Item 1. Financial Statements
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
September 30,
December 31,
2020
2019
(Unaudited)
ASSETS
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents
$
38,179,414
$
42,071,083
Accounts receivable, net
24,411,328
23,229,689
Inventory
3,770,351
3,287,555
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
2,967,605
1,559,448
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings
1,188,875
1,675,781
Current assets of discontinued operations
1,052,091
1,619,056
Total current assets
71,569,664
73,442,612
Property, plant and equipment, net
59,056,778
61,238,752
Construction in progress
473,507
1,335,597
Inventory, noncurrent
4,657,418
4,404,378
Investment in OC-BVI
1,698,214
1,903,602
Goodwill
13,325,013
13,325,013
Intangible assets, net
4,360,833
5,040,000
Operating lease right-of-use assets
1,414,736
1,811,516
Other assets
1,916,123
2,120,708
Long-term assets of discontinued operations
21,995,648
27,669,966
Total assets
$
180,467,934
$
192,292,144
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other current liabilities
$
3,083,762
$
3,560,971
Accrued compensation
1,835,594
1,821,395
Dividends payable
1,298,311
1,292,187
Current maturities of operating leases
545,364
688,540
Current portion of long-term debt
42,211
17,753
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings
818,765
614,386
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
98,891
178,382
Total current liabilities
7,722,898
8,173,614
Long-term debt, noncurrent
136,106
61,146
Deferred tax liabilities
1,364,393
1,529,035
Noncurrent operating leases
1,071,831
1,156,543
Net liability arising from put/call options
706,000
664,000
Other liabilities
75,000
75,000
Long-term liabilities of discontinued operations
8,842
2,679,932
Total liabilities
11,085,070
14,339,270
Commitments and contingencies
Equity
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity
Redeemable preferred stock, $ 0.60 par value. Authorized 200,000 shares; issued and outstanding 33,059 and 33,751 shares, respectively
19,835
20,251
Class A common stock, $ 0.60 par value. Authorized 24,655,000 shares; issued and outstanding 15,122,049 and 15,049,608 shares, respectively
9,073,230
9,029,765
Class B common stock, $ 0.60 par value. Authorized 145,000 shares; none issued
—
—
Additional paid-in capital
86,590,057
88,356,509
Retained earnings
65,683,955
66,352,733
Total Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders' equity
161,367,077
163,759,258
Non-controlling interests
8,015,787
14,193,616
Total equity
169,382,864
177,952,874
Total liabilities and equity
$
180,467,934
$
192,292,144
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(UNAUDITED)
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020
2019
2020
2019
Total revenue
$
17,666,257
$
15,889,239
$
57,479,225
$
51,183,023
Total cost of revenue
11,450,621
9,180,259
35,520,125
29,958,991
Gross profit
6,215,636
6,708,980
21,959,100
21,224,032
General and administrative expenses
4,810,016
4,279,972
14,062,938
12,389,547
Gain (loss) on asset dispositions and impairments, net
( 984 )
7,018
4,001
448,088
Income from operations
1,404,636
2,436,026
7,900,163
9,282,573
Other income (expense):
Interest income
164,761
154,175
411,020
444,827
Interest expense
( 2,069 )
( 19 )
( 7,413 )
( 19 )
Profit-sharing income from OC-BVI
6,075
2,025
30,375
10,125
Equity in the earnings of OC-BVI
22,411
38,174
82,387
26,686
Net unrealized gain (loss) on put/call options
39,000
—
( 42,000 )
( 24,000 )
Other
15,314
22,541
59,341
60,412
Other income, net
245,492
216,896
533,710
518,031
Income before income taxes
1,650,128
2,652,922
8,433,873
9,800,604
Provision (benefit) for income taxes
( 263,165 )
( 40,075 )
147,186
73,117
Net income from continuing operations
1,913,293
2,692,997
8,286,687
9,727,487
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests
101,137
433,235
642,289
1,172,039
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
1,812,156
2,259,762
7,644,398
8,555,448
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
—
—
—
3,621,170
Net loss from discontinued operations
( 377,321 )
( 532,710 )
( 4,448,798 )
( 1,786,873 )
Total income (loss) from discontinued operations
( 377,321 )
( 532,710 )
( 4,448,798 )
1,834,297
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
$
1,434,835
$
1,727,052
$
3,195,600
$
10,389,745
Basic earnings (loss) per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders
Continuing operations
$
0.12
$
0.15
$
0.51
$
0.57
Discontinued operations
( 0.03 )
( 0.04 )
( 0.30 )
0.12
Basic earnings per share
$
0.09
$
0.11
$
0.21
$
0.69
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders
Continuing operations
$
0.12
$
0.15
$
0.50
$
0.57
Discontinued operations
( 0.03 )
( 0.04 )
( 0.29 )
0.12
Diluted earnings per share
$
0.09
$
0.11
$
0.21
$
0.69
Dividends declared per common and redeemable preferred shares
$
0.085
$
0.085
$
0.26
$
0.26
Weighted average number of common shares used in the determination of:
Basic earnings per share
15,120,983
15,026,710
15,116,681
15,022,489
Diluted earnings per share
15,273,529
15,138,094
15,270,494
15,132,843
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)
Redeemable
Additional
Non-
Total
preferred stock
Common stock
paid-in
Retained
controlling
stockholders’
Shares
Dollars
Shares
Dollars
capital
earnings
interests
equity
Balance as of December 31, 2019
33,751
$
20,251
15,049,608
$
9,029,765
$
88,356,509
$
66,352,733
$
14,193,616
$
177,952,874
Issue of share capital
—
—
64,898
38,939
( 38,939 )
—
—
—
Net income
—
—
—
—
—
2,888,607
360,998
3,249,605
Purchase of noncontrolling interest in subsidiary
—
—
—
—
( 2,444,047 )
—
( 6,055,953 )
( 8,500,000 )
Dividends declared
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,289,378 )
—
( 1,289,378 )
Stock-based compensation
—
—
—
—
161,406
—
—
161,406
Balance as of March 31, 2020
33,751
20,251
15,114,506
9,068,704
86,034,929
67,951,962
8,498,661
171,574,507
Issue of share capital
6,123
3,674
—
—
( 3,674 )
—
—
—
Net income (loss)
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,127,842 )
180,154
( 947,688 )
Exercise of options
363
217
—
—
4,201
—
—
4,418
Dividends declared
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,287,474 )
—
( 1,287,474 )
Stock-based compensation
—
—
—
—
199,065
—
—
199,065
Balance as of June 30, 2020
40,237
24,142
15,114,506
9,068,704
86,234,521
65,536,646
8,678,815
169,542,828
Net income
—
—
—
—
—
1,434,835
101,137
1,535,972
Exercise of options
472
283
—
—
5,460
—
—
5,743
Purchase of noncontrolling interest in subsidiary
—
—
—
—
( 135,835 )
—
( 764,165 )
( 900,000 )
Dividends declared
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,287,526 )
—
( 1,287,526 )
Buyback of preferred stock
( 107 )
( 64 )
—
—
( 1,080 )
—
—
( 1,144 )
Conversion of preferred stock
( 7,543 )
( 4,526 )
7,543
4,526
—
—
—
—
Stock-based compensation
—
—
—
—
486,991
—
—
486,991
Balance as of September 30, 2020
33,059
$
19,835
15,122,049
$
9,073,230
$
86,590,057
$
65,683,955
$
8,015,787
$
169,382,864
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Redeemable
Additional
Cumulative
Non-
Total
preferred stock
Common stock
paid-in
Retained
translation
controlling
stockholders’
Shares
Dollars
Shares
Dollars
capital
earnings
adjustment
interests
equity
Balance as of December 31, 2018
34,796
$
20,878
14,982,906
$
8,989,744
$
87,211,953
$
59,298,161
$
( 549,555 )
$
8,784,722
$
163,755,903
Issue of share capital
—
—
26,864
16,118
( 16,118 )
—
—
—
—
Net income
—
—
—
—
—
6,186,431
—
273,908
6,460,339
Dividends declared
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,280,223 )
—
—
( 1,280,223 )
Buyback of preferred stock
( 1,983 )
( 1,190 )
—
—
( 16,605 )
—
—
—
( 17,795 )
Stock-based compensation
—
—
—
—
156,062
—
—
—
156,062
Balance as of March 31, 2019
32,813
19,688
15,009,770
9,005,862
87,335,292
64,204,369
( 549,555 )
9,058,630
169,074,286
Issue of share capital
7,293
4,376
10,574
6,344
( 10,720 )
—
—
—
—
Buyback of preferred stock
( 691 )
( 415 )
—
—
( 5,886 )
—
—
—
( 6,301 )
Net income
—
—
—
—
—
2,476,262
—
464,896
2,941,158
Exercise of options
705
423
—
—
6,700
—
—
—
7,123
Dividends declared
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,280,359 )
—
—
( 1,280,359 )
Sale of CW-Bali
—
—
—
—
—
—
549,555
241,282
790,837
Stock-based compensation
—
—
—
—
209,049
—
—
—
209,049
Balance as of June 30, 2019
40,120
24,072
15,020,344
9,012,206
87,534,435
65,400,272
—
9,764,808
171,735,793
Net income
—
—
—
—
—
1,727,052
—
433,235
2,160,287
Exercise of options
861
517
—
—
8,182
—
—
—
8,699
Dividends declared
—
—
—
—
—
( 1,279,533 )
—
—
( 1,279,533 )
Conversion of preferred stock
( 7,230 )
( 4,338 )
7,230
4,338
—
—
—
—
—
Stock-based compensation
—
—
—
—
315,634
—
—
—
315,634
Balance as of September 30, 2019
33,751
$
20,251
15,027,574
$
9,016,544
$
87,858,251
$
65,847,791
$
—
$
10,198,043
$
172,940,880
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(UNAUDITED)
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020
2019
Net cash provided by operating activities - continuing operations
$
11,909,538
$
12,039,106
Net cash used in operating activities - discontinued operations
( 1,390,227 )
( 1,511,952 )
Net cash provided by operating activities
10,519,311
10,527,154
Cash flows from investing activities
Additions to property, plant and equipment and construction in progress
( 1,571,450 )
( 2,673,192 )
Proceeds from asset dispositions
450
548,480
Proceeds from sale of discontinued operations, net of cash provided
—
6,971,234
Purchase of noncontrolling interest in Aerex
( 8,500,000 )
—
Purchase of noncontrolling interest in PERC
( 900,000 )
—
Collections on loans receivable
—
734,980
Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities
( 10,971,000 )
5,581,502
Cash flows from financing activities
Dividends paid to common shareholders
( 3,849,075 )
( 3,827,160 )
Dividends paid to preferred shareholders
( 9,180 )
( 9,157 )
Repurchase of redeemable preferred stock
( 1,144 )
( 24,096 )
Proceeds received from exercise of stock options
10,161
15,822
Principal repayments on long-term debt
( 22,874 )
—
Net cash used in financing activities
( 3,872,112 )
( 3,844,591 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
( 4,323,801 )
12,264,065
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
42,071,083
31,111,968
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period - discontinued operations
831,586
225,509
Less: cash and cash equivalents at end of period - discontinued operations
( 399,454 )
( 1,361,514 )
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
38,179,414
$
42,240,028
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
38,179,414
$
40,629,557
Restricted cash at end of period
—
1,610,471
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period
$
38,179,414
$
42,240,028
Interest paid in cash
$
7,413
$
19
Non-cash transactions:
Dividends declared but not paid
$
1,288,185
$
1,280,213
Transfers from (to) inventory to (from) property, plant and equipment and construction in progress
$
12,649
$
342,619
Transfers from construction in progress to property, plant and equipment
$
1,494,692
$
7,408,954
Right-of-use assets obtained in exchange for new operating lease liabilities
$
299,992
$
2,132,069
Purchase of equipment through issuance of long-term debt
$
122,292
$
—
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.
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CONSOLIDATED WATER CO. LTD.
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(UNAUDITED)
1. Principal activity
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”) supply potable water, treat water for reuse and provide water-related products and services to customers in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, the United States and the British Virgin Islands. The Company produces potable water from seawater using reverse osmosis technology and sells this water to a variety of customers, including public utilities, commercial and tourist properties, residential properties and government facilities. The Company designs, builds and sells water production and water treatment infrastructure and manages water infrastructure for commercial and governmental customers. The Company also manufactures a wide range of specialized and custom water industry related products and provides design, engineering, operating and other services applicable to commercial, municipal and industrial water production, supply and treatment.
2. Accounting policies
Basis of consolidation: The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s (i) wholly-owned subsidiaries, Aerex Industries, Inc. ("Aerex"), Aquilex, Inc. (“Aquilex”), Cayman Water Company Limited (“Cayman Water”), Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited (“OC-Cayman”), DesalCo Limited (“DesalCo”), Consolidated Water Cooperatief, U.A. (“CW-Cooperatief”), Consolidated Water U.S. Holdings, Inc. (“CW-Holdings”); and (ii) majority-owned subsidiaries Consolidated Water (Bahamas) Ltd. (“CW-Bahamas”), N.S.C. Agua, S.A. de C.V. (“NSC”), Aguas de Rosarito S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“AdR”), and PERC Water Corporation (“PERC”). The Company’s investment in its affiliate Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OC-BVI”) is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. All significant intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
On January 24, 2020, as a result of CW-Holdings' exercise of a call option, CW-Holdings purchased the remaining 49 % ownership interest in Aerex for $ 8,500,000 in cash. After giving effect to this purchase, CW-Holdings owns 100 % of the outstanding capital stock of Aerex. On August 11, 2020, CW-Holdings purchased an additional 10 % of the ownership of PERC for $ 900,000 , increasing its ownership of this subsidiary to 61 %.
The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited. These condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments (which are of a normal recurring nature) that, in the opinion of management, are necessary to fairly present the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows as of and for the periods presented. The results of operations for these interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for future periods, including the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020.
These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes are presented in accordance with the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) relating to interim financial statements and in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“US GAAP”). Certain information and note disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with US GAAP have been condensed or omitted in these condensed financial statements pursuant to SEC rules and regulations, although the Company believes that the disclosures made herein are adequate to make the information not misleading. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.
Foreign currency: The Company’s reporting currency is the United States dollar (“US$”). The functional currency of the Company and its foreign operating subsidiaries (other than NSC, AdR, and CW-Cooperatief) is the currency for each respective country. The functional currency for NSC, AdR, and CW-Cooperatief is the US$. NSC and AdR conduct business in US$ and Mexican pesos and CW-Cooperatief conducts business in US$ and euros. The exchange rates for the Cayman Islands dollar and the Bahamian dollar are fixed to the US$. The exchange rates for conversion of Mexican pesos and euros into US$ vary based upon market conditions.
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Net foreign currency gains arising from transactions and re-measurements were $ 14,751 and $ 20,441 for the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $ 56,050 and $ 54,586 for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and are included in “Other income (expense) - Other” in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.
Cash and cash equivalents: Cash and cash equivalents consist of demand deposits at banks and highly liquid deposits at banks with an original maturity of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 include $ 11.0 million and $ 12.7 million, respectively, of certificates of deposits with an original maturity of three months or less.
Certain transfers from the Company’s Bahamas bank accounts to Company bank accounts in other countries require the approval of the Central Bank of The Bahamas. As of September 30, 2020, the equivalent United States dollar cash balances for deposits held in The Bahamas were approximately $ 12.4 million.
Revenue recognition: Revenue is recognized when control of the promised goods or services is transferred to the Company’s customers, in an amount that reflects the consideration the Company expects to be entitled to in exchange for those goods or services.
The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by revenue source (unaudited).
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020
2019
2020
2019
Retail revenue
$
4,993,069
$
6,271,220
$
18,216,797
$
19,941,395
Bulk revenue
6,061,475
6,449,757
18,368,156
20,502,121
Services revenue
3,351,935
95,980
9,942,748
287,349
Manufacturing revenue
3,259,778
3,072,282
10,951,524
10,452,158
Total revenue
$
17,666,257
$
15,889,239
$
57,479,225
$
51,183,023
Retail revenue
The Company produces and supplies water to end-users, including residential, commercial and governmental customers in the Cayman Islands under an exclusive retail license issued to Cayman Water by the Cayman Islands government to provide water in two of the three most populated and rapidly developing areas on Grand Cayman Island. Customers are billed on a monthly basis based on metered consumption and bills are typically collected within 30 to 35 days after the billing date.
The Company recognizes revenue from water sales at the time water is supplied to the customer’s premises. The amount of water supplied is determined and invoiced based upon water meter readings performed at the end of each month. All retail water contracts are month-to-month contracts. The Company has elected the "right to invoice" practical expedient for revenue recognition on its retail water sale contracts and recognizes revenue in the amount to which the Company has a right to invoice.
Bulk revenue
The Company produces and supplies water to government-owned distributors in the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas.
OC-Cayman sells bulk water to the Water Authority-Cayman (“WAC”), a government-owned utility and regulatory agency, under two agreements. The WAC in turn distributes such water to properties in Grand Cayman outside of Cayman Water’s retail license area.
The Company sells bulk water in The Bahamas through its majority-owned subsidiary, CW-Bahamas, under two agreements with the Water and Sewerage Corporation of The Bahamas (“WSC”), which distributes such water through its
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own pipeline system to residential, commercial and tourist properties on the Island of New Providence. CW-Bahamas also sells water to a private resort on Bimini.
The Company has elected the “right to invoice” practical expedient for revenue recognition on its bulk water sale contracts and recognizes revenue in the amount to which the Company has a right to invoice.
Services and Manufacturing revenue
The Company, through Aerex, is a custom and specialty manufacturer of water treatment-related systems and products applicable to commercial, municipal and industrial water production. Substantially all of Aerex’s customers are U.S. companies.
The Company provides design, engineering, management, procurement and construction services for desalination infrastructure through DesalCo, which serves customers in the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas and the British Virgin Islands.
The Company also provides design, engineering, construction and management services for water treatment and reuse infrastructure through PERC. All of PERC’s customers are companies or governmental entities located in the U.S.
The Company recognizes revenue for its construction and specialized/custom manufacturing contracts over time under the input method using costs incurred (which represents work performed) to date relative to total estimated costs at completion to measure progress toward satisfying its performance obligations, as such measure best reflects the transfer of control of the promised good to the customer. Contract costs include labor, material and overhead. The Company follows this method since it can make reasonably dependable estimates of the revenue and costs applicable to various stages of a contract. Under this input method, the Company records revenue and recognizes profit or loss as work on the contract progresses. The Company estimates total project costs and profit to be earned on each long-term, fixed price contract prior to commencement of work on the contract and updates these estimates as work on the contract progresses. The cumulative amount of revenue recorded on a contract at a specified point in time is that percentage of total estimated revenue that incurred costs to date comprises of estimated total contract costs. If, as work progresses, the actual contract costs exceed estimates, the profit recognized on revenue from that contract decreases. The Company recognizes the full amount of any estimated loss on a contract at the time the estimates indicate such a loss. Any costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings are classified as current assets. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts are classified as current liabilities.
The Company has elected the “right to invoice” practical expedient for revenue recognition on its management services agreements and recognizes revenue in the amount to which the Company has a right to invoice.
Revenue recognized and amounts billed on services segment and manufacturing segment contracts in progress are summarized as follows:
September 30, 2020
December 31, 2019
Revenue recognized to date on contracts in progress
$
26,940,207
$
24,041,993
Amounts billed to date on contracts in progress
( 26,570,097 )
( 22,980,598 )
$
370,110
$
1,061,395
The above net balances are reflected in the accompanying consolidated balance sheet as follows:
September 30, 2020
December 31, 2019
Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings
$
1,188,875
$
1,675,781
Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings
( 818,765 )
( 614,386 )
$
370,110
$
1,061,395
As of September 30, 2020, the Company had unsatisfied or partially unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts in progress representing approximately $ 2.3 million in aggregate transaction price for contracts with an original expected
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length of greater than one year. The Company expects to earn revenue as it satisfies its performance obligations under those contracts in the amount of approximately $ 0.4 million during the remainder of the year ending December 31, 2020 and approximately $ 1.9 million thereafter.
Practical Expedients and Exemptions
The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original expected length of one year or less and (ii) contracts for which the Company recognizes revenue at the amount to which it has the right to invoice for services performed.
Comparative amounts: Certain amounts presented in the financial statements previously issued for 2019 have been reclassified to conform to the current periods’ presentation.
3. Segment information
The Company has four reportable segments: retail, bulk, services and manufacturing. The retail segment operates the water utility for the Seven Mile Beach and West Bay areas of Grand Cayman Island pursuant to an exclusive license granted by the Cayman Islands government. The bulk segment supplies potable water to government utilities in Grand Cayman and The Bahamas under long-term contracts. The services segment designs, constructs and sells water infrastructure and provides management and operating services to third parties. The manufacturing segment manufactures and services a wide range of custom and specialized water-related products applicable to commercial, municipal and industrial water production, supply and treatment. Consistent with prior periods, the Company records all non-direct general and administrative expenses in its retail business segment and does not allocate any of these non-direct expenses to its other three business segments.
The accounting policies of the segments are consistent with those described in Note 2. The Company evaluates each segment’s performance based upon its income (or loss) from operations. All intercompany transactions are eliminated for segment presentation purposes.
The Company’s segments are strategic business units that are managed separately because each segment sells different products and/or services, serves customers with distinctly different needs and generates different gross profit margins.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2020
Retail
Bulk
Services
Manufacturing
Total
Revenue
$
4,993,069
$
6,061,475
$
3,351,935
$
3,259,778
$
17,666,257
Cost of revenue
2,586,901
4,400,717
2,513,272
1,949,731
11,450,621
Gross profit
2,406,168
1,660,758
838,663
1,310,047
6,215,636
General and administrative expenses
3,367,802
382,662
728,829
330,723
4,810,016
Loss on asset dispositions and impairments, net
—
—
( 984 )
—
( 984 )
Income (loss) from operations
$
( 961,634 )
$
1,278,096
$
108,850
$
979,324
1,404,636
Other income, net
245,492
Income before income taxes
1,650,128
Benefit from income taxes
( 263,165 )
Net income from continuing operations
1,913,293
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests
101,137
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
1,812,156
Net loss from discontinued operations
( 377,321 )
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
$
1,434,835
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Depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2020 for the retail, bulk, services and manufacturing segments were $ 596,528 , $ 971,914 , $ 191,419 and $ 88,452 , respectively.
Three Months Ended September 30, 2019
Retail
Bulk
Services
Manufacturing
Total
Revenue
$
6,271,220
$
6,449,757
$
95,980
$
3,072,282
$
15,889,239
Cost of revenue
2,945,586
4,269,739
31,601
1,933,333
9,180,259
Gross profit
3,325,634
2,180,018
64,379
1,138,949
6,708,980
General and administrative expenses
3,497,320
294,189
549
487,914
4,279,972
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net
6,518
500
—
—
7,018
Income (loss) from operations
$
( 165,168 )
$
1,886,329
$
63,830
$
651,035
2,436,026
Other income, net
216,896
Income before income taxes
2,652,922
Benefit from income taxes
( 40,075 )
Net income from continuing operations
2,692,997
Income attributable to non-controlling interests
433,235
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
2,259,762
Net loss from discontinued operations
( 532,710 )
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
$
1,727,052
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2019 for the retail, bulk, services and manufacturing segments were $ 617,671 , $ 933,955 , $ 0 and $ 214,751 , respectively.
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020
Retail
Bulk
Services
Manufacturing
Total
Revenue
$
18,216,797
$
18,368,156
$
9,942,748
$
10,951,524
$
57,479,225
Cost of revenue
8,343,018
12,906,606
7,418,305
6,852,196
35,520,125
Gross profit
9,873,779
5,461,550
2,524,443
4,099,328
21,959,100
General and administrative expenses
10,008,423
935,808
2,112,869
1,005,838
14,062,938
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net
—
200
3,801
—
4,001
Income (loss) from operations
$
( 134,644 )
$
4,525,942
$
415,375
$
3,093,490
7,900,163
Other income, net
533,710
Income before income taxes
8,433,873
Provision for income taxes
147,186
Net income from continuing operations
8,286,687
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests
642,289
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
7,644,398
Net loss from discontinued operations
( 4,448,798 )
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
$
3,195,600
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 for the retail, bulk, services and manufacturing segments were $ 1,796,588 , $ 2,906,213 , $ 562,756 and $ 296,926 , respectively.
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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019
Retail
Bulk
Services
Manufacturing
Total
Revenue
$
19,941,395
$
20,502,121
$
287,349
$
10,452,158
$
51,183,023
Cost of revenue
8,753,948
13,992,452
198,614
7,013,977
29,958,991
Gross profit
11,187,447
6,509,669
88,735
3,438,181
21,224,032
General and administrative expenses
10,020,019
900,572
2,865
1,466,091
12,389,547
Gain on asset dispositions and impairments, net
401,088
47,000
—
—
448,088
Income from operations
$
1,568,516
$
5,656,097
$
85,870
$
1,972,090
9,282,573
Other income, net
518,031
Income before income taxes
9,800,604
Provision for income taxes
73,117
Net income from continuing operations
9,727,487
Income from continuing operations attributable to non-controlling interests
1,172,039
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
8,555,448
Net income from discontinued operations
1,834,297
Net income attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
$
10,389,745
Depreciation and amortization expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 for the retail, bulk, services and manufacturing segments were $ 1,751,048 , $ 2,858,081 , $ 0 and $ 707,517 , respectively.
As of September 30, 2020
Retail
Bulk
Services
Manufacturing
Total
Accounts receivable, net
$
2,374,722
$
18,609,023
$
1,598,836
$
1,828,747
$
24,411,328
Inventory, current and non-current
$
2,811,852
$
4,006,117
$
—
$
1,609,800
$
8,427,769
Property, plant and equipment, net
$
28,355,776
$
28,537,623
$
487,555
$
1,675,824
$
59,056,778
Construction in progress
$
298,468
$
31,737
$
—
$
143,302
$
473,507
Intangibles, net
$
—
$
—
$
3,369,722
$
991,111
$
4,360,833
Goodwill
$
1,170,511
$
1,948,875
$
5,320,416
$
4,885,211
$
13,325,013
Total segment assets
$
50,782,152
$
73,845,479
$
14,023,605
$
18,768,959
$
157,420,195
Assets of discontinued operations
$
23,047,739
Total assets
$
180,467,934
As of December 31, 2019
Retail
Bulk
Services
Manufacturing
Total
Accounts receivable, net
$
2,891,165
$
18,883,493
$
954,149
$
500,882
$
23,229,689
Inventory, current and non-current
$
2,668,902
$
3,628,443
$
—
$
1,394,588
$
7,691,933
Property, plant and equipment, net
$
29,177,718
$
30,281,647
$
158,358
$
1,621,029
$
61,238,752
Construction in progress
$
396,214
$
869,792
$
—
$
69,591
$
1,335,597
Intangibles, net
$
—
$
—
$
3,877,222
$
1,162,778
$
5,040,000
Goodwill
$
1,170,511
$
1,948,875
$
5,320,416
$
4,885,211
$
13,325,013
Total segment assets
$
65,554,640
$
69,423,770
$
13,170,155
$
14,854,557
$
163,003,122
Assets of discontinued operations
$
29,289,022
Total assets
$
192,292,144
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4. Earnings per share
Earnings per share (“EPS”) are computed on a basic and diluted basis. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net income (less preferred stock dividends) available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common shares for all potential common shares outstanding during the reporting period and, if dilutive, the effect of stock options as computed under the treasury stock method.
The following summarizes information related to the computation of basic and diluted EPS:
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020
2019
2020
2019
Net income from continuing operations attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. stockholders
$
1,812,156
$
2,259,762
$
7,644,398
$
8,555,448
Less: preferred stock dividends
( 2,810 )
( 2,869 )
( 9,099 )
( 9,068 )
Net income from continuing operations available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share
1,809,346
2,256,893
7,635,299
8,546,380
Total income (loss) from discontinued operations
( 377,321 )
( 532,710 )
( 4,448,798 )
1,834,297
Net income available to common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share
$
1,432,025
$
1,724,183
$
3,186,501
$
10,380,677
Weighted average number of common shares in the determination of basic earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders
15,120,983
15,026,710
15,116,681
15,022,489
Plus:
Weighted average number of preferred shares outstanding during the period
34,191
34,507
34,355
34,061
Potential dilutive effect of unexercised options and unvested stock grants
118,355
76,877
119,458
76,293
Weighted average number of shares used for determining diluted earnings per common share attributable to Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. common stockholders
15,273,529
15,138,094
15,270,494
15,132,843
5. Discontinued operations - Mexico project development
In May 2010, the Company acquired, through its wholly owned Netherlands subsidiary, CW-Cooperatief, a 50 % interest in NSC, a development stage Mexican company. CW-Cooperatief subsequently purchased, through the conversion of a loan it made to NSC, additional shares that increased its ownership interest in NSC to 99.99 %. NSC was formed to pursue a project (the “Project”) that originally encompassed the construction, operation and minority ownership of a 100 million gallon per day seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant to be located in northern Baja California, Mexico and accompanying pipelines to deliver water to the Mexican public water system. As discussed in paragraphs that follow, during 2015 the scope of the Project was defined by the State of Baja California (the “State”) to consist of a first phase
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consisting of a 50 million gallons per day plant and an aqueduct that connects to the Mexican public water infrastructure and a second phase consisting of an additional 50 million gallons per day of production capacity.
Through a series of transactions that began in 2012, NSC purchased 20.1 hectares of land for approximately $ 21.1 million on which the proposed Project’s plant would be constructed.
In August 2014, the State enacted new legislation to regulate Public-Private Association projects which involve the type of long-term contract between a public-sector authority and a private party required for the Project (the “APP Law”). Pursuant to this new legislation, in January 2015, NSC submitted an expression of interest for its project to the Ministry of Infrastructure and Urban Development of the State of Baja California (“SIDUE”). SIDUE accepted NSC’s expression of interest and requested that NSC submit a detailed proposal for the Project that complied with the requirements of the new legislation. NSC submitted this detailed proposal (the “APP Proposal”) to SIDUE in late March 2015. The new legislation required that such proposal be evaluated by SIDUE and submitted to the Public-Private Association Projects State Committee (the “APP Committee”) for review and authorization.
In response to its APP Proposal, in September 2015 NSC received a letter dated June 30, 2015 from the Director General of the Comisión Estatal del Agua de Baja California (“CEA”), the State agency with responsibility for the Project, stating that (i) the Project is in the public interest with high social benefits and is consistent with the objectives of the State development plan; and (ii) that the Project should proceed, and the required public tender should be conducted. In November 2015, the State officially commenced the tender for the Project, the scope of which the State defined as a first phase to be operational in 2019 consisting of a 50 million gallon per day plant and an aqueduct that connects to the Mexican potable water infrastructure and a second phase to be operational in 2024 consisting of an additional 50 million gallons per day of production capacity. A consortium (the “Consortium”) comprised of NSC, NuWater S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“NuWater”) and Suez Medio Ambiente México, S.A. de C.V. (“Suez MA”), a subsidiary of SUEZ International, S.A.S., submitted its tender for the Project in April 2016 and in June 2016, the State designated the Consortium as the winner of the tender process for the Project.
In August 2016, NSC and NuWater incorporated Newco under the name Aguas de Rosarito S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“AdR”), a special purpose company, to complete the Project and executed a shareholders agreement for AdR agreeing among other things that (i) AdR would purchase the land and other Project assets from NSC on the date that the Project begins commercial operations and (ii) AdR would enter into a Management and Technical Services Agreement with NSC effective on the first day that the Project begins commercial operations. NSC initially owned 99.6 % of the equity of AdR. In February 2018, CW-Holdings acquired the remaining 0.4 % ownership in AdR from NuWater.
On August 22, 2016, the Public Private Partnership Agreement for the Project (the “APP Contract”) was executed between AdR, CEA, the Government of Baja California, as represented by the Secretary of Planning and Finance and the Public Utilities Commission of Tijuana (“CESPT”). The APP Contract required AdR to design, construct, finance and operate a seawater reverse osmosis desalination plant (and accompanying aqueduct) with a capacity of up to 100 million gallons per day in two phases: the first with a capacity of 50 million gallons per day and an aqueduct to the Mexican public water system in Tijuana, Baja California and the second phase with a capacity of 50 million gallons per day. The first phase was to be operational within 36 months of commencing construction and the second phase was to be operational by January 2025. The APP Contract further required AdR to operate and maintain the plant and aqueduct for a period of 37 years starting from the commencement of operation of the first phase. At the end of the operating period, the plant and aqueduct would have been transferred to CEA.
In December 2016, the Congress of the State of Baja California, Mexico (the “Congress”) passed Decreto #57 which, among other things, ratified and authorized the payment obligations of the corresponding public entities under the APP Contract and authorized the corresponding public entities to obtain a credit facility to guarantee their payment obligations. During 2017, following consultations between representatives of the State and the Ministry of Finance of the Federal Government of Mexico, it was determined that certain amendments to Decreto #57 were required to comply with recent changes to the Federal Financial Discipline Law for Federative Entities and Municipalities. In addition, an amendment of Decreto #57 was required to authorize the inclusion of revenue from the CESPT in the primary payment trust for the Project. These amendments were included in Decreto #168, which was approved by the Congress in December 2017. The authorization of the payment obligations of the public entities under the APP Contract and for the execution of the credit
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agreement to guarantee such payment obligations given in Decreto #57, as amended by Decreto #168, expired on December 31, 2018. During the congressional session held at the end of March 2019, the Congress passed Decreto #335, which renewed the authorizations for the various payment trusts, guaranties and bank credit lines required to be established for the Project by the State entities. Decreto #335 expired December 31, 2019. During the congressional session held at the end of December 2019, the Congress passed Decreto #37, which renewed the authorizations for the various payment trusts, guaranties and bank credit lines required to be established for the Project by the State entities. Decreto #37 expired June 30, 2020.
Both the exchange rate for the Mexican peso relative to the dollar and general macroeconomic conditions in Mexico varied since the execution of the APP Contract. These changes adversely impacted the estimated construction, operating and financing costs for the Project. The APP Contract and the APP Law allowed for the parties to negotiate (but did not guarantee) modifications to the consideration (i.e. water tariff) under the APP Contract in the event of such significant macroeconomic condition changes. In February 2017, AdR submitted proposals to CEA requesting the definition of the mechanism required by the APP Contract to update the consideration under the APP Contract for changes in foreign exchange rates, lending rates and certain laws which have impacted the Project. On June 1, 2018, AdR and CEA executed an amendment to the APP Contract which, among other things, increased the scope of Phase 1 of the Project for including the aqueduct originally designated for Phase 2, and addressed AdR’s concerns regarding the impact on the Project for changes in the exchange rate for the peso relative to the dollar and changes in interest rates that occurred subsequent to the submission of the Consortium’s bid for the Project. As a result of this amendment to the APP Contract, the final cost of Phase 1 and the related consideration to be charged by AdR under the APP Contract would have been determined based upon the bid submitted by the Consortium, the changes set forth in the amendment to the APP Contract and the economic conditions (e.g. interest rates and currency exchange rates) in effect on the financial closing date for Phase 1.
In February 2018, AdR executed a subscription agreement (the “Agreement”) for the equity funding required for the Project. The Agreement calls for NSC to retain a minimum of 25% of the equity in AdR. One or more affiliates of Greenfield SPV VII, S.A.P.I. de C.V. (“Greenfield”), a Mexico company managed by an affiliate of a leading U.S. asset manager, would acquire a minimum of 55% of the equity of AdR. The Agreement also provided Suez MA with the option to purchase 20% of the equity of AdR. If Suez MA did not exercise this option, NSC would retain 35% of the equity of AdR and Greenfield will acquire 65% of the equity of AdR. The Agreement became effective when the certain conditions precedent related to the Project were met. The aggregate investment to be made by the equity partners in the Project, in the form of equity and subordinated shareholder loans, is presently estimated at approximately 20% of the total cost of Phase 1 of the Project. This Agreement was scheduled to expire on September 30, 2020. NSC expected to generate a portion of its funding for its additional future equity investment in AdR through the sale to AdR of the land it had purchased for the Project.
Through June 30, 2020, NSC had paid approximately $ 3.0 million to acquire rights of way for the aqueduct to be constructed for the Project to deliver water to the Mexico public water system.
On June 29, 2020, AdR received a letter (the “Letter”) from the Director General of CEA and the Director General of CESPT terminating the APP Contract. The reasoning provided in the Letter for the decision to terminate the APP Contract is that the Project (a) is not financially feasible due to increases in the construction, operating and financing costs for the Project in addition to negative changes in economic conditions (e.g. interest rates and currency exchange rates); (b) is not sustainable for CEA and CESPT given its financial unfeasibility; (c) puts pressure to increase the rates charged to customers; (d) would force the Government of the State to cover a deficit of CEA and CESPT, thus preventing the State Government from spending on investment programs or social expenditures; and (e) negatively affects the general interest. The Letter requested that AdR provide an inventory of the assets that currently comprise the “Project Works” (as defined in the APP Contract) for the purpose of acknowledging and paying the non-recoverable expenses made by AdR in connection with the Project, with such reimbursement to be calculated in accordance with the terms of the APP Contract. The applicable law requires this list of non-recoverable expenses made by AdR in connection with the Project be submitted to CEA and CESPT within 20 business days from the date of receipt of the Letter.
As a consequence of the termination of the APP Contract, the rights of way NSC and AdR acquired for the aqueduct no longer have any value due to the loss of their strategic importance derived from their incorporation in the Project. Consequently, the Company recorded an impairment loss of approximately $( 3.0 million) for the three months ended
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June 30, 2020 to write off its investment in these rights of way. The Company also recorded adjustments during the three months ended June 30, 2020 of $ 2.6 million and $ 2.2 million to reduce its operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities, respectively, due to the planned cancellation (or transfer to the State) of a long-term land lease associated with the Project.
As a result of the cancellation of the APP Contract, during the three months ended September 30, 2020 the Company discontinued all project development activities associated with the Project and engaged a real estate broker and commenced active marketing efforts to sell the land it purchased for the Project. Accordingly, the assets and liabilities of NSC and AdR, as well as all Project development expenses and the impairment loss incurred by the Company, have been reclassified from the services segment to discontinued operations in the accompanying condensed financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020.
Summarized financial information for the Mexico project development is as follows:
September 30,
December 31,
2020
2019
Current assets
$
1,052,091
$
1,619,056
Property, plant and equipment, net
6,818
10,227
Land and rights of way
21,126,898
24,162,523
Goodwill
—
—
Intangible assets
—
—
Other assets
861,932
3,497,216
Total assets of discontinued operations
$
23,047,739
$
29,289,022
Total liabilities of discontinued operations
$
107,733
$
2,858,314
Three Months Ended
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
2020
2019
2020
2019
Revenues
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
—
Income from operations
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
—
Net loss
$
377,321
$
532,710
$
4,448,798
$
1,786,873
Gain on sale of discontinued operations
$
—
$
—
$
—
$
—
Depreciation expense
$
1,137
$
1,136
$
3,409
$
3,409
AdR initiated an amparo claim before a federal district court in Tijuana, Baja California, to challenge the provision of the applicable law requiring submittal of the list of non-recoverable expenses within the 20 business days term, as AdR considers such term to be unreasonably short due to the magnitude of the Project and the scope of supporting documentation required to be provided with respect to the non-recoverable expenses. AdR obtained an initial provisional suspension of the lapsing of such 20 day term from the court, and on August 10, 2020 the court made such suspension definitive until the completion of the amparo trial. As such, the 20 day term for filing the list of non-recoverable expenses has been suspended. On August 28, 2020, AdR and NSC submitted their list of non-recoverable expenses to CEA and CESPT which was comprised of 51,144,525 United States dollars and an additional 137,333,114 Mexican pesos.
The Company, AdR and NSC plan to vigorously pursue all legal remedies and courses of action available under the APP Contract and applicable law (including international treaties and agreements) with respect to any rights they may have upon termination of the APP Contract, including the reimbursement of expenses and investments. However, the Company cannot provide any assurances that it will be able to obtain reimbursement for any expenses or investments made with respect to the Project.
The Company, AdR and NSC will terminate the various agreements ancillary to the Project as a result of the termination of the APP Contract unless the State elects to assume such agreements.
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Project Litigation
Immediately following CW-Cooperatief’s acquisition of its initial 50 % ownership in NSC, the remaining 50 % ownership interest in NSC was held by an unrelated company, Norte Sur Agua, S. de R.L. de C.V. (“NSA”). NSA subsequently transferred ownership of half of its shares in NSC to EWG Water LLC (“EWG”) and the other half of its shares in NSC to an individual (the “individual shareholder”). In February 2012, CW-Cooperatief paid $ 300,000 to enter into an agreement (the “Option Agreement”) that provided it with an option, exercisable through February 7, 2014, to purchase the shares of NSC owned by the individual shareholder for a price of $ 1.0 million along with an immediate usufruct and power of attorney to vote those shares. Such shares constituted 25 % of the ownership of NSC as of February 2012. In May 2013, NSC repaid a $ 5.7 million loan payable to CW-Cooperatief by issuing additional shares of its stock. As a result of this share issuance to CW-Cooperatief, the Company indirectly acquired 99.99 % of the ownership of NSC. The Option Agreement contained an anti-dilution provision that required CW-Cooperatief to transfer or otherwise cause the individual shareholder to acquire, for a total price of $ 1 (regardless of their par or market value), shares in NSC of an amount sufficient to maintain the individual shareholder’s 25 % ownership interest in NSC if (i) any new shares of NSC were issued subsequent to the execution of the Option Agreement (causing the individual shareholder’s 25 % ownership interest in NSC to be decreased); and (ii) CW-Cooperatief did not exercise its share purchase option by February 7, 2014 . CW-Cooperatief exercised its option and paid the $ 1.0 million to the individual shareholder to purchase the Option Agreement shares in February 2014.
In January 2018, EWG initiated an ordinary mercantile claim against the individual shareholder, NSC and CW-Cooperatief, (with AdR being named as a third party to be called to trial) before the Tenth Civil Judge in Tijuana, Baja California for Mercantile Matters (the “Tenth Civil Judge”). In the ordinary mercantile claim, EWG challenged, among other things, the transactions contemplated under the Option Agreement, and therefore, the capital investment transactions that increased the ownership interest of CW-Cooperatief in NSC to 99.99% as a consequence of the Option Agreement. EWG requested that the courts, as a preliminary matter (a) suspend the effectiveness of the challenged transactions; (b) order certain public officials in Mexico to record the pendency of the lawsuit in the public records (including a special request to register a lien over the real estate owned by NSC); (c) appoint an inspector for NSC to oversee its commercial activities; and (d) order public officials in Mexico and credit institutions abroad to refrain from authorizing or executing any legal act related with the activities of the plaintiff, the co-defendants and the third party called to trial to avoid damages to third parties, including those with whom negotiations or any form of commercial or administrative activities, or activities of any other nature related with the “Rosarito” water desalination project, are being conducted. The Tenth Civil Judge granted, ex-parte, the preliminary relief sought by EWG, which resulted in the issuance of official writs to several governmental and public entities involved with the Project, including the registration of the pendency of the lawsuit in certain public records.
On October 16, 2018, NSC was served with the ordinary mercantile claim. On November 7, 2018, NSC filed a legal response to the claim, vigorously opposing the claims made by EWG. In addition to such legal response, NSC filed (i) a request to submit the claim to arbitration, based on certain provisions of the by-laws of NSC, (ii) an appeal remedy against the preliminary relief, and (iii) a request for the setting of a guarantee to release the preliminary relief granted in favor of EWG.
On October 1, 2020, and following an order from a Federal Judge obtained by NSC, the Tenth Civil Judge resolved to (i) move the claim of EWG to arbitration, and (ii) suspend the corresponding ordinary mercantile procedure. Although EWG has certain remedies available to oppose to such resolution, at present NSC does not have knowledge of the filing thereof.
Notwithstanding the resolution of the Tenth Civil Judge to move to arbitration, subparagraphs a) through e) that follow describe certain separate amparo claims, an appeal and an administrative act arising from or relating to such ordinary mercantile claim, all in chronological order. Due to the current global COVID-19 pandemic, most tribunals in Mexico have suspended their activities since March 2020, with certain such tribunals restarting activities in August 2020. As such, several resolutions are pending issuance.
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a) AdR amparo claim against the preliminary relief sought by EWG.
In April 2018, AdR filed an amparo against the official writs issued by the Tenth Civil Judge to two governmental entities. In May 2018, the amparo claim was amended to also request protection against additional official writs issued by the Tenth Civil Judge to two other governmental entities and one banking institution. In May 2018, the Third District Court for Amparo and Federal Trials in the State of Baja California with residence in Tijuana granted a temporary suspension of the effects and consequences of the claimed official writs issued by the Tenth Civil Judge pending a further determination by the Third District Court. Such suspension was granted definitively in July 2018, and in August 2018, a resolution determining that the claimed official writs are unconstitutional, was issued. EWG appealed such resolution, and in January 2020, the Collegiate Tribunal resolving such appeal dismissed the amparo filed by AdR. However, such dismissal does not adversely impact AdR, considering the resolution to the appeal mentioned in subparagraph b) that follows.
b) Appeal filed by NSC against the preliminary relief sought by EWG.
The appeal remedy filed by NSC on November 7, 2018 mentioned previously, suspended the proceeding (through the posting of a guarantee by NSC) and was resolved in December 2019 and communicated to EWG in January 2020. Such resolution revoked the order of the Tenth Civil Judge whereby EWG was granted the preliminary relief.
c) Amparo filed by EWG against the revocation of the preliminary relief.
In January 2020, EWG filed a new amparo claim against the resolution of the appeal remedy previously mentioned in item (ii). NSC has responded to this new amparo to vigorously oppose such amparo claim of EWG and to uphold the resolution of such appeal remedy. To this date, this amparo claim has not been resolved and, as such, it does not affect the revocation of the preliminary relief.
d) Administrative cancellation of registrations before the Public Registry of Property.
Despite the posting of a guarantee to release the preliminary relief sought by EWG within the ordinary mercantile claim, the Tenth Civil Judge failed to make the resolution effective, which would thereby rescind the previously mentioned preliminary relief granted to EWG.
Consequently, on June 19, 2019 (i.e. before obtaining a resolution revoking the preliminary relief as mentioned previously), NSC filed before the Public Registry of Property of Baja California a cancellation request for the provisional lien and the preventive annotation recorded against NSC’s property in the public real estate records.
On June 24, 2019, the Public Registry of Property of Baja California issued an encumbrances cancellation resolution, approving the release of the provisional lien and the preventive annotation recorded against NSC’s property in the public real estate records. Such encumbrances cancellation resolution was registered before the Public Registry of Property of Playas de Rosarito on June 25, 2019. On June 26, 2019, the Public Registry of Property of Playas de Rosarito issued a certificate of no liens with respect to the real estate owned by NSC.
e) Amparo filed by EWG against the administrative cancellation of registrations before the Public Registry of Property.
In November 2019, NSC learned that EWG had filed an amparo claim before the Third District Court in Tijuana against such encumbrances cancellation resolution, and in December 2019, NSC responded to such claim, vigorously opposing it. Thereafter, NSC submitted a motion to dismiss, based on the resolution of the appeal remedy mentioned previously in subparagraph b) revoking the preliminary
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relief, previously mentioned in item (ii). The Court resolved in favor of such motion to dismiss. However, EWG may file an appeal remedy against such resolution.
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Notwithstanding the resolution to move to arbitration mentioned previously, CW-Cooperatief has not been officially served with the ordinary mercantile claim, and AdR has not been notified that it has to appear for such trial. In any event, AdR is only a named third party called to trial in this claim, and no claims have been made by EWG against AdR.
The Company cannot presently determine what impact the resolution of this litigation may have on its consolidated financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
6. Leases
The Company leases property and equipment under operating leases, primarily office and warehouse locations. For leases with terms greater than twelve months, the related asset and obligation are recorded at the present value of lease payments over the term. Many of these leases contain rental escalation clauses which are factored into the determination of lease payments when appropriate. When available, the lease payments are discounted using the rate implicit in the lease; however, the Company’s current leases do not provide a readily determinable implicit rate. Therefore, the Company’s incremental borrowing rate is estimated to discount the lease payments based on information available at lease commencement.
These leases contain both lease and non-lease components, which the Company has elected to treat as a single lease component. The Company elected not to recognize leases that have an original lease term, including reasonably certain renewal or purchase obligations, of twelve months or less in its consolidated balance sheets for all classes of underlying assets. Lease costs for such short-term leases are expensed on a straight-line basis over the lease term.
The land used by the Company to operate its seawater desalination plants in the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas are owned by the Company or leased to the Company for immaterial annual amounts and are not included in the lease amounts presented on the consolidated balance sheets.
AdR entered into a lease for land to be used in the Project with an initial effective term of 20 -years from the date of full operation of its proposed seawater desalination plant. The lease is cancellable by AdR should it ultimately not proceed with the Project. On June 29, 2020, AdR was notified that the APP Contract was terminated. As a result, the Company, AdR and NSC expect to terminate the various agreements ancillary to the Project or to transfer them to the State, including this land lease for the Project. As such, the lease amounts as of September 30, 2020 do not include this lease.
All lease assets denominated in a foreign currency are measured using the exchange rate at the commencement of the lease. All lease liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are remeasured using the exchange rate as of the consolidated balance sheet date.
Effective May 1, 2019, the Company executed a new lease for its office located in the Cayman Islands under terms comparable to the prior lease. This new lease expires April 30, 2024.
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Lease assets and liabilities
The following table presents the lease-related assets and liabilities and their respective classification on the condensed consolidated balance sheets:
September 30, 2020
December 31, 2019
ASSETS
Current
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
$
202,459
$
33,567
Current assets of discontinued operations
—
2,530
Noncurrent
Operating lease right-of-use assets
1,414,736
1,811,516
Long-term assets of discontinued operations
41,554
2,627,696
Total lease right-of-use assets
$
1,658,749
$
4,475,309
LIABILITIES
Current
Current maturities of operating leases
$
545,364
$
688,540
Current liabilities of discontinued operations
25,918
67,211
Noncurrent
Noncurrent operating leases
1,071,831
1,156,543
Noncurrent liabilities of discontinued operations
8,842
2,679,932
Total lease liabilities
$
1,651,955
$
4,592,226
Weighted average remaining lease term:
Operating leases
3.5 years
3.5 years
Operating leases - discontinued operations
1.4 years
24.0 years
Weighted average discount rate:
Operating leases
4.17 %
4.37 %
Operating leases - discontinued operations
3.48 %
4.68 %
The components of lease costs were as follows:
Three Months Ended September 30,
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020
2019
2020
2019
Operating lease costs
$
191,507
$
164,040
$
576,971
$
404,268
Short-term lease costs
—
4,119
5,518
12,154
Lease costs - discontinued operations
20,048
54,547
120,753
163,546
Total lease costs
$
211,555
$
222,706
$
703,242
$
579,968
Supplemental cash flow information related to leases is as follows:
Nine Months Ended September 30,
2020
2019
Cash paid for amounts included in measurement of liabilities:
Operating cash outflows for operating leases
$
605,306
$
538,566
Operating cash outflows for operating leases - discontinued operations
119,480
169,928
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Future lease payments relating to the Company’s operating lease liabilities as of September 30, 2020 were as follows:
Years ending December 31,
Total
Remainder of 2020
$
195,544
2021
505,206
2022
402,563
2023
405,113
2024
187,510
Thereafter
42,389
Total future lease payments
1,738,325
Less: imputed interest
( 121,130 )
Total lease obligations
1,617,195
Less: current obligations
( 545,364 )
Noncurrent lease obligations
$
1,071,831
7. Fair value
As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the carrying amounts of cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, accrued expenses, accrued compensation, dividends payable and other current liabilities approximate their fair values due to the short-term maturities of these instruments.
Under US GAAP, fair value is defined as the exit price, or the amount that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. US GAAP guidance also establishes a hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. The guidance establishes three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:
Level 1 - Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 - Inputs other than Level 1 that are observable, either directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities; quoted prices in markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable or can be corroborated by observable market data for substantially the full term of the assets or liabilities.
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities.
Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. The Company reviews its fair value hierarchy classifications on a quarterly basis. Changes in the observability of valuation inputs may result in a reclassification of levels for certain securities within the fair value hierarchy.
The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for assets and liabilities measured at fair value as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:
September 30, 2020
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Liabilities:
Recurring
Net liability arising from put/call options
$
—
$
—
$
706,000
$
706,000
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December 31, 2019
Level 1
Level 2
Level 3
Total
Liabilities:
Recurring
Net liability arising from put/call options
$
—
$
—
$
664,000
$
664,000
The activity for the Level 3 liability for the nine months ended September 30, 2020:
Net liability arising from put/call options
Balance as of December 31, 2019
$
664,000
Unrealized loss
42,000
Balance as of September 30, 2020
$
706,000
Put/call options are reported at fair value as either assets or liabilities in the condensed consolidated balance sheets. These fair values are calculated using discounted cash flow analysis valuation techniques that incorporate unobservable inputs, such as future cash flows, weighted-average cost of capital and expected future volatility. The inputs for these valuations are considered Level 3 inputs.
8 . Contingencies
COVID-19
The worldwide coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic was formally recognized by the World Health Organization on March 11, 2020. In response to this pandemic, the governments of the countries in which the Company operates - the Cayman Islands, The Bahamas, and the United States - implemented preventative measures to slow the spread of COVID-19, measures which have had profound adverse consequences for the economies of those countries. Tourism, a major economic driver for the Cayman Islands and The Bahamas, has temporarily ceased in those countries due to closing of these countries to air and sea travel. Overall economic activity in the United States has declined.
As a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economies of the countries in which the Company operates, the Company has experienced, and could continue to experience, the following adverse effects:
● decreases in consolidated revenue, cash flows generated from operations, and overall liquidity as compared to comparable prior periods; and
● a deterioration in the aging of accounts receivable, with a resulting increase in the portion of accounts that ultimately prove to be uncollectible, necessitating an increase in the provisions and allowances for doubtful accounts.
Furthermore, a prolonged extension of the economic downturn created by the COVID-19 pandemic could adversely affect the markets for the Company’s products and services. Such adverse market effects could adversely impact the Company’s expected future cash flows from its four reporting units and could require the Company to record impairment losses to reduce the carrying values of one or more of these reporting units due to a decline in their fair values.
Although the Company cannot presently quantify the future financial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, such impacts will likely have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows. Given the uncertainty associated with the resolution of this pandemic, the Company cannot presently determine how long such adverse financial impacts may last.
Cayman Water
The Company sells water through its retail operations under a license issued in July 1990 by the Cayman Islands government (the “1990 license”) that granted Cayman Water the exclusive right to provide potable water to customers within its licensed service area. Although the 1990 license was not expressly extended after January 2018, the Company
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continues to supply water under the terms of the 1990 license, as further discussed in the following paragraph. Pursuant to the 1990 license, Cayman Water has the exclusive right to produce potable water and distribute it by pipeline to its licensed service area, which consists of two of the three most populated areas of Grand Cayman Island: Seven Mile Beach and West Bay. For the three months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company generated approximately 28 % and 39 %, respectively, of its consolidated revenue and 39 % and 50 %, respectively, of its consolidated gross profit from the retail water operations conducted under the 1990 license. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company generated approximately 32 % and 39 %, respectively, of its consolidated revenue and 45 % and 53 %, respectively, of its consolidated gross profit from the retail water operations conducted under the 1990 license.
The 1990 license was originally scheduled to expire in July 2010 but was extended several times by the Cayman Islands government in order to provide the parties with additional time to negotiate the terms of a new license agreement. The most recent express extension of the 1990 license expired on January 31, 2018. The Company continues to operate under the terms of the 1990 license, providing water services to the level and quality specified in the 1990 license and in accordance with its understanding of its legal obligations, treating those obligations set forth in the 1990 license as operative notwithstanding the expiration of the express extension. The Company continues to pay the royalty required under the 1990 license.
In October 2016, the Government of the Cayman Islands passed legislation which created a new utilities regulation and competition office (“OfReg”). OfReg is an independent and accountable regulatory body with a view of protecting the rights of consumers, encouraging affordable utility services and promoting competition. OfReg, which began operations in January 2017, has the ability to supervise, monitor and regulate multiple utility undertakings and markets. Supplemental legislation was passed by the Government of the Cayman Islands in April 2017, which transferred responsibility for economic regulation of the water utility sector and the negotiations with the Company for a new retail license from the WAC to OfReg in May 2017. The Company began license negotiations with OfReg in July 2017 and such negotiations are ongoing. The Company has been informed during its retail license negotiations, both by OfReg and its predecessor in these negotiations, that the Cayman Islands government seeks to restructure the terms of its license in a manner that could significantly reduce the operating income and cash flows the Company has historically generated from its retail license.
The Company is presently unable to determine what impact the resolution of its retail license negotiations will have on its cash flows, financial condition or results of operations but such resolution could result in a material reduction (or the loss) of the operating income and cash flows the Company has historically generated from Cayman Water’s retail operations and could require the Company to record impairment losses to reduce the carrying values of its retail segment assets. Such impairment losses could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition and results of operations.
CW-Bahamas
CW-Bahamas’ accounts receivable balances (including accrued interest) due from the WSC amounted to $18.4 million as of September 30, 2020 and $ 18.4 million as of December 31, 2019.
Historically, CW-Bahamas has experienced delays in collecting its accounts receivable from the WSC. When these delays occur, the Company holds discussions and meetings with representatives of the WSC and The Bahamas government, and as a result, payment schedules are developed for WSC’s delinquent accounts receivable. All previous delinquent accounts receivable from the WSC were eventually paid in full. Based upon this payment history, CW-Bahamas has never been required to provide an allowance for doubtful accounts for any of its accounts receivable, despite the periodic accumulation of significant delinquent balances. As of September 30, 2020, the Company had not provided an allowance for doubtful accounts for CW-Bahamas’ accounts receivable from the WSC.
If CW-Bahamas continues to be unable to collect a significant portion of its delinquent accounts receivable, one or more of the following events may occur: (i) CW-Bahamas may not have sufficient liquidity to meet its obligations; (ii) the Company may be required to cease the recognition of revenue on CW-Bahamas’ water supply agreements with the WSC; and (iii) the Company may be required to provide an allowance for doubtful accounts for CW-Bahamas’ accounts receivable. Any of these events could have a material adverse impact on the Company’s consolidated financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows.
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9. Discontinued operations - CW-Belize
On February 14, 2019, the Company completed the sale of its former subsidiary, Consolidated Water (Belize) Limited ("CW-Belize") to Belize Water Services Ltd. (“BWSL”) effective January 1, 2019. After adjustments, the final price for CW-Belize was approximately $ 7.0 million. Pursuant to the sale and purchase agreement, BWSL initially paid the Company $ 6.735 million of the purchase price and approximately $ 265,000 was withheld to cover indemnification obligations of the Company under the agreement. The remaining $ 265,000 of the purchase price was paid by BWSL in August 2019. As a result of the sale of CW-Belize, the Company realized a gain of $ 3,621,170 , which is reported as gain on sale of discontinued operations in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2019.
10. Impact of recent accounting standards
Adoption of New Accounting Standards:
None.
Effect of newly issued but not yet effective accounting standards:
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848), which provides optional expedients and exceptions to the current guidance on contract modifications and hedging relationships to ease the financial reporting burdens of the expected market transition from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. The guidance was effective upon issuance and may be applied prospectively to contract modifications made and hedging relationships entered into or evaluated on or before December 31, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of the new guidance on the consolidated financial statements, however the adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material impact on the Company’s financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
11. Subsequent events
The Company evaluated subsequent events through the time of the filing of this report on Form 10-Q. Other than as disclosed in these condensed consolidated financial statements, the Company is not aware of any significant events that occurred subsequent to the balance sheet date but prior to the filing of this report that would have a material impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.
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