Edgar Filing: Air Transport Services Group, Inc.

2013 Q3 10Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013

Commission file number 000-50368

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(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware		26-1631624
(State of Incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

145 Hunter Drive, Wilmington, OH 45177

(Address of principal executive offices)

937-382-5591

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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As of November 6, 2013, 64,666,881 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.01, were outstanding.

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

FORM 10-Q

TABLE OF CONTENTS




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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements	1
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Earnings	1
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income	2
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets	3
	Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flow	4
	Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	5

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	20

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	31

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	31

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	32

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	32

Item 5.	Other	33

Item 6.	Exhibits	34

SIGNATURES		35

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q that are not historical facts are considered forward-looking statements (as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995). Words such as “projects,” “believes,” “anticipates,” “will,” “estimates,” “plans,” “expects,” “intends” and similar words and expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on expectations, estimates and projections as of the date of this filing, and involve risks and uncertainties that are inherently difficult to predict. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements for any number of reasons, including those described in this report and in our 2012 Annual Report filed on Form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission

The Securities and Exchange Commission maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements and other information regarding Air Transport Services Group, Inc. at www.sec.gov. Additionally, our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports, are available free of charge from our website at www.atsginc.com as soon as reasonably practicable after filing with the SEC.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS

(In thousands, except per share data)



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
REVENUES	$	140,877		$	153,826		$	423,060		$	452,886
OPERATING EXPENSES
Salaries, wages and benefits	41,498			44,153			126,771			135,827
Fuel	11,356			12,038			38,157			39,962
Maintenance, materials and repairs	24,644			26,751			71,783			75,135
Depreciation and amortization	23,392			21,057			66,077			62,871
Travel	4,409			5,618			13,908			17,162
Rent	6,958			6,745			20,528			18,719
Landing and ramp	2,227			3,877			8,264			11,823
Insurance	1,559			1,944			4,466			5,780
Other operating expenses	8,224			9,348			25,914			27,908
	124,267			131,531			375,868			395,187
OPERATING INCOME	16,610			22,295			47,192			57,699
OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)
Interest income	17			38			56			104
Interest expense	(3,814		)	(3,668		)	(10,500		)	(10,886		)
Net gain (loss) on derivative instruments	(317		)	294			425			956
	(4,114		)	(3,336		)	(10,019		)	(9,826		)

EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS BEFORE INCOME TAXES	12,496			18,959			37,173			47,873
INCOME TAX EXPENSE	(4,697		)	(7,403		)	(13,958		)	(18,436		)
EARNINGS FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS	7,799			11,556			23,215			29,437
LOSS FROM DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS, NET OF TAXES	—			(186		)	(2		)	(576		)
NET EARNINGS	$	7,799		$	11,370		$	23,213		$	28,861

BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE
Continuing operations	$	0.12		$	0.18		$	0.36		$	0.46
Discontinued operations	—			—			—			(0.01		)
TOTAL BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE	$	0.12		$	0.18		$	0.36		$	0.45

DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE
Continuing operations	$	0.12		$	0.18		$	0.36		$	0.46
Discontinued operations	—			—			—			(0.01		)
TOTAL DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE	$	0.12		$	0.18		$	0.36		$	0.45

WEIGHTED AVERAGE SHARES
Basic	64,052			63,456			63,972			63,439
Diluted	65,036			64,667			64,807			64,478

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)



	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
NET EARNINGS	$	7,799		$	11,370		$	23,213		$	28,861
OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS):
Defined Benefit Pension	1,958			1,682			5,874			5,047
Defined Benefit Post-Retirement	(834		)	(806		)	(2,502		)	(2,419		)
Gains and Losses on Derivatives	(7		)	(9		)	(23		)	(27		)

TOTAL OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	1,117			867			$	3,349		$	2,601

TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME	$	8,916		$	12,237		$	26,562		$	31,462

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands, except share data)



	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
ASSETS
CURRENT ASSETS:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	16,864		$	15,442
Accounts receivable, net of allowance of $543 in 2013 and $749 in 2012	45,680			47,858
Inventory	8,952			9,430
Prepaid supplies and other	11,075			8,855
Deferred income taxes	19,154			19,154
Aircraft and engines held for sale	2,491			3,360
TOTAL CURRENT ASSETS	104,216			104,099
Property and equipment, net	848,550			818,924
Other assets	21,427			20,462
Intangibles	4,958			5,146
Goodwill	86,980			86,980
TOTAL ASSETS	$	1,066,131		$	1,035,611
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
CURRENT LIABILITIES:
Accounts payable	$	32,988		$	36,521
Accrued salaries, wages and benefits	22,936			22,917
Accrued expenses	8,258			8,502
Current portion of debt obligations	23,572			21,265
Unearned revenue	9,771			10,311
TOTAL CURRENT LIABILITIES	97,525			99,516
Long term debt obligations	368,331			343,216
Post-retirement liabilities	149,326			185,097
Other liabilities	61,592			62,104
Deferred income taxes	62,066			46,422
TOTAL LIABILITIES	738,840			736,355
Commitments and contingencies (Note G)
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY:
Preferred stock, 20,000,000 shares authorized, including 75,000 Series A Junior Participating Preferred Stock	—			—
Common stock, par value $0.01 per share; 75,000,000 shares authorized; 64,672,632 and 64,130,056 shares issued and outstanding in 2013 and 2012, respectively	647			641
Additional paid-in capital	524,554			523,087
Accumulated deficit	(83,972		)	(107,185		)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(113,938		)	(117,287		)
TOTAL STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	327,291			299,256
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$	1,066,131		$	1,035,611

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(In thousands)



	Nine Months Ended
	September 30,
	2013			2012
OPERATING ACTIVITIES:
Net earnings from continuing operations	$	23,215		$	29,437
Net loss from discontinued operations	(2		)	(576		)
Adjustments to reconcile net earnings to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	66,077			62,871
Pension and post-retirement	5,295			4,172
Deferred income taxes	13,736			17,682
Amortization of stock-based compensation	2,123			2,668
Amortization of DHL promissory note	(4,650		)	(4,650		)
Net gain on derivative instruments	(425		)	(956		)
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	2,183			2,618
Inventory and prepaid supplies	(2,516		)	(2,509		)
Accounts payable	(157		)	(4,811		)
Unearned revenue	(5,676		)	4,002
Accrued expenses, salaries, wages, benefits and other liabilities	1,520			3,811
Pension and post-retirement liabilities	(35,771		)	(24,689		)
Other	(3,439		)	(2,106		)
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATING ACTIVITIES	61,513			86,964
INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
Capital expenditures	(96,766		)	(108,339		)
Proceeds from property and equipment	1,337			3,484
NET CASH (USED IN) INVESTING ACTIVITIES	(95,429		)	(104,855		)
FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
Principal payments on long term obligations	(47,928		)	(9,399		)
Proceeds from bank borrowings	80,000			25,000
Reimbursement of hangar construction costs	3,266			—
NET CASH PROVIDED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES	35,338			15,601

NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS	1,422			(2,290		)
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT BEGINNING OF YEAR	15,442			30,503
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS AT END OF PERIOD	$	16,864		$	28,213

SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION:
Interest paid, net of amount capitalized	$	9,976		$	9,240
Federal alternative minimum and state income taxes paid	$	1,014		$	272
SUPPLEMENTAL NON-CASH INFORMATION:
Debt extinguished	$	4,650		$	4,650
Accrued capital expenditures	$	1,394		$	15,390

See notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE A—SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL STATEMENT PREPARATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Operations

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. is a holding company whose principal subsidiaries include an aircraft leasing company and independently certificated airlines. Air Transport Services Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries, (the "Company") provides airline operations, aircraft leases, aircraft maintenance and other support services primarily to the cargo transportation and package delivery industries. The Company offers a range of complementary services to delivery companies, freight forwarders, airlines and government customers.

The airlines, ABX Air, Inc. (“ABX”) and Air Transport International, Inc. (“ATI”), each have the authority, through their separate U.S. Department of Transportation ("DOT") and Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA") certificates, to transport cargo worldwide. The Company's leasing subsidiary, Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. (“CAM”), leases aircraft to each of the Company's airlines as well as to non-affiliated airlines and other lessees.

The Company provides aircraft and airline operations to its customers, typically under contracts providing for a combination of aircraft, crews, maintenance and insurance ("ACMI") services. The Company serves a base of concentrated customers who have a diverse line of international cargo traffic. DHL Network Operations (USA), Inc. and its affiliates, “DHL,” is the Company's largest customer. ATI provides passenger transportation, primarily to the U.S. Military, using "combi" aircraft, which are certified to carry passengers as well as cargo on the main deck.

In addition to its airline operations and aircraft leasing services, the Company sells aircraft parts, provides aircraft and equipment maintenance services, and operates mail sorting facilities for the U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”).

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed financial statements include the accounts of Air Transport Services Group, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. Inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated. The financial statements of the Company have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for interim financial information. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in the financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed or omitted pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission for Form 10-Q. Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements do not include all of the information and footnotes required by GAAP for complete financial statements. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of the Company and notes thereto included in the annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2012.

In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements contain all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the Company’s results of operations and financial position for the periods presented.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect amounts reported in the consolidated financial statements. Estimates and assumptions are used to record allowances for uncollectible amounts, self-insurance reserves, spare parts inventory, depreciation and impairments of property, equipment, goodwill and intangibles, post-retirement obligations, income taxes, contingencies and litigation. Changes in estimates and assumptions may have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company classifies short-term, highly liquid investments with maturities of three months or less at the time of purchase as cash and cash equivalents. These investments, consisting of money market funds, are recorded at cost,

which approximates fair value. Substantially all deposits of the Company’s cash are held in accounts that exceed federally insured limits. The Company deposits cash in common financial institutions which management believes are financially sound.

Accounts Receivable and Allowance for Uncollectible Accounts

The Company's accounts receivable is primarily due from its significant customers (see Note B), other airlines, the USPS and freight forwarders. The Company performs a quarterly evaluation of the accounts receivable and the allowance for uncollectible accounts by reviewing specific customers' recent payment history, growth prospects, financial condition and other factors that may impact a customer's ability to pay. The Company establishes an allowance for uncollectible accounts for probable losses due to a customer's potential inability or unwillingness to make contractual payments. Account balances are written off against the allowance when the Company ceases collection efforts.

Inventory

The Company’s inventory is comprised primarily of expendable aircraft parts and supplies used for aircraft maintenance. Inventory is generally charged to expense when issued for use on a Company aircraft. The Company values its inventory of aircraft parts and supplies at weighted-average cost and maintains a related obsolescence reserve. The Company records an obsolescence reserve on a base stock of inventory for each fleet type. The amortization of base stock for the obsolescence reserve corresponds to the expected life of each fleet type. Additionally, the Company monitors the usage rates of inventory parts and segregates parts that are technologically outdated or no longer used in its fleet types. Slow moving and segregated items are actively marketed and written down to their estimated net realizable values based on market conditions.

Management analyzes the inventory reserve for reasonableness at the end of each quarter. That analysis includes consideration of the expected fleet life, amounts expected to be on hand at the end of a fleet life, and recent events and conditions that may impact the usability or value of inventory. Events or conditions that may impact the expected life, usability or net realizable value of inventory include additional aircraft maintenance directives from the FAA, changes in DOT regulations, new environmental laws and technological advances.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

The Company assesses, during the fourth quarter of each year, the carrying value of goodwill. Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful economic lives. The Company also conducts impairment assessments of goodwill, indefinite-lived intangible assets and finite-lived intangible assets whenever events or changes in circumstance indicate an impairment may have occurred.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment held for use is stated at cost, net of any impairment recorded. The cost and accumulated depreciation of disposed property and equipment are removed from the accounts with any related gain or loss reflected in earnings from operations.

Depreciation of property and equipment is provided on a straight-line basis over the lesser of the asset’s useful life or lease term. Depreciable lives of operating equipment are summarized as follows:



DC-8 combi aircraft and flight equipment	Less than 1 year
Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft and flight equipment	10 to 20 years
Support equipment	5 to 10 years
Vehicles and other equipment	3 to 8 years

The Company periodically evaluates the useful lives, salvage values and fair values of property and equipment. Acceleration of depreciation expense or the recording of significant impairment losses could result from changes in the estimated useful lives of assets due to a number of reasons, such as excess aircraft capacity or changes in regulations governing the use of aircraft.

Aircraft and other long-lived assets are tested for impairment when circumstances indicate the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. To conduct impairment testing, the Company groups assets and liabilities at the lowest level for which identifiable cash flows are largely independent of cash flows of other assets and liabilities. For assets that are to be held and used, impairment is recognized when the estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with the asset group is less than the carrying value. If impairment exists, an adjustment is made to write the assets down to fair value, and a loss is recorded as the difference between the carrying value and fair value. Fair values are determined considering quoted market values, discounted cash flows or internal and external appraisals, as applicable. For assets held for sale, impairment is recognized when the fair value less the cost to sell the asset is less than the carrying value.

The Company’s accounting policy for major airframe and engine maintenance varies by subsidiary and aircraft type. The costs for ABX's Boeing 767-200 airframe maintenance, which is the majority of the Company's aircraft fleet, are expensed as they are incurred. The costs of major airframe maintenance for the Company's other aircraft are capitalized and amortized over the useful life of the overhaul. The Company's General Electric CF6 engines that power the Boeing 767-200 aircraft are maintained under “power by the hour” agreements with an engine maintenance provider. Under the power by the hour agreements, the engines are maintained by the service provider for a fixed fee per flight hour; accordingly, the cost of engine maintenance is generally expensed as flight hours occur. Maintenance for the airlines’ other aircraft engines, including those on the Boeing 767-300 and Boeing 757 aircraft, are typically contracted to service providers on a time and material basis and the costs of those engine overhauls are capitalized and amortized over the useful life of the overhaul.

Under certain leases, the Company is required to make periodic payments to the lessor for future maintenance events such as engine overhauls and major airframe maintenance. These payments are recorded as deposits until drawn for qualifying maintenance costs. The maintenance costs are expensed or capitalized in accordance with the airline's accounting policy for major airframe and engine maintenance. The Company evaluates at the balance sheet date, whether it is probable that an amount on deposit will be returned by the lessor to reimburse the costs of the maintenance activities. When an amount on deposit is less than probable of being returned, it is recognized as additional maintenance expense.

Capitalized Interest

Interest costs incurred while aircraft are being modified are capitalized as an additional cost of the aircraft until the date the asset is placed in service. Capitalized interest was none and $0.7 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively and $1.0 million and $2.0 million for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Discontinued Operations

A business component whose operations are discontinued is reported as discontinued operations if the cash flows of the component have been eliminated from the ongoing operations of the Company, and the Company will no longer have any significant continuing involvement in the business component. The results of discontinued operations are aggregated and presented separately in the consolidated statements of operations.

The Company's results of discontinued operations consist primarily of pension expenses and other benefits for former employees previously associated with ABX's former freight sorting and aircraft fueling services provided to DHL. ABX is self-insured for medical coverage and workers’ compensation, and may incur expenses and cash outlays in the future related to pension obligations, reserves for medical expenses and wage loss for former employees.

Exit Activities

One-time, involuntary employee termination benefits are generally expensed when the Company communicates the benefit arrangement to the employee that it will no longer require the services of the employee beyond a minimum retention period. Liabilities for contract termination costs associated with exit activities are recognized in the period incurred and measured initially at fair value.

Self-Insurance

The Company is self-insured for certain workers’ compensation, employee healthcare, automobile, aircraft, and general liability claims. The Company maintains excess claim coverage with common insurance carriers to mitigate its exposure to large claim losses. The Company records a liability for reported claims and an estimate for incurred claims that have not yet been reported. Accruals for these claims are estimated utilizing historical paid claims data and recent claims trends. Other liabilities included $30.7 million and $31.6 million at September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, for self-insured reserves. Changes in claim severity and frequency could result in actual claims being materially different than the costs accrued.

Income Taxes

Income taxes have been computed using the asset and liability method, under which deferred income taxes are provided for the temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities. Deferred taxes are measured using provisions of currently enacted tax laws. A valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets is recorded when it is more likely than not that such assets will not be fully realized. Tax credits are accounted for as a reduction of income taxes in the year in which the credit originates.

The Company recognizes the benefit of a tax position taken on a tax return, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. An uncertain income tax benefit is not recognized if it has less than a 50% likelihood of being sustained. The Company recognizes interest and penalties accrued related to uncertain tax positions in operating expense.

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive income includes net earnings and other comprehensive income or loss. Other comprehensive income or loss results from certain changes in the Company’s liabilities for pension and other post-retirement benefits and gains and losses associated with interest rate hedging instruments.

Fair Value Information

Assets or liabilities that are required to be measured at fair value are reported using the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. FASB ASC Topic 820-10 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures establishes three levels of input that may be used to measure fair value:


•	Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.


•	Level 2: Observable inputs other than Level 1 prices such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.


•	Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. Level 3 assets and liabilities include items where the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.

Revenue Recognition

Revenues generated from airline service agreements are typically recognized based on hours flown or the amount of aircraft and crew resources provided during a reporting period. Certain agreements include provisions for incentive payments based upon on-time reliability. These incentives are typically measured on a monthly basis and recorded to revenue in the corresponding month earned. Revenues for operating expenses that are reimbursed through customer agreements, including consumption of aircraft fuel, are generally recognized as the costs are incurred. Revenues from charter service agreements are recognized on scheduled and non-scheduled flights when the specific flight has been completed. Aircraft lease revenues are recognized as operating lease revenues on a straight-line basis over the term of the applicable lease agreements. Revenues from the sale of aircraft parts and engines are recognized when the parts are delivered. Revenues earned and expenses incurred in providing aircraft-related maintenance, repair or technical services are recognized in the period in which the services are completed and delivered to the customer. Revenues derived from sorting parcels are recognized in the reporting period in which the services are performed.

NOTE B—SIGNIFICANT CUSTOMERS

DHL

The Company has had long term contracts with DHL since August 2003. Revenues from continuing operations performed for DHL were approximately 55% and 55% of the Company's consolidated revenues from continuing operations for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to 55% and 53% for the corresponding periods of 2012. The Company’s balance sheets include accounts receivable with DHL of $22.2 million and $18.3 million as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The Company leases Boeing 767 aircraft to DHL under both long-term and short-term lease agreements. Under a separate crew, maintenance and insurance (“CMI”) agreement, the Company operates Boeing 767 aircraft that DHL leases from the Company and Boeing 767 aircraft that DHL owns. Pricing for services provided through the CMI agreement is based on pre-defined fees, scaled for the number of aircraft operated and the number of flight crews provided to DHL for its U.S. network. The Company provides DHL with scheduled maintenance services for aircraft that DHL leases or owns. The Company also provides Boeing 767 and Boeing 757 air cargo transportation services for DHL through additional ACMI agreements in which the Company provides the aircraft, crews, maintenance and insurance under a single contract. Revenues generated from the ACMI agreements are typically based on hours flown. The Company also provides ground equipment, such as power units, air starts and related maintenance services to DHL under separate agreements.

U.S. Military

A substantial portion of the Company's revenues are also derived from the U.S. Military. The U.S. Military awards flights to U.S. certificated airlines through annual contracts and through temporary "expansion" routes. Revenues from services performed for the U.S. Military were approximately 17% and 17% of the Company's total revenues from continuing operations for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to 15% and 16% for the corresponding periods of 2012. The Company's balance sheets included accounts receivable with the U.S. Military of $4.2 million and $4.2 million as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

NOTE C—GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLES

The Company has two reporting units that have goodwill, ATI (a component of the ACMI Services segment) and CAM. The carrying amounts of goodwill by reportable segment, are as follows (in thousands):



	ACMI Services		CAM		Total
Carrying value as of December 31, 2012	$	52,585	$	34,395	$	86,980
Carrying value as of September 30, 2013	$	52,585	$	34,395	$	86,980

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The Company's intangible assets relate to the ACMI Services segment and are as follows (in thousands):



	Customer			Airline
	Relationships			Certificates		Total
Carrying value as of December 31, 2012	$	2,146		$	3,000	$	5,146
Amortization	(188		)	—		(188		)
Carrying value as of September 30, 2013	$	1,958		$	3,000	$	4,958

The customer relationship intangible amortizes over eight more years. The airline certificates have an indefinite life and therefore are not amortized.

NOTE D—FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The Company’s money market funds and interest rate swap are reported on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at fair values based on market values from identical or comparable transactions. The fair value of the Company’s money market funds and interest rate swap are based on observable inputs (Level 2) from comparable market transactions. The use of significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) was not necessary in determining the fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities.

The following table reflects assets and liabilities that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis (in thousands):



As of September 30, 2013	Fair Value Measurement Using							Total
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
Assets
Cash equivalents—money market	$	20	$	3,797		$	—	$	3,817
Total Assets	$	20	$	3,797		$	—	$	3,817
Liabilities
Interest rate swaps	$	—	$	(2,721	)	$	—	$	(2,721	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(2,721	)	$	—	$	(2,721	)



As of December 31, 2012	Fair Value Measurement Using							Total
	Level 1		Level 2			Level 3		Total
Assets
Cash equivalents—money market	$	18	$	339		$	—	$	357
Total Assets	$	18	$	339		$	—	$	357
Liabilities
Interest rate swaps	$	—	$	(3,146	)	$	—	$	(3,146	)
Total Liabilities	$	—	$	(3,146	)	$	—	$	(3,146	)

As a result of lower market interest rates for the aircraft loans compared to the stated interest rates of the Company’s fixed rate debt obligations, the fair value of the Company’s debt obligations, based on Level 2 observable inputs, was approximately $2.8 million more than the carrying value, which was $391.9 million at September 30, 2013. The non-financial assets, including goodwill, intangible assets and property and equipment are measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.

NOTE E—PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

The Company's property and equipment consists primarily of cargo aircraft, aircraft engines and flight equipment. Property and equipment, to be held and used, is summarized as follows (in thousands):



	September 30, 2013			December 31, 2012
Aircraft and flight equipment	$	1,232,284		$	1,148,781
Support equipment	51,179			52,209
Vehicles and other equipment	1,706			1,597
Leasehold improvements	1,091			814
	1,286,260			1,203,401
Accumulated depreciation	(437,710		)	(384,477		)
Property and equipment, net	$	848,550		$	818,924

CAM owned aircraft with a carrying value of $254.4 million and $273.4 million that were under leases to external customers as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The carrying value of Boeing 727 and DC-8 freighter aircraft and engines available for sale totaled $2.5 million and $3.4 million as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

NOTE F—DEBT OBLIGATIONS

Long term obligations consisted of the following (in thousands):



	September 30,			December 31,
	2013			2012
Unsubordinated term loan	$	135,000		$	144,375
Revolving credit facility	190,500			143,000
Aircraft loans	57,103			63,156
Promissory note due to DHL, unsecured	9,300			13,950
Total long term obligations	391,903			364,481
Less: current portion	(23,572		)	(21,265		)
Total long term obligations, net	$	368,331		$	343,216

The Company executed a syndicated credit agreement ("Senior Credit Agreement") in May 2011 which includes an unsubordinated term loan and a revolving credit facility. In July 2012, the Company executed the first amendment to the Senior Credit Agreement (“Credit Amendment”). The Credit Amendment increased the amount available under the revolving credit facility by $50.0 million to $225.0 million, extended the maturity of the term loan and revolving credit facility to July 20, 2017, and provided for an accordion feature whereby the Company could draw up to an additional $50.0 million, subject to the lenders' consent. The Senior Credit Agreement provides for the issuance of letters of credit on the Company's behalf. In October 2013, the lenders agreed to make the accordion funds of $50.0 million available to the Company, increasing the capacity of the revolving credit facility to $275.0 million. At this time, the unused revolving credit facility totals $74.1 million, net of draws of $190.5 million and outstanding letters of credit of $10.4 million.

Under the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement, interest rates are adjusted no more than quarterly based on the Company's earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses ("EBITDA"), its outstanding debt level and prevailing LIBOR or prime rates. At the Company's current debt-to-EBITDA ratio, the LIBOR based financing for the unsubordinated term loan and revolving credit facility bear a variable interest rate of 2.555% and 2.555%, respectively. The Credit Amendment did not affect the EBITDA based pricing or covenants of the Senior Credit Agreement.

The aircraft loans are collateralized by six aircraft, and amortize monthly with a balloon payment of approximately 20% with maturities between 2016 and early 2018. Interest rates range from 6.74% to 7.36% per annum payable monthly.

The promissory note payable to DHL becomes due in August 2028 as a balloon payment, unless it is extinguished sooner under the terms of the CMI agreement. Beginning April 1, 2010 and extending through the term of the CMI agreement, the balance of the note is amortized ratably without cash payment in exchange for services provided and, thus, is expected to be completely amortized by April 2015. The promissory note bears interest at a rate of 5% per annum, and DHL reimburses ABX the interest expense from the note through the term of the CMI agreement.

The Senior Credit Agreement is collateralized by certain of the Company's Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft that are not collateralized under aircraft loans. Under the terms of the Senior Credit Agreement, the Company is required to maintain collateral coverage equal to 150% of the outstanding balance of the term loan and total capacity of the revolving credit facility. The Senior Credit Agreement contains covenants including, among other things, limitations on certain additional indebtedness, guarantees of indebtedness, as well as a total debt to EBITDA ratio and a fixed charge coverage ratio. The Senior Credit Agreement stipulates events of default, including unspecified events that may have material adverse effects on the Company. If an event of default occurs, the Company may be forced to repay, renegotiate or replace the Senior Credit Agreement. The Company is currently in compliance with the financial covenants specified in the Senior Credit Agreement. The Senior Credit Agreement limits the amount of dividends the Company can pay and the amount of common stock it can repurchase to $50.0 million during any calendar year, provided the Company's total debt to EBITDA ratio is under two times, after giving effect to the dividend or repurchase. Under the provisions of its promissory note due to DHL, the Company is required to prepay the DHL note in the amount of $0.20 for each dollar of dividend distributed to its stockholders. The same prepayment stipulation applies to stock repurchases.

NOTE G—COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Lease Commitments

The Company leases six Boeing 767 aircraft, airport facilities, office space, maintenance facilities and certain equipment under operating leases. In December 2012, the Company entered into agreements with the Clinton County Port Authority ("CCPA") to construct and lease an aircraft hangar in Wilmington, Ohio, adjacent to the existing aircraft maintenance facility currently leased by the Company. The Company is acting as the construction agent for the CCPA and began construction of the 100,000 square foot aircraft hangar in January 2013. While the current facility houses aircraft as large as the Boeing 767, the new hangar will provide the capability of servicing aircraft as large as a Boeing 747-400 and a Boeing 777. The hangar is anticipated to cost approximately $15.7 million and is expected to take 14 to 16 months to complete. The CCPA is financing the construction of the hangar primarily through a State of Ohio bond program and a State of Ohio loan on incremental taxes. The costs incurred to build the hangar are included in "Property and equipment" and the amounts reimbursed through the State of Ohio and the CCPA are included in "Other liabilities" on the Company's balance sheet. The Company will begin to make lease payments for the hangar directly to the trustee for the State of Ohio beginning in 2014.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

Certain leases and agreements of the Company contain guarantees and indemnification obligations to the lessor, or one or more other parties that are considered reasonable and customary (e.g. use, tax and environmental indemnifications), the terms of which range in duration and are often limited. Such indemnification obligations may continue after expiration of the respective lease or agreement.

Civil Action Alleging Violations of Immigration Laws

On December 31, 2008, a former ABX employee filed a complaint against ABX, a total of four current and former executives and managers of ABX, Garcia Labor Company of Ohio, and three former executives of the Garcia Labor companies, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. The case was filed as a putative class action against the defendants, and asserts violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Practices Act (RICO). The complaint, which was later amended to include a second former employee plaintiff, seeks damages in an unspecified amount and alleges that the defendants engaged in a scheme to hire illegal immigrant workers to depress the wages paid to hourly wage employees during the period from December 1999 to January 2005.

On December 2, 2011, the plaintiffs agreed to settle this matter in exchange for the payment by ABX to plaintiffs and the putative class members of a monetary amount, which amount management believes to be less than it would have cost to defend the case at trial. The final settlement was approved by the Court on July 9, 2013 and following a 30-day appeal period during which no objections were received, the settlement funds were paid to the class administrator for distribution in accordance with the terms of the settlement agreement.

Brussels Noise Ordinance

The Brussels Instituut voor Milieubeheer ("BIM"), a governmental authority in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium that oversees the enforcement of environmental matters, imposed four separate administrative penalties on ABX in the approximate aggregate amount of €0.4 million ($0.5 million) for numerous alleged violations of an ordinance limiting the noise caused by aircraft overflying the Brussels-Capital Region (which is located near the Brussels Airport) during the period from May 2009 through December 2010. ABX has to date exhausted its appeals with respect to two of the administrative penalties.

The ordinance in question is controversial for the reason that it was adopted by the Brussels-Capital Region and is more restrictive than the noise limitations in effect in the Flemish Region, which is where the Brussels Airport is located. The ordinance is the subject of several court cases currently pending in the Belgian courts and numerous airlines have been levied fines thereunder.

Other

In addition to the foregoing matters, we are also currently a party to legal proceedings, including FAA enforcement actions, in various federal and state jurisdictions arising out of the operation of the Company's business. The amount of alleged liability, if any, from these proceedings cannot be determined with certainty; however, we believe that the Company's ultimate liability, if any, arising from the pending legal proceedings, as well as from asserted legal claims and known potential legal claims which are probable of assertion, taking into account established accruals for estimated liabilities, should not be material to our financial condition or results of operations.

Employees Under Collective Bargaining Agreements

As of September 30, 2013, the flight crewmember employees of ABX and ATI were represented by the labor unions listed below:



Airline	Labor Agreement Unit	Percentage of the Company’s Employees
ABX	International Brotherhood of Teamsters	14.6%
ATI	Airline Pilots Association	8.9%

NOTE H—PENSION AND OTHER POST-RETIREMENT BENEFIT PLANS

Defined Benefit and Post-retirement Healthcare Plans

ABX sponsors a qualified defined benefit pension plan for ABX crewmembers and a qualified defined benefit pension plan for a major portion of its other ABX employees that meet minimum eligibility requirements. ABX also sponsors non-qualified defined benefit pension plans for certain employees. These non-qualified plans are unfunded. Employees are no longer accruing benefits under any of the defined benefit pension plans. ABX also sponsors a post-retirement healthcare plan for its ABX employees, which is unfunded.

The accounting and valuation for these post-retirement obligations are determined by prescribed accounting and actuarial methods that consider a number of assumptions and estimates. The selection of appropriate assumptions and estimates is significant due to the long time period over which benefits will be accrued and paid. The long term nature of these benefit payouts increases the sensitivity of certain estimates of our post-retirement costs. The assumptions considered most sensitive in actuarially valuing ABX’s pension obligations and determining related expense amounts are discount rates and expected long term investment returns on plan assets. Additionally, other assumptions concerning retirement ages, mortality and employee turnover also affect the valuations. Actual results and future changes in these

assumptions could result in future costs significantly higher than those recorded in our results of operations. The Company’s net periodic benefit costs for its qualified defined benefit pension plans and post-retirement healthcare plans for both continuing and discontinued operations are as follows (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended September 30,												Nine Months Ended September 30,
	Pension Plans						Post-Retirement Healthcare Plan						Pension Plans						Post-Retirement Healthcare Plan
	2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012			2013			2012
Service cost	$	—		$	—		$	69		$	67		$	—		$	—		$	207		$	201
Interest cost	8,989			9,272			66			95			26,967			27,816			198			285
Expected return on plan assets	(11,498		)	(9,970		)	—			—			(34,494		)	(29,910		)	—			—
Amortization of prior service cost	—			—			(1,413		)	(1,388		)	—			—			(4,239		)	(4,164		)
Amortization of net (gain) loss	3,074			2,670			104			108			9,222			8,010			312			324
Net periodic benefit cost (benefit)	$	565		$	1,972		$	(1,174	)	$	(1,118	)	$	1,695		$	5,916		$	(3,522	)	$	(3,354	)

During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, the Company contributed $17.9 million and $27.6 million to the pension plans. The Company does not expect to make additional contributes to the pension plans during the remainder of 2013.

NOTE I—INCOME TAXES

The provision for income taxes for interim periods is based on management's best estimate of the effective income tax rate expected to be applicable for the current year, plus any adjustments arising from changes in the estimated amount of taxable income related to prior periods. Income taxes recorded through September 30, 2013 have been estimated utilizing a 37.5% rate based upon year-to-date income and projected results for the full year. The final effective tax rate applied to 2013 will depend on the actual amount of pre-tax book income generated by the Company for the full year.

The Company has operating loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Management expects to utilize the loss carryforwards to offset federal income tax liabilities in the future. Due to the Company's deferred tax assets, including its loss carryforwards, management does not expect to pay federal income taxes through 2015 or later. The Company may, however, be required to pay alternative minimum taxes and certain state and local income taxes before then.

NOTE J—DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

The Company's Senior Credit Agreement requires the Company to maintain derivative instruments for protection from fluctuating interest rates, for at least fifty percent of the outstanding balance of the term loan. As a result, the Company entered into an interest rate swap in July of 2011 having an initial notional value of $75.0 million and a forward start date of December 31, 2011. Under this swap, the Company pays a fixed rate of 2.02% and receives a floating rate that resets quarterly based on LIBOR. In addition to the interest rate swap above, the Company entered into an interest rate swap in June of 2013 having an initial notional value of $65.6 million and a forward start date of December 31, 2013. Under this swap, the Company will pay a fixed rate of 1.1825% and receive a floating rate that resets monthly based on LIBOR.

The outstanding interest rate swaps are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. The effects of future fluctuations in LIBOR interest rates on derivatives held by the Company will result in the recording of unrealized gains and losses into the statement of earnings. For the quarter ended September 30, 2013, the Company recorded an unrealized loss on derivatives of $0.3 million to reflect the interest rate swaps at market value. The liability for outstanding derivatives is recorded in other liabilities and in accrued expenses. The table below provides information about the Company’s interest rate swaps (in thousands):



		September 30, 2013					December 31, 2012
Expiration Date	Stated Interest Rate	Notional Amount		Market Value (Liability)			Notional Amount		Market Value (Liability)
May 9, 2016	2.0200%	$	67,500	$	(2,203	)	$	72,188	$	(3,146	)
June 30, 2017	1.1825%	65,625		(518		)	—		—

NOTE K—ACCUMULATED OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)

Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) includes the following items by components for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 (in thousands):



	Defined Benefit Pension			Defined Benefit Post-Retirement			Gains and Losses on Derivative			Total
Balance as of June 30, 2012	$	(107,262	)	$	5,892		$	57		$	(101,313	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income:
Actuarial costs (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	2,670			108			—			2,778
Negative prior service cost (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	—			(1,387		)	—			(1,387		)
Hedging gain (reclassified to interest expense)	—			—			(14		)	(14		)
Income tax (expense) or benefit	(988		)	473			5			(510		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	1,682			(806		)	(9		)	867
Balance as of September 30, 2012	$	(105,580	)	$	5,086		$	48		$	(100,446	)

Balance as of December 31, 2011	$	(110,626	)	$	7,504		$	75		$	(103,047	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income:
Actuarial costs (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	8,011			324			—			8,335
Negative prior service cost (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	—			(4,162		)	—			(4,162		)
Hedging gain (reclassified to interest expense)	—			—			(42		)	(42		)
Income tax (expense) or benefit	(2,964		)	1,419			15			(1,530		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	5,047			(2,419		)	(27		)	2,601
Balance as of September 30, 2012	$	(105,579	)	$	5,085		$	48		$	(100,446	)



	Defined Benefit Pension			Defined Benefit Post-Retirement			Gains and Losses on Derivative			Total
Balance as of June 30, 2013	$	(117,686	)	$	2,609		$	22		$	(115,055	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income:
Actuarial costs (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	3,074			104			—			3,178
Negative prior service cost (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	—			(1,413		)	—			(1,413		)
Hedging gain (reclassified to interest expense)	—			—			(12		)	(12		)
Income tax (expense) or benefit	(1,116		)	475			5			(636		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	1,958			(834		)	(7		)	1,117
Balance as of September 30, 2013	$	(115,728	)	$	1,775		$	15		$	(113,938	)

Balance as of December 31, 2012	$	(121,602	)	$	4,277		$	38		$	(117,287	)
Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income:
Actuarial costs (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	9,222			312			—			9,534
Negative prior service cost (reclassified to salaries, wages and benefits)	—			(4,239		)	—			(4,239		)
Hedging gain (reclassified to interest expense)	—			—			(38		)	(38		)
Income tax (expense) or benefit	(3,348		)	1,425			15			(1,908		)
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax	5,874			(2,502		)	(23		)	3,349
Balance as of September 30, 2013	$	(115,728	)	$	1,775		$	15		$	(113,938	)

NOTE L—STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

The Company's Board of Directors has granted stock incentive awards to certain employees and board members pursuant to a long term incentive plan which was approved by the Company's stockholders in May 2005. Employees have been awarded non-vested stock units with performance conditions, non-vested stock units with market conditions and non-vested restricted stock. The restrictions on the non-vested restricted stock awards lapse at the end of a specified service period, which is typically approximately three years from the date of grant. Restrictions could lapse sooner upon a business combination, death, disability or after an employee qualifies for retirement. The non-vested stock units will be converted into a number of shares of Company stock depending on performance and market conditions at the end of a specified service period, lasting approximately three years. The performance condition awards will be converted into a number of shares of Company stock based on the Company's average return on invested capital during the service period. Similarly, the market condition awards will be converted into a number of shares depending on the appreciation of the Company's stock compared to the NASDAQ Transportation Index. Board members were granted time-based awards with approximately a six-month vesting period, which will settle when the board member ceases to be a director of the Company. The Company expects to settle all of the stock unit awards by issuing new shares of stock. The table below summarizes award activity.



	Nine Months Ended
	September 30, 2013				September 30, 2012
	Number of Awards		Weighted average grant-date fair value		Number of Awards		Weighted average grant-date fair value
Outstanding at beginning of period	1,463,272		$	5.97	1,458,037		$	5.77
Granted	627,488		5.73		601,647		5.93
Converted	(392,748	)	4.87		(142,200	)	8.11
Expired	—		—		—		—
Forfeited	(7,200	)	6.82		(88,800	)	5.93
Outstanding at end of period	1,690,812		$	6.13	1,828,684		$	5.63
Vested	441,812		$	4.90	483,284		$	4.68

The average grant-date fair value of each performance condition award, non-vested restricted stock award and time-based award granted by the Company in 2013 was $5.46, the fair value of the Company’s stock on the date of grant. The average grant-date fair value of each market condition award granted in 2013 was $6.78. The market condition awards were valued using a Monte Carlo simulation technique, a risk-free interest rate of 0.4% and a volatility of 60.1% based on volatility over three years using daily stock prices.

For the nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded expense of $2.1 million and $2.7 million, respectively, for stock incentive awards. At September 30, 2013, there was $3.5 million of unrecognized expense related to the stock incentive awards that is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years. As of September 30, 2013, none of the awards were convertible, 441,812 units of the Board members time-based awards had vested and none of the outstanding shares of the restricted stock had vested. These awards could result in a maximum number of 2,004,812 additional outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock depending on service, performance and market results through December 31, 2015.

NOTE M—EARNINGS PER SHARE

The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per common share follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):



	Three Months Ending				Nine Months Ending
	September 30,				September 30,
	2013		2012		2013		2012
Earnings from continuing operations	$	7,799	$	11,556	$	23,215	$	29,437
Weighted-average shares outstanding for basic earnings per share	64,052		63,456		63,972		63,439
Common equivalent shares:
Effect of stock-based compensation awards	984		1,211		835		1,039
Weighted-average shares outstanding assuming dilution	65,036		64,667		64,807		64,478
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations	$	0.12	$	0.18	$	0.36	$	0.46
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations	$	0.12	$	0.18	$	0.36	$	0.46

The number of equivalent shares that were not included in weighted average shares outstanding assuming dilution, because their effect would have been anti-dilutive, was none and 77,000 at September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

NOTE N—SEGMENT INFORMATION

The Company operates in two reportable segments, as described below. The CAM segment consists of the Company's aircraft leasing operations and its segment earnings includes an allocation of interest expense. The ACMI Services segment consists of the Company's airline operations, including the CMI agreement with DHL as well as ACMI and charter service agreements that the Company has with other customers. Due to the similarities among the Company's airline operations, the airline operations are aggregated into a single reportable segment, ACMI Services. The Company's other activities, which include contracts with the USPS, the sale of aircraft parts and maintenance services, facility and ground equipment maintenance services and management services for workers' compensation do not constitute reportable segments and are combined in “All other” with inter-segment profit eliminations. Inter-segment revenues are valued at arms-length, market rates. Cash, cash equivalents and deferred tax assets are reflected in Assets - All other below. The Company's segment information from continuing operations is presented below (in thousands):



	Three Months Ending						Nine Months Ending
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Total revenues:
CAM	$	40,089		$	39,155		$	118,420		$	115,073
ACMI Services	109,429			122,526			327,349			357,110
All other	30,037			26,773			83,242			81,876
Eliminate inter-segment revenues	(38,678		)	(34,628		)	(105,951		)	(101,173		)
Total	$	140,877		$	153,826		$	423,060		$	452,886
Customer revenues:
CAM	$	17,373		$	18,638		$	53,553		$	56,663
ACMI Services	109,429			122,526			327,349			357,110
All other	14,075			12,662			42,158			39,113
Total	$	140,877		$	153,826		$	423,060		$	452,886
Depreciation and amortization expense:
CAM	$	16,697		$	15,187		$	46,016		$	44,288
ACMI Services	6,821			5,685			19,651			18,244
All other	(126		)	185			410			339
Total	$	23,392		$	21,057		$	66,077		$	62,871
Segment earnings (loss):
CAM	$	15,893		$	17,334		$	49,980		$	50,819
ACMI Services	(7,113		)	(1,746		)	(21,610		)	(11,543		)
All other	4,400			3,373			9,188			8,602
Net unallocated interest expense	(367		)	(296		)	(810		)	(961		)
Net gain on derivative instruments	(317		)	294			425			956
Pre-tax earnings from continuing operations	$	12,496		$	18,959		$	37,173		$	47,873

The Company's assets are presented below by segment (in thousands):



	September 30,		December 31,
	2013		2012
Assets:
CAM	$	807,571	$	810,664
ACMI Services	177,603		161,650
All other	80,957		63,297
Total	$	1,066,131	$	1,035,611

Interest expense of $0.1 million and $0.4 million for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $0.2 million and $0.7 million for the corresponding periods in 2012, respectively, was reimbursed through the commercial agreements with DHL and included in the ACMI Services segment earnings above. Interest expense allocated to CAM was $3.3 million and $9.2 million for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $3.1 million and $9.1 million for the corresponding periods of 2012, respectively.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following Management’s Discussion and Analysis has been prepared with reference to the historical financial condition and results of operations of Air Transport Services Group, Inc., and its subsidiaries. Air Transport Services Group, Inc. and its subsidiaries may hereinafter individually and collectively be referred to as "the Company", "we", "our" or "us" from time to time. The following discussion and analysis describes the principal factors affecting the results of operations, financial condition, cash flows, liquidity and capital resources. It should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") contained in this report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

BACKGROUND

We provide airline operations, aircraft leases, aircraft maintenance and other support services primarily to the cargo transportation and package delivery industries. Through the Company's subsidiaries, we offer a range of complementary services to delivery companies, freight forwarders, airlines and government customers. The Company's principal subsidiaries include two independently certificated airlines, ABX Air, Inc. (“ABX”) and Air Transport International, Inc. (“ATI”), and an aircraft leasing company, Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. (“CAM”).

At September 30, 2013, the Company owned 50 cargo aircraft in serviceable condition and leased six more under operating leases. The owned fleet consisted of 36 Boeing 767-200 aircraft, five Boeing 767-300 aircraft, four Boeing 757 freighter aircraft, three Boeing 757 combi aircraft and two McDonnell Douglas DC-8 combi aircraft. The combi aircraft are capable of simultaneously carrying passengers and cargo containers on the main flight deck. The Company's airline subsidiaries also leased four Boeing 767-200 aircraft and two Boeing 767-300 aircraft from third parties as of September 30, 2013.

The Company has two reportable segments: ACMI Services, which primarily includes the cargo transportation operations of its airlines, and the CAM segment. The Company's other business operations, which primarily provide support services to the transportation industry, include aircraft maintenance, aircraft parts sales, ground equipment leasing and mail handling services for the U.S. Postal Service ("USPS"). These operations do not constitute reportable segments due to their size.

The Company's largest customer is DHL Network Operations (USA), Inc. and its affiliates ("DHL"). The Company has had long term contracts with DHL since August 2003. Commencing March 31, 2010, the Company and DHL executed commercial agreements under which DHL leases 13 Boeing 767 freighter aircraft from CAM and contracted with ABX to operate those aircraft under a separate crew, maintenance and insurance (“CMI”) agreement. The CMI agreement pricing is based on pre-defined fees, scaled for the number of aircraft operated and the number of flight crews provided to DHL for its U.S. network. The initial term of the CMI agreement is five years and the terms of the aircraft leases are seven years, with early termination provisions.

The Company's airlines contract their services to the Air Mobility Command through the U.S. Transportation Command both of which are organized under the U.S. Military. The U.S. Military awards flights to U.S. certificated airlines through annual contracts and through temporary "expansion" routes.

Update

DHL accounted for 55% of the Company's consolidated revenues for the first nine months of 2013 and 53% of the Company's consolidated revenues in the corresponding period in 2012. In addition to the 13 CAM-owned Boeing 767 aircraft leased by DHL, ABX also operates four DHL-owned Boeing 767 aircraft under the CMI agreement. ATI also operates four CAM-owned Boeing 757 aircraft for DHL under separate agreements. Additionally, during 2013, the Company's airlines operated 10 of CAM's Boeing 767 aircraft for DHL under contracts and arrangements having durations of one year or less.

At the end of 2012, we ceased Boeing 727 operations at the Company's former airline, Capital Cargo International Airlines, Inc. ("CCIA"), and DC-8 freighter operations at ATI. During the first quarter of 2013, the Company completed the merger of CCIA with and into ATI, with ATI as the surviving entity. As a result, ATI now conducts Boeing 757, 767 and DC-8 combi operations. The combined operation benefits from a standardized fleet, two person flight crew, improved reliability of the Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft and, after the crew training is completed, from a common pilot

type rating. Additionally, we have reduced administrative and overhead costs as a result of combining positions, information technology and facilities. Further efforts to resize the airline cost structure and realize synergies from merging CCIA into ATI, will continue through 2013. The merging of ATI and CCIA was preceded by the restructuring of BAX Global, Inc.'s U.S. business operations ("BAX/Schenker"). The Company stopped providing services to BAX/Schenker, a former significant customer, as of the end of 2011, after BAX/Schenker phased out its air network in North America.

During the first quarter of 2013, the Company contracted to operate three additional Boeing 767-200 aircraft for DHL's U.S. network. These aircraft replaced the Boeing 727 aircraft that were operated for DHL and were retired at the end of 2012.

The U.S. Military comprised 17% and 16% of the Company's consolidated revenues during the nine month periods ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Revenues from the U.S. Military were derived primarily by operating combi aircraft in non-combat areas. The Company is in the process of retiring its DC-8 combi aircraft and replacing them with Boeing 757 combi aircraft. During the first quarter of 2013, CAM purchased two Boeing 757 combi aircraft and now owns four Boeing 757 combi aircraft. During the second quarter of 2013, the first of the Company's four Boeing 757 combi aircraft was certified by the FAA and began flight operations by ATI for the U.S. Military. During the third quarter of 2013, the second and third Boeing 757 combi aircraft began flight operations and we expect the last one to enter service by the end of 2013 or early in 2014.

At September 30, 2013, the Company also had two Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft that were completing modification from passenger to a standard freighter configuration. The Company does not have any additional commitments to acquire aircraft.

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Summary

The consolidated net earnings from continuing operations were $7.8 million and $23.2 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $11.6 million and $29.4 million for the corresponding periods of 2012. The pre-tax earnings from continuing operations were $12.5 million and $37.2 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $19.0 million and $47.9 million for the corresponding periods of 2012. Earnings from continuing operations for 2013 declined as compared to 2012 due to lower revenues, primarily in the ACMI Services segment. Customer revenues decreased by $12.9 million to $140.9 million during the third quarter of 2013 and by $29.8 million to $423.1 million for the first nine months of 2013 compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Revenues were negatively impacted by FAA requirements which delayed the deployment of Boeing 757 aircraft and the training of the related flight crews, as well as continued softness in international cargo markets. Total operating expenses continued to decline as we restructured the ATI airline, falling 5% during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012.

A summary of our revenues and pre-tax earnings from continuing operations is shown below (in thousands):



	Three Months Ending						Nine Months Ending
	September 30,						September 30,
	2013			2012			2013			2012
Revenues from Continuing Operations:
CAM	$	40,089		$	39,155		$	118,420		$	115,073
ACMI Services
Airline services	93,116			102,072			276,193			299,434
Reimbursables	16,313			20,454			51,156			57,676
Total ACMI Services	109,429			122,526			327,349			357,110
Other Activities	30,037			26,773			83,242			81,876
Total Revenues	179,555			188,454			529,011			554,059
Eliminate internal revenues	(38,678		)	(34,628		)	(105,951		)	(101,173		)
Customer Revenues	$	140,877		$	153,826		$	423,060		$	452,886


Pre-Tax Earnings from Continuing Operations:
CAM, inclusive of interest expense	$	15,893		$	17,334		$	49,980		$	50,819
ACMI Services	(7,113		)	(1,746		)	(21,610		)	(11,543		)
Other Activities	4,400			3,373			9,188			8,602
Net unallocated interest expense	(367		)	(296		)	(810		)	(961		)
Net gain (loss) on derivative instruments	(317		)	294			425			956
Pre-Tax Earnings from Continuing Operations	12,496			18,959			37,173			47,873
Less net gain (loss) on derivative instruments	317			(294		)	(425		)	(956		)
Adjusted Pre-Tax Earnings	$	12,813		$	18,665		$	36,748		$	46,917

Reimbursable revenues include certain operating costs that are reimbursed to the airlines by their customers. Such costs include fuel expense, landing fees and certain aircraft maintenance expenses. The types of costs that are reimbursed varies by customer operating agreement.

Adjusted pre-tax earnings, a non-GAAP measure, is pre-tax earnings excluding interest rate derivative gains and losses. Management uses adjusted pre-tax earnings to compare the performance of core operating results between periods. Adjusted pre-tax earnings should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of the Company's results as reported under GAAP.

CAM

Through the CAM subsidiary, we offer aircraft leasing to external customers and also lease aircraft internally to the Company's airlines. Aircraft leases normally cover a term of five to seven years. In a typical leasing agreement, customers pay rent and maintenance deposits on a monthly basis.

As of September 30, 2013, CAM had 50 cargo aircraft in serviceable condition, which included 30 aircraft leased internally to the Company's airlines. CAM's total revenues, from internal and external customers, grew $0.9 million and $3.3 million during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013 compared to the corresponding periods of 2012, as a result of seven additional aircraft leases placed since March 2012. Since March 31, 2012, CAM completed the modification of three Boeing 767-300 freighter aircraft, one Boeing 757 freighter aircraft and three Boeing 757 combi aircraft and placed those aircraft under leases with internal customers. CAM's revenues from the Company's airlines totaled $22.7 million and $64.9 million during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $20.5 million and $58.4 million for the corresponding periods of 2012. The increase in internal lease revenues reflects additional Boeing 767-300 aircraft and Boeing 757 aircraft that CAM has leased internally, offset by the retirement of CAM's Boeing 727 and DC-8 freighter fleets at the end of 2012.

As of September 30, 2013 and 2012, CAM leased 20 and 21 aircraft to external customers, respectively. Revenues from external customers decreased $1.3 million and $3.1 million during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. The decrease is due to fewer instances

of short term engine leases and the return of a Boeing 767 aircraft to CAM from a regional carrier before the end of the original lease term.

CAM's pre-tax earnings, inclusive of an interest expense allocation, were $15.9 million and $50.0 million for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $17.3 million and $50.8 million for the corresponding periods of 2012. The flat earnings reflected additional internal lease revenues offset by higher depreciation expense for Boeing 767 and Boeing 757 aircraft, increased expenses to place and support the larger fleet of Boeing 767 and 757 aircraft and higher allocated interest expense compared to the corresponding periods of 2012.

During the fourth quarter of 2013, we expect CAM to deploy two more Boeing 767-300 freighters and one more 757 combi aircraft. The Boeing 757 combi aircraft will replace the last of ATI's DC-8 combi aircraft for the U.S. Military. While we do not have customer commitments for the two Boeing 767-300 aircraft, the reputation of the Boeing 767-300 aircraft for reliability and cost effectiveness in medium range markets remains strong. The lease of additional aircraft, however, could be affected by continued low growth economic conditions and excess industry capacity of airlift.

ACMI Services Segment

The ACMI Services segment provides airline operations to its customers, typically under contracts providing for a combination of aircraft, crews, maintenance and insurance ("ACMI"). Our customers are usually responsible for supplying the necessary aviation fuel and cargo handling services and reimbursing our airline for other operating expenses, including landing fees, ramp expenses and certain aircraft maintenance expenses. Aircraft charter agreements, including those for the U.S. Military, usually require the airline to provide full service, including fuel and other operating expenses for a fixed all-inclusive price. As of September 30, 2013, ACMI Services included 49 in-service aircraft, including 30 leased internally from CAM, six leased from external providers and 13 CAM-owned freighter aircraft which are under lease to DHL and operated by ABX under the CMI agreement.

ACMI Services incurred pre-tax losses of $7.1 million and $21.6 million during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to pre-tax losses of $1.7 million and $11.5 million for the corresponding periods of 2012. Larger pre-tax losses were primarily a result of lower revenues. Revenues from ACMI Services declined $13.1 and $29.8 million for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Airline services revenues from external customers, which do not include revenues for the reimbursement of fuel and certain operating expenses, declined $9.0 million and $23.2 million in the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Lower revenues were a result of fewer flights for the U.S. Military, less ad hoc charters and operating fewer international cargo lanes for our customers. Since mid 2012, some of our aircraft have been replaced by our customer's own airlift capacity on certain international cargo lanes. Block hours flown for the U.S. Military were down 9% and 5% during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012 primarily due to the phase-in of the Boeing 757 combi aircraft, which is replacing the DC-8 combi aircraft in operation by ATI. Revenues for the U.S. Military were negatively impacted by delays in FAA approvals for the Boeing 757 combi aircraft and pilot training and reduced availability of our DC-8 aircraft during the phase-in. Before the Boeing 757 combi aircraft could begin operations, the aircraft had to be certified by the FAA and our pilots trained to conduct B757 passenger operations. In addition, expenses for non-reimbursed airframe maintenance checks increased $2.8 million and $1.9 million for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. The increase reflects an additional Boeing 767-200 airframe check as compared to the previous year periods and a larger required work scope of the checks completed in 2013.

During the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, billable block hours declined 14% and 15% respectively compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Revenues declined relatively less than block hours declined because a larger portion of our 2013 revenues is derived by shorter express routes instead of longer international routes flown during 2012. The effective average revenue rates per block hour paid by non-military customers are higher for express routes in which aircraft utilization is lower, compared to lower rates per block hour for longer, international routes.

Operating expense for ACMI Services declined $3.6 million and $13.2 million during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to corresponding periods of 2012 due partially to combining the ATI and CCIA operations, which resulted in a 26% reduction in airline related headcount compared to the beginning

of 2012. Operating expenses for landings, ramp and travel declined due to the lower level of international block hours flown. These expense reductions related to personnel and the level of flights were partially offset by higher aircraft depreciation expense and aircraft rent expense which increased due to the addition of Boeing 767-300 aircraft.

Future operating results could be impacted by the further phase-in of the fourth and final Boeing 757 combi aircraft for the U.S. Military, replacing the DC-8 combi aircraft. Before the Boeing 757 combi aircraft can begin operations, the aircraft must be certified by the FAA. If the airworthiness certification process from the FAA takes longer than expected, and the Company's DC-8 combi aircraft are not available, the Company could incur additional costs to sub-service U.S. Military personnel transportation through a passenger airline. Further, while pilots are being trained for the Boeing 757 operations, we may not have a sufficient number of trained crews to fly ad hoc charters that may arise.

The ability of the ACMI Services segment to generate operating profits depends upon a number of key factors. These factors include the timing of replacement of the DC-8 combi aircraft with the Boeing 757 combi aircraft, retraining of crewmembers for the Boeing 767 and 757 operations, continued cost controls and headcount reductions and revenue growth within ACMI Services. Currently, the ACMI Services segment has four aircraft that are underutilized. Improved aircraft utilization and revenue growth for ACMI Services depends on the cost competitiveness of the airlines, aircraft reliability, market preferences for the type of aircraft that we operate, airlift capacity in the markets, regulatory approvals and general economic conditions. Continued stagnant economic conditions and market uncertainty may slow the pace of aircraft deployments into incremental revenue operations.

Other Activities

The Company sells aircraft parts and provides aircraft maintenance and modification services to other airlines. The Company also operates five U.S. Postal Service (“USPS”) sorting facilities and provides ground support equipment, related maintenance, leasing and facility maintenance services, including fuel services. Other activities also include the management of workers' compensation claims under an agreement with DHL and gains from the reduction in employee post-retirement obligations.

External customer revenues from all other activities were $14.1 million and $42.2 million for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $12.7 million and $39.1 million for the corresponding periods of 2012. Revenues from services provided to the USPS increased $1.2 million and $5.1 million during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012, due to increased volumes at the facilities that we operate for the USPS. Maintenance services revenues for external customers increased slightly during the third quarter of 2013 but declined $2.5 million during the first nine months of 2013 compared to 2012. The Company's aircraft maintenance and repair business, Airborne Maintenance and Engineering Services, Inc. ("AMES"), has performed more services for the Company's internal airlines during 2013 and has limited hangar facilities for external customers. Revenue recognition for larger aircraft maintenance projects typically occurs at the completion of the project.

The pre-tax earnings from other activities were $4.4 million and $9.2 million for the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to $3.4 million and $8.6 million for the corresponding periods of 2012. Pre-tax earnings from other activities for 2013 increased compared to 2012 primarily due to additional volumes processed for the USPS during the year and additional aircraft maintenance revenues for external customers during the third quarter of 2013 compared to 2012.

In 2013, the Company, as construction agent for the Clinton County Port Authority ("CCPA") in Wilmington, Ohio, began construction of a 100,000 square foot aircraft hangar facility adjacent to the existing aircraft maintenance facility currently utilized by AMES. While the current facility houses aircraft as large as the Boeing 767, the new facility will provide AMES with the capability of servicing aircraft as large as a Boeing 747-400 and the Boeing 777. The hangar is anticipated to cost approximately $15.7 million and is expected to take approximately 14 to 16 months to complete. The Company will lease the facility from the CCPA and begin to make related rent payments beginning in 2014. We could incur incremental costs associated with the new hangar, including the costs of aircraft maintenance personnel before the hangar is completed. Further, we will need to grow aircraft maintenance revenues utilizing the expanded hangar capabilities by expanding business with current customers and contracting with new customers. Our future operating results could be adversely impacted if anticipated revenues do not coincide with our costs of operating the new facility.

Discontinued Operations

Pre-tax losses related to the former sorting operations were less than $0.1 million for the first nine months of 2013 compared to $0.9 million for the corresponding period of 2012. The results of discontinued operations primarily contain pension expense for former employees that supported sort operations under a hub services agreement with DHL and expenses for certain legal matters associated with those former sorting operations.

Fleet Summary 2013

The Company’s aircraft fleet is summarized below as of September 30, 2013 ($'s in thousands):



	ACMI Services	CAM	Total
In-service aircraft
Aircraft owned
Boeing 767-200	16	20	36
Boeing 767-300	5	—	5
Boeing 757	4	—	4
Boeing 757 Combi	3	—	3
DC-8 combi	2	—	2
Total	30	20	50
Carrying value			$	694,899
Operating lease
Boeing 767-200	4	—	4
Boeing 767-300	2	—	2
Total	6	—	6
Carrying value			$	975
Aircraft for freighter and combi modification
Boeing 767-300	—	2	2
Boeing 757 Combi	—	1	1
Total	—	3	3
Carrying value			$	87,231

As of September 30, 2013, ACMI Services leased 30 of its in-service aircraft internally from CAM. As of September 30, 2013, 13 of CAM's 20 Boeing 767-200 aircraft shown above were leased to DHL and operated by ABX. CAM leased the other seven Boeing 767-200 aircraft to external airlines.

Aircraft fleet activity during 2013 is summarized below:

- ATI removed two DC-8 combi aircraft from the in-service fleet.

- CAM completed the modification of one Boeing 757 freighter aircraft and leased it internally to ATI which deployed the aircraft for DHL.

- CAM purchased two Boeing 757 combi aircraft that had not been certificated for airworthiness. CAM completed the airworthiness of three Boeing 757 combi aircraft and leased them internally to ATI which deployed the aircraft for the US Military.

During the remainder of 2013, we expect CAM to deploy one more 757 combi aircraft and two more Boeing 767-300 freighters.

As of September 30, 2013, the Company had Boeing 727 and DC-8 airframes and engines with a carrying value of $2.5 million that were available for sale. This carrying value is based on fair market values less the estimated costs to sell the airframes, engines and parts.

Expenses from Continuing Operations

Salaries, wages and benefits expense decreased $2.7 million and $9.1 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Lower expenses are primarily a result of the lower number of employees after merging and restructuring ATI and CCIA. Headcount declined 10% between the beginning of 2012 and September 30, 2013. Pension expense for continuing operations decreased $1.1 million and $3.3 million during the three and nine month periods ending September 30, 2013 when compared to the corresponding periods of 2012 due to strong investment returns on pension plan assets.

Fuel expense decreased by $0.7 million and $1.8 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Fuel expense primarily reflects the costs of fuel to operate U.S. Military charters, position aircraft for service and for maintenance purposes. The decrease reflects the decline in the number of flights flown for the U.S. Military and ad hoc charter customers during 2013 compared to 2012.

Maintenance, materials and repairs expense decreased by $2.1 million and $3.4 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. The decline in maintenance expense reflects lower airframe maintenance expenses offset by higher engine maintenance expenses compared to the previous year. Aircraft maintenance expenses can vary among periods due to the number of scheduled airframe maintenance checks and the scope of the checks that are performed. Aircraft maintenance expenses for airframe checks were lower during the first nine months of 2013 compared to the corresponding 2012 period due to twelve fewer Boeing 767-200 airframe checks performed. However, engine maintenance expenses increased due to the higher costs for engine parts and engine maintenance services.

Depreciation and amortization expense increased $2.3 million and $3.2 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. The increase in depreciation expense reflects the removal of the Boeing 727 aircraft and the DC-8 freighter aircraft from service, offset by incremental depreciation expense for one Boeing 767-300 aircraft, one Boeing 757 freighter aircraft and three Boeing 757 combi aircraft added to the in-service fleet since September 30, 2012.

Travel expense decreased by $1.2 million and $3.3 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. The decrease reflects the lower level of employee headcount and less international travel to support international flight operations during 2013 compared to 2012.

Rent expense increased by $0.2 million and $1.8 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Rent expense increased primarily due to the lease of an additional Boeing 767-300 aircraft beginning in May 2012.

Landing and ramp expense, which includes the cost of deicing chemicals, decreased by $1.7 million and $3.6 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. The decrease was due to the reduction in block hours and flights operated in 2013 compared to 2012.

Insurance expense decreased by $0.4 million and $1.3 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012, primarily due to the reduction in Boeing 727 and DC-8 aircraft.

Other operating expenses include professional fees, navigational services, employee training, utilities and the cost of parts sold to customers. Other operating expenses decreased by $1.1 million and $2.0 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. The costs of flight crew training through outside providers was higher in 2012 compared to 2013.

Interest expense increased by $0.1 million and decreased by $0.4 million during the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, respectively, compared to the corresponding periods of 2012. Interest expense increased during the third quarter of 2013 due to a higher level of debt which is being used to expand the Company's aircraft fleet. Interest expense was lower for the first nine months in 2013 compared to 2012 due to lower interest rates related to the Senior Credit Agreement and the expiration of certain interest rate swaps. Interest rates on the Company’s variable interest, unsubordinated term loan decreased to 2.56% during the third quarter of 2013 compared to 2.62% at September 30, 2012.

During the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2013, the Company recorded a pre-tax net loss on derivatives of $0.3 million and a pre-tax net gain on derivatives of $0.4 million, respectively, compared to net gains of $0.3 million and $1.0 million during the corresponding periods of 2012, reflecting the impact of fluctuating market interest rates.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had operating loss carryforwards for U.S. federal income tax purposes of approximately $93.4 million, which will begin to expire in 2024 if not utilized before that time. We expect to utilize the loss carryforwards to offset federal income tax liabilities in the future. As a result, we do not expect to pay federal income taxes through 2015 or later. The Company may, however, be required to pay alternative minimum taxes and certain state and local income taxes before then. The Company's taxable income earned from international flights are primarily sourced to the United States under international aviation agreements and treaties. If we begin to operate in countries without such agreements, the Company could incur additional foreign income taxes.

FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Cash Flows

Net cash generated from operating activities totaled $61.5 million and $87.0 million for the first nine months of 2013 and 2012, respectively. Cash flows generated from operating activities decreased in the first nine months of 2013 compared to 2012 primarily due to lower payments received from DHL, increased pension contributions and lower operating profitably partially offset by lower payments to vendors. During the first nine months of 2012, the Company made payments to vendors associated with the wind-down of the BAX/Schenker operations at the end of 2011.

Capital spending levels were primarily the result of aircraft modification costs and the acquisition of aircraft for freighter modification. Cash payments for capital expenditures were $96.8 million for the first nine months of 2013 compared to $108.3 million for the first nine months of 2012. Capital expenditures in 2013 included $73.6 million for the acquisition of two Boeing 757 combi aircraft and the costs of Boeing 757 and Boeing 767 aircraft modifications, $12.1 million for required heavy maintenance, $5.1 million for construction of the new aircraft hangar and $6.0 million for other equipment costs. Our capital expenditures for the first nine months of 2012 included $93.9 million for the acquisition and modification of aircraft, $8.1 million for required heavy maintenance and $6.3 million for other equipment costs.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $35.3 million for the first nine months of 2013 compared to $15.6 million for the corresponding period in 2012. During the first nine months of 2013, we drew $80.0 million from the revolving credit facility under the Senior Credit Agreement to fund capital spending and we made debt principal payments of $47.9 million. Additionally, $4.7 million of the principal balance of the DHL promissory note was extinguished during the first nine months of 2013, pursuant to the CMI agreement with DHL.

Commitments

In 2012, the Company entered into agreements with the CCPA to construct and lease an aircraft hangar in Wilmington, Ohio, adjacent to the existing aircraft maintenance facility currently leased by the Company. The Company acts as a construction agent for the CCPA and began construction of the 100,000 square foot aircraft hangar in 2013. The hangar is projected to cost approximately $15.7 million and is expected to take approximately 14 to 16 months to complete. The CCPA is financing the construction of the hangar primarily through a State of Ohio bond program and a State of Ohio loan on incremental taxes. The costs incurred to build the hangar will be included in "Property and equipment" and the amounts that are reimbursed through the State of Ohio and the CCPA will be included in "Other liabilities" on the Company's balance sheet. We will begin to make lease payments for the hangar directly to the trustee for the State of Ohio beginning in 2014. The initial term of the hangar lease expires in 2036.

We estimate that aircraft related capital expenditures for 2013 will be $95 million, including the acquisition of two Boeing 757 aircraft acquired in January 2013, related modification costs for Boeing 767-300 and Boeing 757 aircraft and other aircraft related expenditures. Additionally, for 2013 we expect to spend $15 million for the new hangar construction and other projects. Actual capital spending for any future period will be impacted by the progress in the aircraft modification process and hangar construction.

Liquidity

The Company has a Senior Credit Agreement with a consortium of banks that includes an unsubordinated term loan of $135.0 million and a revolving credit facility from which the Company has drawn $190.5 million, net of repayments as of September 30, 2013. On July 20, 2012, the Company executed the first amendment to the Senior Credit Agreement ("Credit Amendment"). The Credit Amendment increased the amount available under the revolving credit facility by $50 million to $225 million, extended the maturity of the term loan and revolving credit facility to July 20, 2017, and provided for an accordion feature whereby the Company could draw up to an additional $50 million, subject to the lenders' consent. In October 2013, the lenders agreed to make the accordion funds of $50.0 million available to the Company, increasing the capacity of the revolving credit facility to $275 million. While we do not anticipate a need to draw the additional funds in the near future, the added capacity provides management additional flexibility during the remaining term of the Credit Agreement which ends July 20, 2017. Under the Senior Credit Agreement, interest rates are adjusted no more than quarterly based on the prevailing LIBOR or prime rates and a ratio of the Company's outstanding debt level to earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization expenses ("EBITDA"). At the Company's current debt-to-EBITDA ratio, the unsubordinated term loan and the revolving credit facility both bear a variable interest rate of 2.56%. The Credit Amendment did not affect the EBITDA based pricing or covenants of the Senior Credit Agreement.

At September 30, 2013, the Company had $16.9 million of cash balances. At this time, the Company has $74.1 million available under the revolving credit facility, net of outstanding letters of credit, which totaled $10.4 million. During 2013, the Company drew an additional $80.0 million through the revolving credit facility to finance aircraft acquisitions and related modification costs. As specified under the terms of ABX's CMI agreement with DHL, the $9.3 million balance at September 30, 2013 of the unsecured note payable to DHL will be extinguished ratably without payment through March 31, 2015. We believe that the Company's current cash balances and forecasted cash flows provided from its operating agreements, combined with its Senior Credit Agreement, will be sufficient to fund operations, scheduled debt payments, required pension funding and planned capital expenditures for at least the next 12 months.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

As part of our ongoing business, we do not participate in transactions that generate relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships, such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities (“SPEs”), which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As of September 30, 2013, we were not involved in any material unconsolidated SPE transactions.

Certain of our operating leases and agreements contain indemnification obligations to the lessor or one or more other parties that are considered usual and customary (e.g. use, tax and environmental indemnifications), the terms of which range in duration and are often limited. Such indemnification obligations may continue after the expiration of the respective lease or agreement. No amounts have been recognized in our financial statements for the underlying fair value of guarantees and indemnifications.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” as well as certain disclosures included elsewhere in this report, are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to select appropriate accounting policies and make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosures of contingencies. In certain cases, there are alternative policies or estimation techniques which could be selected. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our selection of policies and the estimation techniques we use, including those related to revenue recognition, post-retirement liabilities, bad debts, self-insurance reserves, valuation of spare parts inventory, useful lives, salvage values and impairment of property and equipment, income taxes, contingencies and litigation. We base our estimates on historical experience, current conditions and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Those factors form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources, as well as for identifying and assessing our accounting treatment with respect to commitments and contingencies. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe the following significant and critical accounting policies involve the more significant judgments and estimates used in preparing the consolidated financial statements.

Revenue Recognition

Revenues generated from airline service agreements are typically recognized based on hours flown or the amount of aircraft and crew resources provided during a reporting period. Certain agreements include provisions for incentive payments based upon on-time reliability. These incentives are typically measured on a monthly basis and recorded to revenue in the corresponding month earned. Revenues for operating expenses that are reimbursed through customer agreements, including consumption of aircraft fuel, are generally recognized as the costs are incurred. Revenues from charter service agreements are recognized on scheduled and non-scheduled flights when the specific flight has been completed. Revenues from the sale of aircraft parts are recognized when the parts are delivered. Revenues earned and expenses incurred in providing aircraft-related maintenance, repair or technical services are recognized in the period in which the services are completed and delivered to the customer. Revenues derived from transporting freight and sorting parcels are recognized upon delivery of shipments and completion of services. Aircraft lease revenues are recognized as operating lease revenue on a straight-line basis over the term of the applicable lease agreements.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

In accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification (“FASB ASC”) Topic 350-20 Intangibles—Goodwill and Other, we assess in the fourth quarter of each year whether the Company’s goodwill acquired in acquisitions is impaired. Additional assessments may be performed on an interim basis whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate an impairment may have occurred. Indefinite-lived intangible assets are not amortized but are assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently if impairment indicators occur. Finite-lived intangible assets are amortized over their estimated useful economic lives and are periodically reviewed for impairment.

Long-lived assets

Aircraft and other long-lived assets are tested for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying value of the assets may not be recoverable. Factors which may cause an impairment include termination of aircraft from a customer's network, extended operating cash flow losses from the assets and management's decisions regarding the future use of assets. To conduct impairment testing, the Company groups assets and liabilities at the lowest level for which identifiable cash are largely independent of cash flows of other assets and liabilities. For assets that are to be held and used, impairment is recognized when the estimated undiscounted cash flows associated with an asset group is less than the carrying value. If impairment exists, an adjustment is made to write the assets down to fair value, and a loss is recorded as the difference between the carrying value and fair value. Fair values are determined considering quoted market values, discounted cash flows or internal and external appraisals, as applicable.

Depreciation

Depreciation of property and equipment is provided on a straight-line basis over the lesser of an asset’s useful life or lease term. We periodically evaluate the estimated service lives and residual values used to depreciate our property

and equipment. The acceleration of depreciation expense or the recording of significant impairment losses could result from changes in the estimated useful lives of our assets. We may change the estimated useful lives due to a number of reasons, such as the existence of excess capacity in our air networks, or changes in regulations grounding or limiting the use of aircraft.

Self-Insurance

We self-insure certain claims related to workers’ compensation, aircraft, automobile, general liability and employee healthcare. We record a liability for reported claims and an estimate for incurred claims that have not yet been reported. Accruals for these claims are estimated utilizing historical paid claims data and recent claims trends. Changes in claim severity and frequency could result in actual claims being materially different than the costs provided for in our results of operations. We maintain excess claim coverage with common insurance carriers to mitigate our exposure to large claim losses.

Contingencies

We are involved in legal matters that have a degree of uncertainty associated with them. We continually assess the likely outcomes of these matters and the adequacy of amounts, if any, provided for these matters. There can be no assurance that the ultimate outcome of these matters will not differ materially from our assessment of them. There also can be no assurance that we know all matters that may be brought against us at any point in time.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes under the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 740-10 Income Taxes. The objectives of accounting for income taxes are to recognize the amount of taxes payable or refundable for the current year and deferred tax liabilities and assets for the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Judgment is required in assessing the future tax consequences of events that have been recognized in the Company’s financial statements or tax returns. Fluctuations in the actual outcome of expected future tax consequences could materially impact the Company’s financial position or its results of operations.

The Company has significant deferred tax assets including net operating loss carryforwards (“NOL CFs”) for federal income tax purposes which begin to expire in 2024. Based upon projections of taxable income, we determined that it was more likely than not that the NOL CF’s will be realized prior to their expiration. Accordingly, we do not have an allowance against these deferred tax assets at this time.

We recognize the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position.

Post-retirement Obligations

The Company sponsors qualified defined benefit pension plans for ABX’s flight crewmembers and other eligible employees. The Company also sponsors non-qualified, unfunded excess plans that provide benefits to executive management and crewmembers that are in addition to amounts permitted to be paid through our qualified plans under provisions of the tax laws. Employees are no longer accruing benefits under any of the defined benefit pension plans. The Company also sponsors unfunded post-retirement healthcare plans for ABX’s flight crewmembers and non-flight crewmember employees.

The accounting and valuation for these post-retirement obligations are determined by prescribed accounting and actuarial methods that consider a number of assumptions and estimates. The selection of appropriate assumptions and estimates is significant due to the long time period over which benefits will be accrued and paid. The long term nature of these benefit payouts increases the sensitivity of certain estimates on our post-retirement costs. In actuarially valuing our pension obligations and determining related expense amounts, assumptions we consider most sensitive are discount rates and expected long term investment returns on plan assets. Other assumptions concerning retirement ages and mortality also affect the valuations. Actual results and future changes in these assumptions could result in future costs that are materially different than those recorded in our annual results of operations.

Discontinued Operations

In accordance with the guidance of FASB ASC Topic 205-20 Presentation of Financial Statements, a business component whose operations are discontinued is reported as discontinued operations if the cash flows of the component have been eliminated from the ongoing operations of the Company and the Company will no longer have any significant

continuing involvement in the business component. The results of discontinued operations are aggregated and presented separately in the consolidated statement of operations. FASB ASC Topic 205-20 requires the reclassification of amounts presented for prior years to reflect their classification as discontinued operations.

Exit Activities

We account for the costs associated with exit activities in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 420-10 Exit or Disposal Cost Obligations. One-time, involuntary employee termination benefits are generally expensed when the Company communicates the benefit arrangement to the employee that it will no longer require the services of the employee beyond a minimum retention period. Liabilities for contract termination costs associated with exit activities are recognized in the period incurred and measured initially at fair value.

New Accounting Pronouncements

In July 2013, the FASB issued Accounting Standard Update No. 2013-11, "Presentation of an Unrecognized Tax Benefit When a Net Operating Loss Carryforward, a Similar Tax Loss, or a Tax Credit Carryforward Exists" (ASU 2013-11"). ASU 2013-11 clarifies guidance and eliminates diversity in practice on the presentation of unrecognized tax benefits when a net operating loss carryforward, a similar tax loss, or a tax credit carryforward exists at the reporting date. This new guidance is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after December 15, 2013, and subsequent interim periods. The Company is currently assessing the impact, if any, that this pronouncement will have on the condensed consolidated financial statements.

In September 2013, the United States Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) issued final and proposed regulations (the “Tangible Property Regulations”) effective for tax years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, that provided guidance on a number of matters with regard to tangible property, including whether expenditures qualified as deductible repairs, the treatment of materials and supplies, capitalization of tangible property, dispositions of property, and related elections. The Company is assessing the financial impact as a result of these regulations and as a result of such assessment, no material impact is expected. Future transitional guidance in the form of revenue procedures issued by the IRS, and the finalization of the proposed regulations, could impact our current estimates.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The Company is exposed to market risk for changes in interest rates and changes in the price of jet fuel. The risk associated with jet fuel, however, is largely mitigated by reimbursement through the agreements with our customers.

No significant changes have occurred to the market risks the Company faces since information about those risks were disclosed in item 7A of the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2013.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

As of September 30, 2013, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")). Based upon the evaluation, the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in the reports filed or submitted by it under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms and is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Changes in Internal Controls

There were no changes in internal control over financial reporting during the most recently completed fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company's internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Civil Action Alleging Violations of Immigration Laws

Brussels Noise Ordinance

Other

In addition to the foregoing matters, we are also currently a party to legal proceedings, including FAA enforcement actions, in various federal and state jurisdictions arising out of the operation of our business. The amount of alleged liability, if any, from these proceedings cannot be determined with certainty; however, we believe that our ultimate liability, if any, arising from the pending legal proceedings, as well as from asserted legal claims and known potential legal claims which are probable of assertion, taking into account established accruals for estimated liabilities, should not be material to our financial condition or results of operations.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

The Company faces risks that could adversely affect its financial condition or results of operations. Many of these risks are disclosed in Item 1A of the Company's 2012 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 4, 2013. Other risks that are currently unknown to management or are currently considered immaterial or unlikely, could also adversely affect the Company.

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ITEM 5. OTHER

On October 31, 2013, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of the Company, upon the recommendation of the Compensation Committee (the “Committee”) of the Board, approved and adopted the Air Transport Services Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”), to be effective on such date. The Plan, which is unfunded, was adopted for the purpose of providing deferred compensation to a select group of management and highly compensated employees (except for any person so employed under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement), including certain of the named executive officers, in an amount equal to the retirement contributions that cannot be made to the qualified plan in which the eligible employee participates due to the compensation limit under Internal Revenue Code §401(a)(17).

The Committee designated those officers and employees eligible to participate in the Plan for fiscal year 2013, which included the following named executive officers: Quint O. Turner, the Chief Financial Officer, Richard F. Corrado, the Chief Commercial Officer, and W. Joseph Payne, the Senior Vice President, Corporate General Counsel and Secretary. The annual contributions to be made on behalf of the named executive officers participating under the Plan are dependent upon a number of factors, including the salary and bonus paid to the executive officer during the year, the terms of the qualified plan in which he participates, and the annual compensation limit under Internal Revenue Code §401(a)(17). While the annual contributions to be made on behalf of the participating named executive officers cannot be calculated at this time, it is anticipated that the sum of the annual contributions for all of the participants, including the participating named executive officers, for fiscal year 2013 will not exceed $50,000.

The foregoing summary of the Plan does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Plan, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and incorporated by reference into this Item 5.

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ITEM 6. EXHIBITS

The following exhibits are filed with or incorporated by reference into this report.



3.1	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Transport Services Group, Inc. reflecting corrections and amendments through May 17, 2013. [This document represents the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Transport Services Group, Inc. in compiled form, incorporating all corrections and amendments. This compiled document has not been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.] (2)

3.2	Amended and Restated Bylaws of Air Transport Services Group, Inc., reflecting amendments through May 10, 2013. (2)

3.3	Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Transport Services Group, Inc. reflecting corrections and amendments through August 16, 2013, filed herewith. [This document represents the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Air Transport Services Group, Inc. in compiled form, incorporating all corrections and amendments. This compiled document has been filed with the Delaware Secretary of State.]

10.1	Air Transport Services Group, Inc. Executive Incentive Compensation Plan, last modified March 18, 2013. (1)

10.2	Air Transport Services Group, Inc. Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plan, dated October 31, 2013, filed herewith.

10.3	Second Amendment to the Credit Agreement, dated October 22, 2013, among Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc., as Borrower, Air Transport Services Group, Inc., the Lenders from time to time party thereto, SunTrust Bank, as Administrative Agent, Regions Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, N.A., as Documentation Agent, filed herewith.

31.1	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.

31.2	Certification Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.

32.1	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.

32.2	Certification Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, filed herewith.



101.INS	XBRL Instance Document

101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase Document

101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document


(1)	Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 18, 2013.


(2)	Incorporated by reference to the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 8, 2013.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



		AIR TRANSPORT SERVICES GROUP, INC.,
		a Delaware Corporation
		Registrant

		/S/ JOSEPH C. HETE
		Joseph C. Hete
		Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)
Date:	November 6, 2013

		/S/ QUINT O. TURNER
		Quint O. Turner
		Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer
Date:	November 6, 2013	and Principal Accounting Officer)