pch-10q_20180630.htm

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form 10-Q

(Mark One)

Quarterly Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2018

or

Transition Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

For the transition period from             to

Commission File Number 1-32729

PotlatchDeltic Corporation

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

82-0156045

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

601 West First Avenue, Suite 1600

 

Spokane, Washington

99201

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

 

(509) 835-1500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes      No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

 

 

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

 

  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

 

Smaller reporting company

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company

 

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act).    

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange act).

Yes      No  

The number of shares of common stock of the registrant outstanding as of July 30, 2018 was 62,755,062.

 

 

 

 


POTLATCHDELTIC CORPORATION AND CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARIES

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Page
Number

PART I. - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.

Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

2

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

3

 

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

4

 

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

5

 

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6

ITEM 2.

Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

24

ITEM 3.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

38

ITEM 4.

Controls and Procedures

38

 

 

 

PART II. - OTHER INFORMATION

 

ITEM 1.

Legal Proceedings

39

ITEM 1A.

Risk Factors

39

ITEM 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

39

ITEM 6.

Exhibits

40

 

 

 

SIGNATURE

41

 

 

 

 

 


 

Part I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

PotlatchDeltic Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Revenues

 

$

268,233

 

 

$

163,229

 

 

$

468,130

 

 

$

312,910

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

 

 

180,906

 

 

 

111,356

 

 

 

320,061

 

 

 

223,854

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

16,892

 

 

 

13,079

 

 

 

30,548

 

 

 

24,447

 

Deltic merger-related costs

 

 

1,018

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,273

 

 

 

 

Gain on lumber price swap

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

 

198,816

 

 

 

121,170

 

 

 

370,882

 

 

 

245,036

 

Operating income

 

 

69,417

 

 

 

42,059

 

 

 

97,248

 

 

 

67,874

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

(9,356

)

 

 

(7,348

)

 

 

(15,016

)

 

 

(12,318

)

Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefit costs

 

 

(1,908

)

 

 

(1,286

)

 

 

(3,765

)

 

 

(3,192

)

Income before income taxes

 

 

58,153

 

 

 

33,425

 

 

 

78,467

 

 

 

52,364

 

Income taxes

 

 

(12,005

)

 

 

(9,181

)

 

 

(17,722

)

 

 

(11,199

)

Net income

 

$

46,148

 

 

$

24,244

 

 

$

60,745

 

 

$

41,165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.73

 

 

$

0.59

 

 

$

1.07

 

 

$

1.01

 

Diluted

 

$

0.73

 

 

$

0.59

 

 

$

1.06

 

 

$

1.00

 

Dividends per share

 

$

0.40

 

 

$

0.375

 

 

$

0.80

 

 

$

0.75

 

Weighted-average shares outstanding (in thousands):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

62,980

 

 

 

40,823

 

 

 

56,739

 

 

 

40,802

 

Diluted

 

 

63,316

 

 

 

41,219

 

 

 

57,128

 

 

 

41,144

 

 

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

 

2


 

 

PotlatchDeltic Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Net income

 

$

46,148

 

 

$

24,244

 

 

$

60,745

 

 

$

41,165

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pension and other postretirement employee benefits:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of prior service credit included in net income, net of tax benefit of $(565), $(838), $(1,130) and $(1,675)

 

 

(1,608

)

 

 

(1,310

)

 

 

(3,216

)

 

 

(2,620

)

Amortization of actuarial loss included in net income, net of tax expense of $1,155, $1,465, $2,327 and $3,124

 

 

3,290

 

 

 

2,292

 

 

 

6,623

 

 

 

4,887

 

Cash flow hedge, net of tax expense (benefit) of $187, $(118), $220 and $(87)

 

 

1,249

 

 

 

(185

)

 

 

259

 

 

 

(137

)

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

2,931

 

 

 

797

 

 

 

3,666

 

 

 

2,130

 

Comprehensive income

 

$

49,079

 

 

$

25,041

 

 

$

64,411

 

 

$

43,295

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

3


 

 

PotlatchDeltic Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Unaudited)

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

125,719

 

 

$

120,457

 

Customer receivables, net

 

 

43,322

 

 

 

11,240

 

Inventories

 

 

63,384

 

 

 

50,132

 

Other current assets

 

 

18,025

 

 

 

11,478

 

Total current assets

 

 

250,450

 

 

 

193,307

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

 

339,704

 

 

 

77,229

 

Investment in real estate held for development and sale

 

 

75,578

 

 

 

 

Timber and timberlands, net

 

 

1,691,785

 

 

 

654,476

 

Deferred tax assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

19,796

 

Trade name and customer relationships intangibles, net

 

 

19,344

 

 

 

 

Other long-term assets

 

 

20,288

 

 

 

8,271

 

Total assets

 

$

2,397,149

 

 

$

953,079

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

71,852

 

 

$

55,201

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

 

 

 

14,263

 

Current portion of pension and other postretirement employee benefits

 

 

6,088

 

 

 

5,334

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

77,940

 

 

 

74,798

 

Long-term debt

 

 

783,436

 

 

 

559,056

 

Pension and other postretirement employee benefits

 

 

132,677

 

 

 

103,524

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

 

27,040

 

 

 

 

Other long-term obligations

 

 

15,130

 

 

 

15,159

 

Total liabilities

 

 

1,036,223

 

 

 

752,537

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $1 par value

 

 

62,754

 

 

 

40,612

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

1,482,048

 

 

 

359,144

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(69,426

)

 

 

(104,363

)

Accumulated other comprehensive loss

 

 

(114,450

)

 

 

(94,851

)

Total stockholders’ equity

 

 

1,360,926

 

 

 

200,542

 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 

$

2,397,149

 

 

$

953,079

 

 

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

 

4


 

 

PotlatchDeltic Corporation and Consolidated Subsidiaries

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

60,745

 

 

$

41,165

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

34,240

 

 

 

13,343

 

Basis of real estate sold

 

 

6,425

 

 

 

5,772

 

Change in deferred taxes

 

 

2,798

 

 

 

1,244

 

Pension and other postretirement employee benefits

 

 

7,999

 

 

 

6,575

 

Equity-based compensation expense

 

 

4,889

 

 

 

2,348

 

Other, net

 

 

(671

)

 

 

(983

)

Change in working capital and operating-related activities, net

 

 

(11,307

)

 

 

9,919

 

Real estate development expenditures

 

 

(1,665

)

 

 

 

Funding of qualified pension plans

 

 

(8,098

)

 

 

 

Net cash from operating activities

 

 

95,355

 

 

 

79,383

 

CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of property, plant and equipment

 

 

(11,373

)

 

 

(5,939

)

Timberlands reforestation and roads

 

 

(7,119

)

 

 

(5,792

)

Acquisition of timber and timberlands

 

 

(163

)

 

 

(3,132

)

Other, net

 

 

531

 

 

 

(74

)

Cash and cash equivalents acquired in Deltic merger

 

 

3,419

 

 

 

 

Net cash from investing activities

 

 

(14,705

)

 

 

(14,937

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividends to common stockholders

 

 

(50,203

)

 

 

(30,457

)

Proceeds from Potlatch revolving line of credit

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

Repayment of Potlatch revolving line of credit

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

 

Revolving line of credit repayment attributable to Deltic

 

 

(106,000

)

 

 

 

Proceeds from issue of long-term debt

 

 

100,000

 

 

 

 

Repayment of long-term debt

 

 

(14,250

)

 

 

(5,000

)

Debt issuance costs

 

 

(2,409

)

 

 

 

Other, net

 

 

(2,526

)

 

 

(1,249

)

Net cash from financing activities

 

 

(75,388

)

 

 

(36,706

)

Change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

5,262

 

 

 

27,740

 

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

120,457

 

 

 

82,584

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

125,719

 

 

$

110,324

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash paid during the period for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest, net of amounts capitalized

 

$

14,910

 

 

$

11,735

 

Income taxes, net

 

$

9,837

 

 

$

4,857

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NONCASH INVESTING AND FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity issued as consideration for our merger with Deltic

 

$

1,142,775

 

 

$

 

 

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

 

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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

For purposes of this report, any reference to “PotlatchDeltic,” “Potlatch,” “the company,” “we,” “us” and “our” means PotlatchDeltic Corporation and all of its wholly-owned subsidiaries, except where the context indicates otherwise.

We are a leading timberland real estate investment trust (REIT) with operations in seven states where we own nearly 2 million acres of timberland, six sawmills, an industrial grade plywood mill, a medium density fiberboard (MDF) plant and real estate development projects.

NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements provide an overall view of our results and financial condition and include the results of Deltic Timber Corporation (Deltic) beginning February 21, 2018, the first full business day following the merger of Deltic into Portland Merger, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Potlatch (see Note 3: Merger with Deltic). Potlatch was renamed PotlatchDeltic Corporation immediately after consummation of the merger.

Intercompany transactions and accounts have been eliminated in consolidation.

The accompanying unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements reflect all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the interim periods presented. Except as otherwise disclosed in these Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, such adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. The Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to interim financial statements. Certain disclosures normally provided in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States have been omitted. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q should be read in conjunction with our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 16, 2018. Results of operations for interim periods should not be regarded as necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the full year.

RECLASSIFICATIONS

Components of prior year pension plan and other postretirement benefit plan costs were reclassified to non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs to conform to the 2018 presentation. See Note 2: Recent Accounting Pronouncements.

NOTE 2. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

New Accounting Standards – Recently Adopted

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2014‑09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers: Topic 606 (ASU No. 2014-09), which requires an entity to recognize revenue when promised goods or services are transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration that is expected to be received for those goods or services. ASU No. 2014-09 also included other guidance, including the presentation of a gain or loss recognized on the sale of a long-lived asset or a nonfinancial asset. In August 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), Deferral of the Effective Date, which deferred the effective date of ASU No. 2014-09 by one year. We adopted ASU No. 2014-09 on January 1, 2018 using the cumulative effect method. There was no adjustment to accumulated deficit upon adoption. Adoption of this ASU resulted in expanded disclosures, but did not have a material impact on our condensed consolidated financial statements, processes or internal controls. See Note 5: Revenue Recognition for our expanded disclosures.

In March 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-07, Compensation – Retirement Benefits (Topic 715), Improving the Presentation of Net Periodic Pension Cost and Net Periodic Postretirement Benefit Cost, which requires an entity to present service cost within compensation expense and the other components of net benefit cost outside of income from operations. We adopted this ASU retrospectively on January 1, 2018, and have reclassified non-service costs from operating income to non-operating costs. There was no change to income before income taxes. The adjustments made to the Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 are as follows:

 

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

(Dollars in thousands)

Previously

Reported

 

 

Effect of

Change

 

 

As

Adjusted

 

 

Previously

Reported

 

 

Effect of

Change

 

 

As

Adjusted

 

Operating income

$

40,773

 

 

 

1,286

 

 

$

42,059

 

 

$

64,682

 

 

 

3,192

 

 

$

67,874

 

 

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In October 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-16, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Intra-Entity Transfers of Assets Other Than Inventory, which reduces the complexity in the accounting standards by allowing the recognition of current and deferred income taxes for an intra-entity asset transfer, other than inventory, when the transfer occurs. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018 on a modified retrospective basis through a $1.3 million cumulative-effect adjustment directly to accumulated deficit as of January 1, 2018.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-1, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Clarifying the Definition of a Business. The standard provides guidance to assist entities with evaluating whether transactions should be accounted for as acquisitions (or disposals) of assets or a business. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018 and accounted for the merger with Deltic as an acquisition of a business.

In August 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-12, Derivatives and Hedging (Topic 815), Targeted Improvements to Accounting for Hedging Activities, which amends and simplifies existing guidance in order to allow companies to more accurately present the economic effects of risk management activities in the financial statements. ASU 2017-12 requires that when a hedge is deemed effective, hedge accounting must be applied to the entire change in fair value of the hedging instrument eliminating the notion of ineffective portions of the hedge relationship. The entire change in the fair value of the hedging instrument will be recorded in the same income statement line item as the hedged item and the ineffective portion will no longer be separately recognized in earnings. This ASU is effective for public entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted in any interim period. ASU 2017-12 is required to be adopted using a modified retrospective approach with the presentation and disclosure requirements only required on a prospective basis. We adopted ASU 2017-12 effective April 1, 2018, which resulted in no material impact to our financial statements.

In February 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-2, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, which allows a reclassification from accumulated other comprehensive income to retained earnings for stranded tax effects resulting from the December 22, 2017, H.R. 1, Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Act). This ASU is effective for us on January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted. We adopted this ASU on January 1, 2018 and reclassified the income tax effects of the Act on pension and other postretirement employee benefits and a cash flow hedge within accumulated other comprehensive loss to accumulated deficit. In future periods, our accounting policy will be to release income tax rate change effects from accumulated other comprehensive loss to accumulated deficit. Upon adoption, accumulated other comprehensive loss was increased by $23.3 million, with a corresponding decrease to accumulated deficit. See Note 12: Components of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss.

New Accounting Standards – Recently Issued

In February 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases. The objective of the new standard is to establish principles for lessees and lessors to report information about the amount, timing and uncertainty of cash flows arising from a lease. Under the new requirements, a lessee will recognize in the statement of financial position a liability to make lease payments (the lease liability) and the right-of-use asset representing the right to the underlying asset for the lease term. For leases with a term of 12 months or less, the lessee is permitted to make an accounting policy election by class of underlying asset not to recognize lease assets and lease liabilities. The standard, along with subsequent amendments, is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2018, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early application of the amendment is permitted. We expect to adopt the standard on January 1, 2019. We have operating leases covering office space, equipment and vehicles expiring at various dates through 2033, which would require a right-of-use asset and a lease liability, initially measured at the present value of the lease payments, to be recognized in the statement of financial position. Lease costs would generally continue to be recognized on a straight-line basis. We continue to assess and document the effects of this ASU and subsequent revisions either made or being contemplated by the FASB. This assessment and documentation process includes reviewing all forms of leases, performing a completeness assessment over the lease population and analyzing the practical expedients. We expect the adoption of this ASU will result in expanded financial statement disclosures and minor refinements to our controls over financial reporting. We expect our right-of use assets and lease liabilities recorded upon adoption will approximate our current future minimum lease payments required under our operating leases, which were $14.4 million at December 31, 2017.

 


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NOTE 3. MERGER WITH DELTIC

On February 20, 2018 (merger date), Deltic merged into Portland Merger, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Potlatch. Deltic owned approximately 530,000 acres of timberland, operated two sawmills and a medium density fiberboard plant and was engaged in real estate development primarily in Arkansas. The merger creates a combined company with a diversified timberland base of nearly 2 million acres, including approximately 930,000 acres in Arkansas. It uniquely positions us to expand our integrated model of timberland ownership and lumber manufacturing, provide significant tax savings on Deltic’s timber harvest earnings and increase our exposure to the fast-growing Texas housing market.

Under the merger agreement, each issued and outstanding share of Deltic common stock was exchanged for 1.80 shares of Potlatch common shares, with cash paid in lieu of any fractional shares. Upon consummation of the merger, all outstanding Deltic stock options (which fully vested as of the merger date) and restricted stock units (RSUs) were converted into Potlatch stock options and RSUs, after giving effect to the 1.80 exchange ratio. Because the Deltic stock options are fully vested and relate to services rendered to Deltic prior to the merger, the replacement stock options are also fully vested and their fair value is included in the consideration transferred. A portion of the replacement RSUs relate to services to be performed post-merger and therefore are not included in consideration transferred. See additional details about replacement share-based payment awards in Note 13: Equity-Based Compensation.

The following table summarizes the total consideration transferred in the merger:

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

 

 

 

Number of shares of Deltic common stock outstanding1

 

12,121,223

 

Number of Deltic performance awards2

 

90,515

 

 

 

12,211,738

 

Exchange ratio3

 

1.80

 

Potlatch shares issued

 

21,981,128

 

Price per Potlatch common share4

$

51.95

 

Aggregate value of Potlatch common shares issued

$

1,141,920

 

Cash paid in lieu of fractional shares

14

 

Fair value of stock options and RSUs5

841

 

Consideration transferred

$

1,142,775

 

 

 

 

 

1

Number of shares of Deltic common stock issued and outstanding as of February 20, 2018, net of fractional shares.

2

Number of shares of Deltic performance awards for pre-combination services rendered that vested upon closing of the merger.

3

Exchange ratio per the merger agreement.

4

Closing price of Potlatch common shares on February 20, 2018.

5

Fair value of Deltic stock options for pre-combination services rendered that vested upon closing of the merger, as well as RSUs for pre-combination services rendered.

The company entered into a two-year consulting agreement for $1.85 million with Deltic’s former Chief Executive Officer. While the agreement was terminated in the first quarter of 2018, payments are required to be made through the end of the two year term. This agreement was considered a separate transaction from the business combination, therefore the $1.85 million was recorded as merger costs in the first quarter of 2018.

We expensed approximately $1.0 million and $20.3 million of merger-related costs during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively. See Note 14: Merger, Integration and other Costs for the components of merger-related costs. These costs are included in Deltic merger-related costs in our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.

The amount of revenue and income before income taxes from acquired Deltic operations included in our Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income for February 21, 2018 through June 30, 2018 are as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

 

Six Months Ended

June 30, 2018

 

Net sales

$

80,053

 

 

$

108,859

 

Income before income taxes

$

16,724

 

 

$

7,613

 

 


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Summarized unaudited pro forma information that presents combined amounts as if this merger occurred at the beginning of 2017 is as follows:

 

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Net sales

$

268,233

 

 

$

218,582

 

 

$

506,793

 

 

$

421,478

 

Net earnings attributable to PotlatchDeltic common shareholders

$

47,225

 

 

$

20,984

 

 

$

80,928

 

 

$

33,829

 

Basic earnings per share attributable to PotlatchDeltic common Shareholders

 

0.71

 

 

 

0.32

 

 

 

1.22

 

 

 

0.51

 

Diluted earnings per share attributable to PotlatchDeltic common shareholders

 

0.71

 

 

 

0.31

 

 

 

1.21

 

 

 

0.51

 

Pro forma net earnings attributable to PotlatchDeltic common shareholders excludes $1.0 million and $25.7 million of non-recurring merger-related costs incurred by both companies during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively, of which $5.4 million were incurred by Deltic prior to the merger. No non-recurring merger-related costs were incurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017. Pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share assumes issuance of approximately 22.0 million shares at the beginning of 2017 that were issued upon merger. Pro forma basic and diluted earnings per share also assumes issuance of 3.9 million additional shares at the beginning of 2017, which is the approximate amount of the stock dividend to be issued in connection with the earnings and profits (E&P) distribution. Prior to December 31, 2018, Deltic’s E&P will be distributed to shareholders of the combined company in a special distribution consisting of 80% stock and 20% cash. Pro forma data may not be indicative of the results that would have been obtained had these events occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, nor is it intended to be a projection of future results.

PotlatchDeltic has accounted for the merger transaction as the acquirer and has applied the acquisition method of accounting. Under the acquisition method, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed from Deltic were generally recorded as of the date of the merger at their respective estimated fair values.

Our June 30, 2018 Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet includes the assets and liabilities of Deltic, which have been measured at fair value as of the merger date. The fair values of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed were preliminarily determined using the income, cost and market approaches, as applicable. The fair value measurements were generally based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and thus represent Level 3 measurements as defined in ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, with the exception of certain long-term debt instruments assumed in the acquisition that can be valued using observable market inputs and are therefore Level 2 measurements. The income approach and cost approach were primarily used to value acquired timber and timberlands. The income approach was primarily used to value the acquired real estate held for development and sale. The income approach estimates fair value for an asset based on the present value of cash flow projected to be generated by the asset. Projected cash flows are discounted at rates of return that reflect the relative risk of achieving the cash flows and the time value of money. The cost approach, which estimates value by determining the current cost of replacing an asset with another of equivalent economic utility, was used, as appropriate, for property and equipment. The cost to replace a given asset reflects the estimated reproduction or replacement cost for the property, less an allowance for loss in value due to depreciation. The market approach was primarily used to value long-term debt instruments. The market approach estimates fair value for an asset based on values of recent comparable transactions.

During the three months ended June 30, 2018, we continued to revise our valuation of the net assets acquired as of the merger date, including the following adjustments to the preliminary estimated fair values of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed:  

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Amount recognized as of:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

March 31, 2018

 

 

Measurement Period Adjustment

 

 

June 30, 2018

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

$

3,419

 

 

 

 

 

$

3,419

 

Customer receivables, net

 

12,709

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,709

 

Inventories

 

17,316

 

 

 

 

 

 

17,316

 

Other current assets

 

8,276

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,276

 

Real estate held for development and sale

 

79,000

 

 

 

(2,000

)

 

 

77,000

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

265,901

 

 

 

(4,570

)

 

 

261,331

 

Timber and timberlands

 

1,060,000

 

 

 

(2,000

)

 

 

1,058,000

 

Mineral rights

 

 

 

 

6,236

 

 

 

6,236

 

Trade name and customer relationships intangibles

 

19,000

 

 

 

500

 

 

 

19,500

 

Other long-term assets

 

2,010

 

 

 

1,462

 

 

 

3,472

 

Total assets acquired

 

1,467,631

 

 

 

(372

)

 

 

1,467,259

 

LIABILITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

12,604

 

 

 

150

 

 

 

12,754

 

Current portion of pension and other postretirement employee benefits

 

754

 

 

 

 

 

 

754

 

Long-term debt

 

229,968

 

 

 

 

 

 

229,968

 

Pension and other postretirement employee benefits

 

36,155

 

 

 

 

 

 

36,155

 

Deferred tax liabilities, net

 

44,439

 

 

 

(522

)

 

 

43,917

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

936

 

 

 

 

 

 

936

 

Total liabilities assumed

 

324,856

 

 

 

(372

)

 

 

324,484

 

Net assets acquired

$

1,142,775

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,142,775

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The mineral rights measurement period adjustment of $6.2 million related to certain oil and gas royalty payments from third party extractive activities on the acquired land. This amount is included in other long-term assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. The other long-term asset measurement period adjustment of $1.5 million was related to sales and use tax credits from the State of Arkansas. The property, plant and equipment adjustment of $4.6 million related to further refinement of the value associated with acquired buildings and equipment. The $2.0 million adjustment to timber and timberlands is a combination of the separation of the mineral rights value previously included in the timber and timberlands, offset by further revisions to the underlying valuation assumptions. Other measurement changes were not significant and mainly a result of continued refinement of information as of the merger date that have been factored into the valuation. As a result of these adjustments, during the second quarter of 2018 we recorded approximately $0.2 million of additional depreciation, depletion and amortization expense as measurement period adjustments.

 

These estimated fair values are preliminary in nature and subject to adjustments, which could be material. We have not identified any material unrecorded pre-merger contingencies where the related asset, liability or impairment is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. We are currently in the process of finalizing our valuations related to the following:

 

Timber and timberlands, including mineral rights

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

Real estate held for development and sale

 

Intangible assets, which includes trade names and customer relationships

 

Other contractual rights and obligations

 

Income taxes

Our valuations will be finalized when certain information arranged to be obtained has been received, our review of that information has been completed and our review of the underlying assumptions within the valuation models has been completed. Prior to the finalization of the purchase price allocation, if information becomes available that would indicate it is probable that such events had occurred and the amounts can be reasonably estimated, such items will be included in the final purchase price allocation.

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NOTE 4. EARNINGS PER SHARE

The following table reconciles the number of shares used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Net income

 

$

46,148

 

 

$

24,244

 

 

$

60,745

 

 

$

41,165

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted-average shares outstanding

 

 

62,979,660

 

 

 

40,822,726

 

 

 

56,739,012

 

 

 

40,802,057

 

Incremental shares due to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance shares

 

 

302,815

 

 

 

355,844

 

 

 

298,883

 

 

 

305,625

 

Restricted stock units

 

 

33,816

 

 

 

40,399

 

 

 

90,125

 

 

 

36,013

 

Diluted weighted-average shares outstanding

 

 

63,316,291

 

 

 

41,218,969

 

 

 

57,128,020

 

 

 

41,143,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic net income per share

 

$

0.73

 

 

$

0.59

 

 

$

1.07

 

 

$

1.01

 

Diluted net income per share

 

$

0.73

 

 

$

0.59

 

 

$

1.06

 

 

$

1.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We issued 22.0 million shares in connection with the Deltic merger. See Note 3: Merger with Deltic.

For the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, there were 70,318 and 51,723 stock-based awards that were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive. Anti-dilutive stock-based awards could be dilutive in future periods. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, there were 0 and 18,289 stock-based awards that were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive.

 

NOTE 5. REVENUE RECOGNITION

The majority of our revenues are derived from the sale of delivered logs, manufactured wood products, residual by-products and real estate. We recognize revenue in accordance with ASC Topic 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers.

Performance Obligations

A performance obligation, as defined in ASC 606, is a promise in a contract to transfer a distinct good or service to a customer. A contract’s transaction price is allocated to each distinct performance obligation and recognized as revenue at the point in time, or over the period, in which the performance obligation is satisfied.

Performance obligations associated with delivered log and residual sales are typically satisfied when the logs and residuals are delivered to our customers’ mills. Performance obligations associated with the sale of wood products are typically satisfied when the products are shipped (FOB shipping point) or upon delivery to our customer (FOB destination). Shipping and handling costs for all wood product and residual sales are accounted for as cost of goods sold.

ASC Topic 606 requires entities to consider significant financing components of contracts with customers, but allows for the use of a practical expedient when the period between satisfaction of a performance obligation and payment receipt is one year or less. Given the nature of our revenue transactions, we have elected to utilize this practical expedient. Substantially all of our performance obligations are satisfied as of a point in time. We have also elected to use the practical expedient to not disclose unsatisfied or partially satisfied performance obligations as all unsatisfied contracts are expected to be satisfied in less than one year.

Performance obligations associated with real estate sales are generally satisfied at a point in time when all conditions of closing have been met.

Contract Estimates

The transaction price for log and residual sales is determined using contractual rates applied to delivered volumes. The contractual rates are generally based on prevailing market prices and payment is generally due from customers within one month or less of delivery. For log and residual sales subject to long-term supply agreements, the transaction price is variable but is known at the time of delivery. For wood products sales, the transaction price is generally the amount billed to the customer based on the prevailing market price for the products shipped but may be reduced slightly for estimated cash discounts.

There are no significant contract estimates related to the real estate business.

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Contract Balances

In general, a customer receivable is recorded as we ship and/or deliver wood products, logs and residuals. We generally receive payment shortly after products have been received by our customers. As of June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 we recorded $3.7 million and $1.7 million, respectively, for contract liabilities related to hunting lease rights. These contract liabilities are being amortized over the term of the contracts, which is typically less than twelve months. Other contract asset and liability balances, such as prepayments, are immaterial. For real estate sales, we typically receive the entire consideration in cash at closing.

Major Products

The following table represents our revenues by major product. For additional information regarding our segments, see Note 17: Segment Information.

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Resource

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawlogs

$

49,627

 

 

$

38,258

 

 

$

99,211

 

 

$

70,344

 

Pulpwood

 

1,299

 

 

 

1,491

 

 

 

3,079

 

 

 

3,445

 

Stumpage

 

57

 

 

 

 

 

 

136

 

 

 

142

 

Other

 

252

 

 

 

253

 

 

 

468

 

 

 

506

 

 

 

51,235

 

 

 

40,002

 

 

 

102,894

 

 

 

74,437

 

Southern region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawlogs

 

25,190

 

 

 

7,544

 

 

 

39,220

 

 

 

16,233

 

Pulpwood

 

13,468

 

 

 

7,312

 

 

 

22,438

 

 

 

14,954

 

Stumpage

 

1,062

 

 

 

148

 

 

 

1,453

 

 

 

230

 

Other

 

1,556

 

 

 

918

 

 

 

3,012

 

 

 

1,838

 

 

 

41,276

 

 

 

15,922

 

 

 

66,123

 

 

 

33,255

 

Total Resource revenues

$

92,511

 

 

$

55,924

 

 

$

169,017

 

 

$

107,692

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wood Products

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lumber

 

133,788

 

 

 

81,702

 

 

 

228,781

 

 

 

146,574

 

Panels

 

41,239

 

 

 

19,283

 

 

 

70,130

 

 

 

36,978

 

Residuals

 

18,558

 

 

 

13,544

 

 

 

34,489

 

 

 

26,569

 

 

$

193,585

 

 

$

114,529

 

 

$

333,400

 

 

$

210,121

 

Real Estate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rural real estate

 

12,669

 

 

 

8,136

 

 

 

21,502

 

 

 

22,640

 

Development real estate

 

1,743

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,962

 

 

 

 

Other

 

2,019

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,522

 

 

 

 

 

$

16,431

 

 

$

8,136

 

 

$

26,986

 

 

$

22,640

 

Total segment revenues

 

302,527

 

 

 

178,589

 

 

 

529,403

 

 

 

340,453

 

Intersegment Resource revenues1

 

(34,294

)

 

 

(15,360

)

 

 

(61,273

)

 

 

(27,543

)

Total consolidated revenues

$

268,233

 

 

$

163,229

 

 

$

468,130

 

 

$

312,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1 Intersegment revenues are based on prevailing market prices of logs sold by our Resource segment to the Wood Products segment.

NOTE 6. CERTAIN BALANCE SHEET COMPONENTS

INVENTORIES

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Logs

 

$

15,155

 

 

$

20,133

 

Lumber, panels and veneer

 

 

36,708

 

 

 

20,889

 

Materials and supplies

 

 

11,521

 

 

 

9,110

 

Total inventories

 

$

63,384

 

 

$

50,132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Rural real estate held for sale

 

$

10,443

 

 

$

7,721

 

Taxes receivable

 

 

1,328

 

 

 

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

4,911

 

 

 

2,862

 

Other receivables

 

 

1,343

 

 

 

882

 

Interest rate swaps

 

 

 

 

 

13

 

Total other current assets

 

$

18,025

 

 

$

11,478

 

PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Property, plant and equipment

 

$

531,750

 

 

$

259,437

 

Less: accumulated depreciation

 

 

(192,046

)

 

 

(182,208

)

Total property, plant and equipment, net

 

$

339,704

 

 

$

77,229

 

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Accrued payroll and benefits

 

$

16,786

 

 

$

18,110

 

Accounts payable

 

 

19,625

 

 

 

9,361

 

Accrued interest

 

 

8,427

 

 

 

6,385

 

Accrued taxes

 

 

10,387

 

 

 

5,103

 

Avery Landing accrual (see Note 16: Commitments and Contingencies)

 

 

 

 

 

6,000

 

Other current liabilities

 

 

16,627

 

 

 

10,242

 

Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities

 

$

71,852

 

 

$

55,201

 

 

NOTE 7. TIMBER AND TIMBERLANDS

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Timber and timberlands

 

$

1,615,228

 

 

$

581,648

 

Logging roads

 

 

76,557

 

 

 

72,828

 

Total timber and timberlands, net

 

$

1,691,785

 

 

$

654,476

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE 8. DEBT

MEDIUM-TERM NOTES

We repaid $14.3 million of our medium-term notes during the six months ended June 30, 2018.

REVENUE BONDS

We assumed the obligations relating to the Letter of Credit supporting Deltic’s $29.0 million Union County, Arkansas Taxable Industrial Revenue Bonds 1998 Series due October 1, 2027. Neither the State of Arkansas nor Union County, Arkansas has any liability under the bonds. Contemporaneously with the issuance of the bonds, Deltic’s subsidiary (Del-Tin) and Union County entered into a lease agreement that obligated Del-Tin to make lease payments in an amount necessary to fund the debt service on the bonds. Under the terms of the loan agreement, a standby letter of credit to benefit the holders of the bonds is required. The irrevocable standby letter of credit was amended and re-issued on February 20, 2018, in the amount of $29.7 million, expiring April 13, 2023. These bonds bear interest at a variable rate determined weekly by the remarketing agent. Interest is payable monthly.  

TERM LOANS

On March 22, 2018, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, which amended the existing term loan agreement dated December 14, 2014. The agreement includes an additional $100 million of new loans used to refinance Deltic’s $106 million credit facility and a $100 million loan assumed in connection with the Deltic merger. The interest coverage ratio and leverage ratio financial covenants are unchanged (at least 3.00 to 1.00 and no more than 40%, respectively). The limitation on timberland acre sales was eliminated.

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The $100 million repayment of Deltic’s credit facility funded by a $100 million borrowing under our revolving credit facility was subsequently refinanced with two tranches of term loans aggregating $100 million under the Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement.

The following summarizes the three term loan tranches added in the first quarter of 2018:

 

one $100 million tranche maturing 2025 with a fixed rate of 4.05% assumed in connection with the merger;

 

one $65 million tranche maturing 2028 at a variable rate based on one-month LIBOR plus 1.95%; and

 

one $35 million tranche maturing 2028 at a variable rate based on one-month LIBOR plus 1.95%.

The $65 million and $35 million tranches added in the first quarter of 2018 were hedged to yield a fixed-rate of 4.80%. There were no additional term loan tranches added in the second quarter of 2018. See Note 9: Derivative Instruments.

CREDIT AGREEMENT

On February 14, 2018, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with an expiration date of April 13, 2023. The amended agreement increases our revolving line of credit to $380 million, which may be increased by up to an additional $420 million. It also includes a sublimit of $75 million for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a sublimit of $25 million for swing line loans. Usage under either or both subfacilities reduces availability under the revolving line of credit.

Pricing is set according to the type of borrowing. LIBOR Loans are issued at a rate equal to the LIBOR Rate, while Base Rate Loans are issued at a rate equal to the Base Rate, which is a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1.00%, (b) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by KeyBank as its prime rate and (c) the sum of the LIBOR that would apply to a one month Interest Period plus 1.00%. The interest rates we pay for borrowings under either type of loan include an additional Applicable Rate, which can range from 0.875% to 1.70% for LIBOR loans and from 0% to 0.70% for Base Rate loans, depending on our current credit rating. As of June 30, 2018, we were able to borrow under the bank credit facility with the additional applicable rate of 1.30% for LIBOR Loans and 0.30% for Base Rate Loans, with facility fees of 0.20% on the $380 million of the bank credit facility.

The interest coverage ratio and leverage ratio financial covenants are unchanged (at least 3.00 to 1.00 and no more than 40%, respectively). The limitation on timberland acre sales was eliminated.

NOTE 9. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

From time to time, we enter into derivative financial instruments to manage certain cash flow and fair value risks. Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to changes in the fair value of an asset or liability to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered fair value hedges. We had three fair value interest rate swaps with notional amounts totaling $14.3 million, which matured during the first quarter of 2018. A $50 million notional fair value swap associated with our senior notes was terminated in December 2017 at a cost of $0.4 million. The termination cost has been recorded as a reduction to the carrying value of our long-term debt and will be amortized to earnings through the original maturity date of November 2019. Approximately $0.2 million will be recorded as interest expense over the next twelve months.

Derivatives designated and qualifying as a hedge of the exposure to variability in the cash flows of a specific asset or liability that is attributable to a particular risk, such as interest rate risk, are considered cash flow hedges. We have four interest rate swaps to convert variable-rate debt, comprised of 1-month and 3-month LIBOR plus a spread, to fixed-rate debt. Our cash flow hedges are expected to be highly effective in achieving offsetting cash flows attributable to the hedged interest rate risk through the term of the swaps. Therefore, changes in fair value are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income and will be recognized in earnings when the hedged interest rates affect earnings. The amounts paid or received on the swaps will be recognized as adjustments to interest expense. As of June 30, 2018, the amount of net losses expected to be reclassified into earnings in the next 12 months is $0.5 million.

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The following table presents the gross fair values of derivative instruments on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:

 

 

 

 

Asset Derivatives

 

 

 

 

Liability Derivatives

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Location

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

 

Location

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Derivatives designated in fair value hedging relationships:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

Other assets, current

 

$

 

 

$

13

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated in cash flow hedging relationships:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

Other assets,

non-current

 

$

2,108

 

 

$

1,156

 

 

Other long-term obligations

 

$

473

 

 

$

 

 

The following table details the effect of derivatives on our Consolidated Statements of Income:

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Location

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Derivatives designated in fair value hedging relationships:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Realized gain (loss) on interest rate contracts1

 

Interest expense

 

$

(50

)

 

$

123

 

 

$

(86

)

 

$

290

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives designated in cash flow hedging relationships:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest rate contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gain (loss) recognized in other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

 

$

1,056

 

 

$

(226

)

 

$

64

 

 

$

(228

)

Loss reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income1

 

Interest expense

 

$

(193

)

 

$

(41

)

 

$

(195

)

 

$

(91

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lumber price contracts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized gain on lumber price swap

 

Gain (loss) on lumber price swap

 

$

 

 

$

3,265

 

 

$

 

 

$

3,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

 

$

9,356

 

 

$

7,348

 

 

$

15,016

 

 

$

12,318

 

1

Realized gain (loss) on hedging instruments consist of net cash settlements and interest accruals on interest rate swaps during the periods. Net cash settlements are included in the supplemental cash flow information within interest, net of amounts capitalized in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.

NOTE 10. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The following table presents the estimated fair values of our financial instruments:

 

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Fair

Value

 

 

Carrying

Amount

 

 

Fair

Value

 

Cash and cash equivalents (Level 1)

 

$

125,719

 

 

$

125,719

 

 

$

120,457

 

 

$

120,457

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative assets related to interest rate swaps (Level 2)

 

$

2,108

 

 

$

2,108

 

 

$

1,169

 

 

$

1,169

 

Derivative liabilities related to interest rate swaps (Level 2)

 

$

(473

)

 

$

(473

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt, including current portion (Level 2):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Term loans

 

$

(538,844

)

 

$

(536,146

)

 

$

(343,500

)

 

$

(345,222

)

Senior notes

 

 

(149,657

)

 

 

(156,375

)

 

 

(149,528

)

 

 

(161,063

)

Revenue bonds

 

 

(94,735

)

 

 

(93,880

)

 

 

(65,735

)

 

 

(63,967

)

Medium-term notes

 

 

(3,000

)

 

 

(3,456

)

 

 

(17,250

)

 

 

(18,227

)

Total long-term debt1

 

$

(786,236

)

 

$

(789,857

)

 

$

(576,013

)

 

$

(588,479

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Company owned life insurance asset (COLI) (Level 3)

 

$

2,424

 

 

$

2,424

 

 

$

1,996

 

 

$

1,996

 

1

The carrying amount of long-term debt includes principal and unamortized discounts.

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For cash and cash equivalents and any revolving line of credit borrowings, the carrying amount approximates fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments.

The fair value of interest rate swaps are determined using discounted cash flow analysis on the expected cash flows of each derivative. The analysis reflects the contractual terms of the derivatives, including the period to maturity and uses observable market-based inputs, including interest rate forward curves.

The fair value of our long-term debt is estimated based upon quoted market prices for similar debt issues or estimated based on average market prices for comparable debt when there is no quoted market price.

The contract value of our company owned life insurance is based on the amount at which it could be redeemed and, accordingly, approximates fair value.

NOTE 11. PENSION AND OTHER POSTRETIREMENT EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

The following tables detail the components of net periodic cost (benefit) of our pension plans and other postretirement employee benefits (OPEB):

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

Pension

 

 

OPEB

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Service cost

 

$

2,178

 

 

$

1,515

 

 

$

99

 

 

$

4

 

Interest cost

 

 

4,390

 

 

 

3,967

 

 

 

381

 

 

 

310

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(5,135

)

 

 

(4,601

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

 

 

47

 

 

 

72

 

 

 

(2,220

)

 

 

(2,220

)

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

4,144

 

 

 

3,386

 

 

 

301

 

 

 

371

 

Net periodic cost (benefit)

 

$

5,624

 

 

$

4,339

 

 

$

(1,439

)

 

$

(1,535

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

Pension

 

 

OPEB

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Service cost

 

$

4,091

 

 

$

3,377

 

 

$

143

 

 

$

7

 

Interest cost

 

 

8,304

 

 

 

8,048

 

 

 

700

 

 

 

631

 

Expected return on plan assets

 

 

(9,843

)

 

 

(9,204

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of prior service cost (credit)

 

 

93

 

 

 

144

 

 

 

(4,439

)

 

 

(4,439

)

Amortization of actuarial loss

 

 

8,294

 

 

 

7,242

 

 

 

656

 

 

 

769

 

Net periodic cost (benefit)

 

$

10,939

 

 

$

9,607

 

 

$

(2,940

)

 

$

(3,032

)

The following tables detail the pension and OPEB changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets, net of tax:

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Pension

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

Balance at March 31, 2018

 

$

121,293

 

 

$

(4,047

)

 

$

117,246

 

Amortization of defined benefit items, net of tax:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service credit (cost)

 

 

(35

)

 

 

1,643

 

 

 

1,608

 

Actuarial loss

 

 

(3,067

)

 

 

(223

)

 

 

(3,290

)

Total reclassification for the period

 

 

(3,102

)

 

 

1,420

 

 

 

(1,682

)

Balance at June 30, 2018

 

$

118,191

 

 

$

(2,627

)

 

$

115,564

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Pension

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

Balance at March 31, 2017

 

$

118,231

 

 

$

(8,071

)

 

$

110,160

 

Amortization of defined benefit items, net of tax:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service credit (cost)

 

 

(44

)

 

 

1,354

 

 

 

1,310

 

Actuarial loss

 

 

(2,066

)

 

 

(226

)

 

 

(2,292

)

Total reclassification for the period

 

 

(2,110

)

 

 

1,128

 

 

 

(982

)

Balance at June 30, 2017

 

$

116,121

 

 

$

(6,943

)

 

$

109,178

 

 

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Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Pension

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

100,611

 

 

$

(5,055

)

 

$

95,556

 

Amortization of defined benefit items, net of tax:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service credit (cost)

 

 

(69

)

 

 

3,285

 

 

 

3,216

 

Actuarial loss

 

 

(6,138

)

 

 

(485

)

 

 

(6,623

)

Total reclassification for the period

 

 

(6,207

)

 

 

2,800

 

 

 

(3,407

)

Amortization reclassified from AOCL2

 

 

23,787

 

 

 

(372

)

 

 

23,415

 

Balance at June 30, 2018

 

$

118,191

 

 

$

(2,627

)

 

$

115,564

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2017

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Pension

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

Balance at December 31, 2016

 

$

120,627

 

 

$

(9,182

)

 

$

111,445

 

Amortization of defined benefit items, net of tax:1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prior service credit (cost)

 

 

(88

)

 

 

2,708

 

 

 

2,620

 

Actuarial loss

 

 

(4,418

)

 

 

(469

)

 

 

(4,887

)

Total reclassification for the period

 

 

(4,506

)

 

 

2,239

 

 

 

(2,267

)

Balance at June 30, 2017

 

$

116,121

 

 

$

(6,943

)

 

$

109,178

 

1Amortization of prior service credit (cost) and amortization of actuarial loss are included in the computation of net periodic cost (benefit).

2 See Note 2: Recent Accounting Pronouncements discussing the $23.4 million reclassification from AOCL to accumulated deficit.

FUNDED STATUS OF AQUIRED PENSION PLAN ASSETS AND ASSUMED BENEFIT OBLIGATIONS

Consistent with accounting for the merger as the acquirer in a business combination (see Note 3: Merger with Deltic), pension assets acquired and benefit obligations assumed were remeasured to reflect their funded status as of the date of the acquisition. This included updating asset values and updating discount rates to reflect market conditions as of the date of the merger. The funded status of plan assets and the benefit obligations as of February 20, 2018 were as follows:

 

$38.7 million qualified pension plan assets

 

$62.0 million qualified and non-qualified pension plan projected benefit obligation

 

$13.5 million OPEB accumulated benefit obligation

FUNDING AND BENEFIT PAYMENTS

During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, we paid non-qualified supplemental pension benefits of $0.8 million and $0.8 million, and OPEB benefits of $1.5 million and $1.6 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 we made qualified pension benefit contributions of $8.1 million. No qualified pension benefit contributions were made during the six months ended June 30, 2017.

NOTE 12. COMPONENTS OF ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

The following table details the changes in our accumulated other comprehensive loss (AOCL) on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets for the six months ended June 30, 2018, net of tax.

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Gains and losses on cash flow hedge

 

 

Pension Plans

 

 

OPEB

 

 

Total

 

Balance at December 31, 2017

 

$

(705

)

 

$

100,611

 

 

$

(5,055

)

 

$

94,851

 

Amounts arising during the period

 

 

(64

)

 

 

(6,207

)

 

 

2,800

 

 

 

(3,471

)

Amounts reclassified from AOCL to interest expense

 

 

(195

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(195

)

Amounts reclassified from AOCL to accumulated deficit

 

 

(150

)

 

 

23,787

 

 

 

(372

)

 

 

23,265

 

Net change

 

 

(409

)

 

 

17,580

 

 

 

2,428

 

 

 

19,599

 

Balance at June 30, 2018

 

$

(1,114

)

 

$

118,191

 

 

$

(2,627

)

 

$

114,450

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts in parenthesis indicate credits.

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Amounts reclassified from AOCL to accumulated deficit reflect the adoption of ASU No. 2018-2, Income Statement – Reporting Comprehensive Income (Topic 220), Reclassification of Certain Tax Effects from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. See Note 2: Recent Accounting Pronouncements. See also Note 9: Derivative Instruments and Note 11: Pension and Other Postretirement Employee Benefits for additional information regarding amounts arising during the period.

NOTE 13. EQUITY-BASED COMPENSATION

As of June 30, 2018, we had three stock incentive plans under which performance shares, restricted stock units (RSUs) and deferred compensation stock equivalent units were outstanding. These plans have received shareholder approval. We were originally authorized to issue up to 1.6 million shares and 1.0 million shares under our 2005 Stock Incentive Plan and 2014 Stock Incentive Plan, respectively. At June 30, 2018, approximately 0.4 million shares were authorized for future use under those plans. Upon closing of the merger with Deltic, we assumed Deltic’s stockholder-approved 2002 Incentive Plan and set aside and reserved 0.25 million shares for issuance under the plan. We issue new shares of common stock to settle performance shares, restricted stock units and deferred compensation stock equivalent units.

The following table details equity-based compensation expense and the related income tax benefit:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Employee equity-based compensation expense:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Performance shares

 

$

1,074

 

 

$

905

 

 

$

2,010

 

 

$

1,773

 

Restricted stock units

 

 

454

 

 

 

286

 

 

 

934

 

 

 

575

 

Accelerated share-based termination benefits in connection with the merger

 

 

86

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,764

 

 

 

 

Total employee equity-based compensation expense

 

$

1,614

 

 

$

1,191

 

 

$

4,708

 

 

$

2,348

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred compensation stock equivalent units expense

 

$

53

 

 

$

161

 

 

$

181

 

 

$

322

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total tax benefit recognized for share-based expense

 

$

73

 

 

$

96

 

 

$

184

 

 

$

189

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Employee equity-based compensation expense includes restricted stock unit awards issued to directors.

PERFORMANCE SHARES

The following table presents the key inputs used in the Monte Carlo simulation to calculate the fair value of the performance share awards in 2018 and 2017:

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Stock price as of valuation date

 

$

54.00

 

 

$

43.60

 

Risk-free rate

 

 

2.46

%

 

 

1.61

%

Expected volatility

 

 

23.74

%

 

 

24.22

%

Expected dividends

 

 

2.96

%

 

 

3.44

%

Expected term (years)

 

 

3.00

 

 

 

3.00

 

Fair value

 

$

75.37

 

 

$

53.85

 

The following table summarizes outstanding performance share awards as of June 30, 2018 and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2018:

(Dollars in thousands, except grant date fair value)

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-Avg.

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic Value

 

Unvested shares outstanding at December 31, 2017

 

 

200,631

 

 

$

39.19

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

67,747

 

 

$

75.37

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(5,082

)

 

$

47.90

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested shares outstanding at June 30, 2018

 

 

263,296

 

 

$

48.33

 

 

$

13,389

 

 

As of June 30, 2018, there was $6.8 million of unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested performance share awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years.

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RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

The following table summarizes outstanding RSU awards as of June 30, 2018 and changes during the six months ended June 30, 2018:

(Dollars in thousands, except grant date fair value)

 

Shares

 

 

Weighted-Avg.

Grant Date

Fair Value

 

 

Aggregate

Intrinsic Value

 

Unvested shares outstanding at December 31, 2017

 

 

67,871

 

 

$

32.87

 

 

 

 

 

Granted

 

 

42,193

 

 

$

51.59

 

 

 

 

 

Vested

 

 

(1,000

)

 

$

42.92

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeited

 

 

(3,694

)

 

$

45.36

 

 

 

 

 

Unvested shares outstanding at June 30, 2018

 

 

105,370

 

 

$

39.84

 

 

$

5,358

 

 

The fair value of each RSU equaled our common share price on the date of grant. As of June 30, 2018, there was $2.4 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to unvested RSU awards, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION STOCK EQUIVALENT UNITS

Through December 31, 2017, a long-term incentive award was granted annually to our directors and payable upon a director's separation from service. Effective May 2018, directors received restricted stock unit awards that may be deferred. Directors may also elect to defer their quarterly retainers, which may be payable in the form of stock. All stock unit equivalent accounts are credited with dividend equivalents. As of June 30, 2018, there were 144,770 shares outstanding that will be distributed in the future to directors as common stock.  

Issuance of restricted stock units awarded to certain officers and select employees may also be deferred. All stock unit equivalent accounts are credited with dividend equivalents. As of June 30, 2018, there were 74,263 RSUs which had vested, but issuance of the related stock had been deferred.

REPLACEMENT RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARDS

The replacement RSUs issued as a result of the merger with Deltic have four-year vesting terms. During the vesting period, the grantee may vote and receive dividends on the shares, but the shares are subject to transfer restrictions and are all, or partially, forfeited if a grantee terminates employment. Expense for replacement RSUs will continue to be recognized over the remaining service period unless a qualifying termination occurs. A qualifying termination of an awardee will result in acceleration of vesting and expense recognition in the period that the qualifying termination occurs. Qualifying terminations during the six months ended June 30, 2018 resulted in accelerated vesting of approximately 35,000 replacement RSUs and recognition of $1.8 million of expense. This accelerated expense recognition is included in merger-related integration costs as described in Note 14: Merger, Integration and other Costs.

NOTE 14. MERGER, INTEGRATION AND OTHER COSTS

In connection with the merger with Deltic, we incurred costs such as advisory, legal, accounting, valuation and other professional or consulting fees. Restructuring costs relate to termination benefits and integration costs to combine business processes and locations.

 

(Dollars in thousands)

For the Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30,

 

Merger costs

$

362

 

 

$

10,623

 

Restructuring costs:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Termination benefits

 

224

 

 

 

8,782

 

Professional services

 

353

 

 

 

655

 

Other

 

79

 

 

 

213

 

 

 

656

 

 

 

9,650

 

Total merger and restructuring costs

$

1,018

 

 

$

20,273

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

.

During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, we incurred termination benefits, which included accelerated share-based payment costs, for qualifying terminations. Employee termination benefits considered postemployment benefits are accrued when the obligation is probable and estimable, such as benefits stipulated by human resource policies. If the employee must provide future service greater than 60 days, such benefits are expensed ratably over the

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future service period. Accrued termination benefits are recorded in accrued payroll and benefits within accounts payable and accrued liabilities as detailed in Note 6: Certain Balance Sheet Components. Accrued termination benefits at June 30, 2018 are expected to be paid within one year.

Changes in accrued severance related to restructuring were as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Accrued severance as of December 31, 2017

$

 

Charges

 

8,782

 

Payments

 

(8,227

)

Accrued severance as of June 30, 2018

$

555

 

 

NOTE 15. INCOME TAXES

As a real estate investment trust (REIT), we generally are not subject to federal and state corporate income taxes on income of the REIT that we distribute to our shareholders. We conduct certain activities through our taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRS), which are subject to corporate level federal and state income taxes. These taxable activities are principally comprised of our wood products manufacturing operations and certain real estate investments. Therefore, income tax expense or benefit is primarily due to income or loss of the TRS, as well as permanent book versus tax differences.

Deltic’s REIT qualifying activities were also not subject to federal and state corporate income taxes commencing on the date of the merger. Deltic’s wood products manufacturing operations and real estate activities, which are conducted through TRS subsidiaries, are subject to corporate level federal and state income taxes.

On December 22, 2017, H.R. 1, commonly known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the Tax Act), was enacted. The Tax Act contained significant changes to corporate taxation, including the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. The primary impact of the Tax Act provisions in 2018 was a reduction in our TRS’s effective tax, resulting in $4.4 million and $6.5 million in lower taxes during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, respectively.

NOTE 16. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

In January 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) notified us that we were a potentially responsible party under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Clean Water Act for cleanup of a site known as Avery Landing in northern Idaho. We owned a portion of the land at the Avery Landing site, which we acquired in 1980 from the Milwaukee Railroad. The land we owned at the site and adjacent properties were contaminated with petroleum as a result of the Milwaukee Railroad's operations at the site prior to 1980. On July 5, 2011, the EPA issued an Action Memorandum for the Avery Landing Site selecting contaminant extraction and off-site disposal as the remedial alternative. On May 23, 2012, we signed a consent order with the EPA pursuant to which we agreed to provide $1.75 million in funding for EPA cleanup on a portion of our property (including the adjacent riverbank owned by the Idaho Department of Lands). The EPA cleanup was completed in October 2012. On April 4, 2013, the EPA issued a unilateral administrative order requiring us to remediate the portion of the Avery Landing site that we own. Our remediation was completed in October 2013. In 2016, the EPA confirmed that Potlatch had completed the cleanup and subsequent monitoring required by the unilateral order. On September 25, 2015, the EPA sent us a letter asserting that the EPA and the Department of Transportation (the current owner of a portion of the adjacent property remediated by the EPA) (DOT) had incurred $9.8 million in unreimbursed response costs associated with the site and that we were liable for such costs. We executed six tolling agreements with the EPA and DOT suspending the statute of limitations on the claim until March 31, 2018 in order to facilitate negotiations of a final settlement. On December 22, 2017, we sold the land at Avery Landing. On April 10, 2018, the United States District Court for the District of Idaho entered a Consent Decree negotiated by the parties releasing us and our affiliates from any further liability for past response costs incurred by the United States Government in exchange for a final settlement payment of $6 million, which was paid in April 2018.

NOTE 17. SEGMENT INFORMATION

Our businesses are organized into three reportable operating segments: Resource, Wood Products and Real Estate. Management activities in the Resource segment include planting and harvesting trees and building and maintaining roads. The Resource segment also generates revenues from non-timber resources such as hunting leases, recreation permits and leases, mineral rights leases, oil and gas royalties, biomass production and carbon sequestration. The Wood Products segment manufactures and markets lumber, plywood and MDF. The business of our Real Estate segment

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includes the sale of land holdings deemed non-strategic or identified as having higher and better use alternatives. The Real Estate segment also engages in master planned communities and development activities.

Effective February 20, 2018, we changed our operating segment disclosures in order to reflect the new measure of operating profit discussed below that management uses to allocate resources and assess performance. Management adopted the new measure due to the merger with Deltic. The significant increase in the company’s post-merger assets and the related fair value purchase accounting adjustments to acquired Deltic assets created a lack of comparability associated with the historical performance measures. This change has been reflected in the segment information for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018. The segment information presented for comparative purposes for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 has also been revised to reflect this change.

The reporting segments follow the same accounting policies used for our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, with the exception of the valuation of inventories. All segment inventories are reported using the average cost method and the LIFO reserve is recorded at the corporate level. Management primarily evaluates the performance of its segments and allocates resources to them based upon Adjusted EBITDDA. EBITDDA is calculated as net income (loss) before interest expense, income taxes, basis of real estate sold, depreciation, depletion and amortization. Adjusted EBITDDA excludes certain specific items that are considered to hinder comparison of the performance of our businesses either year-on-year or with other businesses. Although Adjusted EBITDDA is not a measure of financial condition or performance determined in accordance with GAAP, the company uses Adjusted EBITDDA to compare the operating performance of its segments on a consistent basis and to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of its operational strategies. The company’s calculation of Adjusted EBITDDA may not be comparable to that reported by other companies.  

The following table summarizes information on revenues, Adjusted EBITDDA, depreciation, depletion and amortization and basis of real estate sold for each of the company’s reportable segments and includes a reconciliation of total Adjusted EBITDDA to income before income taxes:

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Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource

 

$

92,511

 

 

$

55,924

 

 

$

169,017

 

 

$

107,692

 

Wood Products

 

 

193,585

 

 

 

114,529

 

 

 

333,400

 

 

 

210,121

 

Real Estate

 

 

16,431

 

 

 

8,136

 

 

 

26,986

 

 

 

22,640

 

 

 

 

302,527

 

 

 

178,589

 

 

 

529,403

 

 

 

340,453

 

Intersegment Resource revenues1

 

 

(34,294

)

 

 

(15,360

)

 

 

(61,273

)

 

 

(27,543

)

Consolidated revenues

 

$

268,233

 

 

$

163,229

 

 

$

468,130

 

 

$

312,910

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDDA:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource

 

$

43,691

 

 

$

23,823

 

 

$

81,388

 

 

$

43,166

 

Wood Products

 

 

51,566

 

 

 

23,496

 

 

 

80,516

 

 

 

34,265

 

Real Estate

 

 

12,300

 

 

 

6,779

 

 

 

20,302

 

 

 

20,239

 

Corporate

 

 

(11,264

)

 

 

(9,009

)

 

 

(19,980

)

 

 

(16,701

)

Eliminations and adjustments

 

 

(2,085

)

 

 

988

 

 

 

(3,286

)

 

 

2,028

 

Total Adjusted EBITDDA

 

 

94,208

 

 

 

46,077

 

 

 

158,940

 

 

 

82,997

 

Basis of real estate sold

 

 

(2,820

)

 

 

(982

)

 

 

(6,425

)

 

 

(5,772

)

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

(20,950

)

 

 

(6,271

)

 

 

(33,146

)

 

 

(12,600

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

(9,356

)

 

 

(7,348

)

 

 

(15,016

)

 

 

(12,318

)

Non-operating pension and other postretirement employee benefits

 

 

(1,908

)

 

 

(1,286

)

 

 

(3,765

)

 

 

(3,192

)

Gain (loss) on fixed assets

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(30

)

 

 

1

 

 

 

(16

)

Gain on lumber price swap

 

 

 

 

 

3,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,265

 

Inventory purchase price adjustment in cost of goods sold2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,849

)

 

 

 

Deltic merger-related costs3

 

 

(1,018

)

 

 

 

 

 

(20,273

)

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

58,153

 

 

$

33,425

 

 

$

78,467

 

 

$

52,364

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource

 

$

14,598

 

 

$

4,274

 

 

$

23,244

 

 

$

8,658

 

Wood Products

 

 

6,069

 

 

 

1,839

 

 

 

9,423

 

 

 

3,666

 

Real Estate

 

 

77

 

 

 

 

 

 

117

 

 

 

1

 

Corporate

 

 

206

 

 

 

158

 

 

 

362

 

 

 

275

 

 

 

 

20,950

 

 

 

6,271

 

 

 

33,146

 

 

 

12,600

 

Bond discounts and deferred loan fees4

 

 

655

 

 

 

370

 

 

 

1,094

 

 

 

743

 

Total depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

$

21,605

 

 

$

6,641

 

 

$

34,240

 

 

$

13,343

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basis of real estate sold:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Real Estate

 

$

2,896

 

 

$

1,047

 

 

$

6,619

 

 

$

5,856

 

Eliminations and adjustments

 

 

(76

)

 

 

(65

)

 

 

(194

)

 

 

(84

)

Total basis of real estate sold

 

$

2,820

 

 

$

982

 

 

$

6,425

 

 

$

5,772

 

1

Intersegment revenues are based on prevailing market prices of logs sold by our Resource segment to the Wood Products segment.

2

The effect on cost of goods sold for fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of inventory acquired in business combinations.

3

For integration and restructuring costs related to the merger with Deltic see Note 14: Merger, Integration and Other Costs.

4

Bond discounts and deferred loan fees are reported within interest expense, net on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income.


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A reconciliation of our business segment total assets to total assets in the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet is as follows:

(Dollars in thousands)

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

December 31, 2017

 

Total assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Resource1

 

$

1,725,559

 

 

$

670,240

 

Wood Products

 

 

457,370

 

 

 

154,479

 

Real Estate2

 

 

89,595

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,272,524

 

 

 

824,719

 

Corporate

 

 

124,625

 

 

 

128,360

 

Total consolidated assets

 

$

2,397,149

 

 

$

953,079

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1        We do not report rural real estate separate from Resource as we do not report these assets separately to management.

2          Real Estate assets primarily consist of real estate development acquired with the Deltic merger.

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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Forward-Looking Information

This report contains, in addition to historical information, certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including without limitation, expected $50 million in annual synergies and operational improvements by 2019, fair value of hedging instruments and swaps, expected return on pension assets, recognition of compensation costs relating to our performance shares and RSUs, the distribution of Deltic’s earnings and profits prior to December 31, 2018, required contributions to pension plans, expected amortization of unrecognized compensation cost of performance share awards and RSUs, payment of accrued termination benefits within one year, the U.S. housing market, expected improvement in Southern sawlog prices, 2018 capital expenditures and similar matters. Words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “will,” “intend,” “plan,” “target,” “project,” “believe,” “seek,” “schedule,” “estimate,” “could,” “can,” “may” and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect our current views regarding future events based on estimates and assumptions and are therefore subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are not guarantees of future performance. Our actual results of operations could differ materially from our historical results or those expressed or implied by forward-looking statements contained in this report. Important factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to, the following: 

 

changes in the United States and international economies;

 

changes in interest rates and discount rates;

 

changes in the level of residential and commercial construction and remodeling activity;

 

changes in tariffs, quotas and trade agreements involving wood products;

 

changes in demand for our products;

 

changes in production and production capacity in the forest products industry;

 

competitive pricing pressures for our products;

 

unanticipated manufacturing disruptions;

 

weather;

 

transportation disruptions; and

 

our ability to successfully realize the expected benefits from the merger with Deltic.

For a discussion of some of the factors that may affect our business, results and prospects and a nonexclusive listing of forward-looking statements, refer to Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information on page 1 and Risk Factors in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

Forward-looking statements contained in this report present our views only as of the date of this report. Except as required under applicable law, we do not intend to issue updates concerning any future revisions of our views to reflect events or circumstances occurring after the date of this report.

Non-GAAP Measures

To supplement our financial statements presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States (GAAP), we use certain non-GAAP measures on a consolidated basis, including Cash Available for Distribution, (CAD) and Adjusted EBITDDA, which are defined and further explained in Performance and Liquidity Measures below. A reconciliation of such measures to the nearest GAAP measures can also be found in Performance and Liquidity Measures below. Refer to Note 17: Segment Information of the condensed consolidated financial statements for information related to the use of segment Adjusted EBITDDA and a reconciliation of such measures as required by GAAP. Our definitions of these non-GAAP measures may differ from similarly titled measures used by others. These non-GAAP measures should be considered supplemental to and not a substitute for, financial information prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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Our Company

We are a leading timberland real estate investment trust (REIT) with operations in seven states where we own nearly two million acres of timberland, six sawmills, an industrial grade plywood mill, a medium density fiberboard plant and real estate development projects. Our business is organized into three business segments: Resource, Wood Products and Real Estate. Our Resource segment supplies our Wood Products segment with a portion of its wood fiber needs. These intersegment revenues are based on prevailing market prices and typically represent a significant portion of the Resource segment’s total revenues. Our other segments generally do not generate intersegment revenues.

In our discussions of consolidated results of operations, our revenues are reported after elimination of intersegment revenues. In our discussion by business segment, each segment's revenues are presented before the elimination of intersegment revenues.

The operating results of our Resource, Wood Products and Real Estate business segments have been and will continue to be influenced by a variety of factors, including cyclical fluctuations in the forest products industry, changes in timber prices and in harvest levels from our timberlands, weather conditions, competition, timberland valuations, demand for our non-strategic timberland for higher and better use purposes, changes in lumber and panel prices, the efficiency and level of capacity utilization of our wood products manufacturing operations, changes in our principal expenses such as log costs, asset or business acquisitions or dispositions and other factors.

Merger with Deltic

On October 22, 2017, Potlatch, Portland Merger, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Potlatch, and Deltic entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (Merger Agreement). At the effective time on February 20, 2018, Deltic merged into Portland Merger, LLC, with Portland Merger, LLC continuing as the surviving entity. Following the merger, Potlatch Corporation was renamed PotlatchDeltic Corporation (PotlatchDeltic). See Note 3: Merger with Deltic for additional details surrounding the merger.

Synergies

PotlatchDeltic has identified a target of $50 million in annual CAD synergies arising from the merger with Deltic. The $50 million annual synergy run rate is expected to be achieved by 2019. Synergies are being tracked in four categories: 1) increased sustainable harvest; 2) expanded lumber production; 3) REIT tax savings; and 4) lower selling, general and administrative expenses and other improvements. The following table summarizes the target savings.

(Dollars in millions)

Target

Savings

 

 

Run Rate

Savings to Date

 

 

Description

Sustainable harvest

$

10

 

 

$

10

 

 

Increased harvest to sustainable levels in line with industry standards

Expanded lumber production

 

18

 

 

 

13

 

 

Lumber production gains from capital investments in additional drying capacity, increased operating hours and additional improvements

REIT tax savings

 

7

 

 

 

7

 

 

Qualified Deltic assets taxed as a REIT

SG&A and other

 

15

 

 

 

10

 

 

Personnel reductions, system and process integration along with a number of small operational improvements

 

$

50

 

 

$

40

 

 

 

Business and Economic Trends

The demand for timber is directly affected by the underlying demand for lumber and other wood-products, as well as by the demand for pulp, paper and packaging. Our Resource and Wood Products segments are impacted by demand for new homes in the United States housing market and by repair and remodeling activity.

During the second quarter of 2018, new home demand and repair and remodeling activity continued to reflect moderate improvement supported by low unemployment, wage growth, household formation and consumer confidence. The millennial generation has started to form households and have children, which combined with the favorable economic backdrop, should support an ongoing recovery in new single-family home construction.

Increased lumber demand coupled with transportation issues pushed lumber prices higher and contributed to our strong results in Wood Products. We index a significant portion of our Idaho sawlogs to the price of lumber under long-term supply agreements. The Northern region of the Resource segment saw favorable log pricing as a result of the strength in lumber markets. The Southern region of the Resource segment has seen pine sawlog prices remain at relatively low

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levels as markets continue to have ample log availability to meet growing demand. However, new lumber capacity and continued demand growth should begin to narrow the supply-demand gap over time.

Consolidated Results

The following table sets forth changes in our Consolidated Statements of Income. Our Business Segment Results provide a more detailed discussion of our segments.

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

Revenues

 

$

268,233

 

 

$

163,229

 

 

$

105,004

 

 

$

468,130

 

 

$

312,910

 

 

$

155,220

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of goods sold

 

 

180,906

 

 

 

111,356

 

 

 

69,550

 

 

 

320,061

 

 

 

223,854

 

 

 

96,207

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

16,892

 

 

 

13,079

 

 

 

3,813

 

 

 

30,548

 

 

 

24,447

 

 

 

6,101

 

Deltic merger-related costs

 

 

1,018

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,018

 

 

 

20,273

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,273

 

Gain on lumber price swap

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

3,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

3,265

 

 

 

 

198,816

 

 

 

121,170

 

 

 

77,646

 

 

 

370,882

 

 

 

245,036

 

 

 

125,846

 

Operating income

 

 

69,417

 

 

 

42,059

 

 

 

27,358

 

 

 

97,248

 

 

 

67,874

 

 

 

29,374

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

(9,356

)

 

 

(7,348

)

 

 

(2,008

)

 

 

(15,016

)

 

 

(12,318

)

 

 

(2,698

)

Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs

 

 

(1,908

)

 

 

(1,286

)

 

 

(622

)

 

 

(3,765

)

 

 

(3,192

)

 

 

(573

)

Income before income taxes

 

 

58,153

 

 

 

33,425

 

 

 

24,728

 

 

 

78,467

 

 

 

52,364

 

 

 

26,103

 

Income tax provision

 

 

(12,005

)

 

 

(9,181

)

 

 

(2,824

)

 

 

(17,722

)

 

 

(11,199

)

 

 

(6,523

)

Net income

 

$

46,148

 

 

$

24,244

 

 

$

21,904

 

 

$

60,745

 

 

$

41,165

 

 

$

19,580

 

Adjusted EBITDDA1

 

$

94,208

 

 

$

46,077

 

 

$

48,131

 

 

$

158,940

 

 

$

82,997

 

 

$

75,943

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

See Performance and Liquidity Measures for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDDA to net income, the closest comparable GAAP measure, for each of the periods presented.

Second Quarter 2018 Results Compared with Second Quarter 2017

Revenues

Revenues were $268.2 million, an increase of $105.0 million, or 64%, compared with the same period in 2017. Excluding $80.0 million of revenues attributable to acquired Deltic operations, revenue increased $25.0 million, or 15%, primarily due to higher realizations on sawlogs stemming from the effect of higher lumber prices on indexed Idaho sawlogs, higher lumber volumes and more acres sold, including 8,000 acres of non-strategic timberlands in Minnesota to a conservation entity for $900 per acre.  

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold increased $69.6 million, or 62%, compared with the same period in 2017. Excluding $60.7 million of cost of goods sold attributed to acquired Deltic operations, cost of goods sold increased $8.9 million, primarily due to higher per unit log costs for Wood Products in the Northern region and increased depletion rates in the South due to the merger.

Depletion, depreciation and amortization increased primarily due to the following:

 

Depletion increased $8.1 million due to the addition of Deltic’s harvest volumes that were not present during the three months ended June 30, 2017. Excluding the impact of Deltic harvest volumes, depletion increased $2.1 million compared with the same period in the prior year due to increased depletion rates in the South. As we calculate depletion in a Southern depletion pool which includes both Potlatch and Deltic timberlands, depletion expense increased approximately 75% for harvesting activities on legacy Potlatch timberlands in the South as a result of the merger.

 

Depreciation increased $4.3 million primarily from the addition of Deltic’s two sawmills and the MDF plant.

 

Excluding the impact of Deltic, the basis of land sold was $1.1 million and $1.0 million for the 3 months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

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Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for second quarter 2018 were $16.9 million compared with $13.1 million during the same period in 2017. The increase includes $2.9 million of SG&A expenses attributable to acquired Deltic operations and $0.9 million attributable to higher administrative costs as part of the integration. These costs are expected to decline once the integration is complete.

Deltic merger-related costs

Merger-related costs for the second quarter 2018 were $1.0 million. This included $0.4 million in merger costs for various professional fees including legal fees, accounting and appraisal fees. Restructuring costs were $0.6 million, consisting primarily of costs associated with systems integration.

Interest expense, net

Interest expense was $9.4 million, compared with $7.3 million for the same period in 2017. The $2.1 million increase was primarily due to the $230 million in long-term debt assumed or refinanced in connection with the Deltic merger. Refer to Note 8: Debt for a more detailed discussion of our borrowings.

Income tax provision

Provision for income taxes for the second quarter 2018 was $12.0 million compared with $9.2 million for the prior year period. Income taxes are primarily due to income or loss from our taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRS). For the three months ended June 30, 2018, the TRS’s income before income tax was $46.1 million. For the same time last year, the TRS’s income before income tax was $25.9 million. The increase in the TRS’s income before income tax was primarily the result of higher lumber prices and the acquired Deltic wood products operations.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was enacted, which contained significant changes to corporate taxation, including the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. The primary impact of the Tax Act provisions in 2018 was a reduction to our TRS’s effective tax rate, resulting in $4.4 million in lower taxes in the second quarter of 2018.

Adjusted EBITDDA

Adjusted EBITDDA for second quarter 2018 was $94.2 million, an increase of $48.1 million or 104% compared with the same period in 2017. Excluding $30.8 million of Adjusted EBITDDA attributable to acquired Deltic Operations, Adjusted EBITDDA increased $17.3 million, or 38%, from the same period in 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA, excluding Deltic, was driven primarily by higher realizations on sawlogs due to the effect of higher lumber prices on indexed Idaho sawlogs, higher lumber volumes and 8,000 acres of non-strategic timberland sales to a conservation entity described above. Refer to the Business Segments Results below for further discussions on activities for each of our segments.  

See Performance and Liquidity Measures for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDDA to net income, the closest comparable GAAP measure, for each of the periods presented.

Year to Date 2018 Results Compared with Year to Date 2017

Revenues

Revenues were $468.1 million, an increase of $155.2 million, or 50%, compared with the same period in 2017.  

Excluding $108.9 million of revenues attributable to acquired Deltic operations, revenue increased $46.3 million, or 15%, primarily due to higher realizations on sawlogs due to the effect of higher lumber prices on indexed Idaho sawlogs, higher lumber volumes and increased land sales for the period.

Cost of goods sold

Cost of goods sold increased $96.2 million, or 43%, compared with the same period in 2017. Excluding $86.5 million of cost of goods sold attributed to acquired Deltic operations, cost of goods sold increased $9.7 million, primarily due to higher per unit log costs for Wood Products and increased depletion rates in the South due to the merger.

Depletion, depreciation and amortization increased primarily due to the following:

 

Depletion increased $11.0 million due to the addition of Deltic’s harvest volumes for 129 days in the current year period that were not present in the prior year. Excluding the impact of Deltic harvest volumes, depletion increased

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$3.3 million compared with the same period in the prior year primarily due to increased harvest activities in the North due to favorable hauling conditions and increased depletion rates in the South due to the merger.

 

Depreciation increased $6.0 million primarily from the addition of Deltic’s two sawmills and the MDF plant.

 

Excluding the impact of Deltic, the basis of land sold decreased $2.3 million due to the mix of sales compared with the same prior period in 2017.

 

At the merger date, Deltic’s lumber and panel inventory was recorded at fair value, resulting in $1.8 million of additional cost of goods sold from the sale of the inventory.

Selling, general and administrative expenses

Selling, general and administrative (SG&A) expenses for the six months ended June 30, 2018 were $30.5 million compared with $24.4 million during the same period in 2017. The increase includes $4.7 million of SG&A expenses attributable to acquired Deltic operations and $1.4 million attributable to higher administrative costs as part of the integration, which are expected to decline once the integration is complete.

Deltic merger-related costs

Merger-related costs for the six months ended June 30, 2018 were $20.3 million. This included $10.6 million in merger costs for investment banking fees, legal fees, accounting and appraisal fees and other costs related to filing the joint proxy/prospectus for the merger. Restructuring costs were $9.7 million, consisting primarily of termination benefits, which included accelerated share-based payment costs for qualifying terminations.

Interest expense, net

Interest expense was $15.0 million, compared with $12.3 million for the same period in 2017. The $2.7 million increase was primarily due to the $230 million in long-term debt assumed or refinanced in connection with the Deltic merger. Refer to Note 8: Debt for a more detailed discussion of our borrowings.

Income tax provision

Provision for income taxes for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was $17.7 million compared with $11.2 million for the prior year period. Income taxes are primarily due to income or loss from our taxable REIT subsidiaries (TRS). For the six months ended June 30, 2018, the TRS’s income before income tax was $69.1 million. For the same time last year, the TRS’s income before income tax was $31.6 million. The increase in the TRS’s income before income tax was primarily the result of higher lumber prices and the acquired Deltic wood products operations.

On December 22, 2017, the Tax Act was enacted, which contained significant changes to corporate taxation, including the reduction of the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, effective January 1, 2018. The primary impact of the Tax Act provisions in 2018 was a reduction to our TRS’s effective tax rate, resulting in $6.5 million in lower taxes in the six months ended June 30, 2018.

Adjusted EBITDDA

Adjusted EBITDDA for six months ended June 30, 2018 was $158.9 million, an increase of $75.9 million or 92% compared with the same period in 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBITTDA was driven primarily by increased Southern harvests and wood products volumes due to the addition of Deltic operations, higher lumber pricing and higher realization on Northern sawlogs. Excluding $39.5 million of Adjusted EBITDDA attributable to acquired Deltic operations, Adjusted EBITDDA increased $36.4 million, or 44%, from the same period in 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA, excluding Deltic, was driven primarily by higher realizations on sawlogs due to the effect of higher lumber prices on indexed Idaho sawlogs, higher lumber volumes, lumber prices and increased acres sold. Refer to the Business Segments Results below for further discussions on activities for each of our segments.  

See Performance and Liquidity Measures for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDDA to net income, the closest comparable GAAP measure, for each of the periods presented.

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Business Segment Results

Resource Segment

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

Revenues1

 

$

92,511

 

 

$

55,924

 

 

$

36,587

 

 

$

169,017

 

 

$

107,692

 

 

$

61,325

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Logging and hauling

 

 

(37,306

)

 

 

(23,480

)

 

 

(13,826

)

 

 

(69,205

)

 

 

(48,472

)

 

 

(20,733

)

Other

 

 

(9,390

)

 

 

(6,807

)

 

 

(2,583

)

 

 

(14,725

)

 

 

(12,881

)

 

 

(1,844

)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

(2,124

)

 

 

(1,814

)

 

 

(310

)

 

 

(3,699

)

 

 

(3,173

)

 

 

(526

)

Adjusted EBITDDA2

 

$

43,691

 

 

$

23,823

 

 

$

19,868

 

 

$

81,388

 

 

$

43,166

 

 

$

38,222

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Prior to elimination of intersegment fiber revenues of $34.3 million and $15.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, and $61.3 million and $27.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectfully.

2

Management uses Adjusted EBITDDA to evaluate the performance of the company. See Note 17: Segment Information.

Adjusted EBITDDA

The following table summarizes Adjusted EBITDDA variances for three and six months ended June 30, 2018, compared with the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Adjusted EBITDDA June 30, 2017

 

$

23,823

 

 

$

43,166

 

Volume - Northern

 

 

4,744

 

 

 

13,710

 

Price / mix - Northern

 

 

6,489

 

 

 

14,785

 

Volume-Southern

 

 

21,952

 

 

 

29,510

 

Price / mix - Southern

 

 

2,764

 

 

 

2,184

 

Logging and hauling costs

 

 

(13,826

)

 

 

(20,733

)

Other forestry costs

 

 

(2,583

)

 

 

(1,844

)

Selling general and administrative expenses

 

 

(309

)

 

 

(526

)

Other costs, net

 

 

637

 

 

 

1,136

 

Adjusted EBITDDA June 30, 2018

 

$

43,691

 

 

$

81,388

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upon our merger with Deltic, we acquired approximately 530,000 acres of timberland, primarily in Arkansas. The revenues and Adjusted EBITDDA associated with these additional acres from the merger date through the end of second quarter 2018 are included in the results of our Resource segment. Results include other ancillary benefits from land ownership, such as revenues from hunting leases and oil and gas royalties.

Second Quarter 2018 Results Compared with Second Quarter 2017

Segment Adjusted EBITDDA for the second quarter of 2018 was $43.7 million, an increase of $19.9 million, or 83%, compared with the same period in 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA is a primarily the result of the following:

 

Northern increased $4.7 million due primarily to a 43,710 ton increase in the volume of sawlogs harvested. In addition, prices increased $16 per ton, or 14%, compared to the same prior period in 2017 which resulted in a $6.5 million increase in segment Adjusted EBITDDA. The price increase reflects the effect of higher lumber prices on indexed Idaho sawlog volumes.

 

Southern increased $22.0 million in volume sold and $2.8 million in pricing primarily due to the addition of a full quarter of Deltic operations which were not present in the same period in 2017. We harvested 1.1 million tons in the South during the second quarter of 2018 which was up 145% compared to the same period in 2017. Our sawlog prices were $43 per ton for the three months ended June 30, 2018 compared to $39 per ton for the three months ended June 30, 2017. The increase in price per ton was primarily due to harvesting more valuable large diameter Deltic sawlogs and a more favorable mix of higher priced hardwood sawlogs.

These increases were partially offset by the following:

 

Logging and hauling costs increased $13.8 million primarily due to the higher harvest volumes in the South and the North.

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Other forestry costs increased $2.6 million primarily due to the addition of the Deltic operations.

Year to Date 2018 Results Compared with Year to Date 2017

Adjusted EBITDDA for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was $81.4 million, an increase of $38.2 million, or 88%, compared with the same period in 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA is primarily the result of the following:

 

Northern increased $13.7 million due primarily to a 138,388 ton increase in the volume of sawlogs harvested. In addition, prices increased $18 per ton, or 18%, compared to the same prior period in 2017 which resulted in a $14.8 million increase in segment Adjusted EBITDDA. The price increase reflects the effect of higher lumber prices on indexed Idaho sawlog volumes.

 

Southern increased $29.5 million in volume sold and $2.2 million in pricing primarily due to the addition of Deltic operations for 129 days during 2018 which were not present in the same period in 2017. We harvested 1.8 million tons in the South during the six months ended 2018 which was up 94% compared to the same period in 2017. Our sawlog prices were $42 per ton for the six months ended June 30, 2017 compared to $40 per ton for the six months ended June 30, 2017. The increase in price per ton was primarily due to harvesting more valuable large diameter Deltic sawlogs and a more favorable mix of higher priced hardwood sawlogs.

These increases were partially offset by the following:

 

Logging and hauling costs increased $20.7 million primarily due to the higher harvest volumes in the South and the North.

 

Other forestry costs increased $1.8 million primarily due to the addition of the Deltic operations.

Resource Segment Statistics

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

Harvest Volumes (in tons)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

Change

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

Change

 

Northern region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawlog

 

 

377,636

 

 

 

333,926

 

 

 

43,710

 

 

 

826,418

 

 

 

688,030

 

 

 

138,388

 

Pulpwood

 

 

31,389

 

 

 

40,054

 

 

 

(8,665

)

 

 

76,817

 

 

 

87,839

 

 

 

(11,022

)

Stumpage

 

 

4,222

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,222

 

 

 

10,058

 

 

 

10,693

 

 

 

(635

)

Total

 

 

413,247

 

 

 

373,980

 

 

 

39,267

 

 

 

913,293

 

 

 

786,562

 

 

 

126,731

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern region

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawlog

 

 

580,296

 

 

 

192,391

 

 

 

387,905

 

 

 

929,880

 

 

 

408,488

 

 

 

521,392

 

Pulpwood

 

 

439,551

 

 

 

251,167

 

 

 

188,384

 

 

 

738,104

 

 

 

499,166

 

 

 

238,938

 

Stumpage

 

 

92,988

 

 

 

9,782

 

 

 

83,206

 

 

 

125,320

 

 

 

15,456

 

 

 

109,864

 

Total

 

 

1,112,835

 

 

 

453,340

 

 

 

659,495

 

 

 

1,793,304

 

 

 

923,110

 

 

 

870,194

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total harvest volume

 

 

1,526,082

 

 

 

827,320

 

 

 

698,762

 

 

 

2,706,597

 

 

 

1,709,672

 

 

 

996,925

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sales Price/Unit ($ per ton)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Northern region1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawlog

 

$

131

 

 

$

115

 

 

$

16

 

 

$

120

 

 

$

102

 

 

$

18

 

Pulpwood

 

$

41

 

 

$

37

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

40

 

 

$

39

 

 

$

1

 

Stumpage

 

$

14

 

 

$

 

 

$

14

 

 

$

14

 

 

$

13

 

 

$

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Southern region1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sawlog

 

$

43

 

 

$

39

 

 

$

4

 

 

$

42

 

 

$

40

 

 

$

2

 

Pulpwood

 

$

31

 

 

$

29

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

30

 

 

$

30

 

 

$

 

Stumpage

 

$

11

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

(4

)

 

$

12

 

 

$

15

 

 

$

(3

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Sawlog and pulpwood sales prices are on a delivered basis, which includes contracted logging and hauling costs charged to the customer. Stumpage sales provide our customers the right to harvest standing timber. As such, the customer contracts the logging and hauling and bears such costs.

Note: First quarter 2018 Southern sawlog and pulpwood volumes were increased 10,961 and 3,249 tons, respectively, relative to volumes reported in our Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2018.

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Wood Products Segment

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

Revenues

 

$

193,585

 

 

$

114,529

 

 

$

79,056

 

 

$

333,400

 

 

$

210,121

 

 

$

123,279

 

Costs and expenses1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fiber costs

 

 

(75,274

)

 

 

(46,518

)

 

 

(28,756

)

 

 

(133,964

)

 

 

(88,604

)

 

 

(45,360

)

Freight, logging and hauling

 

 

(19,663

)

 

 

(12,466

)

 

 

(7,197

)

 

 

(35,618

)

 

 

(24,723

)

 

 

(10,895

)

Manufacturing costs

 

 

(49,716

)

 

 

(26,772

)

 

 

(22,944

)

 

 

(87,068

)

 

 

(58,049

)

 

 

(29,019

)

Finished goods inventory change

 

 

4,800

 

 

 

(630

)

 

 

5,430

 

 

 

7,950

 

 

 

1,670

 

 

 

6,280

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

(2,166

)

 

 

(1,413

)

 

 

(753

)

 

 

(4,180

)

 

 

(2,905

)

 

 

(1,275

)

Gain on lumber price swap

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

3,265

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

3,265

 

Other

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

(31

)

 

 

(4

)

 

 

20

 

 

 

(24

)

Adjusted EBITDDA2

 

$

51,566

 

 

$

23,496

 

 

$

28,070

 

 

$

80,516

 

 

$

34,265

 

 

$

46,251

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Prior to elimination of intersegment fiber costs of $34.3 million and $15.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 and $61.3 million and $27.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

2

Management uses Adjusted EBITDDA to evaluate the performance of the company. See Note 17: Segment Information.

Adjusted EBITDDA

The following table summarizes Adjusted EBITDDA variances for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 compared with the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Adjusted EBITDDA June 30, 2017

 

$

23,496

 

 

$

34,265

 

Shipment volumes - lumber

 

 

29,940

 

 

 

43,482

 

Price / mix - lumber

 

 

22,145

 

 

 

38,396

 

Panels

 

 

4,032

 

 

 

6,983

 

Residuals and other

 

 

6,675

 

 

 

10,022

 

Log costs - lumber

 

 

(21,170

)

 

 

(33,893

)

Freight, logging and hauling - lumber

 

 

(5,258

)

 

 

(8,244

)

Finished goods inventory change - lumber

 

 

5,118

 

 

 

6,771

 

Cost of sales

 

 

(12,669

)

 

 

(16,016

)

Selling general and administrative expenses

 

 

(743

)

 

 

(1,250

)

Adjusted EBITDDA June 30, 2018

 

$

51,566

 

 

$

80,516

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upon the with Deltic merger, we acquired two sawmills and one medium density fiberboard (MDF) plant in Arkansas. The sales and Adjusted EBITDDA of these facilities from the merger date to the end of the second quarter 2018 are included in the results of our Wood Products segment.

Second Quarter 2018 Results Compared with Second Quarter 2017

 

Adjusted EBITDDA for second quarter 2018 was $51.6 million, an increase of $28.1 million, or 119%, compared with the prior year period. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA is a primarily the result of the following:

 

 

Lumber shipments increased 69.5 million board feet to 259.2 million board feet in the second quarter of 2018 compared to 189.8 million board feet in the second quarter of 2017. The increase is primarily due to the addition of the Deltic mills. Lumber sales prices increased 20% to $517 per MBF compared with $431 per MBF during the same period in 2017 due to stronger demand coupled with industry supply constraints including transportation challenges experienced by Canadian lumber mills.

 

 

The contribution of panels increased $4.0 million due to the addition of the Deltic MDF plant as well as strong demand and pricing for industrial grade plywood.

 

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Residuals and other contributed $6.7 million more primarily due to the addition of the Deltic sawmills.

 

 

Lumber inventories increased due primarily to the addition of the two Deltic sawmills. In addition, we experienced truck and rail shipping challenges in the second quarter of 2018 which delayed shipment of approximately 16 million board feet of lumber. We expect to catch up on lumber shipments in the second half of 2018.

 

These increases were partially offset by the following:

 

Costs incurred by the sawmills for logs and freight, logging and hauling increased $21.1 million and $5.3 million, respectively, primarily due to the higher lumber shipment volumes.

 

 

Other lumber costs of sales increasing $12.7 million due primarily to the addition of the two Deltic sawmills during 2018.

Year to Date 2018 Results Compared with Year to Date 2017

 

Adjusted EBITDDA for the six months ended June 30, 2018 was $80.5 million, an increase of $46.3 million, or 135%, compared with the prior year period. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA is a primarily the result of the following:

 

Lumber shipments increased 106.1 million board feet to 463.4 million board feet during the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to 357.3 million board feet in comparable prior period of 2017. The increase is primarily due to the addition of the Deltic mills. Lumber sales prices increased 21% to $495 per MBF compared with $410 per MBF during the same period in 2017 due to stronger demand coupled with industry supply constraints including transportation challenges experienced by Canadian lumber mills.

 

 

The contribution of panels increased $7.0 million due to the addition of the Deltic MDF plant as well as strong demand and pricing for industrial grade plywood.

 

 

Residuals and other contributed $10.0 million more primarily due to the addition of the Deltic sawmills.

 

 

Lumber inventories increased due primarily to the addition of the two Deltic sawmills. In addition, we experienced truck and rail shipping challenges in the second quarter of 2018 which delayed shipment of approximately 16 million board feet of lumber. We expect to catch up on lumber shipments in the second half of 2018.

 

These increases were partially offset by the following:

 

Costs incurred by the sawmills for logs and freight, logging and hauling increased $33.9 million and $8.2 million, respectively, primarily due to the addition of the two Deltic lumber mills and increased lumber shipments.

 

 

Other lumber costs of sales increasing $16.0 million due primarily to the lumber shipment volumes and the addition of the two Deltic sawmills during 2018.

Wood Products Segment Statistics

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

Change

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

Change

 

Lumber shipments (MBF)1

 

 

259,249

 

 

 

189,781

 

 

 

69,468

 

 

 

463,394

 

 

 

357,340

 

 

 

106,054

 

Lumber sales prices ($ per MBF)

 

$

517

 

 

$

431

 

 

$

86

 

 

$

495

 

 

$

410

 

 

$

85

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

MBF stands for thousand board feet.

Real Estate Segment

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

$ Change

 

Revenues

 

$

16,431

 

 

$

8,136

 

 

$

8,295

 

 

$

26,986

 

 

$

22,640

 

 

$

4,346

 

Costs and expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

(3,184

)

 

 

(671

)

 

 

(2,513

)

 

 

(4,611

)

 

 

(1,007

)

 

 

(3,604

)

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

(947

)

 

 

(686

)

 

 

(261

)

 

 

(2,073

)

 

 

(1,394

)

 

 

(679

)

Adjusted EBITDDA1

 

$

12,300

 

 

$

6,779

 

 

$

5,521

 

 

$

20,302

 

 

$

20,239

 

 

$

63

 

1

Management uses Adjusted EBITDDA to evaluate the performance of the company. See Note 17: Segment Information.

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The following table summarizes Adjusted EBITDDA variances for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 compared with the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Three Months Ended

 

 

Six Months Ended

 

Adjusted EBITDDA June 30, 2017

 

$

6,779

 

 

$

20,239

 

Rural real estate sales

 

 

4,533

 

 

 

(1,138

)

Real estate development sales

 

 

1,876

 

 

 

3,095

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

 

(263

)

 

 

(681

)

Other costs, net

 

 

(625

)

 

 

(1,213

)

Adjusted EBITDDA June 30, 2018

 

$

12,300

 

 

$

20,302

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Upon the Deltic merger, we acquired an established real estate development project in Little Rock, Arkansas known as Chenal Valley. The revenues and Adjusted EBITDDA of this operation from the merger date to the end of the second quarter are included in the results of our Real Estate segment.

Second Quarter 2018 Results Compared with Second Quarter 2017

Adjusted EBITDDA for the second quarter of 2018 was $12.3 million, an increase of $5.5 million, or 81%, compared with the same period in 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA is a primarily the result of the following:

 

An increase in rural real estate sales of approximately $4.5 million compared to the prior period of 2017. The increase in rural sales includes an 8,000 acre sale of non-strategic timberlands in Minnesota to a conservation entity for $900 per acre. This 8,000 acre sale represents about one fifth of a larger multi-year option involving this entity and state and federal agencies that use conservation funding to purchase land holdings.  

 

 

Real estate development sales of 13 residential lot at an average price of $74,000 per lot in the Chenal Valley development.    

These increases were partially offset by the following:

 

The average price per acre of rural real estate declining $409 per acre primarily as a result of less HBU and recreational real estate in the sales mix during the three months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the prior period in 2017. The average price per acre fluctuates based on both the geographic area of the real estate and product mix.

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses and other expenses increasing primarily due to the addition of the real estate development and Chenal Country Club activities in 2018 following the Deltic merger.

Year to Date 2018 Results Compared with Year to Date 2017

Adjusted EBITDDA for the six months ended 2018 was $20.3 million compared with $20.2 million for the same period in 2017. The increase in Adjusted EBITDDA is a primarily the result of the following:

 

 

Rural real estate sales declined $1.1 million compared with the same period in 2017. This decrease is mainly a result of the mix of sales with less HBU and recreational real estate sales during the six months ended June 30, 2018 compared to the prior period of 2017. The average price per acre fluctuates based on both the geographic area of the real estate and product mix.

 

 

Real estate development sales consisted of 25 residential lot at an average price of $86,000 per lot in the Chenal Valley development.    

 

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses and other expenses increasing primarily due to the addition of the real estate development and Chenal Country Club activities in 2018 following the Deltic merger.

 

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Rural Real Estate

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

 

Acres Sold

 

 

Average

Price/Acre

 

 

Acres Sold

 

 

Average

Price/Acre

 

Higher and better use (HBU)

 

 

1,133

 

 

$

2,113

 

 

 

700

 

 

$

2,577

 

Recreation real estate

 

 

2,280

 

 

$

1,290

 

 

 

4,523

 

 

$

1,356

 

Non-strategic timberland

 

 

8,158

 

 

$

899

 

 

 

186

 

 

$

1,074

 

Total

 

 

11,571

 

 

$

1,095

 

 

 

5,409

 

 

$

1,504

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development Real Estate

 

Three Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots or

Acres Sold

 

 

Average

$/ Lot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential lots

 

13

 

 

$

74,054

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rural Real Estate

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

 

Acres Sold

 

 

Average

Price/Acre

 

 

Acres Sold

 

 

Average

Price/Acre

 

Higher and better use (HBU)

 

 

2,929

 

 

$

2,286

 

 

 

5,328

 

 

$

2,530

 

Recreation real estate

 

 

5,741

 

 

$

1,161

 

 

 

6,263

 

 

$

1,399

 

Non-strategic timberland

 

 

9,045

 

 

$

900

 

 

 

383

 

 

$

1,046

 

Total

 

 

17,715

 

 

$

1,214

 

 

 

11,974

 

 

$

1,891

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Development Real Estate

 

Six Months Ended June 30, 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lots or

Acres Sold

 

 

Average

$/ Lot

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Residential Lots

 

 

25

 

 

$

86,016

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Overview

As of June 30, 2018, our cash and cash equivalents were $125.7 million, an increase of $5.3 million from December 31, 2017. The increase in cash and cash equivalents was primarily the result of an increase in cash generated by operations due to stronger lumber prices, partially offset by debt repayments and higher dividend payments.

Net Cash from Operations

Net cash provided from operating activities was $95.4 million for the first half of 2018, compared with $79.4 million in the first half of 2017. This $16.0 million increase in net cash provided by operating activities was primarily attributable to $129.4 million of additional cash received from customers, partially offset by $87.6 million cash paid to our suppliers.

In addition to the increased cash received from our customers and increased payments to suppliers in 2018 compared to 2017, cash provided by operating activities in 2018 was affected by:

 

Cash payments of $19.7 million associated with the $20.3 million of merger expense.

 

Cash contributions to our qualified pension plans of $8.1 million. There were no qualified contributions during the first six months of 2017.

 

An increase in cash interest payments of $3.2 million, primarily due to debt assumed in connection with the Deltic merger.

Net Cash Flows from Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities was $14.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018, compared with $14.9 million used in 2017.

 

For the six months ended June 30, 2018, we used $18.7 million for capital expenditures primarily in our Wood Products and Resource segments. This was partially offset by cash acquired from the merger with Deltic of $3.4 million.

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Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities was $75.4 million and $36.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.

 

In the first half of 2018, we repaid a net $20.3 million of long-term debt and revolving line of credit, as well as paid $2.4 million in loan fees.

 

Dividends to stockholders were $50.2 million, compared with $30.5 million paid in the first half of 2017. Our quarterly dividend increased approximately $10.0 million due to the issuance of approximately 22.0 million additional shares related to the merger, and the increase of our quarterly dividend from $0.375 per share to $0.40 per share starting in December 2017.

Capital Structure

 

 

June 30,

 

 

December 31,

 

(Dollars in millions)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Long-term debt

 

$

783,436

 

 

$

573,319

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(125,719

)

 

 

(120,457

)

Net debt

 

 

657,717

 

 

 

452,862

 

Market capitalization1

 

 

3,191,041

 

 

 

2,026,539

 

Enterprise value

 

$

3,848,758

 

 

$

2,479,401

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net debt to enterprise value

 

 

17.1

%

 

 

18.3

%

Dividend yield2

 

 

3.1

%

 

 

3.1

%

Weighted-average cost of debt, after tax3

 

 

4.1

%

 

 

4.3

%

 

1

Market capitalization is based on outstanding shares of 62.8 million and 40.6 million times closing share prices of $50.85 and $49.90 as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively.

2       

Dividend yield is based on annualized dividends per share of $1.60 and $1.53 divided by share prices of $50.85 and $49.90 as of June 30, 2018, and December 31, 2017, respectively.

3

Weighted-average cost of debt is based on outstanding principal balances only.

Liquidity and Performance Measures

The discussion below is presented to enhance the reader’s understanding of our operating performance, ability to generate cash and satisfy rating agency and creditor requirements. This information includes two measures: Adjusted EBITDDA and Cash Available for Distribution (CAD). These measures are not defined by GAAP and the discussion of Adjusted EBITDDA and CAD is not intended to conflict with or change any of the GAAP disclosures described herein.

We define CAD as cash provided by operating activities adjusted for capital spending for purchases of property, plant and equipment, timberlands reforestation and roads and acquisition of timber and timberlands. Management believes CAD is a useful indicator of the company’s overall liquidity, as it provides a measure of cash generated that is available for dividends to common stockholders (an important factor in maintaining our REIT status), repurchase of the company’s common shares, debt repayment, acquisitions and other discretionary and nondiscretionary activities. Our definition of CAD is limited in that it does not solely represent residual cash flows available for discretionary expenditures since the measure does not deduct the payments required for debt service and other contractual obligations. Therefore, we believe it is important to view CAD as a measure that provides supplemental information to our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Our definition of CAD may be different from similarly titled measures reported by other companies, including those in our industry. CAD is not necessarily indicative of the CAD that may be generated in future periods.  

Management uses Adjusted EBITDDA as a performance measure. Adjusted EBITDDA is a non-GAAP measure that management uses to allocate resources between segments and to evaluate performance about the business and that investors can use to evaluate the operational performance of the assets under management. It removes the impact of specific items that management believes do not directly reflect the core business operations on an ongoing basis. This measure should not be considered in isolation from and is not intended to represent an alternative to our results reported in accordance with GAAP. Management believes that this non-GAAP measure, when read in conjunction with our GAAP financial statements, provides useful information to investors by facilitating the comparability of our ongoing operating results over the periods presented, the ability to identify trends in our underlying business and the comparison of our operating results against analyst financial models and operating results of other public companies that supplement their GAAP results with non-GAAP financial measures.

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Our definition of Adjusted EBITDDA may be different from similarly titled measures reported by other companies. We define Adjusted EBITDDA as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, depletion, amortization, the basis of real estate sold, non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs, gains and losses on disposition of fixed assets, acquisition costs included in cost of goods sold, environmental charges, Deltic merger-related costs, non-cash impairments and other special items.

We reconcile Adjusted EBITDDA to net income for the consolidated company as it is the most comparable GAAP measures. See Note 17: Segment Information to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included herein for the reconciliation required by GAAP for our segments.

The following table provides a reconciliation of net income to Adjusted EBITDDA for the respective periods:

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Net income

 

$

46,148

 

 

$

24,244

 

 

$

60,745

 

 

$

41,165

 

Interest, net

 

 

9,356

 

 

 

7,348

 

 

 

15,016

 

 

 

12,318

 

Income tax

 

 

12,005

 

 

 

9,181

 

 

 

17,722

 

 

 

11,199

 

Depreciation, depletion and amortization

 

 

20,950

 

 

 

6,271

 

 

 

33,146

 

 

 

12,600

 

Basis of real estate sold

 

 

2,820

 

 

 

982

 

 

 

6,425

 

 

 

5,772

 

Non-operating pension and other postretirement benefit costs

 

 

1,908

 

 

 

1,286

 

 

 

3,765

 

 

 

3,192

 

Inventory purchase price adjustment in cost of goods sold1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,849

 

 

 

 

Deltic merger related costs2

 

 

1,018

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,273

 

 

 

 

Gain on lumber price swap

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,265

)

(Gain)/loss on fixed assets

 

 

3

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

16

 

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDDA

 

$

94,208

 

 

$

46,077

 

 

$

158,940

 

 

$

82,997

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

The effect on cost of goods of fair value adjustments to the carrying amounts of inventory acquired in business combinations.

2

Integration and restructuring costs related to the merger with Deltic – see Note 14: Merger, Integration and Other Costs in the Footnotes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

 

The following table provides a reconciliation of Cash Provided by Operating Activities to CAD:

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2017

 

Cash from operating activities1

 

$

95,355

 

 

$

79,383

 

Capital expenditures

 

 

(18,655

)

 

 

(14,863

)

CAD

 

$

76,700

 

 

$

64,520

 

Net cash from investing activites2

 

$

(14,705

)

 

$

(14,937

)

Net cash from financing activities

 

$

(75,388

)

 

$

(36,706

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Cash from operating activities for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 includes cash paid for Deltic merger-related costs of $19.7 million and $0, respectively, and cash paid for real estate development expenditures of $1.7 million and $0, respectively.

2

Net cash from investing activities includes payments for capital expenditures, which is also included in our reconciliation of CAD.

Credit and Term Loan Agreements

On February 14, 2018, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement with an expiration date of April 13, 2023. The amended agreement increases our revolving line of credit to $380 million, which may be increased by up to an additional $420 million. It also includes a sublimit of $75 million for the issuance of standby letters of credit and a sublimit of $25 million for swing line loans. Usage under either or both subfacilities reduces availability under the revolving line of credit. Pricing is consistent with the 2014 amended and restated credit agreement. The limitation on timberland acre sales was eliminated. As of June 30, 2018, approximately $1.0 million of capacity under our credit agreement was utilized by outstanding letters of credit, resulting in $379.0 million available for additional borrowings.

On March 22, 2018, we entered into a Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Agreement, which amended the existing amended and restated term loan agreement dated December 14, 2014. The agreement includes an additional $100 million of new loans and a $100 million loan assumed in connection with the Deltic merger. The $100 million of new loans represent a refinancing of credit facility borrowings acquired from Deltic. The agreement also allows for incremental future borrowings in an amount not to exceed $150 million. The limitation on timberland acre sales was eliminated.

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The following table sets forth the financial covenants in the credit and term loan agreements and our status with respect to these covenants as of June 30, 2018:

 

 

Covenant Requirement

 

 

Actuals at

June 30, 2018

 

Interest coverage ratio

 

 

3.00 to 1.00

 

 

8.00

 

Leverage ratio

 

 

40%

 

 

20%

 

 

The Interest Coverage Ratio is EBITDDA, which is defined as net income adjusted for interest expense, income taxes, depreciation, depletion and amortization, the basis of real estate sold and non-cash equity compensation expense, divided by interest expense for the same period.

The Leverage Ratio is our Total Funded Indebtedness divided by our Total Asset Value. Our Total Funded Indebtedness consists of long-term debt, including any current portion of long-term debt, revolving line of credit borrowings and the amount outstanding under the letter of credit subfacility.

Total Asset Value (TAV) includes the Consolidated Timberland Value, the book basis of our Wood Products manufacturing facilities (limited to 10% of TAV), the book basis of Construction in Progress (limited to 10% of TAV), the book basis of the Pro Rata Share of Investment Affiliates (limited to 15% of TAV), cash and cash equivalents and company-owned life insurance (limited to 5% of TAV). Construction in Progress means, as of any date, (a) the construction of a new operating facility or (b) an expansion with greater than $10 million of capital expenditures to an existing facility. Investment Affiliate means any person in which any member of the Consolidated Parties, directly or indirectly, has an ownership interest, whose financial results are not consolidated into our financial statements.

The terms of our senior notes limit our ability and the ability of any subsidiary guarantors to enter into restricted transactions, which include the ability to borrow money, pay dividends, redeem or repurchase capital stock, enter into sale and leaseback transactions and create liens. However, such restricted transactions are permitted if the balance of our cumulative Funds Available for Distribution (FAD) and a FAD basket amount provide sufficient funds to cover such restricted payments. At June 30, 2018, our cumulative FAD was $268.3 million and the FAD basket was $90.1 million.  FAD is defined as net income plus depreciation, depletion, amortization and basis of real estate sold, minus capital expenditures. Capital expenditures exclude timberland purchases greater than $5.0 million.

Contractual Obligations

Other than debt assumed from the merger with Deltic described in Note 8: Debt in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which is incorporated herein by reference, there have been no material changes to our contractual obligations in the six months ended June 30, 2018 outside the ordinary course of business.

Credit Ratings

Two major debt rating agencies routinely evaluate our debt and our cost of borrowing can increase or decrease depending on our credit rating. In April 2018, Moody’s upgraded our debt rating from 'Ba1' to ‘Baa3’, with a Stable outlook. In July 2018, Standard & Poor’s upgraded our debt rating from ‘BB+’ to ‘BBB-’, with a stable outlook. We are now investment-grade rated by both agencies.  

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We currently are not a party to off-balance sheet arrangements that would require disclosure under this section.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

As a result of our merger with Deltic, we recognize identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their acquisition date fair value. Goodwill, if any, as of the acquisition date is measured as the excess of consideration transferred over the net of the acquisition date fair values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed. While we use our best estimates and assumptions for the purchase price allocation process to value assets acquired and liabilities assumed at the acquisition date, our estimates are inherently uncertain and subject to refinement. As a result, during the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, we record adjustments to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill (or to earnings in the event that there is no goodwill) to the extent that we identify adjustments to the preliminary purchase price allocation. We will recognize measurement period adjustments and any resulting effect on earnings during the period in which the adjustment is identified. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the values of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments will be recorded to our consolidated statement of operations.

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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Other than debt assumed from the merger with Deltic described in Note 8: Debt in the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, which is incorporated herein by reference, our exposures to market risk have not changed materially since December 31, 2017. For quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk, see Item 7A – Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosure about Market Risk in our 2017 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Quantitative Information about Market Risks

The table below provides information about our outstanding long-term debt, weighted-average interest rates and interest rate swaps as of June 30, 2018. For debt obligations, the table presents principal cash flows and related weighted-average interest rates by expected maturity dates. For interest rate swaps, the table presents notional amounts and weighted-average interest rates by expected (contractual) maturity dates. Notional amounts are used to calculate the contractual payments to be exchanged under the contract. Weighted-average variable rates are based on implied forward rates in the yield curve.

 

 

EXPECTED MATURITY DATE

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2018

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

THEREAFTER

 

 

TOTAL

 

 

FAIR VALUE

 

Variable rate debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal due

 

$

 

 

$

40,000

 

 

$

40,000

 

 

$

40,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

156,500

 

 

$

276,500

 

 

$

276,503

 

Average interest rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.36

%

 

 

4.72

%

 

 

4.75

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.41

%

 

 

4.49

%

 

 

 

 

Fixed rate debt:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Principal due

 

$

 

 

$

150,000

 

 

$

6,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

43,000

 

 

$

315,735

 

 

$

514,735

 

 

$

513,354

 

Average interest rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

7.50

%

 

 

3.70

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.60

%

 

 

4.04

%

 

 

5.09

%

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Variable to fixed

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

40,000

 

 

$

40,000

 

 

$

 

 

$

127,500

 

 

$

207,500

 

 

$

1,635

 

Average pay rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.84

%

 

 

2.92

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.61

%

 

 

2.71

%

 

 

 

 

Average receive rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.82

%

 

 

2.85

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.79

%

 

 

2.81

%

 

 

 

 

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We conducted an evaluation (pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the Exchange Act)), under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) of the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2018. These disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms. Our disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on the evaluation, the CEO and CFO have concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of June 30, 2018.

There are inherent limitations to the effectiveness of any system of disclosure controls and procedures, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention or overriding of the controls and procedures. Accordingly, even effective disclosure controls and procedures can only provide reasonable assurance of achieving their control objectives.

Internal Control over Financial Reporting

As a result of our February 20, 2018 merger with Deltic, we are implementing internal controls over significant processes specific to the acquisition that management believes are appropriate in consideration of related integration of operations, systems, control activities and accounting for the merger and merger-related transactions. As of the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, we are in the process of further integrating the acquired Deltic operations into our overall internal controls over financial reporting.

Except as described above, no changes in our internal control over financial reporting occurred during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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Part II – OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

We believe there is no pending or threatened litigation that could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, operations or liquidity.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no material changes in the risk factors previously disclosed in Risk Factors in Part I, Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2017.

ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

On April 26, 2016, the company announced that its Board of Directors had authorized management to repurchase up to $60 million of common stock over a period of 24 months (the Repurchase Plan) expiring on April 30, 2018. In total, $6.0 million of common stock were repurchased under the Repurchase Plan prior to its expiration, with no shares repurchased during 2018.


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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

 

EXHIBIT

NUMBER

DESCRIPTION

(3)(a)*

 

Third Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant, effective February 20, 2018, filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on February 21, 2018. 

(3)(b)*

Bylaws of the Registrant, as amended through February 18, 2009, filed as Exhibit (3)(b) to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by the Registrant on February 20, 2009.

(4)

See Exhibits (3)(a) and (3)(b). The registrant undertakes to furnish to the Commission, upon request, any instrument defining the rights of holders of long-term debt.

(31)

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications.

(32)

Furnished statements of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer under 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

(101)

The following financial information from PotlatchDeltic Corporation’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the six months ended June 30, 2018, filed on August 2, 2018 formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017, (iii) the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017, (iv) the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 and (v) the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.

* Incorporated by reference

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

PotlatchDeltic Corporation

 

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 /s/ JERALD W. RICHARDS

 

 

 

Jerald W. Richards

 

 

 

Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date:

August 2, 2018

 

 

 

 

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