EX-99.1 4 ex99_1.htm CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE PERIOD ENDED MARCH 31, 2008 ex99_1.htm

Exhibit 99.1
 

 
Precision Drilling Trust
 
             
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (UNAUDITED)
             
               
               
     
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
(Stated in thousands of Canadian dollars)
   
2008
   
2007
 
               
ASSETS
             
Current assets:
             
Accounts receivable
    $ 361,601     $ 256,616  
Income tax recoverable
      1,974       5,952  
Inventory
      8,826       9,255  
        372,401       271,823  
                   
Income tax recoverable
(note 4)
    58,092        
Property, plant and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation
      1,208,408       1,210,587  
Intangibles, net of accumulated amortization
      295       318  
Goodwill
      280,749       280,749  
      $ 1,919,945     $ 1,763,477  
                   
LIABILITIES AND UNITHOLDERS' EQUITY
                 
Current liabilities:
                 
Bank indebtedness
    $ 10,548     $ 14,115  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
      104,275       80,864  
Distributions payable
      16,349       36,470  
        131,172       131,449  
                   
Long-term compensation plans
      6,443       13,896  
Long-term debt
      213,507       119,826  
Future income taxes
      194,735       181,633  
        545,857       446,804  
                   
Unitholders’ equity:
                 
Unitholders’ capital
(note 3)
    1,442,476       1,442,476  
Contributed surplus
      502       307  
Deficit
      (68,890 )     (126,110 )
        1,374,088       1,316,673  
      $ 1,919,945     $ 1,763,477  
Units outstanding (000s)
      125,758       125,758  
                   
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
                 
 
 
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Precision Drilling Trust

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS AND DEFICIT (UNAUDITED)

     
Three months ended March 31,
 
(Stated in thousands of Canadian dollars, except per unit amounts)
   
2008
   
2007
 
                   
Revenue
    $ 342,689     $ 410,542  
Expenses:
                 
Operating
      176,190       194,156  
General and administrative
      19,152       14,555  
Depreciation and amortization
      24,367       23,484  
Foreign exchange
      (1,258 )     168  
        218,451       232,363  
Operating earnings
      124,238       178,179  
Interest:
                 
Long-term debt
      2,235       2,530  
Other
      46       27  
Income
      (85 )     (118 )
Earnings before income taxes
      122,042       175,740  
Income taxes:
(note 4)
               
Current
      2,652       320  
Future
      13,124       17,353  
        15,776       17,673  
Net earnings
      106,266       158,067  
Deficit, beginning of period
      (126,110 )     (195,219 )
Distributions declared
      (49,046 )     (71,682 )
Deficit, end of period
    $ (68,890 )   $ (108,834 )
Earnings per unit:
                 
Basic
    $ 0.85     $ 1.26  
Diluted
    $ 0.84     $ 1.26  
Units outstanding (000s)
      125,758       125,758  
Weighted average units outstanding (000s)
      125,758       125,758  
Diluted units outstanding (000s)
      125,777       125,758  
                   
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
                 

 
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Precision Drilling Trust

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOW (UNAUDITED)

     
Three months ended March 31,
 
(Stated in thousands of Canadian dollars)
   
2008
   
2007
 
               
Cash provided by (used in):
             
Operations:
             
Net earnings
    $ 106,266     $ 158,067  
Adjustments and other items not involving cash:
                 
Long-term compensation plans
      (469 )     (2,461 )
Depreciation and amortization
      24,367       23,484  
Future income taxes
      13,124       17,353  
Other
      (22 )      
Changes in non-cash working capital balances
      (85,959 )     (40,145 )
        57,307       156,298  
Investments:
                 
Purchase of property, plant and equipment
      (23,468 )     (55,702 )
Proceeds on sale of property, plant and equipment
      1,303       1,128  
Increase in income tax recoverable
(note 4)
    (55,185 )      
Changes in non-cash working capital balances
      (904 )     (9,643 )
        (78,254 )     (64,217 )
Financing:
                 
Distributions paid
      (69,167 )     (86,773 )
Increase in long-term debt
      93,681       6,810  
Change in bank indebtedness
      (3,567 )     (12,118 )
        20,947       (92,081 )
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
             
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
             
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
    $     $  
                   
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements
                 

 
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Precision Drilling Trust

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)
 
(Tabular amounts are stated in thousands of Canadian dollars except unit numbers)

NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

These interim financial statements for Precision Drilling Trust (the "Trust") were prepared using accounting policies and methods of their application consistent with those used in the preparation of the Trust's consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007 except as noted below. These interim financial statements conform in all material respects to the requirements of generally accepted accounting principles in Canada for annual financial statements with the exception of certain note disclosures. As a result, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Trust's consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2007.

Effective January 1, 2008 the Trust adopted new Canadian accounting standards relating to inventories (Section 3031) and capital disclosures (Section 1535). Section 3031 requires inventories to be measured at the lower of cost or net realizable value and the reversal of previously recorded write downs to realizable value when the circumstances that caused the write down no longer exist. This new standard did not have a material impact on the Trust's financial statements for the period ended March 31, 2008. Section 1535 requires the Trust to provide additional quantitative and qualitative information regarding its objectives, policies and processes for managing its capital.

In February 2008, the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants issued Section 3064, Goodwill and intangible assets, replacing Section 3062, Goodwill and other intangible assets and Section 3450, Research and development costs. The new Section establishes standards for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of goodwill and intangible assets. The new Section will be applicable to the Trust on January 1, 2009. The Trust is currently evaluating the impact of this new Section on its consolidated financial statements.

NOTE 2. SEASONALITY OF OPERATIONS

The majority of the Trust's operations are carried on in Canada. The ability to move heavy equipment in the Canadian oil and natural gas fields is dependent on weather conditions. As warm weather returns in the spring, the winter's frost comes out of the ground rendering many secondary roads incapable of supporting the weight of heavy equipment until they have thoroughly dried out. The duration of this "spring break-up" has a direct impact on the Trust's activity levels. In addition, many exploration and production areas in northern Canada are accessible only in winter months when the ground is frozen hard enough to support equipment. The timing of freeze up and spring break-up affects the ability to move equipment in and out of these areas. As a result, late March through May is traditionally the Trust’s slowest time.
 
 
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NOTE 3. UNITHOLDERS’ CAPITAL

(a)  
Authorized - unlimited number of voting Trust units
                     - unlimited number of voting exchangeable LP units
 
(b)  
Units issued:

Trust units
 
Number
   
Amount
 
                 
Balance, December 31, 2007
    125,587,919     $ 1,440,543  
Issued on retraction of exchangeable LP units
    798       9  
Balance March 31, 2008
    125,588,717     $ 1,440,552  
             
Exchangeable LP units
 
Number
   
Amount
 
                 
Balance, December 31, 2007
    170,005     $ 1,933  
Redeemed on retraction of exchangeable LP units
    (798 )     (9 )
Balance March 31, 2008
    169,207     $ 1,924  
             
Summary
 
Number
   
Amount
 
                 
Trust units
    125,588,717     $ 1,440,552  
Exchangeable LP units
    169,207       1,924  
Unitholders' capital
    125,757,924     $ 1,442,476  

NOTE 4. INCOME TAXES
 
Currently, the Trust incurs taxes to the extent that there are certain provincial capital taxes, as well as taxes on any taxable income, of its underlying subsidiaries. Future income taxes arise from the differences between the accounting and tax basis of the Trust's and its subsidiaries' assets and liabilities.
 
The provision for income taxes differs from that which would be expected by applying statutory Canadian income tax rates. A reconciliation of the difference at March 31 is as follows:

   
Three months ended March 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
                 
Earnings before income taxes
  $ 122,042     $ 175,740  
Federal and provincial statutory rates
    30%       33%  
                 
Tax at statutory rates
  $ 36,613     $ 57,994  
Adjusted for the effect of:
               
Non-deductible expenses
    (226 )     554  
Income to be distributed to unitholders, not subject to tax in the Trust
    (22,884 )     (41,166 )
Other
    2,273       291  
Income tax expense
  $ 15,776     $ 17,673  
Effective income tax rate
    13%       10%  

The Trust received Notices of Reassessment from a provincial taxing authority related to certain subsidiaries' taxation years ending in 2001 through 2004. As a result of the notices, the Trust was required to pay $36.1 million in taxes and $19.1 million in assessed interest during the first quarter of 2008 and $1.6 million in taxes and $1.3 million in assessed interest in 2007. The reassessments relate to the treatment of interest in certain provincial tax filings. The Trust is in the process of challenging these reassessments. It is anticipated that the dispute will not be resolved within one year and has recorded the amount paid as a long-term receivable. No amounts related to the $58.1 million in reassessments have been expensed.

 
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NOTE 5. UNIT BASED COMPENSATION PLANS

(a) Officers and Employees
Eligible participants of Precision’s Performance Savings Plan may elect to receive a portion of their annual performance bonus in the form of deferred trust units ("DTUs"). These notional units are redeemable in cash and are adjusted for each distribution to unitholders by issuing additional DTUs based on the weighted average trading price on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the five days immediately following the ex-distribution date. All DTUs must be redeemed within 60 days of ceasing to be an employee of Precision or by the end of the second full calendar year after the receipt of the DTUs.
 
During the first quarter of 2008 Precision issued 2,455 DTUs in lieu of cash distributions and redeemed 8,588 DTUs on employee resignations and employee withdrawals. As at March 31, 2008 $1.6 million is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities for outstanding DTUs. Included in net earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2008 is an expense of $0.6 million.
 
(b) Executive
In 2007 the Trust instituted a Deferred Signing Bonus Unit Plan for its Chief Executive Officer. Under the plan 178,336 notional DTUs were granted on September 1, 2007. The units are redeemable one-third annually beginning September 1, 2008 and are settled for cash based on the Trust unit trading price on redemption. The number of notional DTUs is adjusted for each distribution to unitholders by issuing additional notional DTUs based on the weighted average trading price on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the five days following the ex-distribution date. As at March 31, 2008 $1.5 million is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities and $3.0 million in long-term incentive plan payable for the 188,328 outstanding DTUs. Included in net earnings for the three months ended March 31, 2008 is an expense of $1.7 million.
 
(c) Non-management directors
In 2007 a deferred trust unit plan was established for non-management directors. Under the plan fully vested deferred trust units are granted quarterly based upon an election by the non-management director to receive all or a portion of their compensation in deferred trust units. Distributions to unitholders declared by the Trust prior to redemption are reinvested into additional deferred trust units on the date of distribution. These deferred trust units are redeemable into an equal number of Trust units any time after the director's retirement. A summary of this unit based incentive plan is presented below:
 
 
   
Number
 
   
Outstanding
 
         
Balance, December 31, 2007
    18,280  
Granted
    8,414  
Issued as a result of distributions
    234  
Balance, March 31, 2008
    26,928  

For the three months ended March 31, 2008 the Trust expensed $195,000 as unit based compensation, with a corresponding increase in contributed surplus.
 

NOTE 6. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
 
The Trust's strategy is to carry a capital base to maintain investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain future development of the business. The Trust seeks to maintain a balance between the level of long-term debt and unitholders' equity to ensure access to capital markets to fund growth and working capital given the cyclical nature of the oilfield services sector. On an historical basis, the Trust maintained a conservative ratio of long-term debt to long-term debt plus equity. The Trust may occasionally need to increase these levels to facilitate acquisition or expansionary activities. As at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 these ratios were as follows:

   
March 31,
   
December 31,
 
   
2008
   
2007
 
                 
Long-term debt
  $ 213,507     $ 119,826  
Unitholders' equity
    1,374,088       1,316,673  
Total capitalization
  $ 1,587,595     $ 1,436,499  
Long-term debt to long-term debt plus equity
    0.13       0.08  
 
 
6  N O T E S   T O   C O N S O L I D A T E D   F I N A N C I A L   S T A T E M E N T S

On December 15, 2006 the Minister of Finance (Canada) issued guidelines establishing "normal growth" limitations designed to limit the ability of a trust to issue equity (including convertible debentures or other equity substitutes) that exceeds certain specified percentages of the market capitalization of a trust on October 31, 2006. The normal growth limitation is cumulative in nature to the extent not taken and for the year ended December 31, 2008 the Trust's normal growth limitation will be about $2.4 billion. Precision will be a specified investment flow-through ("SIFT") trust, subject to the SIFT tax rules, on the earlier of January 1, 2011 or the first day after it exceeds the normal growth guidelines.
 
The Trust is bound by a debt covenant requiring the Trust to maintain a ratio of total liabilities to total equity of 1:1. The Trust monitors this ratio to ensure compliance.
 
There were no changes in the Trust's approach to capital management during the quarter.

NOTE 7. CONTINGENT LIABILITY

The business and operations of the Trust are complex and the Trust has executed a number of significant financings, business combinations, acquisitions and dispositions over the course of its history. The computation of income taxes payable as a result of these transactions involves many complex factors as well as the Trust's interpretation of relevant tax legislation and regulations. The Trust’s management believes that the provision for income tax is adequate and in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and applicable legislation and regulations. However, there are a number of tax filing positions that can still be the subject of review by taxation authorities who may successfully challenge the Trust’s interpretation of the applicable tax legislation and regulations, with the result that additional taxes could be payable by the Trust and the amount payable, before interest and penalties, could be up to $264 million.
 
 
NOTE 8. SEGMENTED INFORMATION

The Trust operates primarily in Canada, in two segments; Contract Drilling Services and Completion and Production Services. Contract Drilling Services includes drilling rigs, procurement and distribution of oilfield supplies, camp and catering services and manufacture, sale, and repair of drilling equipment. Completion and Production Services includes service rigs, snubbing units, wastewater treatment units, and oilfield equipment rental.

   
Contract
   
Completion and
                   
   
Drilling
   
Production
   
Corporate
   
Inter-segment
       
Three months ended March 31, 2008
 
Services
   
Services
   
and Other
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
                                         
Revenue
  $ 242,365     $ 104,720     $     $ (4,396 )   $ 342,689  
Operating earnings
    100,881       33,865       (10,508 )           124,238  
Depreciation and amortization
    15,168       8,276       923             24,367  
Total assets
    1,370,904       471,542       77,499             1,919,945  
Goodwill
    172,440       108,309                   280,749  
Capital expenditures
    19,603       3,772       93             23,468  
 
                                     
   
Contract
   
Completion and
                         
   
Drilling
   
Production
   
Corporate
   
Inter-segment
         
Three months ended March 31, 2007
 
Services
   
Services
   
and Other
   
Eliminations
   
Total
 
                                         
Revenue
  $ 280,895     $ 133,206     $     $ (3,559 )   $ 410,542  
Operating earnings
    132,735       51,815       (6,371 )           178,179  
Depreciation and amortization
    12,610       9,983       891             23,484  
Total assets
    1,278,902       518,047       29,049             1,825,998  
Goodwill
    172,440       108,309                   280,749  
Capital expenditures
    49,896       5,444       362             55,702  

 
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Precision Drilling Trust

UNITHOLDER INFORMATION
 
STOCK EXCHANGE LISTINGS
ACCOUNT QUESTIONS
Units of Precision Drilling Trust are listed on the Toronto
Precision’s Transfer Agent can help you with a variety of
Stock Exchange under the trading symbol PD.UN and
unitholder related services, including:
on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading
   
symbol PDS.
■ 
Change of address
 
■ 
Lost unit certificates
Q1 2008 TRADING PROFILE
■ 
Transfer of trust units to another person
Toronto (TSX: PD.UN)
■ 
Estate settlement
     
High: $24.00
   
Low: $15.13 
You can contact Precision’s Transfer Agent at:
Close: $23.90
   
Volume Traded: 36,824,510
Computershare Trust Company of Canada
100 University Avenue, 9th Floor, North Tower
 
Toronto, Ontario M5J 2Y1
New York (NYSE: PDS)
Canada
High: US$23.53
Telephone: 1-800-564-6253
Low: US$15.10
 
(toll free in Canada and the United States)
Close: US$23.20
 
 
Volume Traded: 39,091,478
 
1-514-982-7555
   
(international direct dialing)
   
TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR
Email: service@computershare.com
Computershare Trust Company of Canada
   
Calgary, Alberta
ONLINE INFORMATION
 
To receive news releases by email, or to view this interim
TRANSFER POINT
report online, please visit the Trust’s website at
Computershare Trust Company NA
www.precisiondrilling.com and refer to the Investor
Denver, Colorado
Relations section. Additional information relating to the
 
Trust, including the Annual Information Form, Annual
 
Report and Management Information Circular has been
 
filed with SEDAR and is available at www.sedar.com.
   
 
ESTIMATED INTERIM RELEASE DATES
 
2008 Second Quarter – July 23, 2008
 
2008 Third Quarter – October 23, 2008
 
2008 Fourth Quarter – February 12, 2009
 
 
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Precision Drilling Trust
 
   
CORPORATE INFORMATION
 
   
   
HEAD OFFICE
OFFICERS
Precision Drilling Trust
Kevin A. Neveu
4200, 150 – 6th Avenue SW
Chief Executive Officer
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 3Y7
 
Telephone: 403-716-4500 
Gene C. Stahl
Facsimile: 403-264-0251
President and Chief Operating Officer
Email: info@precisiondrilling.com
 
www.precisiondrilling.com
Douglas J. Strong
Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
Darren J. Ruhr
TRUSTEES
Vice President, Corporate Services
Robert J. S. Gibson
and Corporate Secretary
Allen R. Hagerman, FCA
 
Patrick M. Murray
Kenneth J. Haddad
 
Vice President, Business Development
   
DIRECTORS
Joanne L. Alexander
W.C. (Mickey) Dunn
Vice President and General Counsel
Brian A. Felesky, CM, Q.C.
 
Robert J. S. Gibson
LEAD BANK
Allen R. Hagerman, FCA
Royal Bank of Canada
Stephen J.J. Letwin
Calgary, Alberta
Patrick M. Murray
 
Kevin A. Neveu
AUDITORS
Frederick W. Pheasey
KPMG LLP
Robert L. Phillips
Calgary, Alberta
    
 
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