IRVING, Texas, Feb. 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Darling
Ingredients Inc. (NYSE: DAR), a global developer and producer of
sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible
bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and customized
specialty solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet
food, feed, industrial, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer
industries, today announced financial results for the fiscal
2018 fourth quarter and year ended December
29, 2018.
Fourth Quarter 2018 Overview
- Net income of $40.6 million,
or $0.24 per GAAP diluted
share
- Revenue of $853.1
million
- Adjusted EBITDA of $108.9
million
- DGD delivered record Fourth quarter, Entity EBITDA of
$110 million
- Strong global raw material volumes up 1.5 % over Q4
2017
- Feed segment still challenged by trade disruptions and
lagging fat prices
- Food segment showed improved earnings in the collagen
business
- Improved performance in Fuel segment reflects investments in
Euro bioenergy
- DGD partner dividend of $40
million during Q4
Fiscal 2018 Overview
- Net income of $101.5 million,
or $0.60 per GAAP diluted
share
- Consolidated Revenue of $3.4
billion
- Adjusted EBITDA of $431.4
million
- DGD partner dividend of $65
million during 2018 and Phase III large scale expansion
underway
- No net borrowings while investing $108 million in growth acquisitions
- Total debt to EBITDA ratio improved to 3.13 per bank
covenant
For the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company reported net sales
of $853.1 million, as compared with
net sales of $952.5 million for the
fourth quarter of 2017. Net income attributable to Darling
for the three months ended December 29,
2018 was $40.6 million, or
$0.24 per diluted share, compared to
a net income of $105.7 million, or
$0.63 per diluted share, for the
fourth quarter of 2017. The decrease in net income for the
fourth quarter 2018 is primarily attributable to income tax expense
compared to an income tax benefit in the same period of 2017 due to
the remeasurement of deferred tax liabilities per the U.S. Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act and benefits from European tax reform, along with
higher depreciation costs from increased capital expenditures that
more than offset increased income from unconsolidated subsidiaries
and lower selling, general and administrative expenses.
For the fiscal year ended 2018, the Company reported net sales
of $3,388 million, as compared with
net sales of $3,662 million for the
fiscal year ended 2017. Net Income attributable to Darling for the
fiscal year ended December 29, 2018
was $101.5 million, or $0.60 per diluted share, as compared to a net
income of $128.5 million, or
$0.77 per diluted share, for the
fiscal year ended December 30, 2017.
The decrease in net income for 2018 is primarily attributable to
income tax expense compared to an income tax benefit in 2017 due to
the remeasurement of deferred tax liabilities per the U.S. Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act along with benefits from European tax reform. Lower
earnings in 2018 as compared to 2017 is also attributed to debt
extinguishment costs, higher depreciation costs, restructuring and
impairment charges and loss on disposal of subsidiaries.
Comments on the Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2018 Year
End
"Our fourth quarter truly showed the diversity and consistency
of our global ingredients platform and the potential DGD has to
transform Darling," said Randall C.
Stuewe, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Darling
Ingredients Inc.
Commenting on the Company's overall strategy, Mr. Stuewe said,
"During the year, we made strong advancements executing our world
of growth strategy to create a sustainable portfolio of value-added
and specialty ingredients through multiple, completed construction
projects, expansions and bolt on acquisitions."
Operational Update by Segment
- Feed Ingredients – Segment lagged
performance due to overall weaker fat pricing impacted from
extended DGD downtime during the year and large global slaughter
volumes. Trade disruptions and large palm oil supplies also weighed
on results. Protein pricing stabilized with continued strong feed
demand in spite of China's Africa
Swine Fever (AFS) outbreak. Expanded Midwest footprint with
acquisitions focused on specialty pet food and feedstock to supply
growing biofuel mandates. Growth expansions for rendering, blood
and higher grade, species-specific operations delivered as
expected.
- Food Ingredients – Segment results reflect
the closure of the Argentina
collagen plant and lower earnings in the European collagen market.
Global collagen strong in Brazil
and China. CTH casings business
pressured by increased raw materials costs and decreased sales
volumes. Sonac edible fats showed margin pressure due to competing
weaker palm oil markets.
- Fuel Ingredients – Segment delivered
consistent results when excluding the $12.6
million in blenders tax credit (BTC) reinstated for 2017 in
February 2018, and new earnings from
Belgium digester operations contributed nicely. Ecoson bioenergy
facility normalized capacity and delivered improved quarterly
performance. Europe's disposal
rendering business reported stable earnings with strong volumes in
Europe. North American biodiesel
operations reported steady earnings absent the BTC.
- Diamond Green Diesel Joint
Venture – Increased fourth quarter production
and inclusion of the retroactive 2017 BTC drove improvement. Posted
fourth quarter EBITDA of $1.67 per
gallon, absent a BTC for 2018. Total 2018 entity EBITDA of
$187.6 million (excluding
$160.4 million for 2017 BTC recorded
first quarter 2018) or $1.19 per
gallon on the sale of 157.4 million gallons. Distributed partner
dividend of $65 million for 2018 and
closed year debt free. Phase III Super Diamond expansion to 675
million gallons approved and includes additional 50-60 million
gallons of renewable naphtha gallons for the green gasoline
markets. Estimated expansion costs of $1.1
billion with anticipated start-up in latter half of
2021.
Financial Update by Segment
Feed
Ingredients
|
Three Months
Ended
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
|
($
thousands)
|
December 29,
2018
|
December 30,
2017
|
|
December 29,
2018
|
December 30,
2017
|
Net sales
|
$
485,190
|
$
562,206
|
|
$
1,952,555
|
$
2,239,492
|
Selling, general and
administrative expenses
|
44,808
|
45,794
|
|
176,722
|
178,347
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
53,359
|
49,239
|
|
194,292
|
184,172
|
Segment operating
income
|
12,047
|
26,894
|
|
82,843
|
132,342
|
EBITDA
|
$
65,406
|
$
76,133
|
|
$
277,135
|
$
316,514
|
|
*EBITDA calculated by
adding depreciation and amortization to segment operating
income.
|
- Feed Ingredients operating income for the three months ended
December 29, 2018 was $12.0 million, a decrease of $14.9 million as compared to the three months
ended December 30, 2017. Segment
operating income was down in fourth quarter 2018 as compared to
fourth quarter 2017 due to lower finished fat product prices and
higher depreciation charges from increased capital expenditures
that more than offset increased raw material volumes.
- Feed Ingredients operating income for the fiscal year 2018 was
$82.8 million, a decrease of
$49.5 million as compared to fiscal
year 2017. Segment operating income was down in fiscal 2018 as
compared to fiscal 2017 due to lower finished fat product prices
and higher depreciation charges from increased capital expenditures
that more than offset increased raw material volumes.
Food
Ingredients
|
Three Months
Ended
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
|
($
thousands)
|
December 29,
2018
|
December 30,
2017
|
|
December 29,
2018
|
December 30,
2017
|
Net sales
|
$
291,669
|
$
313,478
|
|
$
1,139,126
|
$
1,156,976
|
Selling, general and
administrative expenses
|
23,652
|
27,408
|
|
91,546
|
104,644
|
Restructuring and
impairment charges
|
-
|
-
|
|
14,965
|
-
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
20,263
|
19,719
|
|
80,988
|
75,010
|
Segment operating
income
|
14,613
|
16,416
|
|
33,768
|
56,939
|
EBITDA
|
$
34,876
|
$
36,135
|
|
$
129,721
|
$
131,949
|
|
*EBITDA calculated by
adding depreciation and amortization and restructuring and
impairment charges to segment operating income.
|
- Food Ingredients operating income was $14.6 million for the three months ended
December 29, 2018, a decrease of
$1.8 million as compared to the three
months ended December 29, 2017. The
decrease in operating income was primarily attributable to lower
earnings in the casings business and lower earnings in the European
collagen markets.
- Food Ingredients operating income was $33.8 million for fiscal 2018, a decrease of
$23.1 million as compared to fiscal
2017. This decrease was primarily due to the restructuring and
impairment charges incurred as a result of the Hurlingham,
Argentina collagen plant shut down
and lower earnings in the European collagen markets. The casings
business delivered lower earnings in fiscal 2018 due to an increase
in raw material prices as compared to fiscal 2017. The Company's
edible fat prices were lower in fiscal 2018 as a result of lower
competing fat markets as compared to fiscal 2017.
Fuel
Ingredients
|
Three Months
Ended
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
|
($
thousands)
|
December 29,
2018
|
December 30,
2017
|
|
December 29,
2018
|
December 30,
2017
|
Net sales
|
$
76,271
|
$
76,865
|
|
$
296,045
|
$
265,783
|
Selling, general and
administrative expenses
|
(714)
|
4,707
|
|
(4,770)
|
10,355
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
8,603
|
8,547
|
|
34,981
|
31,019
|
Segment operating
income
|
8,617
|
8,103
|
|
35,308
|
13,980
|
EBITDA
|
$
17,220
|
$
16,650
|
|
$
70,289
|
$
44,999
|
|
*EBITDA calculated by
adding depreciation and amortization to segment operating
income.
|
Results shown
do not include the Diamond Green Diesel (DGD) 50% Joint
Venture.
|
- Exclusive of the DGD Joint Venture, the Company's Fuel
Ingredients operating income for the three months ended
December 29, 2018 was $8.6 million, an increase of $0.5 million as compared to the three months
ended December 30, 2017. The increase
in earnings is primarily a result of higher earnings within Ecoson,
the bioenergy business in Europe;
and Rendac, the disposal rendering business in Europe.
- Exclusive of the DGD Joint Venture, the Company's Fuel
Ingredients operating income for fiscal year 2018 was $35.3 million, an increase of $21.3 million as compared to fiscal 2017. The
increase in earnings is primarily due to the reinstated fiscal 2017
blenders tax credits in North
America of approximately $12.6
million recorded in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 as
compared to the lack of blenders tax credits in the same period of
fiscal 2017 and higher overall sales prices and strong demand from
biodiesel industries.
Darling
Ingredients Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
December 29, 2018
and December 30, 2017
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
December
29,
|
|
December
30,
|
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
ASSETS
|
|
|
|
Current
assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash
equivalents
|
$
107,262
|
|
$
106,774
|
|
Restricted
cash
|
107
|
|
142
|
|
Accounts Receivable,
less allowance for bad debts of $7,830 at December 29, 2018 and
$8,045 at December 30, 2017
|
385,737
|
|
391,847
|
|
Inventories
|
341,028
|
|
358,183
|
|
Prepaid
expenses
|
35,247
|
|
38,326
|
|
Income taxes
refundable
|
6,462
|
|
4,509
|
|
Other current
assets
|
22,099
|
|
56,664
|
|
Total current assets
|
897,942
|
|
956,445
|
Property, plant and
equipment, net
|
1,687,858
|
|
1,645,822
|
Intangible assets,
net
|
595,862
|
|
676,500
|
Goodwill
|
1,229,159
|
|
1,301,093
|
Investment in
unconsolidated subsidiaries
|
410,177
|
|
302,038
|
Other
assets
|
53,375
|
|
62,284
|
Deferred income
taxes
|
14,981
|
|
14,043
|
|
|
$
4,889,354
|
|
$
4,958,225
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND
STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|
|
|
Current
liabilities:
|
|
|
|
|
Current portion of
long-term debt
|
$
7,492
|
|
$
16,143
|
|
Accounts payable,
principally trade
|
219,479
|
|
217,417
|
|
Income taxes
payable
|
4,043
|
|
12,300
|
|
Accrued
expenses
|
309,484
|
|
313,623
|
|
Total current liabilities
|
540,498
|
|
559,483
|
Long-term debt, net
of current portion
|
1,666,940
|
|
1,698,050
|
Other noncurrent
liabilities
|
115,032
|
|
106,287
|
Deferred income
taxes
|
231,063
|
|
266,708
|
|
Total liabilities
|
2,553,533
|
|
2,630,528
|
Commitments and
contingencies
|
|
|
|
Total Darling's
stockholders' equity
|
2,273,048
|
|
2,244,933
|
Noncontrolling
interests
|
62,773
|
|
82,764
|
|
Total stockholders' equity
|
$
2,335,821
|
|
$
2,327,697
|
|
|
$
4,889,354
|
|
$
4,958,225
|
Darling
Ingredients Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
Consolidated
Operating Results
|
For the Periods
Ended December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017
|
(in thousands, except
per share data)
|
|
|
|
(Fourth Quarter
Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
Ended
|
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
December
29,
|
|
December
30,
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
December
29,
|
|
December
30,
|
|
Favorable
|
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
Net sales
|
$
853,130
|
|
$
952,549
|
|
$
(99,419)
|
|
|
$
3,387,726
|
|
$
3,662,251
|
|
$
(274,525)
|
Costs and
expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost of sales and
operating expenses
|
667,882
|
|
745,722
|
|
77,840
|
|
|
2,647,083
|
|
2,875,443
|
|
228,360
|
|
Selling, general and
administrative expenses
|
76,357
|
|
89,894
|
|
13,537
|
|
|
309,264
|
|
343,502
|
|
34,238
|
|
Restructuring and
impairment charges
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
14,965
|
|
-
|
|
(14,965)
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
85,277
|
|
80,794
|
|
(4,483)
|
|
|
321,192
|
|
302,100
|
|
(19,092)
|
Total costs and
expenses
|
829,516
|
|
916,410
|
|
86,894
|
|
|
3,292,504
|
|
3,521,045
|
|
228,541
|
Operating
income
|
23,614
|
|
36,139
|
|
(12,525)
|
|
|
95,222
|
|
141,206
|
|
(45,984)
|
Other
expense:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense
|
(20,209)
|
|
(22,269)
|
|
2,060
|
|
|
(86,429)
|
|
(88,926)
|
|
2,497
|
|
Debt extinguishment
costs
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
|
(23,509)
|
|
-
|
|
(23,509)
|
|
Foreign currency
gain/(loss)
|
651
|
|
(2,468)
|
|
3,119
|
|
|
(6,431)
|
|
(6,898)
|
|
467
|
|
Loss on disposal of
subsidiaries
|
(45)
|
|
(885)
|
|
840
|
|
|
(12,545)
|
|
(885)
|
|
(11,660)
|
|
Other expense,
net
|
(3,459)
|
|
(418)
|
|
(3,041)
|
|
|
(7,562)
|
|
(8,801)
|
|
1,239
|
Total other
expense
|
(23,062)
|
|
(26,040)
|
|
2,978
|
|
|
(136,476)
|
|
(105,510)
|
|
(30,966)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity in net income
of unconsolidated subsidiaries
|
49,631
|
|
11,835
|
|
37,796
|
|
|
159,229
|
|
28,504
|
|
130,725
|
Income before income
taxes
|
50,183
|
|
21,934
|
|
28,249
|
|
|
117,975
|
|
64,200
|
|
53,775
|
Income taxes
expense/(benefit)
|
8,039
|
|
(85,010)
|
|
(93,049)
|
|
|
12,031
|
|
(69,154)
|
|
(81,185)
|
Net income
|
42,144
|
|
106,944
|
|
(64,800)
|
|
|
105,944
|
|
133,354
|
|
(27,410)
|
Net income
attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
(1,496)
|
|
(1,215)
|
|
(281)
|
|
|
(4,448)
|
|
(4,886)
|
|
438
|
Net income
attributable to Darling
|
$
40,648
|
|
$
105,729
|
|
$
(65,081)
|
|
|
$
101,496
|
|
$
128,468
|
|
$
(26,972)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic income per
share:
|
$
0.25
|
|
$
0.64
|
|
$
(0.39)
|
|
|
$
0.62
|
|
$
0.78
|
|
$
(0.16)
|
Diluted income per
share:
|
$
0.24
|
|
$
0.63
|
|
$
(0.39)
|
|
|
$
0.60
|
|
$
0.77
|
|
$
(0.17)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of diluted
common shares:
|
168,379
|
|
166,997
|
|
|
|
|
167,910
|
|
166,730
|
|
|
Darling
Ingredients Inc. and Subsidiaries
|
Consolidated
Statement of Cash Flows
|
Fiscal Years Ended
December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
December
29,
|
|
December
30,
|
Cash flows from
operating activities:
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
Net income
|
|
$
105,944
|
|
$
133,354
|
|
Adjustments to
reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
321,192
|
|
302,100
|
|
|
Deferred income
taxes
|
(16,974)
|
|
(98,805)
|
|
|
Loss/(gain) on sale
of assets
|
709
|
|
(237)
|
|
|
Loss on disposal of
subsidiaries
|
12,545
|
|
885
|
|
|
Asset
impairment
|
2,907
|
|
-
|
|
|
Gain on insurance
proceeds from insurance settlement
|
(1,253)
|
|
(1,427)
|
|
|
Increase in long-term
pension liability
|
1,463
|
|
2,383
|
|
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
18,779
|
|
17,598
|
|
|
Debt extinguishment
costs
|
23,509
|
|
-
|
|
|
Write-off deferred
loan costs
|
320
|
|
766
|
|
|
Deferred loan cost
amortization
|
7,870
|
|
8,736
|
|
|
Equity in net income
of unconsolidated subsidiaries
|
(159,229)
|
|
(28,504)
|
|
|
Distribution of
earnings from unconsolidated subsidiaries
|
67,638
|
|
26,761
|
|
|
Changes in operating
assets and liabilities, net of effects from
acquisitions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts
receivable
|
(6,347)
|
|
3,482
|
|
|
Income taxes
refundable/payable
|
(9,809)
|
|
9,360
|
|
|
Inventories and prepaid
expenses
|
2,391
|
|
(15,022)
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued
expenses
|
14,534
|
|
73,386
|
|
|
Other
|
|
12,426
|
|
(24,380)
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by
operating activities
|
398,615
|
|
410,436
|
Cash flows from
investing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
Capital
expenditures
|
(321,896)
|
|
(274,168)
|
|
Acquisitions, net of
cash acquired
|
(107,727)
|
|
(12,144)
|
|
Investment of
unconsolidated subsidiary
|
(12,250)
|
|
(4,750)
|
|
Proceeds from sale of
investment in subsidiaries
|
82,760
|
|
-
|
|
Gross proceeds from
disposal of property, plant and equipment and other
assets
|
19,328
|
|
8,090
|
|
Proceeds from
insurance settlement
|
1,253
|
|
6,054
|
|
Payments related to
routes and other intangibles
|
(3,883)
|
|
(7,135)
|
|
|
|
Net cash used by
investing activities
|
(342,415)
|
|
(284,053)
|
Cash flows from
financing activities:
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from
long-term debt
|
624,620
|
|
33,401
|
|
Payments on long-term
debt
|
(686,628)
|
|
(149,623)
|
|
Borrowings from
revolving credit facility
|
543,898
|
|
199,495
|
|
Payments on revolving
credit facility
|
(510,974)
|
|
(204,935)
|
|
Net cash overdraft
financing
|
3,460
|
|
(714)
|
|
Deferred loan
costs
|
(9,668)
|
|
(6,717)
|
|
Issuance of common
stock
|
182
|
|
22
|
|
Minimum withholding
taxes paid on stock awards
|
(2,215)
|
|
(3,049)
|
|
Deductions of
noncontrolling interest
|
-
|
|
(17,451)
|
|
Distributions to
noncontrolling interests
|
(10,257)
|
|
(5,281)
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in
financing activities
|
(47,582)
|
|
(154,852)
|
Effect of exchange
rate changes on cash flows
|
(8,165)
|
|
20,528
|
Net
increase/(decrease) in cash, restricted cash and cash
equivalents
|
453
|
|
(7,941)
|
Cash, cash
equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of year
|
106,916
|
|
114,857
|
Cash, cash
equivalents and restricted cash at end of year
|
$
107,369
|
|
$
106,916
|
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued capital
expenditures
|
$
5,951
|
|
$
1,521
|
|
Cash paid during the
period for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest, net of
capitalized interest
|
$
75,006
|
|
$
78,233
|
|
|
Income taxes, net of
refunds
|
$
33,162
|
|
$
26,304
|
|
Non-cash financing
activities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Debt issued for
service contract assets
|
$
22
|
|
$
9,459
|
Diamond Green
Diesel Joint Venture
|
Condensed
Consolidated Balance Sheets
|
December 31, 2018
and December 31, 2017
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
Assets:
|
|
|
|
|
Total current
assets
|
$
186,258
|
|
$
202,778
|
|
Property, plant and
equipment, net
|
576,384
|
|
435,328
|
|
Other
assets
|
24,601
|
|
4,655
|
|
|
Total
assets
|
$
787,243
|
|
$
642,761
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Liabilities and
members' equity:
|
|
|
|
|
Total current portion
of long term debt
|
$
189
|
|
$
17,023
|
|
Total other current
liabilities
|
40,619
|
|
40,705
|
|
Total long term
debt
|
8,485
|
|
36,730
|
|
Total other long term
liabilities
|
539
|
|
450
|
|
Total members'
equity
|
737,411
|
|
547,853
|
|
|
Total liabilities and
members' equity
|
$
787,243
|
|
$
642,761
|
Diamond Green
Diesel Joint Venture
|
Operating
Financial Results
|
Three Months and
Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2018 and December 31,
2017
|
(in
thousands)
|
|
|
|
|
(Fourth Quarter
Unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months
Ended
|
|
Twelve Months
Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ Change
|
|
|
|
December
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
Favorable
|
|
December
31,
|
|
December
31,
|
|
Favorable
|
Revenues:
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
(Unfavorable)
|
|
Operating
revenues
|
$
270,542
|
|
$
182,140
|
|
$
88,402
|
|
$
677,663
|
|
$
633,908
|
|
$
43,755
|
Expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and
expenses less depreciation, amortization and accretion
expense
|
160,004
|
|
151,769
|
|
(8,235)
|
|
329,636
|
|
547,512
|
|
217,876
|
|
Depreciation,
amortization and accretion expense
|
10,544
|
|
6,088
|
|
(4,456)
|
|
29,434
|
|
28,955
|
|
(479)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total costs and
expenses
|
170,548
|
|
157,857
|
|
(12,691)
|
|
359,070
|
|
576,467
|
|
217,397
|
|
Operating
income
|
99,994
|
|
24,283
|
|
75,711
|
|
318,593
|
|
57,441
|
|
261,152
|
Other
income
|
571
|
|
384
|
|
187
|
|
1,919
|
|
1,343
|
|
576
|
|
|
Interest and debt
expense, net
|
(318)
|
|
-
|
|
(318)
|
|
(955)
|
|
(2,306)
|
|
1,351
|
|
|
Net
income
|
$
100,247
|
|
$
24,667
|
|
$
75,580
|
|
$
319,557
|
|
$
56,478
|
|
$
263,079
|
Darling Ingredients Inc. reports Adjusted EBITDA results, which
is a Non-GAAP financial measure, as a complement to results
provided in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles (GAAP) (for additional information, see "Use of Non-GAAP
Financial Measures" included later in this media release). The
Company believes that Adjusted EBITDA provides additional useful
information to investors. Adjusted EBITDA, as the Company uses the
term, is calculated below:
Reconciliation of
Net Income to (Non-GAAP) Adjusted EBITDA and (Non-GAAP) Pro forma
Adjusted EBITDA
|
Three and twelve
months ended December 29, 2018 and December 30, 2017
|
|
|
|
(unaudited)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended -
Year over Year
|
|
Fiscal Year
Ended
|
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
December
29,
|
|
December
30,
|
|
December
29,
|
|
December
30,
|
(U.S. dollars in
thousands)
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
2018
|
|
2017
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
attributable to Darling
|
$
40,648
|
|
$
105,729
|
|
$
101,496
|
|
$
128,468
|
Depreciation and
amortization
|
85,277
|
|
80,794
|
|
321,192
|
|
302,100
|
Interest
expense
|
20,209
|
|
22,269
|
|
86,429
|
|
88,926
|
Income tax
expense/(benefit)
|
8,039
|
|
(85,010)
|
|
12,031
|
|
(69,154)
|
Restructuring and
impairment charges
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
14,965
|
|
-
|
Foreign currency
loss/(gain)
|
(651)
|
|
2,468
|
|
6,431
|
|
6,898
|
Other expense,
net
|
3,459
|
|
418
|
|
7,562
|
|
8,801
|
Debt extinguishment
costs
|
-
|
|
-
|
|
23,509
|
|
-
|
Loss on disposal of
subsidiaries
|
45
|
|
885
|
|
12,545
|
|
885
|
Equity in net income
of unconsolidated subsidiaries
|
(49,631)
|
|
(11,835)
|
|
(159,229)
|
|
(28,504)
|
Net income
attributable to noncontrolling interests
|
1,496
|
|
1,215
|
|
4,448
|
|
4,886
|
|
Adjusted EBITDA
(Non-GAAP)
|
$
108,891
|
|
$
116,933
|
|
$
431,379
|
|
$
443,306
|
Foreign currency
exchange impact
|
2,279
|
(1)
|
-
|
|
(8,565)
|
(2)
|
-
|
|
Pro forma
Adjusted EBITDA to Foreign Currency (Non-GAAP)
|
$
111,170
|
|
$
116,933
|
|
$
422,814
|
|
$
443,306
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DGD Joint Venture
Adjusted EBITDA (Darling's share)
|
$
55,268
|
|
$
15,185
|
|
$
174,013
|
|
$
43,198
|
|
|
(1)
|
The average rates
assumption used in the calculation was the actual fiscal average
rate for the three months ended December 29, 2018 of €1.00:USD$1.14
and CAD$1.00:USD$0.76 as compared to the average rate for the three
months ended December 30, 2017 of €1.00:USD$1.18 and
CAD$1.00:USD$0.79, respectively.
|
(2)
|
The average rates
assumption used in the calculation was the actual fiscal average
rate for the twelve months ended December 29, 2018 of
€1.00:USD$1.18 and CAD$1.00:USD$0.77 as compared to the average
rate for the twelve months ended December 30, 2017 of
€1.00:USD$1.13 and CAD$1.00:USD$0.77, respectively.
|
About Darling
Darling Ingredients Inc. is a global developer and producer of
sustainable natural ingredients from edible and inedible
bio-nutrients, creating a wide range of ingredients and specialty
solutions for customers in the pharmaceutical, food, pet food,
feed, technical, fuel, bioenergy, and fertilizer industries.
With operations on five continents, the Company collects and
transforms all aspects of animal by-product streams into useable
and specialty ingredients, such as collagen, edible fats,
feed-grade fats, animal proteins and meals, plasma, pet food
ingredients, organic fertilizers, yellow grease, fuel feedstocks,
green energy, natural casings and hides. The Company also
recovers and converts recycled oils (used cooking oil and animal
fats) into valuable feed and fuel ingredients and collects and
processes residual bakery products into feed ingredients. In
addition, the Company provides environmental services, such as
grease trap collection and disposal services to food service
establishments. The Company sells its products domestically and
internationally and operates within three industry segments: Feed
Ingredients, Food Ingredients and Fuel Ingredients. For additional
information, visit the Company's website at
http://www.darlingii.com.
Darling Ingredients Inc. will host a conference call to discuss
the Company's fourth quarter and fiscal year end 2018 financial
results at 8:30 am Eastern Time (7:30
am Central Time) on Thursday,
February 28, 2019. To listen to the conference call,
participants calling from within North
America should dial 1-844-868-8847; international
participants should dial 1-412-317-6593. Please refer
to access code 10128432. Please call approximately ten
minutes before the start of the call to ensure that you are
connected.
The call will also be available as a live audio webcast that can
be accessed on the Company website at http://ir.darlingii.com.
Beginning one hour after its completion, a replay of the call can
be accessed through March 7, 2019, by
dialing 1-877-344-7529 (U.S. callers), 1-855-669-9658 (Canada) and 1-412-317-0088 (international
callers). The access code for the replay is
10128432. The conference call will also be archived on
the Company's website.
Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
Adjusted EBITDA is not a recognized accounting measurement under
GAAP; it should not be considered as an alternative to net income,
as a measure of operating results, or as an alternative to cash
flow as a measure of liquidity and is not intended to be a
presentation in accordance with GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA is
presented here not as an alternative to net income, but rather as a
measure of the Company's operating performance. Since EBITDA
(generally, net income plus interest expenses, taxes, depreciation
and amortization) is not calculated identically by all companies,
this presentation may not be comparable to EBITDA or Adjusted
EBITDA presentations disclosed by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA
is calculated in this presentation and represents, for any relevant
period, net income/(loss) plus depreciation and amortization,
goodwill and long-lived asset impairment, interest expense,
(income)/loss from discontinued operations, net of tax, income tax
provision, other income/(expense) and equity in net loss of
unconsolidated subsidiary. Management believes that Adjusted EBITDA
is useful in evaluating the Company's operating performance
compared to that of other companies in its industry because the
calculation of Adjusted EBITDA generally eliminates the effects of
financing, income taxes and certain non-cash and other items that
may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall
operating performance.
As a result, the Company's management uses Adjusted EBITDA as a
measure to evaluate performance and for other discretionary
purposes. In addition to the foregoing, management also uses or
will use Adjusted EBITDA to measure compliance with certain
financial covenants under the Company's Senior Secured Credit
Facilities and 5.375% Notes and 3.625% Notes that were outstanding
at December 29, 2018. However, the
amounts shown in this presentation for Adjusted EBITDA differ from
the amounts calculated under similarly titled definitions in the
Company's Senior Secured Credit Facilities and 5.375% Notes and
3.625% Notes, as those definitions permit further adjustments to
reflect certain other non-recurring costs, non-cash charges and
cash dividends from the DGD Joint Venture. Additionally, the
Company evaluates the impact of foreign exchange impact on
operating cash flow, which is defined as segment operating income
(loss) plus depreciation and amortization.
Cautionary Statements Regarding Forward-Looking Information:
{This media release contains "forward-looking" statements
regarding the business operations and prospects of Darling
Ingredients Inc. and industry factors affecting it. These
statements are identified by words such as "believe," "anticipate,"
"expect," "estimate," "intend," "could," "may," "will," "should,"
"planned," "potential," "continue," "momentum," and other words
referring to events that may occur in the future. These
statements reflect Darling Ingredient's current view of future
events and are based on its assessment of, and are subject to, a
variety of risks and uncertainties beyond its control, each of
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those
indicated in the forward-looking statements. These factors
include, among others, existing and unknown future limitations on
the ability of the Company's direct and indirect subsidiaries to
make their cash flow available to the Company for payments on the
Company's indebtedness or other purposes; global demands for
bio-fuels and grain and oilseed commodities, which have exhibited
volatility, and can impact the cost of feed for cattle, hogs and
poultry, thus affecting available rendering feedstock and selling
prices for the Company's products; reductions in raw material
volumes available to the Company due to weak margins in the meat
production industry as a result of higher feed costs, reduced
consumer demand or other factors, reduced volume from food service
establishments, or otherwise; reduced demand for animal feed;
reduced finished product prices, including a decline in fat and
used cooking oil finished product prices; changes to worldwide
government policies relating to renewable fuels and greenhouse
gas("GHG") emissions that adversely affect programs like the U.S.
government's renewable fuel standard, low carbon fuel standards
("LCFS") and tax credits for biofuels both in the Unites States and
abroad; possible product recall resulting from developments
relating to the discovery of unauthorized adulterations to food or
food additives; the occurrence of 2009 H1N1 flu (initially known as
"Swine Flu"), Highly pathogenic strains of avian influenza
(collectively known as "Bird Flu"), bovine spongiform
encephalopathy (or "BSE"), porcine epidemic diarrhea ("PED") or
other diseases associated with animal origin in the United States or elsewhere, such as the
recent African Swine Fever ("ASF") outbreak in China; unanticipated costs and/or reductions
in raw material volumes related to the Company's compliance with
the existing or unforeseen new U.S. or foreign (including, without
limitation, China) regulations
(including new or modified animal feed, Bird Flu, PED, BSE, ASF or
similar or unanticipated regulations) affecting the industries in
which the Company operates or its value added products; risks
associated with the DGD Joint Venture, including possible
unanticipated operating disruptions and issues relating to the
announced expansion project; risks and uncertainties relating to
international sales and operations, including imposition of
tariffs, quotas, trade barriers and other trade protections imposed
by foreign countries; difficulties or a significant disruption in
our information systems or failure to implement new systems and
software successfully, including our ongoing enterprise
resource planning project; risks relating to possible third
party claims of intellectual property infringement; increased
contributions to the Company's pension and benefit plans, including
multiemployer and employer-sponsored defined benefit pension plans
as required by legislation, regulation or other applicable U.S. or
foreign law or resulting from a U.S. mass withdrawal event; bad
debt write-offs; loss of or failure to obtain necessary permits and
registrations; continued or escalated conflict in the Middle East, North
Korea, Ukraine or
elsewhere; uncertainty regarding the likely exit of the U.K. from
the European Union; and/or unfavorable export or import markets.
These factors, coupled with volatile prices for natural gas and
diesel fuel, climate conditions, currency exchange fluctuations,
general performance of the U.S. and global economies, disturbances
in world financial, credit, commodities and stock markets, and any
decline in consumer confidence and discretionary spending,
including the inability of consumers and companies to obtain credit
due to lack of liquidity in the financial markets, among others,
could negatively impact the Company's results of operations. Among
other things, future profitability may be affected by the Company's
ability to grow its business, which faces competition from
companies that may have substantially greater resources than the
Company. The Company's announced share repurchase program may be
suspended or discontinued at any time and purchases of shares under
the program are subject to market conditions and other factors,
which are likely to change from time to time. Other risks and
uncertainties regarding Darling Ingredients Inc., its business and
the industries in which it operates are referenced from time to
time in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. Darling Ingredients Inc. is under no obligation
to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter
its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new
information, future events or otherwise.}
For More
Information, contact:
|
|
|
Melissa A. Gaither,
VP IR and Global Communications
|
|
Email :
mgaither@darlingii.com
|
251 O'Connor Ridge
Blvd., Suite 300, Irving, Texas 75038
|
|
Phone :
972-281-4478
|
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