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2017 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000156459018003240 Filed on February 26, 2018

Income Statement

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017 Q2
Revenue	$88.92M	$92.39M	$122.9M
YoY Change	4.16%	15.11%	11.7%
Cost Of Revenue	$99.10M	$99.70M	$111.5M
YoY Change	5.09%	-14.52%	3.34%
Gross Profit	-$10.20M	-$7.285M	$11.34M
YoY Change	14.75%	-79.97%	432.64%
Gross Profit Margin	-11.48%	-7.89%	9.23%
Selling, General & Admin	$8.200M	$8.000M	$8.200M
YoY Change	-2.38%	-19.69%	-24.77%
% of Gross Profit			72.31%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$18.81M	$16.18M	$17.04M
YoY Change	-5.05%	-4.03%	21.45%
% of Gross Profit			150.26%
Operating Expenses	$10.30M	$8.100M	$11.50M
YoY Change	35.53%	-18.69%	7.48%
Operating Profit	-$20.50M	-$15.38M	-$160.0K
YoY Change	24.33%	-66.5%	-98.2%
Interest Expense	$9.326M	$9.291M	$9.292M
YoY Change	-195.16%	-30.32%	-244.15%
% of Operating Profit
Other Income/Expense, Net	$100.0K	$100.0K	-$204.0K
YoY Change	-50.0%		-105.14%
Pretax Income	-$30.20M	-$23.80M	-$9.794M
YoY Change	-17.03%	-61.43%	-13.78%
Income Tax	$30.02M	$6.698M	$2.761M
% Of Pretax Income
Net Earnings	$914.0K	-$17.11M	-$7.033M
YoY Change	-104.24%	-112.81%	-146.6%
Net Earnings / Revenue	1.03%	-18.52%	-5.72%
Basic Earnings Per Share	-$0.26	-$0.91	-$0.53
Diluted Earnings Per Share	-$0.26	-$0.91	-$0.53
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding
Diluted Shares Outstanding

Balance Sheet

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017 Q2
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$33.60M	$53.10M	$67.20M
YoY Change	-44.0%	-30.13%	194.74%
Cash & Equivalents	$33.62M	$53.07M	$67.21M
Short-Term Investments
Other Short-Term Assets	$46.90M	$39.90M	$42.10M
YoY Change	2.63%	-72.91%	-73.72%
Inventory	$21.86M	$22.00M	$17.30M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$59.57M	$44.90M	$51.00M
Other Receivables	$1.700M	$2.200M	$2.200M
Total Short-Term Assets	$163.7M	$162.1M	$179.8M
YoY Change	-9.61%	-42.68%	-28.79%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$1.014B	$1.021B	$1.037B
YoY Change	-6.02%	-6.35%	-5.19%
Goodwill
YoY Change
Intangibles
YoY Change
Long-Term Investments
YoY Change
Other Assets
YoY Change
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.025B	$1.033B	$1.046B
YoY Change	-5.86%	-6.35%	-5.73%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$163.7M	$162.1M	$179.8M
Total Long-Term Assets	$1.025B	$1.033B	$1.046B
Total Assets	$1.189B	$1.195B	$1.226B
YoY Change	-6.39%	-13.76%	-10.01%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$55.99M	$49.02M	$49.20M
YoY Change	3.22%	-10.71%	-32.6%
Accrued Expenses	$35.60M	$29.20M	$32.20M
YoY Change	-19.09%	-3.63%	-9.55%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$8.585M	$0.00	$2.600M
YoY Change	4.47%	-100.0%	-92.49%
Long-Term Debt Due	$9.146M	$9.300M	$9.600M
YoY Change	-33.46%	-91.58%	-36.84%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$109.3M	$87.54M	$93.60M
YoY Change	-9.11%	-55.48%	-54.47%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$400.3M	$401.1M	$401.9M
YoY Change	-1.53%	-1.96%	-21.73%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$11.70M	$11.86M	$13.10M
YoY Change	-5.08%	26.74%	42.39%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$400.3M	$11.86M	$415.0M
YoY Change	-4.43%	26.74%	-20.6%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$109.3M	$87.54M	$93.60M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$400.3M	$11.86M	$415.0M
Total Liabilities	$509.5M	$99.40M	$597.3M
YoY Change	-5.47%	-51.74%	-21.41%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings		$263.1M
YoY Change
Common Stock		$3.128M
YoY Change
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)	$18.10M	$19.24M
YoY Change	-9.89%
Treasury Stock Shares		$2.876M
Shareholders Equity	$438.2M	$445.2M	$628.3M
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$1.189B	$1.195B	$1.226B
YoY Change	-6.39%	-13.76%	-10.01%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2017 Q4	2017 Q3	2017 Q2
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$914.0K	-$17.11M	-$7.033M
YoY Change	-104.24%	-112.81%	-146.6%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$18.81M	$16.18M	$17.04M
YoY Change	-5.05%	-4.03%	21.45%
Cash From Operating Activities	-$16.34M	-$4.070M	$14.65M
YoY Change	-26.2%	-88.7%	-29.67%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$10.26M	-$8.810M	-$2.470M
YoY Change	-0.87%	-72.58%	-96.25%
Acquisitions
YoY Change
Other Investing Activities	$1.600M	$3.190M	$19.29M
YoY Change	-98.67%	-98.7%	2695.65%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$8.650M	-$5.630M	$16.82M
YoY Change	-107.9%	-102.65%	-125.79%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net
YoY Change
Debt Paid & Issued, Net
YoY Change
Cash From Financing Activities	5.540M	-4.450M	-9.300M
YoY Change	-105.36%	-96.4%	-133.33%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	-16.34M	-4.070M	14.65M
Cash From Investing Activities	-8.650M	-5.630M	16.82M
Cash From Financing Activities	5.540M	-4.450M	-9.300M
Net Change In Cash	-19.45M	-14.15M	22.17M
YoY Change	21.56%	-126.61%	-234.45%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	-$16.34M	-$4.070M	$14.65M
Capital Expenditures	-$10.26M	-$8.810M	-$2.470M
Free Cash Flow	-$6.080M	$4.740M	$17.12M
YoY Change	-48.43%	-221.85%	-80.27%

Facts In Submission

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CY2015	lxu	Payments Of Preferred Stocks And Warrants Issuance Costs PaymentsOfPreferredStocksAndWarrantsIssuanceCosts	2472000
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CY2016	us-gaap	Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Discontinued Operations CashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesDiscontinuedOperations	-2340000
CY2015	us-gaap	Cash Provided By Used In Financing Activities Discontinued Operations CashProvidedByUsedInFinancingActivitiesDiscontinuedOperations	-1292000
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CY2017	us-gaap	Use Of Estimates UseOfEstimates	<div> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:12pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Use of Estimates <font style="letter-spacing:-0.1pt;font-weight:normal;">–</font> <font style="font-weight:normal;">The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.</font></p></div>
CY2017	us-gaap	Concentration Risk Credit Risk ConcentrationRiskCreditRisk	<div> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-weight:bold;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Concentration of Credit Risks for Cash and Cash Equivalents and Sales <font style="font-weight:normal;">– Financial instruments relating to cash and cash equivalents potentially subject us to concentrations of credit risk.  These financial instruments were held by financial institutions within the U.S. except for </font><font style="color:#000000;font-weight:normal;">approximately $1.9 million</font><font style="font-weight:normal;">.  None of the financial instruments held within U.S. were in excess of the federally insured limits.  </font></p> <p style="text-align:justify;margin-top:6pt;margin-bottom:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">Net sales to one customer, <font style="color:#000000;">Koch Fertilizer LLC,</font> represented approximately 10%, 11% and <font style="color:#000000;">12</font>% of our total net sales for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.<font style="color:#000000;">  </font>Net sales to one customer, Covestro AG (“Covestro”), represented approximately 12%, 13% and 15% of our total net sales for 2017, 2016 and 2015, respectively.  The sales to Covestro are pursuant to an agreement under which one of our subsidiaries operates a nitric acid plant located within Covestro’s chemical manufacturing complex as discussed in Note 11 – Commitments and Contingencies.  This agreement: (a) allows us to pass-through most of the costs of producing the nitric acid that Covestro purchases, including the cost of ammonia; (b) to receive management fees for managing the operations and for marketing nitric acid not used by Covestro to third party customers and; (c) to receive a portion of any carbon credits that are sold.</p></div>
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CY2017	lxu	Noncash Incentive Tax Credit Receivable NoncashIncentiveTaxCreditReceivable	8100000
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CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Derivative Number Of Instruments Held DerivativeNumberOfInstrumentsHeld	0
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CY2015	lxu	Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Stock Based Compensation DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationStockBasedCompensation	634000
CY2016	lxu	Discontinued Operations Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment DiscontinuedOperationsPaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	273000
CY2015	lxu	Discontinued Operations Payments To Acquire Property Plant And Equipment DiscontinuedOperationsPaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment	863000
CY2016	lxu	Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Software And Software Development Costs DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationSoftwareAndSoftwareDevelopmentCosts	675000
CY2015	lxu	Disposal Group Including Discontinued Operation Software And Software Development Costs DisposalGroupIncludingDiscontinuedOperationSoftwareAndSoftwareDevelopmentCosts	2466000
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CY2015	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Other Adjustments IncomeTaxReconciliationOtherAdjustments	-896000
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CY2015	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Expense UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestExpense	0
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CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Income Tax Penalties And Interest Accrued UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncomeTaxPenaltiesAndInterestAccrued	0
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Two Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInTwoYears	6119000
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Operating Leases Future Minimum Payments Due In Five Years OperatingLeasesFutureMinimumPaymentsDueInFiveYears	1259000
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CY2017	lxu	Natural Gas Purchase Commitments Weighted Average Market Value NaturalGasPurchaseCommitmentsWeightedAverageMarketValue	3200000
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CY2017	lxu	Payments Under Employment And Severance Agreements PaymentsUnderEmploymentAndSeveranceAgreements	13700000
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Liabilities Level2 To Level1 Transfers Amount FairValueLiabilitiesLevel2ToLevel1TransfersAmount	0
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CY2015Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	1154000
CY2014Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	2779000
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CY2017	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliation Recurring Basis Liability Settlements FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationRecurringBasisLiabilitySettlements	1587000
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Measurement With Unobservable Inputs Reconciliations Recurring Basis Liability Value FairValueMeasurementWithUnobservableInputsReconciliationsRecurringBasisLiabilityValue	2660000
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CY2016	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Dividends Adjustment TemporaryEquityDividendsAdjustment	19733000
CY2015	us-gaap	Temporary Equity Dividends Adjustment TemporaryEquityDividendsAdjustment	2287000
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Income Loss From Discontinued Operations Net Of Tax Attributable To Reporting Entity IncomeLossFromDiscontinuedOperationsNetOfTaxAttributableToReportingEntity	1076000
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CY2017Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-24745000
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-6991000
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CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Available To Common Stockholders Basic NetIncomeLossAvailableToCommonStockholdersBasic	-28654000
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CY2016Q4	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	-1.19
CY2017Q1	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	-0.48
CY2017Q2	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	-0.53
CY2017Q3	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	-0.91
CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Per Basic Share IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsPerBasicShare	-0.30
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CY2016Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.20
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