Segment Reporting

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Segment Reporting

Segment Reporting

2.Segment Reporting

Headwaters currently operates three business segments: light building products, heavy construction materials and energy technology. These segments are managed and evaluated separately by management due to differences in their markets, operations, products and services. Revenues for the light building products segment consist of product sales to wholesale and retail distributors, contractors and other users of building products. Revenues for the heavy construction materials segment consist primarily of CCP product sales to ready-mix concrete businesses, with a smaller amount from services provided to coal-fueled electric generating utilities. Revenues for the energy technology segment have consisted primarily of coal sales; however, as described in Note 3, in September 2011 Headwaters committed to a plan to sell its coal cleaning facilities and the related coal sales revenue and results of operations have been reflected as discontinued operations in the accompanying statements of operations for all periods. Currently, continuing revenues for the energy technology segment consist primarily of catalyst sales to oil refineries. Intersegment sales are immaterial.

The following segment information has been prepared in accordance with ASC Topic 280 Segment Reporting. Segment performance is evaluated primarily on revenue and operating income, although other factors are also used, such as Adjusted EBITDA. Headwaters defines Adjusted EBITDA as net income plus net interest expense, income taxes, depreciation and amortization, stock-based compensation, foreign currency translation gain or loss, goodwill and other impairments, and other non-routine adjustments that arise from time to time, consistent with the methodology Headwaters has used historically.

Segment costs and expenses considered in deriving segment operating income (loss) include cost of revenue, amortization, research and development, and segment-specific selling, general and administrative expenses. Amounts included in the “Corporate” column represent expenses that are not allocated to any segment and include administrative departmental costs and general corporate overhead. Segment assets reflect those specifically attributable to individual segments and primarily include cash, accounts receivable, inventories, property, plant and equipment, intangible assets and goodwill. Certain other assets are included in the “Corporate” column. The operating results of the discontinued coal cleaning business are not included in the tables below for any period; however, coal cleaning facility expenditures comprise substantially all of the reported energy technology segment capital expenditures, and assets as of March 31, 2012 include the coal cleaning assets held for sale.

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2011
(in thousands)	Light building products			Heavy construction materials			Energy technology			Corporate			Totals
Segment revenue	$	62,677		$	45,096		$	5,431		$	0		$	113,204
Depreciation and amortization	$	(9,823	)	$	(3,463	)	$	(581	)	$	(27	)	$	(13,894	)
Operating income (loss)	$	(12,989	)	$	301		$	(14,719	)	$	(4,498	)	$	(31,905	)
Net interest expense													(82,595		)
Other income (expense), net													1,848
Income tax provision													(1,220		)
Loss from continuing operations													(113,872		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes													(42,282		)
Net loss													$	(156,154	)
Capital expenditures, including $1,732 in the energy technology segment related to discontinued operations	$	4,365		$	829		$	1,746		$	0		$	6,940
Segment assets	$	303,077		$	301,166		$	102,746		$	59,826		$	766,815

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
(in thousands)	Light building products			Heavy construction materials			Energy technology			Corporate			Totals
Segment revenue	$	74,311		$	51,239		$	4,082		$	0		$	129,632
Depreciation and amortization	$	(8,908	)	$	(3,493	)	$	(572	)	$	(41	)	$	(13,014	)
Operating income (loss)	$	2,108		$	2,870		$	(706	)	$	(6,070	)	$	(1,798	)
Net interest expense													(13,527		)
Other income (expense), net													(173		)
Income tax provision													(2,730		)
Loss from continuing operations													(18,228		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes													(2,330		)
Net loss													$	(20,558	)
Capital expenditures, including $0 in the energy technology segment related to discontinued operations	$	4,272		$	640		$	112		$	189		$	5,213
Segment assets, including $30,143 in the energy technology segment related to discontinued operations	$	273,122		$	295,323		$	46,868		$	44,610		$	659,923

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2011
(in thousands)	Light building products			Heavy construction materials			Energy technology			Corporate			Totals
Segment revenue	$	132,386		$	108,311		$	8,327		$	0		$	249,024
Depreciation and amortization	$	(18,363	)	$	(6,904	)	$	(1,141	)	$	(56	)	$	(26,464	)
Operating income (loss)	$	(15,237	)	$	8,131		$	(16,060	)	$	(9,776	)	$	(32,942	)
Net interest expense													(99,490		)
Other income (expense), net													2,822
Income tax provision													(3,020		)
Loss from continuing operations													(132,630		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes													(44,211		)
Net loss													$	(176,841	)
Capital expenditures and payments for acquisitions, including $2,987 in the energy technology segment related to discontinued operations	$	10,475		$	1,127		$	3,041		$	0		$	14,643

	Six Months Ended March 31, 2012
(in thousands)	Light building products			Heavy construction materials			Energy technology			Corporate			Totals
Segment revenue	$	147,645		$	114,377		$	5,037		$	0		$	267,059
Depreciation and amortization	$	(17,972	)	$	(7,024	)	$	(1,144	)	$	(56	)	$	(26,196	)
Operating income (loss)	$	2,881		$	11,624		$	(2,707	)	$	(9,183	)	$	2,615
Net interest expense													(25,983		)
Other income (expense), net													(4,310		)
Income tax provision													(3,830		)
Loss from continuing operations													(31,508		)
Loss from discontinued operations, net of income taxes													(12,798		)
Net loss													$	(44,306	)
Capital expenditures, including $1,116 in the energy technology segment related to discontinued operations	$	8,873		$	1,424		$	1,328		$	207		$	11,832