UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
x
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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 June 30,
2010
OR
¨
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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 from
__________ to __________
Commission
File Number 0-2000
Entrx
Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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95-2368719
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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800
Nicollet Mall, Suite 2690, Minneapolis, MN
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55402
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(Address
of Principal Executive Office)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code (612) 333-0614
Indicate by checkmark whether the
registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes
x
No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if
any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to
Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨
Indicate by checkmark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company.
Large
accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer
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¨
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨
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Smaller
reporting Company
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x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ¨ No x
As of August 9, 2010, the registrant
had 7,491,211 shares outstanding of its Common Stock, $.10 par
value.
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1. Financial Statements.
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets at June 30, 2010 (unaudited) and December 31, 2009
(audited)
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1
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009 (unaudited)
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2
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(unaudited)
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3
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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4
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Item
2. Management's Discussion of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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9
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Item
4T. Controls and Procedures
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15
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1. Legal Proceedings
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15
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Item
2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds
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18
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Item
5. Exhibits
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19
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SIGNATURES
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19
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References
to “we”, “us”, “our”, “the registrant” and “the Company” in this quarterly
report on Form 10-Q shall mean or refer to Entrx Corporation and its
consolidated subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, unless the context in
which those words are used would indicate a different meaning.
PART
I
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial
Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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(unaudited)
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(audited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ |
1,676,964 |
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$ |
2,070,710 |
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Restricted
cash
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317,000 |
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- |
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Available-for-sale
securities
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7,000 |
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7,000 |
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Accounts
receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $80,000 as of June 30,
2010 and December 31, 2009
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4,208,357 |
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3,888,261 |
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Costs
and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts
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1,176,864 |
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1,174,085 |
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Inventories
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55,008 |
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34,620 |
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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119,348 |
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327,802 |
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Insurance
claims receivable
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7,000,000 |
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8,000,000 |
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Other
receivables
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14,003 |
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83,620 |
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Total
current assets
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14,574,544 |
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15,586,098 |
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Property,
plant and equipment, net
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192,677 |
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195,069 |
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Insurance
claims receivable
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41,000,000 |
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44,000,000 |
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Other
assets
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127,703 |
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62,431 |
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$ |
55,894,924 |
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$ |
59,843,598 |
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LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Current
portion of long-term debt
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$ |
72,222 |
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$ |
106,152 |
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Accounts
payable
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568,611 |
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496,004 |
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Accrued
expenses
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1,147,565 |
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1,221,047 |
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Reserve
for asbestos liability claims
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7,000,000 |
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8,000,000 |
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Billings
in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted
contracts
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94,999 |
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111,312 |
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Total
current liabilities
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8,883,397 |
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9,934,515 |
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Long-term
debt, less current portion
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5,513 |
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31,620 |
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Reserve
for asbestos liability claims
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41,000,000 |
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44,000,000 |
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Total
liabilities
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49,888,910 |
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53,966,135 |
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Commitments
and contingencies
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Shareholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, par value $1; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none
issued
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- |
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Common
stock, par value $0.10; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 7,491,211 and
7,416,211 issued and outstanding at June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively
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794,601 |
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787,101 |
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Additional
paid-in capital
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69,045,026 |
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69,023,276 |
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Accumulated
deficit
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(63,833,613 |
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(63,932,914 |
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Total
shareholders’ equity
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6,006,014 |
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5,877,463 |
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$ |
55,894,924 |
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$ |
59,843,598 |
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See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Loss)
(Unaudited)
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Three Months Ended
June 30,
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Six Months Ended
June 30,
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Contract
revenues
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$ |
4,668,293 |
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$ |
5,111,587 |
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$ |
9,246,650 |
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$ |
10,489,836 |
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Contract
costs and expenses
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3,848,674 |
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4,317,251 |
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7,679,269 |
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8,847,511 |
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Gross
margin
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819,619 |
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794,336 |
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1,567,381 |
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1,642,325 |
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Operating
expenses:
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Selling,
general and administrative
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758,078 |
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837,768 |
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1,489,689 |
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1,701,543 |
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Gain
on disposal of property, plant and equipment
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(10,175 |
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- |
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(18,398 |
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- |
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Total
operating expenses
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747,903 |
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837,768 |
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1,471,291 |
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1,701,543 |
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Operating
income (loss)
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71,716 |
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(43,432 |
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96,090 |
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(59,218 |
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Interest
income
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1,799 |
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5,000 |
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4,679 |
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9,533 |
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Interest
expense
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(950 |
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(1,980 |
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(2,039 |
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(4,190 |
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Impairment
charge on available-for-sale securities
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- |
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(94,283 |
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- |
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(94,283 |
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Other
income
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- |
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- |
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571 |
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- |
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Net
income (loss)
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72,565 |
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(134,695 |
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99,301 |
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(148,158 |
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Other
comprehensive income (loss)
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Unrealized
gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities
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- |
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(45,088 |
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- |
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(69,185 |
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Reclassification
adjustment for unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
recognized in net income
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- |
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94,283 |
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- |
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94,283 |
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Comprehensive
income (loss)
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$ |
72,565 |
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$ |
(85,500 |
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$ |
99,301 |
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$ |
(123,060 |
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Weighted
average number of common shares — basic and diluted
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7,458,244 |
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7,640,884 |
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7,437,344 |
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7,648,473 |
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Net
income (loss) per share of common stock — basic and
diluted
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$ |
0.01 |
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$ |
(0.02 |
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$ |
0.01 |
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$ |
(0.02 |
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See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Six
Months Ended June 30,
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(unaudited)
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income (loss)
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$ |
99,301 |
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$ |
(148,158 |
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Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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91,251 |
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108,222 |
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Gain
on disposal of property, plant and equipment
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(18,398 |
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- |
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Impairment
charge on investments
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- |
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94,283 |
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Common
stock issued for services
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29,250 |
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17,500 |
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(320,096 |
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2,563,341 |
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Costs
and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts
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(2,779 |
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97,639 |
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Inventories
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(20,388 |
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(18,602 |
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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208,454 |
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195,124 |
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Other
receivables
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69,617 |
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(3,889 |
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Other
assets
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(65,272 |
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- |
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Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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(875 |
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(1,223,576 |
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Billings
in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted
contracts
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(16,313 |
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81,779 |
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Net
cash provided by operating activities
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53,752 |
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1,763,663 |
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Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Restricted
cash
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(317,000 |
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- |
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Proceeds
from sale of property and equipment
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24,157 |
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- |
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Capital
expenditures
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(94,618 |
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(40,202 |
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Net
cash used in investing activities
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(387,461 |
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(40,202 |
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Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Payments
on long-term debt
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(60,037 |
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(83,145 |
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Repurchases
of common stock
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- |
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(108,478 |
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Net
cash used in financing activities
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(60,037 |
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(191,623 |
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(Decrease)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
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(393,746 |
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1,531,838 |
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Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
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2,070,710 |
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2,078,666 |
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Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
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$ |
1,676,964 |
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$ |
3,610,504 |
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See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For
the Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
1.
The accompanying unaudited
consolidated financial statements of Entrx Corporation and its subsidiaries (the
"Company") have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and
the instructions to Form 10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the
information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted
in the United States of America. In the opinion of management all
adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, necessary for a fair
presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and six
months ended June 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that
may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2010. These consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
2.
The income per
share amounts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, were
computed by dividing the net income by the weighted average shares outstanding
during the applicable period. Dilutive common equivalent shares have not
been included in the computation of diluted income per share because their
inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
For the
three and six months ended June 30, 2010 all stock options and warrants were
anti-dilutive because their respective exercise prices were greater than the
average market price of the common stock. All stock options and warrants
were anti-dilutive for the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 due to the
Company’s net loss during these periods.
3.
On May 4, 2009, the
Company’s shareholders approved two proposals to amend Entrx’s Restated and
Amended Certificate of Incorporation. The first amendment effected a
reverse 1-for-500 share stock split of Entrx’s common stock. The second
amendment effected a subsequent forward 500-for-1 share stock split of Entrx’s
common stock. The proposals had the effect of reducing the then number of
the Company’s shareholders from an estimated 2,350 to between 800 and 900, and
the then number of shareholders of record from approximately 520 to
approximately 53, by cashing out fractional shares after the reverse stock
split. The shareholdings of a person owning 500 shares or more of Entrx in
any one account were unaffected, while the shares held by persons owning less
than 500 shares of Entrx in any one account were bought out at the price of
$0.35 per share. The amendments were effective with regards to
shareholders of record at the close of business on May 15, 2009. There
were 309,936 shares of common stock cashed-out related to the reverse and
forward splits and therefore the amount of cash paid to the cashed-out
shareholders was approximately $108,000.
4.
In April 2010, the Company
obtained from a bank an irrevocable standby letter of credit in the amount of
$317,000 for the benefit of an indemnity company in connection with a
performance bond issued related to a contract for a customer of the
Company. The letter of credit expires on April 30, 2011, but automatically
renews for additional one year periods unless 60 days prior to the expiration
date the bank notifies the indemnity company that the bank elects to not
consider the letter of credit renewed for any such additional period. In
obtaining the letter of credit, the Company purchased a $317,000 one-year
certificate of deposit and pledged it as collateral to the issuer of the letter
of credit.
5.
Investments held by the
Company are classified as available-for-sale securities.
Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value with all unrealized
gains or losses included in other comprehensive income (loss). The fair
value of the securities was determined by quoted market prices of the underlying
security (Level 1 inputs under the three-level fair-value hierarchy established
under Fair Value Measurements
and Disclosures, ASC
820-10-35-40.) For purposes of determining gross realized
gains (losses), the cost of available-for-sale securities is based on specific
identification.
On an
ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its investments in available-for-sale
securities to determine if a decline in fair value is other-than-temporary such
that the change should be reflected in the Company’s financial statements.
When a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an
impairment charge is recorded and a new cost basis in the investment is
established. Considering the severity
and duration of the declines in fair value and the financial condition and
near-term prospects of our investments, we recognized an other than temporary
impairment charge of $94,283 on our investment in Catalytic Solutions, Inc. for
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009.
6.
Inventories, which consist
principally of insulation products and related materials, are stated at the
lower of cost (determined on the first-in, first-out method) or
market.
7.
Accrued expenses consist
of the following:
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Wages,
bonuses and payroll taxes
|
|
$ |
252,105 |
|
|
$ |
233,293 |
|
Union
dues
|
|
|
247,206 |
|
|
|
262,124 |
|
Accounting
and legal fees
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
110,351 |
|
Insurance
|
|
|
72,645 |
|
|
|
61,470 |
|
Insurance
settlement reserve
|
|
|
375,000 |
|
|
|
375,000 |
|
Taxes
|
|
|
15,184 |
|
|
|
25,884 |
|
Other
|
|
|
150,425 |
|
|
|
152,925 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,147,565 |
|
|
$ |
1,221,047 |
|
8.
As more fully
described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31,
2009, the Company has granted stock options over the years to employees and
directors under various stockholder approved stock option plans. At June
30, 2010, options to purchase 1,070,000 shares of the Company’s common stock
were outstanding. No stock options have been granted since January
2005. Stock options expiring during the first six months of 2010 and 2009
were 70,000 and 283,400, respectively.
During
the three months ended June 30, 2010, the Company authorized the issuance of an
aggregate of 75,000 shares of its common stock to the five members of the
Company’s Board of Directors contingent upon the receipt from those directors of
certain documentation. The shares issued to the members of the Board of
Directors had an aggregate market value of $29,250 based upon the market price
at the time of such authorization. The shares were issued by the transfer
agent on July 20, 2010 after receipt of the required documentation.
9.
Sales to significant
customers were as follows:
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2010
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
June 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
Mercer
Demo & Surplus, Inc.
|
|
$ |
938,000 |
|
|
|
20.1 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
NRG
Energy
|
|
$ |
586,000 |
|
|
|
12.6 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Jacobs
Field Services North America, Inc.
|
|
$ |
487,000 |
|
|
|
10.4 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
BP
West Coast Products LLC
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
817,000 |
|
|
|
16.0 |
% |
High
Desert Power Project LLC
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
565,000 |
|
|
|
11.1 |
% |
|
|
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2010
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
NRG
Energy
|
|
$ |
1,363,000 |
|
|
|
14.7 |
% |
|
$ |
1,549,000 |
|
|
|
14.8 |
% |
Mercer
Demo & Surplus, Inc.
|
|
$ |
939,000 |
|
|
|
10.2 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Jacobs
Field Services North America, Inc.
|
|
$ |
932,000 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
BP
West Coast Products LLC
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
1,720,000 |
|
|
|
16.4 |
% |
|
(1)
|
Sales
to this customer were less than 10% of total revenue during the reported
period.
|
Significant
accounts receivable were as follows:
|
|
June 30, 2010
|
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
% of Total
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
% of Total
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
Mercer
Demo & Surplus, Inc.
|
|
$ |
662,000 |
|
|
|
15.4 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Barnard
Construction Company, Inc.
|
|
$ |
521,000 |
|
|
|
12.1 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Southern
California Edison
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
1,271,000 |
|
|
|
32.0 |
% |
|
(1)
|
Accounts
receivable from this customer were less than 10% of total accounts
receivable for the reported period.
|
Since
many of the projects we undertake are relatively large, it is normal that
various customers will represent a significant portion of our sales and/or
accounts receivable in a given period. It is also the nature of the
Company’s business that a significant customer in one year may not be a
significant customer in a succeeding year.
10.
In June 2009, the FASB issued
authoritative guidance modifying how a company determines when an entity that is
insufficiently capitalized or is not controlled through voting (or similar
rights) should be consolidated. The guidance clarifies that the
determination of whether a company is required to consolidate an entity is based
on, among other things, an entity’s purpose and design and a company’s ability
to direct the activities of the entity that most significantly impact the
entity’s economic performance. The guidance requires an ongoing
reassessment of whether a company is the primary beneficiary of a variable
interest entity. The guidance also requires additional disclosures about a
company’s involvement in variable interest entities and any significant changes
in risk exposure due to that involvement. The guidance is effective for
fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of this
authoritative guidance did not have a material effect on our financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows.
11.
There were 65 new asbestos-related
cases initiated naming us (primarily our subsidiary, Metalclad
Insulation Corporation) as a defendant in the first six months of 2010, compared to 112 in the
first six months of 2009. As of December 31, 2009, there were 239 cases
pending and as of June 30, 2010 there were 215 cases pending. These claims
are currently defended and covered by insurance.
Under
current accounting rules we are required to estimate our liability for existing
and future asbestos-related claims. This requires that we estimate the
number of claims we believe will be brought in the future. We previously
based our estimates on the downward trend of cases brought from 725 cases
brought in 2001, to 199 cases brought in 2005. This downward trend leveled
off somewhat since 2006. In addition, we have experienced increases in our
costs to defend and resolve claims during this period. As a result, we
have found it necessary to increase our projections of our liabilities for cases
which are pending and for new cases which may be initiated in the future with
respect to each of our 2006, 2008 and 2009 financial statements. We
believe that the leveling off of cases brought in 2005 through 2009 is largely
due to an aggressive campaign waged by plaintiffs’ lawyers in an attempt to
identify new plaintiffs, and that as the pool of plaintiffs decreases that it is
probable that the downward trend experienced prior to 2006 will resume, although
such resumption cannot be assured.
From 2001
and through 2009, the annual average indemnity paid on over 3,000 resolved cases
has fluctuated significantly, between a low of $14,504 in 2006 and a high of
$54,946 in 2008, with an overall average over that period of approximately
$21,130. During this period, although there has been no discernible upward
or downward trend in indemnity payments, our most recent paid indemnity
experience in 2008 and 2009 has been less favorable than earlier
periods.
We
believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’ bar
and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This
tendency, we believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants
resulting from death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have
been ferreted out by plaintiffs’ attorneys. We expect that the newer cases
being brought will not be as meritorious and have as high a potential for
damages as cases which were brought earlier. We have no reason to believe,
therefore, that the average future indemnity payments will increase materially
in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim increased from a low of $8,514
in 2003 to a high of $44,490 in 2008. The weighted average defense cost
per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009 was $20,988. We believe that
these defense costs increased as a result of a change in legal counsel in 2004,
and the more aggressive defense posture taken by new legal counsel since that
change. We intend to monitor the defense costs in 2010 and will adjust our
estimates if events occur which would cause us to believe
that those estimates need revision. We are currently projecting
those costs to be approximately $21,000 per claim.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $96,000 in
2009, $34,000 and $58,000 in the three and six months ended June 30, 2010,
respectively, and $29,000 and $66,000 in the three and six months ended June 30,
2009, respectively, to administer the asbestos claims and defend the ACE Lawsuit
discussed below. These amounts were primarily fees paid to attorneys to
monitor the activities of the insurers, and their selected defense counsel, and
to look after our rights under the various insurance policies.
As of
December 31, 2009, we re-evaluated our estimates to take into account our
experience in 2009. Primarily as a result of the increase in the number of
new cases commenced during 2009 which exceeded our previous estimates, we
projected that there would be 986 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the Company after December 31, 2009. The 986 projected claims, in addition
to the 239 claims existing as of December 31, 2009, totals 1,225 current and
future claims. Multiplying the average indemnity per resolved claim over
the past nine years of $21,130, times 1,225, we projected the probable future
indemnity to be paid on those claims after December 31, 2009 to be equal to
approximately $26,000,000. In addition, multiplying an estimated cost of
defense per resolved claim of approximately $21,000 times 1,225, we projected
the probable future defense costs to equal approximately $26,000,000.
Accordingly, our total estimated future asbestos-related liability at December
31, 2009 was $52,000,000.
As of
December 31, 2009 we projected that approximately 158 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced and approximately 179 cases will be resolved in 2010,
resulting in an estimated 218 cases pending at December 31, 2010. Since we
projected that an aggregate of 986 new cases would be commenced after December
31, 2009, and that 158 of these cases would be commenced in 2010, we estimated
that an aggregate of 828 new cases will be commenced after December 31,
2010. Accordingly, we projected the cases pending and projected to be
commenced in the future at December 31, 2010, would be 1,046 cases. The
sum of the approximate average indemnity paid per resolved claim from 2001
through 2009 plus the approximate defense costs incurred per resolved claim from
2005 through 2009, equals $42,130. Multiplying 1,046 claims times $42,130
we estimate our liability for current and future asbestos-related claims at
December 31, 2010 to be approximately $44,000,000. This amounts to a
$8,000,000 reduction from the $52,000,000 liability we estimated as of December
31, 2009, or a $2,000,000 reduction per quarter in 2010.
We intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with that
of prior fiscal years since 2001. Our estimate does not take into
consideration the potential effects of economic inflation on either the average
indemnity payment or the projected direct legal expenses.
There are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After approximately
1985 the policies were issued with provisions which purport to exclude coverage
for asbestos related claims. The terms of our insurance policies are
complex, and coverage for many types of claims is limited as to the nature of
the claim and the amount of coverage available. It is clear, however,
under California law, where the substantial majority of the asbestos-related
injury claims are litigated, that all of those policies cover any
asbestos-related injury occurring during the 1967 through 1985 period when these
policies were in force.
We have
determined that the minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy
asbestos-related injury claims exceeds our estimated future liability for such
claims of $48,000,000 and $52,000,000 as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively. This determination assumes that the general trend of
reducing asbestos-related injury claims experienced prior to 2006 will resume
and that the average indemnity and direct legal costs of each resolved claim
will not materially increase. The determination also assumes that the
insurance companies remain solvent and live up to what we believe is their
obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these claims.
Accordingly, we have included $48,000,000 and $52,000,000 of such insurance
coverage receivable as an asset on our June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
balance sheets, respectively. Several affiliated insurance companies have
brought a declaratory relief action against our subsidiary, Metalclad, as well
as a number of other insurers, to resolve certain coverage issues, as discussed
below. Regardless of our best
estimates of liability for current and future asbestos-related claims, the
liability for these claims could be higher or lower than estimated by amounts
which are not predictable. We, of course, cannot give any assurance that
our liability for such claims will not ultimately exceed our available insurance
coverage. We will update our estimates of insurance coverage in future
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as events occur which would
cause us to believe that those estimates need revision, based upon the
subsequent claim experience, using the methodology we have
employed.
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.
ACE, Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and excess policies to
Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs both defense and
indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits brought against
Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE Lawsuit seeks
declarations regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is centrally focused on
issues involving whether historical and currently pending asbestos lawsuits
brought against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate" limits of
liability or separate "per occurrence" limits of liability. Whether any
particular asbestos lawsuit is properly classified as being subject to an
aggregate limit of liability depends upon whether or not the suit falls within
the "products" or "completed operations" hazards found in most of the liability
policies issued to Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues
will determine if, as ACE and Central National allege, their policies are
nearing exhaustion of their aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad
insurers who previously asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to
Metalclad because of the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact,
owe Metalclad additional coverage obligations. The ACE Lawsuit does not
seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. The ACE Lawsuit is
principally about coverage responsibility among the several insurers, as well as
total coverage. Regardless of the outcome of this litigation, Entrx does
not believe that the ACE Lawsuit will result in materially diminishing Entrx’s
insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. Nonetheless, we
anticipate that we will incur attorney’s fees and other associated litigation
costs in defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any
other insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage.
The ACE
Lawsuit also seeks to determine the effect of a June 2004 settlement agreement
between the Company and Allstate Insurance Company on the insurance obligations
of various other insurers of Metalclad, and the effect of the “asbestos
exclusion” in the Allstate policy. Under the settlement agreement the
Company received $2,500,000 from Allstate in consideration of releasing Allstate
from a potential liability under a $5,000,000 limits insurance policy. The
ACE Lawsuit may result in our incurring costs in connection with obligations we
may have to indemnify Allstate under that settlement agreement. Allstate,
in a cross-complaint filed against Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October,
2005, asked the court to determine the Company’s obligation to assume and pay
for the defense of Allstate in the ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s
indemnification obligations in the settlement agreement. The Company does
not believe that it has any legal obligation to assume or pay for such
defense. If
Allstate is required to provide indemnity for Entrx’s asbestos-related lawsuits,
it is likely that Entrx would have to indemnify Allstate for asbestos-related
claims that it defends up to $2,500,000 in the aggregate. If Allstate is
not required to provide indemnity, Entrx would have no liability to
Allstate. Entrx has accrued $375,000 as a potential loss in connection
with the Allstate matter.
12.
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow
information:
Cash paid
for interest was $2,000 and $4,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2010 and
2009, respectively.
13.
Subsequent events
An audit of Metalclad Insulation
Corporation’s billing history, with respect to one of its principal customers,
was conducted in the quarter ending June 30, 2010, by an independent auditing
firm engaged by that customer. As a result of the audit, the auditing firm
reported on July 26, 2010 that during 2008 and 2009, Metalclad overcharged the
customer by approximately $400,000. The issues identified by the auditing
firm related to how overtime should be billed and what hourly rates were to be
charged for certain categories of union labor. All work was performed by
Metalclad for that customer under a Master Services Agreement (the Agreement)
entered into in 2000 and subsequently amended or extended on eleven
occasions. We have reviewed the auditing firm’s report and the Agreement,
as amended, and we do not agree with the auditing firm’s interpretation of the
Agreement on the identified issues. We are currently preparing a response
to the findings contained in the audit report. While we do not believe
that the customer was overcharged, it is possible that we may have to repay some
or all of the amounts claimed as an overcharge, the amount of which may be
material. No amounts have been accrued in our financial statements as of
June 30, 2010.
On July
22, 2010, the Company was notified by the Internal Revenue Service of their
intent to audit the Company’s federal income tax returns for the year ended
December 31, 2008.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and
Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this Form
10-Q, including without limitation the statements under “Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Description
of Business” are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking
statements involve assumptions, known and unknown risks, uncertainties, and
other factors which may cause the actual results, performance or achievements of
Entrx Corporation (the “Company”) to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q. Such potential
risks and uncertainties include, without limitation; estimates of future
revenues; the outcome of existing litigation; competitive pricing and other
pressures from other businesses in the Company’s markets; the accuracy of the
Company’s estimate of future liability for asbestos-related injury claims; the
adequacy of insurance, including the adequacy of insurance to cover current and
future asbestos-related injury claims; the imposition of laws or regulations
relating to asbestos related injury claims; economic conditions generally and in
the Company’s primary markets; availability of capital; the adequacy of the
Company’s cash and cash equivalents; the cost of labor; the accuracy of the
Company’s cost analysis for fixed price contracts; and other risk factors
detailed herein and in other of the Company’s filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the
date of this Form 10-Q and the Company assumes no obligation to update the
forward-looking statements or to update the reasons actual results could differ
from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Therefore,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. You can
identify these forward-looking statements by forward-looking words such as
“may,” “assume,” “expect,””project,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,”
“estimate,” “continue,” and similar words.
General.
The Company provides insulation installation and removal services,
including asbestos abatement services, primarily on the West Coast. We
also enter into contracts to repair and maintain existing insulation
systems. These maintenance contracts are generally awarded on a year to
year basis, but are often renewed from year to year. We also provide and
erect scaffolding both with respect to our installation, removal and maintenance
services, and for others. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary Metalclad
Insulation Corporation, we provide these services to a wide range of industrial,
commercial and public agency clients. Insulation installation services
include the installation of high- and low-temperature insulation on pipe, ducts,
furnaces, boilers, and other types of industrial equipment and commercial
applications. Insulation removal services involve the removal of old
insulation prior to the installation of new insulation or system demolition,
including the removal and disposal of asbestos-containing products. We
fabricate specialty items for the insulation industry, and sell insulation
material and accessories incidental to our services business to our customers as
well as to other contractors. A diverse list of clientele includes
refineries, utilities, chemical plants, manufacturing facilities, commercial
properties, office buildings and various governmental facilities.
Results of
Operations: Three and Six Months Ended June 30, 2010 and
2009
Revenue
Revenue
for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $4,668,000, a decrease of 8.7% as
compared to $5,112,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009. Revenue
for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $9,247,000, a decrease of 11.9% as
compared to $10,490,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009. Revenues
decreased during the three and six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared with
the three and six months ended June 30, 2009 primarily as result of a decline in
the commercial insulation and asbestos market due to what we believe to be
macro-economic factors. Several large commercial projects secured prior to
the economic downturn were completed during the first half of 2009 and were not
replaced with similar size projects in the first half of 2010.
Additionally, a major industrial new construction insulation project and several
large scaffolding projects were completed in the three and six months ended June
30, 2009, and similar sized projects were not secured in the three and six
months ended June 30, 2010.
Approximately
38% and 45% of the revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010,
respectively, were from insulation maintenance contracts, which often continue
from year to year. This compares with 60% and 51% of our revenues being
derived from insulation maintenance contracts in the three and six months ended
June 30, 2009, respectively. Approximately 46% and 40% of revenues
in the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively, were derived from
insulation installation and removal projects, which are not normally continuing,
but can go on for a year or more. This compares with 27% and 34% of
revenues of our revenues being derived from insulation installation and removal
projects in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.
These percentages are approximate because some installation and removal projects
involve maintenance arrangements, and vice versa. Approximately 7% and 9%
of the revenues for the three and six months ended June 30, 2010, respectively,
were from scaffolding contracts, which often continue from year to year.
This compares with 9% and 11% of our revenues being derived from scaffolding
contracts in the three and six months ended June 30, 2009, respectively.
The Company bids on hundreds of projects during any given year. These projects
range in value from a few hundred dollars to multi-million dollar projects, and
the projects can last from a few hours up to over a year in duration. The
Company cannot predict what projects will be coming up for bid in any particular
period, or whether it will be the winning bidder. Accordingly, the Company
is unable to determine if the revenue trends, or the allocation between
maintenance contracts and installation and removal contracts, will
continue. We anticipate that our revenues in 2010 will be slightly less
than those in 2009.
Cost
of Revenue and Gross Margin
Total
cost of revenue for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $3,849,000 as
compared to $4,317,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of
10.9%. Cost of revenue was $7,679,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2010, as compared to $8,848,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009, a
decrease of 13.2%. The gross margin as a percentage of revenue was
approximately 17.6% for the three months ended June 30, 2010 compared to 15.5%
for the three months ended June 30, 2009 primarily due to a higher percentage of
our revenue resulting from insulation installation and removal contracts for the
three months ended June 30, 2010. The gross margin as a
percentage of revenue was approximately 17.0% for the six months ended June 30,
2010 compared to 15.7% for the six months ended June 30, 2009 also primarily due
to a higher percentage of our revenues resulting from insulation installation
and removal contracts in the six months ended June 30, 2010. While the
gross margin percentage varies from job to job, insulation maintenance contracts
generally have a lower gross margin percentage than insulation installation and
removal contracts. The decrease in the cost of revenues for the three and
six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the three and six months ended
June 30, 2009 was primarily due to reduced work evidenced by the lower revenues
as discussed above.
Selling,
General and Administrative
Selling,
general and administrative expenses were $758,000 for the three months ended
June 30, 2010 as compared to $838,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009,
a decrease of 9.5%. Selling, general and administrative expenses for the
six months ended June 30, 2010 were $1,490,000 as compared to $1,702,000 for the
comparable period ended June 30, 2009, a decrease of 12.5%. The decrease
for the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the three months ended
June 30, 2009 was primarily due to a decrease in bad debt expense of $57,000 and
a decrease in shareholder reporting expenses of $34,000. The decreases for the
six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009
were primarily due to decreases in labor expense of $68,000, in bad debt expense
of $57,000, in shareholder reporting expenses of $50,000, and in legal expenses
of $40,000. The decrease in labor expense for the six months ended June
30, 2010 as compared to the six months ended June 30, 2009 was due to payroll
taxes incurred on bonuses paid in the first half of 2009 that were not incurred
in the first half of 2010.
Gain
on Disposal of Property, Plant and Equipment
Gain on
the disposal of property plant and equipment was $10,000 and $0 for the three
months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Gain on the disposal of
property plant and equipment was $18,000 and $0 for the six months ended June
30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Interest
Income and Expense
Interest
expense for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $1,000 as compared with
interest expense of $2,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009.
Interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $2,000 as compared
with interest expense of $4,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2009.
Interest income for the three months ended June 30, 2010 was $2,000 as compared
with interest income of $5,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009.
Interest income for the six months ended June 30, 2010 was $5,000 as compared
with interest income of $10,000 for the six months ended June 30,
2009.
Impairment
Charge on Available-for-Sale Securities
The
Company recognized an impairment charge of $94,000 on its investment in
Catalytic Solutions, Inc. in the three and six months ended June 30,
2009.
Net
Income (Loss)
We had
net income of
$73,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to a net loss of
$135,000 for the three months ended June 30, 2009. We had net income of $99,000 for
the six months ended June 30, 2010 as compared to a net loss of $148,000 for the
six months ended June 30, 2009.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
As of
June 30, 2010, we had $1,677,000 in cash and cash equivalents, $317,000 in
restricted cash and $7,000 in available-for-sale securities. The Company
had working capital of $5,691,000 as of June 30, 2010. We own 384,084
shares of Catalytic Solutions, Inc. common stock (AIM: CTSU), which are treated
as available-for-sale securities.
Cash
provided by operations was $54,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2010
compared with cash provided by operations of $1,764,000 for the six months ended
June 30, 2009. For the six months ended June 30, 2010 the positive cash
flow from operations was primarily the result of our $99,000 of net income, a
decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $208,000 and non-cash
expenses for depreciation and amortization of $91,000. This positive cash
flow was partially offset by an increase in accounts receivable of
$320,000. For the six months ended June 30, 2009 the positive cash flow
from operations was primarily the result of a decrease in accounts receivable of
$2,563,000, a decrease in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $195,000,
a decrease in costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts of $97,000 and an increase in billings in excess of costs and
estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts of $82,000. This positive cash
flow was partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses
of $1,224,000.
Net
investing activities used $387,000 and $40,000 of cash in the six months ended
June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. During the six months ended June 30,
2010, we used cash of $317,000 to secure a letter of credit in connection with a
performance bond related to a contract with a customer of the Company. For
the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, we used cash of $95,000 and
$40,000, respectively, for capital expenditures, primarily at our subsidiary,
Metalclad Insulation Corporation. Proceeds from sale of property and
equipment provided $24,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2010.
Cash used
in financing activities totaled $60,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2010
compared with cash used in financing activities of $192,000 for the comparable
period in 2009. Payments on long-term borrowings used $60,000 and $83,000
of cash in the six months ended June 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. In
the six months ended June 30, 2009, the Company used $108,000 to repurchase
common stock related to the reverse/forward stock split approved by the
shareholders.
As of
June 30, 2010, our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, employed
approximately 123 hourly employees for insulation and asbestos/lead abatement
contracting services, nearly all of whom are members of Local No. 5 -
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
("AFL-CIO") or Laborers Local Union 300, which makes hourly employees available
to us. As of June 30, 2010, Metalclad Insulation Corporation also employed
approximately 12 hourly employees for scaffolding services, all of whom are
members of Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters Local 1506. Metalclad
Insulation Corporation is a party to agreements with local chapters of various
trade unions. The number of hourly employees employed by us fluctuates
depending upon the number and size of projects that we have under construction
at any particular time. It has been our experience that hourly employees
are generally available for our projects, and we have continuously employed a
number of hourly employees on various projects over an extended period of
time. We consider our relations with our hourly employees and the unions
representing them to be good, and have not experienced any recent work stoppages
due to strikes by such employees. Additionally, many of the trade union
agreements we are a party to include no strike, no work stoppage
provisions. The Company’s subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, is
one of a group of employers with a collective bargaining agreement with Local
No. 5 - International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied
Workers ("Local No. 5"). Our “Basic Agreement” with Local No. 5 of the
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
expired in September 2008. The “Basic Agreement” included a “Maintenance
Agreement” as an addendum. Metalclad Insulation Corporation and the other
employers have agreed with the negotiating representatives of Local No. 5 for an
extension of the expired contract until June 28, 2010. During June 2010 the
Company and the other employers negotiated a new contract with Local 5 that
expires on June 26, 2011. Approximately 86% of our hourly employees are
covered by the Local No. 5 agreement. An agreement with the Laborers Local
300 was signed in December 2009 and expires in December 2012.
Approximately 7% of our hourly employees are covered by the Labors Local 300
agreement. Our agreement with the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters
Local 1506 was extended in May 2009 and currently expires on June 30,
2011. Approximately 7% of our hourly employees are covered under the
Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters Local 1506 agreement.
The
number of asbestos-related cases which have been initiated naming us (primarily
our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation) as a defendant have fluctuated
from 199 in 2005, to 232 in 2006, to 163 in 2007, to 187 in 2008, and to 188 in
2009. There were 65 new claims made in the first six months of 2010,
compared to 112 in the first six months of 2009. At December 31, 2005,
2006, 2007 and 2008, there were, respectively, approximately 507, 404, 222 and
271 cases pending. As of December 31, 2009, there were 239 cases pending
and as of June 30, 2010 there were 215 cases pending. These claims are
currently defended and covered by insurance.
Under
current accounting rules we are required to estimate our liability for existing
and future asbestos-related claims. This requires that we estimate the
number of claims we believe will be brought in the future. We previously
based our estimates on the downward trend of cases brought from 725 cases
brought in 2001, to 199 cases brought in 2005. This downward trend leveled
off somewhat since 2006. In addition, we have experienced increases in our
costs to defend and resolve claims during this period. As a result, we
have found it necessary to increase our projections of our liabilities for cases
which are pending and for new cases which may be initiated in the future, with
respect to each of our 2006, 2008 and 2009 financial statements. We
believe that the leveling off of cases brought in 2005 through 2009 is largely
due to an aggressive campaign waged by plaintiffs’ lawyers in an attempt to
identify new plaintiffs, and that as the pool of plaintiffs decreases that it is
probable that the downward trend experienced prior to 2006 will resume, although
such resumption cannot be assured.
From 2001
and through 2009, the annual average indemnity paid on over 3,000 resolved cases
has fluctuated significantly, between a low of $14,504 in 2006 and a high of
$54,946 in 2008, with an overall average over that period of approximately
$21,130. During this period, although there has been no discernible upward
or downward trend in indemnity payments, our most recent settlement experience
in 2008 and 2009 has been less favorable than earlier periods.
We
believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’ bar
and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This
tendency, we believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants
resulting from death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have
been ferreted out by plaintiffs’ attorneys. We expect that the newer cases
being brought will not be as meritorious and have as high a potential for
damages as cases which were brought earlier. We have no reason to believe,
therefore, that the average future indemnity payments will increase materially
in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim increased from a low of $8,514
in 2003 to a high of $44,490 in 2008. The weighted average defense cost
per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009 was $20,988. We believe that
these defense costs increased as a result of a change in legal counsel in 2004,
and the more aggressive defense posture taken by new legal counsel since that
change. We intend to monitor the defense costs in 2010 and will adjust our
estimates if events occur which would cause us to believe
that those estimates need revision. We are currently projecting
those costs to be approximately $21,000 per claim.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $188,000,
$215,000, $296,000, $128,000 and $96,000 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009,
respectively, and $58,000 and $66,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2010 and
2009, respectively, to administer the asbestos claims and defend the ACE Lawsuit
discussed below. These amounts were primarily fees paid to attorneys to
monitor the activities of the insurers, and their selected defense counsel, and
to look after our rights under the various insurance policies.
As of
December 31, 2009, we re-evaluated our estimates to take into account our
experience in 2009. Primarily as a result of the increase in the number of
new cases commenced during 2009 which exceeded our previous estimates, we
projected that there would be 986 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the Company after December 31, 2009. The 986 projected claims, in addition
to the 239 claims existing as of December 31, 2009, totals 1,225 current and
future claims. Multiplying the average indemnity per resolved claim over
the past nine years of $21,130, times 1,225, we projected the probable future
indemnity to be paid on those claims after December 31, 2009 to be equal to
approximately $26,000,000. In addition, multiplying an estimated cost of
defense per resolved claim of approximately $21,000 times 1,225, we projected
the probable future defense costs to equal approximately $26,000,000.
Accordingly, our total estimated future asbestos-related liability at December
31, 2009 was $52,000,000.
As of
December 31, 2009 we projected that approximately 158 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced and approximately 179 cases will be resolved in 2010,
resulting in an estimated 218 cases pending at December 31, 2010. Since we
projected that an aggregate of 986 new cases would be commenced after December
31, 2009, and that 158 of these cases would be commenced in 2010, we estimated
that an aggregate of 828 new cases will be commenced after December 31,
2010. Accordingly, we projected the cases pending and projected to be
commenced in the future at December 31, 2010, would be 1,046 cases. The
sum of the approximate average indemnity paid per resolved claim from 2001
through 2009, plus the approximate defense costs incurred per resolved claim
from 2005 through 2009, equals $42,130. Multiplying 1,046 claims times
$42,130, we estimate our liability for current and future asbestos-related
claims at December 31, 2010 to be approximately $44,000,000. This amounts
to a $8,000,000 reduction from the $52,000,000 liability we estimated as of
December 31, 2009, or a $2,000,000 reduction per quarter in 2010.
We intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with that
of prior fiscal years since 2001. Our estimate does not take into
consideration the potential effects of economic inflation on either the average
indemnity payment or the projected direct legal expenses.
There are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After approximately
1985 the policies were issued with provisions which purport to exclude coverage
for asbestos related claims. The terms of our insurance policies are
complex, and coverage for many types of claims is limited as to the nature of
the claim and the amount of coverage available. It is clear, however,
under California law, where the substantial majority of the asbestos-related
injury claims are litigated, that all of those policies cover any
asbestos-related injury occurring during the 1967 through 1985 period when these
policies were in force.
We have
determined that the minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy
asbestos-related injury claims exceeds our estimated future liability for such
claims of $48,000,000 and $52,000,000 as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively. This determination assumes that the general trend of
reducing asbestos-related injury claims experienced prior to 2006 will resume
and that the average indemnity and direct legal costs of each resolved claim
will not materially increase. The determination also assumes that the
insurance companies remain solvent and live up to what we believe is their
obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these claims.
Accordingly, we have included $48,000,000 and $52,000,000 of such insurance
coverage receivable as an asset on our June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
balance sheets, respectively. Several affiliated insurance companies have
brought a declaratory relief action against our subsidiary, Metalclad, as well
as a number of other insurers, to resolve certain coverage issues, as discussed
below. Regardless of our best
estimates of liability for current and future asbestos-related claims, the
liability for these claims could be higher or lower than estimated by amounts
which are not predictable. We, of course, cannot give any assurance that
our liability for such claims will not ultimately exceed our available insurance
coverage. We will update our estimates of insurance coverage in future
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as events occur which would
cause us to believe that those estimates need revision, based upon the
subsequent claim experience, using the methodology we have
employed.
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.
ACE, Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and excess policies to
Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs both defense and
indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits brought against
Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE Lawsuit seeks
declarations regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is centrally focused on
issues involving whether historical and currently pending asbestos lawsuits
brought against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate" limits of
liability or separate "per occurrence" limits of liability. Whether any
particular asbestos lawsuit is properly classified as being subject to an
aggregate limit of liability depends upon whether or not the suit falls within
the "products" or "completed operations" hazards found in most of the liability
policies issued to Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues
will determine if, as ACE and Central National allege, their policies are
nearing exhaustion of their aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad
insurers who previously asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to
Metalclad because of the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact,
owe Metalclad additional coverage obligations. The ACE Lawsuit does not
seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. The ACE Lawsuit is
principally about coverage responsibility among the several insurers, as well as
total coverage. Regardless of the outcome of this litigation, Entrx does
not believe that the ACE Lawsuit will result in materially diminishing Entrx’s
insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. Nonetheless, we
anticipate that we will incur attorney’s fees and other associated litigation
costs in defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any
other insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage.
The ACE
Lawsuit also seeks to determine the effect of a June 2004 settlement agreement
between the Company and Allstate Insurance Company on the insurance obligations
of various other insurers of Metalclad, and the effect of the “asbestos
exclusion” in the Allstate policy. Under the settlement agreement the
Company received $2,500,000 from Allstate in consideration of releasing Allstate
from a potential liability under a $5,000,000 limits insurance policy. The
ACE Lawsuit may result in our incurring costs in connection with obligations we
may have to indemnify Allstate under that settlement agreement. Allstate,
in a cross-complaint filed against Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October,
2005, asked the court to determine the Company’s obligation to assume and pay
for the defense of Allstate in the ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s
indemnification obligations in the settlement agreement. The Company does
not believe that it has any legal obligation to assume or pay for such
defense. If
Allstate is required to provide indemnity for Entrx’s asbestos-related lawsuits,
it is likely that Entrx would have to indemnify Allstate for asbestos-related
claims that it defends up to $2,500,000 in the aggregate. If Allstate is
not required to provide indemnity, Entrx would have no liability to
Allstate. Entrx has accrued $375,000 as a potential loss in connection
with the Allstate matter.
The
Company projects that cash flow generated through the operation of its
subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, and the Company’s net cash assets
as of June 30, 2010 will be sufficient to meet the Company’s cash requirements
for at least the next twelve months.
Significant Accounting
Policies
Our
significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated
financial statements included in our annual report for the year ended December
31, 2009. The accounting policies used in preparing our interim 2010
consolidated condensed financial statements are the same as those described in
our annual report.
Our
critical accounting policies are those both having the most impact to the
reporting of our financial condition and results, and requiring significant
judgments and estimates. Our critical accounting policies include those
related to (a) revenue recognition, (b) allowances for uncollectible accounts
receivable, (c) judgments and estimates used in determining the amount of our
asbestos liability, and (d) evaluation and estimates of our probable insurance
coverage for asbestos-related claims. Revenue recognition for fixed price
insulation installation and asbestos abatement contracts are accounted for by
the percentage-of-completion method, wherein costs and estimated earnings are
included in revenues as the work is performed. If a loss on a fixed price
contract is indicated, the entire amount of the estimated loss is accrued when
known. Revenue recognition on time and material contracts is recognized
based upon the amount of work performed. Accounts receivable are reduced
by an allowance for amounts that may become uncollectible in the future.
The estimated allowance for uncollectible amounts is based primarily on our
evaluation of the financial condition of the customer. Future changes in
the financial condition of a customer may require an adjustment to the allowance
for uncollectible accounts receivable. We have estimated the probable
amount of future claims related to our asbestos liability and the probable
amount of insurance coverage related to those claims. We offset proceeds
received from our insurance carriers resulting from claims of personal injury
allegedly related to asbestos exposure against the payment issued to the
plaintiff. The cash from the insurance company goes directly to the
plaintiff, so we never have access to this cash. We never have control
over any of the funds the insurance company issues to the plaintiff. Once
a claim is settled, payment of the claim is normally made by the insurance
carrier or carriers within 30 to 60 days. Changes in any of the judgments
and estimates could have a material impact on our financial condition and
results of operations.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
See
footnote 10 of the financial statements.
Item 4T. Controls and
Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We have
established disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the Company is made known to the officers who certify
the financial statements and to other members of senior management and the Audit
Committee of the Board.
We
conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our
chief executive officer and chief financial officer of our disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based on this evaluation our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that, as of June
30, 2010, our disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting for the
three-months ended June 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal
Proceedings
Asbestos-related
Claims
Prior to
1975, we were engaged in the sale and installation of asbestos-related
insulation materials, which has resulted in numerous claims of personal injury
allegedly related to asbestos exposure. Some of these claims are now being
brought by the children and close relatives of persons who have died, allegedly
as a result of the direct or indirect exposure to asbestos. To date all of
our asbestos-related injury claims have been paid and defended by our insurance
carriers.
The
number of asbestos-related cases which have been initiated naming us (primarily
our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation) as a defendant have fluctuated
from 199 in 2005, to 232 in 2006, to 163 in 2007, to 187 in 2008, and to 188 in
2009. There were 65 new claims made in the first six months of 2010,
compared to 112 in the first six months of 2009. As of December 31,
2009, there were 239 cases pending and as of June 30, 2010 there were 215 cases
pending. These claims are currently defended and covered by
insurance.
Set forth
below is a table for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and the
six months ended June 30, 2010, which sets forth for each such period the
approximate number of asbestos-related cases initiated, the number of such cases
resolved by dismissal or by trial, the number of such cases resolved by
settlement, the total number of resolved cases, the number of initiated cases
pending at the end of such period, the total indemnity paid on all resolved
cases, the average indemnity paid on all settled cases and the average indemnity
paid on all resolved cases:
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Six Months
Ended
June 30, 2010
|
|
New
cases initiated
|
|
|
232 |
|
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
187 |
|
|
|
188 |
|
|
|
65 |
|
Defense
judgments and dismissals
|
|
|
253 |
|
|
|
292 |
(3) |
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
|
59 |
|
Plaintiff
judgments and settled cases
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Total
resolved cases (1)
|
|
|
335 |
|
|
|
345 |
(3) |
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
220 |
|
|
|
89 |
|
Pending
cases (1)
|
|
|
404 |
|
|
|
222 |
(3) |
|
|
271 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
215 |
|
Total
indemnity payments
|
|
$ |
4,858,750 |
|
|
$ |
7,974,500 |
|
|
$ |
7,582,550 |
(2) |
|
$ |
5,345,000 |
|
|
$ |
2,887,000 |
|
Average
indemnity paid on plaintiff judgments and settled cases
|
|
$ |
59,253 |
|
|
$ |
150,462 |
|
|
$ |
261,467 |
(2) |
|
$ |
102,788 |
|
|
$ |
96,233 |
|
Average
indemnity paid on all resolved cases
|
|
$ |
14,504 |
|
|
$ |
23,114 |
|
|
$ |
54,946 |
|
|
$ |
24,295 |
|
|
$ |
32,438 |
|
(1)
|
Total
resolved cases includes, and the number of pending cases excludes, cases
which have been settled but which have not been closed for lack of final
documentation or payment.
|
(2)
|
The
total and average indemnity amounts paid on resolved cases in 2008
includes an award rendered on April 4, 2005, finding Metalclad Insulation
Corporation liable for $1,117,000 in damages. The judgment was
appealed by our insurer, and a final order and judgment of $1,659,000 was
rendered in 2008.
|
(3)
|
Included
in the decrease from 404 cases pending at December 31, 2006 to 222 cases
pending at December 31, 2007, were 53 cases which had been previously
counted in error and are included in “Defense judgments and dismissals”
and “Total resolved cases”, so that the actual decrease for the year ended
December 31, 2007 was 129 cases.
|
Under
current accounting rules we are required to estimate our liability for existing
and future asbestos-related claims. This requires that we estimate the
number of claims we believe will be brought in the future. We previously
based our estimates on the downward trend of cases brought from 725 cases
brought in 2001, to 199 cases brought in 2005. This downward trend leveled
off somewhat since 2006. In addition, we have experienced increases in our
costs to defend and resolve claims during this period. As a result, we
have found it necessary to increase our projections of our liabilities for cases
which are pending and for new cases which may be initiated in the future, with
respect to each of our 2006, 2008 and 2009 financial statements. We
believe that the leveling off of cases brought in 2005 through 2009 is largely
due to an aggressive campaign waged by plaintiffs’ lawyers in an attempt to
identify new plaintiffs, and that as the pool of plaintiffs decreases that it is
probable that the downward trend experienced prior to 2006 will resume, although
such resumption cannot be assured.
From 2001
and through 2009, the annual average indemnity paid on over 3,000 resolved cases
has fluctuated significantly, between a low of $14,504 in 2006 and a high of
$54,946 in 2008, with an overall average over that period of approximately
$21,130. During this period, although there has been no discernible upward
or downward trend in indemnity payments, our most recent paid indemnity
experience in 2008 and 2009 has been less favorable than earlier
periods.
We
believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’ bar
and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This
tendency, we believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants
resulting from death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have
been ferreted out by plaintiffs’ attorneys. We expect that the newer cases
being brought will not be as meritorious and have as high a potential for
damages as cases which were brought earlier. We have no reason to believe,
therefore, that the average future indemnity payments will increase materially
in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim increased from a low of $8,514
in 2003 to a high of $44,490 in 2008. The weighted average defense cost
per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009 was $20,988. We believe that
these defense costs increased as a result of a change in legal counsel in 2004,
and the more aggressive defense posture taken by new legal counsel since that
change. We intend to monitor the defense costs in 2010 and will adjust our
estimates if events occur which would cause us to believe
that those estimates need revision. We are currently projecting
those costs to be approximately $21,000 per claim.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $188,000,
$215,000, $296,000, $128,000 and $96,000 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009,
respectively, and $58,000 and $66,000 in the six months ended June 30, 2010 and
2009, respectively, to administer the asbestos claims and defend the ACE Lawsuit
discussed below. These amounts were primarily fees paid to attorneys to
monitor the activities of the insurers, and their selected defense counsel, and
to look after our rights under the various insurance policies.
As of
December 31, 2009, we re-evaluated our estimates to take into account our
experience in 2009. Primarily as a result of the increase in the number of
new cases commenced during 2009 which exceeded our previous estimates, we
projected that there would be 986 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the Company after December 31, 2009. The 986 projected claims, in addition
to the 239 claims existing as of December 31, 2009, totals 1,225 current and
future claims. Multiplying the average indemnity per resolved claim over
the past nine years of $21,130, times 1,225, we projected the probable future
indemnity to be paid on those claims after December 31, 2009 to be equal to
approximately $26,000,000. In addition, multiplying an estimated cost of
defense per resolved claim of approximately $21,000 times 1,225, we projected
the probable future defense costs to equal approximately $26,000,000.
Accordingly, our total estimated future asbestos-related liability at December
31, 2009 was $52,000,000.
As of
December 31, 2009 we projected that approximately 158 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced and approximately 179 cases will be resolved in 2010,
resulting in an estimated 218 cases pending at December 31, 2010. Since we
projected that an aggregate of 986 new cases would be commenced after December
31, 2009, and that 158 of these cases would be commenced in 2010, we estimated
that an aggregate of 828 new cases will be commenced after December 31,
2010. Accordingly, we projected the cases pending and projected to be
commenced in the future at December 31, 2010, would be 1,046 cases. The
sum of the approximate average indemnity paid per resolved claim from 2001
through 2009 plus the approximate defense costs incurred per resolved claim from
2005 through 2009, equals $42,130. Multiplying 1,046 claims times $42,130
we estimate our liability for current and future asbestos-related claims at
December 31, 2010 to be approximately $44,000,000. This amounts to a
$8,000,000 reduction from the $52,000,000 liability we estimated as of December
31, 2009, or a $2,000,000 reduction per quarter in 2010.
We intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with that
of prior fiscal years since 2001. Our estimate does not take into
consideration the potential effects of economic inflation on either the average
indemnity payment or the projected direct legal expenses.
There are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After approximately
1985 the policies were issued with provisions which purport to exclude coverage
for asbestos related claims. The terms of our insurance policies are
complex, and coverage for many types of claims is limited as to the nature of
the claim and the amount of coverage available. It is clear, however,
under California law, where the substantial majority of the asbestos-related
injury claims are litigated, that all of those policies cover any
asbestos-related injury occurring during the 1967 through 1985 period when these
policies were in force.
We have
determined that the minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy
asbestos-related injury claims exceeds our estimated future liability for such
claims of $48,000,000 and $52,000,000 as of June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009,
respectively. This determination assumes that the general trend of
reducing asbestos-related injury claims experienced prior to 2006 will resume
and that the average indemnity and direct legal costs of each resolved claim
will not materially increase. The determination also assumes that the
insurance companies remain solvent and live up to what we believe is their
obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these claims.
Accordingly, we have included $48,000,000 and $52,000,000 of such insurance
coverage receivable as an asset on our June 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
balance sheets, respectively. Several affiliated insurance companies have
brought a declaratory relief action against our subsidiary, Metalclad, as well
as a number of other insurers, to resolve certain coverage issues, as discussed
below. Regardless of our best
estimates of liability for current and future asbestos-related claims, the
liability for these claims could be higher or lower than estimated by amounts
which are not predictable. We, of course, cannot give any assurance that
our liability for such claims will not ultimately exceed our available insurance
coverage. We will update our estimates of insurance coverage in future
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as events occur which would
cause us to believe that those estimates need revision, based upon the
subsequent claim experience, using the methodology we have
employed.
Insurance
Coverage Litigation
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.
ACE, Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and excess policies to
Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs both defense and
indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits brought against
Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE Lawsuit seeks
declarations regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is centrally focused on
issues involving whether historical and currently pending asbestos lawsuits
brought against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate" limits of
liability or separate "per occurrence" limits of liability. Whether any
particular asbestos lawsuit is properly classified as being subject to an
aggregate limit of liability depends upon whether or not the suit falls within
the "products" or "completed operations" hazards found in most of the liability
policies issued to Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues
will determine if, as ACE and Central National allege, their policies are
nearing exhaustion of their aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad
insurers who previously asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to
Metalclad because of the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact,
owe Metalclad additional coverage obligations. The ACE Lawsuit
does not seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. The ACE Lawsuit is
principally about coverage responsibility among the several insurers, as well as
total coverage. Regardless of the outcome of this litigation, Entrx does
not believe that the ACE Lawsuit will result in materially diminishing Entrx’s
insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. Nonetheless, we
anticipate that we will incur attorney’s fees and other associated litigation
costs in defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any
other insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage.
The ACE
Lawsuit also seeks to determine the effect of a June 2004 settlement agreement
between the Company and Allstate Insurance Company on the insurance obligations
of various other insurers of Metalclad, and the effect of the “asbestos
exclusion” in the Allstate policy. Under the settlement agreement the
Company received $2,500,000 from Allstate in consideration of releasing Allstate
from a potential liability under a $5,000,000 limits insurance policy. The
ACE Lawsuit may result in our incurring costs in connection with obligations we
may have to indemnify Allstate under that settlement agreement. Allstate,
in a cross-complaint filed against Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October,
2005, asked the court to determine the Company’s obligation to assume and pay
for the defense of Allstate in the ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s
indemnification obligations in the settlement agreement. The Company does
not believe that it has any legal obligation to assume or pay for such
defense. If
Allstate is required to provide indemnity for Entrx’s asbestos-related lawsuits,
it is likely that Entrx would have to indemnify Allstate for asbestos-related
claims that it defends up to $2,500,000 in the aggregate. If Allstate is
not required to provide indemnity, Entrx would have no liability to
Allstate. Entrx has accrued $375,000 as a potential loss in connection
with the Allstate matter.
Item 2. Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
On May
11, 2010, the Board of Directors authorized the issuance of 15,000 shares of its
common stock to each of the five members of the Board of Directors as
compensation for each such director’s services on the Board during the calendar
year 2010. Accordingly, the issuance of a total of 75,000 was
authorized. The shares were valued at $0.39 per share based upon the last
trade price occurring on May 6, 2010. The shares were issued based upon an
exemption from registration provided under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of
1933, as transactions not involving a public offering. The issuance of the
shares was contingent upon receipt from each director of documentation
acknowledging, among other things, that the shares were being issued based upon
such exemption from registration, and that there was a restriction on the resale
of such shares. The shares were issued by the transfer agent on July 20,
2010 after such documentation was received. Certificates representing
those shares contained a legend to the effect that they could not be resold
except upon registration of such resale under the Securities Act of 1933, or an
applicable exemption from such registration. The transfer agent for the
Company’s common stock was instructed not to permit a transfer of the shares
without an opinion of the Company’s legal counsel that such transfer was
permissible in light of applicable securities laws.
Item 5.
Exhibits
Exhibits
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31.1
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive
Officer.
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31.2
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial
Officer.
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Section
1350 Certification.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements 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.
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ENTRX
CORPORATION
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Date: August
11, 2010
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By:
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/s/Peter L.
Hauser
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Peter
L. Hauser
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Date: August
11, 2010
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By:
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/s/Brian D.
Niebur
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Brian
D. Niebur
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Chief
Financial Officer
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(Principal
Accounting
Officer)
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