Mark Behrman
Analyst · Sidoti & Company. Please proceed with your question
Thanks Dan. Turning to Page 8 of the presentation. It provides the consolidated summary statement of operations for the second quarter of 2016 as compared to second quarter of 2015. Beginning this quarter we have classified our climate control business as a discontinued operation. And those results combines with any transaction cost related to the sale of that business, that were included in the first six months of this year and any tax implication related to the sale the business, are shown in net income from discontinued operations. The structure of the climate control business sale, allows for additional tax basis to be recovered that was previously recorded as a differed tax asset. This tax benefit was recorded in discontinue operations during the second quarter consistent with the period, that the climate control business was determined to be held-for-sale. Keep in mind that we close sale of the climate control business on July 1, and therefore any gain on the sale and all remaining cost associated with the transaction, will be included in the third quarter results. And reviewing our continuing operations, as Dan stated, total net sales and gross profit were down for the quarter as selling price across our key agricultural products groups all declined. Gross profit also declined as we incurred startup cost, that are El Dorado facility and increase depreciation expense related to the El Dorado expansion as compared to the second quarter of last year. While we benefited from lower feedstock cost during the quarter, those cost did not decline as sharply as product selling prices. I'll go into this, a bit more in the next slide. Consolidated SG&A was down approximately $3.6 million as compared to the second quarter of 2015 primarily from the absence of active shareholder expenses in addition to lower incentive compensation expenses. We will be focusing on rationalizing overall SG&A now that we have sold our climate control business and given the tough Ag in selling price environment that we are currently operating in. Adjusted operating loss, adjusted net loss and adjusted EPS were all down for the quarter versus the Q1 2015 to the decrease in sales and gross profit margins that I just discussed. Please refer to our reconciliation of non-GAAP measures beginning on Slide 16 for further information on one-time cost incurred during the period. Lastly, income from discontinued operations from the sales of climate control business of $22 million resulted primarily from the tax benefit I just discussed earlier. In order to get further clarity on the results of the quarter Page 9 bridges our consolidated adjusted EBITDA for Q2 2015 to Q2 2016. Lower selling prices for HDAN, UAN in ammonia negatively impacted EBITDA by more than $6 million compared to second quarter of 2015. That was partially offset by a pickup of approximately $8 million in EBITDA from lower average cost of natural gas and purchased ammonia. So the bad news is pricing had a negative impact on EBITDA for the quarter of almost $9 million. However there is some good news, improved on stream rates and production primarily at our Pryor facility El Dorado sale approximately 32,000 tons of additional UAN versus Q2 2015, and almost $4 million in additional EBITDA. We are very pleased with the operational progress being made at our Pryor facility and expect that to continue. Additionally, since we put our ammonia plant at El Dorado into operations during the quarter, it produced approximately 28,000 tons of ammonia during the back into the quarter, even in today's low price environment that added an additional $4 million in EBITDA as compared to the second quarter of 2015. Additionally, at current ammonia prices we continue to have an approximate $125 to $150 benefit from producing ammonia versus purchasing ammonia. There were many improvements in EBITDA relate primarily to lower SG&A cost, which are covered earlier. To summit up when comparing the two quarters on an apples-to-apples basis assuming that selling prices of our products and our feedstock cost will the same in the second quarter of 2016 as they were in the second quarter of 2015. EBITDA would have been $20 million for the second quarter of 2016 versus $8 million for the second quarter of 2015. Moving to Page 10, we outlined our free cash flow. Long net income for the first six months ended June 30, was marginal, we did have positive operating cash flow. However, we continue to have significant capital expenditures during the period with the majority being stent on completing the expansion project at El Dorado. That resulted in negative free cash flow for the quarter. Going forward, we expect the significant reduction in capital expenditures not with the expansion project that El Dorado was complete and we believe in improvement in operating results that our El Dorado facility both contributing to an improvement in overall cash flow. Page 11 outlines our capital structure as of 6,30, 2016. As June 30, total cash was approximately $23 million and we had approximately $31 million outstanding on our ABL facility, with $38 million of availability. As you will see on the next slide, the outstanding balance of our ABL was repaid on July 1. Total debt at the end of the quarter was approximately $565 million, excluding the unamortized discount and issuance cost associated with our debt. And we had outstanding preferred stock of $210 million with approximately $17.3 million a accrued and unpaid dividends. As you know this does not include the proceeds from the sale of our climate control business was closed on July 1. Please turn to Page 12, where we will discuss the proceeds from our sale of the climate control business. This page walks the gross sales price of $364 million down to what we believe in an amount, in a appropriate amount of cash available after obligations. It does not include any EBITDA that will be generated in the second half of the year. As Dan stated earlier regarding the semi-price environment, we expect the low level of product selling prices to continue into 2017. As a result, when we think about our plans for the use of the net proceeds from the sale of our climate control business, our first priority is to ensure, what we have ample liquidity to run our business and avoid becoming capital constraints as it relates to our working capital needs. However, we do intend to use a significant portion of the cash available after obligations to repay debt within preferred stock was a combination of both. We are currently reviewing all of our options to deleverage with a goal of reducing our overall cost to capital and fix charges, while maintaining maximum flexibility for the repayment of all our debt, should be decide to do that in the future. We will be providing an update on our progress one appropriate. Page 13 outlines sales volumes for the second half of 2016 and some key financial metrics for the year. Our sales volume outlook for the second half and full-year of 2016 is outlined. For the full-year UAN sales are expected to be approximately 50,000 tons higher then original guidance, primarily related to higher on stream rates of Pryor. Ammonia sales are expected to be lower by approximately 30,000 tons as the new ammonia plant at El Dorado started production slightly later than originally planned, coupled with down time associated with the power outage in July. The rest of the page outlines some few financial metrics. Depreciation expense is expected to be $62 million to $65 million this year and $70 million to $75 million in 2017, continuing operations SG&A expenses are expected to be approximately $44 million for 2016. Going forward capitalize interest will be minimal and therefore our current debt levels, interest expense will run approximately $11 million per quarter. Turnaround expenses at Cherokee and Pryor are expected to be approximately $8 million in total for the third quarter that is in addition to approximately $8 million of capital being spent during the turnaround. And finally, capital expenditures are expected to be approximately $30 million in the second half of 2016 including $8 million of capital being spend during the two turnarounds, that I just mentioned. Going forward we anticipate maintenance CapEx to run between $40 million to $50 million per year. Now, I’ll turn it back over to Dan to discuss the Company’s goals for 2016.