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CHC GROUP REPORTS FISCAL-2015 THIRD-QUARTER FINANCIAL RESULTS
Revenue Totaled $415 million, Adjusted EBITDAR Ex-Special Items Was $115 million
CHC Retires $235 Million of Long-Term Debt, Reduces Annual Interest Expense $22 Million
Adjusted Net Leverage Improves, Drops to 4.8X; Quarter-End Liquidity Was $580 Million
GAAP EPS Includes Non-Cash Goodwill Charge of $5 Per Share

March 16, 2015 - Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - CHC Group (NYSE: HELI), the parent company of CHC Helicopter, reported revenue of $415 million and a net loss of $465 million for its fiscal-2015 third quarter, which ended Jan. 31. Revenue declined 9 percent, largely driven by the impact of currency. Excluding the impact of currency, revenue declined about 2 percent.

The company had an adjusted net loss of $30 million, which excluded the effect of $442 million in special items, including a non-cash charge of $404 million, or $5.00 per share, for the impairment of goodwill. This impairment does not affect operations or cash flow. Adjusted EBITDAR (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and helicopter lease and other costs) excluding special items was $115 million, a decline of 3 percent. Excluding the impact of currency, adjusted EBITDAR excluding special items was up modestly.

All references to EBITDAR in this release represent adjusted EBITDAR excluding special items. Unless otherwise noted, all comparisons are year-over-year.
(Periods ended Jan. 31; US$ in millions, except EPS data)
Quarter
 
Year-to-date
FY14
FY15
% Change
 
FY14
FY15
% Change
As reported:
Revenue
$
454

$
415

(9)%
 
$
1,312

$
1,334

2%
Operating revenue1
412

382

(7)%
 
1,188

1,218

2%
Operating income (loss)
6

(394
)
-
 
16

(510
)
-
Net earnings (loss)
(58
)
(465
)
-
 
(145
)
(676
)
-
Controlling interest
(60
)
(471
)
-
 
(149
)
(697
)
-
Non-controlling interests
2

7

-
 
4

21

-
Net loss per ordinary share2
$
(1.16
)
$
(5.83
)
-
 
$
(3.10
)
$
(9.02
)
-
Weighted average number of ordinary stock outstanding - basic and diluted
51,573,832

80,639,313

56%
 
48,204,267

80,589,721

67%
Adjusted3:
EBITDAR excluding special items4
119

115

(3)%
 
339

352

4%
Margin5
29
%
30
%
130bps
 
29
%
29
%
40bps
Net loss6
(25
)
(30
)
-
 
(83
)
(92
)
-
Net loss per ordinary share7
$
(0.32
)
$
(0.50
)
-
 
$
(1.07
)
$
(1.27
)
-
Share count8
77,519,484

80,639,313

4%
 
77,519,484

80,589,721

4%
1.
Operating revenue is total revenue less reimbursable revenue, which is costs reimbursed from customers.
2.
Net loss per ordinary share is calculated by net loss available to common stockholders, divided by weighted average number of ordinary stock outstanding - basic and diluted. Refer to Page 5 for reconciliation from net loss to net loss available to common stockholders.
3.
See a description of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliation to comparable GAAP measures on Pages 9, 10, 11 and 12.
4.
Corporate transaction costs were excluded from EBITDAR. See a description of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliation to comparable GAAP measures on Pages 9, 10, 11 and 12.
5.
Adjusted EBITDAR margin excluding special items is calculated as EBITDAR as a percentage of operating revenue.
6.
Adjusted net loss excludes corporate transaction costs, asset dispositions, asset impairments, restructuring expense, debt extinguishment, the revaluation of our derivatives and foreign-exchange gain (loss), and net income or loss attributable to non-controlling interests.
7.
Adjusted net loss per share is calculated by dividing adjusted net loss available to common stockholders by adjusted share count. Refer to Page 11 for reconciliation to comparable GAAP measures.
8.
Adjusted share count is the number of ordinary shares outstanding at the date of our initial public offering for the prior-year quarter and prior-year period, and the weighted average for the current-year quarter and current-year period.

1



INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENT
Oil-and-gas customers are significantly reducing their capital and operating expenses amid sharply lower crude-oil prices, which is affecting demand for both offshore flying services and helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services.

Karl Fessenden, CHC president and chief executive officer:
“Despite the current uncertainty in the oil-and-gas industry, we believe the long-term demand for CHC’s services - especially transportation to deepwater and ultra-deepwater oil-and-gas production locations, which represents about 80 percent of our flying revenue - will grow. In the short-term, however, we are intensely focused on reducing CHC’s cost structure and improving capital efficiency to match the market environment, while maintaining an absolute commitment to industry-leading safety, availability and reliability.”

Joan Hooper, CHC chief financial officer:
“In the quarter we continued to strengthen the balance sheet and lowered fixed costs. Leverage declined to 4.8x, we retired $235 million of long-term debt, and we ended the quarter with $580 million in liquidity comprised of cash on the balance sheet and undrawn credit facilities.”

BUSINESS SEGMENTS
Helicopter Services (flying)
Revenue of $375 million was down 10 percent, largely driven by the negative impact of currency translation, which contributed 6 points to the decline. However, EBITDAR dollars were flat, reflecting improvement in the EBITDAR margin for flying services. The EBITDAR margin was augmented by new contracts and lower maintenance costs resulting from the company’s global inventory and supply chain initiatives.

Heli-One (MRO)
Heli-One’s third-party revenue, which benefited from gains in both MRO and power-by-the-hour customers, increased 9 percent to $40 million. EBITDAR declined 17 percent due to lower internal revenue.

CLAYTON, DUBILIER & RICE (CD&R) TRANSACTION
As previously announced, during the third quarter CHC completed a private placement of convertible preferred shares to funds managed by CD&R. The total net proceeds from the private placement were $572 million, $463 million of which were received by CHC during the third quarter. The net proceeds are being used to reduce fixed expenses, such as debt and lease costs; strengthen CHC’s financial position; and improve cash flow over time.

In addition, changes were made to the CHC board of directors concurrent with CD&R’s investment:

John Krenicki, a CD&R partner and former president and CEO of GE Energy, joined the board and serves as chairman,
Other changes to the company’s board included the appointment of Nathan Sleeper, a CD&R partner, and Robert Volpe, a CD&R principal, as directors, and
In February, Karl Fessenden, a former executive and nearly 20-year veteran of GE’s Aviation and Energy business segments, was named CHC’s president and chief executive officer and also joined CHC’s board of directors.


2



DEBT, LIQUIDITY AND LEVERAGE
Through the third quarter, CHC deployed net proceeds from the CD&R transaction to retire $235 million in long term debt: $105 million of senior unsecured notes, as well as an additional $130 million of long term debt through open-market bond repurchases. The retirement of this debt lowers the company’s interest expense by $22 million on an annualized basis. In addition, CHC used proceeds to increase the percentage of owned versus leased aircraft, which, in turn, is expected to lower the company’s lease expense over time.

PREFERRED SHARE DIVIDEND
In the third quarter, GAAP and adjusted earnings per share (EPS) include $11 million or 13 cents of preferred dividends paid in-kind to CD&R. For the full year we expect GAAP and adjusted EPS to reflect preferred share dividends of $24 million.

ABOUT CHC
CHC Helicopter is a leader in enabling customers to go further, do more and come home safely, including oil and gas companies, government search-and-rescue agencies and organizations requiring helicopter maintenance, repair and overhaul services through the Heli-One segment. The company operates more than 230 aircraft in about 30 countries around the world.

#####

Additional Information
The preferred shares offered to the purchaser in the private placement have not been and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements.

Cautionary Note on Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements and information within the meaning of certain securities laws, including the “safe harbor” provision of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and other applicable securities legislation. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this press release, regarding as well as, our strategy, future operations, projections, conclusions, forecasts and other statements are “forward-looking statements”. While these forward-looking statements represent our best current judgment, actual results could differ materially from the conclusions, forecasts or projections contained in the forward-looking statements. Certain material factors or assumptions were applied in drawing a conclusion or making a forecast or projection in the forward-looking information contained herein. Such factors include: volatility in the oil and gas sector generally, and the potential impact of such volatility on offshore exploration and production, particularly on demand for offshore transportation services, competition in the markets we serve, our ability to secure and maintain long-term support contracts, our ability to maintain standards of acceptable safety performance, exchange rate fluctuations, political, economic, and regulatory uncertainty, problems with our non-wholly owned entities, including potential conflicts with the other owners of such entities, exposure to credit risks, our ability to continue funding our working capital requirements, risks inherent in the operation of helicopters, unanticipated costs or cost increases associated with our business operations, trade industry exposure, inflation, ability to continue maintaining government issued licenses, necessary aircraft or insurance, loss of key personnel, work stoppages due to labor disputes, and future material acquisitions or dispositions. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual outcomes may vary materially from those indicated. The Company disclaims any intentions or obligations to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Please refer to our annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and our other filings, in particular any discussion of risk factors or forward-looking statements, which are filed with the SEC and available free of charge at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov), for a full discussion of the risks and other factors that may impact any estimates or forward-looking statements made herein.





3



Consolidated Statements of Operations
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)

 
Three months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Operating revenue
$
412,041

 
$
382,118

 
$
1,188,317

 
$
1,217,592

Reimbursable revenue
41,853

 
32,948

 
123,880

 
116,344

Revenue
453,894

 
415,066

 
1,312,197

 
1,333,936

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Direct costs
(378,013
)
 
(354,272
)
 
(1,092,913
)
 
(1,127,537
)
Earnings from equity accounted investees
2,072

 
5,858

 
5,990

 
9,914

General and administration costs
(39,182
)
 
(19,878
)
 
(77,839
)
 
(64,229
)
Depreciation
(35,407
)
 
(30,794
)
 
(106,158
)
 
(97,672
)
Restructuring expense

 
(3,441
)
 

 
(3,441
)
Asset impairments
58

 
(403,536
)
 
(22,956
)
 
(549,942
)
Loss on disposal of assets
2,478

 
(3,056
)
 
(1,943
)
 
(10,934
)
 
(447,994
)
 
(809,119
)
 
(1,295,819
)
 
(1,843,841
)
Operating income (loss)
5,900

 
(394,053
)
 
16,378

 
(509,905
)
Interest on long-term debt
(39,782
)
 
(29,996
)
 
(117,636
)
 
(99,583
)
Foreign exchange loss
(11,573
)
 
(18,464
)
 
(24,476
)
 
(26,835
)
Other financing charges
(5,730
)
 
(12,014
)
 
(1,615
)
 
(14,151
)
Loss before income tax
(51,185
)
 
(454,527
)
 
(127,349
)
 
(650,474
)
Income tax expense
(6,689
)
 
(10,189
)
 
(17,489
)
 
(25,301
)
Net loss
$
(57,874
)
 
$
(464,716
)
 
$
(144,838
)
 
$
(675,775
)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Controlling interest
$
(60,003
)
 
$
(471,482
)
 
$
(149,324
)
 
$
(697,164
)
Non-controlling interests
2,129

 
6,766

 
4,486

 
21,389

Net loss
$
(57,874
)
 
$
(464,716
)
 
$
(144,838
)
 
$
(675,775
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss attributable to controlling interest
$
(60,003
)
 
$
(471,482
)
 
$
(149,324
)
 
$
(697,164
)
Redeemable convertible preferred share dividends

 
(10,883
)
 

 
(10,910
)
Adjustment of redeemable non-controlling interest to redemption amount

 
12,217

 

 
(18,996
)
Net loss available to common stockholders
$
(60,003
)
 
$
(470,148
)
 
$
(149,324
)
 
$
(727,070
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net loss per ordinary share available to common stockholders - basic and diluted1
$
(1.16
)
 
$
(5.83
)
 
$
(3.10
)
 
$
(9.02
)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding - basic and diluted:
51,573,832

 
80,639,313

 
48,204,267

 
80,589,721

(1) Net loss per ordinary share is calculated by net loss available to common stockholders divided by weighted average number of ordinary stock outstanding - basic and diluted.

5



Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
April 30, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Assets
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
302,522

 
$
217,080

Receivables, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $2.3 million and $1.1 million, respectively
292,339

 
240,267

Income taxes receivable
28,172

 
19,168

Deferred income tax assets
60

 
49

Inventories
130,891

 
119,084

Prepaid expenses
27,683

 
25,592

Other assets
49,209

 
68,760

 
830,876

 
690,000

Property and equipment, net
1,050,759

 
947,544

Investments
31,351

 
32,227

Intangible assets
177,863

 
172,064

Goodwill
432,376

 

Restricted cash
31,566

 
21,250

Other assets
519,306

 
512,050

Deferred income tax assets
3,381

 
1,675

Assets held for sale
26,849

 
15,049

 
$
3,104,327

 
$
2,391,859

Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity (Deficit)
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Payables and accruals
$
355,341

 
$
311,436

Deferred revenue
30,436

 
36,024

Income taxes payable
41,975

 
43,515

Deferred income tax liabilities
98

 
29

Current facility secured by accounts receivable
62,596

 
33,218

Other liabilities
55,170

 
46,040

Current portion of long-term debt obligations
4,107

 
5,545

 
549,723

 
475,807

Long-term debt obligations
1,546,155

 
1,235,908

Deferred revenue
81,485

 
65,158

Other liabilities
287,385

 
248,010

Deferred income tax liabilities
10,665

 
9,005

Total liabilities
2,475,413

 
2,033,888

Redeemable non-controlling interests
(22,578
)
 
16,587

Redeemable convertible preferred shares

 
577,024

Capital stock
8

 
8

Additional paid-in capital
2,039,371

 
2,024,694

Deficit
(1,265,103
)
 
(1,962,267
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
(122,784
)
 
(298,075
)
 
651,492

 
(235,640
)
 
$
3,104,327

 
$
2,391,859


6



Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Cash provided by (used in):
 
 
 
Operating activities:
 
 
 
Net loss
$
(144,838
)
 
$
(675,775
)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to cash flows used in operating activities:
 
 
 
Depreciation
106,158

 
97,672

Loss on disposal of assets
1,943

 
10,934

Asset impairments
22,956

 
549,942

Earnings from equity accounted investees less dividends received
(3,684
)
 
(7,040
)
Deferred income taxes
(378
)
 
4,988

Non-cash stock-based compensation expense
23,148

 
8,524

Amortization of lease related fixed interest rate obligations
(1,135
)
 
(274
)
Net loss on debt extinguishment

 
17,434

Amortization of long-term debt and lease deferred financing costs
10,246

 
7,581

Non-cash accrued interest income on funded residual value guarantees
(4,800
)
 
(3,814
)
Mark to market gain on derivative instruments
(8,231
)
 
(28,430
)
Non-cash defined benefit pension expense (income)
344

 
(673
)
Defined benefit contributions and benefits paid
(35,559
)
 
(37,188
)
Decrease (increase) to deferred lease financing costs
(4,228
)
 
830

Unrealized loss on foreign currency exchange translation
24,843

 
14,145

Other
4,029

 
(2,613
)
Increase (decrease) in cash resulting from changes in operating assets and liabilities
29,977

 
(1,158
)
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities
20,791

 
(44,915
)
Financing activities:
 
 
 
Sold interest in accounts receivable, net of collections
(5,173
)
 
(18,666
)
Net proceeds from issuance of redeemable convertible preferred shares


572,819

Proceeds from issuance of senior unsecured notes
300,000

 

Long-term debt proceeds
760,000

 
325,000

Long-term debt repayments
(888,656
)
 
(328,055
)
Repurchases of senior secured notes

 
(158,681
)
Redemption and repurchases of senior unsecured notes

 
(151,683
)
Increase in deferred financing costs
(14,034
)
 

Distribution paid to non-controlling interest


(8,500
)
Related party loans
(25,148
)
 

Cash provided by financing activities
418,302

 
232,234

Investing activities:
 
 
 
Property and equipment additions
(474,158
)
 
(377,281
)
Proceeds from disposal of property and equipment
444,570

 
141,651

Aircraft deposits net of lease inception refunds
(102,388
)
 
(39,122
)
Proceeds from sale of equity accounted investee

 
4,382

Restricted cash
8,184

 
5,578

Cash used in investing activities
(123,792
)
 
(264,792
)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents
(21,957
)
 
(7,969
)
Change in cash and cash equivalents during the period
293,344

 
(85,442
)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
123,801

 
302,522

Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
$
417,145

 
$
217,080


7



Segment Performance
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)
Segment Third-party Revenue
 
Three months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Helicopter Services operating revenue
$
375,343

 
$
342,293

 
$
1,088,681

 
$
1,099,799

Reimbursable revenue
41,853

 
32,948

 
123,880

 
116,344

Helicopter Services total external revenue
417,196

 
375,241

 
1,212,561

 
1,216,143

Heli-One external revenue
36,698

 
39,825

 
99,636


117,793

Consolidated external revenue
$
453,894

 
$
415,066

 
$
1,312,197

 
$
1,333,936




EBITDAR Summary
 
Three months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Helicopter Services
$
127,785

 
$
127,839

 
$
374,347

 
$
392,666

Heli-One
6,385

 
5,314

 
18,983

 
18,625

Corporate
(39,182
)
 
(19,878
)
 
(77,839
)
 
(64,229
)
Eliminations
(1
)
 
22

 
(1,395
)
 
(637
)
Adjusted EBITDAR1
$
94,987

 
$
113,297

 
$
314,096

 
$
346,425


(1) See a description of non-GAAP financial measures and reconciliation to comparable GAAP measures below.

8



Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

This press release includes non-GAAP financial measures, including: adjusted net loss; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, helicopter lease and associated costs, asset impairments, restructuring expense, gain (loss) on disposal of assets, foreign exchange gain (loss) and other financing income (charges) or total revenue plus earnings from equity accounted investees less direct costs, excluding helicopter lease and associated costs, and general and administration expenses (“Adjusted EBITDAR”); Adjusted EBITDAR excluding special items, which excludes restructuring expense, corporate transaction costs, costs related to senior executive turnover, costs related to potential financing transactions, expenses related to the initial public offering, including costs related to restructuring our compensation plan, and other transactions, which is referred to above as “EBITDAR”; adjusted net loss per ordinary share, which is calculated by dividing adjusted net loss available to common stockholders by the number of ordinary shares outstanding at the date of our initial public offering for the prior year quarter and prior year period, and the weighted average for the current year quarter and current year period, free cash flow, which is calculated as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, and liquidity, which is calculated as cash and cash equivalents plus available borrowings under our credit facilities, that are not required by, or presented in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). These non-GAAP measures are not performance measures under GAAP and should not be considered as alternatives to net earnings (loss) or any other performance or liquidity measures derived in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. CHC has provided a reconciliation of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure below and above. CHC has chosen to include adjusted net loss and adjusted net loss per share as we consider these to be useful measures of our results before asset impairments, gain or loss on the disposal of assets and foreign exchange gains or losses. We have chosen to include Adjusted EBITDAR and Adjusted EBITDAR excluding special items, as we consider these to be significant indicators of our financial performance and we use these measures to assist us in allocating available capital resources. CHC has provided liquidity to demonstrate the financial flexibility that we have from period to period. CHC has provided a reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure below and has presented a detailed discussion of its reasons for including non-GAAP financial measures and the limitations associated with those measures as part of the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” contained in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K. CHC encourages investors to review the reconciliation and the non-GAAP discussion in conjunction with our presentation of these non-GAAP financial measures.






9



EBITDAR - Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)

 
Three months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Helicopter Services
$
127,785

 
$
127,839

 
$
374,347

 
$
392,666

Heli-One
6,385

 
5,314

 
18,983

 
18,625

Corporate
(39,182
)
 
(19,878
)
 
(77,839
)
 
(64,229
)
Eliminations
(1
)
 
22

 
(1,395
)
 
(637
)
Adjusted EBITDAR
94,987

 
113,297

 
314,096

 
346,425

Helicopter lease and associated costs
(56,216
)
 
(66,523
)
 
(166,661
)
 
(194,341
)
Depreciation
(35,407
)
 
(30,794
)
 
(106,158
)
 
(97,672
)
Restructuring expense

 
(3,441
)
 

 
(3,441
)
Asset impairments
58

 
(403,536
)
 
(22,956
)
 
(549,942
)
Loss on disposal of assets
2,478

 
(3,056
)
 
(1,943
)
 
(10,934
)
Operating income (loss)
5,900

 
(394,053
)
 
16,378

 
(509,905
)
Interest on long-term debt
(39,782
)
 
(29,996
)
 
(117,636
)
 
(99,583
)
Foreign exchange loss
(11,573
)
 
(18,464
)
 
(24,476
)
 
(26,835
)
Other financing income charges
(5,730
)
 
(12,014
)
 
(1,615
)
 
(14,151
)
Loss before income tax
(51,185
)
 
(454,527
)
 
(127,349
)
 
(650,474
)
Income tax expense
(6,689
)
 
(10,189
)
 
(17,489
)
 
(25,301
)
Net loss
$
(57,874
)
 
$
(464,716
)
 
$
(144,838
)
 
$
(675,775
)
Net earnings (loss) attributable to:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Controlling interest
$
(60,003
)
 
$
(471,482
)
 
$
(149,324
)
 
$
(697,164
)
Non-controlling interests
2,129

 
6,766

 
$
4,486

 
$
21,389

Net loss
$
(57,874
)
 
$
(464,716
)
 
$
(144,838
)
 
$
(675,775
)

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EBITDAR excluding special items - Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
Three months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Adjusted EBITDAR
$
94,987

 
$
113,297

 
$
314,096

 
$
346,425

Corporate transaction costs1
23,769

 
1,590

 
25,081

 
5,114

Adjusted EBITDAR excluding special items
$
118,756

 
$
114,887

 
$
339,177

 
$
351,539

Adjusted Net Loss - Non-GAAP Reconciliation
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
Three months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Net loss attributable to controlling interest
$
(60,003
)
 
$
(471,482
)
 
$
(149,324
)
 
$
(697,164
)
Corporate transaction costs1
23,769

 
1,590

 
25,081

 
5,114

Restructuring expense2

 
3,441

 

 
3,441

Asset impairments
(58
)
 
403,536

 
22,956

 
549,942

Loss on disposal of assets
(2,478
)
 
3,056

 
1,943

 
10,934

Foreign exchange loss
11,573

 
18,464

 
24,476

 
26,835

Net loss on debt extinguishment3

 
9,990

 

 
17,434

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives
2,109

 
1,609

 
(8,231
)
 
(8,072
)
Adjusted net loss
$
(25,088
)
 
$
(29,796
)
 
$
(83,099
)
 
$
(91,536
)
Redeemable convertible preferred share dividends

 
(10,883
)
 

 
(10,910
)
Adjusted net loss available to common stockholders4
$
(25,088
)
 
$
(40,679
)
 
$
(83,099
)
 
$
(102,446
)

(1) Corporate transaction costs include costs related to senior executive turnover, expenses related to the initial public offering, including costs related to restructuring our compensation plan, potential financing and other transactions.
(2) Restructuring expense relates to severance and other costs incurred as part of a review of our operations and organizational structure.
(3) Net loss on debt extinguishment relates to the redemption and purchase on the open market of our senior secured and senior unsecured notes.
(4) Adjusted net loss available to common stockholders includes redeemable convertible preferred share dividends but excludes the adjustments of $12.2 million and $(19.0) million to our redeemable non-controlling interest to redemption amount which were recognized in additional paid-in capital in the three and nine months ended January 31, 2015 respectively.

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Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDAR excluding special items to Adjusted Net Loss
(Expressed in thousands of United States dollars, except share and per share amounts)
(Unaudited)
 
Three months ended
 
Nine months ended
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
 
January 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Adjusted EBITDAR excluding special items
$
118,756

 
$
114,887

 
$
339,177

 
$
351,539

Helicopter lease and associated costs
(56,216
)
 
(66,523
)
 
(166,661
)
 
(194,341
)
Depreciation
(35,407
)
 
(30,794
)
 
(106,158
)
 
(97,672
)
Net loss on debt extinguishment

 
9,990

 

 
17,434

Unrealized loss (gain) on derivatives
2,109

 
1,609

 
(8,231
)
 
(8,072
)
Interest on long-term debt
(39,782
)
 
(29,996
)
 
(117,636
)
 
(99,583
)
Other financing charges
(5,730
)
 
(12,014
)
 
(1,615
)
 
(14,151
)
Income tax expense
(6,689
)
 
(10,189
)
 
(17,489
)
 
(25,301
)
Earnings attributable to non-controlling interests
(2,129
)
 
(6,766
)
 
(4,486
)
 
(21,389
)
Adjusted net loss
$
(25,088
)
 
$
(29,796
)
 
$
(83,099
)
 
$
(91,536
)
Adjusted share count
77,519,484


80,639,313


77,519,484


80,589,721


Reconciliation of Adjusted Net Debt
(Expressed in millions of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
October 31, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Long term debt
$
1,373

 
$
1,236

Current portion of long term debt
109

 
6

Discount on notes
11

 
9

Premium on notes
(1
)
 
(1
)
Less: Cash on Balance Sheet
(108
)
 
(217
)
Net Debt
$
1,383

 
$
1,033

NPV of lease commitments1
1,249

 
1,273

 
$
2,631

 
$
2,306


(1) NPV of lease commitments as of October 31, 2014 and January 31, 2015 discounted at 9%.

Reconciliation of Liquidity
(Expressed in millions of United States dollars)
(Unaudited)
 
April 30, 2014
 
January 31, 2015
Cash and cash equivalents
$
302.5

 
$
217.1

Senior secured revolving credit facility:
 
 
 
Facility credit limit
375.0

 
375.0

Outstanding letters of credit
(54.9
)
 
(35.6
)
Available senior secured revolving credit facility
320.1

 
339.4

Available overdraft facilities
28.1

 
23.6

 
$
650.7

 
$
580.1



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Contact Information
INVESTORS
Lynn Antipas Tyson    
Vice President, Investor Relations
+1.914.485.1150    
lynn.tyson@chc.ca

or
MEDIA
T.R. Reid
Vice President, Global Communications
+1.512.869.9094
t.r.reid@chc.ca


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