NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)
The interim financial data is unaudited; however, in our opinion,
it includes all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments necessary for a fair statement of the results for
the interim periods. The financial statements included herein have been prepared pursuant to the SEC’s rules and regulations;
accordingly, certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in GAAP financial statements have been condensed or
omitted.
The results of operations and cash flows for the three months ended
March 31, 2017 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for future quarters or for the year ending December
31, 2017. To maintain consistency and comparability, certain 2016 amounts have been reclassified to conform to the 2017 presentation.
Our organization and business, the accounting policies we follow
and other information, are contained in the notes to our consolidated financial statements filed as part of our 2016 Form 10-K.
This quarterly report should be read in conjunction with such 10-K.
The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Hallador
Energy Company (the Company) and its wholly-owned subsidiary Sunrise Coal, LLC (Sunrise) and Sunrise’s wholly owned subsidiaries.
All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. We are engaged in the production of steam coal from
mines located in western Indiana.
New Accounting Standards Issued and Adopted
In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, Inventory (Topic
330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory ("ASU 2015-11"). ASU 2015-11 simplifies the subsequent
measurement of inventory. It replaces the current lower of cost or market test with the lower of cost or net realizable
value test. Net realizable value is defined as the estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less
reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation. The new standard will be applied prospectively
and is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016 and interim periods within those annual periods,
with early adoption permitted. The adoption of ASU 2015-11 did not have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
New Accounting Standards Issued and Not
Yet Adopted
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-09, “Revenue from
Contracts with Customers.” ASU 2014-09 is a comprehensive revenue recognition standard that will supersede nearly all existing
revenue recognition guidance under current U.S. GAAP and replace it with a principle-based approach for determining revenue recognition.
ASU 2014-09 will require that companies recognize revenue based on the value of transferred goods or services as they occur in
the contract. The ASU also will require additional disclosure about the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash
flows arising from customer contracts, including significant judgments and changes in judgments and assets recognized from costs
incurred to obtain or fulfill a contract. ASU 2014-09 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15,
2017. Early adoption is permitted only in annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods
therein. Entities will be able to transition to the standard either retrospectively or as a cumulative-effect adjustment as of
the date of adoption. The Company’s primary source of revenue is from the sale of coal through both short-term and long-term
contracts with utility companies whereby revenue is currently recognized when risk of loss has passed to the customer. Upon adoption
of this new standard, the Company believes that the timing of revenue recognition related to our coal sales will remain consistent
with our current practice. The Company is currently evaluating other revenue streams to determine the potential impact related
to the adoption of the standard, as well as potential disclosures required by the standard. Because we do not anticipate a change
in our pattern of revenue recognition, we anticipate that neither method will have a material impact on our consolidated financial
statements.
In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic
842) ("ASU 2016-02"). ASU 2016-02 increases transparency and comparability among organizations by requiring
lessees to record right-to-use assets and corresponding lease liabilities on the balance sheet and disclosing key information about
lease arrangements. The new guidance will classify leases as either finance or operating (similar to current standard’s
“capital” or “operating” classification), with classification affecting the pattern of income recognition
in the statement of income. ASU 2016-02 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim
periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted. We are currently in the process of accumulating all
contractual lease arrangements in order to determine the impact on our financial statements and do not believe we have significant
amounts of off-balance sheet leases; accordingly, we do not expect the adoption of ASU 2016-02 to have a material impact on our
consolidated financial statements.
On
March 18, 2016, we executed an amendment to our credit agreement with PNC, as administrative agent for our lenders, for the
primary purpose of increasing liquidity and maintaining compliance through the maturity of the agreement in August 2019.
The revolver was reduced from $250 million to $200 million, and the term loan remains the same. Our debt at March 31, 2017, was
$232 million (term-$95 million, revolver-$137 million).
Bank fees and other costs incurred in connection with the initial
facility and the amendment were $9.1 million, which were deferred and are being amortized over five years. The credit facility
is collateralized by substantially all of Sunrise’s assets, and we are the guarantor.
The amended credit facility increased the maximum leverage ratio (Sunrise total funded debt/ trailing 12 months adjusted
EBITDA) to those listed below:
Fiscal Periods Ended/Ending
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|
Ratio
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March 31, 2017
|
|
4.50X
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June 30, 2017 through March 31, 2018
|
|
4.25X
|
June 30, 2018 and September 30, 2018
|
|
4.00X
|
December 31, 2018
|
|
3.75X
|
March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019
|
|
3.50X
|
The amended credit facility also requires a debt service coverage
ratio minimum of 1.25X through the maturity of the credit facility. The amendment defines the debt service coverage as Sunrise
trailing 12 months adjusted EBITDA/annual debt service. As of March 31, 2017, we had additional borrowing capacity of $63
million and total liquidity of $84 million.
At March 31, 2017, our maximum leverage ratio was 2.83, and our debt
service coverage ratio was 2.15. Therefore, we were in compliance with those two ratios.
The interest rate on the facility ranges from LIBOR plus 2.25% to
LIBOR plus 4%, depending on our leverage ratio. We entered into swap agreements to fix the LIBOR component of the interest rate
to achieve an effective fixed rate of ~5% on the original term loan balance and on $100 million of the revolver. The revolver swap
steps down 10% each quarter commencing March 31, 2016.
At March 31, 2017, we were paying LIBOR at .79% plus 3.50% for a
total interest rate of 4.29%.
Bank debt less debt issuance costs are presented below (in thousands):
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
Current debt
|
|
$
|
32,813
|
|
|
$
|
30,625
|
|
Less debt issuance costs
|
|
|
(1,829
|
)
|
|
|
(1,829
|
)
|
Net current portion
|
|
$
|
30,984
|
|
|
$
|
28,796
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term debt
|
|
$
|
199,242
|
|
|
$
|
207,992
|
|
Less debt issuance costs
|
|
|
(2,591
|
)
|
|
|
(3,048
|
)
|
Net long-term portion
|
|
$
|
196,651
|
|
|
$
|
204,944
|
|
|
(3)
|
Equity Method Investments
|
We own a 30.6% interest in Savoy Energy, L.P., a private company
engaged in the oil and gas business primarily in the State of Michigan.
We also own a 50% interest in Sunrise Energy, LLC, which owns
gas reserves and gathering equipment with plans to develop and operate such reserves. Sunrise Energy also plans to develop and
explore for oil, gas and coal-bed methane gas reserves on or near our underground coal reserves.
|
(4)
|
Other Long-Term Assets (in thousands)
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
Long-term assets:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Advanced coal royalties
|
|
$
|
9,462
|
|
|
$
|
9,296
|
|
Marketable equity securities available for sale, at fair value (restricted)*
|
|
|
2,093
|
|
|
|
2,036
|
|
Other
|
|
|
2,743
|
|
|
|
2,782
|
|
Total long-term assets
|
|
$
|
14,298
|
|
|
$
|
14,114
|
|
*
Held by Sunrise Indemnity, Inc., our wholly owned captive
insurance company.
We self-insure our underground mining equipment. Such equipment is
allocated among ten mining units spread out over 18 miles. The historical cost of such equipment is approximately $247 million.
Restricted cash of $3.1 million represents cash held and controlled
by a third party and is restricted for future workers’ compensation claim payments.
We compute net income per share using the
two-class method, which is an allocation formula that determines net income per share for common stock and participating securities,
which for us are our outstanding RSUs.
The following table sets forth the computation
of net income per share for three months ended March 31 (in thousands):
|
|
2017
|
|
|
2016
|
|
Numerator:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
|
7,414
|
|
|
$
|
6,162
|
|
Less earnings allocated to RSUs
|
|
|
(179
|
)
|
|
|
(125
|
)
|
Net income allocated to common shareholders
|
|
$
|
7,235
|
|
|
$
|
6,037
|
|
|
(7)
|
Asset Impairment Review
|
In December 2016, the deterioration of the North End of the Carlisle
Mine (the North End), coupled with lower coal prices led us to determine that the North End could no longer be mined safely and
profitably. The sealing of the North End was completed in March 2017.
With the Carlisle Mine remaining in hot idle status, we conducted
a review of the Carlisle Mine assets as of March 31, 2017, based on estimated future net cash flows, and determined that no impairment
was necessary.
The Carlisle Mine assets had an aggregate carrying value of $115
million at March 31, 2017. If in future periods, we reduce our estimate of the future net cash flows attributable to
the Carlisle Mine, it may result in future impairment of such assets and such charges could be significant. None of our other
assets are considered impaired.
Our effective tax rate (ETR) for 2017 was estimated at 8% and 22%
as of March 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Assuming no changes in our expected results of operations, we expect our ETR for the
remainder of 2017 to be about the same as the first quarter of 2017. Our ETR differs from the statutory rate due primarily to statutory
depletion in excess of tax basis, which is a permanent difference.
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING
FIRM
To the Board of Directors and Stockholders
Hallador Energy Company
Denver, Colorado
We have reviewed the accompanying consolidated
balance sheet of Hallador Energy Company and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of March 31, 2017, the related
consolidated statements of comprehensive income for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the condensed
consolidated statements of cash flows for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, and the
consolidated statement of stockholders’ equity for the three-month period ended March 31, 2017. These financial
statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management.
We conducted our reviews in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). A review of interim financial information consists principally of applying
analytical procedures and making inquiries of persons responsible for financial and accounting matters. It is substantially less
in scope than an audit conducted in accordance with standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States),
the objective of which is the expression of an opinion regarding the financial statements taken as a whole. Accordingly, we do
not express such an opinion.
Based on our reviews, we are not aware of any material modifications
that should be made to the accompanying condensed consolidated interim financial information referred to above for it to be in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
We have previously audited, in accordance with the standards of the
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheet of the Company as of December 31, 2016,
and the related consolidated statements of comprehensive income, cash flows, and stockholders’ equity for the year then ended
(not presented herein); and in our report dated March 10, 2017, we expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial
statements. In our opinion, the information set forth in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2016, is
fairly stated, in all material respects, in relation to the balance sheet from which it has been derived.
/s/ EKS&H LLLP
May 8, 2017
Denver, Colorado