UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-Q
(Mark
One)
x
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QUARTERLY
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
quarterly period ended September 30,
2010
OR
¨
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TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF
1934
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For the
transition period from
__________ to __________
Commission
File Number 0-2000
Entrx
Corporation
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
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95-2368719
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(State
or other jurisdiction of
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(I.R.S.
Employer
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incorporation
or organization)
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Identification
No.)
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800
Nicollet Mall, Suite 2690, Minneapolis, MN
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55402
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(Address
of Principal Executive Office)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code (612) 333-0614
Indicate by checkmark whether the
registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months (or for such
shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2)
has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90
days. Yes x No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the
registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if
any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to
Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12
months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit
and post such files). Yes ¨ No ¨
Indicate by checkmark whether the
registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated
filer, or a smaller reporting company.
Large
accelerated filer ¨
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Accelerated
filer
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Non-accelerated
filer ¨
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Smaller
reporting Company x
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Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ¨ No x
As of November 9, 2010, the registrant
had 7,491,211 shares outstanding of its Common Stock, $.10 par
value.
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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Page
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Financial
Statements.
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets at September 30, 2010 (unaudited) and December 31, 2009
(audited)
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1
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009
(unaudited)
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2
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and
2009 (unaudited)
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3
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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4
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Item
2.
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Management's
Discussion of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
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9
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Item 4T.
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Controls
and Procedures
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15
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1.
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Legal
Proceedings
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15
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Item
5.
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Exhibits
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18
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SIGNATURES
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19
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References
to “we”, “us”, “our”, “the registrant” and “the Company” in this quarterly
report on Form 10-Q shall mean or refer to Entrx Corporation and its
consolidated subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, unless the context in
which those words are used would indicate a different meaning.
PART
I
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item 1. Financial
Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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September
30,
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December
31,
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(unaudited)
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(audited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$ |
1,469,314 |
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$ |
2,070,710 |
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Restricted
cash
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317,000 |
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- |
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Available-for-sale
securities
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7,000 |
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7,000 |
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Accounts
receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $80,000 as of
September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2009
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4,532,057 |
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3,888,261 |
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Costs
and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts
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895,500 |
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1,174,085 |
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Inventories
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71,050 |
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34,620 |
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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157,513 |
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327,802 |
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Insurance
claims receivable
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6,500,000 |
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8,000,000 |
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Other
receivables
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14,818 |
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83,620 |
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Total
current assets
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13,964,252 |
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15,586,098 |
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Property,
plant and equipment, net
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201,909 |
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195,069 |
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Insurance
claims receivable
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39,500,000 |
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44,000,000 |
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Other
assets
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227,703 |
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62,431 |
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$ |
53,893,864 |
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$ |
59,843,598 |
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LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Current
portion of long-term debt
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$ |
67,582 |
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$ |
106,152 |
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Accounts
payable
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704,393 |
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496,004 |
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Accrued
expenses
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1,106,821 |
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1,221,047 |
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Reserve
for asbestos liability claims
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6,500,000 |
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8,000,000 |
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Billings
in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted
contracts
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81,827 |
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111,312 |
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Total
current liabilities
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8,460,623 |
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9,934,515 |
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Long-term
debt, less current portion
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22,529 |
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31,620 |
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Reserve
for asbestos liability claims
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39,500,000 |
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44,000,000 |
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Total
liabilities
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47,983,152 |
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53,966,135 |
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Commitments
and contingencies
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Shareholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, par value $1; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none
issued
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- |
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- |
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Common
stock, par value $0.10; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 7,491,211 and
7,416,211 issued and outstanding at September 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009, respectively
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794,601 |
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787,101 |
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Additional
paid-in capital
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69,045,026 |
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69,023,276 |
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Accumulated
deficit
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(63,928,915 |
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(63,932,914 |
) |
Total
shareholders’ equity
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5,910,712 |
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5,877,463 |
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$ |
53,893,864 |
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$ |
59,843,598 |
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See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (Loss)
(Unaudited)
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Three
Months Ended
September
30,
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Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
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Contract
revenues
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$ |
4,033,268 |
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$ |
3,830,412 |
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$ |
13,279,918 |
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$ |
14,320,248 |
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Contract
costs and expenses
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3,455,469 |
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3,107,740 |
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11,134,738 |
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11,955,251 |
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Gross
margin
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577,799 |
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722,672 |
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2,145,180 |
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2,364,997 |
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Operating
expenses:
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Selling,
general and administrative
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674,867 |
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735,927 |
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2,164,556 |
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2,437,470 |
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Gain
on disposal of property, plant and equipment
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- |
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(2,800 |
) |
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(18,398 |
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(2,800 |
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Total
operating expenses
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674,867 |
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733,127 |
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2,146,158 |
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2,434,670 |
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Operating
loss
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(97,068 |
) |
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(10,455 |
) |
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(978 |
) |
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(69,673 |
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Interest
income
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3,106 |
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5,013 |
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7,785 |
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14,546 |
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Interest
expense
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(1,340 |
) |
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(1,756 |
) |
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(3,379 |
) |
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(5,946 |
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Gain
on sale of marketable securities
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- |
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121,799 |
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- |
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121,799 |
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Impairment
charge on available-for-sale securities
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- |
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- |
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- |
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(94,283 |
) |
Other
income
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- |
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- |
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571 |
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- |
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Net
income (loss)
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(95,302 |
) |
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114,601 |
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3,999 |
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(33,557 |
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Other
comprehensive income (loss)
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Unrealized
gains on available-for-sale securities
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- |
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84,061 |
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- |
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14,875 |
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Reclassification
adjustment for unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities
recognized in net income
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- |
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(100,795 |
) |
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- |
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(6,512 |
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Comprehensive
income (loss)
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$ |
(95,302 |
) |
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$ |
97,867 |
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$ |
3,999 |
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$ |
(25,194 |
) |
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Weighted
average number of common shares — basic and diluted
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7,491,211 |
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7,416,211 |
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7,455,497 |
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7,570,202 |
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Net
income (loss) per share of common stock — basic and
diluted
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$ |
(0.01 |
) |
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$ |
0.02 |
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$ |
0.00 |
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$ |
(0.00 |
) |
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Nine
Months Ended September 30,
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(unaudited)
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income (loss)
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$ |
3,999 |
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$ |
(33,557 |
) |
Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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122,999 |
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161,667 |
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Gain
on disposal of property, plant and equipment
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(18,398 |
) |
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(2,800 |
) |
Gain
on sales of available-for-sale securities
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|
- |
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(121,799 |
) |
Impairment
charge on investments
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|
- |
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94,283 |
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Common
stock issued for services
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29,250 |
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|
17,500 |
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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(643,796 |
) |
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|
3,013,816 |
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Costs
and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts
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|
278,585 |
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(15,282 |
) |
Inventories
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(36,430 |
) |
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(53,958 |
) |
Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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|
170,289 |
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(103,441 |
) |
Other
receivables
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|
68,802 |
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|
22,237 |
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Other
assets
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(165,272 |
) |
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(15,811 |
) |
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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|
94,163 |
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(1,318,173 |
) |
Billings
in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted
contracts
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(29,485 |
) |
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|
(29,227 |
) |
Net
cash (used in) provided by operating activities
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(125,294 |
) |
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|
1,615,455 |
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Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
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Restricted
cash
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|
(317,000 |
) |
|
|
- |
|
Proceeds
from sale of property and equipment
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|
24,157 |
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|
2,800 |
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Sales
of available-for-sale securities
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|
- |
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|
316,782 |
|
Capital
expenditures
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|
(95,543 |
) |
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|
(40,202 |
) |
Net
cash (used in) provided by investing activities
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|
(388,386 |
) |
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|
279,380 |
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Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Payments
on long-term debt
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|
(87,716 |
) |
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|
(120,931 |
) |
Repurchases
of common stock
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|
- |
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|
(108,478 |
) |
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
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|
(87,716 |
) |
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|
(229,409 |
) |
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(Decrease)
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
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|
(601,396 |
) |
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|
1,665,426 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
2,070,710 |
|
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|
2,078,666 |
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$ |
1,469,314 |
|
|
$ |
3,744,092 |
|
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|
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|
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Non-cash
investing and financing activities:
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
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Acquisition
of property, plant and equipment in exchange for notes
payable
|
|
$ |
40,980 |
|
|
$ |
- |
|
See Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For
the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and 2009
(Unaudited)
1. The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Entrx Corporation
and its subsidiaries (the "Company") have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for
interim financial information and the instructions to Form
10-Q. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and
footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United
States of America. In the opinion of management all adjustments,
consisting of normal recurring items, necessary for a fair presentation have
been included. Operating results for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2010 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be
expected for the year ending December 31, 2010. These consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2009.
2. The
income per share amounts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010
and 2009, were computed by dividing the net income by the weighted average
shares outstanding during the applicable period. Dilutive common
equivalent shares have not been included in the computation of diluted income
per share because their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.
For the
nine months ended September 30, 2010 all stock options and warrants were
anti-dilutive because their respective exercise prices were greater than the
average market price of the common stock. All stock options and
warrants were anti-dilutive for the three months ended September 30, 2010 and
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 due to the Company’s net
loss during these periods.
3. On
May 4, 2009, the Company’s shareholders approved two proposals to amend Entrx’s
Restated and Amended Certificate of Incorporation. The first
amendment effected a reverse 1-for-500 share stock split of Entrx’s common
stock. The second amendment effected a subsequent forward 500-for-1
share stock split of Entrx’s common stock. The proposals had the
effect of reducing the then number of the Company’s shareholders from an
estimated 2,350 to between 800 and 900, and the then number of shareholders of
record from approximately 520 to approximately 53, by cashing out fractional
shares after the reverse stock split. The shareholdings of a person
owning 500 shares or more of Entrx in any one account were unaffected, while the
shares held by persons owning less than 500 shares of Entrx in any one account
were bought out at the price of $0.35 per share. The amendments were
effective with regards to shareholders of record at the close of business on May
15, 2009. There were 309,936 shares of common stock cashed-out
related to the reverse and forward splits and therefore the amount of cash paid
to the cashed-out shareholders was approximately $108,000.
4. In
April 2010, the Company obtained from a bank an irrevocable standby letter of
credit in the amount of $317,000 for the benefit of an indemnity company in
connection with a performance bond issued related to a contract for a customer
of the Company. The letter of credit expires on April 30, 2011, but
automatically renews for additional one year periods unless 60 days prior to the
expiration date the bank notifies the indemnity company that the bank elects to
not consider the letter of credit renewed for any such additional
period. In obtaining the letter of credit, the Company purchased a
$317,000 one-year certificate of deposit and pledged it as collateral to the
issuer of the letter of credit.
5. Investments
held by the Company are classified as available-for-sale
securities. Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value
with all unrealized gains or losses included in other comprehensive income
(loss). The fair value of the securities was determined by quoted
market prices of the underlying security (Level 1 inputs under the three-level
fair-value hierarchy established under Fair Value Measurements and
Disclosures, ASC
820-10-35-40.) For purposes of determining gross realized
gains (losses), the cost of available-for-sale securities is based on specific
identification.
On an ongoing basis, the
Company evaluates its investments in available-for-sale securities to determine
if a decline in fair value is other-than-temporary such that the change should
be reflected in the Company’s financial statements. When a decline in
fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an impairment charge is
recorded and a new cost basis in the investment is established.
Considering the severity and duration of the declines in fair value and
the financial condition and near-term prospects of our investments, we
recognized an other than temporary impairment charge of $94,283 on our
investment in Catalytic Solutions, Inc. during the nine month period ended
September 30, 2009. During the three month period ended September 30,
2009, the Company sold substantially all of its remaining investments, resulting
in a realized gain of $121,799
6. Inventories,
which consist principally of insulation products and related materials, are
stated at the lower of cost (determined on the first-in, first-out method) or
market.
7. Accrued
expenses consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wages,
bonuses and payroll taxes
|
|
$ |
272,418 |
|
|
$ |
233,293 |
|
Union
dues
|
|
|
224,393 |
|
|
|
262,124 |
|
Accounting
and legal fees
|
|
|
42,200 |
|
|
|
110,351 |
|
Insurance
|
|
|
23,666 |
|
|
|
61,470 |
|
Insurance
settlement reserve
|
|
|
375,000 |
|
|
|
375,000 |
|
Taxes
|
|
|
18,719 |
|
|
|
25,884 |
|
Other
|
|
|
150,425 |
|
|
|
152,925 |
|
|
|
$ |
1,106,821 |
|
|
$ |
1,221,047 |
|
8. As
more fully described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2009, the Company has granted stock options over the years to
employees and directors under various stockholder approved stock option
plans. At September 30, 2010, options to purchase 1,060,000 shares of
the Company’s common stock were outstanding. No stock options have
been granted since January 2005. Stock options expiring during the
first nine months of 2010 and 2009 were 80,000 and 283,400,
respectively.
During
the nine months ended September 30, 2010, the Company authorized the issuance of
an aggregate of 75,000 shares of its common stock to the five members of the
Company’s Board of Directors contingent upon the receipt from those directors of
certain documentation. The shares issued to the members of the Board
of Directors had an aggregate market value of $29,250 based upon the market
price at the time of such authorization. The shares were issued by
the transfer agent on July 20, 2010 after receipt of the required
documentation.
9. Sales
to significant customers were as follows:
|
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2010
|
|
|
Three Months Ended
September 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
McCarthy
Building Companies, Inc.
|
|
$ |
650,000 |
|
|
|
16.1 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Mercer
Demo & Surplus, Inc.
|
|
$ |
417,000 |
|
|
|
10.4 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Jacobs
Field Services North America, Inc.
|
|
$ |
406,000 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
BP
West Coast Products LLC
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
611,000 |
|
|
|
16.0 |
% |
Southern
California Edison
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
477,000 |
|
|
|
12.5 |
% |
|
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2010
|
|
|
Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2009
|
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
|
Revenue
|
|
|
% of Total
Revenue
|
|
NRG
Energy
|
|
$ |
1,626,000 |
|
|
|
12.2 |
% |
|
$ |
1,864,000 |
|
|
|
13.0 |
% |
Mercer
Demo & Surplus, Inc.
|
|
$ |
1,356,000 |
|
|
|
10.2 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Jacobs
Field Services North America, Inc.
|
|
$ |
1,339,000 |
|
|
|
10.1 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
BP
West Coast Products LLC
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
2,331,000 |
|
|
|
16.3 |
% |
|
(1)
|
Sales
to this customer were less than 10% of total revenue during the reported
period.
|
Significant
accounts receivable were as follows:
|
|
September 30, 2010
|
|
|
December 31, 2009
|
|
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
% of Total
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
|
% of Total
Accounts
Receivable
|
|
Mercer
Demo & Surplus, Inc.
|
|
$ |
762,000 |
|
|
|
16.5 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
McCarthy
Building Companies, Inc.
|
|
$ |
546,000 |
|
|
|
11.8 |
% |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
Southern
California Edison
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
$ |
1,271,000 |
|
|
|
32.0 |
% |
|
(1)
|
Accounts
receivable from this customer were less than 10% of total accounts
receivable for the reported period.
|
Since
many of the projects we undertake are relatively large, it is normal that
various customers will represent a significant portion of our sales and/or
accounts receivable in a given period. It is also the nature of the
Company’s business that a significant customer in one year may not be a
significant customer in a succeeding year.
10. In
June 2009, the FASB issued authoritative guidance modifying how a company
determines when an entity that is insufficiently capitalized or is not
controlled through voting (or similar rights) should be
consolidated. The guidance clarifies that the determination of
whether a company is required to consolidate an entity is based on, among other
things, an entity’s purpose and design and a company’s ability to direct the
activities of the entity that most significantly impact the entity’s economic
performance. The guidance requires an ongoing reassessment of whether
a company is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest
entity. The guidance also requires additional disclosures about a
company’s involvement in variable interest entities and any significant changes
in risk exposure due to that involvement. The guidance is effective
for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2009. The adoption of
this authoritative guidance did not have a material effect on our financial
condition, results of operations or cash flows.
11. There
were 100 new asbestos-related cases initiated naming us (primarily our
subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation) as a defendant in the first nine
months of 2010, compared to 150 in the first nine months of 2009. As
of December 31, 2009, there were 239 cases pending and as of September 30, 2010
there were 202 cases pending. These claims are currently defended and
covered by insurance.
Under
current accounting rules we are required to estimate our liability for existing
and future asbestos-related claims. This requires that we estimate
the number of claims we believe will be brought in the future. We
previously based our estimates on the downward trend of cases brought from 725
cases brought in 2001, to 199 cases brought in 2005. This downward
trend leveled off somewhat from 2006 through 2009. In addition, we
have experienced increases in our costs to defend and resolve claims during this
period. As a result, we have found it necessary to increase our
projections of our liabilities for cases which are pending and for new cases
which may be initiated in the future with respect to each of our 2006, 2008 and
2009 financial statements. We believe that the leveling off of cases
brought in 2005 through 2009 is largely due to an aggressive campaign waged by
plaintiffs’ lawyers in an attempt to identify new plaintiffs, and that as the
pool of plaintiffs decreases that it is probable that the downward trend
experienced prior to 2006 will resume, although such resumption cannot be
assured.
From 2001
and through 2009, the annual average indemnity paid on each of over 3,000
resolved cases has fluctuated significantly, between a low of $14,504 in 2006
and a high of $54,946 in 2008, with an overall average over that period of
approximately $21,130. During this period, although there has been no
discernible upward or downward trend in indemnity payments, our most recent
indemnity payment experience in 2009 and 2010 of approximately $24,000 per
resolved claim has been slightly less favorable than the $21,130
projected.
We
believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’ bar
and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This
tendency, we believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants
resulting from death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have
been ferreted out by plaintiffs’ attorneys. We expect that the newer
cases being brought will not be as meritorious and have as high a potential for
damages as cases which were brought earlier. We have no reason to
believe, therefore, that the average future indemnity payments will increase
materially in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim increased from a low of $8,514
in 2003 to a high of $44,490 in 2008. The weighted average defense
cost per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009 was $20,988. We
believe that these defense costs increased as a result of a change in legal
counsel in 2004, and the more aggressive defense posture taken by new legal
counsel since that change. We intend to monitor the defense costs in
2010 and will adjust our estimates if events occur which would cause us to believe
that those estimates need revision. We are currently
projecting those costs to be approximately $21,000 per claim.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $28,000 and
$84,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, and
$20,000 and $85,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009,
respectively, to administer the asbestos claims and defend the ACE Lawsuit
discussed below. These amounts were primarily fees paid to attorneys
to monitor the activities of the insurers, and their selected defense counsel,
and to look after our rights under the various insurance policies.
As of
December 31, 2009, we re-evaluated our estimates to take into account our
experience in 2009. Primarily as a result of the increase in the
number of new cases commenced during 2009 which exceeded our previous estimates,
we projected that there would be 986 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the Company after December 31, 2009. The 986 projected claims, in
addition to the 239 claims existing as of December 31, 2009, totals 1,225
current and future claims. Multiplying the average indemnity per
resolved claim over the past nine full calendar years of $21,130, times 1,225,
we projected the probable future indemnity to be paid on those claims after
December 31, 2009 to be equal to approximately $26,000,000. In
addition, multiplying an estimated cost of defense per resolved claim of
approximately $21,000 times 1,225, we projected the probable future defense
costs to equal approximately $26,000,000. Accordingly, our total
estimated future asbestos-related liability at December 31, 2009 was
$52,000,000.
As of
December 31, 2009 we projected that approximately 158 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced and approximately 179 cases will be resolved in 2010,
resulting in an estimated 218 cases pending at December 31,
2010. Since we projected that an aggregate of 986 new cases would be
commenced after December 31, 2009, and that 158 of these cases would be
commenced in 2010, we estimated that an aggregate of 828 new cases will be
commenced after December 31, 2010. Accordingly, we projected the
cases pending and projected to be commenced in the future at December 31, 2010,
would be 1,046 cases. The sum of the approximate average indemnity
paid per resolved claim from 2001 through 2009 plus the approximate defense
costs incurred per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009, equals
$42,130. Multiplying 1,046 claims times $42,130 we estimate our
liability for current and future asbestos-related claims at December 31, 2010 to
be approximately $44,000,000. This amounts to an $8,000,000 reduction
from the $52,000,000 liability we estimated as of December 31, 2009, or a
$2,000,000 reduction per quarter in 2010.
We intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with that
of prior fiscal years since 2001. Our estimate does not take into
consideration the potential effects of economic inflation on either the average
indemnity payment or the projected direct legal expenses.
There are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After
approximately 1985 the policies were issued with provisions which purport to
exclude coverage for asbestos related claims. The terms of our
insurance policies are complex, and coverage for many types of claims is limited
as to the nature of the claim and the amount of coverage
available. It is clear, however, under California law, where the
substantial majority of the asbestos-related injury claims are litigated, that
all of those policies cover any asbestos-related injury occurring during the
1967 through 1985 period when these policies were in force.
We have
determined that the minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy
asbestos-related injury claims exceeds our estimated future liability for such
claims of $46,000,000 and $52,000,000 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009, respectively. This determination assumes that the general trend
of reducing asbestos-related injury claims experienced prior to 2006 will resume
and that the average indemnity and direct legal costs of each resolved claim
will not materially increase. The determination also assumes that the
insurance companies remain solvent and live up to what we believe is their
obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these
claims. Accordingly, we have included $46,000,000 and $52,000,000 of
such insurance coverage receivable as an asset on our September 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009 balance sheets, respectively. Several affiliated
insurance companies have brought a declaratory relief action against our
subsidiary, Metalclad, as well as a number of other insurers, to resolve certain
coverage issues, as discussed below. Regardless of
our best estimates of liability for current and future asbestos-related claims,
the liability for these claims could be higher or lower than estimated by
amounts which are not predictable. We, of course, cannot give any
assurance that our liability for such claims will not ultimately exceed our
available insurance coverage. We will update our estimates of
insurance coverage in future filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as events occur which would cause us to believe that those estimates
need revision, based upon the subsequent claim experience, using the methodology
we have employed.
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los
Angeles. ACE, Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and
excess policies to Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs
both defense and indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits
brought against Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE
Lawsuit seeks declarations regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is
centrally focused on issues involving whether historical and currently pending
asbestos lawsuits brought against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate"
limits of liability or separate "per occurrence" limits of
liability. Whether any particular asbestos lawsuit is properly
classified as being subject to an aggregate limit of liability depends upon
whether or not the suit falls within the "products" or "completed operations"
hazards found in most of the liability policies issued to
Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues will determine
if, as ACE and Central National allege, their policies are nearing exhaustion of
their aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad insurers who
previously asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to Metalclad
because of the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact, owe
Metalclad additional coverage obligations. The ACE Lawsuit does not
seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. The ACE Lawsuit is
principally about coverage responsibility among the several insurers, as well as
total coverage. Regardless of the outcome of this litigation, Entrx
does not believe that the ACE Lawsuit will result in materially diminishing
Entrx’s insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. Nonetheless, we
anticipate that we will incur attorney’s fees and other associated litigation
costs in defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any
other insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage.
The ACE
Lawsuit also seeks to determine the effect of a June 2004 settlement agreement
between the Company and Allstate Insurance Company on the insurance obligations
of various other insurers of Metalclad, and the effect of the “asbestos
exclusion” in the Allstate policy. Under the settlement agreement the
Company received $2,500,000 from Allstate in consideration of releasing Allstate
from a potential liability under a $5,000,000 limits insurance
policy. The ACE Lawsuit may result in our incurring costs in
connection with obligations we may have to indemnify Allstate under that
settlement agreement. Allstate, in a cross-complaint filed against
Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October, 2005, asked the court to determine
the Company’s obligation to assume and pay for the defense of Allstate in the
ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s indemnification obligations in the settlement
agreement. The Company does not believe that it has any legal
obligation to assume or pay for such defense. If Allstate is
required to provide indemnity for Entrx’s asbestos-related lawsuits, it is
likely that Entrx would have to indemnify Allstate for asbestos-related claims
that it defends up to $2,500,000 in the aggregate. If Allstate is not
required to provide indemnity, Entrx would have no liability to
Allstate. Entrx has accrued $375,000 as a potential loss in
connection with the Allstate matter.
12. An
audit of Metalclad Insulation Corporation’s billing history, with respect to one
of its principal customers, was conducted in the quarter ending June 30, 2010,
by an independent auditing firm engaged by that customer. As a result
of the audit, the auditing firm reported on July 26, 2010 that during 2008 and
2009, Metalclad overcharged the customer by approximately
$400,000. The issues identified by the auditing firm related to how
overtime should be billed and what hourly rates were to be charged for certain
categories of union labor. All work was performed by Metalclad for
that customer under a Master Services Agreement (the Agreement) entered into in
2000 and subsequently amended or extended on eleven occasions. We
reviewed the auditing firm’s report and the Agreement, as amended, and we do not
agree with the auditing firm’s interpretation of the Agreement on the identified
issues. We performed our own analysis of the billing and on August
16, 2010 submitted a response to the findings contained in the audit
report. Our analysis showed that, on an aggregate basis, the customer
was correctly billed. We have not yet received a response to our
analysis from the customer or independent auditing firm. While we do
not believe that the customer was overcharged, it is possible that we may have
to repay some or all of the amounts claimed as an overcharge, the amount of
which may be material. No amounts have been accrued in our financial
statements as of September 30, 2010.
13. Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash paid
for interest was $3,000 and $6,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010
and 2009, respectively.
Item 2.
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this Form
10-Q, including without limitation the statements under “Management’s Discussion
and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Description
of Business” are, or may be deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within
the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Such
forward-looking statements involve assumptions, known and unknown risks,
uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual results, performance
or achievements of Entrx Corporation (the “Company”) to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by
such forward-looking statements contained in this Form 10-Q. Such
potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation; estimates of
future revenues; the outcome of existing litigation; competitive pricing and
other pressures from other businesses in the Company’s markets; the accuracy of
the Company’s estimate of future liability for asbestos-related injury claims;
the adequacy of insurance, including the adequacy of insurance to cover current
and future asbestos-related injury claims; the imposition of laws or regulations
relating to asbestos related injury claims; economic conditions generally and in
the Company’s primary markets; availability of capital; the adequacy of the
Company’s cash and cash equivalents; the cost of labor; the accuracy of the
Company’s cost analysis for fixed price contracts; the appropriateness of the
Company’s billing practices; and other risk factors detailed herein and in other
of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. The forward-looking statements are made as of the date of
this Form 10-Q and the Company assumes no obligation to update the
forward-looking statements or to update the reasons actual results could differ
from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Therefore,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements. You can
identify these forward-looking statements by forward-looking words such as
“may,” “assume,” “expect,” “project,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,”
“estimate,” “continue,” and similar words.
General. The
Company provides insulation installation and removal services, including
asbestos abatement services, primarily on the West Coast. We also
enter into contracts to repair and maintain existing insulation
systems. These maintenance contracts are generally awarded on a year
to year basis, but are often renewed from year to year. We also
provide and erect scaffolding both with respect to our installation, removal and
maintenance services, and for others. Through our wholly-owned
subsidiary Metalclad Insulation Corporation, we provide these services to a wide
range of industrial, commercial and public agency clients. Insulation
installation services include the installation of high- and low-temperature
insulation on pipe, ducts, furnaces, boilers, and other types of industrial
equipment and commercial applications. Insulation removal services
involve the removal of old insulation prior to the installation of new
insulation or system demolition, including the removal and disposal of
asbestos-containing products. We fabricate specialty items for the
insulation industry, and sell insulation material and accessories incidental to
our services business to our customers as well as to other
contractors. A diverse list of clientele includes refineries,
utilities, chemical plants, manufacturing facilities, commercial properties,
office buildings and various governmental facilities.
Results of
Operations: Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2010 and
2009
Revenue
Revenue
for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was $4,033,000, an increase of
5.3% as compared to $3,830,000 for the three months ended September 30,
2009. Revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 was
$13,280,000, a decrease of 7.3% as compared to $14,320,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009. Revenues increased during the three months
ended September 30, 2010 as compared with the three months ended September 30,
2009 primarily as result of a large firestopping contract during the three
months ended September 30, 2010 that did not occur in the same period during the
prior year, partially offset by a decrease in revenues from commercial
projects. Revenues decreased during the nine months ended September
30, 2010 as compared with the nine months ended September 30, 2009 primarily as
result of a decline in the commercial insulation and asbestos market due to what
we believe to be macro-economic factors. Several large commercial
projects secured prior to the economic downturn were completed during the first
nine months of 2009 and were not replaced with similar size projects in the
first nine months of 2010. Additionally, a major industrial new
construction insulation project and several large scaffolding projects were
completed in the nine months ended September 30, 2009, and similar sized
projects were not secured in the nine months ended September 30,
2010.
Approximately
29% and 39% of the revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2010, respectively, were from insulation maintenance contracts, which often
continue from year to year. Most of the contracts are priced on a
time and materials basis and, therefore, the amount of revenue on any given
maintenance contract can fluctuate from period to period based upon the amount
of maintenance the customer requests during that period. We believe
that cost reduction measures taken by some of our customers during a period of
general economic downturn may have accounted for lower revenues from maintenance
contracts during the first nine months of 2010, as compared to the same period
in 2009. This compares with 52% and 51% of our revenues being derived
from insulation maintenance contracts in the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2009, respectively. Approximately 48% and 43% of
revenues in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively,
were derived from insulation installation and removal projects, which are not
normally continuing, but can go on for a year or more. This compares
with 42% and 36% of revenues of our revenues being derived from insulation
installation and removal projects in the three and nine months ended September
30, 2009, respectively. These percentages are approximate because
some installation and removal projects involve maintenance arrangements, and
vice versa. Approximately 5% and 8% of the revenues for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2010, respectively, were from scaffolding
contracts, which often continue from year to year. This compares with
6% and 10% of our revenues being derived from scaffolding contracts in the three
and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively. Approximately
17% and 9% of the revenues for the three and nine months ended September 30,
2010, respectively, were from firestopping contracts, which are not normally
continuing. This compares with 3% and 2% of our revenues being
derived from firestopping contracts in the three and nine months ended September
30, 2009, respectively. The Company bids on hundreds of projects
during any given year. These projects range in value from a few hundred dollars
to several million dollars, and the projects can last from a few hours up to
over a year in duration. The Company cannot predict what projects
will be coming up for bid in any particular period, or whether it will be the
winning bidder. Accordingly, the Company is unable to determine if
the revenue trends, or the allocation between maintenance contracts and
installation and removal contracts, will continue. We anticipate that
our revenues in 2010 will be slightly less than those in 2009.
Cost
of Revenue and Gross Margin
Total
cost of revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was $3,455,000 as
compared to $3,108,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009, an
increase of 11.2%. Cost of revenue was $11,135,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2010, as compared to $11,955,000 for the nine months
ended September 30, 2009, a decrease of 6.9%. The gross margin as a
percentage of revenue was approximately 14.3% for the three months ended
September 30, 2010 compared to 18.9% for the three months ended September 30,
2009 primarily due to the Company pricing its bids aggressively during the three
months ended September 30, 2010 due to the general macro-economic environment.
The gross margin
as a percentage of revenue was approximately 16.2% for the nine months ended
September 30, 2010 compared to 16.5% for the nine months ended September 30,
2009. The gross margin as a percentage of revenue was positively
impacted by a change in estimate of the Company’s estimated workers compensation
liability of approximately $56,000 in the three and nine months ended September
30, 2009. While the gross margin percentage varies from job to job,
insulation maintenance contracts generally have a lower gross margin percentage
than insulation installation and removal contracts. The increase in
the cost of revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2010 as compared
to the three months ended September 30, 2009 was primarily due to increased work
evidenced by the higher revenues as discussed above. The decrease in
the cost of revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to
the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was primarily due to reduced work
evidenced by the lower revenues as discussed above.
Selling,
General and Administrative
Selling,
general and administrative expenses were $675,000 for the three months ended
September 30, 2010 as compared to $736,000 for the three months ended September
30, 2009, a decrease of 8.3%. Selling, general and administrative
expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 were $2,165,000 as
compared to $2,437,000 for the comparable period ended September 30, 2009, a
decrease of 11.2%. The decrease for the three months ended September
30, 2010 as compared to the three months ended September 30, 2009 was primarily
due to a decrease in labor expense of $26,000 and a decrease in entertainment
expenses of $46,000. The decrease for the
nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to the nine months ended
September 30, 2009 were primarily due to decreases in labor expenses of $87,000,
bad debt expense of $63,000, shareholder reporting expenses of $45,000, legal
expenses of $22,000 and entertainment expenses of $44,000. The
decrease in labor expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 as
compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was partially due to
payroll taxes incurred on bonuses paid in the first half of 2009 that were not
incurred in the first half of 2010 and partially due to headcount
reductions.
Gain
on Disposal of Property, Plant and Equipment
Gain on
the disposal of property plant and equipment was $0 and $3,000 for the three
months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. Gain on the
disposal of property plant and equipment was $18,000 and $3,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively.
Interest
Income and Expense
Interest
expense for the three months ended September 30, 2010 was $1,000 as compared
with interest expense of $2,000 for the three months ended September 30,
2009. Interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2010
was $3,000 as compared with interest expense of $6,000 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009. Interest income for the three months ended
September 30, 2010 was $3,000 as compared with interest income of $5,000 for the
three months ended September 30, 2009. Interest income for the nine
months ended September 30, 2010 was $8,000 as compared with interest income of
$15,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Gain
on Sale of Marketable Securities
We
recognized a gain on sale of marketable securities of $122,000 for the three and
nine months ended September 30, 2009. The Company recognized a gain
of $121,000 on the sale of all of its 39,415 shares of Clearwire Corporation and
a gain of $1,000 on the sale of all of its 19,056 shares of VioQuest
Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Impairment
Charge on Available-for-Sale Securities
The
Company recognized an impairment charge of $94,000 on its investment in
Catalytic Solutions, Inc. in the nine months ended September 30,
2009.
Net
Income (Loss)
We had a
net loss of $95,000
for the three months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to a net income of
$115,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2009. We
had net income of $4,000 for the
nine months ended September 30, 2010 as compared to a net loss of $34,000 for
the nine months ended September 30, 2009.
Liquidity and Capital
Resources
As of
September 30, 2010, we had $1,469,000 in cash and cash equivalents, $317,000 in
restricted cash and $7,000 in available-for-sale securities. The
Company had working capital of $5,504,000 as of September 30,
2010. We own 384,084 shares of Catalytic Solutions, Inc. common stock
(AIM: CTSU), which are treated as available-for-sale securities.
Cash used
in operations was $125,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2010 compared
with cash provided by operations of $1,615,000 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2009. For the nine months ended September 30, 2010 the
negative cash flow from operations was primarily the result of an increase in
accounts receivable of $644,000 and other assets of $165,000. This
negative cash flow was partially offset by a decrease in costs and estimated
earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts of $279,000, a decrease
in prepaid expenses and other current assets of $170,000 and non-cash expenses
for depreciation and amortization of $123,000. For the nine months
ended September 30, 2009 the positive cash flow from operations was primarily
the result of a decrease in accounts receivable of $3,014,000. This
positive cash flow was partially offset by a decrease in accounts payable and
accrued expenses of $1,318,000.
Net
investing activities used $388,000 and provided $279,000 of cash in the nine
months ended September 30, 2010 and 2009, respectively. During the
nine months ended September 30, 2010, we used cash of $317,000 to secure a
letter of credit in connection with a performance bond related to a contract
with a customer of the Company. For the nine months ended September
30, 2010 and 2009, we used cash of $96,000 and $40,000, respectively, for
capital expenditures, primarily at our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation
Corporation. Proceeds from sale of property and equipment provided
$24,000 in the nine months ended September 30, 2010.
Cash used
in financing activities totaled $88,000 for the nine months ended September 30,
2010 compared with cash used in financing activities of $229,000 for the
comparable period in 2009. Payments on long-term borrowings used
$88,000 and $121,000 of cash in the nine months ended September 30, 2010 and
2009, respectively. In the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the
Company used $108,000 to repurchase common stock related to the reverse/forward
stock split approved by the shareholders.
We obtain
substantially all of our field employees from pools of workers supplied by local
trade unions. These employees are generally engaged on an hourly
basis. The number of hourly employees employed by us at any one time
fluctuates depending upon the number and size of projects that we have under
construction at any particular time. It has been our experience that
hourly employees are generally available for our projects, and we have
continuously employed a significant number of hourly employees on various
projects over an extended period of time.
Metalclad
Insulation Corporation currently is a party to seven collective bargaining
agreements, representing workers engaged in insulation, asbestos/lead abatement,
scaffolding and firestopping activities, including, primarily, agreements with
Locals 5 and 16 of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators
and Allied Workers union; Local 1506 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and
Joiners of America; Locals 300 and 67 of the Laborers International Union of
North America; and District Council 16 of the United Association. All
union contracts expire at various times from June 2011 through December
2012. We consider our relations with our hourly employees and the
unions representing them to be good, and have not experienced any recent strikes
or work stoppages.
As of
September 30, 2010, Metalclad Insulation Corporation employed approximately 100
hourly employees, then constituting approximately 85% of our hourly workforce,
engaged in insulation and asbestos/lead abatement, supplied by Local 5 of the
International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
union. Our agreement with this union local expires in June 2011 and
contains a “no strike, no work-stoppage” provision. Approximately 15
additional hourly employees were engaged by Metalclad Insulation Corporation as
of September 30, 2010 in other activities, including scaffolding construction
and firestopping installation.
The
number of asbestos-related cases which have been initiated naming us (primarily
our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation) as a defendant have fluctuated
from 199 in 2005, to 232 in 2006, to 163 in 2007, to 187 in 2008, and to 188 in
2009. There were 100 new claims made in the first nine months of
2010, compared to 150 in the first nine months of 2009. At December
31, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008, there were, respectively, approximately 507, 404,
222 and 271 cases pending. As of December 31, 2009, there were 239
cases pending and as of September 30, 2010 there were 202 cases
pending. These claims are currently defended and covered by
insurance.
Under
current accounting rules we are required to estimate our liability for existing
and future asbestos-related claims. This requires that we estimate
the number of claims we believe will be brought in the future. We
previously based our estimates on the downward trend of cases brought from 725
cases brought in 2001, to 199 cases brought in 2005. This downward
trend leveled off somewhat from 2006 through 2009. In addition, we
have experienced increases in our costs to defend and resolve claims during this
period. As a result, we have found it necessary to increase our
projections of our liabilities for cases which are pending and for new cases
which may be initiated in the future, with respect to each of our 2006, 2008 and
2009 financial statements. We believe that the leveling off of cases
brought in 2005 through 2009 is largely due to an aggressive campaign waged by
plaintiffs’ lawyers in an attempt to identify new plaintiffs, and that as the
pool of plaintiffs decreases that it is probable that the downward trend
experienced prior to 2006 will resume, although such resumption cannot be
assured.
From 2001
and through 2009, the annual average indemnity paid on each of over 3,000
resolved cases has fluctuated significantly, between a low of $14,504 in 2006
and a high of $54,946 in 2008, with an overall average over that period of
approximately $21,130. During this period, although there has been no
discernible upward or downward trend in indemnity payments, our most recent
indemnity payment experience in 2009 and 2010 of approximately $24,000 per
resolved claim has been slightly less favorable than the $21,130
projected.
We
believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’ bar
and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This
tendency, we believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants
resulting from death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have
been ferreted out by plaintiffs’ attorneys. We expect that the newer
cases being brought will not be as meritorious and have as high a potential for
damages as cases which were brought earlier. We have no reason to
believe, therefore, that the average future indemnity payments will increase
materially in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim increased from a low of $8,514
in 2003 to a high of $44,490 in 2008. The weighted average defense
cost per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009 was $20,988. We
believe that these defense costs increased as a result of a change in legal
counsel in 2004, and the more aggressive defense posture taken by new legal
counsel since that change. We intend to monitor the defense costs in
2010 and will adjust our estimates if events occur which would cause us to believe
that those estimates need revision. We are currently
projecting those costs to be approximately $21,000 per claim.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $188,000,
$215,000, $296,000, $128,000 and $96,000 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009,
respectively, and $84,000 and $85,000 in the nine months ended September 30,
2010 and 2009, respectively, to administer the asbestos claims and defend the
ACE Lawsuit discussed below. These amounts were primarily fees paid
to attorneys to monitor the activities of the insurers, and their selected
defense counsel, and to look after our rights under the various insurance
policies.
As of
December 31, 2009, we re-evaluated our estimates to take into account our
experience in 2009. Primarily as a result of the increase in the
number of new cases commenced during 2009 which exceeded our previous estimates,
we projected that there would be 986 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the Company after December 31, 2009. The 986 projected claims, in
addition to the 239 claims existing as of December 31, 2009, totals 1,225
current and future claims. Multiplying the average indemnity per
resolved claim over the past nine full calendar years of $21,130, times 1,225,
we projected the probable future indemnity to be paid on those claims after
December 31, 2009 to be equal to approximately $26,000,000. In
addition, multiplying an estimated cost of defense per resolved claim of
approximately $21,000 times 1,225, we projected the probable future defense
costs to equal approximately $26,000,000. Accordingly, our total
estimated future asbestos-related liability at December 31, 2009 was
$52,000,000.
As of
December 31, 2009 we projected that approximately 158 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced and approximately 179 cases will be resolved in 2010,
resulting in an estimated 218 cases pending at December 31,
2010. Since we projected that an aggregate of 986 new cases would be
commenced after December 31, 2009, and that 158 of these cases would be
commenced in 2010, we estimated that an aggregate of 828 new cases will be
commenced after December 31, 2010. Accordingly, we projected the
cases pending and projected to be commenced in the future at December 31, 2010,
would be 1,046 cases. The sum of the approximate average indemnity
paid per resolved claim from 2001 through 2009, plus the approximate defense
costs incurred per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009, equals
$42,130. Multiplying 1,046 claims times $42,130, we estimate our
liability for current and future asbestos-related claims at December 31, 2010 to
be approximately $44,000,000. This amounts to an $8,000,000 reduction
from the $52,000,000 liability we estimated as of December 31, 2009, or a
$2,000,000 reduction per quarter in 2010.
We intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with that
of prior fiscal years since 2001. Our estimate does not take into
consideration the potential effects of economic inflation on either the average
indemnity payment or the projected direct legal expenses.
There are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After
approximately 1985 the policies were issued with provisions which purport to
exclude coverage for asbestos related claims. The terms of our
insurance policies are complex, and coverage for many types of claims is limited
as to the nature of the claim and the amount of coverage
available. It is clear, however, under California law, where the
substantial majority of the asbestos-related injury claims are litigated, that
all of those policies cover any asbestos-related injury occurring during the
1967 through 1985 period when these policies were in force.
We have
determined that the minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy
asbestos-related injury claims exceeds our estimated future liability for such
claims of $46,000,000 and $52,000,000 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009, respectively. This determination assumes that the general trend
of reducing asbestos-related injury claims experienced prior to 2006 will resume
and that the average indemnity and direct legal costs of each resolved claim
will not materially increase. The determination also assumes that the
insurance companies remain solvent and live up to what we believe is their
obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these
claims. Accordingly, we have included $46,000,000 and $52,000,000 of
such insurance coverage receivable as an asset on our September 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009 balance sheets, respectively. Several affiliated
insurance companies have brought a declaratory relief action against our
subsidiary, Metalclad, as well as a number of other insurers, to resolve certain
coverage issues, as discussed below. Regardless of
our best estimates of liability for current and future asbestos-related claims,
the liability for these claims could be higher or lower than estimated by
amounts which are not predictable. We, of course, cannot give any
assurance that our liability for such claims will not ultimately exceed our
available insurance coverage. We will update our estimates of
insurance coverage in future filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as events occur which would cause us to believe that those estimates
need revision, based upon the subsequent claim experience, using the methodology
we have employed.
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los
Angeles. ACE, Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and
excess policies to Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs
both defense and indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits
brought against Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE
Lawsuit seeks declarations regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is
centrally focused on issues involving whether historical and currently pending
asbestos lawsuits brought against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate"
limits of liability or separate "per occurrence" limits of
liability. Whether any particular asbestos lawsuit is properly
classified as being subject to an aggregate limit of liability depends upon
whether or not the suit falls within the "products" or "completed operations"
hazards found in most of the liability policies issued to
Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues will determine
if, as ACE and Central National allege, their policies are nearing exhaustion of
their aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad insurers who
previously asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to Metalclad
because of the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact, owe
Metalclad additional coverage obligations. The ACE Lawsuit does not
seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. The ACE Lawsuit is
principally about coverage responsibility among the several insurers, as well as
total coverage. Regardless of the outcome of this litigation, Entrx
does not believe that the ACE Lawsuit will result in materially diminishing
Entrx’s insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. Nonetheless, we
anticipate that we will incur attorney’s fees and other associated litigation
costs in defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any
other insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage.
The ACE
Lawsuit also seeks to determine the effect of a June 2004 settlement agreement
between the Company and Allstate Insurance Company on the insurance obligations
of various other insurers of Metalclad, and the effect of the “asbestos
exclusion” in the Allstate policy. Under the settlement agreement the
Company received $2,500,000 from Allstate in consideration of releasing Allstate
from a potential liability under a $5,000,000 limits insurance
policy. The ACE Lawsuit may result in our incurring costs in
connection with obligations we may have to indemnify Allstate under that
settlement agreement. Allstate, in a cross-complaint filed against
Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October, 2005, asked the court to determine
the Company’s obligation to assume and pay for the defense of Allstate in the
ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s indemnification obligations in the settlement
agreement. The Company does not believe that it has any legal
obligation to assume or pay for such defense. If Allstate is
required to provide indemnity for Entrx’s asbestos-related lawsuits, it is
likely that Entrx would have to indemnify Allstate for asbestos-related claims
that it defends up to $2,500,000 in the aggregate. If Allstate is not
required to provide indemnity, Entrx would have no liability to
Allstate. Entrx has accrued $375,000 as a potential loss in
connection with the Allstate matter.
The
Company projects that cash flow generated through the operation of its
subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, and the Company’s net cash assets
as of September 30, 2010 will be sufficient to meet the Company’s cash
requirements for at least the next twelve months.
Significant Accounting
Policies
Our
significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated
financial statements included in our annual report for the year ended December
31, 2009. The accounting policies used in preparing our interim 2010
consolidated condensed financial statements are the same as those described in
our annual report.
Our
critical accounting policies are those both having the most impact to the
reporting of our financial condition and results, and requiring significant
judgments and estimates. Our critical accounting policies include
those related to (a) revenue recognition, (b) allowances for uncollectible
accounts receivable, (c) judgments and estimates used in determining the amount
of our asbestos liability, and (d) evaluation and estimates of our probable
insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. Revenue recognition
for fixed price insulation installation and asbestos abatement contracts are
accounted for by the percentage-of-completion method, wherein costs and
estimated earnings are included in revenues as the work is
performed. If a loss on a fixed price contract is indicated, the
entire amount of the estimated loss is accrued when known. Revenue
recognition on time and material contracts is recognized based upon the amount
of work performed. Accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance
for amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. The
estimated allowance for uncollectible amounts is based primarily on our
evaluation of the financial condition of the customer. Future changes
in the financial condition of a customer may require an adjustment to the
allowance for uncollectible accounts receivable. We have estimated
the probable amount of future claims related to our asbestos liability and the
probable amount of insurance coverage related to those claims. We
offset proceeds received from our insurance carriers resulting from claims of
personal injury allegedly related to asbestos exposure against the payment
issued to the plaintiff. The cash from the insurance company goes
directly to the plaintiff, so we never have access to this cash. We
never have control over any of the funds the insurance company issues to the
plaintiff. Once a claim is settled, payment of the claim is normally
made by the insurance carrier or carriers within 30 to 60
days. Changes in any of the judgments and estimates could have a
material impact on our financial condition and results of
operations.
Recent Accounting
Pronouncements
See
footnote 10 of the financial statements.
Item 4T. Controls and
Procedures
Evaluation
of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
We have
established disclosure controls and procedures to ensure that material
information relating to the Company is made known to the officers who certify
the financial statements and to other members of senior management and the Audit
Committee of the Board.
We
conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our
chief executive officer and chief financial officer of our disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based on this evaluation our chief
executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that, as of
September 30, 2010, our disclosure controls and procedures are
effective.
Changes
in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There
have been no changes in our internal controls over financial reporting for the
three-months ended September 30, 2010 that have materially affected, or are
reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial
reporting.
PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
Asbestos-related
Claims
Prior to
1975, we were engaged in the sale and installation of asbestos-related
insulation materials, which has resulted in numerous claims of personal injury
allegedly related to asbestos exposure. Some of these claims are now
being brought by the children and close relatives of persons who have died,
allegedly as a result of the direct or indirect exposure to
asbestos. To date all of our asbestos-related injury claims have been
paid and defended by our insurance carriers.
The
number of asbestos-related cases which have been initiated naming us (primarily
our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation) as a defendant have fluctuated
from 199 in 2005, to 232 in 2006, to 163 in 2007, to 187 in 2008, and to 188 in
2009. There were 100 new claims made in the first nine months of
2010, compared to 150 in the first nine months of 2009. As of
December 31, 2009, there were 239 cases pending and as of September 30, 2010
there were 202 cases pending. These claims are currently defended and
covered by insurance.
Set forth
below is a table for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and the
nine months ended September 30, 2010, which sets forth for each such period the
approximate number of asbestos-related cases initiated, the number of such cases
resolved by dismissal or by trial, the number of such cases resolved by
settlement, the total number of resolved cases, the number of initiated cases
pending at the end of such period, the total indemnity paid on all resolved
cases, the average indemnity paid on all settled cases and the average indemnity
paid on all resolved cases:
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2007
|
|
|
2008
|
|
|
2009
|
|
|
Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2010
|
|
New
cases initiated
|
|
|
232 |
|
|
|
163 |
|
|
|
187 |
|
|
|
188 |
|
|
|
100 |
|
Defense
judgments and dismissals
|
|
|
253 |
|
|
|
292 |
(3)
|
|
|
109 |
|
|
|
168 |
|
|
|
96 |
|
Plaintiff
judgments and settled cases
|
|
|
82 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
|
|
52 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
Total resolved cases (1)
|
|
|
335 |
|
|
|
345 |
(3)
|
|
|
138 |
|
|
|
220 |
|
|
|
137 |
|
Pending cases (1)
|
|
|
404 |
|
|
|
222 |
(3)
|
|
|
271 |
|
|
|
239 |
|
|
|
202 |
|
Total
indemnity payments
|
|
$ |
4,858,750 |
|
|
$ |
7,974,500 |
|
|
$ |
7,582,550 |
(2)
|
|
$ |
5,345,000 |
|
|
$ |
3,332,000 |
|
Average
indemnity paid on plaintiff judgments and settled cases
|
|
$ |
59,253 |
|
|
$ |
150,462 |
|
|
$ |
261,467 |
(2)
|
|
$ |
102,788 |
|
|
$ |
81,268 |
|
Average
indemnity paid on all resolved cases
|
|
$ |
14,504 |
|
|
$ |
23,114 |
|
|
$ |
54,946 |
|
|
$ |
24,295 |
|
|
$ |
24,321 |
|
(1)
|
Total
resolved cases includes, and the number of pending cases excludes, cases
which have been settled but which have not been closed for lack of final
documentation or payment.
|
(2)
|
The
total and average indemnity amounts paid on resolved cases in 2008
includes an award rendered on April 4, 2005, finding Metalclad Insulation
Corporation liable for $1,117,000 in damages. The judgment was
appealed by our insurer, and a final order and judgment of $1,659,000 was
rendered in 2008.
|
(3)
|
Included
in the decrease from 404 cases pending at December 31, 2006 to 222 cases
pending at December 31, 2007, were 53 cases which had been previously
counted in error and are included in “Defense judgments and dismissals”
and “Total resolved cases”, so that the actual decrease for the year ended
December 31, 2007 was 129 cases.
|
Under
current accounting rules we are required to estimate our liability for existing
and future asbestos-related claims. This requires that we estimate
the number of claims we believe will be brought in the future. We
previously based our estimates on the downward trend of cases brought from 725
cases brought in 2001, to 199 cases brought in 2005. This downward
trend leveled off somewhat from 2006 through 2009. In addition, we
have experienced increases in our costs to defend and resolve claims during this
period. As a result, we have found it necessary to increase our
projections of our liabilities for cases which are pending and for new cases
which may be initiated in the future, with respect to each of our 2006, 2008 and
2009 financial statements. We believe that the leveling off of cases
brought in 2005 through 2009 is largely due to an aggressive campaign waged by
plaintiffs’ lawyers in an attempt to identify new plaintiffs, and that as the
pool of plaintiffs decreases that it is probable that the downward trend
experienced prior to 2006 will resume, although such resumption cannot be
assured.
From 2001
and through 2009, the annual average indemnity paid on each of over 3,000
resolved cases has fluctuated significantly, between a low of $14,504 in 2006
and a high of $54,946 in 2008, with an overall average over that period of
approximately $21,130. During this period, although there has been no
discernible upward or downward trend in indemnity payments, our most recent
indemnity payment experience in 2009 and 2010 of approximately $24,000 per
resolved claim has been slightly less favorable than the $21,130
projected.
We
believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’ bar
and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This
tendency, we believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants
resulting from death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have
been ferreted out by plaintiffs’ attorneys. We expect that the newer
cases being brought will not be as meritorious and have as high a potential for
damages as cases which were brought earlier. We have no reason to
believe, therefore, that the average future indemnity payments will increase
materially in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim increased from a low of $8,514
in 2003 to a high of $44,490 in 2008. The weighted average defense
cost per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009 was $20,988. We
believe that these defense costs increased as a result of a change in legal
counsel in 2004, and the more aggressive defense posture taken by new legal
counsel since that change. We intend to monitor the defense costs in
2010 and will adjust our estimates if events occur which would cause us to believe
that those estimates need revision. We are currently
projecting those costs to be approximately $21,000 per claim.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $188,000,
$215,000, $296,000, $128,000 and $96,000 in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009,
respectively, and $84,000 and $85,000 in the nine months ended September 30,
2010 and 2009, respectively, to administer the asbestos claims and defend the
ACE Lawsuit discussed below. These amounts were primarily fees paid
to attorneys to monitor the activities of the insurers, and their selected
defense counsel, and to look after our rights under the various insurance
policies.
As of
December 31, 2009, we re-evaluated our estimates to take into account our
experience in 2009. Primarily as a result of the increase in the
number of new cases commenced during 2009 which exceeded our previous estimates,
we projected that there would be 986 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the Company after December 31, 2009. The 986 projected claims, in
addition to the 239 claims existing as of December 31, 2009, totals 1,225
current and future claims. Multiplying the average indemnity per
resolved claim over the past nine full calendar years of $21,130, times 1,225,
we projected the probable future indemnity to be paid on those claims after
December 31, 2009 to be equal to approximately $26,000,000. In
addition, multiplying an estimated cost of defense per resolved claim of
approximately $21,000 times 1,225, we projected the probable future defense
costs to equal approximately $26,000,000. Accordingly, our total
estimated future asbestos-related liability at December 31, 2009 was
$52,000,000.
As of
December 31, 2009 we projected that approximately 158 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced and approximately 179 cases will be resolved in 2010,
resulting in an estimated 218 cases pending at December 31,
2010. Since we projected that an aggregate of 986 new cases would be
commenced after December 31, 2009, and that 158 of these cases would be
commenced in 2010, we estimated that an aggregate of 828 new cases will be
commenced after December 31, 2010. Accordingly, we projected the
cases pending and projected to be commenced in the future at December 31, 2010,
would be 1,046 cases. The sum of the approximate average indemnity
paid per resolved claim from 2001 through 2009 plus the approximate defense
costs incurred per resolved claim from 2005 through 2009, equals
$42,130. Multiplying 1,046 claims times $42,130 we estimate our
liability for current and future asbestos-related claims at December 31, 2010 to
be approximately $44,000,000. This amounts to an $8,000,000 reduction
from the $52,000,000 liability we estimated as of December 31, 2009, or a
$2,000,000 reduction per quarter in 2010.
We intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with that
of prior fiscal years since 2001. Our estimate does not take into
consideration the potential effects of economic inflation on either the average
indemnity payment or the projected direct legal expenses.
There are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After
approximately 1985 the policies were issued with provisions which purport to
exclude coverage for asbestos related claims. The terms of our
insurance policies are complex, and coverage for many types of claims is limited
as to the nature of the claim and the amount of coverage
available. It is clear, however, under California law, where the
substantial majority of the asbestos-related injury claims are litigated, that
all of those policies cover any asbestos-related injury occurring during the
1967 through 1985 period when these policies were in force.
We have
determined that the minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy
asbestos-related injury claims exceeds our estimated future liability for such
claims of $46,000,000 and $52,000,000 as of September 30, 2010 and December 31,
2009, respectively. This determination assumes that the general trend
of reducing asbestos-related injury claims experienced prior to 2006 will resume
and that the average indemnity and direct legal costs of each resolved claim
will not materially increase. The determination also assumes that the
insurance companies remain solvent and live up to what we believe is their
obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these
claims. Accordingly, we have included $46,000,000 and $52,000,000 of
such insurance coverage receivable as an asset on our September 30, 2010 and
December 31, 2009 balance sheets, respectively. Several affiliated
insurance companies have brought a declaratory relief action against our
subsidiary, Metalclad, as well as a number of other insurers, to resolve certain
coverage issues, as discussed below. Regardless of
our best estimates of liability for current and future asbestos-related claims,
the liability for these claims could be higher or lower than estimated by
amounts which are not predictable. We, of course, cannot give any
assurance that our liability for such claims will not ultimately exceed our
available insurance coverage. We will update our estimates of
insurance coverage in future filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, as events occur which would cause us to believe that those estimates
need revision, based upon the subsequent claim experience, using the methodology
we have employed.
Insurance
Coverage Litigation
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los
Angeles. ACE, Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and
excess policies to Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs
both defense and indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits
brought against Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE
Lawsuit seeks declarations regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is
centrally focused on issues involving whether historical and currently pending
asbestos lawsuits brought against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate"
limits of liability or separate "per occurrence" limits of
liability. Whether any particular asbestos lawsuit is properly
classified as being subject to an aggregate limit of liability depends upon
whether or not the suit falls within the "products" or "completed operations"
hazards found in most of the liability policies issued to
Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues will determine
if, as ACE and Central National allege, their policies are nearing exhaustion of
their aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad insurers who
previously asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to Metalclad
because of the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact, owe
Metalclad additional coverage obligations. The ACE
Lawsuit does not seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. The ACE Lawsuit is
principally about coverage responsibility among the several insurers, as well as
total coverage. Regardless of the outcome of this litigation, Entrx
does not believe that the ACE Lawsuit will result in materially diminishing
Entrx’s insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims. Nonetheless, we
anticipate that we will incur attorney’s fees and other associated litigation
costs in defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any
other insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage.
The ACE
Lawsuit also seeks to determine the effect of a June 2004 settlement agreement
between the Company and Allstate Insurance Company on the insurance obligations
of various other insurers of Metalclad, and the effect of the “asbestos
exclusion” in the Allstate policy. Under the settlement agreement the
Company received $2,500,000 from Allstate in consideration of releasing Allstate
from a potential liability under a $5,000,000 limits insurance
policy. The ACE Lawsuit may result in our incurring costs in
connection with obligations we may have to indemnify Allstate under that
settlement agreement. Allstate, in a cross-complaint filed against
Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October, 2005, asked the court to determine
the Company’s obligation to assume and pay for the defense of Allstate in the
ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s indemnification obligations in the settlement
agreement. The Company does not believe that it has any legal
obligation to assume or pay for such defense. If Allstate is
required to provide indemnity for Entrx’s asbestos-related lawsuits, it is
likely that Entrx would have to indemnify Allstate for asbestos-related claims
that it defends up to $2,500,000 in the aggregate. If Allstate is not
required to provide indemnity, Entrx would have no liability to
Allstate. Entrx has accrued $375,000 as a potential loss in
connection with the Allstate matter.
Item 5.
Exhibits
Exhibits
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31.1
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive
Officer.
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31.2
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial
Officer.
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Section
1350 Certification.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.
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ENTRX
CORPORATION
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Date: November
11, 2010
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By:
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/s/Peter L. Hauser
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Peter
L. Hauser
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Chief
Executive Officer
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Date: November
11, 2010
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By:
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/s/Brian D. Niebur
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Brian
D. Niebur
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Chief
Financial Officer
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(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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