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General
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2015
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
General
GENERAL
The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Aegion Corporation and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Aegion” or the “Company”) reflect all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2015 and the results of operations, statements of comprehensive income, statements of equity and cash flows for the quarters ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. The unaudited consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”), the requirements of Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X and, consequently, do not include all information or footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements or all the disclosures normally made in an Annual Report on Form 10-K. Accordingly, the unaudited consolidated financial statements included herein should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and footnotes included in the Company’s 2014 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 2, 2015.
The results of operations for the quarter ended March 31, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year.

Acquisitions/Strategic Initiatives/Divestitures
Infrastructure Solutions Segment
On October 6, 2014, the Company’s board of directors approved a realignment and restructuring plan (the “2014 Restructuring”) which included the decision to exit Insituform’s contracting markets in France, Switzerland, India, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore (see Note 3). This decision was made taking into account market size, bid table consistency, supportive governmental bid process, length of cash collection cycles and operating results in each country. The contracting operations in Switzerland and France were sold in December 2014 and February 2015, respectively. Activities with respect to Insituform’s contracting operations in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore are expected to be concluded by the end of the third quarter of 2015 as Insituform completes existing backlog in the affected countries. Activities with respect to contracting operations in India are expected to be concluded by the end of the first quarter of 2016.
In December 2014, the Company sold its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ka-te Insituform AG (“Ka-te”), the Company’s Swiss contracting operations, to Marco Daetwyler Gruppe AG, a Swiss company. In connection with the sale, the Company entered into a five-year tube supply agreement whereby Ka-te will source liners from Insituform Linings Ltd. Ka-te will also be entitled to continue to use its trade name based on a trade mark license granted for the same five-year time period.
In February 2015, and in connection with the 2014 Restructuring, the Company sold its wholly-owned subsidiary, Video Injection - Insituform SAS (“VII”), the Company’s French CIPP contracting operation, to certain employees of VII. In connection with the sale, the Company entered into a five-year exclusive tube supply agreement whereby VII will source liners from Insituform Linings Ltd. VII will also be entitled to continue to use its trade name based on a trade mark license granted for the same five-year time period.
Corrosion Protection Segment
As part of the 2014 Restructuring, the Company made the decision to shutter two older and redundant fusion bonded epoxy coating plants and terminate certain land leases at The Bayou Companies, LLC’s (“Bayou”) Louisiana facility. The actions taken to restructure Bayou’s Louisiana operations are expected to allow Bayou to cost effectively meet market demand, for both onshore and offshore projects, by optimizing pipe coating activities and reducing fixed costs. The repositioning of Bayou’s Louisiana facility will also include additional capital investments in the remaining coating facilities over the next two to three years to augment Bayou’s competitive position.
On March 31, 2014, the Company sold its forty-nine percent (49%) interest in Bayou Coating, L.L.C. (“Bayou Coating”) to Stupp Brothers Inc. (“Stupp”), the holder of the remaining fifty-one percent (51%) interest in Bayou Coating. Stupp purchased the interest by exercising an existing option to acquire the Company’s interest in Bayou Coating at a purchase price equal to $9.1 million, which represented forty-nine percent (49%) of the book value of Bayou Coating as of December 31, 2013. Such book value was determined on the basis of Bayou Coating’s federal information tax return for 2013 and approximated the Company’s book value of its investment in Bayou Coating as of December 31, 2013. The Company had previously received an indication from Stupp of its intent to exercise such option and, in the second quarter of 2013 in connection with such indication, the Company recognized a non-cash charge of $2.7 million ($1.8 million post-tax) related to the goodwill allocated to the joint venture as part of the purchase price accounting associated with the 2009 acquisition of Bayou. The non-cash charge represented the Company’s then current estimate of the difference between the carrying value of the investment on the balance sheet and the amount the Company would receive in connection with the exercise. During the first quarter of 2014, the difference between the Company’s recorded gross equity in earnings of affiliated companies of approximately $1.2 million and the final equity distribution settlement of $0.7 million resulted in a loss of approximately $0.5 million that is recorded in other income (expense) on the consolidated statement of operations.
Prior to March 2014, the Company held a fifty-nine (59%) equity interest in Delta Double Jointing, LLC (“Bayou Delta”) through which the Company offered pipe jointing and other services for the steel-coated pipe industry. The remaining forty-one percent (41%) was held by Bayou Coating. On March 31, 2014, the Company acquired this forty-one percent (41%) interest from Bayou Coating by exercising its existing option at a purchase price equal to $0.6 million. As a result, Bayou Delta is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.
Energy Services Segment
On March 1, 2015, the Company acquired all of the equity interests of Schultz Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (“Schultz”), a California corporation. The purchase price was $7.7 million (subject to working capital adjustments) and was funded by the Company’s cash reserves. Schultz primarily services customers in California and Arizona and is a provider of piping installations, concrete construction, and excavation and trenching services. Schultz is part of the Company’s Energy Services reportable segment.
Purchase Price Accounting
The Company accounts for its acquisitions in accordance with FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations. The Company records definite-lived intangible assets at their determined fair value related to customer relationships, backlog, trade names and trademarks and patents and other acquired technologies. Acquisitions generally result in goodwill related to, among other things, synergies, acquired workforce, growth opportunities and market potential. The goodwill and definite-lived intangible assets associated with the Schultz acquisition are deductible for tax purposes. During the first quarter of 2015, the Company included its preliminary accounting for Schultz.
The Schultz acquisition made the following contribution to the Company’s revenues and profits (in thousands):
 
Quarter Ended
March 31, 2015
Revenues
$
517

Net loss
(7
)

The following unaudited pro forma summary presents combined information of the Company as if the Schultz acquisition had occurred at the beginning of the year preceding its acquisition (in thousands):

Quarter Ended
March 31, 2014
Revenues
$
308,069

Net income (1)
4,433

_____________________
(1) 
Includes pro-forma adjustments for purchase price depreciation and amortization as if those intangibles were recorded at the beginning of the year preceding the acquisition date.
Total cash consideration recorded to acquire Schultz was $6.7 million, which included the purchase price paid at closing of $7.1 million less a working capital adjustment of $0.4 million. As of March 31, 2015, the total purchase price was $7.7 million, which represented the cash paid at closing of $6.7 million plus $1.0 million of deferred contingent consideration. As the Company completes its final accounting for this acquisition, there could be changes to the recorded amounts.
The following table summarizes the preliminary fair value of identified assets and liabilities of the Schultz acquisition at its acquisition date (in thousands):
Cash
$
218

Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings
1,100

Prepaid expenses and other current assets
22

Property, plant and equipment
162

Identified intangible assets
3,060

Accounts payable, accrued expenses and billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings
(453
)
Total identifiable net assets
$
4,109


 
Total consideration recorded
$
7,697

Less: total identifiable net assets
4,109

Goodwill at March 31, 2015
$
3,588