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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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for the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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for the transition period
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Commission file number: 000-50067
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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Delaware
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52-2235832 |
(State of organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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2501 CEDAR SPRINGS
DALLAS, TEXAS
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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75201
(Zip Code) |
(214) 953-9500
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Indicate by check mark whether 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 þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated
filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the
Act). Yes þ No o
As of May 5, 2005, the Registrant had
12,760,158 shares of common stock outstanding.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
2
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Balance Sheets
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March 31, | |
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December 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(In thousands) | |
ASSETS |
Current assets:
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Cash and cash equivalents
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$ |
21,481 |
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$ |
22,519 |
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Accounts and notes receivable, net:
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Trade, accrued revenue and other
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231,453 |
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233,777 |
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Related party
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61 |
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Fair value of derivative assets
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4,291 |
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3,025 |
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Other current assets
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5,894 |
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5,251 |
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Total current assets
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263,119 |
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264,633 |
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Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of
$52,442 and $45,090, respectively
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340,202 |
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325,653 |
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Account receivable from Enron (net of allowance of $6,931)
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1,312 |
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1,312 |
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Fair value of derivative assets
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934 |
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166 |
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Intangible assets, net of accumulated amortization of $3,650 and
$3,301, respectively
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4,806 |
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5,155 |
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Goodwill, net of accumulated amortization of $674
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6,164 |
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6,164 |
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Other assets, net
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4,354 |
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3,685 |
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Total assets
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$ |
620,891 |
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$ |
606,768 |
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LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
Current liabilities:
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Accounts payable, drafts payable and accrued gas purchases
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$ |
236,800 |
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$ |
257,746 |
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Fair value of derivative liabilities
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8,752 |
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2,085 |
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Current portion of long-term debt
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50 |
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50 |
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Other current liabilities
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10,943 |
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23,017 |
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Total current liabilities
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256,545 |
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282,898 |
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Long-term debt
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195,650 |
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148,650 |
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Deferred tax liability
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29,723 |
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32,754 |
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Interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnership
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61,784 |
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65,399 |
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Fair value of derivative liabilities
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783 |
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134 |
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Stockholders equity
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76,406 |
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76,933 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$ |
620,891 |
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$ |
606,768 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
3
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Operations
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Three Months Ended | |
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March 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(In thousands, except | |
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per share amounts) | |
Revenues:
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Midstream
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$ |
539,564 |
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$ |
318,214 |
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Treating
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9,907 |
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7,144 |
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Profit on energy trading activities
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45 |
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421 |
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Total revenues
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549,516 |
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325,779 |
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Operating costs and expenses:
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Midstream purchased gas
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516,416 |
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302,876 |
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Treating purchased gas
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1,493 |
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1,376 |
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Operating expenses
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11,500 |
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6,225 |
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General and administrative
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6,452 |
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3,865 |
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Stock-based compensation
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276 |
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209 |
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(Gain) loss on sale of property
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(44 |
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296 |
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Depreciation and amortization
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6,946 |
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4,418 |
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Total operating costs and expenses
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543,039 |
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319,265 |
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Operating income
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6,477 |
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6,514 |
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Other income (expense):
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Interest expense, net
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(3,288 |
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(1,117 |
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Other income
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26 |
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92 |
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Total other income (expense)
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(3,262 |
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(1,025 |
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Income before income taxes and interest of non-controlling
partners in the Partnerships net income
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3,215 |
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5,489 |
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Income tax expense
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(987 |
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(1,182 |
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Interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnerships
net income
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(656 |
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(2,110 |
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Net income
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$ |
1,572 |
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$ |
2,197 |
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Preferred dividends
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$ |
132 |
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Net income available to common shareholders
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$ |
1,572 |
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$ |
2,065 |
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Basic earnings per common share
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$ |
0.13 |
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$ |
0.19 |
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Diluted earnings per common share
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$ |
0.12 |
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$ |
0.17 |
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Weighted average shares outstanding:
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Basic
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12,346 |
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10,946 |
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Diluted
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12,949 |
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12,759 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
4
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders
Equity
Three Months ended March 31, 2005
(Unaudited)
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Accumulated | |
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Common Stock | |
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Additional | |
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Other | |
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Total | |
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Paid-In | |
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Retained | |
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Comprehensive | |
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Stockholders | |
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Shares | |
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Amount | |
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Capital | |
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Earnings | |
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Income | |
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Equity | |
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(In thousands, except share amounts) | |
Balance, December 31, 2004
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12,256,890 |
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$ |
122 |
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$ |
72,593 |
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$ |
4,214 |
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$ |
76,933 |
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Dividends paid
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(4,783 |
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(4,783 |
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Stock based compensation
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139 |
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139 |
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Net income
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1,572 |
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1,572 |
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Proceeds from exercise of share options
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275,775 |
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1,038 |
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1,041 |
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Capital contribution related to deferred tax benefits of stock
options exercised
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3,040 |
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3,040 |
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Hedging gains or losses reclassified to earnings
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(67 |
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(67 |
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Adjustment in fair value of derivatives
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(1,469 |
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(1,469 |
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Balance, March 31, 2005
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12,532,665 |
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$ |
125 |
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$ |
76,810 |
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$ |
1,003 |
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(1,532 |
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$ |
76,406 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
5
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended | |
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March 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(In thousands) | |
Net income
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$ |
1,572 |
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$ |
2,197 |
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Hedging gains or losses reclassified to earnings
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(67 |
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(271 |
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Adjustment in fair value of derivatives
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(1,469 |
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746 |
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Comprehensive income
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$ |
36 |
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$ |
2,672 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
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Three Months Ended | |
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March 31, | |
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2005 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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Cash flows from operating activities:
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Net income
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$ |
1,572 |
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$ |
2,197 |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by
(used in) operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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6,946 |
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4,418 |
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Income on investment in affiliated companies
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(88 |
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Interest of non-controlling partners in the Partnerships
net income
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656 |
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2,110 |
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Deferred tax expense
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836 |
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1,182 |
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Non-cash stock-based compensation
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276 |
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160 |
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(Gain) loss on sale of property
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(44 |
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296 |
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Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisition effects:
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Accounts receivable and accrued revenue
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2,444 |
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(3,162 |
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Prepaid expenses
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(643 |
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104 |
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Accounts payable, accrued gas purchases, and other accrued
liabilities
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(18,819 |
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(292 |
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Fair value of derivatives
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1,073 |
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181 |
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Other
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377 |
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133 |
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Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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(5,326 |
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7,239 |
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Cash flows from investing activities:
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Additions to property and equipment
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(12,038 |
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(8,051 |
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Assets acquired
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(9,257 |
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Proceeds from sale of property
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193 |
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100 |
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Investments in affiliated companies
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(154 |
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Net cash used in investing activities
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(21,102 |
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(8,105 |
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Cash flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds from borrowings
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255,000 |
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25,500 |
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Payments on borrowings
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(208,000 |
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(23,500 |
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Increase (decrease) in drafts payable
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(14,202 |
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7,468 |
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Dividends paid
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(4,784 |
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(3,603 |
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Repayment of shareholder notes
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4,910 |
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Proceeds from exercise of common stock options
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1,040 |
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313 |
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Net distributions to non-controlling partners in the Partnership
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(2,732 |
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(3,030 |
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Proceeds from exercise of Partnership unit options
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173 |
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Debt refinancing costs
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(1,105 |
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Net cash provided by financing activities
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25,390 |
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13,731 |
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Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
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(1,038 |
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12,865 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
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22,519 |
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1,479 |
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Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
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$ |
21,481 |
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$ |
14,344 |
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Cash paid for interest
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$ |
3,045 |
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$ |
899 |
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
7
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
March 31, 2005
(Unaudited)
Unless the context requires otherwise, references to
we, us, our, CEI
or the Company mean Crosstex Energy, Inc. and its
consolidated subsidiaries.
CEI, a Delaware corporation formed on April 28, 2000, is
engaged, through its subsidiaries, in the gathering,
transmission, treating, processing and marketing of natural gas.
The Company connects the wells of natural gas producers to its
gathering systems in the geographic areas of its gathering
systems in order to purchase the gas production, treats natural
gas to remove impurities to ensure that it meets pipeline
quality specifications, processes natural gas for the removal of
natural gas liquids or NGLs, transports natural gas and
ultimately provides an aggregated supply of natural gas to a
variety of markets. In addition, the Company purchases natural
gas from producers not connected to its gathering systems for
resale and sells natural gas on behalf of producers for a fee.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the
assets, liabilities and results of operations of the Company and
its majority owned subsidiaries, including Crosstex Energy, L.P.
(herein referred to as the Partnership or
CELP), a publicly traded master limited partnership.
The accompanying consolidated financial statements are prepared
in accordance with the instructions to Form 10-Q, are
unaudited and do not include all the information and disclosures
required by generally accepted accounting principles for
complete financial statements. All adjustments that, in the
opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of
the results of operations for the interim periods have been made
and are of a recurring nature unless otherwise disclosed herein.
The results of operations for such interim periods are not
necessarily indicative of results of operations for a full year.
All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been
eliminated in consolidation. These consolidated financial
statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and notes thereto included in our annual
report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004.
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(a) |
Managements Use of Estimates |
The preparation of financial statements in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of
America requires management of the Company to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities
at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts
of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could
differ from these estimates.
|
|
(b) |
Initial Public Offering |
On January 12, 2004 the Company completed an initial public
offering of its common stock. In conjunction with the public
offering, the Company converted all of its preferred stock to
common stock, cancelled its treasury stock and made a
two-for-one stock split, affected in the form of a stock
dividend. The Companys existing shareholders sold
2,306,000 common shares (on a post-split basis) and the Company
issued 345,900 common shares (on a post-split basis) at a public
offering price of $19.50 per common share. The Company
received net proceeds of approximately $4.8 million from
the common stock issuance. The Companys existing
stockholders also repaid approximately $4.9 million in
stockholder notes receivable in connection with the public
offering. As of March 31, 2005, Energy Partners IV,
L.P. and Yorktown Partners V, L.P., collectively Yorktown,
owned 40.9% of the Companys outstanding common shares,
Company management and directors owned 17.7% of the common
shares and the remaining 41.4% was held publicly.
8
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
|
|
(c) |
Long-Term Incentive Plans |
The Company applies the provisions of Accounting Principles
Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees (APB No. 25), and the related interpretations
in accounting for the long-term incentive plans. In accordance
with APB No. 25 for fixed stock and unit options,
compensation is recorded to the extent the fair value of the
stock or unit exceeds the exercise price of the option at the
measurement date. Compensation costs for fixed awards with pro
rata vesting are recognized on a straight-line basis over the
vesting period. In addition, compensation expense is recorded
for variable options based on the difference between fair value
of the stock or unit and exercise price of the options at period
end. Compensation expense of $276,000 and $209,000 was
recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2005 and
2004, respectively.
Had compensation cost for the Company been determined based on
the fair value at the grant date for awards in accordance with
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock Based
Compensation, the Companys net income would have been
as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months | |
|
|
Ended March 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Net income, as reported
|
|
$ |
1,572 |
|
|
$ |
2,197 |
|
Add: Stock-based employee compensation expense included in
reported net income
|
|
|
98 |
|
|
|
76 |
|
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense
determined under fair value based method for all awards
|
|
|
(131 |
) |
|
|
(99 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net income
|
|
$ |
1,539 |
|
|
$ |
2,174 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per common share, as reported:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.13 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
Pro forma net income per common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
0.19 |
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.12 |
|
|
$ |
0.17 |
|
The fair value of each option is estimated on the date of grant
using the Black Scholes option-pricing model with the following
weighted average assumptions used for Company common stock
grants to Company directors in 2005:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Crosstex | |
|
|
Energy, Inc. | |
|
|
| |
Options granted
|
|
|
20,000 |
|
Weighted average dividend yield
|
|
|
3.8 |
% |
Weighted average expected volatility
|
|
|
36.0 |
% |
Weighted average risk free interest rate
|
|
|
3.7 |
% |
Weighted average expected life
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
Contractual life
|
|
|
10.0 |
|
Weighted average of fair value of unit options granted
|
|
$ |
10.62 |
|
No Partnership options were granted to officers or employees in
2005. Stock-based compensation associated with the CEI option
plan with respect to officers and employees is recorded by the
Partnership since CEI has no operating activities, other than
its interest in the Partnership. Stock-based compensation
associated with the CEI option plan with respect to CEI
directors is an expense to CEI only.
9
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
In 2004, 85,000 restricted shares in CEI were issued to members
of management under its long-term incentive plan with an
intrinsic value of $2,579,000. 80,000 of the CEI restricted
shares vest over a five-year period and 5,000 of the restricted
shares vest over a three-year period. The intrinsic value of the
restricted shares is amortized into stock-based compensation
expense over the vesting periods.
In May 2005, the Partnerships managing general partner
amended its long-term incentive plan to increase the aggregate
common unit options and restricted units under the plan from
1.4 million to 1.8 million.
|
|
(d) |
Earnings per Share and Anti-Dilutive Computations |
Basic earnings per share was computed by dividing net income by
the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the
three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004. The computation
of diluted earnings per share further assumes the dilutive
effect of common share options, restricted shares and
convertible preferred stock.
In conjunction with the Companys initial public offering,
the Company affected a two-for-one split. All share amounts for
prior periods presented herein have been restated to reflect
this stock split.
The following are the common share amounts used to compute the
basic and diluted earnings per common share for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months | |
|
|
Ended March 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Basic earnings per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding
|
|
|
12,346 |
|
|
|
10,946 |
|
Diluted earnings per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares outstanding
|
|
|
12,346 |
|
|
|
10,946 |
|
|
Dilutive effect of restricted shares
|
|
|
85 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dilutive effect of exercise of options outstanding
|
|
|
517 |
|
|
|
726 |
|
|
Dilutive effect of exercise of preferred stock conversion to
common shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,087 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted shares
|
|
|
12,949 |
|
|
|
12,759 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All outstanding common shares were included in the computation
of diluted earnings per common share.
|
|
(e) |
Cash Distributions from the Partnership |
In accordance with the partnership agreement, the Partnership
must make distributions of 100% of available cash, as defined in
the partnership agreement, within 45 days following the end
of each quarter. Distributions will generally be made 98% to the
common and subordinated unitholders and 2% to the general
partner, subject to the payment of incentive distributions to
the extent that certain target levels of cash distributions are
achieved. Under the quarterly incentive distribution provisions,
generally our general partner is entitled to 13% of amounts we
distribute in excess of $0.25 per unit, 23% of the amounts
we distribute in excess of $0.3125 per unit and 48% of
amounts we distribute in excess of $0.375 per unit.
Incentive distributions totaling $1,998,000 were earned by the
Company as general partner for the three months ending
March 31, 2005. To the extent there is sufficient available
cash, the holders of common units are entitled to receive the
minimum quarterly distribution of $0.25 per unit, plus
arrearages, prior to any distribution of available cash to the
holders of subordinated units. Subordinated units will not
accrue any arrearages with respect to distributions for any
quarter.
10
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company
recognized a deferred tax benefit of $3.0 million related
to the exercise of the Companys stock options due to the
fact that the Company will receive a tax deduction related to
these options in excess of the expense recognized for financial
reporting purposes under APB No. 25. This deferred tax
benefit is reflected in the financial statements as a reduction
in the deferred tax liability and as a contribution to
additional paid-in capital.
|
|
(g) |
New Accounting Pronouncement |
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123
(Revised 2004), Share-Based Payment
(SFAS No. 123R), which requires that compensation
related to all stock-based awards, including stock options, be
recognized in the financial statements. This pronouncement
replaces SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation, and supersedes APB Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees and will be
effective beginning January 1, 2006. We have previously
recorded stock compensation pursuant to the intrinsic value
method under APB No. 25, whereby no compensation was
recognized for most stock option awards. We expect that stock
option grants will continue to be a significant part of employee
compensation, and therefore, SFAS No. 123R may have a
significant impact on our financial statements. Although we have
not determined the impact of SFAS No. 123R, the pro
forma effect of recording compensation for all stock awards at
fair value utilizing the Black-Scholes method for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 resulted in a decrease
in our net income of $33,000 and $23,000, respectively.
|
|
(2) |
Significant Asset Purchases and Acquisitions |
In April 2004, the Partnership acquired, through its
wholly-owned subsidiary Crosstex Louisiana Energy, L.P., the LIG
Pipeline Company and its subsidiaries (LIG Inc., Louisiana
Intrastate Gas Company, L.L.C., LIG Chemical Company, LIG
Liquids Company, L.L.C., and Tuscaloosa Pipeline Company)
(collectively, LIG) from American Electric Power (AEP) in a
negotiated transaction for $73.7 million. LIG consists of
approximately 2,000 miles of gas gathering and transmission
systems located in 32 parishes extending from northwest and
north-central Louisiana through the center of the state to south
and southeast Louisiana. The Partnership financed the
acquisition through borrowings under its amended bank credit
facility.
Until December 31, 2004, the Partnership owned a 7.86%
weighted average interest as the general partner in the five
gathering systems of Crosstex Pipeline Partners, L.P. (CPP) and
a 20.31% interest as a limited partner in CPP. The Partnership
accounted for its investment in CPP under the equity method for
the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 because it
exercised significant influence in operating decisions as a
general partner in CPP.
Effective December 31, 2004, the Partnership acquired all
of the outside limited and general partner interests of the CPP
Partnership for $5.1 million. This acquisition made the
Partnership the sole limited partner and general partner of CPP,
so the Company began consolidating its investment in CPP
effective December 31, 2004.
11
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
Operating results for the LIG assets have been included in the
Statements of Operations since April 1, 2004, and operating
results for the CPP assets have been included in the Statements
of Operations since January 1, 2005. The following
unaudited pro forma results of operations assume that the LIG
acquisition occurred on January 1, 2004 (in thousands,
except per unit amounts):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro Forma | |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
|
|
Three Months Ended | |
|
|
March 31, 2004 | |
|
|
| |
Revenue
|
|
$ |
526,638 |
|
Net income
|
|
$ |
1,822 |
|
Net income per common share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
$ |
0.15 |
|
|
Diluted
|
|
$ |
0.14 |
|
Weighted average:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
|
|
|
10,946 |
|
|
Diluted
|
|
|
12,759 |
|
As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, long-term
debt consisted of the following (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Bank credit facility, interest based on Prime and/or LIBOR plus
an applicable margin, interest rates (per the facility) at
March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were 5.75% and
4.99%, respectively
|
|
$ |
80,000 |
|
|
$ |
33,000 |
|
Senior secured notes, weighted average interest rate of 6.93%
|
|
|
115,000 |
|
|
|
115,000 |
|
Note payable to Florida Gas Transmission Company
|
|
|
700 |
|
|
|
700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
195,700 |
|
|
|
148,700 |
|
Less current portion
|
|
|
(50 |
) |
|
|
(50 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt classified as long-term
|
|
$ |
195,650 |
|
|
$ |
148,650 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
On March 31, 2005, the Partnership amended its bank credit
facility, increasing availability under the facility to
$250 million, eliminating the distinction between an
acquisition and working capital facility and extending the
maturity date from June 2006 to March 2010. Additionally, an
accordion feature built into the credit facility allows the
Partnership to increase the availability to $350 million.
In April 2005, the Partnership amended its shelf agreement
governing the senior secured notes to increase its availability
from $125 million to $200 million.
The Company manages its exposure to fluctuations in commodity
prices by hedging the impact of market fluctuations. Swaps are
used to manage and hedge prices and location risk related to
these market exposures. Swaps are also used to manage margins on
offsetting fixed-price purchase or sale commitments for physical
quantities of natural gas and NGLs.
The Company commonly enters into various derivative financial
transactions which it does not designate as hedges. These
include transactions called swing swaps, third
party on-system financial
12
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
swaps, marketing financial swaps, and
storage swaps. Swing swaps are generally short-term
in nature (one month), and are usually entered into to protect
against changes in the volume of daily vs. first-of-month index
priced gas supplies or markets. Third party on-system financial
swaps are hedges that we enter into on behalf of our customers
who are connected to our systems, wherein we fix a supply or
market price for a period of time for our customer, and
simultaneously enter into the derivative transaction. Marketing
financial swaps are similar to on-system financial swaps, but
are entered into for customers not connected to our systems.
Storage swap transactions protect against changes in the value
of gas that we have stored to serve various operational
requirements.
The fair value of derivative assets and liabilities are as
follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Fair value of derivative assets current
|
|
$ |
4,291 |
|
|
$ |
3,025 |
|
Fair value of derivative assets long term
|
|
|
934 |
|
|
|
166 |
|
Fair value of derivative liabilities current
|
|
|
(8,752 |
) |
|
|
(2,085 |
) |
Fair value of derivative liabilities long term
|
|
|
(783 |
) |
|
|
(134 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net fair value of derivatives
|
|
$ |
(4,310 |
) |
|
$ |
972 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Set forth below is the summarized notional amount and terms of
all instruments held for price risk management purposes at
March 31, 2005 (all gas quantities are expressed in British
Thermal Units unless otherwise indicated). The remaining term of
the contracts extend no later than December 2007, with no
single contract longer than 6 months. The Companys
counterparties to hedging contracts include BP Corporation, UBS
Energy and Total Gas & Power. Changes in the fair value
of the Companys derivatives related to third-party
producers and customers gas marketing activities are recorded in
earnings in the period the transaction is entered into. The
effective portion of changes in the fair value of cash flow
hedges is recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income
until the related anticipated future cash flow is recognized in
earnings and the ineffective portion is recorded in earnings. In
the first quarter of 2005, we recognized gains due to the
ineffectiveness of certain hedges of $204,000 which is included
in profit from energy trading activity. The Company also
recognized a loss on the mark-to-market of our derivatives not
designated as hedges in the quarter of $589,000.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2005 | |
| |
|
|
Total | |
|
|
|
Remaining Term |
|
|
Transaction Type |
|
Volume | |
|
Pricing Terms |
|
of Contracts |
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) | |
Cash Flow Hedge:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Natural gas swaps |
|
|
6,900,000 |
|
|
NYMEX plus a basis of +.0025 to -.05 or fixed prices ranging
from $5.66 to $7.565 settling against |
|
April 2005 October 2005 |
|
$ |
43 |
|
|
Natural gas swaps |
|
|
(3,420,000 |
) |
|
various Inside FERC Index prices |
|
April 2005 June 2006 |
|
|
(3,555 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total natural gas swaps designated as cash flow hedges |
|
$ |
(3,512 |
) |
|
|
|
|
13
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2005 | |
| |
|
|
Total | |
|
|
|
Remaining Term |
|
|
Transaction Type |
|
Volume | |
|
Pricing Terms |
|
of Contracts |
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) | |
|
Liquids swaps (gallons)
|
|
|
(6,837,390 |
) |
|
Fixed prices ranging from $0.4775 to $1.1650 settling against
Mt. Belvieu Average of daily postings (non-TET) |
|
April 2005 December 2005 |
|
$ |
(526 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liquids swaps designated as cash flow hedges |
|
$ |
(526 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Mark to Market Derivatives: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Swing swaps
|
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
Prices ranging from Inside FERC Index plus $0.03 to Inside FERC |
|
April 2005 |
|
$ |
(9 |
) |
|
Swing swaps
|
|
|
(1,131,000 |
) |
|
Index less $0.005 settling against various Inside FERC Index
prices |
|
April 2005 |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total swing swaps |
|
$ |
(3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Physical offset to swing swap transactions
|
|
|
1,131,000 |
|
|
Prices ranging from Inside FERC Index plus $0.05 to Inside FERC |
|
April 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
Physical offset to swing swap transactions
|
|
|
(30,000 |
) |
|
Index settling against various Inside FERC Index prices |
|
April 2005 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total physical offset to swing swaps |
|
$ |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third party on-system financial swaps
|
|
|
1,945,000 |
|
|
Fixed prices ranging from $5.659 to $7.74 settling |
|
April 2005 December 2007 |
|
$ |
2,659 |
|
|
Third party on-system financial swaps
|
|
|
(991,000 |
) |
|
against various Inside FERC Index prices |
|
April 2005 March 2006 |
|
|
(983 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total third party on-system financial swaps |
|
$ |
1,676 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Physical offset to third party on-system transactions
|
|
|
991,000 |
|
|
Fixed prices ranging from $5.71 to $7.68 settling against
various Inside |
|
April 2005 March 2006 |
|
$ |
864 |
|
|
Physical offset to third party on-system transactions
|
|
|
(1,945,000 |
) |
|
FERC Index prices |
|
April 2005 December 2007 |
|
|
(2,423 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total physical offset to third party on-system swaps |
|
$ |
(1,559 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Marketing trading financial swaps
|
|
|
(1,000,000 |
) |
|
Fixed prices from, $6.50 to $7.35 settling against Inside FERC
Index Texas Eastern E. TX prices |
|
April 2005 March 2006 |
|
$ |
(1,295 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total marketing trading financial swaps |
|
$ |
(1,295 |
) |
|
|
|
|
14
CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
March 31, 2005 | |
| |
|
|
Total | |
|
|
|
Remaining Term |
|
|
Transaction Type |
|
Volume | |
|
Pricing Terms |
|
of Contracts |
|
Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(In thousands) | |
|
Physical offset to marketing trading transactions
|
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
Fixed prices from, $6.45 to $7.30 settling against Inside FERC
Index Texas Eastern E. TX prices |
|
April 2005 March 2006 |
|
$ |
1,345 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total physical offset to marketing trading transactions swaps |
|
$ |
1,345 |
|
|
|
|
|
Storage swap transactions: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Storage swap transactions
|
|
|
(310,000 |
) |
|
Fixed prices ranging from $6.225 to $6.53 settling against
various Inside FERC Index prices |
|
August 2005 |
|
$ |
(439 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total financial storage swap transactions |
|
$ |
(439 |
) |
|
|
|
|
On all transactions where the Company is exposed to counterparty
risk, the Company analyzes the counterpartys financial
condition prior to entering into an agreement, establishes
limits, and monitors the appropriateness of these limits on an
ongoing basis.
Assets and liabilities related to third party derivative
contracts, swing swaps and storage swaps are included in the
fair value of derivative assets and liabilities and the profit
and loss on the mark to market value of these contracts are
recorded as profit (loss) on energy trading activities, along
with the net operating results from Commercial Services, in the
consolidated statement of operations. The Company estimates the
fair value of energy trading contracts using prices actively
quoted. The estimated fair value of energy trading contracts by
maturity date was as follows (in thousands):
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March 31, 2005
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20 |
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16 |
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Accounts Receivable from Enron |
On December 2, 2001, Enron Corp. and certain subsidiaries,
including Enron North America Corp. (Enron), each filed
voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of
Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code. The Company
has allowed unsecured claims in the Enron bankruptcy matter
which total approximately $7.8 million. The Company has
written these claims down to $1.3 million at
December 31, 2004, which is the estimate of recoverable
value pursuant to the bankruptcy plan as confirmed by the
bankruptcy court in July 2004.
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(5) |
Transactions with Related Parties |
The Partnership treats gas for, and purchases gas from, Camden
Resources, Inc. (Camden). Camden is an affiliate of the Company
by way of equity investments made by Yorktown Energy
Partners IV, L.P. and Yorktown Energy Partners V,
L.P., collectively the major shareholder in the Company, in
Camden. During the three months ended March 31, 2005 and
2004, the Partnership purchased natural gas from Camden in the
amount of approximately $9.1 million and $8.2 million,
respectively, and received approximately $837,000 and $639,000,
respectively, in treating fees from Camden.
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CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
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Crosstex Pipeline Partners, L.P. |
The Company had related-party transactions with Crosstex
Pipeline Partners, L.P. (CPP), as summarized below:
During the three months ended March 31, 2004, the
Partnership bought natural gas from CPP in the amount of
approximately $2.25 million and paid for transportation of
approximately $11,622 to CPP.
During the three months ended March 31, 2004, the
Partnership received a management fee from CPP in the amount of
approximately $31,000.
During the three months ended March 31, 2004, the
Partnership received distributions from CPP in the amount of
approximately $20,000.
Effective December 31, 2004, the Partnership acquired all
of the outside limited and general partner interests of the CPP
Company for $5.1 million. This acquisition makes the
Partnership the sole limited partner and general partner of CPP
and the Partnership began consolidating its investment in CPP
effective December 31, 2004.
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(6) |
Commitments and Contingencies |
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(a) |
Employment Agreements |
Each member of executive management of the Company is a party to
an employment contract with the general partner. The employment
agreements provide each member of senior management with
severance payments in certain circumstances and prohibit each
such person from competing with the general partner or its
affiliates for a certain period of time following the
termination of such persons employment.
The Partnership acquired assets from Duke Energy Field Services
(DEFS) in June 2003 that have environmental contamination,
including a gas plant in Montgomery County near Conroe, Texas.
At Conroe, contamination from historical operations has been
identified at levels that exceed the applicable state action
levels. Consequently, site investigation and/or remediation are
underway to address those impacts. The estimated remediation
cost for the Conroe plant site is currently estimated to be
approximately $3.2 million. Under the purchase agreement,
DEFS has retained liability for cleanup of the Conroe site.
Moreover, a third-party company has assumed the remediation
costs associated with the Conroe site. Therefore, the Company
does not expect to incur any material environmental liability
associated with the Conroe site.
The Partnership acquired LIG Pipeline Company, and its
subsidiaries, on April 1, 2004. Contamination from
historical operations was identified during due diligence at a
number of sites owned by the acquired companies. The seller,
AEP, has indemnified the Partnership for these identified sites.
Moreover, AEP has entered into an agreement with a third-party
company pursuant to which the remediation costs associated with
these sites have been assumed by this third-party company that
specializes in remediation work. The Company does not expect to
incur any material liability with these sites. In addition, the
Partnership has disclosed possible Clean Air Act monitoring
deficiencies it has discovered to the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality and is working with the Department to
correct these deficiencies and to address modifications to
facilities to bring them into compliance. The Company does not
expect to incur any material environmental liability associated
with these issues.
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CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company
charged $1.1 million to cost of sales for natural gas that
was vented to the atmosphere as a result of a leak in its
Mississippi pipeline. Approximately $800,000 of additional costs
will be recorded in April 2005 related to additional gas losses
and the repair of the pipeline.
On March 31, 2005, the Partnership received a
$1.8 million deposit pursuant to a contract to sell certain
idle equipment for $9 million. The sale is expected to
close no later than September 2005. The deposit is recorded as a
liability in the accompanying consolidated financial statements.
The Company is involved in various litigation and administrative
proceedings arising in the normal course of business. In the
opinion of management, any liabilities that may result from
these claims would not individually or in the aggregate have a
material adverse effect on its financial position or results of
operations.
In May 2003, four landowner groups filed suit against the
Partnership in the 267th Judicial District Court in Victoria
County, Texas seeking damages related to the expiration of an
easement for a segment of one of our pipelines located in
Victoria County, Texas. In 1963, the original owners of the land
granted an easement for a term of 35 years, and the prior
owner of the pipeline failed to renew the easement. The
Partnership filed a condemnation counterclaim in the district
court suit and it filed, in a separate action in the county
court, a condemnation suit seeking to condemn a 1.38-mile long
easement across the land. Pursuant to condemnation procedures
under the Texas Property Code, three special commissioners were
appointed to hold a hearing to determine the amount of the
landowners damages. In August 2004, a hearing was held and
the special commissioners awarded damages to the current
landowners in the amount of $877,500. The Partnership has timely
objected to the award of the special commissioners and the
condemnation case will now be tried in the county court. The
damages award by the special commissioners will have no effect
and cannot be introduced as evidence in the trial. The county
court will determine the amount that the Partnership will pay
the current landowners for an easement across their land and
will determine whether or not and to what extent the current
landowners are entitled to recover any damages for the time
period that there was not an easement for the pipeline on their
land. Under the Texas Property Code, in order to maintain
possession of and continued use of the pipeline until the matter
has been resolved in the county court, the Partnership was
required to post bonds and cash, each totaling the amount of
$877,500, which is the amount of the special commissioners
award. The Company is not able to predict the ultimate outcome
of this matter.
Identification of operating segments is based principally upon
differences in the types and distribution channel of products.
The Companys reportable segments consist of Midstream and
Treating. The Midstream division consists of the Companys
natural gas gathering and transmission operations and includes
the Mississippi System, the Conroe System, the Gulf Coast
System, the Corpus Christi System, the Gregory Gathering System
located around the Corpus Christi area, the Arkoma system in
Oklahoma, the Vanderbilt System located in south Texas, the LIG
pipelines and processing plants located in Louisiana, and
various other small systems. Also included in the Midstream
division are the Companys Commercial Services operations.
The operations in the Midstream segment are similar in the
nature of the products and services, the nature of the
production processes, the type of customer, the methods used for
distribution of products and services and the nature of the
regulatory environment. The Treating division generates fees
from its plants either through volume-based treating contracts
or though fixed monthly payments. Included in the Treating
division are four gathering systems that are connected to the
treating plants and the Seminole plant located in Gaines County,
Texas.
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CROSSTEX ENERGY, INC.
Notes to Consolidated Financial
Statements (Continued)
The Company evaluates the performance of its operating segments
based on earnings before income taxes and accounting changes,
and after an allocation of corporate expenses. Corporate
expenses are allocated to the segments on a pro rata basis based
on assets. Inter-segment sales are at cost.
Summarized financial information concerning the Companys
reportable segments is shown in the following table.
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Three months ended March 31, 2005:
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Sales to external customers
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$ |
539,474 |
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$ |
10,042 |
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$ |
549,516 |
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Inter-segment sales
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1,624 |
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Interest expense
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2,691 |
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597 |
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3,288 |
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Stock-based compensation expense
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225 |
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51 |
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276 |
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Depreciation and amortization
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4,607 |
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2,339 |
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6,946 |
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Segment profit
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2,086 |
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1,130 |
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3,216 |
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Segment assets
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511,488 |
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109,403 |
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620,891 |
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Capital expenditures
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5,429 |
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6,608 |
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12,037 |
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Three months ended March 31, 2004:
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Sales to external customers
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318,635 |
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7,144 |
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$ |
325,779 |
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Inter-segment sales
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1,425 |
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Interest expense
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1,093 |
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24 |
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1,117 |
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Stock-based compensation expense
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167 |
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42 |
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209 |
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Depreciation and amortization
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3,560 |
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858 |
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4,418 |
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Segment profit
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5,106 |
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383 |
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5,489 |
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Segment assets
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349,022 |
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44,651 |
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393,673 |
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Capital expenditures
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4,347 |
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3,704 |
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8,051 |
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Item 2. |
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations |
You should read the following discussion of our financial
condition and results of operations in conjunction with the
financial statements and notes thereto included elsewhere in
this report.
Overview
Crosstex Energy, Inc. is a Delaware corporation formed on
April 28, 2000 to engage, through its subsidiaries, in the
gathering, transmission, treating, processing and marketing of
natural gas. On July 12, 2002, we formed Crosstex Energy,
L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, to acquire indirectly
substantially all of the assets, liabilities and operations of
our predecessor, Crosstex Energy Services, Ltd. Our assets
consist almost exclusively of partnership interests in Crosstex
Energy, L.P., a publicly traded limited partnership engaged in
the gathering, transmission, treating, processing and marketing
of natural gas. These partnership interests consist of
(i) 666,000 common units and 9,334,000 subordinated units,
representing a 54.1% limited partner interest in Crosstex
Energy, L.P. and (ii) 100% ownership interest in Crosstex
Energy GP, L.P., the general partner of Crosstex Energy, L.P.,
which owns a 2.0% general partner interest and all of the
incentive distribution rights in Crosstex Energy, L.P.
Since we control the general partner interest in the
Partnership, we reflect our ownership interest in the
Partnership on a consolidated basis, which means that our
financial results are combined with the Partnerships
financial results and the results of our other subsidiaries. The
share of income for the interest owned by non-controlling
partners is reflected as an expense in our results of
operations. We have no separate operating activities apart from
those conducted by the Partnership, and our cash flows consist
almost exclusively of distributions from the Partnership on the
partnership interests we own. Our consolidated results of
operations are derived from the results of operations of the
Partnership, and also our gains on the issuance of units in the
Partnership, deferred taxes, interest of non-controlling
partners in the Partnerships net income, interest income
(expense) and general and administrative expenses not
reflected in the Partnerships results of operations.
Accordingly, the discussion of our financial position and
results of operations in this Managements Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations primarily reflects the operating activities and
results of operations of the Partnership.
The results of operations are determined primarily by the
volumes of natural gas gathered, transported, purchased and sold
through the Partnerships pipeline systems, processed at
its processing facilities or treated at its treating plants as
well as fees earned from recovering carbon dioxide and natural
gas liquids at a non-operated processing plant. The Partnership
generates revenues from five primary sources:
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gathering and transporting natural gas on the pipeline systems
it owns; |
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processing natural gas at its processing plants; |
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treating natural gas at its treating plants; |
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recovering carbon dioxide and natural gas liquids at a
non-operated processing plant; and |
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providing producer services. |
The bulk of the Partnerships operating profits are derived
from the margins it realizes for gathering and transporting
natural gas through its pipeline systems. Generally, the
Partnership buys gas from a producer, plant tailgate, or
transporter at either a fixed discount to a market index or a
percentage of the market index. The Partnership then transports
and resells the gas. The resale price is based on the same index
price at which the gas was purchased, and, if the Partnership is
to be profitable, at a smaller discount or larger premium to the
index than it was purchased. The Partnership attempts to execute
all purchases and sales substantially concurrently, or it enters
into a future delivery obligation, thereby establishing the
basis for the margin it will receive for each natural gas
transaction. The Partnerships gathering and transportation
margins related to a percentage of the index price can be
adversely affected by declines in the price of natural gas. See
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about
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Market Risk Commodity Price Risk below for a
discussion of how the Partnership manages its business to reduce
the impact of price volatility.
The Partnership generates producer services revenues through the
purchase and resale of natural gas. The Partnership focuses on
supply aggregation transactions in which it either purchases and
resells gas and thereby eliminates the need of the producer to
engage in the marketing activities typically handled by in-house
marketing or supply departments of larger companies, or acts as
agent for the producer.
The Partnership generates treating revenues under three
arrangements:
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a volumetric fee based on the amount of gas treated, which
accounted for approximately 51% and 57% of the operating income
in its Treating division for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively; |
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a fixed fee for operating the plant for a certain period, which
accounted for approximately 44% and 38% of the operating income
in its Treating division for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively; or |
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a fee arrangement in which the producer operates the plant,
which accounted for approximately 5% and 5% of the operating
income in its Treating division for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. |
Typically, the Partnership incurs minimal incremental operating
or administrative overhead costs when gathering and transporting
additional natural gas through its pipeline assets. Therefore,
the Partnership recognizes a substantial portion of incremental
gathering and transportation revenues as operating income.
Operating expenses are costs directly associated with the
operations of a particular asset. Among the most significant of
these costs are those associated with direct labor and
supervision and associated transportation and communication
costs, property insurance, ad valorem taxes, repair and
maintenance expenses, measurement and utilities. These costs are
normally fairly stable across broad volume ranges, and
therefore, do not normally decrease or increase significantly in
the short term with decreases or increases in the volume of gas
moved through the asset.
In April 2004, the Partnership acquired LIG Pipeline Company and
its subsidiaries which we collectively refer to as, LIG, from a
subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP) for
$73.7 million in cash. The principal assets acquired
consist of approximately 2,000 miles of gas gathering and
transmission systems located in 32 parishes extending from
northwest and north-central Louisiana through the center of the
state to south and southeast Louisiana; and five processing
plants, three of which are currently idle, that straddle the
pipeline in three locations and have a total processing
capability of 663,000 MMbtu/d. The system has a throughput
capacity of 900,000 MMbtu/d and average throughput at the
time of the Partnerships acquisition was approximately
560,000 MMbtu/d. Customers include power plants, municipal
gas systems, and industrial markets located principally in the
industrial corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge. The LIG
system is connected to several interconnected pipelines and the
Jefferson Island Storage facility providing access to additional
system supply. The Partnership financed the LIG acquisition
through borrowings under its bank credit facility.
In December 2004 the Partnership acquired all of the outside
limited and general partner interests of Crosstex Pipeline
Partners, L.P., or CPP, for $5.1 million. This acquisition
made the Partnership the sole limited partner and general
partner of CPP, so the Partnership began consolidating its
investment in CPP effective December 31, 2004.
On January 2, 2005 the Partnership acquired all of the
assets of Graco Operations for $9.25 million. Gracos
assets consisted of 26 treating plants and associated inventory.
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Results of Operations
Set forth in the table below is certain financial and operating
data for the Midstream and Treating divisions for the periods
indicated.
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2004 | |
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Midstream revenues
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$ |
539.5 |
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$ |
318.2 |
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Midstream purchased gas
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516.4 |
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302.9 |
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Midstream gross margin
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23.1 |
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15.3 |
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Treating revenues
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9.9 |
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7.2 |
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Treating purchased gas
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1.5 |
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1.4 |
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Treating gross margin
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8.4 |
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5.8 |
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Total gross margin
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31.5 |
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21.1 |
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Midstream Volumes (MMBtu/d):
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Gathering and transportation
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1,273,000 |
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702,000 |
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Processing
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410,000 |
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158,000 |
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Producer services
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176,000 |
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197,000 |
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Treating Plants in Service
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87 |
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56 |
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Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared to Three
Months Ended March 31, 2004 |
Gross Margin and Profit on Energy Trading Activity.
Midstream gross margin was $23.1 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 compared to $15.3 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2004, an increase of
$7.8 million, or 51%. The LIG acquisition, effective
April 1, 2004, and the CPP acquisition, effective
December 31, 2004, accounted for $9.8 million and
$0.5 million, respectively, of gross margin growth. These
improvements were offset by a $1.1 million increase in cost
of gas due to a physical gas leak and an additional
$1.6 million increase in cost of gas related to the
variance in system balance recognition between comparative
quarters.
During the first quarter and into part of April we experienced a
line leak in a six inch lateral to one of our transmission
pipelines in a remote and uninhabited area. As a result of the
leak a total of 275,000 MMbtu was vented to the atmosphere.
The total financial impact of the commodity loss is estimated at
$1.9 million, of which $1.1 million was recognized in
the first quarter. We were in the process of expanding our
real-time monitoring system on the pipeline at the time of the
leak. We believe that the fully functional monitoring system
would have detected the leak much sooner and mitigated the
amount of gas vented to the atmosphere. The line has been
repaired and is back in service.
Treating gross margin was $8.4 million for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 compared to $5.8 million in the
same period in 2004, an increase of $2.6 million, or 46%.
The increase in treating plants in service from 56 plants in
March 2004 to 87 plants in March 2005 contributed approximately
$2.3 million in gross margin. Also contributing to the
increase was a $0.3 million gross margin improvement for
the Seminole plant due to an increase in volumes, fees, and
higher liquid prices.
Profit on energy trading activity decreased from a profit of
$0.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004
to $45,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2005.
Energy trading activity includes approximately $0.4 million
of net profit related to our Commercial Services activities
during the first quarter of 2004 and 2005. The net profit from
Commercial Services during the first quarter of 2005 was offset
by a $0.6 million loss associated with derivatives for
third party on-system financial transactions and storage
financial transactions that are considered energy trading
activities. The Partnership recognized gains
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due to the ineffectiveness of certain cash flow hedges of
$0.2 million which is also included in profit on energy
trading activities in 2005.
Operating Expenses. Operating expenses were
$11.5 million for the three months ended March 31,
2005, compared to $6.2 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2004, an increase of $5.3 million, or 85%.
The LIG acquisition accounted for $3.6 million of the
additional operating expenses, while the net treating plant
additions increased expenses by $1.0 million and
non-routine or planned pump and equipment repairs on several
plants increased expenses by $0.3 million. An expense of
$0.5 million was recognized in the first quarter of 2005 to
accrue up to the amount of our insurance deductible associated
with damages claimed when natural gas liquids that were being
removed from one of our lines pursuant to normal operating
procedures inadvertently diverted into customers
facilities.
General and Administrative Expenses. General and
administrative expenses were $6.5 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 compared to $3.9 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2004, an increase of
$2.6 million, or 67%. The increase was primarily due to
increases in staffing ($2.2 million) and infrastructure
($0.2 million) associated with the requirements of the LIG
acquisition and growth in our treating business and its other
assets as discussed above. We expensed approximately
$0.3 million during the first quarter of 2005 associated
with the attempted acquisition of the south Texas pipeline
assets from Transco.
(Gain)/Loss on Sale of Property. In March 2005 we
recognized a $44,000 gain on the sale of certain treating
equipment for $193,000. In March 2004, we sold one of our small
gathering systems located in East Texas for $100,000 and
recognized a loss on sale of $296,000.
Depreciation and Amortization. Depreciation and
amortization expenses were $6.9 million for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 compared to $4.4 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2004, an increase of
$2.5 million, or 57%. The increase related to the LIG
assets purchased in April 2004 was $1.1 million. New
treating plants placed in service resulted in an increase of
$0.7 million. The remaining $0.7 million increase in
depreciation and amortization is a result of expansion projects
and other new assets, including major office expansion and
computer purchases during the last half of 2004.
Interest Expense. Interest expense was $3.3 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 compared to
$1.1 million for the three months ended March 31,
2004, an increase of $2.2 million, or 194%. The increase
relates primarily to an increase in debt outstanding and due to
higher interest rates between three-month periods (weighted
average rate of 6.44% in 2005 compared to 5.9% in 2004).
Income Taxes. Income tax expense was $987 thousand for
the three months ended March 31, 2005 compared to
$1.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2004
due primarily to the decrease in pre-tax net income.
Interest of Non-Controlling Partners in the
Partnerships Net Income. The interest of
non-controlling partners in the Partnerships net income
decreased to $656,000 for the three months ended March 31,
2005 compared to $2.1 million for the three months ended
March 31, 2004 due to a $2.5 million decrease in the
Partnership net income. The decrease related to Partnership net
income was partially offset by the increase in net income
allocated to us for our incentive distributions which increased
from $953,000 in the first quarter of 2004 to 1,998,000 in the
first quarter of 2005. Income from the Partnership is allocated
to us for our incentive distributions with the remaining income
being allocated pro rata to the 2% general partner interest and
the common unit and subordinated units.
Net Income. Net income for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 was $1.6 million compared to
$2.2 million for the three months ended March 31,
2004, a decrease of $0.6 million. This decrease was
generally the result of the increase in gross margin of
$10.0 million between comparative quarters from 2004 to
2005, offset by increases in ongoing cash costs totaling
$10.1 million for operating expenses, general and
administrative expenses, and interest expense as discussed
above. Depreciation and amortization expense also increased by
$2.5 million.
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Critical Accounting Policies
Information regarding the Companys Critical Accounting
Policies is included in Item 7 of the Companys Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2004.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flows. Net cash used in operating activities was
$5.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005
compared to cash provided by operations of $7.2 million for
the three months ended March 31, 2004. Income before
non-cash income and expenses was $10.2 million in 2005 and
$10.3 million in 2004. Changes in working capital used
$15.6 million in cash flows from operating activities in
2005 and provided $3.0 million in cash flows from operating
activities in 2004. Changes in working capital used
$15.6 million in cash flows in 2005 primarily due to
payments on various accrued obligations during the first quarter
of 2005.
Net cash used in investing activities was $21.1 million and
$8.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2005
and 2004, respectively. Net cash used in investing activities
during 2005 related to an asset acquisition, buying,
refurbishing and installing treating plants, connecting new
wells to various systems, pipeline integrity, pipeline
relocation and various other internal growth projects. During
2004, net cash used in investing activities primarily related to
internal growth projects including the Gregory plant expansion
and buying, refurbishing and installing treating plants.
Net cash provided by financing activities was $25.4 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 compared to
$13.7 million provided by financing activities for the
three months ended March 31, 2004. Net bank borrowings of
$47.0 million were used to fund the internal growth
projects, the $9.3 million Graco acquisition, and to fund
working capital needs discussed above. Dividends paid totaled
$4.8 million for the first quarter of 2005 as compared to
$3.6 million for the first quarter of 2004. Distributions
to non-controlling partners totaled $2.7 million in the
first quarter of 2005 compared to $3.0 million in the first
quarter of 2004. Drafts payable decreased by $14.2 million
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 as compared to an
increase in drafts payable of $7.5 million providing cash
for financing activities for the three months ended
March 31, 2004. In order to reduce our interest costs, we
do not borrow money to fund outstanding checks until they are
presented to the bank. Fluctuations in drafts payable are caused
by timing of disbursements, cash receipts and draws on our
revolving credit facility.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements. We had no off-balance
sheet arrangements as of March 31, 2004 and 2005.
Indebtedness
As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, long-term
debt consisted of the following (dollars in thousands):
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Bank credit facility, interest based on Prime and/or LIBOR plus
an applicable margin, interest rates (per the facility) at
March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 were 5.75% and
4.99%, respectively
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80,000 |
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33,000 |
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Senior secured notes, weighted average interest rate of 6.93% at
March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004
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115,000 |
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115,000 |
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Note payable to Florida Gas Transmission Company
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700 |
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700 |
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195,700 |
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148,700 |
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Less current portion
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50 |
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50 |
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Debt classified as long-term
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195,650 |
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148,650 |
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On March 31, 2005, the Partnership amended its bank credit
facility, increasing availability under the facility to
$250 million, eliminating the distinction between an
acquisition and working capital facility and extending the
maturity date from June 2006 to March 2010. Additionally, an
accordion feature built into the credit facility allows the
Partnership to increase the availability to $350 million.
Under the amended
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credit agreement, borrowings bear interest at the
Partnerships option at the administrative agents
reference rate plus 0% to 0.25% or LIBOR plus 1.00% to 1.75%.
The applicable margin varies quarterly based on the
Partnerships leverage ratio. The fees charged for letters
of credit range from 1.00% to 1.75% per annum, plus a
fronting fee of 0.125% per annum. The Partnership will
incur quarterly commitment fees based on the unused amount of
the credit facilities. The amendment to the credit facility also
adjusted financial covenants requiring the Partnership to
maintain:
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a maximum ratio of total funded debt to consolidated earnings
before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (each as
defined in the credit agreement), measured quarterly on a
rolling four-quarter basis, of 4.0 to 1.0, pro forma for
any asset acquisitions (but during an acquisition adjustment
period, as defined in the credit agreement, the maximum ratio is
increased to 4.75 to 1.0); and |
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a minimum interest coverage ratio (as defined in the credit
agreement), measured quarterly on a rolling four quarter basis,
equal to 3.0 to 1.0 |
The Partnership was in compliance with all debt covenants at
March 31, 2005 and expects to be in compliance for the next
twelve months.
The Partnerships contractual cash obligations as of
March 31, 2005 with respect to long-term debt is as follows:
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50 |
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6,520 |
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2007
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10,012 |
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2008
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9,412 |
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2009
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9,412 |
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Thereafter
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160,294 |
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Total
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195,700 |
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There were no material changes to operating leases or other
contractual cash obligations during the first quarter of 2005.
In April 2005, the Partnership amended its Shelf Agreement,
increasing its availability from $125 million to
$200 million.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123
(Revised 2004), Share-Based Payment (SFAS No. 123R),
which required that compensation related to all stock-based
awards, including stock options, be recognized in the financial
statements. This pronouncement replaces SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, and supersedes
APB Option No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees and will be effective beginning July 1, 2005.
We have previously recorded stock compensation pursuant to the
intrinsic value method under APB No. 25, whereby no
compensation was recognized for most stock option awards. We
expect that stock option grants will continue to be a
significant part of employee compensation, and therefore,
SFAS No. 123R may have a significant impact on our
financial statements. Although we have not determined the impact
of SFAS No. 123R, the pro forma effect of recording
compensation for all stock awards at fair value utilizing the
Black-Scholes method for the three months ended March 31,
2005 and 2004, results in a decrease in our net income of
$33,000 and $23,000, respectively.
Disclosure Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q includes
forward-looking statements within the meaning of
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 31E of the Securities Exchange Act
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of 1934, as amended. Statements included in this report which
are not historical facts (including any statements concerning
plans and objectives of management for future operations or
economic performance, or assumptions or forecasts related
thereto), including, without limitation, the information set
forth in Managements Discussion and Analysis of
Financial Condition and Results of Operations, are
forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified
by the use of forward-looking terminology including
forecast, may, believe,
will, expect, anticipate,
estimate, continue or other similar
words. These statements discuss future expectations, contain
projections of results of operations or of financial condition
or state other forward-looking information. In
addition to specific uncertainties discussed elsewhere in this
Form 10-Q, the following risks and uncertainties may affect
our performance and results of operations:
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our only cash-generating assets are our partnership interests in
the Partnership, and our cash flow is therefore completely
dependent upon the ability of the Partnership to make
distributions to its partners; |
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the value of our investment in the Partnership depends largely
on the Partnerships being treated as a partnership for
federal income tax purposes; |
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the amount of cash distributions from the Partnership that we
will be able to distribute to you will be reduced by our
expenses, including federal corporate income taxes and the costs
of being a public company, and reserves for future dividends; |
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so long as we own the general partner of the Partnership, we are
prohibited by an omnibus agreement with the Partnership from
engaging in the business of gathering, transmitting, treating,
processing, storing, and marketing natural gas and transporting,
fractionating, storing and marketing NGLs, except to the extent
that the Partnership, with the concurrence of its independent
directors comprising its conflicts committee, elects not to
engage in a particular acquisition or expansion opportunity; |
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in our corporate charter, we have renounced business
opportunities that may be pursued by the Partnership or by
affiliated stockholders that hold a majority of our common stock; |
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Bryan Lawrence, the Chairman of our Board of Directors, is a
senior manager at Yorktown Partners LLC, the manager of the
Yorktown group of investment partnerships
(Yorktown), which until January 2005, in the
aggregate owned more than 50% of our common shares. Yorktown has
been reducing its ownership in the Company through the
distribution of shares to its investors. Continued distributions
by Yorktown could have the effect of depressing our share price.
In addition, such continued distributions could have the effect
of allowing another group to take control of the company, which
might impact the nature of our future operations; |
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substantially all of our partnership interest in the Partnership
are subordinated to the common units, and during the
subordination period, our subordinated units will not receive
any distributions in a quarter until the Partnership has paid
the minimum quarterly distribution of $0.25 per unit, plus
any arrearages in the payment of the minimum quarterly
distribution from prior quarters, on all of the outstanding
common units; |
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the Partnership may not have sufficient cash after the
establishment of cash reserves and payment of our general
partners fees and expenses to pay the minimum quarterly
distribution each quarter; |
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if the Partnership is unable to contract for new natural gas
supplies, it will be unable to maintain or increase the
throughput levels in its natural gas gathering systems and asset
utilization rates at its treating and processing plants to
offset the natural decline in reserves; |
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the Partnerships profitability is dependent upon the
prices and market demand for natural gas and NGLs, which are
beyond its control and have been volatile; |
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the Partnerships future success will depend in part on its
ability to make acquisitions of assets and businesses at
attractive prices and to integrate and operate the acquired
business profitably; |
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since the Partnership is not the operator of certain of its
assets, the success of the activities conducted at such assets
are outside its control; |
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the Partnership operates in very competitive markets and
encounters significant competition for natural gas supplies and
markets; |
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the Partnership is subject to risk of loss resulting from
nonpayment or nonperformance by its customers or counterparties; |
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the Partnership may not be able to retain existing customers,
especially key customers, or acquire new customers at rates
sufficient to maintain its current revenues and cash flows; |
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the construction of gathering, processing and treating
facilities requires the expenditure of significant amounts of
capital and subjects the Partnership to construction risks and
risks that natural gas supplies will not be available upon
completion of the facilities; |
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the Partnerships business is subject to many hazards,
operational and environmental risks, some of which may not be
covered by insurance; and |
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the Partnership is subject to extensive and changing federal,
state and local laws and regulations designed to protect the
environment, and these laws and regulations could impose
liability for remediation costs and civil or criminal penalties
for non-compliance; and |
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cash dividends paid by us may not necessarily represent earnings. |
Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize,
or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results
may differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements. We disclaim any intention or obligation to update or
review any forward-looking statements or information, whether as
a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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Item 3. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market
Risk |
Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in
market rates and prices. We face market risk from commodity
price variations, primarily due to fluctuations in the price of
a portion of the natural gas we sell; and for the portion of the
natural gas we process and for which we have taken the
processing risk, we are at risk for the difference in the value
of the natural gas liquid (NGL) products we produce
versus the value of the gas used in fuel and shrinkage in their
production. We also incur credit risks and risks related to
interest rate variations.
Commodity Price Risk. Approximately 7% of the natural gas
we market is purchased at a percentage of the relevant natural
gas index price, as opposed to a fixed discount to that price.
As a result of purchasing the gas at a percentage of the index
price, our resale margins are higher during periods of higher
natural gas prices and lower during periods of lower natural gas
prices. We have hedged approximately 78% of our exposure to gas
price fluctuations through June 2006. We have also hedged
approximately 80% of our exposure to liquids price fluctuations
through the end of 2005.
Another price risk we face is the risk of mismatching volumes of
gas bought or sold on a monthly price versus volumes bought or
sold on a daily price. We enter each month with a balanced book
of gas bought and sold on the same basis. However, it is normal
to experience fluctuations in the volumes of gas bought or sold
under either basis, which leaves us with short or long positions
that must be covered. We use financial swaps to mitigate the
exposure at the time it is created to maintain a balanced
position.
We have commodity price risk associated with our processed
volumes of natural gas. We currently process gas under four main
types of contractual arrangements:
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1. Keep-whole contracts: Under
this type of contract, we pay the producer for the full amount
of inlet gas to the plant, and we make a margin based on the
difference between the value of liquids recovered from the
processed natural gas as compared to the value of the natural
gas volumes lost (shrink) in processing. Our margins
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prices relative to natural gas prices, and can be negative
during periods of high natural gas prices relative to liquids
prices. We control our risk on our current keep-whole contracts
primarily through our ability to bypass processing when it is
not profitable for us. |
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2. Percent-of-proceeds
contracts: Under these contracts,
we receive a fee in the form of a percentage of the liquids
recovered, and the producer bears all the cost of the natural
gas shrink. Therefore, our margins from these contracts are
greater during periods of high liquids prices. Our margins from
processing cannot become negative under percent of proceeds
contracts, but decline during periods of low NGL prices. |
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3. Theoretical processing
contracts: Under these contracts,
we stipulate with the producer the assumptions under which we
will assume processing economics for settlement purposes,
independent of actual processing results or whether the stream
was actually processed. These contracts tend to have an inverse
result to the keep-whole contracts, with better margins as
processing economics worsen. |
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4. Fee-based contracts: Under
these contracts we have no commodity price exposure, and are
paid a fixed fee per unit of volume that is treated or
conditioned. |
Our primary commodity risk management objective is to reduce
volatility in our cash flows. We maintain a Risk Management
Committee, including members of senior management, which
oversees all hedging activity. We enter into hedges for natural
gas and natural gas liquids using NYMEX futures or
over-the-counter derivative financial instruments with only
certain well-capitalized counterparties which have been approved
by our Risk Management Committee. Hedges to protect our
processing margins are generally for a more limited time frame
than is possible for hedges in natural gas, as the financial
markets for NGLs are not as developed as the markets for natural
gas.
The use of financial instruments may expose us to the risk of
financial loss in certain circumstances, including instances
when (1) sales volumes are less than expected requiring
market purchases to meet commitments or (2) our
counterparties fail to purchase the contracted quantities of
natural gas or otherwise fail to perform. To the extent that we
engage in hedging activities we may be prevented from realizing
the benefits of favorable price changes in the physical market.
However, we are similarly insulated against unfavorable changes
in such prices.
We manage our price risk related to future physical purchase or
sale commitments for our producer services activities by
entering into either corresponding physical delivery contracts
or financial instruments with an objective to balance our future
commitments and significantly reduce our risk to the movement in
natural gas prices. However, we are subject to counterparty risk
for both the physical and financial contracts. We account for
certain of our producer services natural gas marketing
activities as energy trading contracts or derivatives. These
energy-trading contracts are recorded at fair value with changes
in fair value reported in earnings. Accordingly, any gain or
loss associated with changes in the fair value of derivatives
and physical delivery contracts relating to our producer
services natural gas marketing activities are recognized in
earnings as profit or loss on energy trading contracts
immediately.
For each reporting period, we record the fair value of open
energy trading contracts based on the difference between the
quoted market price and the contract price. Accordingly, the
change in fair value from the previous period is reported as
profit or loss on energy trading contracts in the statement of
operations. In addition, realized gains and losses from settled
contracts are also recorded in profit or loss on energy trading
contracts.
Interest Rate Risk. We are exposed to changes in interest
rates, primarily as a result of our long-term debt with floating
interest rates. At March 31, 2005, we had $80 million
of indebtedness outstanding under floating rate debt. The impact
of a 1% increase in interest rates on our expected debt would
result in an increase in interest expense and a decrease in
income before taxes of approximately $800,000 per year.
This amount has been determined by considering the impact of
such hypothetical interest rate increase on our non-hedged,
floating rate debt outstanding at March 31, 2005.
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Operational Risk. As with all mid-stream energy companies
and other industrials, we have operational risk associated with
operating our plant and pipeline assets that can have a
financial impact, either favorable or unfavorable, and as such
risk must be effectively managed. We view our operational risk
in the following categories.
General Mechanical Risk both our plants and
pipelines expose us to the possibilities of a mechanical failure
or process upset that can result in loss of revenues and
replacement cost of either volume losses or damaged equipment.
These mechanical failures manifest themselves in the form of
equipment failure/malfunction as well as operator error.
Crosstex is proactive in managing this risk on two fronts. First
we effectively hire and train our operational staff to operate
the equipment in a safe manner, consistent with defined process
and procedures and second, we perform preventative and routine
maintenance on all of our mechanical assets.
Measurement Risk In complex midstream systems such
as ours, it is normal for there to be differences between gas
measured into ours systems and those measured out of the system
which is referred to as system balance. These system balances
are normally due to changes in line pack, gas vented for routine
operational and non-routine reasons, as well as due to the
inherent inaccuracies in the physical measurement of gas. The
company employs the latest gas measurement technology when
appropriate, in the form of EFM (Electronic Flow Measurement)
computers. Nearly all of our new supply and market connections
are equipped with EFM. Retro-fitting older measurement
technology is done on a case-by-case basis. Electronic digital
data from these devices can be transmitted to a central control
room via radio, telephone, cell phone, satellite or other means.
With EFM computers, such a communication system is capable of
monitoring gas flows and pressures in real-time and is commonly
referred to as SCADA (Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition).
We expect to continue to increase our reliance on electronic
flow measurement and SCADA, which will further increase our
awareness of measurement discrepancies as well as reduce our
response time should a pipeline failure occur.
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Item 4. |
Controls and Procedures |
We carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the
participation of our management, including our Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of our
disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period
covered by this report. Based on the evaluation, the Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of
March 31, 2005 in alerting them in a timely manner to
material information required to be disclosed in our periodic
reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
There has been no change in our internal controls over financial
reporting that occurred during the three months ended
March 31, 2005 that has materially affected, or is
reasonable likely to materially affect, our internal controls
over financial reporting. We implemented an enterprise-wide
accounting system in January 1, 2005. We expect this new
system to improve our control environment as its full
capabilities are deployed throughout our operations during 2005.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
The exhibits filed as part of this report are as follows
(exhibits incorporated by reference are set forth with the name
of the registrant, the type of report and registration number or
last date of the period for which it was filed, and the exhibit
number in such filing):
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Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Crosstex Energy, Inc.
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Crosstex Energy,
Inc.s Annual Report on Form 10-K, for the year ended
December 31, 2003). |
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Second Amended and Restated Bylaws of Crosstex Energy, Inc.
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Crosstex
Energy, Inc.s Current Report on Form 8-K dated May 3,
2005). |
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Certificate of Limited Partnership of Crosstex energy, L.P.
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 to Crosstex
Energy, L.P.s Registration Statement on Form S-1,
file No. 333-97779). |
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Second Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Crosstex Energy, L.P., dated as of March 29, 2004
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 to Crosstex
Energy, L.P.s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2004, file
No. 000-50067). |
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Amendment No. 1 to Second Amended and Restated Agreement of
Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy, L.P., dated as of
April 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 3.3 to Crosstex Energy, L.P.s Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended
March 31, 2004, file No. 000-50067). |
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Certificate of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy Services,
L.P. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.3 to
Crosstex Energy, L.P.s Registration Statement on
Form S-1, file No. 333-97779). |
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Second amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of
Crosstex Energy Services, L.P., dated as of April 1, 2004
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.5 to Crosstex
Energy, L.P.s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarterly period ended March 31, 2004, file
No. 000-50067). |
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Certificate of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P.
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.5 to Crosstex
Energy, L.P.s Registration Statement on Form S-1,
file No. 333-97779). |
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Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Energy GP, L.P.,
dated as of July 12, 2002 (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 3.6 to Crosstex Energy L.P.s Registration
Statement on Form S-1, file No. 333-97779). |
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Certificate of Formation of Crosstex Energy GP, LLC
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.7 from Crosstex
Energy, L.P.s Registration Statement on Form S-1,
file No. 333-97779). |
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Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of
Crosstex Energy GP, LLC, dated as of December 17, 2002
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.8 from Crosstex
Energy, L.P.s Registration Statement on Form S-1,
file No. 333-106927). |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Formation of Crosstex
Holdings GP, LLC (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 3.11 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.s registration
Statement on Form S-1, file No. 333-110095). |
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Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Holdings GP, LLC
dated as of October 27, 2003 (incorporated by references
from Exhibit 3.12 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, file
No. 333-110095). |
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Certificate of Formation of Crosstex Holdings LP, LLC
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.13 to Crosstex
Energy, Inc.s Registration Statement on Form S-1,
file No. 333-110095). |
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Limited Liability Company Agreement of Crosstex Holdings LP,
LLC, dated as of November 4, 2003 (incorporated by
reference from Exhibit 3.14 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, file
No. 333-110095). |
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Amended and Restated Certificate of Limited Partnership of
Crosstex Holdings, L.P. (incorporated by reference from
Exhibit 3.15 to Crosstex Energy, Inc. Registration
Statement on Form S-1, file No. 333-110095). |
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Agreement of Limited Partnership of Crosstex Holdings, L.P.,
dated as of November 4, 2003 (incorporated by reference
from Exhibit 3.16 to Crosstex Energy, Inc.s
Registration Statement on Form S-1, file
No. 333-110095). |
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Specimen Certificate representing shares of common stock
(incorporated by reference from Exhibit 4.1 to Crosstex
Energy, Inc,s Registration Statement on Form S-1,
file No. 333-110095). |
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Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 31, 2005 among Crosstex Energy, L.P., Crosstex Energy
Services, L.P., Bank of America, N.A. and certain other parties
(incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to Crosstex
Energy, L.P.s Current Report on Form 8-K dated
March 31, 2005). |
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Amended and Restated $125,000,000 Senior Secured
Notes Master Shelf Agreement, dated as of March 31,
2005 among Crosstex Energy, L.P., Crosstex Energy Services,
L.P., Prudential Investment Management, Inc. and certain other
parties (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to
Crosstex Energy, L.P.s Current Report on Form 8-K dated
March 31, 2005). |
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Certification of the principal executive officer. |
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Certification of the principal financial officer. |
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Certification of the principal executive officer and principal
financial officer of the Company pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350. |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused
this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, on the 16th day of May 2005.
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William W. Davis, |
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