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EXHIBIT 99.1
Commercial Barge Line Company Announces Results for Quarter Ended March 31, 2011
JEFFERSONVILLE, IN, May 16, 2011 Commercial Barge Line Company (CBL or the Company)
today announced results for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 and filed those results on Form 10-Q
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Copies of our complete filing on Form 10-Q are
available on the Companys website at <http://www.aclines.com/.>
Revenues
Revenues for the quarter were $178.7 million, a 20.5% increase compared with $148.3 million for the
first quarter of 2010. Transportation revenues increased by $26.2 million or 19.4%, driven by
affreightment volume increases in the first quarter of 2011 to 8.2 billion ton-miles compared to
7.5 billion ton-miles in the same period of the prior year. Ton-mile increases were primarily in
coal, bulk, towing and liquid volume, partially offset by lower grain volumes. For the first
quarter of 2011, non-affreightment revenues also increased by $3.4 million, or 8.2%, due to higher
demurrage and towing revenue. Manufacturing revenue increased $4.6 million or 39.9% on higher
volume compared to the prior year period. Jeffboat revenue backlog at the end of March 2011 stood
at $96.6 million up 39% year-over-year versus $69.7 million at the end of March 2010.
Adjusted
EBITDA
Adjusted EBITDA (adjusted for non-cash items related to purchase accounting, transaction related
expenses and other non-recurring items), for the quarter was $21.6 million, a 35.8% increase over
the first quarter of 2010 which ended at $15.9 million. The increase was driven by strong revenue
performance and was bolstered by the positive impact of several cost reduction initiatives
implemented during the quarter. On a trailing twelve months basis, adjusted EBITDA was $136.4
million at March 31, 2011.
Commenting on first quarter results, Michael P. Ryan, President and Chief Executive Officer,
stated, The market recovery in our Transportation and Manufacturing segments continued in the
first quarter of 2011, led by the raw material pipeline replenishment in our steel industry
accounts and a growing demand for domestic and export coal. We also experienced rising demand in
liquid towing and affreightment as chemical manufacturing and demand for chemical raw materials
used in cyclical manufacturing continued to rebound from the recession. Increasing freight demand,
which had remained relatively unchanged in the inland barge industry for the past 3 years, is
driving freight and accessorial pricing increases. At the end of the quarter, we announced our
plan to reduce free days beginning in the second quarter for barges in our non-grain segments. We
also stated we would increase demurrage rates in the second quarter in bulk, non-bulk, and grain
markets by between 33% and 50% as capacity continued to tighten and barges became more valuable.
Increasing demand at Jeffboat continued as several barge companies began to re-embark on their
fleet rebuilding programs. Our sales backlog at Jeffboat at the end of March 2011 was up 39%
year-over-year. Following one of our own strategic initiatives, we built twenty five covered
hopper barges at Jeffboat for our own use in the first quarter of 2011 as we continued our mission
to improve the quality, and the overall age, of our barge fleet.
The second quarter of 2011 began with even greater market strength than in the first quarter.
However, our strong start was interrupted by heavy rain and record floods which impacted our system
in April and May. The number of days that our barges sat idle in April 2011 due to weather delays
was actually higher than the total number of idle days for all of the second quarter of 2010. The
flooding began in the northern end of our system in April and has since moved south, now forecasted
to impact the Baton Rouge and New Orleans areas in the second half of May. Several of our
terminals, and many of our customers terminals, have had logistics interruptions during the
flooding. Our northern property has now begun to recover as we have freight delivery access to our
customer base again on the Upper Mississippi River and the Illinois River. On Sunday May 15, 2011,
we regained operating access to the Ohio River, a major dry and liquid market arena for the
Company. Jeffboat, located on the Ohio River, did experience temporary flooding and manufacturing
interruptions as well, but the facility has now returned to normal operations. While it is
forecasted to take at least the next two weeks for the high water to pass through New Orleans, we
expect to see the same, or greater, freight transportation demand and market strength in liquid and
dry shipping markets in the remainder of 2011 as existed in the first quarter prior to the flood
conditions.
Fuel
For the first quarter of 2011, our average price per gallon increased 26.0% to $2.61 per gallon.
Fuel consumption was up approximately 2.0% for the quarter compared to the same period of the prior
year driven by the increase in ton-miles. Offsetting that was a net
improvement of 8.5% in gallons consumed per operating hour as a
result of operational initiatives implemented by the Company. The
Company has entered into certain forward contracts during the quarter to limit exposure to rising fuel prices.
Net
Income
For the quarter ended March 31, 2011 the Company had a net loss of $13.9
million compared to a net loss of $3.5 million in the quarter ended March 31, 2010. On a pre-tax
basis, approximately $9.2 million of the reported decrease in net income was attributable to
purchase accounting, $6.0 million to merger and restructuring costs and $2.6 million to
restructuring severance and share-based compensation accelerations due to actions taken in the
quarter. The Company also had lower gains on disposal of assets in the first quarter of 2011 as a
result of a gain on a boat sale of $3.9 million that was recorded in the prior period.
Liquidity
and Debt Position
As of March 31, 2011 we were in compliance with all debt covenants and had $280.9 million in
total availability under our credit facility of which $195.1 million was available for use. The credit
facility has no maintenance financial covenants unless total availability is less than $59.375
million.
About
the Company
Commercial Barge Line Company, headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana, is an integrated
marine transportation and service company operating in the United States Jones Act trades. For more
information about the Company visit the Companys website at
<http://www.aclines.com/.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release includes certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on
managements present expectations and beliefs about future events. As with any projection or
forecast, these statements are inherently susceptible to risks, uncertainty and changes in
circumstance. Important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements and should be considered in evaluating the
outlook of Commercial Barge Line Company. Risks and uncertainties are detailed from time to time in
Commercial Barge Line Companys filings with the SEC, including our report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2010 and our most recent Form 10-Q. Commercial Barge Line Company is under
no obligation to, and expressly disclaims any obligation to, update or alter its forward-looking
statements, whether as a result of changes, new information, subsequent events or otherwise.
NET LOSS TO ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION
(Dollars in thousands unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands unaudited)
Trailing Twelve | ||||||||||||
Quarter Ended | Months Ended | |||||||||||
March 31, | March 31, 2011 | |||||||||||
2011 | 2010 | |||||||||||
Net loss from continuing operations |
$ | (13,868 | ) | $ | (3,480 | ) | $ | (13,573 | ) | |||
Discontinued operations, net of income taxes |
(8 | ) | | 292 | ||||||||
Consolidated net loss |
$ | (13,876 | ) | $ | (3,480 | ) | $ | (13,281 | ) | |||
Adjustments from continuing operations: |
||||||||||||
Interest income |
(55 | ) | (1 | ) | (57 | ) | ||||||
Interest expense |
7,468 | 9,853 | 36,343 | |||||||||
Debt retirement expense |
| | 8,701 | |||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
27,525 | 11,999 | 63,639 | |||||||||
Taxes |
(8,803 | ) | (3,227 | ) | 592 | |||||||
Adjustments
for other Non-cash or non-comparable charges included in net income: |
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Total share based compensation (1) |
$ | 1,493 | $ | 107 | $ | 8,850 | ||||||
Merger
related and consulting expenses (2) |
6,400 | | 20,710 | |||||||||
Compensation cost savings (3) |
| | 6,300 | |||||||||
Public company costs (4) |
| 625 | 1,875 | |||||||||
Restructuring costs (5) |
1,417 | | 2,917 | |||||||||
Adjusted EBITDA |
$ | 21,569 | $ | 15,876 | $ | 136,589 | ||||||
1 | Includes all non-cash share-based compensation expense, including accelerations of non-cash charges for separating executives. | |
2 | Includes direct merger expenses, strategic and management consulting fees and net impact of purchase accounting. | |
3 | Reflects higher annual incentive accruals in 2010 than plan in place for 2011. | |
4 | Reflects certain costs of being a company with publicly traded equity internalized in 2011, including investor relations expenses, internal audit expenses, board of director expenses and incremental audit fees. | |
5 | Includes severance to separating executives. |