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Note 1 - Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Nature of Operations [Text Block]
1.      DESCRIPTION OF BUSINESS

Aegion Corporation is a global leader in infrastructure protection, providing proprietary technologies and services to protect against the corrosion of industrial pipelines and for the rehabilitation and strengthening of sewer, water, energy and mining piping systems and buildings, bridges, tunnels and waterfront structures. The Company offers one of the broadest portfolios of cost-effective solutions for rehabilitating aging or deteriorating infrastructure and protecting new infrastructure from corrosion. The Company’s business activities include manufacturing, distribution, installation, coating and insulation, cathodic protection, research and development and licensing. The Company’s products and services are currently utilized and performed in more than 100 countries across six continents. The Company believes that the depth and breadth of its products and services platform make it a leading comprehensive provider for the world’s infrastructure rehabilitation and protection needs.

The Company originally incorporated in Delaware in 1980 to act as the exclusive United States licensee of the Insituform® cured-in-place pipe (“CIPP”) process, which Insituform’s founder invented in 1971. The Insituform® CIPP process served as the first trenchless technology for rehabilitating sewer pipelines and has enabled municipalities and private industry to avoid the extraordinary expense and extreme disruption that can result from conventional “dig-and-replace” methods. For the past 40 years, the Company has maintained its leadership position in the CIPP market from manufacturing, to technological innovations, and market share.

In order to strengthen the Company’s ability to service the emerging demands of the infrastructure protection market and to better position the Company for sustainable growth, the Company embarked on a diversification strategy in 2009 to expand its product and service portfolio and its geographical reach. Through a series of strategic initiatives and complementary acquisitions, the Company now possesses one of the broadest portfolios of cost-effective solutions for rehabilitating aging or deteriorating infrastructure and protecting new infrastructure from corrosion worldwide. The Company’s products and services today are utilized in more than 100 countries across six continents. Management believes the depth and breadth of its products and services within the Energy and Mining, Commercial and Structural and Water and Wastewater platforms make it a leading “one-stop” provider for the world’s infrastructure rehabilitation and protection needs.

On October 25, 2011, Insituform Technologies, LLC (formerly known as Insituform Technologies, Inc. (“Insituform”)) reorganized by creating a new holding company structure (the “Corporate Reorganization”). The new parent company, Aegion Corporation (“Aegion” or the “Company”), includes Insituform as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary. As part of the Corporate Reorganization, Insituform’s outstanding shares of common stock (and associated attached preferred stock rights) were automatically converted, on a share for share basis, into identical shares of Aegion common stock (and associated attached preferred stock rights).

Upon effectiveness of the Corporate Reorganization, Aegion’s certificate of incorporation, bylaws, executive officers and board of directors were identical to Insituform’s in effect immediately prior to the Corporate Reorganization, and the rights, privileges and interests of Insituform’s former stockholders remain the same with respect to the new holding company. Additionally, as a result of the Corporate Reorganization, Aegion is deemed the successor registrant to Insituform under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and shares of Aegion common stock are deemed registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act.

Acquisitions/Strategic Initiatives

Energy and Mining Segment Expansion

In the first quarter of 2009, the Company made two significant acquisitions to solidify its commitment to the expansion of infrastructure product and services offerings. Through the acquisitions of The Bayou Companies, LLC (“Bayou”) and its related entities and Corrpro Companies, Inc. (“Corrpro”) and its affiliated entities, the Company expanded its operations in the energy and mining sector to include pipe coating and cathodic protection services. Bayou provides the following pipeline coatings products and services to the oil and gas industries: external and internal coatings, concrete for buoyancy reduction, extruded polyethylene for additional protection, insulation coating for thermal control and field joint coating for corrosion protection of fittings, valves and other primary sources for metal corrosion. Corrpro specializes in cathodic protection solutions for pipelines, refineries, above and underground storage tanks, water/wastewater structures, concrete infrastructure, and offshore and marine structures. In late 2009, the Company then expanded its coating and insulation services in Canada with its acquisition of the pipe coating and insulation facility and related assets of Garneau, Inc., through its joint venture Bayou Perma-Pipe Canada, Ltd. (“BPPC”), in which the Company owns a fifty-one percent (51%) equity interest.

In February 2010, the Company expanded its pipe coating services through the formation of Delta Double Jointing L.L.C. (“Bayou Delta”), through which the Company offers pipe jointing and other services for the steel-coated pipe industry. The Company, through Bayou, owns a fifty-nine percent (59%) ownership interest in Bayou Delta with the remaining forty-one percent (41%) ownership belonging to Bayou Coating, L.L.C. (“Bayou Coating”), which the Company, through its Bayou subsidiary, holds a forty-nine percent (49%) equity interest.

In April 2011, the Company organized a joint venture, Bayou Wasco Insulation, LLC (“Bayou Wasco”) to provide insulation services primarily for projects located in the United States, Central America, the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean. The Company holds a fifty-one percent (51%) majority interest in Bayou Wasco, while Wasco Energy Ltd., a subsidiary of Wah Seong Corporation Berhad (“Wasco Energy”), owns the remaining interest. Bayou Wasco is expected to commence providing insulation services by late 2013.

In April 2011, the Company expanded its Corrpro and United Pipeline Systems operations in Asia and Australia through its joint venture, WCU Corrosion Technologies Pte. Ltd., located in Singapore (“WCU”). WCU will offer the Company’s Tite Liner® process in the oil and gas sector and onshore corrosion services, in each of Asia and Australia. The Company holds a forty-nine percent (49%) ownership interest in WCU, while Wasco Energy owns the remaining interest. WCU immediately began marketing its products and services.

In June 2011, the Company created a joint venture in Saudi Arabia between Corrpro and Saudi Trading & Research Co., Ltd. (“STARC”). Based in Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia since 1992, STARC delivers a wide range of products and services for its clients in the oil, gas, power and desalination industries. The joint venture, Corrpower International Limited (“Corrpower”), which is seventy percent (70%) owned by Corrpro and thirty percent (30%) owned by STARC, will provide a fully integrated corrosion protection product and service offering to government and private sector clients throughout the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, including engineering, product and material sales, construction, installation, inspection, monitoring and maintenance. The joint venture will serve as a platform for the continued expansion of the Company’s Energy and Mining group in the Middle East. Corrpower commenced providing corrosion protections services in early 2012.

In June 2011, the Company acquired all of the outstanding stock of CRTS, Inc., an Oklahoma company (“CRTS”). CRTS delivers patented and proprietary internal and external coating services and equipment for new pipeline construction projects from offices in North America, the Middle East and Brazil. The purchase price was $24.0 million in cash at closing with CRTS shareholders able to earn up to an additional $15.0 million upon the achievement of certain performance targets over the three-year period ending December 31, 2013 (the “CRTS earnout”). The purchase price paid at closing was funded by borrowings against the Company’s prior line of credit, as discussed in Note 5.

In August 2011, the Company purchased the assets of Hockway Limited and the capital stock of Hockway Middle East FZE, based in the United Kingdom and United Arab Emirates, respectively (collectively, “Hockway”). Hockway was established in the United Kingdom in 1975 to service the cathodic protection requirements of British engineers working in the Middle East. In 2009, Hockway established operations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Hockway provides both onshore and offshore cathodic protection services in addition to manufacturing a wide array of cathodic protection components and is included in the Company’s Energy and Mining reportable segment. The purchase price was $4.6 million in cash at closing with Hockway shareholders able to earn up to an additional $1.5 million upon the achievement of certain performance targets over the three-year period ending December 31, 2013 (the “Hockway earnout”). The purchase price was funded out of the Company’s cash balances.

In October 2011, the Company organized UPS-Aptec Limited, a joint venture in the United Kingdom between United Pipeline Systems International, Inc., a subsidiary of the Company (“UPS-International”), and Allied Pipeline Technologies, SA (“APTec”). UPS-International owns fifty-one percent (51%) of the joint venture and APTec owns the remaining forty-nine percent (49%).  On October 21, 2011, the joint venture was awarded a $67.3 million contract for the installation of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) liners in approximately 135 miles of slurry pipelines located in Morocco. The project began in the fourth quarter of 2011 and is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2013.

In March 2012, the Company organized United Special Technical Services LLC (“USTS”), a joint venture located in the Sultanate of Oman between United Pipeline Systems, and Special Technical Services LLC (“STS”), for the purpose of executing pipeline, piping and flow line high-density polyethylene lining services throughout the Middle East and Northern Africa. United Pipeline Systems holds a fifty-one percent (51%) equity interest in USTS and STS holds the remaining forty-nine percent (49%) equity interest. USTS initiated operations in the second quarter of 2012.

The Company believes its acquisitions of CRTS and Hockway and the Bayou Wasco, WCU, Corrpower, UPS-APTec Limited and USTS joint ventures will accelerate the Company’s Energy and Mining group’s growth throughout the Middle East and strengthen the technical resources of the Energy and Mining platform.

Water and Wastewater Rehabilitation Acquisitions

In January 2010, the Company acquired its Singaporean CIPP licensee, Insitu Envirotech (S.E. Asia) Pte Ltd (“Insituform-Singapore”), for a purchase price of $1.8 million Singapore Dollars. Insituform-Singapore performs sewer rehabilitation services in Southeast Asia. This acquisition freed the Company from the exclusive licensing rights Insituform-Singapore held in the Singapore and Malaysia markets.

In November 2012, the Company acquired the outstanding shares of its joint venture partner, SPML Infra Limited (“SPML”), an unaffiliated Indian contractor, in Insituform Pipeline Rehabilitation Private Limited (“Insituform-India”) in order to continue to pursue business opportunities in India involving CIPP installations and third party tube sales and other infrastructure projects. The purchase price was 20,000 Indian Rupees. In addition, the Company acquired SPML’s interest in four contractual joint ventures the Company had previously entered into with SPML in India for a purchase price of 5,000 Indian Rupees. Insituform-India is now a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company.

Commercial and Structural Segment

In August 2011, the Company purchased the North American business of Fyfe Group, LLC (“Fyfe NA”) for a purchase price at closing of $115.8 million (subject to working capital adjustments calculated from an agreed upon target), which was funded by borrowings under the Company’s credit facility. The Company was also granted a one-year exclusive negotiating right to acquire Fyfe Group’s Asian, European and Latin American operations at a purchase price to be agreed upon by the parties at the time of exercise of the right. Fyfe NA, based in San Diego, California, is a pioneer and industry leader in the development, manufacture and installation of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) systems for the structural repair, strengthening and restoration of pipelines (water, wastewater, oil and gas), buildings (commercial, federal, municipal, residential and parking structures), bridges and tunnels and waterfront structures. Fyfe NA has a comprehensive portfolio of patented and other proprietary technologies and products, including its Tyfo® Fibrwrap® System, the first and most comprehensive carbon fiber solution on the market that complies with 2009 International Building Code requirements. Fyfe NA’s product and service offering also includes pipeline rehabilitation, concrete repair, epoxy injection, corrosion mitigation and specialty coatings services. This purchase resulted in a new reportable segment for the Company, the Commercial and Structural segment.

In January 2012, the Company purchased Fyfe Group’s Latin American operations (“Fyfe LA”), which included all of the equity interests of Fyfe Latin America S.A., a Panamanian entity (and its interest in various joint ventures located in Peru, Costa Rica, Chile and Colombia), Fyfe – Latin America S.A. de C.V., an El Salvador entity, and Fibrwrap Construction Latin America S.A., a Panamanian entity. The cash purchase price at closing was $2.3 million. During the first quarter of 2012, the Company paid the sellers an additional $1.1 million based on a preliminary working capital adjustment. The sellers have the ability to earn up to an additional $0.8 million of proceeds based on reaching certain performance targets in the year ending December 31, 2012 and upon completion of 2011 and 2012 audited financials based upon a multiple of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) calculation. The Company recorded $0.1 million as its fair value estimate of this liability. Additionally, an annual payout can be earned based on the achievement of certain performance targets over the three-year period ending December 31, 2014 (the “Fyfe LA earnout”). The Company recorded $0.7 million as its fair value estimate of the Fyfe LA earnout liability. Fyfe LA provides Fibrwrap installation services throughout Latin America, as well as provides product and engineering support to installers and applicators of FRP systems in Latin America. The purchase price was funded out of the Company’s cash balances.

In April 2012, the Company purchased Fyfe Group’s Asian operations (“Fyfe Asia”), which included all of the equity interests of Fyfe Asia Pte. Ltd, a Singaporean entity (and its interest in two joint ventures located in Borneo and Indonesia), Fyfe (Hong Kong) Limited, Fibrwrap Construction (M) Sdn Bhd, a Malaysian entity, Fyfe Japan Co. Ltd and Fibrwrap Construction Pte. Ltd and Technologies & Art Pte. Ltd., Singaporean entities. Customers in India and China will be served through an exclusive product supply and license agreement. The cash purchase price at closing was $40.7 million. The purchase price was funded out of the Company’s cash balances and by borrowing $18.0 million against the Company’s line of credit.

Purchase Price Accounting

The Company has completed its accounting for the CRTS, Hockway, Fyfe NA and Fyfe LA acquisitions and substantially completed its accounting for the Fyfe Asia acquisition, with the exception of deferred income taxes, in accordance with the guidance included in FASB ASC 805, Business Combinations (“FASB ASC 805”). The Company has recorded finite-lived intangible assets at their determined fair value related to customer relationships, backlog, trade names and trademarks and patents and other acquired technologies. The acquisitions resulted in goodwill related to, among other things, growth opportunities and synergies. The goodwill associated with the CRTS, Hockway Middle East, Fyfe LA and Fyfe Asia acquisitions is not deductible for tax purposes. The goodwill associated with the Fyfe NA and Hockway Limited acquisitions is deductible for tax purposes. The Company recorded expenses of $2.2 million for costs incurred related to the acquisitions of Fyfe LA and Fyfe Asia during 2012. Additionally in 2012, the Company recorded $0.9 million for costs incurred to buyout the Company’s joint venture partner in India. In 2011, the Company recorded expenses of $6.4 million for costs incurred related to the acquisitions of CRTS, Hockway and Fyfe NA and other current and former identified acquisition targets that were abandoned or not completed during 2011.

The contingent consideration arrangements discussed above require the Company to pay the former shareholders of CRTS, Hockway and Fyfe LA, as the case may be, additional payouts based on the achievement of certain performance targets over their respective three-year periods. The potential undiscounted amount of all future payments that the Company could be required to make under the contingent consideration arrangements is between $0 and $17.3 million. As of December 31, 2012, the Company calculated the fair value of the contingent consideration arrangement to be $6.0 million for CRTS and $0.3 million for Fyfe LA. In accordance with FASB ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements (“FASB ASC 820”), the Company determined that the CRTS earnout, Hockway earnout and Fyfe LA earnout are derived from significant unobservable inputs (“Level 3 inputs”). Key assumptions include the use of a discount rate and a probability-adjusted level of profit derived from each entity. During 2012, the Company recorded reversals of $8.2 million, $1.5 million and $0.3 million on the earnouts related to the CRTS, Hockway and Fyfe LA acquisitions, respectively, due to the current year results being below the stated threshold amounts within the respective purchase agreements. The decrease in the CRTS earnout came from the completion of the budget process, where the Company assessed each of the Company’s current project timing and the short term prospects, particularly the timing of the Wasit project.

The Fyfe LA and Fyfe Asia acquisitions made the following contributions to the Company’s revenues and profits in 2012 from their respective acquisition date (in thousands):

   
362-Day Period Ended December 31, 2012
   
270-Day Period Ended December 31, 2012
 
   
Fyfe LA
   
Fyfe Asia
 
Revenues
  $ 1,221     $ 11,673  
Net income (loss)
    (180 )     961  

The following unaudited pro forma summary presents combined information of the Company as if the CRTS, Hockway, Fyfe NA, Fyfe LA and Fyfe Asia acquisitions had occurred on January 1, of the year preceding its respective acquisition date (in thousands):

   
Year Ended
December 31,
 
   
2012
   
2011
 
             
Revenues
  $ 1,031,709     $ 990,241  
Net income(1)
    54,023       31,701  

 
(1)
Includes pro-forma adjustments for purchase price depreciation and amortization as if those intangibles were recorded as of January 1, of the year preceding the respective acquisition date.

The following table summarizes the consideration recorded to acquire each business at its respective acquisition date (in thousands):

   
CRTS
   
Hockway(1)
   
Fyfe NA(2)
   
Fyfe LA(3)
   
Fyfe Asia(4)
   
Total
 
Cash
  $ 24,000     $ 3,552     $ 118,118     $ 3,349     $ 40,144     $ 189,163  
Estimated fair value of earnout payments and final payments owed to shareholders
    14,760       1,454             820             17,034  
Total consideration recorded
  $ 38,760     $ 5,006     $ 118,118     $ 4,169     $ 40,144     $ 206,197  

 
(1)
Includes the cash purchase price at closing of $4.6 million plus a final working capital adjustment of $1.0 million, which was paid by the former Hockway shareholders to the Company in the first quarter of 2012.

 
(2)
Includes the cash purchase price at closing of $115.8 million plus a final working capital adjustment to the sellers of $2.3 million, of which $1.8 million was paid in 2011 and $0.5 million was paid in 2012.

 
(3)
Includes the cash purchase price at closing of $2.3 million and an additional $1.1 million payment to the sellers during the first quarter of 2012 based on a preliminary working capital adjustment.

 
(4)
Includes the cash purchase price at closing of $40.7 million plus a final working capital adjustment of $0.6 million, which was returned to the Company during the fourth quarter of 2012.

The Company has completed its accounting for the acquisitions of CRTS, Hockway, Fyfe NA and Fyfe LA. The Company has substantially completed its accounting for the Fyfe Asia acquisition with the exception of finalizing deferred income taxes. As the Company completes its final accounting for this acquisition, there might be changes, some of which may be material, to this accounting. The following table summarizes the fair value of identified assets and liabilities of the acquisitions at their respective acquisition dates. With respect to CRTS, Hockway, Fyfe NA and Fyfe LA, the summary below is final, whereas the summary below for Fyfe Asia represents a preliminary valuation (in thousands):

   
CRTS
   
Hockway
   
Fyfe NA
   
Fyfe LA
   
Fyfe Asia
 
Cash
  $ 361     $ 536     $ 1,096     $ 301     $ 1,303  
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings
    2,365       2,341       16,019       195       9,022  
Inventories
    21       623       5,977       514        
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
    175       228       792       75       1,262  
Property, plant and equipment
    5,350       324       1,064       90       938  
Identified intangible assets
    26,220       2,200       53,768       1,639       14,130  
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings
    (2,830 )     (1,767 )     (3,642 )     (789 )     (3,903 )
Deferred tax liabilities
    (12,981 )                 (306 )     (2,410 )
Total identifiable net assets
  $ 18,681     $ 4,485     $ 75,074     $ 1,719     $ 20,342  
                                         
Total consideration recorded
  $ 38,760     $ 5,006     $ 118,118     $ 4,169       40,144  
Less: total identifiable net assets
    18,681       4,485       75,074       1,719       20,342  
Goodwill at December 31, 2012
  $ 20,079     $ 521     $ 43,044     $ 2,450     $ 19,802  

The following adjustments were made after the acquisitions as the Company continued its purchase price accounting (in thousands):

   
CRTS
   
Hockway
   
Fyfe NA
   
Fyfe LA
   
Fyfe Asia
 
Total identifiable net assets at acquisition date
  $ 19,883     $ 4,551     $ 69,704     $ 2,453     $ 21,369  
Receivables and cost and estimated earnings in excess of billings
          (61 )           (381 )     (573 )
Inventory
          (64 )                  
Prepaid and other current assets
                738              
Property, plant and equipment
    4,033             (85 )            
Identified intangible assets
    (3,105 )           5,633       237       (1,770 )
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and billings in excess of cost and estimated earnings
    (300 )     (30 )     (916 )     (284 )     1,023  
Long-term liabilities and deferred taxes
    (1,830 )     89             (306 )     293  
Total identifiable net assets at December 31, 2012
    18,681       4,485       75,074       1,719       20,342  
                                         
Goodwill at acquisition dates
  $ 18,017     $ 1,524     $ 46,082     $ 1,716     $ 19,348  
Increase (decrease) in goodwill related to acquisitions
    2,062       (1,003 )     (3,038 )     734       454  
Goodwill at December 31, 2012
  $ 20,079     $ 521     $ 43,044     $ 2,450     $ 19,802