

Income taxes (benefit)

 

17,268

 

25,495

 

(271

)

(7,096

)

35,396

 

 

 

37,786

 

42,238

 

(6,503

)

(12,203

)

61,318

 

Equity in net loss of subsidiaries

 

24,951

 

 

 

(24,951

)

 

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

1,419

 

 

1,419

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc.

 

$

62,737

 

$

42,238

 

$

(5,084

)

$

(37,154

)

$

62,737

 

 

For the three months ended,

 

 

 

 

 

Combined

 

Consolidating

 

Total

 

March 31, 2015

 

Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Adjustments

 

Consolidated

 

Net sales

 

$

798,718

 

$

2,191,009

 

$

104,573

 

$

(1,046,865

)

$

2,047,435

 

Costs of goods sold

 

693,575

 

2,072,125

 

118,781

 

(1,024,088

)

1,860,393

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

105,143

 

118,884

 

(14,208

)

(22,777

)

187,042

 

Selling, general and administrative

 

30,743

 

58,033

 

3,365

 

(4,870

)

87,271

 

Operating income (loss)

 

74,400

 

60,851

 

(17,573

)

(17,907

)

99,771

 

Interest expense, net of capitalized interest

 

20,537

 

21,840

 

1,734

 

(1,024

)

43,087

 

Other (income) expense, net

 

15,652

 

688

 

(1,172

)

1,024

 

16,192

 

Income (loss) before income taxes and equity in net loss of subsidiaries

 

38,211

 

38,323

 

(18,135

)

(17,907

)

40,492

 

Income taxes (benefit)

 

6,941

 

13,034

 

(1,116

)

(5,321

)

13,538

 

 

 

31,270

 

25,289

 

(17,019

)

(12,586

)

26,954

 

Equity in net loss of subsidiaries

 

(509

)

 

 

509

 

 

Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

3,807

 

 

3,807

 

Net income (loss) attributable to Steel Dynamics, Inc.

 

$

30,761

 

$

25,289

 

$

(13,212

)

$

(12,077

)

$

30,761

 

 

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STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

Note 10.  Condensed Consolidating Information (Continued)

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Cash Flows (in thousands)

 

For the three months ended,

 

 

 

 

 

Combined

 

Consolidating

 

Total

 

March 31, 2016

 

Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Adjustments

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

119,354

 

$

179,289

 

$

(6,917

)

$

(2,827

)

$

288,899

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(7,318

)

(9,974

)

(4,108

)

(3,254

)

(24,654

)

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

 

138,777

 

(176,209

)

17,025

 

6,081

 

(14,326

)

Increase (decrease) in cash and equivalents

 

250,813

 

(6,894

)

6,000

 

 

249,919

 

Cash and equivalents at beginning of period

 

636,877

 

81,976

 

8,179

 

 

727,032

 

Cash and equivalents at end of period

 

$

887,690

 

$

75,082

 

$

14,179

 

$

 

$

976,951

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the three months ended,

 

 

 

 

 

Combined

 

Consolidating

 

Total

 

March 31, 2015

 

Parent

 

Guarantors

 

Non-Guarantors

 

Adjustments

 

Consolidated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

102,678

 

$

114,451

 

$

9,456

 

$

8,122

 

$

234,707

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(18,547

)

(12,949

)

(9,727

)

9,535

 

(31,688

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(218,903

)

(166,134

)

(706

)

(17,657

)

(403,400

)

Decrease in cash and equivalents

 

(134,772

)

(64,632

)

(977

)

 

(200,381

)

Cash and equivalents at beginning of period

 

265,313

 

81,690

 

14,360

 

 

361,363

 

Cash and equivalents at end of period

 

$

130,541

 

$

17,058

 

$

13,383

 

$

 

$

160,982

 

 

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

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This report contains some predictive statements about future events, including statements related to conditions in the steel and metallic scrap markets, our revenues, costs of purchased materials, future profitability and earnings, and the operation of new or existing facilities. These statements, which we generally precede or accompany by such typical conditional words as “anticipate,” “intend,” “believe,” “estimate,” “plan,” seek,” “project’” or “expect,” or by the words “may,” “will,” or “should,” are intended to be made as “forward-looking,” subject to many risks and uncertainties, within the safe harbor protections of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, incorporated in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve both known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These statements speak only as of this date and are based upon information and assumptions, which we consider reasonable as of this date, concerning our businesses and the environments in which they operate. Such predictive statements are not guarantees of future performance, and we undertake no duty to update or revise any such statements. Some factors that could cause such forward-looking statements to turn out differently than anticipated include: (1) the effects of uncertain economic conditions; (2) cyclical and changing industrial demand; (3) changes in conditions in any of the steel or scrap-consuming sectors of the economy which affect demand for our products, including the strength of the non-residential and residential construction, automotive, appliance, pipe and tube, and other steel-consuming industries; (4) fluctuations in the cost of key raw materials (including steel scrap, iron units, and energy costs) and our ability to pass-on any cost increases; (5) the impact of domestic and foreign import price competition; (6) unanticipated difficulties in integrating or starting up new or acquired businesses; (7) risks and uncertainties involving product and/or technology development; and (8) occurrences of unexpected plant outages or equipment failures.

 

More specifically, we refer you to our more detailed explanation of these and other factors and risks that may cause such predictive statements to turn out differently, as set forth under the headings Special Notes Regarding Forward-Looking Statements and Risk Factors, in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, in our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q or in other reports which we from time to time file with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These reports are available publicly on the Securities and Exchange Commission website, www.sec.gov, and on our website, www.steeldynamics.com.

 

Description of the Business

 

We are a domestic manufacturer of steel products and metals recycler. We have three reporting segments: steel operations, metals recycling operations, and steel fabrication operations. Steel operations include our Butler Flat Roll Division, Columbus Flat Roll Division, The Techs galvanizing lines, Structural and Rail Division, Engineered Bar Products Division, Roanoke Bar Division, Steel of West Virginia, and  Iron Dynamics, a liquid pig iron (scrap substitute) production facility that solely supplies the Butler Flat Roll Division. These operations include electric arc furnace steel mills, producing steel from ferrous scrap and scrap substitutes, utilizing continuous casting, automated rolling mills, and ten downstream coating facilities. Metals recycling operations include our metals recycling processing locations, and ferrous scrap procurement operations, of OmniSource Corporation. Steel fabrication operations include our eight New Millennium Building Systems’ joist and deck plants located throughout the United States and Northern Mexico. Revenues from these plants are generated from the fabrication of trusses, girders, steel joists and steel deck used within the non-residential construction industry. TheOther” category consists of subsidiary operations that are below the quantitative thresholds required for reportable segments and primarily consist of our Minnesota ironmaking operations that were indefinitely idled in May 2015, and several joint ventures. Also included in “Other” are certain unallocated corporate accounts, such as our senior secured credit facility, senior notes, certain other investments and certain profit sharing expenses.

 

Operating Statement Classifications

 

Net Sales.  Net sales from our operations are a factor of volumes shipped, product mix and related pricing. We charge premium prices for certain grades of steel, product dimensions, certain smaller volumes, and for value-added processing or coating of the steel products.  Except for our steel fabrication operations, we recognize revenue from sales and the allowance for estimated costs associated with returns from these sales at the time the title of the product is transferred to the customer. Provision is made for estimated product returns and customer claims based on estimates and actual historical experience. Net sales from steel fabrication operations are recognized from construction contracts utilizing a percentage of completion methodology based on steel tons used on completed units to date as a percentage of estimated total steel tons required for each contract.

 

Costs of Goods Sold.  Our costs of goods sold represent all direct and indirect costs associated with the manufacture of our products. The principal elements of these costs are scrap and scrap substitutes (which represent the most significant single component of our consolidated costs of goods sold), steel, direct and indirect labor and related benefits, alloys, zinc, transportation and freight, repairs and maintenance, utilities (most notably electricity and natural gas), and depreciation.

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses.  Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of all costs associated with our sales, finance and accounting, and administrative departments. These costs include, among other items, labor and related benefits, professional services, insurance premiums, property taxes, company-wide profit sharing, and amortization of intangible and other assets.

 

Interest Expense, net of Capitalized Interest.  Interest expense consists of interest associated with our senior credit facilities and other debt net of interest costs that are required to be capitalized during the construction period of certain capital investment projects.

 

Other (Income) Expense, net.  Other income consists of interest income earned on our temporary cash deposits and investments; any other non-operating income activity, including income from non-consolidated investments accounted for under the equity method. Other expense consists of any non-operating costs, such as acquisition and certain financing expenses.

 

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Results Overview

 

Consolidated operating income increased $32.2 million, or 32%, to $132.0 million for the first quarter 2016, compared to $99.8 million for the first quarter 2015. First quarter 2016 net income increased $32.0 million, or 104%, to $62.7 million, from $30.8 million for the first quarter 2015.

 

Our consolidated first quarter 2016 operational and financial performance was positively impacted by significantly improved sheet steel product shipments, as well as increased volumes in both our metals recycling and steel fabrication operations. However, average selling prices across all our operating platforms were down substantially in the first quarter 2016 compared to the first quarter 2015, due to commodity price declines that took place throughout 2015, with price recovery beginning in the latter portion of the first quarter 2016. Underlying domestic steel consumption remains relatively unchanged and steady, with the heavy equipment, agriculture and energy markets remaining weak, while automotive remains strong and the non-residential construction market continues to recover. Steel import levels declined over 30% during the first quart 2016 as compared the prior year first quarter. Initial trade case rulings on unfairly traded corrosion resistant steel have served as a disincentive to steel import purchases. As a result, domestic steel mill utilization rates have increased in the first quarter 2016 compared to late 2015, resulting in increased ferrous scrap shipments in our metals recycling operations. Our steel fabrication operations continue to benefit from the improved non-residential construction market, our market share and expanding geographic footprint, and lower steel raw material costs, resulting in significant increases in both sales and operating income, compared to the first quarter 2015.

 

Segment Operating Results 2016 vs. 2015 (dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

%
Change

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steel Operations Segment

 

$

1,258,388

 

(12

)%

$

1,434,322

 

Metals Recycling Operations Segment

 

487,185

 

(25

)%

652,011

 

Steel Fabrication Operations Segment

 

180,081

 

12

%

161,028

 

Other

 

75,889

 

(19

)%

93,600

 

 

 

2,001,543

 

 

 

2,340,961

 

Intra-company

 

(260,242

)

 

 

(293,526

)

Consolidated

 

$

1,741,301

 

(15

)%

$

2,047,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steel Operations Segment

 

$

132,275

 

15

%

$

114,965

 

Metals Recycling Operations Segment

 

2,767

 

162

%

(4,498

)

Steel Fabrication Operations Segment

 

32,016

 

50

%

21,361

 

Other

 

(31,930

)

11

%

(35,902

)

 

 

135,128

 

 

 

95,926

 

Intra-company

 

(3,163

)

 

 

3,845

 

Consolidated

 

$

131,965

 

32

%

$

99,771

 

 

 

 

Steel Operations Segment

 

 

 

Steel Operations Segment. Steel operations consist of our six electric arc furnace steel mills, producing steel from ferrous scrap and scrap substitutes, utilizing continuous casting, automated rolling mills, and ten downstream coating lines, and IDI, our liquid pig production facility that supplies solely our Butler Flat Roll Division mill. Our steel operations sell directly to end users and service centers. These products are used in numerous industry sectors, including the automotive, construction, manufacturing, transportation, heavy and agriculture equipment, and pipe and tube markets. Steel operations accounted for 70% and 68% of our consolidated external net sales during the first quarter 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

Sheet Products.  Our sheet products operations consist of Butler and Columbus Flat Roll Divisions, and our downstream coating lines, including The Techs. These operations sell a broad range of sheet steel products, such as hot roll, cold roll and coated steel products, including a wide variety of specialty products, such as light gauge hot roll and galvanized. Butler Flat Roll Division sells other products such as Galvalume® and painted products, while Columbus Flat Roll Division sells other products used to produce non-energy line pipe, and is currently in the construction phase of a $100 million expansion to add painted and Galvalume® capacity. The Techs is comprised of three galvanizing lines which sell specialized galvanized sheet steels used in non-automotive applications.

 

Long Products.  Our Structural and Rail Division sells structural steel beams and pilings to the construction market, as well as standard-grade and premium rail to the railroad industry. Our Engineered Bar Products Division primarily sells engineered, special-bar-quality and merchant-bar-quality rounds, round-cornered squares, and smaller-diameter round engineered bars. Our Roanoke Bar Division primarily sells merchant steel products, including angles, merchant rounds, flats and channels, and reinforcing bar. Steel of West Virginia primarily sells beams, channels and specialty steel sections.

 

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Steel Operations Segment Shipments (tons):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

% Change

 

2015

 

Shipments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butler Flat Roll Division

 

712,138

 

 

 

579,493

 

Columbus Flat Roll Division

 

756,933

 

 

 

564,241

 

The Techs

 

188,269

 

 

 

145,934

 

Sheet products

 

1,657,340

 

29

%

1,289,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Structural and Rail Division

 

292,988

 

 

 

304,352

 

Engineered Bar Products Division

 

125,200

 

 

 

156,366

 

Roanoke Bar Division

 

125,471

 

 

 

125,123

 

Steel of West Virginia

 

76,209

 

 

 

73,511

 

Long products

 

619,868

 

(6

)%

659,352

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shipments

 

2,277,208

 

17

%

1,949,020

 

Intra-segment shipments

 

(65,058

)

 

 

(56,094

)

Steel operations segment shipments

 

2,212,150

 

17

%

1,892,926

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

External shipments

 

2,121,872

 

17

%

1,816,371

 

 

 

Segment Results 2016 vs. 2015

 

Overall steel operations performance in the first quarter 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 was positively impacted by changes in the flat roll steel supply environment. Flat roll steel import levels declined, and customer inventory levels were better matched with actual demand requirements, supporting higher domestic steel mill utilization. Our steel mill utilization rate was 88% for the first quarter 2016, as compared to 73% in the first quarter 2015. The domestic steel demand outlook remained relatively unchanged and steady, with the heavy equipment, agricultural and energy markets remaining weak, while automotive continued to be strong and construction continued to recover. Net sales for the steel operations decreased 12% in the first quarter 2016, when compared to the same period in 2015, as a 17% increase in steel operations shipments was more than offset by a decrease of $189 per ton, or 25%, in average selling prices. In spite of solid overall domestic steel demand, average selling prices in the first quarter 2016 remained muted due to the lingering effects of price declines experienced during 2015, caused by elevated levels of imported steel into the United States and significant reductions in the cost of scrap.

 

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Metallic raw materials used in our electric arc furnaces represent our single most significant steel manufacturing cost. During the first quarter 2016 and 2015, our metallic raw material costs represented 50% and 59%, respectively, of our steel operations’ manufacturing costs, excluding the operations of The Techs, which purchases, rather than produces, the steel it further processes. Our metallic raw material cost per net ton consumed in our steel operations decreased $128, or 41%, in the first quarter 2016, compared the same period in 2015, consistent with overall declines in scrap market pricing.

 

Decreases in steel selling prices more than offset decreases in raw material cost per ton, resulting in first quarter 2016 metal spread (which we define as the difference between average selling prices and the cost of ferrous scrap consumed) contraction compared to the same period in 2015. In spite of decreased metal spread, increased volumes in sheet products made up for the margin reduction, with operating income for the steel operations increasing 15%, to $132.3 million, in the first quarter 2016, compared to the same period in 2015.

 

 

Metals Recycling Operations Segment

 

 

Metals Recycling Operations Segment.  Metals recycling operations include our metals recycling processing locations, and ferrous scrap procurement operations of OmniSource. OmniSource sells ferrous metals to steel mills and foundries, and nonferrous metals, such as copper, brass, aluminum and stainless steel to, among others, ingot manufacturers, copper refineries and mills, smelters, and specialty mills. Our metals recycling operations accounted for 15% and 21% of our consolidated net sales in the first quarter 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

Metals Recycling Operations Shipments:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

 

March 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

% Change

 

2015

 

Ferrous metal (gross tons)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

1,305,154

 

6

%

1,233,001

 

Inter-company

 

(801,367

)

 

 

(590,921

)

External shipments

 

503,787

 

(22

)%

642,080

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nonferrous metals (thousands of pounds)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

270,410

 

4

%

259,903

 

Inter-company

 

(27,850

)

 

 

(18,323

)

External shipments

 

242,560

 

%

241,580

 

 

Segment Results 2016 vs. 2015

 

Overall metals recycling operations performance in the first quarter 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 was positively impacted by improving domestic steel mill utilization, particularly that of our steel mills. Shipments to our own steel mills increased to 61% of total ferrous metal shipments in the first quarter 2016, compared to 48% during the same period in 2015. Metals recycling operations net sales decreased 25% in the first quarter 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015, with ferrous and nonferrous pricing decreasing 38% and 20%, respectively in the first quarter 2016, as compared to the first quarter 2015, a product of the sharp decline in scrap values experienced during 2015 still lingering into 2016. However, ferrous and nonferrous volumes increased 6% and 4%, respectively, during the first quarter 2016, as compared to the same period in 2015, consistent with improved market demand. Metal spreads (which we define as the difference between average selling prices and the cost of purchased scrap) for ferrous metal decreased 15% period over period as ferrous selling prices declined more than scrap costs, while nonferrous materials metal spread improved 13%. Operating income for the metals recycling operations in the first quarter 2016 of $2.8 million was $7.3 million higher than first quarter 2015’s operating loss of $4.5 million, due largely to operating cost compression from higher volumes as well as focused cost containment efforts.

 

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Steel Fabrication Operations Segment

 

 

 

Steel fabrication operations include our eight New Millennium Building Systems’ joist and deck plants located throughout the United States and Northern Mexico. Revenues from these plants are generated from the fabrication of trusses, girders, steel joists and steel deck used within the non-residential construction industry. Steel fabrication operations accounted for 10% and 8% of our consolidated net sales during the first quarter 2016 and 2015, respectively.

 

 

Segment Results 2016 vs. 2015

 

Overall steel fabrication operations performance in the first quarter 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 was positively impacted by an improved non-residential construction market, the acquisition of additional deck assets in late 2015, and increased market share for both joist and deck, driving increased sales volumes and increased profitability. Net sales for the steel fabrication operations increased $19.1 million, or 12%, in the first quarter 2016, compared to the same period in 2015, as shipments increased 29% while average selling prices decreased $187 per ton, or 13%, consistent with the drop in steel selling prices. Our steel fabrication operations continue to realize strength in order activity and resulting shipments, as we leverage our national operating footprint to gain market share, and market demand continues to be strong.

 

The purchase of various steel products is the largest single cost of production for our steel fabrication operations, generally representing approximately two-thirds of the total cost of manufacturing. The average cost of steel consumed decreased by 26% in the first quarter 2016, as compared to the same period in 2015, and coupled with a 13% decrease in selling prices resulted in modestly expanded metal spreads. As a result of near record quarterly shipments and metal spread expansion, operating income increased 50% to $32.0 million in the first quarter 2016, as compared to $21.4 million in the same period in 2015.

 

 

 

Other Operations

 

 

 

Other operations consists of subsidiary operations that are below the quantitative thresholds required for reportable segments and primarily consist of our Minnesota ironmaking operations, which were indefinitely idled in May 2015, and several smaller joint ventures. Also included in “Other” are certain unallocated corporate accounts, such as the company’s senior secured credit facility, senior notes, certain other investments and certain profit sharing expenses. Prior to being indefinitely idled, our Minnesota ironmaking operations experienced operating losses, which have been significantly curtailed post-idling.

 

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First Quarter Consolidated Results 2016 vs. 2015

 

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses (including profit sharing and amortization of intangible assets) of $104.1 million during the first quarter 2016 increased 19% from $87.3 million during the first quarter 2015, representing approximately 6.0% and 4.3% of net sales, respectively. The increase in the first quarter 2016 compared to the same period in 2015 is due most notably to increased profit sharing and incentive compensation expenses associated with increased operating income.

 

Interest Expense, net of Capitalized Interest.  During the first quarter 2016, interest expense decreased $6.0 million to $37.0 million, when compared to the same period in 2015. The decrease in interest expense is due primarily to the call and prepayment of our $350.0 million 7 5/8% Senior Notes due 2020, in March 2015.

 

Other Expense, net.  During the first quarter 2016, net other income of $1.8 million compared to net other expense of $16.2 million in the same period in 2015, which included $16.7 million of call premium and other finance expenses associated with the March 2015 senior note call and prepayment.

 

Income Tax Expense.  During the first quarter 2016, our income tax expense was $35.4 million at an effective income tax rate of 36.6%, as compared to $13.5 million at an effective income tax rate of 33.4%, during the first quarter 2015. The effective tax rate in the first quarter 2015 was lower due primarily to certain favorable discrete tax adjustments recorded during the quarter.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Capital Resources and Long-term Debt. Our business is capital intensive and requires substantial expenditures for, among other things, the purchase and maintenance of equipment used in our steel, metals recycling, and steel fabrication operations, and to remain in compliance with environmental laws. Our short-term and long-term liquidity needs arise primarily from working capital requirements, capital expenditures, principal and interest payments related to our outstanding indebtedness, dividends to our shareholders, and acquisitions. We have met these liquidity requirements primarily with cash provided by operations, long-term borrowings and availability under our Revolver. Our liquidity at March 31, 2016, is as follows (in thousands):

 

Cash and equivalents

 

$

976,951

 

Revolver availability

 

1,187,418

 

Total liquidity

 

$

2,164,369

 

 

Our total outstanding debt remained relatively unchanged during the first quarter 2016 at $2.6 billion. Our total long-term debt to capitalization ratio (representing our long-term debt, including current maturities, divided by the sum of our long-term debt, redeemable noncontrolling interests, and our total stockholders’ equity) was 49.0% at March 31, 2016, compared to 49.3% at December 31, 2015.

 

We have a senior secured credit facility (Facility) that matures in November 2019 which provides for a $1.2 billion Revolver along with a term loan facility. Subject to certain conditions, we also have the ability to increase the combined facility size by a minimum of $750 million. The Facility contains financial and other covenants pertaining to our ability (which may under certain circumstances be limited) to make capital expenditures; incur indebtedness; permit liens on property; enter into transactions with affiliates; make restricted payments or investments; enter into mergers, acquisitions or consolidations; conduct asset sales; pay dividends or distributions and enter into other specified transactions and activities. Our ability to borrow funds within the terms of the Revolver is dependent upon our continued compliance with the financial and other covenants. At March 31, 2016, we had $1.2 billion of availability on the Revolver, $12.6 million of outstanding letters of credit and other obligations which reduce availability, and there were no borrowings outstanding.

 

The financial covenants under our Facility state that we must maintain an interest coverage ratio of not less than 2.50:1.00. Our interest coverage ratio is calculated by dividing our last-twelve trailing months (LTM) consolidated adjusted EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, and certain other non-cash transactions as allowed in our Facility) by our LTM gross interest expense, less amortization of financing fees. In addition, a net debt (as defined in the Facility) to consolidated LTM adjusted EBITDA (net debt leverage ratio) of not more than 5.00:1.00 must be maintained. If the net debt leverage ratio exceeds 3.50:1:00 at any time, our ability to make certain payments as defined in the Facility (which includes cash dividends to stockholders and share purchases, among other things), is limited. At March 31, 2016, our interest coverage ratio and net debt leverage ratio were 5.21:1.00 and 2.85:1.00, respectively. We were, therefore, in compliance with these covenants at March 31, 2016, and we anticipate we will continue to be in compliance during the remainder of the year.

 

Working Capital. We generated cash flow from operations of $288.9 million in the first quarter 2016. Operational working capital (representing amounts invested in trade receivables and inventories, less current liabilities other than income taxes payable and debt) decreased $130.7 million during the period to $1.1 billion. Accounts payable increased 46% due to higher production volumes during the quarter compared to the fourth quarter of 2015.

 

Capital Investments.  During the first quarter 2016, we invested $27.7 million in property, plant and equipment primarily within our steel operations segment, compared with $33.4 million invested during the same period in 2015. Our current estimated 2016 cash allocation plan includes the investment of approximately $250 million in capital expenditures in our existing and announced operations.

 

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Cash Dividends.  As a reflection of continued confidence in our current and future cash flow generation ability and financial position, we increased our quarterly cash dividend by 2% to $0.1400 per share in the first quarter 2016 (from $0.1375 per share in 2015), resulting in declared cash dividends of $34.1 million during the first quarter 2016, compared to $33.2 million during the same period in 2015. We paid cash dividends of $33.4 million and $27.8 million during the first quarter 2016 and 2015, respectively. Our board of directors, along with executive management, approves the payment of dividends on a quarterly basis. The determination to pay cash dividends in the future is at the discretion of our board of directors, after taking into account various factors, including our financial condition, results of operations, outstanding indebtedness, current and anticipated cash needs and growth plans. In addition, the terms of our senior secured credit facility and the indenture relating to our senior notes may restrict the amount of cash dividends we can pay.

 

Other.  Our ability to meet our debt service obligations and reduce our total debt will depend upon our future performance which, in turn, will depend upon general economic, financial and business conditions, along with competition, legislation and regulatory factors that are largely beyond our control. In addition, we cannot assure that our operating results, cash flows, access to credit markets and capital resources will be sufficient for repayment of our indebtedness in the future. We believe that based upon current levels of operations and anticipated growth, cash flows from operations, together with other available sources of funds, including additional borrowings under our Revolver through its term, which expires in November 2019, will be adequate for the next twelve months for making required payments of principal and interest on our indebtedness, funding working capital requirements, and anticipated capital expenditures.

 

ITEM 3.                   QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

 

Interest Rate Risk

 

In the normal course of business, we are exposed to interest rate changes. Our objectives in managing exposure to interest rate changes are to limit the impact of these rate changes on earnings and cash flows and to lower overall borrowing costs. To achieve these objectives, we occasionally use interest rate swaps to manage net exposure to interest rate changes related to our portfolio of borrowings. We did not have any interest rate swaps during the periods ended March 31, 2016 or 2015.

 

Commodity Risk

 

In the normal course of business we are exposed to the market risk and price fluctuations related to the sale of our products and to the purchase of raw materials used in our operations, such as metallic raw materials, electricity, natural gas and its transportation services, fuel, air products, and zinc. Our risk strategy associated with product sales has generally been to obtain competitive prices for our products and to allow operating results to reflect market price movements dictated by supply and demand.

 

Our risk strategy associated with the purchase of raw materials utilized within our operations has generally been to make some commitments with suppliers relating to future expected requirements for some commodities such as electricity, natural gas and its transportation services, fuel, air products, and zinc. Certain of these commitments contain provisions which require us to “take or pay” for specified quantities without regard to actual usage generally for periods of up to 24 months for physical commodity requirements (in certain cases up to 60 months), for up to 4 years for commodity transportation requirements, and for up to 12 years for air products. We utilized such “take or pay” requirements during the past three years under these contracts, except for certain air products at our Minnesota ironmaking operations which were idled in May 2015. We believe that production requirements will be such that consumption of the products or services purchased under these commitments will occur in the normal production process, other than certain air products related to our Minnesota ironmaking operations during the idle period. We also purchase electricity consumed at our Flat Roll Division pursuant to a contract which extends through December 2017. The contract designates 160 hours annually as “interruptible service” and establishes an agreed fixed-rate energy charge per Mill/kWh consumed for each year through the expiration of the agreement.

 

In our metals recycling operations we have certain fixed price contracts with various customers and suppliers for future delivery of nonferrous metals. Our risk strategy has been to enter into base metal financial contracts with the goal to protect the profit margin, within certain parameters, that was contemplated when we entered into the transaction with the customer or vendor. At March 31, 2016, we had a cumulative unrealized loss associated with these financial contracts of $1.5 million, substantially all of which have a settlement date within the next twelve months. We believe the customer contracts associated with the financial contracts will be fully consummated.

 

ITEM 4.                   CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

 

(a)  Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures.  Our management, with the participation of our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2016. The term “disclosure controls and procedures,” as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act, means controls and other procedures of a company that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Commission’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by a company in the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on the evaluation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of March 31, 2016, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that, as of such date, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

 

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(b)  Changes in Internal Controls Over Financial Reporting.  No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) occurred during the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2016, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

PART II OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.                   LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

 

We are involved, along with two other remaining steel manufacturing company defendants, in a class action antitrust suit in federal court in Chicago, Illinois, originally against eight companies. The Complaint alleges a conspiracy on the part of the original defendants to fix, raise, maintain and stabilize the price at which steel products were sold in the United States during a specified period between 2005 and 2007, by artificially restricting the supply of such steel products. All but one of the Complaints were brought on behalf of a purported class consisting of all direct purchasers of steel products. The other Complaint was brought on behalf of a purported class consisting of all indirect purchasers of steel products within the same time period.  In addition, another similar complaint was filed in December 2010 purporting to be on behalf of indirect purchasers of steel products in Tennessee. All Complaints have been consolidated in the Chicago action and seek treble damages and costs, including reasonable attorney fees, pre- and post-judgment interest and injunctive relief. Following an extensive period of discovery and related motions concerning class certification matters, the Court, on September 9, 2015, certified a class, limited, however, to the issue of the alleged conspiracy alone, and denied class certification on the issue of antitrust impact and damages.  As a result, some additional discovery is ongoing. We have also filed a motion for summary judgment, as has co-defendant SSAB, and this matter is currently pending.

 

Due, however, to the uncertain nature of litigation, we cannot presently determine the ultimate outcome of this litigation. Based on the information available at this time, we have determined that there is not presently a “reasonable possibility” (as that term is defined in ASC 450-20-20), that the outcome of these legal proceedings would have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity. Although not presently necessary or appropriate to make a dollar estimate of exposure to loss, if any, in connection with the above matter, we may in the future determine that a loss accrual is necessary. Although we may make loss accruals, if and as warranted, any amounts that we may accrue from time to time could vary significantly from the amounts we actually pay, due to inherent uncertainties and the inherent shortcomings of the estimation process, the uncertainties involved in litigation and other factors. Additionally, an adverse result could have a material effect on our financial condition, results of operations and liquidity.

 

We are involved in various routine litigation matters, including administrative proceedings, regulatory proceedings, governmental investigations, environmental matters, and commercial and construction contract disputes, none of which are expected to have a material impact on our financial condition, results of operations, or liquidity.

 

ITEM 1A.          RISK FACTORS

 

No material changes have occurred to the indicated risk factors as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

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

 

None.

 

ITEM 3.                   DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES

 

None.

 

ITEM 4.                   MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

 

The information required to be furnished pursuant to Item 4 concerning mine safety disclosure matters required by Section 1503(a) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and Item 104 of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.104) is included in Exhibit 95 to this Quarterly Report.

 

ITEM 5.                   OTHER INFORMATION

 

None.

 

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ITEM 6.        EXHIBITS

 

Executive Officer Certifications

 

31.1*

 

Certification of Principal Executive Officer required by Item 307 of Regulation S-K as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

31.2*

 

Certification of Principal Financial Officer required by Item 307 of Regulation S-K as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission and pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.1*

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

32.2*

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant to 18 U.S.C Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

Other

 

95*

 

Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

XBRL Documents

 

 

101.INS*

 

XBRL Instance Document

 

 

 

101.SCH*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Document

 

 

 

101.DEF*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Definition Document

 

 

 

101.LAB*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Document

 

 

 

101.PRE*

 

XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Document

 


*      Filed concurrently herewith

 

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SIGNATURE

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

May 6, 2016

 

 

      STEEL DYNAMICS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Theresa E. Wagler

 

 

Theresa E. Wagler

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

 

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