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Exhibit 99.1

 

Press Release

 

Clean Harbors Reports Second-Quarter 2016 Financial Results

 

·            Reports Revenues of $697.5 Million, Reflecting Softness in Energy and Industrial Markets

 

·            Announces Net Income of $4.0 Million and GAAP EPS of $0.07; Adjusted EPS of $0.15

 

·            Reports Adjusted EBITDA of $110.4 Million; Margin of 15.8%

 

·            Nears Completion of ~$175 Million in Acquisitions to Expand Environmental Services and Support Safety-Kleen’s Closed Loop Offering

 

·            Announces Planned Divestiture of Subsidiary Within Industrial Services

 

·            Narrows 2016 Adjusted EBITDA Guidance Range

 

NORWELL, Mass. — August 3, 2016 — Clean Harbors, Inc. (“Clean Harbors”) (NYSE: CLH), the leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services throughout North America, today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2016.

 

Revenues for the second quarter of 2016 were $697.5 million, compared with $936.2 million in the same period a year ago.  Revenues in the second quarter of 2015 included approximately $170 million related to substantial emergency response activity.  Income from operations was $34.5 million in the second quarter of 2016, compared with $60.8 million in last year’s second quarter, which included a non-cash goodwill impairment charge of $32.0 million related to the Oil and Gas Field Services segment.

 

Net income for the second quarter of 2016 was $4.0 million, or $0.07 per diluted share, which was negatively impacted by not recognizing income tax benefits associated with pre-tax losses generated by certain of the Company’s Canadian subsidiaries.  The negative effect from not recognizing these benefits, which had no cash impact in the current period, was $4.5 million, or $0.08 per diluted share.  Adjusted net income, which includes the recognition of these tax benefits, was $8.4 million, or $0.15 per diluted share.

 

In the second quarter of 2015, net income was $10.4 million, or $0.18 per diluted share, which included the non-cash goodwill impairment charge.  Excluding the non-cash impairment charge, second-quarter 2015 adjusted net income was $42.4 million, or $0.72 per diluted share.

 

Net income and adjusted net income results for the second quarters of 2016 and 2015 included pre-tax integration and severance costs of $3.2 million and $1.8 million, respectively.

 

Adjusted EBITDA (see description below) in the second quarter of 2016 was $110.4 million, compared with $163.1 million in the same period of 2015.

 

Comments on the Second Quarter

 

“The ongoing slowdown in the energy sector, combined with softness across several of our key industrial markets, limited growth opportunities, constrained customer spending on projects and reduced near-term waste volumes from several key verticals,” said Alan S. McKim, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.  “At the same time, both of our Safety-Kleen segments delivered strong quarterly results, with SK Environmental Services increasing its year-over-year profitability for the eighth consecutive quarter and Kleen Performance

 

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Products posting a small rebound in base oil pricing from earlier in the year, as well as an increase in blended products sales.

 

“Within Technical Services, second-quarter incineration utilization was 88 percent due to a higher number of turnaround days, which increased our deferred revenue by nearly $7 million sequentially to more than $70 million. Lower industrial volumes limited project opportunities and reductions in oil and gas production waste streams drove landfill volumes down 21 percent from those of a year ago,” McKim said. “Our Industrial and Field Services results reflected a difficult quarter in which our declining business in Western Canada was further weakened by the massive fire in the Fort McMurray area forcing shutdowns, and customer activity in the southwestern U.S. was temporarily reduced following widespread flooding in Texas.  Business in our planned carve-out segments — Oil and Gas Field Services and Lodging Services — was hurt by continued deterioration in the overall energy market, to which we responded with additional cost-cutting efforts.

 

Recent Acquisitions and Divestiture

 

“During the second quarter, we worked on completing a series of six acquisitions totaling approximately $175 million, which expanded our geographic footprint and capabilities.  This included two Part B permits to support our growing presence on the West Coast.  One in southern California, where we were capacity constrained, is part of a significant plant, which will link with our new El Dorado, Arkansas incinerator.  The second is in Seattle where we acquired new capabilities for our Technical Services and Field Services businesses in the Northwest region. We also acquired assets to support our North American renewable lubricants program and this included terminals, re-refineries, waste oil collection and blending/packaging capabilities — all critical components to the success of our ‘closed loop’ initiative, in which we directly sell Safety-Kleen’s blended products back to our customers.  Three acquisitions have already been finalized, and we expect the remaining three to close within the next week.

 

“In addition, we plan to divest a subsidiary in our Industrial Services group. This business, which generated approximately $55 million in revenues in 2015, is not a core line of business in our portfolio and was planned for divestiture.  Proceeds are expected to be in the range of $50 million.

 

Business Outlook and Financial Guidance

 

“Looking ahead, we see near-term challenges stemming from ongoing energy, industrial and customer spending trends.  Consequently, we intend to channel our resources and investments to core areas that show the highest growth potential, such as our closed loop program and our new hazardous waste incinerator in Arkansas, which we expect will be operational by year-end.  We also intend to increase our previously announced $100 million cost reduction program to improve profitability and expand margins.

 

“As we enter the second half of 2016, we anticipate an improvement in our incineration business, due to our backlog of waste and fewer planned turnaround days.  We expect a significant sequential benefit from pricing gains in the base oil marketplace and we expect that Kleen Performance Products will, in the third quarter, more than double its profitability compared with its second-quarter profitability.  We also should see a greater impact from our ongoing cost reduction efforts in the second half of the year as more initiatives are fully implemented.  As a result, we expect sequential improvement in Adjusted EBITDA in the third quarter versus our second-quarter performance.  On a year-over-year basis, however, we expect Adjusted EBITDA to be

 

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down approximately 20 percent from the third quarter of 2015, reflecting last year’s record emergency response activities,” McKim concluded.

 

Based on its year-to-date financial performance and current market conditions, Clean Harbors updated its 2016 annual Adjusted EBITDA guidance.  The Company narrowed its guidance to a range of $430 million to $450 million from its previously announced guidance of $430 million to $490 million.  On a GAAP basis, the Company’s guidance is based on 2016 net income in the range of $4 million to $9 million.  Adjusted net income for 2016, which includes the recognition of the non-cash tax benefits in Canada, is in the range of $24 million to $29 million. A reconciliation of the Company’s Adjusted EBITDA guidance and adjusted net income to net income guidance is included below.

 

Non-GAAP Results

 

Clean Harbors reports Adjusted EBITDA results, which is a non-GAAP financial measure and should not be considered an alternative to net income or other measurements under generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), but viewed only as a supplement to those measurements.  The Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides additional useful information to investors since the Company’s loan covenants are based upon levels of Adjusted EBITDA achieved and the fact that management routinely evaluates the performance of its businesses based upon levels of Adjusted EBITDA.  The Company defines Adjusted EBITDA consistently and in accordance with its existing credit agreement, as described in the following reconciliation showing the differences between reported net income (loss) and Adjusted EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended:

 

For the Six Months Ended:

 

 

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

3,966

 

$

10,395

 

$

(16,905

)

$

3,306

 

Accretion of environmental liabilities

 

2,548

 

2,599

 

5,053

 

5,218

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

73,393

 

67,773

 

142,295

 

136,129

 

Goodwill impairment charge

 

 

31,992

 

 

31,992

 

Other expense

 

189

 

660

 

539

 

251

 

Interest expense, net

 

21,647

 

19,249

 

40,627

 

38,687

 

Provision for income taxes

 

8,702

 

30,454

 

6,156

 

25,816

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

110,445

 

$

163,122

 

$

177,765

 

$

241,399

 

 

This press release includes a discussion of net income (loss) and net earnings (loss) per share adjusted for the non-cash impact of unbenefited tax losses in Canada and income from operations, net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share amounts adjusted for the goodwill impairment charge identified in the reconciliations provided below.  The Company believes that discussion of these additional non-GAAP measures provides investors with meaningful comparisons of current results to prior periods’ results by excluding items that the Company does not believe reflect its fundamental business performance.  The following shows the difference between income from operations to adjusted income from operations, net income (loss) to adjusted net income (loss) and earnings (loss) per share to adjusted earnings (loss) per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands, except per share amounts):

 

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For the Three Months Ended:

 

For the Six Months Ended:

 

 

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

Adjusted income from operations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income from operations

 

$

34,504

 

$

60,758

 

$

30,417

 

$

68,060

 

Goodwill impairment charge

 

 

31,992

 

 

31,992

 

Adjusted income from operations

 

$

34,504

 

$

92,750

 

$

30,417

 

$

100,052

 

Adjusted net income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

3,966

 

$

10,395

 

$

(16,905

)

$

3,306

 

Unbenefited tax losses

 

4,453

 

 

12,371

 

 

Goodwill impairment charge, net of $0 taxes

 

 

31,992

 

 

31,992

 

Adjusted net income (loss)

 

$

8,419

 

$

42,387

 

$

(4,534

)

$

35,298

 

Adjusted earnings (loss) per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings (loss) per share

 

$

0.07

 

$

0.18

 

$

(0.29

)

$

0.06

 

Unbenefited tax losses

 

0.08

 

 

0.21

 

 

Goodwill impairment charge, net of $0 taxes

 

 

0.54

 

 

0.54

 

Adjusted earnings (loss) per share

 

$

0.15

 

$

0.72

 

$

(0.08

)

$

0.60

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA Guidance Reconciliation

 

An itemized reconciliation between projected net income and projected Adjusted EBITDA is as follows:

 

 

 

For the Year Ending 
December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

Projected GAAP net income

 

$4

to

$9

 

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

Accretion of environmental liabilities

 

11

to

10

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

295

to

285

 

Interest expense, net

 

84

to

84

 

Provision for income taxes

 

36

to

62

 

Projected Adjusted EBITDA

 

$430

to

$450

 

 

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An itemized reconciliation between projected net income and projected adjusted net income is as follows:

 

 

 

For the Year Ending 
December 31, 2016

 

 

 

Amount

 

 

 

(In millions)

 

Projected GAAP net income

 

$4

to

$9

 

Unbenefited tax losses

 

20

to

20

 

Projected adjusted net income

 

$24

to

$29

 

 

Conference Call Information

 

Clean Harbors will conduct a conference call for investors today at 9:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss the information contained in this press release.  On the call, management will discuss Clean Harbors’ financial results, business outlook and growth strategy.  Investors who wish to listen to the webcast and view the accompanying slides should visit the Investor Relations section of the Company’s website at www.cleanharbors.com.  The live call also can be accessed by dialing 201.689.8881 or 877.709.8155 prior to the start of the call.  If you are unable to listen to the live call, the webcast will be archived on the Company’s website.

 

About Clean Harbors

 

Clean Harbors (NYSE: CLH) is North America’s leading provider of environmental, energy and industrial services. The Company serves a diverse customer base, including a majority of the Fortune 500, across the chemical, energy, manufacturing and additional markets, as well as numerous government agencies. These customers rely on Clean Harbors to deliver a broad range of services such as end-to-end hazardous waste management, emergency spill response, industrial cleaning and maintenance, and recycling services. Through its Safety-Kleen subsidiary, Clean Harbors also is North America’s largest re-refiner and recycler of used oil and a leading provider of parts washers and environmental services to commercial, industrial and automotive customers. Founded in 1980 and based in Massachusetts, Clean Harbors operates throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and Puerto Rico. For more information, visit www.cleanharbors.com.

 

Safe Harbor Statement

 

Any statements contained herein that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are generally identifiable by use of the words “believes,” “expects,” “intends,” “anticipates,” “plans to,” “estimates,” “projects,” or similar expressions. Such statements may include, but are not limited to, statements about future financial and operating results, the Company’s planned carve-out and other statements that are not historical facts. Such statements are based upon the beliefs and expectations of Clean Harbors’ management as of this date only and are subject to certain risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including, without limitation, those items identified as “risk factors” in Clean Harbors’ most recently filed Form 10-K and Form 10-Q. Therefore, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. Clean Harbors undertakes no obligation to revise or publicly release the results of any revision to these forward-looking statements other than through its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, which may be viewed in the “Investors” section of Clean Harbors’ website at www.cleanharbors.com.

 

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Contacts

 

Investors:

Media:

Jim Buckley

Eric Kraus

SVP Investor Relations

EVP Corporate Communications & Public Affairs

Clean Harbors, Inc.

Clean Harbors, Inc.

781.792.5100

781.792.5100

Buckley.James@cleanharbors.com

Kraus.Eric@cleanharbors.com

 

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CLEAN HARBORS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

(in thousands except per share amounts)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended:

 

For the Six Months Ended:

 

 

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

Revenues

 

$

697,510

 

$

936,228

 

$

1,333,593

 

$

1,668,727

 

Cost of revenues (exclusive of items shown separately below)

 

480,002

 

652,688

 

944,281

 

1,199,195

 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

 

107,063

 

120,418

 

211,547

 

228,133

 

Accretion of environmental liabilities

 

2,548

 

2,599

 

5,053

 

5,218

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

73,393

 

67,773

 

142,295

 

136,129

 

Goodwill impairment charge

 

 

31,992

 

 

31,992

 

Income from operations

 

34,504

 

60,758

 

30,417

 

68,060

 

Other expense

 

(189

)

(660

)

(539

)

(251

)

Interest expense, net

 

(21,647

)

(19,249

)

(40,627

)

(38,687

)

Income (loss) before provision for income taxes

 

12,668

 

40,849

 

(10,749

)

29,122

 

Provision for income taxes

 

8,702

 

30,454

 

6,156

 

25,816

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

3,966

 

$

10,395

 

$

(16,905

)

$

3,306

 

Earnings (loss) per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

0.07

 

$

0.18

 

$

(0.29

)

$

0.06

 

Diluted

 

$

0.07

 

$

0.18

 

$

(0.29

)

$

0.06

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares used to compute earnings (loss) per share — Basic

 

57,549

 

58,590

 

57,599

 

58,732

 

Shares used to compute earnings (loss) per share — Diluted

 

57,678

 

58,710

 

57,599

 

58,832

 

 

Clean Harbors · 42 Longwater Drive · PO Box 9149 · Norwell, Massachusetts 02061-9149 · 800.282.0058 · www.cleanharbors.com

 



 

CLEAN HARBORS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

 

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

(in thousands)

 

 

 

June 30, 2016

 

December 31, 2015

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

352,923

 

$

184,708

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

503,749

 

496,004

 

Unbilled accounts receivable

 

29,119

 

25,940

 

Deferred costs

 

21,261

 

18,758

 

Inventories and supplies

 

162,404

 

149,521

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

49,678

 

46,265

 

Total current assets

 

1,119,134

 

921,196

 

Property, plant and equipment, net

 

1,594,987

 

1,532,467

 

Other assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred financing costs

 

1,412

 

1,847

 

Goodwill

 

461,491

 

453,105

 

Permits and other intangibles, net

 

492,224

 

506,818

 

Other

 

23,133

 

15,995

 

Total other assets

 

978,260

 

977,765

 

Total assets

 

$

3,692,381

 

$

3,431,428

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

222,302

 

$

241,183

 

Deferred revenue

 

70,263

 

61,882

 

Accrued expenses

 

203,813

 

193,660

 

Current portion of closure, post-closure and remedial liabilities

 

24,043

 

20,395

 

Total current liabilities

 

520,421

 

517,120

 

Other liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Closure and post-closure liabilities, less current portion

 

51,143

 

49,020

 

Remedial liabilities, less current portion

 

114,291

 

118,826

 

Long-term obligations

 

1,631,881

 

1,382,543

 

Deferred taxes, unrecognized tax benefits and other long-term liabilities

 

258,302

 

267,637

 

Total other liabilities

 

2,055,617

 

1,818,026

 

Total stockholders’ equity, net

 

1,116,343

 

1,096,282

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

 

$

3,692,381

 

$

3,431,428

 

 

Clean Harbors · 42 Longwater Drive · PO Box 9149 · Norwell, Massachusetts 02061-9149 · 800.282.0058 · www.cleanharbors.com

 



 

Supplemental Segment Data (in thousands)

 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended:

 

 

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

Revenue

 

Third Party 
Revenues

 

Intersegment
 Revenues
(Expense), net

 

Direct 
Revenues

 

Third Party
 Revenues

 

Intersegment
Revenues 
(Expense), net

 

Direct 
Revenues

 

Technical Services

 

$

229,130

 

$

36,245

 

$

265,375

 

$

248,025

 

$

39,397

 

$

287,422

 

Industrial and Field Services

 

153,851

 

(9,341

)

144,510

 

353,329

 

(11,631

)

341,698

 

Kleen Performance Products

 

86,711

 

(7,600

)

79,111

 

99,104

 

(21,429

)

77,675

 

SK Environmental Services

 

191,004

 

(21,491

)

169,513

 

175,876

 

(8,799

)

167,077

 

Lodging Services

 

16,418

 

151

 

16,569

 

21,171

 

1,072

 

22,243

 

Oil and Gas Field Services

 

19,232

 

2,480

 

21,712

 

38,617

 

2,194

 

40,811

 

Corporate Items

 

1,164

 

(444

)

720

 

106

 

(804

)

(698

)

Total

 

$

697,510

 

$

 

$

697,510

 

$

936,228

 

$

 

$

936,228

 

 

 

 

For the Six Months Ended:

 

 

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

Revenue

 

Third Party
Revenues

 

Intersegment
Revenues
(Expense), net

 

Direct
Revenues

 

Third Party
Revenues

 

Intersegment
Revenues
(Expense), net

 

Direct
Revenues

 

Technical Services

 

$

448,235

 

$

71,477

 

$

519,712

 

$

488,350

 

$

75,598

 

$

563,948

 

Industrial and Field Services

 

275,428

 

(16,824

)

258,604

 

500,197

 

(18,114

)

482,083

 

Kleen Performance Products

 

154,254

 

(17,008

)

137,246

 

195,911

 

(39,687

)

156,224

 

SK Environmental Services

 

370,422

 

(40,238

)

330,184

 

336,560

 

(20,381

)

316,179

 

Lodging Services

 

32,063

 

436

 

32,499

 

55,275

 

1,253

 

56,528

 

Oil and Gas Field Services

 

51,248

 

3,446

 

54,694

 

92,204

 

3,535

 

95,739

 

Corporate Items

 

1,943

 

(1,289

)

654

 

230

 

(2,204

)

(1,974

)

Total

 

$

1,333,593

 

$

 

$

1,333,593

 

$

1,668,727

 

$

 

$

1,668,727

 

 

Clean Harbors · 42 Longwater Drive · PO Box 9149 · Norwell, Massachusetts 02061-9149 · 800.282.0058 · www.cleanharbors.com

 



 

 

 

For the Three Months Ended:

 

For the Six Months Ended:

 

Adjusted EBITDA

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

June 30, 2016

 

June 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technical Services

 

$

68,891

 

$

76,808

 

$

129,289

 

$

140,209

 

Industrial and Field Services

 

19,946

 

73,081

 

22,064

 

83,390

 

Kleen Performance Products

 

9,995

 

15,824

 

14,555

 

11,348

 

SK Environmental Services

 

45,239

 

41,195

 

80,734

 

68,444

 

Lodging Services

 

3,022

 

3,852

 

4,041

 

10,762

 

Oil and Gas Field Services

 

(4,207

)

(2,182

)

(5,601

)

(779

)

Corporate Items

 

(32,441

)

(45,456

)

(67,317

)

(71,975

)

Total

 

$

110,445

 

$

163,122

 

$

177,765

 

$

241,399

 

 

Clean Harbors · 42 Longwater Drive · PO Box 9149 · Norwell, Massachusetts 02061-9149 · 800.282.0058 · www.cleanharbors.com