UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

(Mark One)

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2015

or

For the transition period from ___________ to ___________

Commission file number: 001-36822

 

InfraREIT, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

(214) 855-6700

(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  x    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  x    No  *

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

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).    Yes  *    No  x

As of August 5, 2015, 43,565,495 shares of common stock were issued and outstanding.

 

 

 

 

 

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InfraREIT, Inc.

INDEX

 

 

 

 

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS

This glossary highlights some of the industry terms that we use in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and is not a complete list of all of the defined terms used herein.

 

 

 

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give InfraREIT, Inc.’s (“we” or the “Company”) current expectations, contain projections of results of operations or financial condition or forecasts of future events. Words such as “could,” “will,” “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “position,” “predict,” “strategy,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “project,” “budget,” “potential” or “continue” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this document include our expectations regarding our strategies, objectives, growth and anticipated financial and operational performance, including guidance regarding our capital expenditures and rate base, expected lease payments, infrastructure programs, estimated cash flow projections, estimated distributions to our stockholders and tax position. Forward-looking statements can be affected by assumptions used or by known or unknown risks or uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statements can be guaranteed.

A forward-looking statement may include a statement of the assumptions or bases underlying the forward-looking statement. We believe that we have chosen these assumptions or bases in good faith and that they are reasonable. However, when considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this document. Actual results may vary materially. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. You should also understand that it is not possible to predict or identify all such factors and should not consider the following list to be a complete statement of all potential risks and uncertainties. Factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results contemplated by such forward-looking statements include:

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Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made. While we may update these statements from time to time, we are not required to do so other than pursuant to applicable laws. For a further discussion of these and other factors that could impact our future results and performance, see Item 1A., Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on March 18, 2015 and in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three months ended March 31, 2015, filed with the SEC on May 14, 2015.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The registrant is a Maryland corporation named InfraREIT, Inc. Before our initial public offering (IPO), which closed on February 4, 2015, substantially all of our business and assets were owned, directly or indirectly, by InfraREIT, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company. On February 4, 2015, immediately following the consummation of our IPO, InfraREIT, L.L.C. was merged with and into InfraREIT, Inc. (Merger), with InfraREIT, Inc. as the surviving company. InfraREIT, Inc.’s operating results before the Merger primarily reflected costs related to obtaining a private letter ruling from the Internal Revenue Service and accounting services. As a result, this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q presents the operating results of InfraREIT, L.L.C. for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and the InfraREIT, L.L.C. balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. Our operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 reflect the operations of InfraREIT, L.L.C. prior to the effectiveness of the Merger, and the operations of InfraREIT, Inc. for the period from the Merger through June 30, 2015, and our balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 is the balance sheet of InfraREIT, Inc.

As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless the context requires otherwise or except as otherwise noted, the words “Company,” “InfraREIT,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to InfraREIT, L.L.C., before giving effect to the Merger, and InfraREIT, Inc., after giving effect to the Merger, as the context requires, and also refer to the registrant’s subsidiaries, including InfraREIT Partners, LP (Operating Partnership or InfraREIT LP), a Delaware limited partnership. Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (HCI) and its subsidiaries (collectively, Hunt) includes Hunt Utility Services, LLC (Hunt Manager), Hunt-InfraREIT, L.L.C. (Hunt-InfraREIT) and Hunt Transmission Services, L.L.C. References to the “InfraREIT, L.L.C. board of directors” refer to the board of directors of InfraREIT, L.L.C. prior to the Merger, which included five voting members appointed by Hunt and each of the founding investors (as defined below in Note 1, Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements to the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements included as part of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q) and four non-voting members. References to our “board of directors,” our “board” or our “directors” refer to the current board of directors of InfraREIT, Inc. Our tenant is Sharyland Utilities, L.P. (Sharyland). Unless otherwise indicated or the context requires, all information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q gives effect to a 1 for 0.938550 reverse split of the shares of InfraREIT, L.L.C. and a concurrent 1 for 0.938550 reverse split of the units representing limited partnership interests in our Operating Partnership, which we effected on January 29, 2015.

 

 

 

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PART I.  FINANCIAL INFORMATION

InfraREIT, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share amounts)

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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InfraREIT, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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InfraREIT, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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InfraREIT, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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InfraREIT, Inc.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See accompanying notes to the consolidated financial statements.

 

 

 

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InfraREIT, Inc.

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

InfraREIT, Inc. is a Maryland corporation and the surviving corporation of a merger (Merger) with InfraREIT, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, completed on February 4, 2015 in connection with the initial public offering (IPO) of InfraREIT, Inc. As used in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, unless the context requires otherwise or except as otherwise noted, the words “Company,” “InfraREIT,” “we,” “our” and “us” refer to InfraREIT, L.L.C., before giving effect to the Merger, and InfraREIT, Inc., after giving effect to the Merger, as the context requires, and also refer to the registrant’s subsidiaries, including InfraREIT Partners, LP (Operating Partnership or InfraREIT LP), a Delaware limited partnership.

The Merger was accounted for as a reverse acquisition which means for accounting purposes, we treated the assets and liabilities of InfraREIT, Inc. as assumed and incorporated with the assets and liabilities of InfraREIT, L.L.C. The main assets and liabilities assumed were marketable securities of $1.1 million and a note payable of $1.0 million. The marketable securities were sold during February 2015 for $1.1 million resulting in a realized gain of $0.1 million which is recorded in other income (expense), net in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, the note payable and associated interest were paid in full in February 2015.

We hold 71.9% of the outstanding partnership units (OP Units) in the Operating Partnership as of June 30, 2015 and are its general partner. We include the accounts of the Operating Partnership and its subsidiaries in our consolidated financial statements. MC Transmission Holdings, Inc. (MC Transmission), which is a subsidiary of Marubeni Corporation (Marubeni), seven members of our board of directors and affiliates of Hunt Consolidated, Inc. (HCI) hold the other 28.1% of the outstanding OP Units as of June 30, 2015.

Description of Business

We are the owners of electric transmission and distribution assets (T&D assets) throughout Texas, including the Texas Panhandle near Amarillo (Panhandle assets), the Permian Basin in and around Stanton, Central Texas around Brady, Northeast Texas in and around Celeste (S/B/C assets) and South Texas near McAllen (McAllen assets). InfraREIT, L.L.C. elected to be treated as a real estate investment trust (REIT) for U.S. federal income tax purposes commencing with the taxable year ended December 31, 2010, and InfraREIT, Inc. will elect to be taxed as a REIT commencing with the taxable year ending December 31, 2015. We are externally managed and advised by Hunt Utility Services, LLC (Hunt Manager), which is responsible for overseeing our day-to-day affairs, subject to the oversight of our board of directors.

Initial Public Offering and Reorganization

We completed our IPO on February 4, 2015, issuing 23,000,000 shares of common stock at a price of $23.00, resulting in gross proceeds of $529.0 million.

Immediately after the closing of our IPO, we completed the Merger, with InfraREIT, L.L.C. merging with and into InfraREIT, Inc., and InfraREIT, Inc. as the surviving entity and general partner of the Operating Partnership. InfraREIT, Inc. used $172.4 million of the net proceeds from the IPO to fund the cash portion of the consideration issued in the Merger, as described in greater detail below. We contributed the remaining $323.2 million to the Operating Partnership in exchange for common OP Units (Common OP Units).

The Operating Partnership used the net proceeds from the IPO that it received from InfraREIT, Inc.:

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The following bullets describe the Merger and related transactions we effected in the first quarter of 2015 (collectively, the Reorganization).

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Limited Partnership Agreement

In connection with the Reorganization, we adopted a Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement which became effective with the closing of our IPO. Upon completion of the IPO, the Operating Partnership had five types of OP Units outstanding: Common OP Units, Class A OP Units, Class B OP Units, Class C OP Units and LTIP Units.

On March 9, 2015, the Operating Partnership issued Common OP Units in exchange for outstanding Class A OP Units and Class C OP Units. Such Common OP Units were allocated among the holders of Class A OP Units and Class C OP Units, and the Class A OP Units, Class B OP Units and Class C OP Units were canceled. Following such allocation, we adopted a third amended and restated partnership agreement that eliminated the provisions related to the Reorganization and the description of the Class A OP Units, Class B OP Units and Class C OP Units; however, it continues to allow amendments to authorize and issue additional classes of OP Units in the future.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of InfraREIT, Inc. include our accounts and the accounts of all other entities in which we have a controlling financial interest with noncontrolling interest of consolidated subsidiaries reported separately. This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q presents the operating results of InfraREIT, L.L.C. for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and the InfraREIT, L.L.C. balance sheet as of December 31, 2014. Our operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 reflect the operations of InfraREIT, L.L.C. prior to the effectiveness of the Merger, and the operations of InfraREIT, Inc. for the period from the Merger through June 30, 2015, and our balance sheet as of June 30, 2015 is the balance sheet of InfraREIT, Inc.

These unaudited interim consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2015.

The Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2014 has been derived from the audited consolidated financial statements at that date but does not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. For further information, refer to the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2015.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued Accounting Standard Update (ASU) 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810) – Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis. This amendment affects reporting entities that are required to evaluate whether they should consolidate certain legal entities. ASU 2015-02 is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. The adoption of the new guidance is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, Interest – Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30), Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs. ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of the debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. This ASU is effective for periods beginning after December 15, 2015 with early adoption permitted. When adopted, the new guidance will be applied on a retrospective basis with each balance sheet presented reflecting the new guidance along with transitional disclosures. The adoption is not expected to have a material impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

 

 

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Our subsidiaries are parties to several lease agreements with Sharyland Utilities, L.P. (Sharyland), through which we lease our T&D assets to Sharyland. Under the leases we have agreed to fund capital expenditures for footprint projects. Our leases define “footprint projects” to be transmission or distribution projects primarily situated within our distribution service territory, or that physically hang from our existing transmission assets.

We earned lease revenues under these agreements of $29.5 million and $25.2 million from Sharyland during the three months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. We earned $58.8 million and $50.1 million from Sharyland during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, respectively. In connection with our leases with Sharyland, we recorded a deferred rent liability of $16.7 million and $5.0 million as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively, which is included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

We and Sharyland also make payments to each other under the leases that primarily consist of payments to reimburse Sharyland for the costs of gross plant and equipment added to our T&D assets. For the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, the net amount of the payments we made to Sharyland was $121.3 million and $90.8 million, respectively.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets included $10.7 million and $16.1 million, respectively, related to amounts owed to Sharyland. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, amounts due from affiliates on the Consolidated Balance Sheets included $21.8 million and $27.8 million, respectively, related to amounts owed by Sharyland associated with our leases.

Our management fee paid to Hunt Manager for the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014 was $5.8 million and $1.3 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were no prepaid or accrued amounts associated with management fees on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Additionally, during the six months ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we paid Hunt Manager $0.3 million and $0.2 million, respectively, for reimbursement of annual software license and maintenance fees and other expenses in accordance with our management agreement.

Our current management agreement with Hunt Manager, which was effective February 4, 2015, provided for an annual base fee, or management fee, of $10.0 million through April 1, 2015. Effective as of April 1, 2015, the annual base fee was adjusted to $13.1 million annually through March 31, 2016. The base fee for each twelve month period beginning April 1 thereafter will equal 1.50% of our total equity as of December 31 of the immediately preceding year, subject to a $30.0 million cap. The term of the management agreement expires December 31, 2019, and will automatically renew for successive five-year terms unless a majority of our independent directors decides to terminate the agreement.

In connection with the organization of InfraREIT, L.L.C. in November 2010, the Operating Partnership agreed to issue deemed capital credits and Class A OP Units to Hunt-InfraREIT with respect to certain development projects. The amount of the capital account credits the Operating Partnership was required to issue equaled 5% of our capital expenditures on these projects, including allowance for funds used during construction (AFUDC). The number of Class A OP Units the Operating Partnership was required to issue equaled the amount of the capital account credit divided by $10.65. During the six months ended June 30, 2014, the Operating Partnership issued approximately 37,241 Class A OP Units, and on January 1, 2015, the Operating Partnership issued an additional 17,600 Class A OP Units to Hunt-InfraREIT. Following the consummation of our IPO, the Operating Partnership no longer has the obligation to issue deemed capital credits and related equity to Hunt-InfraREIT. We recorded these capital account credits as asset acquisition costs included as part of the capital project in our construction work in progress (CWIP) balance.

InfraREIT LP also issued deemed capital and equity in connection with its CREZ Project. For further information, see Note 11, Contingent Consideration.

Prior to our IPO, we and one of our stockholders were parties to a secondee agreement under which employees of the stockholder provided services to us for a secondment fee. We incurred costs associated with secondment fees of less than $0.1 million during the six months ended June 30, 2014. We have not and will not incur any fees associated with this agreement in 2015. These fees are included in general and administrative expense in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, there were no amounts owed to the member included in accounts payable and accrued liabilities on the Consolidated Balance Sheets related to the secondee agreement. As a result of our IPO, the secondee agreement terminated.

In connection with the IPO, Reorganization and related transactions, we incurred an aggregate of $5.0 million of legal fees, a portion of which was paid to reimburse Hunt and its affiliates, the founding investors and independent directors for legal expenses they incurred in connection with such transactions. This legal expense reimbursement relates to the fees and expenses of outside counsel incurred by those parties and was negotiated separately from the reorganization advisory fee that we paid to Hunt-InfraREIT

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in connection with the reorganization advisory services provided in connection with the IPO. For further information on additional related party transactions we entered into as a result of the Reorganization, see the caption Initial Public Offering and Reorganization included in Note 1, Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements.

On November 20, 2014, InfraREIT, Inc. borrowed $1.0 million from HCI pursuant to a promissory note. The note accrued interest at 2.5% per year and was due on November 1, 2015. This note and accrued interest were repaid in February 2015 with proceeds from our IPO for a total of $1.0 million.

On January 15, 2015, we sold assets related to the Cross Valley transmission line (Cross Valley) and the Golden Spread Electric Coop (GSEC) interconnection to Hunt for a total purchase price of $41.2 million. For further information, see Note 3, Assets Held for Sale.

 

 

In October 2014, InfraREIT, L.L.C.’s board of directors approved a plan to sell the assets related to the Cross Valley and GSEC interconnection projects. As of December 31, 2014, these assets were classified as assets held for sale at the lower of historical carrying amount or fair value on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as they met the criteria for “held for sale” accounting as of December 31, 2014. These assets represent labor, materials, AFUDC and various other costs associated with the construction of the Cross Valley and GSEC interconnections projects.

The assets of the Cross Valley and GSEC interconnection projects classified as assets held for sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheets were $41.2 million as of December 31, 2014. Since these assets were not placed in service as of December 31, 2014, no depreciation was taken.

Effective January 15, 2015, we sold all the assets related to Cross Valley to a newly formed development company owned by Hunt and certain of our founding investors for cash of $34.2 million, which equaled the CWIP of the project on the date of the sale, plus reimbursement of out of pocket expenses associated with the project financing.

Also effective January 15, 2015, we sold all the assets related to the GSEC interconnection project to Hunt for cash of $7.0 million, which equaled the CWIP of the project on the date of the sale.

In accordance with our development agreement, Hunt will continue to fund the construction of these identified projects and is required to offer them to us at least 90 days before each project is placed in service.

 

 

Prepaids and other current assets are as follows:

Offering costs consisted of costs directly attributable to the registration of our common stock in connection with our IPO. These offering costs, which were netted against our IPO proceeds, equaled $6.3 million in the aggregate, of which $4.4 million were on the Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2014.

 

 

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The major classes of electric plant are as follows:

General plant consists primarily of a warehouse, buildings and associated assets. CWIP relates to various transmission and distribution projects underway. The capitalized amounts of CWIP consist primarily of route development expenditures, labor and materials expenditures, right of way acquisitions, engineering services and legal fees. Electric plant, net includes plant acquisition adjustments of $29.0 million and $28.7 million at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively.

Electric plant held for future use includes approximately 66 miles of existing transmission lines and two substations located near Stanton, Texas purchased on December 30, 2013 from Southwestern Public Service Company. SDTS holds legal title to the assets and they are subject to a lease with Sharyland. Sharyland will have the responsibility for operating these T&D assets and complying with all applicable regulatory requirements.

 

 

Goodwill represents the excess of costs of an acquired business over the fair value of the assets acquired, less liabilities assumed. We conduct an impairment test of goodwill at least annually. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, $138.4 million was recorded as goodwill in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

 

 

Deferred financing costs primarily consist of costs incurred in connection with the establishment of the InfraREIT LP revolving credit facility and issuance of $25.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.50% per annum senior notes, see Note 8, Borrowings Under Credit Facilities and Note 9, Long-Term Debt.

Other regulatory assets consist of deferred financing costs within our regulated entities. These assets are classified as regulatory assets and amortized over the length of the related loan. These costs will be included in the costs to be recovered in connection with a future rate case. Deferred financing costs included in other regulatory assets primarily consist of debt issuance costs incurred in connection with the construction credit agreement entered into by Sharyland Projects, LLC (SPLLC) on June 20, 2011 and refinancing costs incurred in connection with the amended and restated revolving credit facility entered into by SDTS on June 28, 2013. On December 10, 2014, the SDTS credit facility was amended and restated in order to increase the revolving credit facility to a total of $250.0 million revolving credit facility with additional financing costs incurred, see Note 8, Borrowings Under Credit Facilities and Note 9, Long-Term Debt.

Deferred costs recoverable in future years of $23.8 million at June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 represent operating costs incurred from inception of Sharyland through December 31, 2007. We have determined that these costs are probable of recovery through future rates based on orders of the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) in Sharyland’s prior rate cases and regulatory precedent.

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Deferred assets and other regulatory assets, net are as follows:

 

 

InfraREIT LP Revolving Credit Facilities

On January 3, 2014, InfraREIT LP entered into a credit agreement, as amended, led by Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, which established a revolving credit facility of $130.0 million that included a letter of credit facility. On November 13, 2014, the credit facility was amended to extend the maturity date to March 31, 2015. On December 10, 2014, the credit facility was repaid and terminated using proceeds from InfraREIT LP’s new $75.0 million credit facility and SDTS’s amended credit agreement entered into on December 10, 2014, as discussed below.

On December 10, 2014, InfraREIT LP entered into a new $75.0 million revolving credit facility, led by Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, with up to $15.0 million available for issuance of letters of credit and a maturity date of December 10, 2019. The revolving credit facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Operating Partnership, including the Operating Partnership’s equity interests in its subsidiary, Transmission and Distribution Company, LLC (TDC). In addition, TDC guarantees the revolving credit facility and this guarantee is secured by the assets of, and InfraREIT LP’s equity interests in, TDC. Upon consummation of the IPO and Merger, InfraREIT, Inc. became a guarantor under this revolving credit facility.

The credit agreement requires InfraREIT LP to comply with coverage ratios on a consolidated basis and contains affirmative and negative covenants, including, but not limited to, limitations on additional debt, liens, investments, mergers, acquisitions, dispositions or entry into any line of business other than the business of the transmission and distribution of electric power and the provision of ancillary services and certain restrictions on the payment of dividends. The credit agreement also contains restrictions on the amount of Sharyland’s indebtedness and other restrictions on, and covenants applicable to, Sharyland.

Borrowings and other extensions of credit under the revolving credit facility bear interest, at InfraREIT LP’s election, at a rate equal to (i) the one, two, three or six month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 2.5%, or (ii) a base rate (equal to the highest of (A) the Federal Funds Rate plus ½ of 1%, (B) the Bank of America prime rate and (C) LIBOR plus 1%) plus 1.5%. Letters of credit are subject to a letter of credit fee equal to the daily amount available to be drawn times 2.5%. InfraREIT LP is also required to pay a commitment fee and other customary fees under the new revolving credit facility. InfraREIT LP may prepay amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility in whole or in part without premium or penalty.

There were no outstanding borrowings or letters of credit under the revolving credit facility at June 30, 2015 and there was $75.0 million borrowing capacity available. At December 31, 2014, $57.0 million of borrowings were outstanding at a 2.66% interest rate and no letters of credit outstanding with $18.0 million of remaining capacity under this revolving credit facility. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, InfraREIT LP was in compliance with all debt covenants under this agreement.

SDTS Credit Agreements

On June 28, 2013, SDTS entered into a second amended and restated credit agreement led by Royal Bank of Canada, as administrative agent, which established a revolving credit facility of $75.0 million that originally matured on June 28, 2018 and included a letter of credit facility.

On December 10, 2014, SDTS’s second amended and restated credit agreement was amended and restated in order to, among other things, increase the amount of the revolving credit facility to a total of $250.0 million and extend the maturity date to December 10, 2019. Up to $25.0 million of the revolving credit facility is available for issuance of letters of credit, and up to $5.0 million of the revolving facility is available for swingline loans. The revolving credit agreement is secured by substantially all of the assets of, and TDC’s equity interests in, SDTS on the same basis as the senior secured notes described below in Note 9, Long-Term Debt.

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The interest rate for the revolving credit facility is based, at SDTS’s option, at a rate equal to either (1) a base rate, determined as the greatest of (A) the administrative agent’s prime rate, (B) the federal funds effective rate plus ½ of 1% and (C) LIBOR plus 1.00% per annum, plus a margin of either 0.75% or 1.00% per annum, depending on the total debt to capitalization ratio of SDTS on a consolidated basis or (2) LIBOR plus a margin of either 1.75% or 2.00% per annum, depending on the total debt to capitalization ratio of SDTS on a consolidated basis. SDTS is also required to pay a commitment fee and other customary fees under its revolving credit facility. SDTS is entitled to prepay amounts outstanding under the revolving credit facility with no prepayment penalty.

There were no outstanding borrowing or letters of credit under the credit agreement at June 30, 2015 and there was $250.0 million borrowing capacity available. At December 31, 2014, $162.0 million of borrowings were outstanding at an effective interest rate of 1.91% with no letters of credit outstanding and $88.0 million of capacity under this revolving credit facility. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, SDTS was in compliance with all debt covenants under this agreement.

The revolving credit facilities of InfraREIT LP and SDTS are subject to customary events of default. If an event of default occurs and is continuing, the required lenders may accelerate amounts due under each revolving credit facility (except in the case of a bankruptcy event of default, in which case such amounts will automatically become due and payable).

 

 

Long-term debt consisted of the following:

 

Senior Secured Notes – On December 31, 2009, SDTS issued $53.5 million aggregate principal amount of 7.25% per annum senior secured notes to The Prudential Insurance Company of America and affiliates. Principal and interest on the senior secured notes is payable quarterly and the senior secured notes are collateralized by SDTS’s T&D assets and the equity interests of SDTS.

On July 13, 2010, in connection with the acquisition of Cap Rock Holding Corporation (Cap Rock), SDTS issued $110.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.47% per annum senior secured notes to The Prudential Insurance Company of America. Principal and interest on the senior secured notes is payable quarterly and the senior secured notes are collateralized by SDTS’s T&D assets and the equity interests of SDTS.

On July 13, 2010, in connection with the acquisition of Cap Rock, TDC issued $25.0 million aggregate principal amount of 8.50% per annum senior secured notes to The Prudential Insurance Company of America and affiliates. Principal and interest on the senior secured notes is payable quarterly and the senior secured notes are collateralized by the equity interest of TDC and certain accounts of TDC.

SDTS and TDC are entitled to prepay amounts outstanding under the notes, subject to a prepayment penalty equal to the excess of the discounted value of the remaining scheduled payments with respect to such notes over the amount of the prepaid notes.

The senior secured notes contain certain default triggers, including without limitation: failure to maintain compliance with financial and other covenants contained in the agreements, limitation on liens, investments and the incurrence of additional indebtedness. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, SDTS and TDC were in compliance with all debt covenants under these agreements.

Senior Secured Credit Facilities - On June 20, 2011, SPLLC entered into a construction term loan agreement consisting of a $667.0 million construction term loan, reduced to $447.0 million on March 8, 2013, syndicated broadly to a group of 14 international banks, and $60.0 million in fixed rate notes issued to The Prudential Insurance Company of America and affiliates. The senior secured credit facility is collateralized by SPLLC’s assets and SDTS’s equity interest in SPLLC.

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The $447.0 million construction term loan accrued interest at LIBOR plus 2.00%. LIBOR reset at each selected interest period (one, two, three or six months), at SPLLC’s discretion, at the current market rate. The outstanding borrowing under the construction term loan at December 31, 2013 was $396.0 million. On May 16, 2014, the construction term loan outstanding was converted into a term loan with a balance of $407.0 million. After this conversion, interest accrues at LIBOR plus 2.25% for a period of three years, at which point the interest rate will increase to LIBOR plus 2.50%. Interest under the loan is payable the last day of the selected interest period for interest periods of three months or less, and every three months for interest periods greater than three months. Amortized principal amounts of the term loan are payable quarterly after the conversion.

Interest is payable quarterly on the $60.0 million fixed rate notes with the full principal balance due at maturity.

The term loan agreement and fixed rate notes contain certain default triggers, including without limitation: failure to maintain compliance with financial and other covenants contained in the agreements, limitation on liens, investments and the incurrence of additional indebtedness. SPLLC was in compliance with all debt covenants for the term loan and fixed rate notes as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014.

 

 

Interest – During 2011, SPLLC entered into an interest rate swap agreement designated as a cash flow hedge against variable interest rate exposure on a portion of the construction term loan which established a fixed rate on the LIBOR interest rates specified in the SPLLC construction term loan at 0.832% per annum until June 30, 2014. Notional amounts reset on a monthly basis and did not exceed $261.0 million at any given time. There were no notional amounts as of June 30, 2014 as this swap agreement terminated on June 30, 2014. We have not entered into any new derivative instruments since the termination of this swap agreement.

This cash flow hedging instrument was recorded as a liability in the Consolidated Balance Sheets at fair value, with an offset to accumulated other comprehensive income to the extent the cash flow hedging instrument was effective. The cash flow hedging instrument gains and losses included in other comprehensive income were reclassified into earnings as the underlying transaction occurred. There was no cash flow hedging instrument ineffectiveness recorded for this swap agreement.

The Company reclassified $0.4 million and $0.8 million, included in other comprehensive income, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively, to interest expense, net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations.

 

 

In connection with our acquisition of InfraREIT LP in 2010, we agreed to contingent consideration in the form of future deemed capital credits in an amount up to $82.5 million to Hunt-InfraREIT. The capital account credits, which were generated pro rata with our cash expenditures on the CREZ Project up to $737.0 million, were issued to Hunt-InfraREIT in the form of Class A OP Units at the agreed upon deemed issue price of $10.65 per unit on the first day of each quarter following the actual expenditures. The future deemed capital credits were determined to be contingent consideration and were assessed a fair value of $78.6 million at the date of acquisition and included as a component of long-term liabilities in the Consolidated Balance Sheets.

As of December 31, 2014, InfraREIT LP had issued, as described above, approximately 6.7 million of Class A OP Units to Hunt-InfraREIT. During the first quarter of 2015, the following transactions occurred:

We recognized $0.3 million and $0.9 million as expense due to changes in fair value of our contingent consideration in accordance with the acquisition agreement during the three and six months ended June 30, 2014, respectively. This expense was recorded as part of other (expense) income, net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations. There was no expense recorded during the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 related to our contingent consideration. As of December 31, 2014, $27.4 million was recorded as a current liability in the form of contingent consideration in the Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of June 30, 2015, no such liability was recorded as the contingent consideration was fully settled.

 

 

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The carrying amounts of our cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, due from affiliates and accounts payable approximate fair value due to the short-term nature of these assets and liabilities.

Our derivative contracts consisted of cash flow hedging instruments which are not traded on a public exchange. The fair values of the cash flow hedging instrument contracts were determined using discounted cash flow techniques. The techniques incorporated Level 2 inputs and quotes from the counterparty to the interest swap contract. These market inputs were utilized in a discounted cash flow calculation considering the cash flow hedging instrument term, credit risk, notional amount and discount rate and were classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we had $391.7 million and $397.8 million, respectively, of borrowings under the construction term loan which accrued interest under floating interest rate structures. Accordingly, the carrying value of such indebtedness approximated fair value for the amounts outstanding.

We also had borrowings totaling $228.5 million and $231.9 million under senior secured notes with a weighted average interest rate of 6.42% and 6.43% per annum as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, respectively. The fair value of these borrowings is estimated using discounted cash flow analysis based on current market rates.

We assessed the fair market value of our contingent consideration associated with the acquisition of InfraREIT LP using observable Level 2 inputs at December 31, 2014.

Financial instruments, measured at fair value, by level within the fair value hierarchy were as follows:

 

 

Our regulatory liability is established through our depreciation rates related to cost of removal and represents amounts that we expect to incur in the future. As of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we recorded on the Consolidated Balance Sheets as a long-term liability $6.2 million and $1.2 million, respectively, net of actual removal costs incurred.

 

 

The amounts reported as regulatory assets as of June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014 are subject to the review by the PUCT and as with all utility assets may change at a later date based on that review, see Note 7, Deferred Assets and Other Regulatory Assets, net.

We are not a party to any legal proceedings other than legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. We do not believe the resolution of these proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material impact on our business, financial condition or results of operations, liquidity and cash flows.

 

 

On January 12, 2015, InfraREIT, Inc. amended its charter to increase the number of authorized common shares from 3,000 to 450,000,000. In addition, the par value of our common stock was reduced from $1 per share to $0.01 per share. Both the authorized number of shares of common stock and the par value were unaffected by the Merger or Reorganization.

On June 5, 2015, our board of directors approved a cash distribution by the Operating Partnership to all unit holders of record, including InfraREIT, Inc., on June 30, 2015 of $0.225 per unit for a total distribution of $13.6 million ($9.8 million to InfraREIT, Inc.). Also, on June 5, 2015, our board of directors approved a cash dividend to shareholders of record on June 30, 2015 of $0.225 per share for a total of $9.8 million. The cash distribution and cash dividend were paid on July 23, 2015.

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On March 6, 2015, our board of directors approved a cash distribution by the Operating Partnership to all unit holders of record, including InfraREIT, Inc., on March 31, 2015 of $0.14 per unit for a total distribution of $8.5 million ($6.1 million to InfraREIT, Inc.). Also, on March 6, 2015, our board of directors approved a cash dividend to shareholders of record on March 31, 2015 of $0.14 per share for a total of $6.1 million. The cash distribution and cash dividend were paid on April 23, 2015.

On January 13, 2015, InfraREIT, L.L.C.’s board of directors approved a cash distribution by the Operating Partnership to all unit holders of record, including InfraREIT, L.L.C., on January 20, 2015 of $0.26 per unit for a total distribution of $11.7 million ($9.0 million to InfraREIT, L.L.C.). Also, on January 13, 2015, InfraREIT, L.L.C.’s board of directors approved a cash dividend to shareholders of record on January 20, 2015 of $0.26 per share for a total of $9.0 million. The cash distribution and cash dividend were paid on January 29, 2015.

On December 18, 2014, InfraREIT, L.L.C.’s board of directors approved a cash distribution by the Operating Partnership to all unit holders of record, including InfraREIT, L.L.C., on December 18, 2014 of $0.31 per unit for a total distribution of $14.1 million ($10.8 million to InfraREIT, L.L.C.). Also on December 18, 2014, InfraREIT, L.L.C.’s board of directors approved a cash dividend to shareholders of record on December 18, 2014 of $0.31 per share for a total of $10.8 million. The cash distribution and cash dividend were paid on January 16, 2015. For federal income tax purposes, this dividend was classified as ordinary income.

 

 

There were no changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015. Changes in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 associated with the interest rate swap designated as a cash flow hedge was as follows: