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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2017

Or

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission File No. 001-15795

 

RENTECH, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Colorado

 

84-0957421

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

1000 Potomac Street NW, 5th Floor

Washington, DC 20007

(Address of principal executive offices)

(202) 791-9040

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, 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      No  

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

 

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

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

The number of shares of the Registrant’s common stock outstanding as of April 30, 2017 was 23,208,456.

 

 

 

 

 


 

RENTECH, INC.

Form 10-Q

Table of Contents

 

 

 

2


 

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

RENTECH, INC.

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

As of

 

 

 

March 31,

2017

 

 

December 31,

2016

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

 

$

23,699

 

 

$

28,319

 

Accounts receivable, including unbilled revenue

 

 

6,241

 

 

 

12,490

 

Inventories

 

 

26,936

 

 

 

28,131

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

4,028

 

 

 

3,744

 

Other receivables

 

 

3,807

 

 

 

4,495

 

Total current assets

 

 

64,711

 

 

 

77,179

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

106,617

 

 

 

117,565

 

Construction in progress

 

 

1,024

 

 

 

905

 

Other assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity investment

 

 

52,429

 

 

 

53,335

 

Goodwill

 

 

15,451

 

 

 

28,576

 

Intangible assets

 

 

26,717

 

 

 

31,227

 

Deposits and other assets

 

 

2,039

 

 

 

3,930

 

Property held for sale

 

 

5,471

 

 

 

 

Total other assets

 

 

102,107

 

 

 

117,068

 

Total assets

 

$

274,459

 

 

$

312,717

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

10,731

 

 

$

12,389

 

Accrued payroll and benefits

 

 

3,422

 

 

 

4,529

 

Accrued liabilities

 

 

15,120

 

 

 

16,836

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

2,120

 

 

 

1,730

 

Current portion of long term debt

 

 

13,250

 

 

 

11,237

 

Accrued interest

 

 

434

 

 

 

301

 

Other

 

 

1,367

 

 

 

1,628

 

Liabilities of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

150

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

46,444

 

 

 

48,800

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Debt

 

 

102,190

 

 

 

103,733

 

Earn-out consideration

 

 

110

 

 

 

234

 

Asset retirement obligation

 

 

246

 

 

 

245

 

Deferred income taxes

 

 

7,786

 

 

 

7,826

 

Other

 

 

1,601

 

 

 

1,761

 

Total long-term liabilities

 

 

111,933

 

 

 

113,799

 

Total liabilities

 

 

158,377

 

 

 

162,599

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock: $10 par value; 1,000 shares authorized; 90 series A convertible preferred shares authorized and

   issued; no shares outstanding and $0 liquidation preference

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series C participating cumulative preferred stock: $10 par value; 500 shares authorized; no shares issued and

   outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock: $.01 par value; 45,000 shares authorized; 23,208 and 23,200 shares issued and outstanding at

   March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively

 

 

232

 

 

 

232

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

533,811

 

 

 

533,575

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(396,974

)

 

 

(362,696

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(23,600

)

 

 

(23,533

)

Total Rentech stockholders' equity

 

 

113,469

 

 

 

147,578

 

Noncontrolling interests

 

 

2,613

 

 

 

2,540

 

Total equity

 

 

116,082

 

 

 

150,118

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

274,459

 

 

$

312,717

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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RENTECH, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product sales

 

$

16,235

 

 

$

23,316

 

Service revenues

 

 

15,986

 

 

 

16,621

 

Total revenues

 

 

32,221

 

 

 

39,937

 

Cost of sales

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Product

 

 

19,200

 

 

 

26,503

 

Service

 

 

13,766

 

 

 

13,303

 

Total cost of sales

 

 

32,966

 

 

 

39,806

 

Gross profit (loss)

 

 

(745

)

 

 

131

 

Operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expense

 

 

8,684

 

 

 

9,114

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

624

 

 

 

1,008

 

Asset impairment

 

 

7,759

 

 

 

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

13,125

 

 

 

 

Other expense, net

 

 

13

 

 

 

13

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

30,205

 

 

 

10,135

 

Operating loss

 

 

(30,950

)

 

 

(10,004

)

Other expense, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense

 

 

(2,397

)

 

 

(3,572

)

Other income (expense)

 

 

(1,344

)

 

 

146

 

Total other expenses, net

 

 

(3,741

)

 

 

(3,426

)

Loss from continuing operations before income taxes and equity in

   loss of investee

 

 

(34,691

)

 

 

(13,430

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

(1,224

)

 

 

(2,402

)

Loss from continuing operations before equity in loss of

   investee

 

 

(33,467

)

 

 

(11,028

)

Equity in loss of investee

 

 

918

 

 

 

 

Loss from continuing operations

 

 

(34,385

)

 

 

(11,028

)

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

 

96

 

 

 

5,574

 

Net loss

 

 

(34,289

)

 

 

(5,454

)

Net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

11

 

 

 

(3,406

)

Preferred stock dividends

 

 

 

 

 

(1,320

)

Net loss attributable to Rentech common shareholders

 

$

(34,278

)

 

$

(10,180

)

Net income (loss) per common share allocated to Rentech common

   shareholders:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

(1.48

)

 

$

(0.54

)

Discontinued operations

 

$

0.00

 

 

$

0.10

 

Net loss

 

$

(1.48

)

 

$

(0.44

)

Diluted:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Continuing operations

 

$

(1.48

)

 

$

(0.54

)

Discontinued operations

 

$

0.00

 

 

$

0.10

 

Net loss

 

$

(1.48

)

 

$

(0.44

)

Weighted-average shares used to compute net income (loss) per common

   share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

23,202

 

 

 

23,036

 

Diluted

 

 

23,202

 

 

 

23,036

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

4


 

RENTECH, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

March 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Net loss

 

$

(34,289

)

 

$

(5,454

)

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation

 

 

(67

)

 

 

7,484

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(67

)

 

 

7,484

 

Comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(34,356

)

 

 

2,030

 

Less: net (income) loss attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

11

 

 

 

(3,406

)

Less: other comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss attributable to Rentech

 

$

(34,345

)

 

$

(1,376

)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

5


 

RENTECH, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

Rentech

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Common Stock

 

 

Paid-in

 

 

Accumulated

 

 

Comprehensive

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

Noncontrolling

 

 

Stockholders'

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

Amount

 

 

Capital

 

 

Deficit

 

 

Income (Loss)

 

 

Equity (Deficit)

 

 

Interests

 

 

Equity (Deficit)

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Balance, December 31, 2015

 

 

23,033

 

 

$

230

 

 

$

543,724

 

 

$

(531,971

)

 

$

(27,204

)

 

$

(15,221

)

 

$

(65,199

)

 

$

(80,420

)

Dividends - preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,320

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,320

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,320

)

Distributions to noncontrolling

   interests

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,345

)

 

 

(3,345

)

Equity-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

619

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

619

 

 

 

 

 

 

619

 

Restricted stock units

 

 

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15

)

 

 

 

 

 

(15

)

Net income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,860

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8,860

)

 

 

3,406

 

 

 

(5,454

)

Other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,484

 

 

 

7,484

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,484

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

6

 

Balance, March 31, 2016

 

 

23,043

 

 

$

230

 

 

$

543,024

 

 

$

(540,831

)

 

$

(19,720

)

 

$

(17,297

)

 

$

(65,148

)

 

$

(82,445

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, December 31, 2016

 

 

23,200

 

 

$

232

 

 

$

533,575

 

 

$

(362,696

)

 

$

(23,533

)

 

$

147,578

 

 

$

2,540

 

 

$

150,118

 

Common stock issued for services

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity-based compensation expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

322

 

 

 

 

 

 

322

 

Restricted stock units

 

 

2

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(34,278

)

 

 

 

 

 

(34,278

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(34,289

)

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(67

)

 

 

(67

)

 

 

 

 

 

(67

)

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(85

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(85

)

 

 

84

 

 

 

(1

)

Balance, March 31, 2017

 

 

23,208

 

 

$

232

 

 

$

533,811

 

 

$

(396,974

)

 

$

(23,600

)

 

$

113,469

 

 

$

2,613

 

 

$

116,082

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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RENTECH, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Amounts in thousands)

 

 

 

For the Three Months

Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Cash flows from operating activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(34,289

)

 

$

(5,454

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from discontinued operations

 

 

(96

)

 

 

(5,574

)

Non-cash equity in loss of investee

 

 

906

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

4,010

 

 

 

6,111

 

Asset impairment

 

 

7,759

 

 

 

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

13,125

 

 

 

 

Deferred income tax (benefit) expense

 

 

 

 

 

230

 

Utilization of spare parts

 

 

133

 

 

 

202

 

Write-down of inventory

 

 

2,429

 

 

 

5,062

 

Change in deferred taxes

 

 

(40

)

 

 

 

Non-cash interest expense

 

 

191

 

 

 

120

 

Equity-based compensation

 

 

322

 

 

 

469

 

Other

 

 

(422

)

 

 

(323

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable

 

 

6,264

 

 

 

(4,145

)

Other receivables

 

 

708

 

 

 

(3,803

)

Inventories

 

 

(1,702

)

 

 

(7,396

)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

1,617

 

 

 

539

 

Accounts payable

 

 

(1,646

)

 

 

858

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

385

 

 

 

501

 

Accrued interest

 

 

133

 

 

 

2

 

Accrued liabilities, accrued payroll and other

 

 

(2,212

)

 

 

(2,228

)

Cash used in operating activities of continuing operations

 

 

(2,425

)

 

 

(14,829

)

Cash provided by operating activities of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

19,594

 

Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities

 

 

(2,425

)

 

 

4,765

 

Cash flows from investing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(2,357

)

 

 

(5,799

)

Other items

 

 

15

 

 

 

2

 

Cash used in investing activities of continuing operations

 

 

(2,342

)

 

 

(5,797

)

Cash used in investing activities of discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

(8,184

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(2,342

)

 

 

(13,981

)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from debt and credit facilities

 

 

3,872

 

 

 

17,971

 

Payments and retirement of debt

 

 

(3,730

)

 

 

(3,826

)

Distributions to noncontrolling interests

 

 

 

 

 

(3,345

)

Other

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

140

 

 

 

10,800

 

Effect of exchange rate on cash

 

 

7

 

 

 

473

 

Increase (decrease) in cash

 

 

(4,620

)

 

 

2,057

 

Cash, beginning of period - continuing operations

 

 

28,319

 

 

 

33,119

 

Cash, beginning of period - discontinued operations

 

 

 

 

 

15,823

 

Cash, end of period

 

 

23,699

 

 

 

50,999

 

Cash from discontinued operations, end of period

 

 

 

 

 

33,772

 

Cash from continuing operations, end of period

 

$

23,699

 

 

$

17,227

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

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RENTECH, INC.

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Amounts in thousands)

(Continued from previous page)

Excluded from the consolidated statements of cash flows were the effects of certain non-cash investing and financing activities as follows:  

 

 

 

For the Three Months

Ended March 31,

 

 

 

2017

 

 

2016

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

 

Purchase of property, plant, equipment and construction in progress in accounts payable and

   accrued liabilities

 

$

366

 

 

$

8,416

 

Issuance of additional shares to noncontrolling interests

 

 

84

 

 

 

 

Sale of Pasadena Facility

 

 

 

 

 

34,796

 

Increase in other assets from sale of Pasadena Facility

 

 

 

 

 

6,295

 

Increase in QS Construction Facility obligation

 

 

 

 

 

56

 

Accrued dividends on preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

1,125

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

 

 

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RENTECH, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1 — Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Rentech, Inc. (“Rentech”) and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) and in compliance with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Neither authority requires all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, the unaudited consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, considered necessary for a fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of March 31, 2017, and the results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Rentech, its wholly owned subsidiaries and all subsidiaries in which Rentech directly or indirectly owns a controlling financial interest. All intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. Operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2017 or any other reporting period. The information included in this Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 7, 2017 (the “Annual Report”).

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Liquidity & Going Concern

We have a history of operating losses and an accumulated deficit of $397.0 million as of March 31, 2017. We believe we have sufficient liquidity from cash on hand, expected working capital and other expected sources to fund operations and corporate activities through calendar year 2017, but we may have costs associated with idling the wood pellet production facility located in Wawa, Ontario (the “Wawa Facility”), pursuing strategic alternatives and other events that could arise that could increase our liquidity needs in 2017. We may also need additional liquidity to fund corporate activities through the first quarter of 2018. As a result of the above, there exists substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern for one year from the date of the issuance of our financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2017. Management’s plans to address these concerns are discussed below. 

We have implemented plans to address our liquidity needs through a combination of cost reductions and pursuing strategic alternatives. In February 2017, we announced that we have idled the Wawa Facility to conserve liquidity as we explore strategic alternatives for the facility. We also announced our plan to address potential liquidity needs by considering strategic alternatives for the Company as a whole that may include, but are not limited to, a sale of us, a merger or other business combination, a sale of all or a material portion of our assets or a recapitalization. We have retained Wells Fargo Securities, LLC to assist in the strategic alternatives review process.  

Over the past 18 months, we have been reorganizing our businesses to lower our cost structure.

We expect our New England Wood Pellet, LLC (“NEWP”) and Fulghum Fibres, Inc. (“Fulghum”) businesses to generate positive cash flow and be self-sufficient from a liquidity perspective in 2017; however, there can be no assurance that either business will perform in line with our expectations. We expect the wood pellet production facility located in Atikokan, Ontario (the “Atikokan Facility”) to generate cash flow in the range of break-even to slightly positive under the revised operating plan to produce 45,000 metric tons of wood pellets per year. We expect that NEWP will need to renew its $6 million revolving credit facility in May of 2017 to address seasonal working capital needs, but there can be no assurance the revolving credit facility will be renewed on acceptable terms. We announced in February of 2017 that a customer of Fulghum has indicated its intent to exercise its option to purchase two wood chipping mills that Fulghum is operating for the customer under a processing agreement. The Company expects the loss of the contract to negatively impact Fulghum’s cash flow in the second half of 2017 and going forward. On May 5, 2017, Fulghum consummated the sale of the two chip mills resulting in net proceeds of between $5.0 million and $5.5 million that will be paid by Fulghum to Rentech in satisfaction of intercompany balances. The Company is required to offer the net proceeds of the sale as prepayment of its debt under the GSO Credit Agreement.  

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Our subsidiaries can distribute cash to us, although restrictions in our debt agreements may restrict such distributions. Under the GSO Credit Agreement we are required to maintain at least $5 million of cash on hand, including cash available for distribution from our subsidiaries. Under the NEWP credit facility, NEWP must receive the lender’s prior approval before making any cash distributions to Rentech, and the lender may not provide such approval. NEWP is also required to comply with financial performance covenants in its debt agreements. These covenants include maintaining: (i) a minimum debt service coverage ratio of at least 1.4 to 1.0 on a trailing four quarter basis, (ii) a senior debt coverage ratio of less than 3.0 to 1.0 on a trailing four quarter basis and (iii) a fixed charge coverage ratio of at least 1.2 to 1.0 calculated at the end of each calendar year. As of March 31, 2017, NEWP was in compliance with its financial covenants. Fulghum is required to comply with the financial performance covenants in its debt agreements. These covenants include maintaining (i) a minimum cash flow coverage ratio of at least 1.1 to 1.0, measured on a consolidated basis for Fulghum and its domestic subsidiaries and collectively for selected projects and (ii) a minimum tangible net worth of no less than $11.28 million plus 50% of the net income of Fulghum from and after December 31, 2010. As of March 31, 2017, Fulghum was in compliance with its financial covenants. In the event that Fulghum does not comply with these covenants, the debt agreements do not permit it to make cash distributions to Rentech. In the event that NEWP or Fulghum is not permitted to make cash distributions to Rentech, these restrictions would limit Rentech’s ability to access and use cash from its operating subsidiaries to fund its corporate activities and operations. A failure to comply with the debt agreements described above also could constitute an event of default, which would give rise to the right of the applicable lenders to seek remedies against NEWP or Fulghum, as applicable.

There is no assurance that the strategic review process will result in a transaction, that we will achieve the cost savings we expect or that we will not require an additional source of funds. If we require additional capital and are unable to obtain it, there would be a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition.

  

 

 

Note 2 — Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Pronouncements Adopted

In July 2015, the FASB issued guidance that replaces the current lower of cost or market method of measurement for inventory with a lower of cost and net realizable value measurement. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and disclosures.

In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance on how to assess whether contingent call (put) options that accelerate the payment on debt instruments are clearly and closely related to their debt hosts. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2016. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and disclosures. 

In March 2016, the FASB issued guidance on stock-based compensation, which modifies certain aspects of the accounting for share-based payment transactions, including income taxes, classification of awards, and classification on the statements of cash flows. This guidance will require recognizing excess tax benefits and deficiencies (that result from an increase or decrease in the value of an award from grant date to the vesting date or exercise date) on share-based compensation arrangements in the tax provision, instead of in equity as under the current guidance. In addition, these amounts will be classified as an operating activity in the statement of cash flows, instead of as a financing activity. The Company does not have any material unrecorded excess tax benefits. In addition, cash paid for shares withheld to satisfy employee taxes will be classified as a financing activity, instead of as an operating activity. Cash paid for employee taxes was $1,400 and $15,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company adopted the new guidance in the first quarter of 2017 as follows:

 

Regarding excess tax benefits and deficiencies, the guidance required prospective adoption for the statement of income and allowed for either prospective or retrospective adoption for the statement of cash flows. The Company elected to prospectively adopt the effect to the statement of cash flows.

 

Cash paid for shares withheld to satisfy employee taxes of $15,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was classified as a use in financing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The guidance required retrospective adoption; accordingly, a $15,000 use was reclassified from an operating activity to a financing activity in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

In January 2017, the FASB issued guidance that eliminates the requirement to determine implied goodwill in measuring an impairment loss, making this guidance preferable to the former guidance, which required a two-step goodwill impairment test. Upon adoption, a goodwill impairment will be measured as the excess of the reporting unit’s carrying value over fair value, limited to the amount of goodwill. This guidance is effective for goodwill impairment tests in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019. Early adoption is permitted for annual and interim goodwill impairment testing dates after January 1, 2017. As early adoption of the

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guidance is permitted, the Company has elected to implement the guidance in this report. The adoption of this guidance did not have an impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, results of operations and disclosures.

Accounting Pronouncements Issued

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued guidance that will significantly enhance comparability of revenue recognition practices across entities, industries, jurisdictions, and capital markets. In August 2015, the FASB approved a one-year deferral of the effective date making the guidance effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2017. In addition, the FASB will continue to permit entities to early adopt the guidance for annual periods beginning on or after December 15, 2016. The Company currently expects to adopt the guidance as of January 1, 2018, under the modified retrospective method where the cumulative effect is recognized at the date of initial application. The Company’s evaluation of the guidance is ongoing and not complete. The FASB has issued and may issue in the future, interpretative guidance, which may cause our evaluation to change. The Company is evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the potential impact, if any, on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and disclosures. To date, the Company has not identified any material differences in its existing revenue recognition methods that would require modification under the new guidance.

In February 2016, the FASB issued an update to its guidance on lease accounting. This update revises accounting for operating leases by a lessee, among other changes, and requires a lessee to recognize a liability to make lease payments and an asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term in the balance sheet. The distinction between finance and operating leases has not significantly changed and the update does not significantly change the effect of finance and operating leases on the statement of operations. The new guidance is effective for the first interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2018, with early adoption permitted. At adoption, this update will be applied using a modified retrospective approach. The Company is currently assessing the impact of adoption of this standard on our consolidated financial statements.  

In August 2016, the FASB issued guidance on eight specific cash flow issues. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. The Company is evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the potential impact, if any, on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and disclosure.

In October 2016, the FASB issued guidance that requires the income tax consequences of an intra-entity transfer of an asset other than inventory to be recognized when the transfer occurs instead of when the asset is sold to an outside party. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2017. The guidance is required to be adopted retrospectively by recording a cumulative-effect adjustment to retained earnings as of the beginning of the adoption period. The Company is evaluating the provisions of this guidance and the potential impact, if any, on its consolidated financial position, results of operations and disclosure.

 

 

Note 3 — Investment in CVR

The Company owns approximately 7.2 million common units of CVR Partners, L.P. (“CVR”) (“CVR Common Units”). The 7.2 million CVR Common Units were valued at $60.1 million, based on CVR’s closing price of $8.36 per Common Unit as of March 31, 2016. The 7.2 million CVR Common Units had a market value of $33.4 million, based on CVR’s closing price of $4.65 per Common Unit as of March 31, 2017. The investment in CVR is shown on the consolidated balance sheets under equity investment.  

The investment in CVR is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company utilizes the equity method to account for investments when it possesses the ability to exercise significant influence, but not control, over the operating and financial policies of the investee. The ability to exercise significant influence is presumed when an investor possesses 3% to 5% or more ownership of a limited partnership. The Company’s ownership in CVR represents approximately 6% of the total CVR Common Units outstanding, which is based on total CVR Common Units outstanding at March 31, 2017 of 113,282,973.

In applying the equity method, the Company recorded the investment at fair value and subsequently increases or decreases the carrying amount of the investment by its proportionate share of the net earnings or losses and other comprehensive income of the investee. The Company records dividends or other equity distributions as reductions in the carrying value of the investment. The investment is reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment charge would only be recognized in earnings for a decline in value that is determined to be other than temporary. As of March 31, 2017, the carrying value and fair value of the Company’s investment in CVR Common Units were $52.4 million and $33.4 million, respectively. Given this differential, the Company is closely monitoring the performance of CVR to determine whether the investment is other-than-temporarily impaired. The Company considered a variety of factors in its impairment analysis, including the historical volatility in the price of CVR units, the seasonality of the fertilizer industry in which CVR operates and recent public statements made by CVR’s management regarding CVR’s results for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and

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their expectations for the upcoming spring fertilizer season. The Company concluded that the decline in value of the CVR Common Units is not other than temporary and no other-than-temporary impairment is required as of March 31, 2017. Over the upcoming quarters, particularly the spring planting season, we will continue to monitor the fair value of the Company’s CVR Common Units as well as all publicly available information on CVR and the fertilizer industry to determine if an other-than-temporary impairment is necessary. For the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded its proportionate share of loss from its investment in CVR of $0.7 million, which is shown on the consolidated statement of operations under equity in loss of investee. In addition, as of the date of the Company’s investment in CVR, basis differences between the book value of equity on CVR’s balance sheet and the amount recorded on the Company’s books was ascribed to an asset and amortized over its useful life, which resulted in an additional expense of $0.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2017 .      

 

 

Note 4 — Discontinued Operations

The Company has classified its consolidated balance sheets and consolidated statements of operations for all periods presented in this report to reflect Rentech Nitrogen Partners, L.P. (“RNP”), excluding certain corporate expenses that the Company expects to continue on an on-going basis, which were previously allocated to RNP, and the Energy Technologies segment as discontinued operations.  

 

On March 14, 2016, RNP completed the sale of Rentech Nitrogen Pasadena Holdings, LLC to Interoceanic Corporation. The estimated loss on sale of $0.8 million was recorded in discontinued operations. On March 18, 2016, the Company completed the sale of the property that housed its product demonstration unit in Colorado. The preliminary loss recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2016 was $0.4 million.

 

In the consolidated statements of cash flows, the cash flows of discontinued operations are separately classified or aggregated under operating and investing activities.

All discussions and amounts in the consolidated financial statements and related notes for all periods presented relate to continuing operations only, unless otherwise noted.

At December 31, 2016, the only item relating to discontinued operations on the balance sheet was a current liability for the Energy Technologies segment of $0.1 million, which was written off during the three months ended March 31, 2017, and is recorded in income from discontinued operations, net of tax on the consolidated statements of operations.

 

The following table summarizes the results of discontinued operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016.

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

RNP

 

 

Energy Technologies

 

 

Total

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Revenues

 

$

54,347

 

 

$

 

 

$

54,347

 

Cost of sales

 

 

34,696

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,696

 

Gross profit

 

 

19,651

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,651

 

Operating income

 

 

14,242

 

 

 

163

 

 

 

14,405

 

Other expenses, net

 

 

(5,549

)

 

 

(50

)

 

 

(5,599

)

Income before income taxes

 

 

8,693

 

 

 

113

 

 

 

8,806

 

Income tax expense

 

 

3,191

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

3,232

 

Net income

 

 

5,502

 

 

 

72

 

 

 

5,574

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

3,222

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,222

 

Net income attributable to Rentech common shareholders

 

$

2,280

 

 

$

72

 

 

$

2,352

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Rentech common shareholders

 

$

2,280

 

 

$

72

 

 

$

2,352

 

Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests

 

 

3,222

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,222

 

Income from discontinued operations, net of tax

 

$

5,502

 

 

$

72

 

 

$

5,574

 

 

 

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Note 5 — Fair Value

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants and is classified in one of the following three categories:

 

Level 1 — Consists of unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Company has the ability to access as of the reporting date.

 

Level 2 — Consists of inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 that are directly observable for the asset or liability or indirectly observable through corroboration with observable market data.

 

Level 3 — Consists of unobservable inputs for assets or liabilities whose fair value is estimated based on internally developed models or methodologies using inputs that are generally less readily observable and supported by little, if any, market activity at the measurement date. Unobservable inputs are developed based on the best available information and subject to cost-benefit constraints.

Fair values of cash, receivables, deposits, other current assets, accounts payable, accrued liabilities and other current liabilities were assumed to approximate carrying value since they are short term and can be settled on demand.

The following table presents the financial instruments that were accounted for at fair value by level as of March 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016.

 

 

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earn-out consideration - March 31, 2017

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

110

 

Earn-out consideration - December 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

234

 

 

The following table presents the fair value and carrying value of the Company’s borrowings as of March 31, 2017.