Superior Energy Completes Hallin Marine Acquisition, Details Fourth Quarter 2009 Charges, and Provides 2010 Earnings Guidance
02 February 2010 - 11:33AM
PR Newswire (US)
Company to host conference call at 11 a.m. Eastern time tomorrow
NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Superior Energy
Services, Inc. (NYSE:SPN) today announced the following: -- The
previously announced acquisition of Hallin Marine Subsea
International Plc ("Hallin") has been completed. -- In the fourth
quarter of 2009, the Company will incur a non-cash, pre-tax
impairment charge of approximately $120 million related to domestic
land well intervention assets, pre-tax expenses of $69 million
related to increases in the estimated total cost of the wreck
removal project, and pre-tax charges of $16 million for
miscellaneous items outlined below. As a result, the GAAP loss per
share for the fourth quarter of 2009 is expected to be between
approximately ($1.40) and ($1.50). -- Earnings per share, without
considering the aforementioned charges and expenses, is expected to
be between approximately $0.19 and $0.23 for the fourth quarter of
2009. -- Additionally, during the fourth quarter of 2009, the
Company incurred downtime on certain marine assets that had an
estimated pre-tax impact of $8 million. -- The Company is issuing
2010 earnings per share guidance of $1.50 to $1.70. Superior Closes
Acquisition of Hallin Marine Subsea International Plc Superior
closed its previously announced acquisition of Hallin on January
26, 2010. The Company paid approximately $162 million to acquire
all of the equity in Hallin. In addition, the Company extinguished
Hallin's debt of approximately $55 million. Hallin is an
international provider of integrated subsea services and
engineering solutions, focused on installing, maintaining and
extending subsea wells. Hallin operates in most international
offshore oil and gas markets with offices and facilities located in
Singapore, Jakarta, Indonesia; Perth, Australia; Aberdeen,
Scotland; and Houston, Texas. For more information on Hallin, visit
its website at http://www.hallinmarine.com/. Details of Special
Charges and Project Cost Increases The Company announced today that
its fourth quarter 2009 earnings will be impacted by a non-cash,
pre-tax impairment charge of up to approximately $120 million
($0.98 per share) related to the Company's domestic land well
intervention assets and pre-tax charges of approximately $16
million ($0.13 per share) associated with transaction-related
expenses for the Hallin acquisition, a write down of components
from one of the Company's 265-ft. class liftboats and a reduction
of the net realizable value of accounts receivable related to
continuing economic uncertainties in Venezuela. In addition, the
Company has increased the estimated total cost of the wreck removal
project, resulting in an increase in pre-tax expenses of
approximately $69 million ($0.56 per share) in the fourth quarter
of 2009. The project is still expected to be completed by mid-year
2010 and is still expected to generate the gross profit margin
originally anticipated when the project commenced in January 2008.
In January 2010, the Company received cash payments of
approximately $69 million and expects to collect the remaining $280
million payable for the project by the end of the third quarter of
2010. Details of Marine Asset Downtime The Company's operating
earnings were impacted by downtime associated with the removal of
the Company's two 265-ft. class liftboats from the fleet in early
November (estimated pre-tax impact of $4 million, or $0.03 per
share) following Hurricane Ida. Both liftboats are expected to
return to service by mid-year 2010. In addition, an inspection,
repair and maintenance project in Angola was suspended by the
customer for economic reasons (estimated pre-tax income of $4
million, or $0.03 per share). The vessel chartered for the Angola
project returned to work in January. Superior Provides 2010
Earnings Guidance The Company expects that its 2010 earnings per
share will be between approximately $1.50 and $1.70. Terry Hall,
Chairman and CEO of Superior Energy Services, Inc. stated,
"Historically, we have not provided annual earnings guidance, but
we believe providing earnings guidance for 2010 will be helpful to
investors as we wind down the wreck removal project, ramp up
activity associated with Bullwinkle and expand our international
and subsea presence with Hallin. The earnings guidance provided
includes those transactions and reflects our current geographic and
product/services outlook. Due to the seasonal nature of the Gulf of
Mexico and the fact that many of our well intervention services lag
a recovery in the rig count, we anticipate that our 2010 earnings
will be weighted more toward the second half of the year." The
amounts listed above for the fourth quarter of 2009 and all of 2010
were not prepared with a view toward complying with the guidelines
established by the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants for prospective financial information, but, in the view
of Company management, was prepared on a reasonable basis, reflects
the best currently available judgments and estimates, and presents,
to the best of management's knowledge and belief, the expected
course of action and the Company's expected future financial
performance. Neither our independent registered public accountants,
nor any other independent registered public accountants, have
compiled, examined or performed any procedures with respect to the
prospective financial information contained herein, nor have they
expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such
information or its achievability, and assume no responsibility for,
and disclaim any association with, the prospective financial
information. The prospective financial information constitutes
forward looking statements and is not a guarantee that the Company
will achieve any specific level of revenues, operating costs or any
other financial measure presented. Investors should not place undue
reliance on the prospective financial information since the
information is subject to significant business, economic and
competitive uncertainties and contingences, many of which are
beyond the Company's control, and upon assumptions with respect to
future business decisions that are subject to change. We are
providing this information to help investors understand our
estimated revenues and operating costs for the fourth quarter of
2009 and for all of 2010. Our actual results are subject to change
and may vary significantly from the amounts or ranges indicated.
Please also read the italicized language regarding "forward-looking
statements" below for additional cautionary language regarding the
uncertainty of forward-looking information. Conference Call
Information The Company will host a conference call at 11:00 a.m.
Eastern time on Tuesday, February 2. The call can be accessed from
Superior's website at http://www.superiorenergy.com/, or by
telephone at 480-629-9643. For those who cannot listen to the live
call, a telephonic replay will be available through Tuesday,
February 9 and may be accessed by calling 303-590-3030 and using
the pass code 4207053. An archive of the webcast will be available
after the call for a period of 60 days on
http://www.superiorenergy.com/. Superior Energy Services, Inc.
serves the drilling and production needs of oil and gas companies
worldwide through its brand name rental tools and its integrated
well intervention services and tools, supported by an engineering
staff who plan and design solutions for customers. Offshore
projects are delivered by the Company's fleet of modern marine
assets. This press release contains certain forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995 which involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors. Accuracy of the forward-looking
statements depends on assumptions about events that change over
time and is thus susceptible to periodic change based on actual
experience and new developments. Among the factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially are volatility of the oil and
gas industry, including the level of exploration, production and
development activity; risks associated with the uncertainty of
macroeconomic and business conditions worldwide, as well as the
global credit markets; risks associated with the Company's rapid
growth; changes in competitive factors and other material risk
factors that are described in the Company's Annual Report on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as updated by our
subsequent filings with the SEC. Actual events, circumstances,
effects and results may be materially different from the results,
performance or achievements expressed or implied by the
forward-looking statements. Consequently, the forward-looking
statements contained herein should not be regarded as
representations by Superior or any other person that the projected
outcomes can or will be achieved. The Company cautions readers that
it assumes no obligation to update the forward-looking statements
in this press release and does not intend to update the
forward-looking statements more frequently than quarterly. FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terence Hall, CEO; Robert Taylor, CFO;
Greg Rosenstein, VP of Investor Relations, (504) 587-7374
DATASOURCE: Superior Energy Services, Inc. CONTACT: Terence Hall,
CEO; Robert Taylor, CFO or Greg Rosenstein, VP of Investor
Relations, all of Superior Energy Services, +1-504-587-7374 Web
Site: http://www.superiorenergy.com/ http://www.hallinmarine.com/
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