EX-99.2 3 exh99_2.htm EX-99.2 Financial Statements

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 1 


 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.                                                                                Exhibit 99.2

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (“Balance Sheet”)

March 31, 2016 (unaudited) and December 31, 2015 (stated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S.”) and in thousands of U.S. dollars except for issued and outstanding share amounts)

 

 

 

March 31,

 

December 31,

  

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

ASSETS

 

 

 

 Restated  

  (Note 4)

CURRENT

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

43,919

$

35,780

 

Accounts receivable

 

204,969

 

207,636

 

Other receivables

 

147

 

118

 

Prepaid expenses

 

34,624

 

31,164

 

Income taxes recoverable

 

2,272

 

-

 

Restricted cash

 

542

 

542

 

Other assets

 

15

 

-

 

 

 

 

286,488

 

275,240

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER RECEIVABLES

 

2,520

 

2,343

FUNDED LANDFILL POST-CLOSURE COSTS  (Note 10)

 

10,959

 

10,145

INTANGIBLES  (Note 7)

 

168,670

 

176,973

GOODWILL  (Note 8)

 

907,450

 

886,911

LANDFILL DEVELOPMENT ASSETS

 

16,305

 

15,067

DEFERRED FINANCING COSTS

 

11,619

 

11,528

CAPITAL ASSETS

 

969,154

 

929,111

LANDFILL ASSETS

 

933,914

 

932,595

INVESTMENTS

 

798

 

748

OTHER ASSETS

 

-

 

759

TOTAL ASSETS

$

3,307,877

$

3,241,420

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

CURRENT

 

    

 

 

 

Accounts payable

$

93,588

$

98,614

 

Accrued charges  (Note 9)

 

155,295

 

139,988

 

Dividends payable

 

14,328

 

13,425

 

Income taxes payable

 

3,430

 

3,175

 

Deferred revenues

 

16,911

 

16,340

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

523

 

494

 

Landfill closure and post-closure costs  (Note 10)

 

10,625

 

10,717

 

Other liabilities

 

21,339

 

17,394

 

 

 

 

316,039

 

300,147

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONG-TERM DEBT

 

1,583,190

 

1,546,737

LANDFILL CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE COSTS  (Note 10)

 

120,126

 

115,195

OTHER LIABILITIES

 

33,235

 

20,474

DEFERRED INCOME TAXES

 

120,747

 

129,970

TOTAL LIABILITIES

 

2,173,337

 

2,112,523

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

Common shares (authorized - unlimited, issued

 

 

 

 

 

 

and outstanding - 108,871,584 (December 31, 2015 - 108,806,684))

 

1,692,209

 

1,691,963

 

Restricted shares (issued and outstanding - 445,189 (December 31, 2015 - 496,672))

 

(13,139)

 

(12,461)

 

Additional paid in capital

 

4,751

 

7,015

 

Accumulated deficit

 

(376,475)

 

(360,948)

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

(172,806)

 

(196,672)

 

Total shareholders' equity

 

1,134,540

 

1,128,897

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY

$

3,307,877

$

3,241,420

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 2 


 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.   

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income or Loss  

(“Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income or Loss”)

For the periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited - stated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and in thousands of U.S. dollars, except share and net income or loss per share amounts)

 

 

 

 

  

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Note 20)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

REVENUES

  

  

  

  

$

471,438

$

460,205

EXPENSES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING

 

  

 

  

 

302,543

 

297,500

 

SELLING, GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION

 

  

 

  

 

81,713

 

58,716

 

AMORTIZATION

 

  

 

  

 

65,782

 

64,009

 

NET GAIN ON SALE OF CAPITAL AND LANDFILL ASSETS (Note 6)

 

  

 

  

 

(138)

 

(9,194)

OPERATING INCOME

 

  

 

  

 

21,538

 

49,174

INTEREST ON LONG-TERM DEBT

 

  

 

  

 

12,462

 

15,456

NET FOREIGN EXCHANGE LOSS (GAIN)

 

  

 

  

 

1,144

 

(283)

NET LOSS ON FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS (Note 15)

 

  

 

  

 

13,862

 

10,759

(LOSS) INCOME BEFORE INCOME TAX EXPENSE (RECOVERY)

 

  

 

  

 

(5,930)

 

23,242

INCOME TAX EXPENSE (RECOVERY) (Note 16)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

  

 

  

 

5,950

 

4,837

 

Deferred

 

  

 

  

 

(9,870)

 

284

 

 

  

 

  

 

(3,920)

 

5,121

NET (LOSS) INCOME

 

  

 

  

 

(2,010)

 

18,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

  

 

  

 

23,866

 

(41,682)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

 

  

 

  

 

23,866

 

(41,682)

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

  

  

  

  

$

21,856

$

(23,561)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income per weighted average share, basic and diluted (Note 11)

  

  

  

  

$

(0.02)

$

0.16

Weighted average number of shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(thousands), basic and diluted (Note 11)

 

  

 

  

 

109,306

 

112,501

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 3 


 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (“Statement of Cash Flows”)

For the periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited - stated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and in thousands of U.S. dollars)

 

 

 

 

  

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NET INFLOW (OUTFLOW) OF CASH RELATED TO THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

OPERATING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

  

  

  

  

$

(2,010)

$

18,121

 

Items not affecting cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restricted share expense (Note 12)

 

  

 

  

 

1,322

 

806

 

 

Accretion of landfill closure and post-closure costs  (Note 10)

 

  

 

  

 

1,581

 

1,599

 

 

Amortization of intangibles

 

  

 

  

 

10,918

 

11,298

 

 

Amortization of capital assets

 

  

 

  

 

37,717

 

36,109

 

 

Amortization of landfill assets

 

  

 

  

 

17,147

 

16,602

 

 

Interest on long-term debt (amortization of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

deferred financing costs)

 

  

 

  

 

644

 

764

 

 

Non-cash interest income

 

  

 

  

 

(25)

 

(65)

 

 

Net gain on sale of capital and landfill assets

 

  

 

  

 

(138)

 

(9,194)

 

 

Net loss on financial instruments

 

  

 

  

 

13,862

 

10,759

 

 

Deferred income tax (recovery) expense

 

  

 

  

 

(9,870)

 

284

 

Landfill closure and post-closure expenditures  (Note 10)

 

  

 

  

 

(829)

 

(1,047)

 

Changes in non-cash working capital items

 

  

 

  

 

2,754

 

2,139

Cash generated from operating activities

 

  

 

  

 

73,073

 

88,175

INVESTING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Acquisitions (Note 5)

 

  

 

  

 

(130)

 

(29,838)

 

Investment in other receivables

 

  

 

  

 

(41)

 

(23)

 

Proceeds from other receivables

 

  

 

  

 

29

 

10

 

Funded landfill post-closure costs

 

  

 

  

 

(249)

 

(287)

 

Purchase of capital assets

 

  

 

  

 

(48,620)

 

(51,232)

 

Purchase of landfill assets

 

  

 

  

 

(15,866)

 

(9,964)

 

Proceeds from the sale of capital and landfill assets

 

  

 

  

 

722

 

1,263

 

Proceeds from asset divestiture (Note 6)

 

  

 

  

 

-

 

76,190

 

Investment in landfill development assets

 

  

 

  

 

(126)

 

(67)

Cash utilized in investing activities

 

  

 

  

 

(64,281)

 

(13,948)

FINANCING

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from long-term debt

 

  

 

  

 

90,584

 

93,029

 

Repayment of long-term debt

 

  

 

  

 

(79,311)

 

(133,257)

 

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options, net of related costs

 

  

 

  

 

96

 

53

 

Repurchase of common shares and related costs  (Note 11)

 

  

 

  

 

-

 

(15,284)

 

Purchase of, net of proceeds from, restricted shares

 

  

 

  

 

(3,593)

 

(2,481)

 

Dividends paid to shareholders

 

  

 

  

 

(13,516)

 

(14,504)

Cash utilized in financing activities

 

  

 

  

 

(5,740)

 

(72,444)

Effect of foreign currency translation on cash and cash equivalents

 

  

 

  

 

5,087

 

(6,485)

NET CASH INFLOW (OUTFLOW)

 

  

 

  

 

8,139

 

(4,702)

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, BEGINNING OF YEAR

 

  

 

  

 

35,780

 

41,636

CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS, END OF PERIOD

  

  

  

  

$

43,919

$

36,934

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash

  

  

  

  

$

43,918

$

36,933

 

 

Cash equivalents

 

  

 

  

 

1

 

1

 

  

  

  

  

$

43,919

$

36,934

 

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes

  

  

  

  

$

8,330

$

12,962

 

 

Interest

  

  

  

  

$

12,190

$

15,043

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 4 


 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Equity (“Statements of Equity”)

For the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (unaudited - stated in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. and in thousands of U.S. dollars)

  

 

 

 

Common

 

Restricted

 

Treasury

 

Additional paid in 

 

Accum-

ulated

 

Accum-

ulated other comprehen

-sive loss

 

Total

 

 

 

 

shares

 

shares

 

shares

 

capital

 

deficit

 

(Note 11)

 

equity

Balance at December 31, 2015

 

 

$

1,691,963

$

(12,461)

$

-

$

7,015

$

(360,948)

$

(196,672)

$

1,128,897

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,010)

 

 

 

(2,010)

Dividends declared

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,517)

 

 

 

(13,517)

Restricted shares purchased

 

 

 

 

(3,593)

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

(3,593)

Restricted share expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,322

 

 

 

 

 

1,322

Vesting of restricted shares

 

 

 

 

 

2,915

 

 

 

(2,915)

 

 

 

 

 

-

Common shares issued on exercise of share based options, net of related costs

246

 

 

 

 

 

(150)

 

 

 

 

 

96

Share based compensation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(521)

 

 

 

 

 

(521)

Common shares acquired by U.S. long-term incentive plan

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,606

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,606

Deferred compensation obligation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,606)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,606)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,866

 

23,866

Balance at March 31, 2016

 

 

$

1,692,209

$

(13,139)

$

-

$

4,751

$

(376,475)

$

(172,806)

$

1,134,540

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Common

 

Restricted

 

Treasury

 

Additional paid in

 

Accum-

ulated

 

Accum-

ulated other comprehen

-sive loss

 

Total

 

 

 

 

shares

 

shares

 

shares

 

capital

 

deficit

 

(Note 11)

 

equity

Balance at December 31, 2014

 

 

$

1,734,372

$

(9,184)

$

-

$

4,023

$

(377,172)

$

(123,246)

$

1,228,793

Net income

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

18,121

 

  

 

18,121

Dividends declared

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

(14,438)

 

  

 

(14,438)

Restricted shares purchased, net of restricted shares sold

 

 

  

 

(2,481)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

(2,481)

Restricted share expense

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

806

 

  

 

  

 

806

Common shares issued on exercise of share based options

 

 

79

 

  

 

  

 

(26)

 

  

 

  

 

53

Common shares acquired by U.S. long-term incentive plan

 

 

  

 

  

 

1,293

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

1,293

Deferred compensation obligation

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(1,293)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

(1,293)

Repurchase of common shares and related costs

 

 

(6,692)

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

(8,592)

 

  

 

(15,284)

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

  

 

(41,682)

 

(41,682)

Balance at March 31, 2015

 

 

$

1,727,759

$

(11,665)

$

-

$

4,803

$

(382,081)

$

(164,928)

$

1,173,888

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 5 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

1.   Organization

 

Effective May 2, 2011, Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (the “Company”) amalgamated with its parent IESI-BFC Ltd. and continued operating as Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.  The Company was incorporated on May 20, 2009 under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario).   

 

The Company, through its operating subsidiaries, provides vertically integrated non-hazardous solid waste (“waste”) services to commercial, industrial, municipal and residential customers in Canada and the U.S.

 

Pending Business Combination with Waste Connections, Inc.

On January 18, 2016, the Company entered into a definitive agreement and plan of merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with and among Waste Connections, Inc. (“WCI”) and Water Merger Sub LLC (“Merger Sub”), a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company.  Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company will combine with WCI in an all-stock merger.  Merger Sub will merge with and into WCI, with WCI continuing as the surviving entity (the “Merger”).  In consideration for the Merger, WCI stockholders will receive common shares of Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. and become shareholders of the Company.  It is anticipated that the Company’s shareholders and WCI stockholders, in each case as of immediately prior to the Merger, will hold approximately 30% and 70%, respectively, of the outstanding common shares of the Company immediately after completion of the Merger.  The Merger and the related transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement were unanimously approved by both companies’ Boards of Directors and are expected to close in the second quarter of 2016. 

 

The Merger was negotiated on an implied exchange ratio of 0.4815 per share of WCI common stock for each common share of the Company.  As a result, WCI shareholders will receive 2.076843 common shares of the Company for each share of WCI common stock that they own.  Following completion of the Merger, the Company will change its name to “Waste Connections, Inc.” and it is anticipated that the Company’s common shares will trade on both the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”) and Toronto Stock Exchange (the “TSX”) under the symbol WCN.

 

The transaction is structured as a reverse merger pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into WCI, with each share of WCI stock automatically converting into the right to receive 2.076843 common shares of the Company.  Additionally, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, the Company will assume certain outstanding equity incentive awards of WCI outstanding immediately prior to the Merger.  Each WCI equity incentive award that the Company assumes will entitle its holder to receive common shares of the Company in lieu of shares of WCI common stock (adjusted in accordance with the 1:2.076843 exchange ratio noted above).

 

Subject to applicable shareholder approval and approval by the TSX, immediately following completion of the Merger, the Company expects to consolidate its common shares on the basis of 0.4815 (1 divided by the 2.076843 exchange ratio noted above) of a common share on a post-consolidation basis for each common share outstanding on a pre-consolidation basis.  If the share consolidation is implemented, WCI shareholders will instead receive one common share of the Company for every one share of WCI common stock held (and holders of WCI equity incentive awards assumed by the Company will similarly have the right to receive one common share of the Company for every one share of WCI common stock underlying the assumed equity incentive award).  Following the consolidation, there will be approximately 175,000 common shares of the Company outstanding and on a fully diluted basis.

 

WCI has been identified as the acquirer in this transaction for accounting purposes and will apply the acquisition method of accounting.  The identification of the acquirer requires various considerations including the relative voting rights post-closing, the size of minority voting interests and the composition of the governing body and senior management.  Based on all considerations outlined above, the shareholders of WCI will hold the majority of all voting rights post-closing and both the composition of the governing body and senior management post-closing are most closely aligned with WCI.

 

The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of both companies’ shareholders, U.S. antitrust approval and approval from the TSX.  On February 26, 2016, the Company and WCI received U.S. antitrust approval for the proposed combination which satisfies one of the conditions of closing.  The consummation of the Merger is not conditioned on the Company’s shareholders approving the share consolidation.

 

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 6 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

2.  Reporting Currency

 

The Company has elected to report its financial results in U.S. dollars to improve the comparability of its financial information with its peers.  Reporting the Company’s financial results in U.S. dollars also reduces the impact of foreign currency fluctuation in its reported amounts because the Company’s collection of assets and operations are larger in the U.S. than they are in Canada.  The Company remains a legally domiciled Canadian entity and its functional currency is the Canadian dollar.  As a result, the Company’s financial position, results of operations, cash flows and equity are initially translated to, and consolidated in, Canadian dollars using the current rate method of accounting.  The Company’s consolidated Canadian dollar financial position is further translated from Canadian to U.S. dollars applying the foreign currency exchange rate in effect at the consolidated balance sheet date, while the Company’s consolidated Canadian dollar results of operations and cash flows are translated to U.S. dollars applying the average foreign currency exchange rate in effect during the reporting period.  The resulting translation adjustments are included in other comprehensive income or loss.  Translating the Company’s U.S. financial position, results of operations and cash flows into Canadian dollars, the Company’s functional currency, and re-translating these amounts to U.S. dollars, the Company’s reporting currency, has no translation impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.  Accordingly, U.S. results retain their original values when expressed in the Company’s reporting currency.   

 

3.  Interim Financial Statements

  

The unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements (“financial statements”) do not conform in all respects to the annual requirements of accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. (“U.S. GAAP”).  Accordingly, these financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements, and notes thereto, for the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014.  These financial statements have been prepared by management in accordance with U.S. GAAP applicable to interim financial statements and follow the same accounting policies and methods in their application as the most recent audited consolidated financial statements, except as outlined in Note 4.  In management’s opinion, these financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, its results of operations and cash flows, for the periods presented. 

 

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 7 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

4.  Changes in Accounting Policies

 

Revenue – Revenue from Contracts with Customers

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued their final standard on revenue from contracts with customers.  The standard provides a single comprehensive model for entities to use in accounting for revenue arising from contracts with customers and supersedes most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance.  The core principle of the revenue model is that an entity recognizes revenue to depict the transfer of promised goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services.  In applying the revenue model to contracts within its scope, an entity identifies the contract(s) with a customer (step 1), identifies the performance obligations in the contract (step 2), determines the transaction price (step 3), allocates the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract (step 4), and recognizes revenue when (or as) the entity satisfies a performance obligation (step 5).  This standard applies to all contracts with customers except those that are within the scope of other topics.  Certain provisions of this standard also apply to transfers of nonfinancial assets, including in-substance nonfinancial assets that are not an output of an entity’s ordinary activities (e.g., sales of property, plant, and equipment; land and buildings; or intangible assets) and existing accounting guidance applicable to these transfers has been amended or superseded. Compared with current U.S. GAAP, this standard also requires significantly expanded disclosures about revenue recognition.  Broadly, an entity is required to disclose sufficient information to enable users of financial statements to understand the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.  Disclosure includes separately disclosing revenues derived from contracts with customers from other sources of revenues and separately disclosing any impairment losses recognized on any receivables or contract assets from other contracts.  An entity is also required to disaggregate its revenues recognized from contracts into categories that depict how the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows are affected by economic factors.  Disaggregated revenues must be further reconciled to revenues presented on a reportable segment basis to allow financial statement users to understand the relationship between disaggregated and reportable segment revenues.  Disclosures are also required with respect to the opening and closing balances of receivables, contract assets, and contract liabilities from contracts with customers, if not otherwise separately presented and disclosed.  In addition, revenue recognized in the reporting period that was included in the contract liability balance at the beginning of the period is required disclosure, and revenue recognized in the reporting period from performance obligations satisfied, in full or in part, in previous periods, must also be disclosed.  Qualitative and quantitative disclosures for contract assets and liabilities must also disclose changes resulting from business combinations, cumulative catch-up adjustments to revenues, including a change in the measure of a contracts progress, a change in an estimate of the transaction price, a contract modification, a contract impairment, a change in the condition of rights or a change in the time for a performance obligation to be satisfied.  An entity must further disclose its significant performance obligations included in its contracts with its customers, including when performance obligations are satisfied, the significant terms of payment, the nature of the goods or services that an entity has promised to transfer, obligations for returns, refunds and any type of warranty or related obligation.  Any portion of the transaction price that is allocated to a performance obligation that is unsatisfied is required disclosure, including an explanation of when the entity expects to recognize revenues pertaining to an unsatisfied performance obligation and disclosing numerically the amounts to recognize over appropriate and relevant time bands.  Significant judgments made assessing the timing of performance obligations and determining the allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations that could significantly impact the determination of revenue recognized from contracts with customers must be disclosed.  Performance obligations satisfied over time requires disclosure of the method used to recognize revenue and a supporting explanation of why this method was chosen.  Performance obligations satisfied at a point in time must also be disclosed when significant judgments are made in evaluating when a customer obtains control of a good or service. 

 

This guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including each interim period thereafter.  In August 2015, FASB issued an Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) deferring the effective date of this standard for one year.  The ASU also permits early adoption of the new standard, but not before the original public entity effective date of annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016.

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

An entity can chose to adopt this guidance applying one of two approaches:

 

a.        retrospective application for each prior reporting period presented, subject to certain practical expedients in respect of completed contracts and transaction prices allocated to the remaining performance obligations that an entity expected to recognize as revenue, or

b.       retrospective application with the cumulative effect of initially applying this guidance recognized at the date of initial application.  If an entity elects this transition method it should also provide the additional disclosures in reporting periods that include the date of initial application of, including the amount by which each financial statement line item is affected in the current reporting period by the application of this guidance compared to the guidance that was in effect before the change and an explanation of the reasons for significant changes.

  

In March 2016, FASB issued additional implementation guidance on principal versus agent considerations, which includes indicators to assist an entity in determining whether it controls a specified good or service before it is transferred to the customer. 

 

In April 2016, FASB issued additional implementation guidance on identifying performance obligations and licensing.  The amendments in this update do not change the core principle of the guidance but provides further clarification on these two areas.

  

The effective date and transition requirements for these amendments are the same as those above.

 

The Company continues to assess the impact this guidance will have on its financial statements.

 

Compensation – Share Based Compensation

In June 2014, FASB issued guidance on how entities record compensation cost when an award participant’s requisite service period ends in advance of the performance condition being satisfied.  That is, when an award participant is eligible to vest in the award regardless of whether the participant is rendering service on the date the performance target is achieved.  The guidance requires entities to recognize compensation cost in the period in which it becomes probable that the performance condition will be achieved and should record the compensation cost over the period for which the award participant renders service.  If the performance target becomes probable of achievement before the end of the requisite service period, the remaining unrecognized compensation cost must be recognized over the remaining requisite service period.  If the achievement of the performance condition becomes probable after the award participants requisite service period, compensation cost will be recognized immediately in the period when the performance condition becomes probable.  The total amount of compensation cost recognized during and after the requisite service period should reflect the number of awards that are expected to vest and should be adjusted to reflect those awards that ultimately vest.  The guidance also outlines that the grant date fair value of the award should not consider the performance condition in its determination.  This guidance is effective for all reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted.  The amendments are to be applied either prospectively to all awards granted or modified after the effective date or retrospectively to all awards with performance targets that are outstanding as of the beginning of the earliest annual period presented in the financial statements and to all new or modified awards thereafter.  This guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

Presentation of Financial Statements – Going Concern

In August 2014, FASB released additional guidance requiring management to evaluate whether there is substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern.  In connection with the preparation of financial statements for each annual and interim reporting period, an entity’s management should evaluate whether there are conditions or events, considered in the aggregate, that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern.  Substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern exists when relevant conditions and events, considered in the aggregate, indicate that it is probable that the entity will be unable to meet its obligations as they become due within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued, or are available to be issued.     

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

When management identifies conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern, management should assess if its intended plans to mitigate those relevant conditions or events would alleviate this doubt. The entity must disclose information that enables users of the financial statements to understand 1) principal conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about the entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and 2) management’s evaluation of the significance of those conditions or events in relation to the entity’s ability to meet its obligations. If substantial doubt is alleviated as a result of this assessment, the entity is also required to disclose the relevant plan that it expects will alleviate the substantial doubt. However, if substantial doubt is not alleviated the entity is required to disclose its plans that are intended to mitigate the conditions or events that raise substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.  

 

These amendments are effective for all reporting periods ending after December 15, 2016 with early adoption permitted.  The Company does not anticipate these new amendments will have a significant impact on its financial statements.

 

Income Statement – Extraordinary and Unusual Items

In January 2015, FASB simplified an entities’ income statement presentation by eliminating the concept of extraordinary items as part of its initiative to reduce complexity in accounting standards.  Eliminating the concept of extraordinary items will save time and reduce costs for preparers because they will not have to assess whether a particular event or transaction event is extraordinary.  This also alleviates uncertainty for preparers, auditors, and regulators because auditors and regulators will no longer need to evaluate whether a preparer treated an unusual and/or infrequent item appropriately.  The amendments are effective for all reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015.  A reporting entity may apply the amendments prospectively.  A reporting entity also may apply the amendments retrospectively to all prior periods presented in the financial statements.  Early adoption is permitted provided that the guidance is applied from the beginning of the fiscal year of adoption.  This guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

Interest – Imputation of Interest: Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs

In April 2015, FASB issued an amendment to simplify the presentation of debt issuance costs.  The update requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts.  Recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not impacted by this amendment.  The amendment is effective for all reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, applied on a retrospective basis.  Early adoption is permitted for financial statements that have not been previously issued. 

 

In August 2015, an ASU further clarified the presentation and subsequent measurement of debt issuance costs related to line-of-credit arrangements which were not addressed in the original ASU issued in April.  This ASU permits an entity to defer and present debt issuance costs as an asset, net of amortization recorded ratably over the term, for line-of-credit arrangements, regardless of whether there are any outstanding borrowings on the line-of-credit arrangement.

  

Deferred financing costs recorded as an asset on the balance sheet are subject to these amendments effective January 1, 2016.  Accordingly, deferred financing costs attributable to long-term debt arrangements, other than line-of-credit arrangements, totaling $3,489 at December 31, 2015, have been reclassified to long-term debt.

 

Intangibles – Goodwill and Other – Internal-Use Software: Customer’s Accounting for Fees Paid in a Cloud Computing Arrangement

In May 2015, FASB provided additional guidance regarding the accounting for fees paid by a customer in a cloud computing arrangement, which amongst other things included guidance on cloud computing arrangements that include a software license.  If a cloud computing arrangement includes a software license the customer should account for the software license component of the arrangement like any other software licenses.  If a cloud computing arrangement does not include a software license, the customer should account for the arrangement as a service contract.  These amendments are effective for all reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015 and can be applied on either a prospective basis for all arrangements entered into or materially modified after the effective date or retrospectively.  Early adoption is permitted.  This guidance did not have a significant impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement of Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities

In January 2016, FASB issued an amendment to provide users of financial statements with more useful information with respect to financial instruments.  The primary provisions include:

 

a.        measuring equity investments at their estimated fair value with changes recorded to net income, excluding investments accounted for under the equity method of accounting or those that result in consolidation of the investee.  Notwithstanding, an entity may choose to measure equity investments that do not have readily determinable fair values at cost minus impairment, if any, plus or minus changes resulting from observable price changes in orderly transactions for the identical or a similar investment of the same issuer

b.       simplifying the impairment assessment of equity investments that don’t have readily determinable fair values by requiring a qualitative assessment to identify impairment.  When a qualitative assessment indicates that impairment exists, an entity is required to measure the investment at its estimated fair value

c.        eliminating the requirement to disclose the estimated fair value of financial instruments measured at amortized cost for entities that are not public

d.       eliminating the requirement for public entities to disclose the method(s) and significant assumptions applied to estimate fair value for financial instruments measured at amortized cost

e.       requiring public entities to use the exit price notion when measuring the estimated fair value of financial instruments for disclosure purposes

f.         requiring entities to present separately in other comprehensive income the portion of the total change in the estimated fair value of a liability resulting from a change in the instrument-specific credit risk when the entity has elected to measure the liability at fair value in accordance with the fair value option for financial instruments

g.       requiring entities to separately present financial assets and financial liabilities by measurement category and form of financial asset, representing securities or loans and receivables, on the balance sheet or in the accompanying notes to the financial statements

h.       clarifying that an entity should evaluate the need for a valuation allowance on a deferred tax asset related to available-for-sale securities in combination with the entity’s other deferred tax assets.

 

For public entities, these amendments are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2017, including interim periods within those fiscal years.  Early application is not permitted, except for item f. which must be adopted at the beginning of the fiscal year in the year of adoption. 

 

An entity should apply these amendments through a cumulative-effect adjustment to the balance sheet as of the beginning of the fiscal year in the year of adoption.  Amendments related to equity securities without readily determinable fair values, including the related disclosure requirements, should be applied prospectively to equity investments that exist as of the date of adoption.

 

The Company does not anticipate this guidance will have a significant impact on its financial statements.

 

Leases

In February 2016, the FASB issued a new standard for leases to increase transparency and comparability among organizations by recognizing lease assets and lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about leasing arrangements.

 

The new standard requires entities to recognize the assets and liabilities that arise from a lease, which differs from the previous guidance which did not require lease assets and lease liabilities to be recognized for leases characterized as an operating lease.  A lessee is required to recognize a liability reflecting lease amounts payable and a right-of-use asset representing its right to use the underlying asset for the lease term.  When measuring assets and liabilities arising from a lease, a lessee (and a lessor) is required to include payments expected to be made in optional periods only if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise an option to extend the lease or not to exercise an option to terminate the lease.  Similarly, optional payments to purchase the underlying asset should be included in the measurement of lease assets and lease liabilities only if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise that purchase option.  Also consistent with the previous guidance, a lessee (and a lessor) excludes most variable lease payments in measuring lease assets and lease liabilities, other than those that depend on an index or a rate or are in substance fixed payments.

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

For leases with a term of 12 months or less, a lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities.  If a lessee makes this election, it will recognize lease expense for such leases generally on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

 

The recognition, measurement, and presentation of expenses and cash flows arising from a lease by a lessee have not significantly changed from previous guidance.  Differentiation between finance leases and operating leases continues, however, the principal difference from previous guidance is that the lease assets and lease liabilities arising from operating leases should be recognized in the statement of financial position.

 

This guidance is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years, for public entities.  Early adoption is permitted for all entities.  

 

The Company is in the process of assessing the impact this guidance will have on its financial statements.

 

Compensation – Stock Compensation: Improvements to Employee Share-Based Payment Accounting

 

In March 2016, FASB issued an update to simplify certain aspects of accounting for share-based payment transactions, including excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies and minimum statutory tax withholding requirements along with their presentation on the statement of cash flows, classification of awards as equity or liabilities (for non-public entities), and forfeitures. 

 

This guidance is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those annual periods.  Early adoption is permitted in any interim or annual period.  If an entity early adopts the amendments in an interim period, any adjustments should be reflected as of the beginning of the fiscal year that includes that interim period and an entity that elects early adoption must adopt all of the amendments in the same period.

 

Amendments related to the timing of when excess tax benefits are recognized, minimum statutory withholding requirements, forfeitures, and intrinsic value should be applied using a modified retrospective transition method by means of a cumulative-effect adjustment to equity as of the beginning of the period in which the guidance is adopted.   Amendments related to the presentation of employee taxes paid on the statement of cash flows when an employer withholds shares to meet the minimum statutory withholding requirement should be applied retrospectively.  Amendments requiring recognition of excess tax benefits and tax deficiencies in the income statement should be applied prospectively.  An entity may elect to apply the amendments related to the presentation of excess tax benefits on the statement of cash flows using either a prospective transition or retrospective transition method.

 

The Company does not anticipate this guidance will have a significant impact on its financial statements.

  

5.  Acquisitions

 

The following table outlines the number of acquisitions completed by the Company, by segment, for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.  Acquisitions may include all of the issued and outstanding share capital of the purchased company or certain assets and liabilities of the company.  

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

2015

Segment

 

Assets

 

Shares

 

Total

 

Assets

 

Shares

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

East

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1

 

-

 

1

Total acquisitions

 

-

 

-

 

-

 

1

 

-

 

1

 

 

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

The acquisition constitutes a business.  The Company considers the acquisition a “tuck-in”.  Tuck-in acquisitions represent the acquisition of solid waste collection and or disposal operation in markets where the Company has existing operations.  Goodwill arising from a tuck-in acquisition is largely attributable to assembled workforces and expected synergies resulting from personnel and operating overhead reductions, disposal or collection advantages or the deployment of market focused strategies.  Pro forma revenues and net income for this acquisition has not been disclosed as the company acquired is immaterial.  The financial results of this acquisition have been included in the Company’s financial statements since the date of closing.

 

The payment of contingent consideration, for acquisitions completed prior to 2009, resulting from the satisfaction of various business performance targets, is also subject to final adjustment.  Final fair value adjustments occurring during the measurement period that change the fair value of certain assets or liabilities are recorded to the original purchase price allocation.

 

Cash consideration paid, including the allocation to the fair value of net assets acquired, is as follows:  

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash, including holdbacks and unpaid consideration (as applicable)

 

 

 

 

$

-

$

342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Allocation of net assets acquired

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Intangibles  (Note 7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

$

357

Capital assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

$

68

Accounts payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

$

(83)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consideration by segment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

East

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

342

Total consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

$

342

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aggregate cash consideration (excluding holdbacks and cash 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  payments due to sellers for achieving various

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  business performance targets)

  

 

  

  

$

-

$

242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contingent consideration (paid in respect of acquisitions completed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  prior to January 1, 2009)

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

  

$

130

$

139

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Transaction costs (included in selling, general and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  administration expense)

 

 

  

 

  

  

$

81

$

228

 

On January 2, 2015, the Company paid $29,457 for a business it acquired control of on December 31, 2014. 

 

The Company typically holds back a portion of the amount due to the seller subject to the satisfaction of various business performance conditions.  These conditions are generally short-term in nature and the Company has assessed the fair value of its obligation as the full amount of the hold back.  In certain circumstances, the Company has also agreed to pay sellers additional amounts for meeting certain business performance targets which are longer in term.  The Company has assessed the fair value of its obligation as the full amount of the additional consideration expected to be paid discounted to the date of acquisition.  Holdback and additional amounts payable for current period acquisitions totaled $nil as at March 31, 2016 (December 31, 2015 - $6,174).    

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

6.  Net Gain on Sale of Capital and Landfill Assets - Asset Divestiture

 

In September 2014, the Company embarked on an evaluation of its strategic options for its Long Island, New York operations included in its East segment.  As a result of this evaluation, the Company concluded that it could generate a higher return from monetizing the net assets of this operation than continuing to operate them.  The Company subsequently issued a confidential information memorandum to a targeted audience of prospective buyers for its commercial, industrial and residential collection business and its transfer station and material recovery facilities.  The Company accepted an offer and completed the sale on February 28, 2015 for net proceeds of $76,190.  The carrying value of the net assets at February 28, 2015 was $68,171 resulting in a gain of $8,019. This gain was recorded to net gain or loss on sale of capital and landfill assets in the statement of operations and comprehensive income or loss for the three months ended March 31, 2015.

 

7.  Intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

Cost

  

Accumulated amortization

 

Net book value

 

Additions

 

Weighted average amortization period of additions (expressed in years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer collection contracts

 

 

$

196,678

$

161,463

$

35,215

$

-

 

-

Customer lists

 

 

 

226,652

 

117,652

 

109,000

 

-

 

-

Non-competition agreements

 

 

 

12,148

 

5,519

 

6,629

 

-

 

-

Transfer station permits

 

 

 

22,864

 

7,975

 

14,889

 

-

 

-

Trade-names

 

 

 

12,483

 

9,546

 

2,937

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

$

470,825

$

302,155

$

168,670

$

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 December 31, 2015

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

Cost

  

Accumulated amortization

 

Net book value

 

Additions (including adjustments)

 

Weighted average amortization period of additions (expressed in years)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Customer collection contracts

 

 

$

193,983

$

157,810

$

36,173

$

-

 

-

Customer lists

 

 

 

236,163

 

120,195

 

115,968

 

22,418

 

7.00

Non-competition agreements

 

 

 

15,559

 

8,318

 

7,241

 

20

 

5.00

Transfer station permits

 

 

 

21,661

 

7,322

 

14,339

 

-

 

-

Trade-names

 

 

 

12,069

 

8,817

 

3,252

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

$

479,435

$

302,462

$

176,973

$

22,438

 

 

 

Adjustments to the fair value of certain assets occurring in the measurement period and acquired in 2014 resulted in a $22,081 increase to customer lists for the three month period ended March 31, 2015.

 

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

Estimated intangible amortization expense in each of the five succeeding years, or part thereof in the case of 2016, and thereafter is as follows:

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

30,776

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,361

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

24,352

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

18,860

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

13,965

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

43,356

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

168,670

 

8.  Goodwill

 

The following tables outline the change in goodwill by segment for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

North

 

West

 

East

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill, stated at cost

$

303,917

$

333,875

$

609,676

$

1,247,468

Accumulated impairment loss

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

(360,557)

 

(360,557)

Balance, beginning of year

 

 

 

 

303,917

 

333,875

 

249,119

 

886,911

Goodwill adjustments in respect of prior period acquisitions, during the period

 

-

 

130

 

-

 

130

Foreign currency exchange adjustment, for the period

20,409

 

-

 

-

 

20,409

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill, stated at cost

 

 

 

 

324,326

 

334,005

 

609,676

 

1,268,007

Accumulated impairment loss

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

(360,557)

 

(360,557)

Balance, end of period

 

 

 

$

324,326

$

334,005

$

249,119

$

907,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

North

 

West

 

East

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill, stated at cost(1)

$

362,599

$

341,123

$

594,129

$

1,297,851

Accumulated impairment loss

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

(360,557)

 

(360,557)

Balance, beginning of year

 

 

 

 

362,599

 

341,123

 

233,572

 

937,294

Goodwill adjustments in respect of prior period acquisitions, during the period(1)

 

-

 

(13,096)

 

(8,967)

 

(22,063)

Foreign currency exchange adjustment, for the period

(30,934)

 

-

 

-

 

(30,934)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill, stated at cost

 

 

 

 

331,665

 

328,027

 

585,162

 

1,244,854

Accumulated impairment loss

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

(360,557)

 

(360,557)

Balance, end of period

 

 

 

$

331,665

$

328,027

$

224,605

$

884,297

 

Note:

(1)  Goodwill amounts have been reassigned to the East and West segments on a relative fair value basis reflecting changes to the Company’s segments as a result of its regional management reorganization announced April 30, 2015 (Note 17).

 

In 2015, adjustments to preliminary purchase price allocations resulted in a $22,178 decrease to goodwill.

 

The Company has not disposed of any goodwill in the three months ended March 31, 2016 or in the year ended  December 31, 2015, with the exception of goodwill attributable to its Long Island, New York operations.

 

The Company did not recognize an impairment charge for goodwill in the three months ended March 31, 2016 or in the year ended  December 31, 2015.

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

9.  Accrued Charges

 

Accrued charges comprise the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,            2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Insurance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

48,040

$

45,784

Payroll and related costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,867

 

33,374

Franchise and royalty fees

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,544

 

3,947

Interest

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

817

 

853

Provincial, federal and state sales taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,209

 

6,102

Acquisition holdbacks and acquisition related costs

 

 

 

 

7,731

 

7,748

Environmental surcharges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,756

 

5,242

Property taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,038

 

73

Disposal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,140

 

8,085

Share based options (Note 12)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,648

 

5,986

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,505

 

22,794

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

155,295

$

139,988

 

10.  Landfill Closure and Post-Closure Costs

 

The tables below outline key assumptions used to determine the value of landfill closure and post-closure costs.  The tables also outline the expected timing of undiscounted landfill closure and post-closure expenditures and changes to landfill closure and post-closure costs between periods.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

Fair value of legally restricted assets (funded landfill post-closure costs)

 

 

$

10,959

Undiscounted closure and post-closure costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

735,808

Credit adjusted risk-free rates - North segment landfills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.6 - 9.5%

Credit adjusted risk-free rates - East and West segment landfills

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.5 - 7.2%

Expected timing of undiscounted landfill closure and post-closure expenditures

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,625

2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,227

2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,326

2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,749

2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,776

Thereafter

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

676,105

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

735,808

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Landfill closure and post-closure costs, beginning of the year

 

 

 

 

$

125,912

$

130,145

Provision for landfill closure and post-closure costs, during the period

 

 

 

 

 

2,211

 

2,312

Accretion of landfill closure and post-closure costs, during the period

 

 

 

 

 

1,581

 

1,599

Landfill closure and post-closure expenditures, during the period

 

 

 

 

 

(829)

 

(1,047)

Revisions to estimated cash flows, during the period

 

 

 

 

 

(219)

 

-

Foreign currency translation adjustment, for the period

 

 

 

 

 

2,095

 

(3,256)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

130,751

 

129,753

Less current portion of landfill closure and post-closure costs

 

 

 

 

 

10,625

 

8,963

Landfill closure and post-closure costs, end of period

 

 

 

 

$

120,126

$

120,790

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 16 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

11.  Shareholders’ Equity

 

Normal course issuer bid

Effective August 28, 2015, the Company received approval for a normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 10,000 of the Company’s common shares for a one year period that expires on August 27, 2016.  Daily purchases are limited to a maximum of 59.725 shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange.  Once a week, the Company is permitted to purchase a block of its common shares which can exceed the daily purchase limit, as long as the block is not owned by an insider.  All shares purchased are expected to be cancelled. 

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, no common shares (2015 - 509) were purchased and cancelled at a total cost of $nil (2015 - $15,284).  As of April 26, 2015, no additional common shares were purchased and settled.

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, is comprised of accumulated foreign currency translation adjustments, including accumulated exchange gains or losses on intangibles, goodwill and capital and landfill assets, partially offset by accumulated exchange losses or gains on long-term debt, landfill closure and post-closure costs, and deferred income tax liabilities.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

Derivatives designated as cash flow hedges, net of income tax

 

Accumulated other comprehen-

sive loss

Three months ended March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of year

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(196,672)

$

-

$

(196,672)

Other comprehensive income, during the period

 

23,866

 

-

 

23,866

Balance, end of period

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(172,806)

$

-

$

(172,806)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended March 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of year

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(123,246)

$

-

$

(123,246)

Other comprehensive loss, during the period

 

(41,682)

 

-

 

(41,682)

Balance, end of period

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(164,928)

$

-

$

(164,928)

 

Net (loss) income per share

The following table presents net (loss) income and reconciles the weighted average number of shares outstanding at March 31, 2016 and 2015 for the purpose of computing basic and diluted net (loss) income per share.

 

 

 

 

  

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

  

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

Net (loss) income

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

(2,010)

$

18,121

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares, basic

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

109,306

 

112,501

Dilutive effect of share based options

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

-

 

-

Weighted average number of shares, diluted

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

109,306

 

112,501

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income per weighted average share, basic and diluted

  

  

  

  

$

(0.02)

$

0.16

Issued and outstanding share based options

 

  

 

  

 

989

 

1,099

 

Share based options are anti-dilutive to the calculation of net income per share and have therefore been excluded from the calculation.

 

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 17 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

12.  Share Based Compensation

 

Compensation expense includes restricted share expense or recovery, fair value changes in performance share units (“PSUs”) and share based options, all of which are recorded to selling, general and administration expense on the statement of operations and comprehensive income or loss.

 

Restricted shares

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, restricted share expense amounted to $1,322 (2015 - $806).

 

PSUs

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, PSU expense totaled $2,610 (2015 - $1,643).  In addition, as of March 31, 2016, unrecognized compensation cost for PSUs totaled $6,236 (December 31, 2015 - $4,045).  At March 31, 2016, $10,248 is accrued (December 31, 2015 - $8,759).

 

Share based options

For the three months ended March 31, 2016, share based option expense amounted to $5,241 (2015 – $1,466).  In addition, as of March 31, 2016, unrecognized compensation cost for share based options totaled $2,214 (December 31, 2015 - $4,034).  At March 31, 2016, $11,648 (December 31, 2015 - $5,986) is accrued.

 

In January 2016, 600 share based options previously awarded to two former employees were forfeited.  The forfeiture resulted in a $521 recovery of previously recognized share based compensation expense.

 

13.  Commitments and Contingencies

 

Upon closing of the pending business combination with WCI, the Company is expected to incur a transaction fee of $32,000 payable to its financial advisor.

 

Progressive Waste Solutions of FL, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, and Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. (collectively, ”Progressive”) were named as defendants in a putative class action lawsuit filed in October 2015 (the “Complaint”) on behalf of current and former customers of Progressive who reside in the state of Florida.  The Complaint alleged Progressive charged customers a fuel surcharge and/or an environmental surcharge in violation of Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (“FDUTPA”).  The alleged class period was four years prior to the filing of the Complaint (October 2011).  The Complaint has now been withdrawn.

  

14.  Related Party Transactions

 

Transportation services

A company owned by an officer of a Progressive Waste Solutions Canada Inc. subsidiary provides transportation services to the Company.  Total charges of $404 (2015 - $746) were incurred by the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2016, and are recorded to operating expenses.  Amounts included in accounts payable at March 31, 2016 total $86 (December 31, 2015 - $38).

 

These transactions were recorded at their exchange amounts.

 

 

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 18 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

15.  Financial Instruments

 

The following table categorizes the Company’s derivative financial assets and liabilities and presents their estimated fair values.  Financial instruments are recorded as other assets or other liabilities on the Company’s balance sheet.   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31,            2016

 

December 31, 2015

Financial assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated in a hedging relationship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Current - foreign currency exchange agreements

 

 

 

 

$

15

$

-

   

Long-term - interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

-

$

759

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Financial liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated in a hedging relationship

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current - interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,050

$

9,473

 

Long-term - interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

27,611

$

12,191

  

Current - foreign currency exchange agreements

 

 

 

 

$

-

$

27

   

Current - fuel hedges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,643

$

3,099

 

Long-term - fuel hedges

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

714

$

843

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The following tables outline the hierarchical measurement categories for various financial assets and liabilities.  As at March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, financial assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis had the following estimated fair values expressed on a gross basis:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets

(Level 1)

 

Significant other observable inputs

(Level 2)

 

Significant unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

$

43,919

$

-

$

-

$

43,919

Funded landfill post-closure costs

 

 

 

 

10,959

 

-

 

-

 

10,959

Other assets - foreign currency exchange agreements

 

-

 

15

 

-

 

15

Other liabilities - fuel hedges

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

(3,357)

 

(3,357)

Other liabilities - interest rate swaps

 

 

 

-

 

(37,661)

 

-

 

(37,661)

 

 

 

 

 

$

54,878

$

(37,646)

$

(3,357)

$

13,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets

(Level 1)

 

Significant other observable inputs

(Level 2)

 

Significant unobservable inputs

(Level 3)

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

$

35,780

$

-

$

-

$

35,780

Funded landfill post-closure costs

 

 

 

 

10,145

 

-

 

-

 

10,145

Other assets - interest rate swaps

 

-

 

759

 

-

 

759

Other liabilities - fuel hedges

 

 

 

-

 

-

 

(3,942)

 

(3,942)

Other liabilities - interest rate swaps

 

 

 

-

 

(21,664)

 

-

 

(21,664)

Other liabilities - foreign currency exchange agreements

 

-

 

(27)

 

-

 

(27)

 

 

 

 

 

$

45,925

$

(20,932)

$

(3,942)

$

21,051

 

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 19 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

The following table outlines the change in estimated fair value for recurring Level 3 financial instrument measurements for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, respectively:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31

Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance, beginning of year

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(3,942)

$

(3,384)

Realized losses included in the statement of operations, during the period

 

 

 

(1,086)

 

(686)

Unrealized gains included in the statement of operations, during the period

 

 

 

585

 

492

Settlements

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,086

 

686

Foreign currency translation adjustment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

-

 

67

Balance, end of period

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(3,357)

$

(2,825)

 

Fair value

Cash equivalents are invested in a money market account offered through a Canadian financial institution.  The estimated fair value of cash equivalents is equal to its carrying amount.

 

Funded landfill post-closure costs are invested in Bankers’ Acceptances, offered through Canadian financial institutions, or Government of Canada treasury bills.  The estimated fair value of these investments is supported by quoted prices in active markets for identical assets.

 

The estimated fair values of financial instruments are calculated using available market information, and commonly accepted valuation methods.  Considerable judgment is required to interpret market information used to develop these estimates.  Accordingly, these fair value estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts the Company, or counter-parties to the instruments, could realize in a current market exchange.  The use of different assumptions and or estimation methods could have a material effect on the estimate of fair value.

 

The Company’s interest rate swaps are recorded at their estimated fair values determined using a discounted cash flow analysis.  The analysis utilizes observable market data including forward yield curves to determine the market’s expectation of the future cash flows of the variable component.  The fixed and variable components of the derivative are then discounted using calculated discount factors developed from the zero rate curve and are aggregated to arrive at an estimated fair value.  The Company also incorporates credit valuation adjustments to reflect nonperformance risk for itself and the respective counterparties in the estimation of fair value.  The Company verifies the reasonableness of these estimates by comparing them to quotes received from financial institutions that trade these contracts.  The use of different assumptions and or estimation methods could have a material effect on the estimate of fair value.

 

The estimated fair values of fuel hedges are determined using a discounted cash flow analysis.  This approach uses the forward index curve and the risk-free rate of interest, on a basis consistent with the underlying terms of the agreements, to discount the expected cash flows attributable to these fuel hedges.  Financial institutions are the sources of the forward index curve and risk-free rate of interest.  The use of different assumptions and or estimation methods could have a material effect on the estimate of fair value.

 

The Company’s foreign currency exchange agreements, when applicable, are recorded at their estimated fair value based on quotes received from the financial institution that is counterparty to the agreement.  The Company verifies the reasonableness of the quotes by comparing them to the period end foreign currency exchange rate plus a forward premium.  The use of different assumptions and or estimation methods could result in differing estimates of fair value, which the Company believes would not be material.

 

 

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 20 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

Fuel hedges, interest rate swaps and foreign currency exchange agreements

The Company is subject to credit risk on certain fuel hedges, interest rate swaps and foreign currency exchange agreements (collectively the “agreements”), as applicable.  The Company has entered into interest rate swaps to reduce its exposure to interest rate volatility on consolidated facility advances.  In addition, the Company has entered into fuel hedges for a portion of the diesel fuel consumed in its Canadian and U.S. operations.  The Company has also entered into foreign currency exchange agreements, from time-to-time, to mitigate the risk of foreign currency fluctuations on amounts repayable under its consolidated facility and amounts payable for goods or services received that are payable in a currency that is other than the operating entities’ primary operating currency.

 

The Company’s corporate treasury function is responsible for arranging all agreements and the Audit Committee is responsible for approving certain agreements.  Suitable counterparties identified by the Company’s treasury function are approved by the Audit Committee.  The Company will only enter into agreements with highly rated and experienced counterparties who have successfully demonstrated that they are capable of executing these arrangements.  If the counterparties’ credit rating, prepared by reputable third-party rating agencies, is downgraded, the Company’s treasury function will review the agreement and assess if its exposure to the counterparty can be collateralized or if the agreement should be terminated.  The Company’s treasury function also prepares a report, at least once annually, to the Company’s Audit Committee which outlines the key terms of its agreements, fair values, counterparties and each counterparty’s most recent credit rating, and, when applicable, changes to the risks related to each agreement.

 

The Company’s maximum exposure to credit risk is equal to the estimated fair value of fuel hedges, interest rate swaps and foreign currency exchange agreements, as applicable, recorded to other assets on the Company’s balance sheet.  The Company holds no collateral or other credit enhancements as security over these agreements.  The Company deems the agreements’ credit quality to be high in light of its counterparties and no amounts are either past due or impaired.  In all instances, the Company’s risk management objective is to mitigate its risk exposures to a level consistent with its risk tolerance.

 

The Company has entered into the following fuel hedges, interest rate swaps and foreign currency exchange agreements outlined in the tables below:

U.S. fuel hedges

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date entered

 

Notional amount (gallons per month expressed in gallons)

 

Diesel rate paid (expressed in dollars)

 

Diesel rate received variable

Effective date

 

Expiration date

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

April 2, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.90

 

NYMEX Heating Oil Index

January 1, 2016

December 31, 2016

April 2, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.91

 

NYMEX Heating Oil Index

January 1, 2016

December 31, 2016

July 24, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.77

 

NY Harbor ULSD

January 1, 2016

December 31, 2016

July 24, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.88

 

NY Harbor ULSD

January 1, 2017

December 31, 2017

July 24, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.77

 

NYMEX Heating Oil Index

January 1, 2016

December 31, 2016

July 24, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.87

 

NYMEX Heating Oil Index

January 1, 2017

December 31, 2017

November 13, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.53

 

NY Harbor ULSD

January 1, 2016

December 31, 2016

November 13, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.53

 

NYMEX Heating Oil Index

January 1, 2016

December 31, 2016

December 8, 2015

 

84,000

$

1.45

 

NY Harbor ULSD

January 1, 2016

December 31, 2016

 

 

Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. – March 31, 2016 - 21 


Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date entered

 

 

 

Notional amount

 

Fixed interest rate (plus applicable margin)

 

Variable interest rate received

 

Effective date

 

Expiration date

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 30, 2013

 

 

$

35,000

 

2.97%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 29, 2023

August 30, 2013

 

  

$

40,000

 

2.96%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 29, 2023

September 6, 2013

 

  

$

25,000

 

1.10%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 30, 2016

September 6, 2013

 

  

$

25,000

 

1.10%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 30, 2016

September 6, 2013

 

  

$

25,000

 

1.95%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 28, 2018

September 6, 2013

 

  

$

25,000

 

1.95%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 28, 2018

September 19, 2013

 

  

$

25,000

 

2.30%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 30, 2020

September 19, 2013

 

  

$

25,000

 

2.30%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 30, 2020

September 24, 2013

 

 

$

25,000

 

1.60%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 28, 2018

September 24, 2013

 

 

$

25,000

 

1.60%

 

0.23%

September 30, 2013

September 28, 2018

October 21, 2013

 

 

$

25,000

 

1.51%

 

0.23%

October 31, 2013

September 28, 2018

October 21, 2013

 

 

$

25,000

 

1.53%

 

0.23%

October 31, 2013

September 28, 2018

October 25, 2013

 

 

$

15,000

 

2.65%

 

0.23%

October 31, 2013

September 29, 2023

October 25, 2013

 

 

$

20,000

 

2.64%

 

0.23%

October 31, 2013

September 29, 2023

November 5, 2013

 

 

$

25,000

 

1.50%

 

0.23%

November 7, 2013

September 28, 2018

November 5, 2013

 

 

$

25,000

 

1.50%

 

0.23%

November 7, 2013

September 28, 2018

December 11, 2013

 

 

$

20,000

 

2.18%

 

0.23%

December 13, 2013

September 30, 2020

December 11, 2013

 

 

$

20,000

 

2.17%

 

0.23%

December 13, 2013

September 30, 2020

December 30, 2013

 

 

$

10,000

 

2.96%

 

0.23%

January 2, 2014

September 29, 2023

December 30, 2013

 

 

$

15,000

 

0.75%

 

0.23%

January 2, 2014

September 30, 2016

December 30, 2013

 

 

$

15,000

 

0.79%

 

0.23%

January 2, 2014

September 30, 2016

December 30, 2013

 

 

$

15,000

 

1.62%

 

0.23%

January 2, 2014

September 28, 2018

December 30, 2013

 

 

$

30,000

 

1.66%

 

0.23%

January 2, 2014

September 28, 2018

March 4, 2014

 

 

$

25,000

 

2.25%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 31, 2021

March 4, 2014

 

 

$

25,000

 

2.26%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 28, 2024

March 4, 2014

 

 

$

25,000

 

2.25%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 31, 2021

March 4, 2014

 

 

$

25,000

 

2.78%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 28, 2024

March 17, 2014

 

 

$

20,000

 

1.67%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 29, 2019

March 17, 2014

 

 

$

20,000

 

1.67%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 29, 2019

March 17, 2014

 

 

$

20,000

 

2.27%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 31, 2021

March 17, 2014

 

 

$

20,000

 

2.26%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 31, 2021

March 17, 2014

 

 

$

30,000

 

2.79%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 28, 2024

March 28, 2014

 

 

$

35,000

 

1.64%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

September 30, 2018

March 28, 2014

 

 

$

25,000

 

1.03%

 

0.23%

March 31, 2014

March 31, 2017

July 24, 2014

 

 

$

20,000

 

2.65%

 

0.23%

July 31, 2014

June 28, 2024

 

Foreign currency exchange agreements

Date entered

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. dollars purchased

 

Foreign currency exchange rate

 

Effective date

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 30, 2016

 

  

 

 

 

 

$

16,000

 

1.2975

April 29, 2016

 

 

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

The contractual maturities of the Company’s derivatives are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments due

 

 

 

 

Total

 

Less than 1 year

 

1-3 years

 

4-5 years

 

After 5 years

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Interest rate swaps

 

$

37,661

$

10,050

$

14,634

$

8,224

$

4,753

   

Fuel hedges

 

$

3,357

$

2,643

$

714

$

-

$

-

   

Foreign currency exchange agreements

$

16,000

$

16,000

$

-

$

-

$

-

 

Unrealized amounts recorded to net gain or loss on financial instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 are as follows:  

 

 

 

 

  

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

  

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

2016

 

2015

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

Net loss on financial instruments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Funded landfill post-closure costs

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

6

$

(2)

   

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

14,482

 

11,095

   

Fuel hedges

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(585)

 

(492)

   

Foreign currency exchange agreements

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(41)

 

158

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

13,862

$

10,759

 

Estimated fair value

The carrying value of accounts receivable, accounts payable and accrued charges approximates its fair value due to the relatively short-term maturities of these instruments.  Cash and cash equivalents, funded landfill post-closure costs and derivative financial instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at their estimated fair values.

 

At March 31, 2016, the estimated fair value of other receivables applying an interest rate consistent with the credit quality of the instrument is $3,141 (December 31, 2015 - $2,905), compared to the carrying amount of $2,667 (December 31, 2015 - $2,461).

 

At March 31, 2016, the estimated fair value of long-term debt, including the term A facility, approximates its carrying amount as the Company believes that renegotiation of its variable rate long-term debt would result in similar pricing.

 

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

16.  Income Taxes

 

The components of domestic and foreign (loss) income before income tax expense and domestic and foreign income taxes are as follows:

 

 

 

 

  

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

  

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

2016

 

2015

(Loss) income before income tax (recovery) expense

 

 

 

  

   

Canada

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

(22,556)

$

(7,841)

   

U.S.

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(52)

 

14,650

 

Other

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

16,678

 

16,433

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

(5,930)

$

23,242

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Canada

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

5,348

$

3,784

  

U.S.

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

558

 

949

 

Other

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

44

 

104

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

5,950

 

4,837

Deferred income tax (recovery) expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Canada

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(7,969)

 

(5,033)

 

U.S.

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(1,901)

 

5,317

 

Other

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(9,870)

 

284

Total income tax (recovery) expense

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

(3,920)

$

5,121

 

The Company recognizes interest related to uncertain tax positions and penalties to current income tax expense.  The Company has no material uncertain tax positions.  Accordingly, interest and penalties recognized in respect of uncertain tax positions and amounts accrued in respect thereof amount to $nil for the periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

 

The Company is subject to federal, provincial and state income taxes and files tax returns in multiple jurisdictions.  Tax years open to audit range from 2010 to 2015 in Canada and from 2008 to 2015 in the U.S.

 

In connection with the sale of the Company’s Long Island, New York operations on February 28, 2015, it anticipated claiming a worthless stock deduction which would give rise to an ordinary loss on the 2015 U.S. federal income tax return.  The Company has since determined that it does not meet the conditions necessary to claim a worthless stock deduction and any and all resulting losses are on account of equity and characterized as a capital loss.  At this time, the Company is evaluating its filing position and the computation of such loss.  Before filing the U.S. federal income tax return, the Company will assess its options to maximize the use of any capital loss available.  Currently, the Company does not anticipate any financial statement benefit for such loss.  The Company estimates such loss to be between $60,000 and $70,000.

  

17.  Segmented Reporting

 

On April 30, 2015, the Company announced structural changes to the management of its operations, with the goal of reducing costs and better positioning the Company to realize on its strategic operating plan.  Accordingly, the following changes were made to the Company’s reportable segments: 

 

·         Combined the U.S. northeast segment with a portion of the U.S south segment to form the East segment.  The East segment includes the following states:  Florida, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina and the District of Columbia.

·         The remainder of the U.S. south segment was renamed the West segment, comprising the states of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Mississippi and Illinois.

·         The Canadian segment was renamed the North segment.

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

All previously reported segment amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation with no impact to the consolidated amounts reported.

 

Goodwill has been reassigned to the East and West segments using a relative fair value allocation approach similar to that used when a portion of a reporting unit is disposed of.  Accordingly, previously reported goodwill amounts have been calculated applying the fair value allocation percentage derived at April 30, 2015, the date of reassignment, for the East and West segments.   

  

The Company carries on business through three geographic segments: the North, West and East.  The business segments are vertically integrated and their operations include the collection and disposal of waste and recyclable materials, transfer station operations, material recovery facilities, landfills and landfill gas to energy facilities.  The geographic location of each segment limits the number of transactions between them. 

 

The Company has elected to exclude corporate costs in the determination of each segment’s performance.  Corporate costs include certain executive, legal, accounting, internal audit, treasury, investor relations, corporate development, environmental management, information technology, human resources, sales, purchasing, safety and other administrative support costs.  Corporate costs also include transaction and related costs, restricted share expense and fair value changes in share based options. 

 

The accounting policies applied by the business segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies.  The Company evaluates its segment performance based on revenues, less operating and selling, general and administration expenses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

Three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

March 31

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

2016

 

2015

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

   

North

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

151,573

$

153,881

   

West

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

165,829

 

158,392

   

East

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

154,036

 

147,932

   

Corporate

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

-

 

-

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

471,438

$

460,205

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues less operating and selling, general and administration expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

North

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

56,946

$

48,886

   

West

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

39,177

 

41,873

 

East

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

32,828

 

29,242

 

Corporate

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

(41,769)

 

(16,012)

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

87,182

$

103,989

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

North

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

18,898

$

20,042

 

West

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

21,805

 

21,788

 

East

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

24,617

 

21,758

 

Corporate

 

 

 

 

  

 

  

 

462

 

421

 

 

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

65,782

$

64,009

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net gain on sale of capital and landfill assets

  

  

  

  

$

(138)

$

(9,194)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating income

 

 

 

  

  

  

  

$

21,538

$

49,174

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

March 31, 2016

 

 

 

 

North

 

West

 

East

 

Corporate

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

Goodwill

 

 

$

324,326

$

334,005

$

249,119

$

-

$

907,450

Capital assets

 

 

$

330,754

$

344,677

$

288,730

$

4,993

$

969,154

Landfill assets

 

 

$

123,353

$

283,155

$

527,406

$

-

$

933,914

Total assets

 

 

$

968,856

$

1,073,412

$

1,233,112

$

32,497

$

3,307,877

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 December 31, 2015

 

 

 

 

North

 

West

 

East

 

Corporate

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

  

Goodwill

 

 

$

303,917

$

333,875

$

249,119

$

-

$

886,911

Capital assets

 

 

$

316,268

$

341,742

$

265,925

$

5,176

$

929,111

Landfill assets

 

 

$

118,441

$

285,390

$

528,764

$

-

$

932,595

Total assets

 

 

$

925,497

$

1,077,207

$

1,209,348

$

29,368

$

3,241,420

 

18.  Guarantees

 

In the normal course of business, the Company enters into agreements that meet the definition of a guarantee.  The Company’s primary guarantees are as follows:

 

The Company has provided indemnities for the use of various operating facilities under lease.  Under the terms of these agreements the Company agrees to indemnify the counterparties for certain items including, but not limited to, all liabilities, loss, suits, damage and the existence of hazardous substances arising during, on or after the term of the agreement.  Changes in environmental laws or in the interpretation thereof may require the Company to compensate the indemnified party.  The maximum amount of any future payment cannot be reasonably estimated.  These indemnities are in place for various periods beyond the original term of the lease and these leases expire between 2016 and 2025.

 

Indemnity has been provided to all directors and officers of the Company and its subsidiaries for certain items including, but not limited to, all costs to settle suits or actions due to association with the Company and its subsidiaries, subject to certain restrictions.  The Company has purchased directors’ and officers’ liability insurance to mitigate the cost of any potential future suits or actions.  The term of the indemnification is not explicitly defined, but is limited to the period over which the indemnified party serves as a director or officer of the Company, including any one of its subsidiaries.  The maximum amount of any future payment cannot be reasonably estimated.

 

The Company has received indemnities for the receipt of hazardous, toxic or radioactive wastes or substances and the Company has issued indemnities for their disposal at third-party landfills.  Applicable federal, provincial, state or local laws and regulations define hazardous, toxic or radioactive wastes or substances.  Changes in environmental laws or in their interpretation may require the Company to compensate, or be compensated, by the counterparties.  The term of the indemnity is not explicitly defined and the maximum amount of any future reimbursement or payment cannot be reasonably estimated.

 

Certain of the Company’s landfills have Host Community Agreements (“HCA”) between the Company and the towns, municipalities or cities in which the landfills operate.  The Company has agreed to guarantee the market value of certain homeowners’ properties within a pre-determined distance from certain landfills based on a Property Value Protection Program (“PVPP”) incorporated into the HCA. Under the PVPP, the Company is responsible for the difference between the sale amount and the hypothetical market value of the homeowners’ properties assuming a previously approved expansion of the landfill had not been approved, if any. The Company does not believe it is possible to determine the contingent obligation associated with the PVPP guarantees and does not believe it would have a material effect on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.  As of March 31, 2016, the Company has compensated one homeowner under the PVPP.

 

 

 

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Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd.    

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

For the period ended March 31, 2016 (unaudited - in thousands of U.S. dollars and shares, except per share amounts and where otherwise stated)

 

In the normal course of business, the Company has entered into agreements that include indemnities in favour of third parties, such as purchase and sale agreements, confidentiality agreements, engagement letters with advisors and consultants, outsourcing agreements, leasing contracts, underwriting and agency agreements, information technology agreements and service agreements.  These indemnification agreements may require the Company to compensate counterparties for losses incurred by the counterparties as a result of breaches in representation and regulations or as a result of litigation claims or statutory sanctions that may be suffered by the counterparty as a consequence of the transaction.  The terms of these indemnities are not explicitly defined and the maximum amount of any reimbursement cannot be reasonably estimated.

 

The nature of these indemnification agreements prevents the Company from making a reasonable estimate of the maximum exposure due to the difficulty in assessing the amount of liability which results from the unpredictability of future events and the unlimited coverage offered to counterparties.  Historically, the Company and its predecessor have not made any significant payments under these or similar indemnification agreements and therefore no amount has been accrued with respect to these agreements.

 

19.  Seasonality

 

Revenues are generally higher in spring, summer and autumn months due to higher collected and received waste volumes.  Operating expenses generally follow the rise and fall of revenues.

  

20.  Comparative Financial Statements

 

Rent, property taxes, insurance, utility, building maintenance and repair costs and other facility costs, collectively “facility costs”, incurred by the Company’s operating locations have been reclassified from selling, general and administration expense (“SG&A”) to operating expenses.  Facility costs incurred by corporate, region and area offices remain in SG&A expense.  The reclassification better reflects these costs as costs of operations and aligns their classification on a basis consistent with the Company’s peers.  Prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current period presentation.

 

 

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