Equity

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

EQUITY:

Exchangeable Shares

In connection with certain prior acquisitions of Canadian businesses, the former owners of the acquired businesses received exchangeable shares of certain Canadian subsidiaries of Quanta, which could be exchanged at the option of the holders for Quanta common stock on a one-for-one basis. All holders of exchangeable shares had rights equivalent to Quanta common stockholders with respect to dividends and other economic rights. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, a nominal amount and 0.4 million exchangeable shares were exchanged for Quanta common stock, and as of September 30, 2020, no exchangeable shares remained outstanding.

Treasury Stock

General. Treasury stock is recorded at cost. Under Delaware law, treasury stock is not counted for quorum purposes or entitled to vote.

Shares withheld for tax withholding obligations. The tax withholding obligations of employees with respect to RSUs and PSUs that are settled in common stock are typically satisfied by Quanta making tax payments and withholding the number of common shares having a value equal to the tax withholding obligation that is due on the date of vesting or settlement (as applicable). With respect to these liabilities, Quanta withheld a nominal amount of Quanta common stock during each of the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, which had a market value of $0.8 million and $0.6 million, and withheld 0.6 million and 0.5 million shares of Quanta common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, which had a market value of $24.5 million and $16.7 million. These shares and the related costs to acquire them were accounted for as adjustments to the balance of treasury stock.

Notional amounts recorded related to deferred compensation plans. For RSUs and PSUs that vest but the settlement of which is deferred under a deferred compensation plan, Quanta records a notional amount to “Treasury stock” and an offsetting amount to “Additional paid-in capital” (APIC). At vesting, only shares withheld for tax liabilities other than income taxes are added to outstanding treasury shares, as the shares of Quanta common stock associated with deferred stock-based awards are not issued until settlement of the award. Upon settlement of the deferred stock-based awards and issuance of the associated Quanta common stock, the original accounting entry is reversed. The net amounts recorded to treasury stock related to the deferred compensation plans were none and a nominal amount during the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and $3.6 million and $3.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

Stock repurchases. During the third quarter of 2018, Quanta’s Board of Directors approved a stock repurchase program that authorizes Quanta to purchase, from time to time through June 30, 2021, up to $500.0 million of its outstanding common stock. As of September 30, 2020, $86.8 million remained under this repurchase program. In August 2020, Quanta’s Board of Directors authorized Quanta to repurchase, from time to time through June 30, 2023, up to an additional $500 million in shares of its outstanding common stock under a new stock repurchase program, for an aggregate stock repurchase authorization of $586.8 million.

Quanta repurchased the following shares of common stock in the open market under the stock repurchase programs (in thousands):


Quarter ended:	Shares	Amount
September 30, 2020	—	$	—
June 30, 2020	—	$	—
March 31, 2020	5,960	$	200,000
December 31, 2019	—	$	—
September 30, 2019	—	$	—
June 30, 2019	—	$	—
March 31, 2019	376	$	11,954

Repurchases under the repurchase programs may be implemented through open market repurchases or privately negotiated transactions, at management’s discretion, based on market and business conditions, applicable contractual and legal requirements, including restrictions under Quanta’s senior credit facility, and other factors. Quanta is not obligated to acquire any specific amount of common stock, and the repurchase programs may be modified or terminated by Quanta’s Board of Directors at any time at its sole discretion and without notice.

Quanta’s policy is to record a stock repurchase as of the trade date; however, the payment of cash related to the repurchase is made on the settlement date of the trade. During the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, there were no cash payments related to stock repurchases, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, cash payments related to stock repurchases were $200.0 million and $20.1 million.

Non-controlling Interests

Quanta holds interests in various entities through both joint venture entities that provide infrastructure-related services under specific customer contracts, either directly or through subcontracting relationships, and other equity investments in partially owned entities that own and operate certain infrastructure assets, including investments entered into through the partnership structure Quanta formed with certain infrastructure investors. Quanta has determined that certain of these joint ventures where Quanta provides the majority of the infrastructure services, which management believes most significantly influences the economic performance of such joint ventures, are VIEs. Management has concluded that Quanta is the primary beneficiary of these joint ventures and has accounted for each on a consolidated basis. The other parties’ equity interests in these joint ventures have been accounted for as “Non-controlling interests” in Quanta’s condensed consolidated balance sheets. Net income attributable to the other participants in the amounts of $0.8 million and $1.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and $4.5 million and $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 has been accounted for as a reduction of net income in deriving “Net income attributable to common stock” in Quanta’s condensed consolidated statements of operations.

The carrying amount of the investments in VIEs held by Quanta was $12.0 million and $12.0 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The carrying amount of investments held by the non-controlling interests in these VIEs at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was $3.6 million and $3.5 million. During the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, net distributions to non-controlling interests were $0.7 million and $0.5 million. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, net distributions to non-controlling interests were $4.7 million and $2.1 million. There were no other material changes in equity as a result of transfers to/from the non-controlling interests during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 or 2019. See Note 11 for further disclosures related to Quanta’s joint venture arrangements.

Dividends

Quanta declared the following cash dividends and cash dividend equivalents during 2019 and the first nine months of 2020 (in thousands, except per share amounts):


Declaration	Record	Payment	Dividend		Dividends
Date	Date	Date	Per Share		Declared
August 26, 2020	October 1, 2020	October 15, 2020	$	0.05	$	7,244
May 28, 2020	July 1, 2020	July 15, 2020	$	0.05	$	7,182
March 26, 2020	April 6, 2020	April 15, 2020	$	0.05	$	7,184
December 11, 2019	January 2, 2020	January 16, 2020	$	0.05	$	7,371
August 28, 2019	October 1, 2019	October 15, 2019	$	0.04	$	5,564
May 24, 2019	July 1, 2019	July 15, 2019	$	0.04	$	6,233
March 21, 2019	April 5, 2019	April 19, 2019	$	0.04	$	5,896

A significant majority of the dividends declared were paid on the corresponding payment dates. Holders of RSUs awarded under the Quanta Services, Inc. 2011 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the 2011 Plan) generally received cash dividend equivalent payments equal to the cash dividend payable on account of the underlying Quanta common stock. Holders of exchangeable shares of certain Canadian subsidiaries of Quanta received a cash dividend per exchangeable share equal to the cash dividend per share paid to Quanta common stockholders. Holders of RSUs awarded under the Quanta Services, Inc. 2019 Omnibus Equity Incentive Plan (the 2019 Plan) and holders of unearned and unvested PSUs awarded under the 2011 Plan and the 2019 Plan receive cash dividend equivalent payments only to the extent such RSUs and PSUs become earned and/or vest. Additionally, cash dividend equivalent payments related to certain stock-based awards that have been deferred pursuant to the terms of a deferred compensation plan maintained by Quanta are recorded as liabilities in such plans until the deferred awards are settled.

The declaration, payment and amount of future cash dividends will be at the discretion of Quanta’s Board of Directors after taking into account various factors, including Quanta’s financial condition, results of operations and cash flows from operations; current and anticipated capital requirements and expansion plans; the current and potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and other market, industry, economic and political conditions; income tax laws then in effect; and the requirements of Delaware law. In addition, as discussed in Note 7, Quanta’s credit agreement restricts the payment of cash dividends unless certain conditions are met.