SEACOR Holdings Announces Second Quarter Results

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., July 25, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE:CKH) (the “Company”) today announced:

• For the second quarter, net income was $45.1 million ($2.14 per diluted share) including a net gain of $42.6 million ($1.89 per diluted share) related to the sale of the Company’s interest in Hawker Pacific Airservices, net mark-to-market gains of $0.6 million ($0.03 per diluted share) related to the Company’s investment in 5.2 million shares of Dorian LPG Ltd. (“Dorian”) and net debt extinguishment losses of $4.3 million ($0.19 per diluted share) primarily related to the exchange of the Company’s 3.0% Convertible Senior Notes for new 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes.
  
  
• For the preceding quarter, net income was $0.6 million ($0.04 per diluted share) after incurring net mark-to-market losses of $3.0 million ($0.17 per diluted share) related to the Company’s investment in Dorian and taking a $0.9 million ($0.05 per diluted share) reserve against a claim receivable.
  
  
• For the second quarter, operating income before depreciation and amortization (“OIBDA”)¹, was $30.9 million including $0.5 million of gains on asset dispositions.  OIBDA¹ does not include the gain on the sale of Hawker Pacific Airservices as the gain is included in other, net.  In the preceding quarter, OIBDA¹ was $34.3 million, including $7.0 million of gains on asset dispositions.
  
  
• For the six months ended June 30, 2018, net income from continuing operations attributable to SEACOR Holdings Inc. was $45.8 million ($2.32 per diluted share) compared with $2.9 million ($0.17 per diluted share) in the six months ended June 30, 2017.  For the six months ended June 30, 2018, OIBDA¹ was $65.2 million compared with $46.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2017.

Charles Fabrikant, Executive Chairman, commented:

“I am pleased that our commercial team executed new charters for two of SEA-Vista’s U.S.-flag petroleum and chemical carriers increasing its revenue backlog by $96 million to approximately $368 million.  SEA-Vista’s backlog now runs through 2026.  I would also like to call attention to Witt-O’Brien’s results.  For the first half of this year it has contributed just shy of $10 million to operating profit.  This is a significant turn-around for a business that contributed slightly less than $3 million in operating profit for all of 2017 and one that lost money in 2016.”

Continuing Operation Discussion

Ocean Transportation & Logistics Services - Operating income was $8.2 million compared with $15.7 million in the preceding quarter.  OIBDA¹ was $19.8 million compared with $28.4 million in the preceding quarter.  OIBDA¹ in the second quarter included $10.0 million attributable to noncontrolling interests in SEA-Vista compared with $18.3 million in the preceding quarter.  Operating income and OIBDA¹ in the preceding quarter benefited from $1.9 million of gains on asset dispositions.

In the second quarter, SEA-Vista experienced 47 days of planned out-of-service time for one U.S.-flag petroleum and chemical carrier and incurred $5.2 million of regulatory dry-docking costs.  The Company also docked one foreign-flag short-sea container vessel and six U.S.-flag harbor tugs.

Equity earnings of $3.0 million, net of tax, from Trailer Bridge, the Company’s joint venture operating in the Puerto Rico liner trader, were partially offset by $2.1 million of equity losses, net of tax, from the Company’s rail ferry joint ventures (RF Vessel Holdings and Golfo de Mexico) due to out-of-service time and associated dry-docking costs and repair expenses for the rail ferries.

Inland Transportation & Logistics Services - Operating income was $2.1 million compared with $3.4 million in the preceding quarter.  OIBDA¹ was $8.3 million compared with $9.6 million in the preceding quarter.  Operating income and OIBDA¹ in the preceding quarter benefited from $5.2 million of gains on asset dispositions, whereas the second quarter included only $0.5 million of gains.

Excluding gains on asset dispositions, operating income was $3.4 million higher than the preceding quarter as a result of improved margins for transporting grain and increased activity at the Company’s St. Louis terminals.  Higher export demand for grains and difficult operating conditions pushed up freight rates to boost margins.  The Company’s barge operations in Colombia also improved contributing $1.5 million of operating income.  Better operating conditions on the Magdelana river made it possible to load more volume of paying cargo.

Equity earnings of 50% or less owned companies were $3.0 million higher.  Operating results for SCF Bunge Marine, the Company’s joint venture that operates towboats on the U.S. Inland waterways, improved primarily due to favorable operating conditions resulting in the ability to increase tow sizes.  Operating results for Bunge-SCF Grain, the Company’s joint venture that operates grain elevators in Illinois, improved primarily due to an increase in grain throughput activity as a consequence of higher export demand.  Operating results for SCFCo, the Company’s joint venture operating on the Parana-Paraguay River in South America, improved as a consequence of a full quarter of operations for certain of SCFCo’s contracts that began during the preceding quarter and higher activity levels.

Foreign currency losses of $1.2 million were primarily due to the weakening of the Colombian peso in relation to the U.S. dollar underlying certain of the Company’s intercompany lease obligations.

Witt O’Brien’s - Operating income was $7.3 million compared with $2.5 million in the preceding quarter.  Operating results were $4.8 million higher primarily due to increased activity related to ongoing recovery projects in the United States Virgin Islands and Texas following the hurricanes of 2017.

Other - During the second quarter, the Company acquired a controlling interest in CLEANCOR Energy Solutions LLC, a full service solution provider delivering clean fuel to end users.  In addition, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $53.9 million on the sale of Hawker Pacific Airservices.

Corporate and Eliminations - Administrative and general expenses of $5.1 million were $1.3 million lower than the preceding quarter primarily due to lower professional fees.

Capital Commitments - The Company’s capital commitments as of June 30, 2018 were $6.2 million.

Liquidity and Debt - As of June 30, 2018, the Company’s balances of cash, cash equivalents, restricted cash, marketable securities and construction reserve funds totaled $376.3 million.  Total outstanding debt was $539.8 million including $121.2 million of SEA-Vista debt that is non-recourse to the Company.  SEA-Vista is a consolidated venture and had $65.0 million of borrowing capacity under its credit facility as of June 30, 2018.

During the second quarter, the Company exchanged $117.8 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 3.0% Convertible Senior Notes due 2028 for a like principal amount of new 3.25% Convertible Senior Notes due 2030.  In addition, during the second quarter, the Company repurchased $0.3 million in principal amount of its 3.0% Convertible Senior Notes for $0.3 million and repurchased $1.7 million in principal amount of its 7.375% Senior Notes for $1.8 million.  These transactions resulted in debt extinguishment losses of $5.4 million.

Adoption of Revenue Recognition Accounting Standard - On January 1, 2018, the Company adopted Financial Accounting Standard Board Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (“Topic 606”).  As a consequence of adopting Topic 606, the Company now recognizes all of the operating revenues and expenses associated with the barge pools it manages along with additional operating expenses reflective of barge pool earnings attributable to third party barge owners and not the Company in its capacity as manager.  Previously, the Company recognized operating revenues and expenses only for its proportionate share of the barge pools in which it participated.  All prior period results have been adjusted to reflect the retrospective adoption of Topic 606.  The adoption of Topic 606 had no impact on previously reported operating income, segment profit, net income or earnings per share.

SEACOR Holdings Inc. (“SEACOR”) is a diversified holding company with interests in domestic and international transportation and logistics and risk management consultancy.  SEACOR is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the symbol CKH.

Certain statements discussed in this release as well as in other reports, materials and oral statements that the Company releases from time to time to the public constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Generally, words such as “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “project,” “intend,” “believe,” “plan,” “target,” “forecast” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.  Such forward-looking statements concern management’s expectations, strategic objectives, business prospects, anticipated economic performance and financial condition and other similar matters.  Forward-looking statements are inherently uncertain and subject to a variety of assumptions, risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated or expected by management of the Company.  These statements are not guarantees of future performance and actual events or results may differ significantly from these statements.  Actual events or results are subject to significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors, including risks relating to weakening demand for the Company’s services as a result of unplanned customer suspensions, cancellations, rate reductions or non-renewals of vessel charters or failures to finalize commitments to charter vessels, increased government legislation and regulation of the Company’s businesses that could increase the cost of operations, increased competition if the Jones Act is repealed, liability, legal fees and costs in connection with the provision of emergency response services, decreased demand for the Company’s services as a result of declines in the global economy, declines in valuations in the global financial markets and a lack of liquidity in the credit sectors, including, interest rate fluctuations, availability of credit, inflation rates, change in laws, trade barriers, commodity prices and currency exchange fluctuations, activity in foreign countries and changes in foreign political, military and economic conditions, changes in foreign and domestic oil and gas exploration and production activity, safety record requirements related to Ocean Transportation & Logistics Services, decreased demand for Ocean Transportation & Logistics Services due to construction of additional refined petroleum product, natural gas or crude oil pipelines or due to decreased demand for refined petroleum products, crude oil or chemical products or a change in existing methods of delivery, compliance with U.S. and foreign government laws and regulations, including environmental laws and regulations and economic sanctions, the dependence of Ocean Transportation & Logistics Services and Inland Transportation & Logistics Services on several key customers, consolidation of the Company’s customer base, the ongoing need to replace aging vessels, industry fleet capacity, restrictions imposed by the Shipping Acts on the amount of foreign ownership of the Company’s Common Stock, operational risks of Ocean Transportation & Logistics Services and Inland Transportation & Logistics Services, effects of adverse weather conditions and seasonality, the level of grain export volume, the effect of fuel prices on barge towing costs, variability in freight rates for inland river barges, the effect of international economic and political factors on Inland Transportation & Logistics Services’ operations, the ability to realize anticipated benefits from acquisitions and other strategic transactions, adequacy of insurance coverage, the attraction and retention of qualified personnel by the Company, and various other matters and factors, many of which are beyond the Company’s control as well as those discussed in Item 1A. (Risk Factors) of the Company’s Annual report on Form 10-K and other reports filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).  It should be understood that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors.  Consequently, the preceding should not be considered to be a complete discussion of all potential risks or uncertainties.  Given these risk factors, investors and analysts should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of the document in which they are made. The Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to provide any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement to reflect any change in the Company’s expectations or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which the forward-looking statement is based, except as required by law.  It is advisable, however, to consult any further disclosures the Company makes on related subjects in its filings with the SEC, including  Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K (if any).  These statements constitute the Company’s cautionary statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

For additional information, contact Investor Relations at (954) 627-5278 or visit SEACOR’s website at www.seacorholdings.com.

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⁽¹⁾ Non-GAAP Financial Measure.  The Company, from time to time, discloses and discusses OIBDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, in its public releases and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company defines OIBDA as operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization.  The Company’s measure of OIBDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.  Other companies may calculate OIBDA differently than the Company, which may limit its usefulness as a comparative measure.  In addition, this measurement does not necessarily represent funds available for discretionary use and is not a measure of the Company’s ability to fund its cash needs.  OIBDA is a financial metric used by management (i) as a supplemental internal measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating actual results against such expectations; (ii) as a criteria for annual incentive bonuses paid to Company officers and other shore-based employees; and (iii) to compare to the OIBDA of other companies when evaluating potential acquisitions.

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⁽¹⁾ Non-GAAP Financial Measure.  The Company, from time to time, discloses and discusses OIBDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, in its public releases and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company defines OIBDA as operating income (loss) plus depreciation and amortization.  The Company’s measure of OIBDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.  Other companies may calculate OIBDA differently than the Company, which may limit its usefulness as a comparative measure.  In addition, this measurement does not necessarily represent funds available for discretionary use and is not a measure of the Company’s ability to fund its cash needs.  OIBDA is a financial metric used by management (i) as a supplemental internal measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating actual results against such expectations; (ii) as a criteria for annual incentive bonuses paid to Company officers and other shore-based employees; and (iii) to compare to the OIBDA of other companies when evaluating potential acquisitions.

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⁽¹⁾ Includes amounts attributable to both SEACOR and noncontrolling interests.
⁽²⁾ Non-GAAP Financial Measure.  The Company, from time to time, discloses and discusses OIBDA, a non-GAAP financial measure, for certain of its operating segments in its public releases and other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.  The Company defines OIBDA as operating income (loss) for the applicable segment plus depreciation and amortization.  The Company’s measure of OIBDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies.  Other companies may calculate OIBDA differently than the Company, which may limit its usefulness as a comparative measure.  In addition, this measurement does not necessarily represent funds available for discretionary use and is not a measure of the Company’s ability to fund its cash needs.  OIBDA is a financial metric used by management (i) as a supplemental internal measure for planning and forecasting overall expectations and for evaluating actual results against such expectations; (ii) as a criteria for annual incentive bonuses paid to Company officers and other shore-based employees; and (iii) to compare to the OIBDA of other companies when evaluating potential acquisitions.

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⁽¹⁾ Pure Car/Truck Carrier.
⁽²⁾ Roll On/Roll Off.
⁽³⁾ Includes non-certificated 10,000 and 30,000 barrel inland river liquid tank barges.