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TOM BROWN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES QUARTERLY REPORT FORM 10-Q INDEX

UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

FOR THE QUARTERLY PERIOD ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2002

OR

COMMISSION FILE NUMBER 001-31308

TOM BROWN, INC.
(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)

303 260-5000
(REGISTRANT'S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE)

NOT APPLICABLE
(FORMER NAME, FORMER ADDRESS AND FORMER FISCAL YEAR,
IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)

        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 ý    NO o

APPLICABLE ONLY TO CORPORATE ISSUERS:

        Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer's classes of common stock, as of November 8, 2002.

TOM BROWN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
QUARTERLY REPORT FORM 10-Q

INDEX

TOM BROWN, INC.
555 Seventeenth Street, Suite 1850
Denver, Colorado 80202

QUARTERLY REPORT

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

FORM 10-Q

PART I OF TWO PARTS

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

TOM BROWN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except per share data)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

TOM BROWN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

TOM BROWN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

TOM BROWN, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)

(1)    Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

        The consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared by Tom Brown, Inc. (the "Company") and are unaudited. The financial statements reflect necessary adjustments, all of which were of a recurring nature, and are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company believes that the disclosures presented are adequate to allow the information presented not to be misleading. Users of financial information produced for interim periods are encouraged to refer to the footnotes contained in the Annual Report to Stockholders when reviewing interim financial results.

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

        In June 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets," which addresses, among other things, the financial accounting and reporting for goodwill subsequent to an acquisition. The new standard eliminates the requirement to amortize acquired goodwill; instead, such goodwill shall be reviewed at least annually for impairment. The Company adopted SFAS No. 142 on January 1, 2002 and conducted a fair value based test to evaluate the goodwill originally recorded in conjunction with the January 2001 Stellarton Energy Corporation acquisition. This test resulted in the Company recording a non-cash charge of $18.1 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2002. This expense has been reflected in the consolidated statements of operations as a cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle. After this write down, the Company has no goodwill recorded on its consolidated balance sheet or associated amortization expense recorded on its consolidated statements of operations. Had SFAS No. 142 been effective for the nine months ended September 30, 2001, the Company's net income would have increased by $.4 million, or $.01 per share, as the result of the elimination of goodwill amortization.

        In July 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143, "Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations". SFAS No. 143 requires entities to record the fair value of a liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the entity capitalizes a cost by increasing the carrying amount of the related long-lived asset. Over time, the liability is accreted to its present value each period, and the capitalized cost is depreciated over the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liability, an entity either settles the obligation for the recorded amount or incurs a gain or loss upon settlement. SFAS No. 143 is effective for fiscal years beginning after June 15, 2002. The Company will adopt SFAS No. 143 on January 1, 2003, but has not yet quantified the effects of adopting SFAS No. 143 on its financial position or results of operations.

        In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets". SFAS No. 144 supersedes SFAS No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of". SFAS No. 121 did not address the accounting for a segment of a business accounted for as a discontinued operation which resulted in two accounting models for long-lived assets to be disposed of. SFAS No. 144 establishes a single accounting model for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and requires that those long-lived assets be measured at the lower of carrying amount or fair value less cost to sell, whether reported in continuing operations or in discontinued operations. SFAS No. 144 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2001. The Company's adoption of SFAS No. 144 on January 1, 2002 had no impact on its financial position or results of operations.

        In June 2002, the FASB issued SFAS No. 146, "Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal Activities," which addresses financial accounting and reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force ("EITF") Issue No. 94-3, Liability Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a Restructuring). Generally, SFAS No. 146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or disposal activity be recognized as incurred, whereas EITF Issue No. 94-3 required such a liability to be recognized at the time that an entity committed to an exit play. SFAS No. 145 is not expected to have a material impact on the Company's financial results.

(2)    Acquisitions and Divestitures

Acquisition of Stellarton

        On January 12, 2001, the Company completed an acquisition of 97.2% of the outstanding common shares of Stellarton. The remaining shares of Stellarton were then subsequently acquired pursuant to the compulsory acquisition provisions of the Business Corporation Act (Alberta). Including assumed debt of approximately $16.8 million, this business combination had a value of approximately $95 million and was accounted for as a purchase. The purchase price exceeded the fair value of the net assets of Stellarton by $20 million which was recorded as goodwill, a portion of which was amortized in 2001 on a straight-line basis utilizing a twenty-year life. Effective January 1, 2002 the Company adopted SFAS No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" and expensed the unamortized goodwill of $18.1 million associated with this change in accounting principle. The net proved reserves associated with the Stellarton properties were estimated to be 75.8 billion cubic feet equivalent of gas (Bcfe) as of the closing date. The results of operations of Stellarton are included with the results of the Company from January 12, 2001 (closing date) forward.

        The purchase price was allocated as follows (in thousands):

        In the acquisition costs identified above, the Company recorded a deferred income tax liability of $36.4 million to recognize the difference between the historical tax basis of the Stellarton assets and the acquisition costs recorded for book purposes. The recorded book value of the proved oil and gas properties was increased to recognize this tax basis differential.

        The gas sales contracts assumed in conjunction with the acquisition represented contractual obligations associated with the sale of natural gas at fixed prices below market conditions. These contracts were subsequently purchased (for an amount approximately equal to the original liability recorded) and cancelled in the quarter ended June 30, 2001.

        If the Stellarton acquisition was assumed to have occurred on January 1, 2001, the pro forma impact of this transaction on the results of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2001 would not be material.

Property Sales

        In April 2002, the Company sold its interest in oil and gas properties, located in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming, for net cash proceeds of $7.1 million. These properties had a net book value of $3.1 million which resulted in a $4.0 million gain on the sale. In April 2002 the Company also sold certain oil and gas properties located primarily in Louisiana for $2.0 million. As this represented a partial interest in this proved property, the proceeds were recorded as a reduction to the recorded cost of the oil and gas property.

        During May 2001, the Company sold its interest in oil and gas properties primarily located in Oklahoma, with a net book value of $14.4 million, for net cash proceeds of $24.5 million. The resulting gain of $10.1 million is reflected in the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

        In June 2001, the Company sold certain of the gathering and processing assets originally received in the Wildhorse distribution completed in November 2000. The systems sold were considered non-strategic to the Company's operations and as this divestiture was part of the Wildhorse integration process, the net cash proceeds of $14.0 million were recorded as a reduction to the investment in gathering assets.

(3)    Debt

        On March 20, 2001, as part of the final financing of the Stellarton acquisition, the Company repaid and cancelled its previous $125 million revolving credit facility and entered into a new $225 million credit facility (the "Global Credit Facility"). The Global Credit Facility is comprised of: a $75 million line of credit in the U.S. and a $55 million line of credit in Canada which both mature in March 2004, and a $95 million five-year term loan in Canada. The borrowing base under the Global Credit Facility was initially set at $300 million, which was re-approved as of May 1, 2002. The Global Credit Facility allows the lenders one scheduled redetermination of the borrowing base each December. In addition, the lenders may elect to require one unscheduled redetermination in the event the borrowing base utilization exceeds 50% of the borrowing base at any time for a period of 15 consecutive business days. At September 30, 2002, the Company had borrowings outstanding under the Global Credit Facility totaling $154.0 million or 51% of the borrowing base at an average interest rate of 4.5%. The amount available for borrowing under the Global Credit Facility at September 30, 2002 was $71.0 million.

        Borrowings under the Global Credit Facility are unsecured and bear interest, at the election of the Company, at a rate equal to (i) the greater of the global administrative agents prime rate or the federal funds effective rate plus an applicable margin, (ii) adjusted LIBOR for Eurodollar loans plus applicable margin, or (iii) Bankers' Acceptances plus applicable margin for Canadian dollar loans. Interest on amounts outstanding under the Global Credit Facility is due on the last day of each quarter for prime based loans, and in the case of Eurodollar loans with an interest period of more than three months, interest is due at the end of each three month interval.

        The financial covenants of the Global Credit Facility require the Company to maintain a minimum consolidated tangible net worth of not less than $350 million (adjusted upward by 50% of quarterly net income and 50% of the net cash proceeds of any stock offering) and the Company will not permit its ratio of indebtedness to earnings before interest expense, state and federal taxes and depreciation, depletion and amortization expense and exploration expense to be more than 3.0 to 1.0 as calculated at the end of each fiscal quarter.

(4)    Income Taxes

        The Company has not paid Federal income taxes due to the availability of net operating loss carryforwards and the deductibility of intangible drilling and development costs. The Company is normally required to pay Alternative Minimum Tax ("AMT") on its U.S. activity. Due to a recent change in U.S. tax policy (The Job Creation and Worker Assistance Act of 2002 signed into law on March 9, 2002), an AMT liability is not anticipated for 2001 or 2002. This change in the AMT regulations resulted in the Company recognizing the benefit of $.4 million in the current provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2002 due to the reversal of an AMT provision originally recorded for 2001.

        The components of the net deferred tax liability by geographical segment at September 30, 2002 and December 31, 2001 were as follows: