UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
10-QSB
(Mark
One)
x |
QUARTERLY
REPORT UNDER SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT
OF
1934
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For
the
quarterly period ended September
30, 2006
OR
o |
TRANSITION
REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
ACT OF
1934
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For
the
transition period from __________ to __________
Commission
File Number 0-2000
ENTRX
CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation
or organization)
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95-2368719
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification
No.)
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800
Nicollet Mall, Suite 2690, Minneapolis, MN
(Address
of Principal Executive Office)
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Registrant's
telephone number, including area code (612)
333-0614
Check
whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section
13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the past 12 months
(or
for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes
x
No
o
Indicate
by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule
12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes
o
No
x
As
of
November 1, 2006, the registrant had 8,001,147 shares outstanding of its
Common
Stock, $.10 par value.
Transitional
Small Business Disclosure Format (check one): Yes o No
x
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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PART
I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
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Item
1. Financial Statements.
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Consolidated
Balance Sheets at September 30, 2006 (unaudited)
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and
December 31, 2005 (audited)
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1
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Consolidated
Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the
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three
and nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005
(unaudited)
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2
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Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended
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September
30, 2006 and 2005 (unaudited)
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3
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Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited)
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4
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Item
2. Management's Discussion and Analysis or Plan of
Operation
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11
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Item
3. Controls and Procedures
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19
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PART
II. OTHER INFORMATION
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Item
1. Legal Proceedings
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19
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Item
6. Exhibits
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23
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SIGNATURES
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24
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References
to “we”, “us”, “our”, “the registrant” and “the Company” in this quarterly
report on Form 10-QSB shall
mean
or refer to Entrx Corporation and its consolidated subsidiary, Metalclad
Insulation Corporation, unless the
context
in which those words are used would indicate a different
meaning.
PART
I
FINANCIAL
INFORMATION
Item
1. Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
BALANCE SHEETS
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September
30,
2006
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December
31,
2005
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(unaudited)
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(audited)
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ASSETS
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Current
assets:
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Cash
and cash equivalents
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$
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1,638,856
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$
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413,395
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Available-for-sale
securities
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118,151
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142,925
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Accounts
receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $11,000 as
of
September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005
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2,730,122
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2,916,505
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Costs
and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts
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710,095
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193,231
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Inventories
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76,215
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135,391
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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299,220
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243,364
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Insurance
claims receivable
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7,000,000
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8,000,000
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Other
receivables
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293,271
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540,136
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Total
current assets
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12,865,930
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12,584,947
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Property,
plant and equipment, net
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344,591
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363,910
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Asset
held for sale, net
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-
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1,979,047
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Investments
in unconsolidated affiliates
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1,206,889
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1,206,889
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Shareholder
note receivable, net of allowance of $1,271,000 and $250,000 as
of
September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005, respectively
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225,000
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1,246,370
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Insurance
claims receivable
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32,000,000
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27,000,000
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Other
assets
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225,596
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75,596
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$
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46,868,006
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$
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44,456,759
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LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY
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Current
liabilities:
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Note
payable to bank
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$
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-
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$
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775,000
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Current
portion of note payable
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-
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510,121
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Current
portion of long-term debt
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91,292
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85,875
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Current
portion of mortgage payable
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-
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39,946
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Accounts
payable
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612,444
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746,057
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Accrued
expenses
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1,274,920
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1,694,607
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Reserve
for asbestos liability claims
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7,000,000
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8,000,000
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Billings
in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted
contracts
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65,027
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176,641
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Total
current liabilities
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9,043,683
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12,028,247
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Long-term
debt, less current portion
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85,327
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59,294
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Note
payable, less current portion
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-
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44,848
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Reserve
for asbestos liability claims
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32,000,000
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27,000,000
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Mortgage
payable, less current portion
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-
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1,460,732
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Total
liabilities
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41,129,010
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40,593,121
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Shareholders’
equity:
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Preferred
stock, par value $1; 5,000,000 shares authorized; none
issued
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-
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-
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Common
stock, par value $0.10; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 8,455,947
and
8,001,147 issued and outstanding, respectively, at September 30,
2006 and
8,405,947 and 7,951,147 issued and outstanding, respectively, at
December
31, 2005
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845,595
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840,595
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Additional
paid-in capital
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70,260,746
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70,257,746
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Less
treasury stock at cost, 454,800 shares at both September 30, 2006
and
December 31, 2005
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(380,765
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)
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(380,765
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Accumulated
deficit
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(64,914,165
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)
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(66,806,297
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Accumulated
other comprehensive loss
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(72,415
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(47,641
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Total
shareholders’ equity
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5,738,996
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3,863,638
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$
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46,868,006
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$
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44,456,759
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See
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME (LOSS)
(Unaudited)
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Three
Months Ended
September
30,
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Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
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2006
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2005
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2006
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2005
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Contract
revenues
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$
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3,889,086
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$
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3,577,236
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$
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12,862,912
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$
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10,634,691
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Contract
costs and expenses
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3,343,365
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3,724,758
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11,012,530
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9,481,635
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Gross
margin (loss)
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545,721
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(147,522
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)
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1,850,382
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1,153,056
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Operating
expenses:
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Selling,
general and administrative
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508,427
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529,481
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1,630,608
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1,846,303
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Change
in allowance on shareholder note receivable
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568,885
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-
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1,068,885
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-
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(Gain)
loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment
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1,790
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(1,172
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)
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(1,062
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(290
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Total
operating expenses
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1,079,102
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528,309
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2,698,431
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1,846,013
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Operating
income (loss)
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(533,381
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)
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(675,831
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)
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(848,049
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(692,957
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Interest
income
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15,707
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34,073
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92,411
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99,658
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Interest
expense
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(2,988
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)
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(104,723
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)
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(102,210
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(316,049
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Gain
on sale of building, land and building improvements
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-
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-
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1,724,980
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-
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Other
income - settlements
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100,000
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-
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1,025,000
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-
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Net
income (loss)
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(420,662
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)
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(746,481
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)
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1,892,132
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(909,348
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Other
comprehensive income (loss)
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Unrealized
gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities
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(34,302
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)
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66,698
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(24,774
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)
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47,641
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Comprehensive
income (loss)
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$
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(454,964
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)
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$
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(679,783
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)
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$
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1,867,358
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$
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(861,707
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)
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Weighted
average number of common shares — basic and diluted
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8,001,147
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7,651,147
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7,972,392
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7,651,147
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Income
(loss) per share of common stock — basic and diluted
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$
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(0.05
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)
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$
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(0.10
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)
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$
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0.24
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$
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(0.12
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)
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See
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED
STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
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2006
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2005
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(unaudited)
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Cash
flows from operating activities:
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Net
income (loss)
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$
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1,892,132
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$
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(909,348
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)
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Adjustments
to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by (used in)
operating
activities:
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Depreciation
and amortization
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131,588
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150,077
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Gain
on disposal of property, plant and equipment
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(1,726,042
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)
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(290
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)
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Change
in allowance for doubtful accounts
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-
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(17,888
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)
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Net
interest income recorded on shareholder note receivable
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42,513
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22,058
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Common
stock issued for services
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8,000
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-
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Issuance
of stock warrants related to note payable
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-
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21,460
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Amortization
of original issue discount
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-
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93,789
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Allowance
on shareholder note receivable
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1,021,370
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-
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Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
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Accounts
receivable
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186,383
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(587,101
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)
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Costs
and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted
contracts
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(516,864
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)
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144,439
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Inventories
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59,176
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|
581
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Prepaid
expenses and other current assets
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(55,856
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)
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(146,801
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)
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Other
receivables
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204,352
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(555,345
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)
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Other
assets
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(150,000
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)
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3,125
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Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
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(553,300
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)
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647,802
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Billings
in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted
contracts
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(111,614
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)
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55,288
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Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
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431,838
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(1,078,154
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)
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Cash
flows from investing activities:
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Capital
expenditures
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(139,107
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)
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(188,450
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)
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Proceeds
from sale of property, plant and equipment, net of
expenses
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3,731,927
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10,325
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Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
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3,592,820
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(178,125
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)
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Cash
flows from financing activities:
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Proceeds
from long-term debt
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114,178
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73,176
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Payments
on long-term debt
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|
(82,728
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)
|
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(120,562
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)
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Payments
on note payable to bank
|
|
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(775,000
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)
|
|
-
|
|
Payments
on note payable and convertible note payable
|
|
|
(554,969
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)
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|
(341,979
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)
|
Payments
on mortgage payable
|
|
|
(1,500,678
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)
|
|
(30,362
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)
|
Payments
on capital lease obligation
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
(11,955
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)
|
Net
cash used in financing activities
|
|
|
(2,799,197
|
)
|
|
(431,682
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)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increase
(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
1,225,461
|
|
|
(1,687,961
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)
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
|
|
413,395
|
|
|
2,357,208
|
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
|
$
|
1,638,856
|
|
$
|
669,247
|
|
See
Notes
to Consolidated Financial Statements
ENTRX
CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For
the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 and
2005
(Unaudited)
1. The
accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements of Entrx Corporation
and its subsidiaries (the "Company") have been prepared in accordance with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America
for
interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-QSB. Accordingly,
they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America. In the opinion
of
management all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, necessary
for
a fair presentation have been included. Operating results for the three and
nine
months ended September 30, 2006 are not necessarily indicative of the results
that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2006. These consolidated
financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated
financial statements and footnotes thereto included in the Company's Annual
Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2005.
2. Certain
accounts in the previous quarter’s consolidated financial statements have been
reclassified for comparative purposes to conform with the current quarter
consolidated financial statements. The reclassifications had no effect on
net
income (loss) or shareholders’ equity.
3. The
income (loss) per share amounts for the three and nine months ended September
30, 2006 and September 30, 2005 were computed by dividing the net income
(loss)
by the weighted average shares outstanding during the applicable period.
Dilutive common equivalent shares have not been included in the computation
of
diluted loss per share because their inclusion would be antidilutive since
the
Company had a loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005.
Antidilutive common equivalent shares issuable based on future exercise of
stock
options or warrants could potentially dilute basic and diluted loss per share
in
subsequent periods.
All
stock
options and warrants were anti-dilutive for the three and nine months ended
September 30, 2006 because their respective exercise prices were greater
than
the average market price of the common stock.
4. Investments
held by the Company are classified as available-for-sale securities.
Available-for-sale securities are reported at fair value with all unrealized
gains or losses included in other comprehensive income (loss). The fair value
of
the securities was determined by quoted market prices of the underlying
security. For purposes of determining gross realized gains (losses), the
cost of
available-for-sale securities is based on specific identification.
|
|
Aggregate
fair
value
|
|
Gross
unrealized
gains
|
|
Gross
unrealized
losses
|
|
Cost
|
|
Available
for sale securities - September 30, 2006
|
|
$
|
118,151
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
(72,415
|
)
|
$
|
190,566
|
|
Available
for sale securities - December 31, 2005
|
|
$
|
142,925
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
(47,641
|
)
|
$
|
190,566
|
|
The
Company's net unrealized holding gain (loss) was $(34,302) and $66,698 for
the
three months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005, respectively and $(24,774)
and
$47,641 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and 2005,
respectively.
On
an
ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its investments in available-for-sale
securities to determine if a decline in fair value is other-than-temporary.
When
a decline in fair value is determined to be other-than-temporary, an impairment
charge is recorded and a new cost basis in the investment is established.
Based
on the investment and volatility of common stock in a publicly-traded company
and the ability and the intent of the Company to hold the investment until
a
recovery of fair value, the Company believes that the cost of the investment
is
recoverable within a reasonable period of time. The Company also reviewed
the
stock price history of the investment and noted that for approximately 23%
of
the trading days in 2005 and for approximately 11% of the trading days from
January 1, 2006 through September 30, 2006, the investment’s stock price was
greater than or equal to the Company’s cost basis in the investment. Therefore,
the impairment was not considered other-than-temporary at September 30, 2006.
The
following table shows the gross unrealized losses and fair value of the
Company's investments with unrealized losses that are not deemed to be
other-than-temporarily impaired, aggregated by investment category and length
of
time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss
position, at September 30, 2006.
|
|
Less
than 12 Months
|
|
12
Months or Greater
|
|
Total
|
|
Description
of Securities
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Fair
Value
|
|
Unrealized
Losses
|
|
Marketable
equity securities
|
|
$
|
118,151
|
|
$
|
(72,415
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
118,151
|
|
$
|
(72,415
|
)
|
Total
|
|
$
|
118,151
|
|
$
|
(72,415
|
)
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
118,151
|
|
$
|
(72,415
|
)
|
The
Company also has minority investments in privately held companies. These
investments are included in investments in unconsolidated affiliates on the
Consolidated Balance Sheets and are carried at cost unless the fair value
of the
investment below the cost basis is judged to be other-than-temporary. The
Company monitors these investments for impairment and makes appropriate
reductions in carrying values. At September 30, 2006 and December 31, 2005,
the
Company’s investments in unconsolidated affiliates consisted of an investment in
Catalytic Solutions, Inc. valued at $450,000 and an investment in Clearwire
Corporation valued at $756,889. The Company did not note any impairment for
the
three or nine months ended September 30, 2006.
5. Inventories,
which consist principally of insulation products and related materials, are
stated at the lower of cost (determined on the first-in, first-out method)
or
market.
6. Due
to
the increase in real estate value in southern California and the resulting
increase in the Company’s equity in its facility and the Company’s then need for
cash, the Company signed an agreement in December 2005 to sell its facilities
in
Anaheim, California for $3,900,000. The sale of the building was completed
in
April 2006. At the time of the sale the cost basis of the building, land
and
building improvements was $2,080,000 and accumulated depreciation was $101,000.
The Company recorded a gain on the sale of $1,725,000 in the three months
ended
June 30, 2006. The Company is leasing the facilities back for eight months.
The
Company had a mortgage on the building of $1,500,000, including accrued interest
of $9,000 at the time of sale that was repaid upon the sale of the building.
In
accordance with Statement
of Financial Accounting Standards
(SFAS)
144 “Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-lived Assets,” the
Company classified the building and land as assets held for sale on the balance
sheet as of December 31, 2005.
7. Blake
Capital Partners, LLC was current in the payment of interest through the
payment
due March 1, 2006. The payment due September 1, 2006, however, was not made,
and
we have been informed by Mr. Mills, the principal of Blake Capital Partners
and
guarantor on the note, that no payment can be expected in the foreseeable
future. As a result of our review of Mr. Mills’ financial condition, as of
December 31, 2004 we booked a reserve of $250,000 against the shareholder
note
receivable and as of June 30, 2006 increased the reserve to $750,000. As
of
September 30, 2006, as a result of the non-payment of interest and other
information received from Mr. Mills, we booked an additional reserve of $521,370
against the note receivable and wrote-off the interest receivable through
June
30, 2006 of $47,515, bringing the net of the note receivable less the reserve
down to $225,000, the approximate value of the collateral securing the
note.
8. Accrued
expenses consist of the following:
|
|
September
30,
2006
|
|
December
31,
2005
|
|
Accrued
interest
|
|
$
|
-
|
|
$
|
3,344
|
|
Wages,
bonuses and payroll taxes
|
|
|
143,254
|
|
|
135,858
|
|
Union
dues
|
|
|
178,056
|
|
|
197,972
|
|
Accounting
and legal fees
|
|
|
30,000
|
|
|
85,000
|
|
Insurance
|
|
|
314,928
|
|
|
256,084
|
|
Insurance
settlement reserve
|
|
|
375,000
|
|
|
375,000
|
|
Accrued
loss on projects
|
|
|
52,000
|
|
|
466,002
|
|
Other
|
|
|
181,682
|
|
|
175,347
|
|
|
|
$
|
1,274,920
|
|
$
|
1,694,607
|
|
9. On
December 16, 2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB, issued
SFAS No. 123(R), “Share-Based Payment”, which is a revision of SFAS No. 123 and
supersedes APB Opinion No. 25. SFAS No. 123 (R) requires all share-based
payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be
valued
at fair value on the date of grant, and to be expensed over the applicable
vesting period. Pro forma disclosure of the income statement effects of
share-based payments is no longer an alternative. In addition, companies
must
also recognize compensation expense related to any awards that are not fully
vested as of the effective date. Compensation expense for the unvested awards
will be measured based on the fair value of the awards previously calculated
in
developing the pro forma disclosures in accordance with the provisions of
SFAS
No. 123. We implemented SFAS No. 123(R) on January 1, 2006 using the modified
prospective method. SFAS 123(R) did not have an impact on the Company’s
consolidated financial statements since all of the Company’s outstanding stock
options were fully vested at December 31, 2005 and no additional options
were
granted through September 30, 2006.
As
more
fully described in our Annual Report on Form 10-KSB for the year ended December
31, 2005, the Company has granted stock options over the years to employees
and
directors under various stockholder approved stock option plans. At September
30, 2006, 2,220,710 stock options are outstanding. The fair value of each
option
grant was determined as of grant date, utilizing the Black-Scholes option
pricing model.
In
prior
years, we applied the intrinsic-value method prescribed in Accounting Principles
Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25, “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees,” to
account for the issuance of stock incentives to employees and directors.
No
compensation expense related to employees’ and directors’ stock incentives was
recognized in the prior year consolidated financial statements, as all options
granted under stock incentive plans had an exercise price equal to the market
value of the underlying common stock on the date of grant. Had the Company
applied the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123 “Accounting for
Stock-Based Compensation,” to stock based employee compensation for periods
prior to January, 2006, the Company’s net income (loss) would have changed to
the pro forma amounts indicated below:
|
|
Three
Months
Ended
September
30, 2005
|
|
Nine
Months
Ended
September
30, 2005
|
|
Net
loss as reported
|
|
$
|
(746,481
|
)
|
$
|
(909,348
|
)
|
Add:
Stock-based employee compensation included in reported net
income
(loss), net of related tax effects
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
-
|
|
Deduct:
Total stock-based employee compensation expense determined
under
fair value based method for all awards
|
|
|
(12,789
|
)
|
|
(83,030
|
)
|
Net
loss pro forma
|
|
$
|
(759,270
|
)
|
$
|
(992,378
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic
and diluted net loss per share as reported
|
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.12
|
)
|
Stock-based
compensation expense
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
(0.01
|
)
|
Basic
and diluted net loss per share pro forma
|
|
$
|
(0.10
|
)
|
$
|
(0.13
|
)
|
The
following significant assumptions were utilized to calculate the fair value
information for options issued during the three and nine months ended September
30, 2006 and 2005 utilizing the Black-Scholes pricing model:
|
|
|
For
the Three Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
For
the Nine Months Ended
September
30,
|
|
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
|
2006
|
|
|
2005
|
|
Risk
Free interest rate
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
2.77
|
%
|
Expected
life
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
3.0
Years
|
|
Expected
volatility
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
153
|
%
|
Expected
dividends
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
-
|
|
Expected
volatility is based on implied volatility from historical volatility of our
stock price. The Company uses historical Company and industry data along
with
implied data to estimate the expected option life, the expected forfeiture
rate
and the expected dividend yield. The risk-free rate for periods within the
contractual life of the option is based on the U.S. Treasury rate in effect
at
the time of grant.
10. In
June
2004, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, our wholly owned subsidiary, and
Entrx
Corporation, entered into a Settlement Agreement and Full Policy Release
(the
“Settlement Agreement”) releasing one of its insurers, Allstate Insurance
Company (“Allstate”) from its policy obligations for a broad range of claims
arising from injury or damage which may have occurred during the period March
15, 1980 to March 15, 1981, under an umbrella liability policy (the “Policy”).
The Policy provided limits of $5,000,000 in the aggregate and per occurrence.
Allstate claimed that liability under the Policy had not attached, and that
regardless of that fact, an exclusion in the Policy barred coverage for
virtually all claims of bodily injury from exposure to asbestos, which is
of
primary concern to Metalclad Insulation Corporation. Metalclad Insulation
Corporation took the position that such asbestos coverage existed. The parties
to the Settlement Agreement reached a compromise, whereby Metalclad Insulation
Corporation received $2,500,000 in cash, and Metalclad Insulation Corporation
and Entrx Corporation agreed to indemnify and hold harmless Allstate from
all
claims which could be alleged against the insurer respecting the policy,
limited
to $2,500,000 in amount. In February 2005, ACE Property & Casualty Company
(and affiliated entities) commenced an action (the “Ace Lawsuit”) seeking
declaratory relief to determine the extent of Metalclad Insulation Corporation’s
insurance coverage for asbestos-related claims, including the effect of the
Allstate Settlement Agreement on the insurance obligations of other insurers
that have provided Metalclad Insulation Corporation with insurance coverage.
On
November 1, 2005, Metalclad Insulation Corporation received a cross complaint
by
Allstate, asking the court to determine the Company’s obligation to undertake
and pay for the legal defense of Allstate in the ACE Lawsuit under the terms
of
the indemnification provisions of the Settlement Agreement. Metalclad has
not
accepted a tender by Allstate of the defense of the ACE Lawsuit, or its
obligation to pay for such defense, and has taken the position that it has
no
legal obligation to do so.
Based
on
past experience related to asbestos insurance coverage, we believe that the
Settlement Agreement we entered into in June 2004, will result in a probable
loss contingency for future insurance claims based on the indemnification
provision in the Agreement. Although we are unable to estimate the exact amount
of the loss, we believe at this time the reasonable estimate of the loss
will
not be less than $375,000 or more than $2,500,000 (the $2,500,000 represents
the
maximum loss we would have based on the indemnification provision in the
Settlement Agreement). Based on the information available to us, no amount
in
this range appears at this time to be a better estimate than any other amount.
The $375,000 estimated loss contingency noted in the above range represents
15%
of the $2,500,000 we received and is based upon our attorney’s informal and
general inquiries to an insurance company of the cost for us to purchase
an
insurance policy to cover the indemnification provision we entered into.
We
recorded a reserve of $375,000 at the time we entered into the Agreement
and
nothing has come to our attention that would require us to record a different
estimate at September 30, 2006.
11. In
order
to fund operations of the Company until the sale of the Company’s facilities in
Anaheim, California was completed, on February 9, 2006 the Company borrowed
$150,000 from Peter Hauser, the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.
The promissory note evidencing the loan was due and payable 10 days following
written demand and bore interest at 2% over the prime interest rate as published
in the Wall Street Journal (9.5% at March 31, 2006). The loan was secured
by a
deed of trust on the Company’s facilities in Anaheim, California, housing the
industrial insulation services operations of the Company’s subsidiary, Metalclad
Insulation Corporation. The Company repaid the loan and accrued interest
upon
the sale of the Company’s facilities in April 2006. (See Note 6)
12. Sales
for
the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 to i) Southern California
Edison Company (“SCE”) under the strategic alliance program with
Curtom-Metalclad were approximately $284,000 and $1,749,000, representing
7.3%
and 13.6% of total revenues, respectively, ii) JE Merit Constructors, Inc.
were
approximately $744,000 and $1,998,000, representing 19.1% and 15.5% of total
revenues, respectively, and iii) Cleveland Wrecking Company were approximately
$416,000 and $1,741,000, representing 10.7% and 13.5% of total revenues,
respectively. Sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005
to i)
Calpine Construction Management Company, Inc. (“Calpine”) were approximately $0
and $1,993,000, respectively, representing 0% and 18.7% of total revenues,
respectively, ii) JE Merit Constructors, Inc. were approximately $1,045,000
and
$2,015,000, respectively, representing 29.2% and 18.9% of total revenues,
respectively and iii) Cleveland Wrecking Company were approximately $804,000
and
$1,291,000, respectively, representing 22.5% and 12.1% of total revenues,
respectively. Accounts receivable from Sempra Energy was approximately $307,000
and accounts receivable from Cleveland Wrecking Company was approximately
$348,000, representing 11.2% and 12.7% of total accounts receivable,
respectively, as of September 30, 2006. Accounts receivable from Cleveland
Wrecking Company was approximately $444,000 at December 31, 2005 and accounts
receivable from JE Merit Constructors, Inc. was approximately $495,000 at
December 31, 2005, representing 15.2% and 16.9% of total accounts receivable,
respectively.
13. In
June
2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN No. 48), Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes,
to
address the noncomparability in reporting tax assets and liabilities resulting
from a lack of specific guidance in SFAS No. 109, Accounting
for Income Taxes,
on the
uncertainty in income taxes recognized in an enterprise’s financial statements.
Specifically, FIN No. 48 prescribes (a) a consistent recognition threshold
and
(b) a measurement attribute for the financial statement recognition and
measurement of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return,
and
provides related guidance on derognition, classification, interest and
penalties, accounting in interim periods, disclosure and
transition.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (SFAS No. 157),
Fair
Value Measurements,
to
eliminate the diversity in practice that exists due to the different definitions
of fair value and the limited guidance for applying those definitions in
GAAP
that are dispersed among the many accounting pronouncements that require
fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 retains the exchange price notion in earlier
definitions of fair value, but clarifies that the exchange price is the price
in
an orderly transaction between market participants to sell an asset or liability
in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability.
Moreover, the SFAS states that the transaction is hypothetical at the
measurement date, considered from the perspective of the market participant
who
holds the asset or liability. Consequently, fair value is defined as the
price
that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in
an
orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an
exit
price), as opposed to the price that would be paid to acquire the asset or
received to assume the liability at the measurement date (an entry price).
SFAS
No.
157 also stipulates that, as a market-based measurement, fair value measurement
should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would
use
in pricing the asset or liability, and establishes a fair value hierarchy
that
distinguishes between (a) market participant assumptions developed based
on
market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity
(observable inputs) and (b) the reporting entity's own assumptions about
market
participant assumptions developed based on the best information available
in the
circumstances (unobservable inputs). Finally, SFAS No. 157 expands disclosures
about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities in interim
and
annual periods subsequent to initial recognition. Entities are encouraged
to
combine the fair value information disclosed under SFAS No. 157 with the
fair
value information disclosed under other accounting pronouncements, including
SFAS No. 107,
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,
where
practicable. The guidance in this Statement applies for derivatives and other
financial instruments measured at fair value under SFAS No. 133 ,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
at
initial recognition and in all subsequent periods.
SFAS
No.
157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, although
earlier application is encouraged. Additionally, prospective application
of the
provisions of SFAS No. 157 is required as of the beginning of the fiscal
year in
which it is initially applied, except when certain circumstances require
retrospective application.
The
Company is currently evaluating
the effect of adopting SFAS No. 157 on its consolidated financial
statements.
In
September 2006, the FASB has issued SFAS No.
158
(SFAS No. 158),
Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement
Plans,
to
require an employer to fully recognize the obligations associated with
single-employer defined benefit pension, retiree healthcare, and other
postretirement plans in their financial statements. Previous standards required
an employer to disclose the complete funded status of its plan only in the
notes
to the financial statements. Moreover, because those standards allowed an
employer to delay recognition of certain changes in plan assets and obligations
that affected the costs of providing benefits, employers reported an asset
or
liability that almost always differed from the plan's funded status. Under
SFAS
No. 158, a defined benefit postretirement plan sponsor that is a public or
private company or a nongovernmental not-for-profit organization must (a)
recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a plan's
overfunded status or a liability for the plan's underfunded status, (b) measure
the plan's assets and its obligations that determine its funded status as
of the
end of the employer's fiscal year (with limited exceptions), and (c) recognize,
as a component of other comprehensive income, the changes in the funded status
of the plan that arise during the year but are not recognized as components
of
net periodic benefit cost pursuant to SFAS No. 87,
Employers' Accounting for Pensions,
or SFAS
No. 106,
Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than
Pensions.
SFAS No.
158 also requires an employer to disclose in the notes to financial statements
additional information on how delayed recognition of certain changes in the
funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan affects net periodic
benefit cost for the next fiscal year. SFAS No. 158 is effective for
fiscal years ending after December 15, 2006. The Company is evaluating the
effect of adopting SFAS No. 158 on their consolidated financial
statements.
14. The
Company, through its subsidiary Metalclad Insulation Corporation, had a line
of
credit agreement with Far East National Bank which matured on January 27,
2005,
and which bore interest at a floating rate based upon the bank’s prime rate plus
1%. The line of credit was collateralized by certain assets of the Company
and
personally guaranteed by the Company’s former President and Chief Executive
Officer, Wayne Mills. Borrowings under the agreement were limited to $1,000,000
plus the amount of cash collateral posted, up to $500,000, in the form of
a
certificate of deposit at the bank.
On
January 27, 2005, we renewed our line of credit with Far East National Bank.
The
renewed line of credit was for up to $1,000,000, subject to 80% of eligible
accounts receivable as defined in the loan agreement, and bore interest at
a
floating rate based upon the bank’s prime rate plus 1.5%. The line of credit was
collateralized by certain assets of the Company and personally guaranteed
by the
Company’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, Wayne Mills. The new
line of credit agreement with Far East National Bank originally matured on
October 28, 2005, but in October 2005 the maturity date was extended to January
1, 2006 and was further extended to May 1, 2006 in December 2005.
At
December 31, 2005, $775,000 was outstanding on the credit agreement with
available borrowings of $225,000. The loan terms stipulated that the Company
maintain compliance with certain financial covenants and ratios, including
minimum book value and cash flow ratios. At December 31, 2005, the Company
was
not in compliance with the minimum cash flow ratio and the covenant requiring
Entrx Corporation to maintain a tangible net worth of not less than $4,000,000.
The Company has received a waiver from Far East National Bank with regards
to
the non-compliance of the minimum cash flow ratio as of December 31, 2005.
The
Company paid-off the line of credit in April 2006 with proceeds from the
sale of
the building (See Note 6).
15. In
October 1999, we completed the sale of our operating businesses and development
project located in Aguascalientes, Mexico. That sale specifically excluded
those
Mexican assets involved in the Company’s NAFTA claim which was settled in 2001.
Under the terms of the sale we received an initial cash payment of $125,000
and
recorded a receivable for $779,000. In November, 2000, the Company filed
a
complaint in the Superior Court of California against a former employee,
the
U.S. parent of the buyer and its representative for breach of contract, fraud,
collusion and other causes of action in connection with this sale seeking
damages in the form of a monetary award. On May 31, 2006, Entrx Corporation
entered into a Settlement Agreement with Ventana Global Environmental
Organizational Partnership, L.P. and North America Environmental Fund, L.P.
(collectively referred to as “Ventana”) whereby Ventana agreed to pay Entrx
Corporation $1,250,000 in exchange for the dismissal with prejudice by Entrx
Corporation of the law suit (the “Ventana Action”) filed by Entrx Corporation
against Ventana and others in Orange County, California Superior Court. Entrx
Corporation and Ventana also entered into a mutual release of all claims
each
may have had against the other. In addition, Entrx Corporation released Carlos
Alberto de Rivas Oest and Geologic de Mexico S.A. de C.V., which were parties
related to Ventana, and against whom Entrx Corporation had claims pending
in
Mexico. The Settlement Agreement does not limit claims that Entrx had or
currently has against Javier Guerra Cisneros and Promotora Industrial Galeana,
S.A. de C.V., which Entrx Corporation continues to pursue in Mexico. Javier
Guerra Cisneros and Promotora Industrial Galeana, S.A. de C.V. were involved
with the transactions which were the subject of the Ventana Action. Entrx
Corporation received $925,000 net after payment of legal fees and expenses
associated with the Ventana Action and the Settlement Agreement.
16. In
June
2006 the Company repaid the remaining principal balance of $348,573 and accrued
interest of $2,905 outstanding under the note issued to Pandora Select Partners
L.P.
17. In
August
of 2001, Metalclad Insulation Corporation purchased a workers’ compensation
policy from American Home Assurance Company (“American Home”), an American
International Group (“AIG”) company, for the period of September 1, 2001 to
September 1, 2002. The premium for the workers’ compensation policy was to be
calculated retrospectively. The American Home policy required Metalclad to
pay
an initial estimated premium, but Metalclad’s premium is recalculated
periodically, through March 1, 2006, based on actual workers’ compensation
losses incurred.
In
November 2003, a dispute arose between Metalclad, on the one hand, and American
Home and Metalclad’s insurance broker, Meyers-Reynolds & Associates, on the
other hand regarding calculation of the first periodic premium adjustment.
Specifically, American Home employed the use of a loss development factor
and
estimated payroll figure in its premium calculation which substantially
increased the premium it charged Metalclad. Metalclad believes that American
Home’s calculations were inconsistent with the terms of the American Home policy
and representations made by American Home and Meyers-Reynolds regarding how
the
premium would be calculated.
On
February 27, 2004, the Company filed an action in Orange County Superior
Court
against American Home, National Union and Meyers-Reynolds for breach of
contract, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, declaratory
relief, reformation, injunctive relief, negligent and intentional
misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty. On May 2, 2005, the Company
reached a settlement in principal with American Home and National Union which
resulted in the payment by the Company to American Home of approximately
$39,000
in the three months ended December 31, 2005 and resulted in the Company paying
an additional $45,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2006 which had been
accrued at December 31, 2005. During the three months ended September 30,
2006
the Company reached a settlement with Meyers-Reynolds which resulted in the
payment to the Company by Meyers-Reynolds of $100,000.
18. Our
subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, continues to be engaged in
lawsuits involving asbestos-related injury or potential injury claims. The
199
claims made in 2005 were down from the 725, 590, 351 and 265 claims made
in
2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively, although the average payment on
these
claims increased from $15,129 in 2002 to $21,849 in 2003, decreased to $15,605
in 2004 and increased to $21,178 in 2005. The average payment on claims was
$17,306 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006. There were 179 new
claims
made in the first nine months of 2006, compared to 154 in the first nine
months
of 2005. There were 458 cases pending at September 30, 2006. These claims
are
currently defended and covered by insurance.
The
number of asbestos-related claims made against the Company since 2001 has
reflected a relatively consistent downward trend from 2002 through 2005,
as has
the number of cases pending at the end of those years. We believe that it
is
probable that this trend will continue, although such continuance cannot
be
assured, particularly in view of what appears will be an increase in the
number
of claims which will be made in 2006 as compared to 2005. The average indemnity
paid on all resolved claims has fluctuated over the past five-year period
ended
December 31, 2005 from a high of $26,520 in 2001, to a low of $15,129 in
2002,
with an average indemnity payment of $20,056 over the same five-year period.
Factoring in the average indemnity of $11,679 for the first six months of
2006,
we have adjusted our projected average future indemnity per claim to be $19,300.
We believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’
bar and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This tendency,
we
believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants resulting
from
death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have been ferreted
out by plaintiffs’ attorneys and that the newer cases being brought are not as
meritorious nor do they have as high a potential for damages as do cases
which
were brought earlier. We have no reason to believe, therefore, that the average
future indemnity payments will increase materially in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim have increased from $9,407
in
2001 to $12,240 in 2005. We believe that these defense costs increased as
a
result of a change in legal counsel in 2004, and the more aggressive defense
posture taken by new legal counsel since that change. We do not believe that
the
defense costs will increase materially in the future, and are projecting
those
costs to be approximately $13,500 per resolved claim.
Based
on
the trend of reducing asbestos-related injury claims made against the Company
over the past four calendar years, we projected in our Form 10-KSB filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2005
that
approximately 533 asbestos-related injury claims would be made against the
Company after December 31, 2005. These claims, in addition to the 507 claims
existing as of December 31, 2005, totaled 1,040 current and future claims.
Multiplying the average indemnity per resolved claim over the past five years
of
$20,056, times 1,040, we previously projected the probable future indemnity
to
be paid on those claims after December 31, 2005 to be equal to approximately
$21
million. In addition, multiplying an estimated cost of defense per resolved
claim of approximately $13,500 times 1,040, we projected the probable future
defense costs to equal approximately $14 million. Accordingly, our total
estimated future asbestos-related liability at December 31, 2005 was $35
million. These estimated liabilities are included as liabilities on our December
31, 2005 balance sheet.
As
of
December 31, 2005, we projected that approximately 145 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced, and approximately 245 cases would be resolved,
in
2006, resulting in an estimated 407 cases pending at December 31, 2006. Since
we
projected that an aggregate of 533 new cases would be commenced after December
31, 2005, and that 145 of these cases would be commenced in 2006, we estimated
that an aggregate of 388 new cases would be commenced after December 31,
2006.
Accordingly, the cases pending and projected to be commenced in the future
at
December 31, 2006, would be 795 cases. Multiplying 795 claims times the
approximate average indemnity paid and defense costs incurred per resolved
claim
from 2002 through 2005 of $33,500, we had previously estimated our liability
for
current and future asbestos-related claims at December 31, 2006 to be
approximately $27,000,000. This amounted to an $8,000,000 reduction from
the
$35,000,000 liability we estimated as of December 31, 2005, or a $2,000,000
reduction per quarter.
As
of
June 30, 2006, we re-evaluated our estimates, based upon the fact that we
previously estimated that there would be 145 asbestos-related claims made
in
2006, and that 123 claims had already been made in the first half of 2006,
and
that we previously estimated that 245 claims would be resolved in 2006, and
that
145 claims had already been resolved in the first six months of 2006. We
now
estimate that there will be 889 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the
Company after December 31, 2005. The 889 claims, in addition to the 507 claims
existing as of December 31, 2005, totaled 1,396 current and future claims.
There
were 145 resolved claims in the first six months of 2006, which means that
as of
June 30, 2006, the Company estimated that there were 1,251 current and future
claims. Multiplying the average indemnity per resolved claim over the past
five
and one half years of $19,300, times 1,251, we projected the probable future
indemnity to be paid on those claims after June 30, 2006 to be equal to
approximately $24 million. In addition, multiplying an estimated cost of
defense
per resolved claim of approximately $13,500 times 1,251, we projected the
probable future defense costs to equal approximately $17 million. Accordingly,
our total estimated future asbestos-related liability at June 30, 2006 was
$41
million. These estimated liabilities were included as liabilities on our
June
30, 2006 balance sheet.
As
of
June 30, 2006, we projected that approximately 196 new asbestos-related claims
would be commenced, and approximately 277 cases would be resolved, in 2006,
resulting in an estimated 426 cases pending at December 31, 2006. Based upon
these new estimates, we now project that an aggregate of 889 new cases will
be
commenced after December 31, 2005, and that 196 of these cases will be commenced
in 2006, we estimate that an aggregate of 693 new cases will be commenced
after
December 31, 2006. Accordingly, the cases pending and projected to be commenced
in the future at December 31, 2006, would be 1,119 cases. Multiplying 1,119
claims times the approximate average indemnity paid and defense costs incurred
per resolved claim from 2002 through June 2006 of $32,800, we estimated our
liability for current and future asbestos-related claims at December 31,
2006 to
be approximately $37,000,000. This amounts to a $4,000,000 reduction from
the
$41,000,000 liability we estimated as of June 30, 2006, or a $2,000,000
reduction per quarter. Accordingly, we reduced our asbestos-related liability
at
the quarter ended September 30, 2006, by $2,000,000.
We
intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the
end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different
from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with
that
of prior fiscal years since 2002. We estimate that the effects of economic
inflation on either the average indemnity payment or the projected direct
legal
expenses will be approximately equal to a discount rate applied to our future
liability based upon the time value of money.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $174,000,
$304,000 and $188,000 in 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively, and $28,000 and
$170,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively,
relative to the asbestos claims, which is not covered by any insurance. These
amounts were primarily fees paid to attorneys to monitor the activities of
the
insurers, and their selected defense counsel, and to look after our rights
under
the various insurance policies. We anticipate that this cost will continue.
These costs are expensed as incurred.
There
are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us
over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that
still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After approximately
1985
the policies were issued with provisions which purport to exclude coverage
for
asbestos related claims. The terms of our insurance policies are complex,
and
coverage for many types of claims is limited as to the nature of the claim
and
the amount of coverage available. It is clear, however, under California
law,
where the substantial majority of the asbestos-related injury claims are
litigated, that all of those policies cover any asbestos-related injury
occurring during the 1967 through 1985 period when these policies were in
force.
We
have
engaged legal counsel to review all of our known insurance policies, and
to
provide us with the amount of coverage which such counsel believes to be
probable under those policies for current and future asbestos-related injury
claims against us. Such legal counsel has provided us with its opinion of
the
minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy asbestos-related
injury
claims, which significantly exceeds our estimated $35 million and $39 million
future liability for such claims as of December 31, 2005 and September 30,
2006,
respectively. This
determination assumes that the insurance companies live up to what we believe
is
their obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these
claims.
Based upon this determination of probability, we have recorded an insurance
recovery as an asset equal to our projected asbestos-related
liability.
19. Supplemental
disclosures of cash flow information:
Cash
paid
for interest was $105,554 and $210,084 for the nine months ended September
30,
2006 and 2005, respectively.
Item
2. Management’s
Discussion and Analysis or
Plan of Operation
All
statements, other than statements of historical fact, included in this Form
10-QSB, including without limitation the statements under “Management’s
Discussion and Analysis or Plan of Operation” and “Business” are, or may be
deemed to be, “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934. Such forward-looking statements involve assumptions,
known
and unknown risks, uncertainties, and other factors which may cause the actual
results, performance or achievements of Entrx Corporation (the “Company”) to be
materially different from any future results, performance or achievements
expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements contained in this
Form
10-QSB. Such potential risks and uncertainties include, without limitation;
the
outcome of existing litigation; competitive pricing and other pressures from
other businesses in the Company’s markets; the accuracy of the Company’s
estimate of future liability for asbestos-related injury claims; the adequacy
of
insurance, including the adequacy of insurance to cover current and future
asbestos-related injury claims; the valuation of the Company’s investments;
collectibility of a loan due from an affiliate of a principal shareholder;
economic conditions generally and in the Company’s primary markets; availability
of capital; the adequacy of the Company’s cash and cash equivalents; the cost of
labor; the accuracy of the Company’s cost analysis for fixed price contracts;
and other risk factors detailed herein and in other of the Company’s filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements
are
made as of the date of this Form 10-QSB and the Company assumes no obligation
to
update the forward-looking statements or to update the reasons actual results
could differ from those projected in such forward-looking statements. Therefore,
readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking
statements.
General.
The
Company provides insulation and asbestos abatement services, primarily on
the
West Coast. Through our wholly-owned subsidiary Metalclad Insulation
Corporation, we provide these services to a wide range of industrial, commercial
and public agency clients. Insulation services include the installation of
high-
and low-temperature insulation on pipe, ducts, furnaces, boilers, and other
types of industrial equipment and commercial applications. Asbestos abatement
services include removal and disposal of asbestos-containing products in
similar
applications. We fabricate specialty items for the insulation industry, and
sell
insulation material and accessories incident to our services business to
our
customers as well as to other contractors. A diverse list of clientele includes
refineries, utilities, chemical/petrochemical plants, manufacturing facilities,
commercial properties, office buildings and various governmental
facilities.
Results
of Operations: Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2006 and
2005
Revenue
Revenue
for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was $3,889,000, an increase
as
compared to $3,577,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005. Revenue
for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 was $12,863,000, an increase
as
compared to $10,635,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. Revenues
increased during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 as compared
with the three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 due to the Company
obtaining new maintenance contracts and the Company hiring additional project
managers which allows the Company to bid on more projects compared to the
year
ago period and which ultimately increased the number of jobs in which we
were
the winning bidder.
Cost
of Revenue and Gross Margin
Cost
of
revenue was $3,343,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2006, as
compared to $3,725,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005. Cost
of
revenue was $11,013,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006, as
compared to $9,482,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005. The
gross
margin (loss) percentage was approximately 14.0% for the three months ended
September 30, 2006 as compared to (4.1)% for the three months ended September
30, 2005. The gross margin percentage was approximately 14.4% for the nine
months ended September 30, 2006 as compared to 10.8% for the nine months
ended
September 30, 2005. The increase in the gross margin percentage during the
three
and nine months ended September 30, 2006 as compared with the three and nine
months ended September 30, 2005 is primarily the result of the Company recording
a charge of $650,000 related to an anticipated loss on a project during the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2005.
Selling,
General and Administrative
Selling,
general and administrative expenses for the three months ended September
30,
2006 were $508,000 as compared to $529,000 for the comparable period ended
September 30, 2005, a decrease of 4.0%. Selling, general and administrative
expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 were $1,631,000 as
compared to $1,846,000 for the comparable period ended September 30, 2005,
a
decrease of 11.7%. The decrease for
the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2006 as compared to the three and
nine
months ended September 30, 2005 was primarily due to decreases in legal and
insurance expenses.
Change
in Allowance on Shareholder Note Receivable
For
the
year ended December 31, 2004, we established a reserve of $250,000 against
the
note receivable from Blake Capital Partners, LLC (“Blake”). The reserve was
established based upon the Company’s estimate of the collectibility of the note
receivable. The Company increased the reserve by $500,000, for a total reserve
of $750,000, against the note receivable during the six months ended June
30,
2006 based upon the Company’s estimate of the collectibility of the note
receivable at that time. Blake Capital Partners, LLC was current in the payment
of interest through the payment due March 1, 2006. The payment due September
1,
2006, however, was not made, and we have been informed by Mr. Mills, the
principal of Blake Capital Partners and guarantor on the note, that no payment
can be expected in the foreseeable future. As of September 30, 2006, as a
result
of the non-payment of interest and other information received from Mr. Mills,
we
booked an additional reserve of $521,000 against the note receivable and
wrote-off the interest receivable through June 30, 2006 of $48,000, bringing
the
net of the note receivable less the reserve down to $225,000, the approximate
value of the collateral securing the Note.
Gain
(Loss) on Disposal of Property, Plant and Equipment
Gain
(loss) on the disposal of property plant and equipment was $(2,000) and $1,000
for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively. For
the
three and nine months ended September 30, 2005 the Company had a gain on
disposal of property plant and equipment of $1,000 and $0,
respectively.
Interest
Income and Expense
Net
interest income for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was $13,000
as
compared to net interest expense of $71,000 for the three months ended September
30, 2005 and net interest expense for the nine months ended September 30,
2006
was $10,000 as compared to net interest expense of $216,000 for the nine
months
ended September 30, 2005, primarily due to a decrease in the average balance,
as
well as no amortization of the original issue discount, of the note with
Pandora
Select Partners L.P. during the three and nine months ended September 30,
2006.
During the three months ended September 30, 2006, the Company did not record
any
interest income on the note receivable from Blake Capital Partners, LLC.
In
addition, the note with Pandora Select Partners L.P., the line of credit
and
mortgage with Far East National Bank were all paid-off in the nine months
ended
September 30, 2006.
Gain
on Sale of Building, Land, and Building Improvements
Gain
on
sale of building, land and building improvements was $1,725,000 for the nine
months ended September 30, 2006. This gain was related to the sale of the
Company’s facilities in Anaheim, California that houses the Company’s insulation
operations.
Other
Income
Other
income for the three months ended September 30, 2006 was $100,000 related
to the
settlement agreement with Meyers-Reynolds whereby Meyers-Reynolds agreed
to pay
Entrx Corporation $100,000 in exchange for the dismissal with prejudice by
Entrx
Corporation of the law suit filed by Entrx Corporation against Meyers-Reynolds.
Also included in the $1,025,000 of other income for the nine months ended
September 30, 2006 was $925,000 related to the settlement agreement with
Ventana
Global Environmental Organizational Partnership, L.P. and North America
Environmental Fund, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Ventana”) whereby Ventana
agreed to pay Entrx Corporation $1,250,000 in exchange for the dismissal
with
prejudice by Entrx Corporation of the law suit (the “Ventana Action”) filed by
Entrx Corporation against Ventana and others in Orange County, California
Superior Court in November 2000. Entrx Corporation received $925,000 net
after
payment of legal fees and expenses associated with the settlement.
Net
Income (Loss)
We
had a
net loss of $421,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2006 as compared
to a net loss of $746,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2005.
We had
net income of $1,892,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2006 as
compared to a net loss of $909,000 for the nine months ended September 30,
2005.
The decrease in net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2006 as
compared to the three months ended September 30, 2005, primarily was the
result
of the lack of a charge of $650,000 related to an anticipated loss on a project
which occurred in 2005, the settlement with Meyers-Reynolds and net interest
income as opposed to net interest expense, partially offset by charges of
$569,000 related to the increase in the allowance and the write-off of the
interest receivable on the note receivable from Blake. The net income for
the
nine months ended September 30, 2006 was primarily due to the gain on the
sale
of our facilities in Anaheim, California and our settlement with Ventana
Global
Environmental Organizational Partnership, L.P. and North America Environmental
Fund, L.P., partially offset by the increase in our reserve on the note
receivable from Blake. An increase in revenues and the associated increase
in
gross margin also contributed to the increase in net income for the nine
months
ended September 30, 2006 as compared to the nine months ended September 30,
2005.
Liquidity
and Capital Resources
As
of
September 30, 2006, we had $1,639,000 in cash and cash equivalents and $118,000
in available-for-sale securities. The Company had working capital of $3,822,000
as of September 30, 2006. We own 190,566 shares of the common stock of VioQuest
Pharmaceuticals, Inc., the common stock of which is publicly traded on the
NASD
Bulletin Board under the symbol “VQPH”. Of the 190,566 shares, 75,000 shares are
subject to options exercisable by two current and one former member of our
Board
of Directors at $1.25 per share.
On
January 27, 2005, our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, renewed
its
line of credit with Far East National Bank, Newport Beach, California,
originally obtained in 2003. The renewed line of credit was for up to
$1,000,000, subject to 80% of eligible accounts receivable as defined in
the
loan agreement, and bore interest at a floating rate based upon the bank’s prime
rate plus 1.5%. The new line of credit agreement with Far East National Bank
originally matured on October 28, 2005, but the maturity date was extended
to
May 1, 2006. Metalclad Insulation Corporation also obtained a $1,596,000
mortgage on its facilities in Anaheim, California, from Far East National
Bank
that matured in October 2008, and bore interest at a floating rate based
on the
bank’s prime rate plus 1%. The line of credit was collateralized by certain
assets of the Company, including the Company’s operating facilities in the
Anaheim California, and both the mortgage and the line of credit were personally
guaranteed by the Company’s former President and Chief Executive Officer, Wayne
Mills.
Under
the
loan agreement with Far East National Bank we made a number of warranties,
representations and covenants, which if violated, would constitute an event
of
default under the loan agreement and allow Far East National Bank to call
the
loan immediately due. The covenants required, among other things, that Metalclad
Insulation Corporation maintain a current ratio in excess of 1.25 to 1, a
cash
flow ratio in excess of 1.5 to 1, a tangible net worth of not less than
$3,000,000, and a debt to worth ratio in excess of 2 to 1, and that Entrx
Corporation maintain a tangible net worth of not less than $4,000,000. As
of
December 31, 2005, the Company was not in compliance with the minimum cash
flow
ratio and the covenant requiring Entrx Corporation to maintain a tangible
net
worth of not less than $4,000,000. The Company received a waiver, through
April
3, 2006, from Far East National Bank with regards to non-compliance of the
minimum cash flow ratio as of December 31, 2005. The Company paid off the
line
of credit in April 2006 with proceeds from the sale of a building discussed
below (See Note 6).
Due
to
the increase in real estate value in southern California and the resulting
increase in the Company’s equity in its facility, and the Company’s need for
cash, the Company signed an agreement in December 2005 to sell its facilities
in
Anaheim, California for $3,900,000. The sale of the building was completed
in
April 2006. At the time of sale, the cost basis of the building, land and
building improvements was $2,080,082 and accumulated depreciation was $101,035.
The Company will be leasing the facilities back for eight months and recognized
the gain on the sale during the three months ended June 30, 2006. The Company
had a first mortgage on the building of $1,499,978, including accrued interest
of $8,698, at the time of sale and a second mortgage on the building of $150,000
at the time of the sale. The mortgages were repaid upon the sale of the
building. After repayment of the line of credit and mortgages, we had
approximately $960,000 in cash to be used as working capital.
In
December 2003, we issued a $1,300,000, 10% convertible promissory note to
Pandora Select Partners L.P. The note was payable interest only through April
15, 2004, and thereafter was payable in equal monthly installments over the
next
33 months. The balance outstanding on the note at December 31, 2005 was
$554,969. In June 2006, the Company repaid the remaining principal balance
of
$348,573 and accrued interest of $2,905 outstanding under the note.
In
an
effort to increase shareholder value and to diversify from our insulation
services business, we have made equity investments in several companies that
are
not in the insulation services business and which we believed had the ability
to
provide acceptable return on our investments. We currently have investments
in
two privately-held companies, Catalytic Solutions, Inc. and Clearwire
Corporation, which we value at $450,000 and $757,000, respectively. Both
of
these companies are in the early stages of their business development. Our
investments represent less than 5% ownership in each company and represent
approximately 2.5% and 2.7% of the Company’s total assets at September 30, 2006
and December 31, 2005, respectively. Catalytic Solutions, Inc. manufactures
and
delivers proprietary technology that improves the performance and reduces
the
cost of catalytic converters. Clearwire Corporation is a provider of
non-line-of-sight plug-and-play broadband wireless access systems. Either
or
both of these investments could be impaired in the future. There is no market
for the securities of Catalytic Solutions, Inc. or Clearwire
Corporation.
For
the
year ended December 31, 2004, we established a reserve of $250,000 against
the
note receivable from Blake Capital Partners, LLC (“Blake”). The reserve was
established based upon the Company’s estimate of the collectibility of the note
receivable. The Company increased the reserve by $500,000, for a total reserve
of $750,000, against the note receivable during the six months ended June
30,
2006 based upon the Company’s estimate of the collectibility of the note
receivable at that time. Blake Capital Partners, LLC was current in the payment
of interest through the payment due March 1, 2006. The payment due September
1,
2006, however, was not made, and we have been informed by Mr. Mills, the
principal of Blake Capital Partners and guarantor on the note, that no payment
can be expected in the foreseeable future. As of September 30, 2006, as a
result
of the non-payment of interest and other information received from Mr. Mills,
we
booked an additional reserve of $521,000 against the note receivable and
wrote-off the interest receivable through June 30, 2006 of $48,000, bringing
the
net of the note receivable less the reserve down to $225,000, the approximate
value of the collateral securing the Note.
Cash
provided by operations was $432,000 for the nine months ended September 30,
2006
compared with cash used in operations of $1,078,000 for the nine months ended
September 30, 2005. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 the positive
cash flow from operations was primarily the result of our net income, and
a
decrease in accounts receivable and other receivables, partially offset by
a
decrease in accounts payable and accrued expenses and an increase costs and
estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts. For the
nine
months ended September 30, 2005 the negative cash flow from operations was
primarily the result of funding our operating loss, and increases in accounts
receivable and other receivables. The increase in other receivables is primarily
related to an increase in cash held by our bonding company as security for
completion bonds on some of our projects. The amount held by the bonding
company
totaled $397,000 on September 30, 2006. These uses of cash were partially
offset
by non-cash charges for depreciation and amortization and an increase in
accounts payable and accrued expenses.
Net
investing activities provided $3,593,000 of cash in the nine months ended
September 30, 2006 and used $178,000 of cash in the nine months ended September
30, 2005, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2006 and
2005,
we used cash of $139,000 and $188,000, respectively, for capital expenditures,
primarily at our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation. During the
nine
months ended September 30, 2006, cash of $3,732,000 was provided by proceeds
from sales of assets, primarily related to the sale of the Company’s facilities
in Anaheim, California. During the nine months ended September 30, 2005,
cash of
$10,000 was provided by proceeds from sales of assets.
Cash
used
in financing activities totaled $2,799,000 for the nine months ended September
30, 2006 compared with cash used in financing activities of $432,000 for
the
comparable period in 2005. During the nine months ended September 30, 2006,
cash
was used to repay the note payable to bank, the mortgage payable on the building
we sold and the Company’s note to Pandora Select Partners L.P. Proceeds from
long-term debt provided cash during the nine months ended September 30, 2006.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we used cash for payments
on
our note payable to Pandora Select Partners L.P., payments on our capital
lease
obligation, and payments on our mortgage payable. Payments on long-term
borrowings used $83,000 and $121,000 of cash in the nine months ended September
30, 2006 and 2005, respectively.
On
May
31, 2006, Entrx Corporation entered into a Settlement Agreement with Ventana
Global Environmental Organizational Partnership, L.P. and North America
Environmental Fund, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Ventana”) whereby Ventana
agreed to pay Entrx Corporation $1,250,000 in exchange for the dismissal
with
prejudice by Entrx Corporation of the law suit (the “Ventana Action”) filed by
Entrx Corporation against Ventana and others in Orange County, California
Superior Court in November 2000. Entrx Corporation and Ventana also entered
into
a mutual release of all claims each may have had against the other. In addition,
Entrx Corporation released Carlos Alberto de Rivas Oest and Geologic de Mexico
S.A. de C.V., which were parties related to Ventana, and against whom Entrx
Corporation had claims pending in Mexico. The Settlement Agreement does not
limit claims that Entrx had or currently has against Javier Guerra Cisneros
and
Promotora Industrial Galeana, S.A. de C.V., which Entrx Corporation continues
to
pursue in Mexico. Javier Guerra Cisneros and Promotora Industrial Galeana,
S.A.
de C.V. were involved with the transactions which were the subject of the
Ventana Action. Entrx Corporation received approximately $925,000 net after
payment of legal fees and expenses associated with the Ventana Action and
the
Settlement Agreement.
Our
subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, continues to be engaged in
lawsuits involving asbestos-related injury or potential injury claims. The
199
claims made in 2005 were down from the 725, 590, 351 and 265 claims made
in
2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004, respectively. There
were 179 new claims made in the first nine months of 2006, compared to 154
in
the first nine months of 2005, and 228 cases resolved in the first nine months
of 2006, compared to 357 cases resolved in the first nine months of 2005.
There
were 458 cases pending at September 30, 2006 and 507 claims pending at December
31, 2005. The average indemnity payment on all resolved claims during each
of
said years has fluctuated from a high of $26,520 in 2001, to a low of $15,129
in
2002, and was $21,178 in 2005. These claims are currently defended and covered
by insurance. We have projected that our future liability for currently
outstanding and estimated future asbestos-related claims was approximately
$48,500,000 and $35,000,000, at December 31, 2004 and December 31, 2005,
respectively.
As
of
December 31, 2005, we projected that approximately 145 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced, and approximately 245 cases would be resolved,
in
2006, resulting in an estimated 407 cases pending at December 31, 2006. Since
we
projected that an aggregate of 533 new cases would be commenced after December
31, 2005, and that 145 of these cases would be commenced in 2006, we estimated
that an aggregate of 388 new cases would be commenced after December 31,
2006.
Accordingly, the cases pending and projected to be commenced in the future
at
December 31, 2006, would be 795 cases. Multiplying 795 claims times the
approximate average indemnity paid and defense costs incurred per resolved
claim
from 2002 through 2005 of $33,500, in our Form 10-KSB filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2005 we had estimated
our liability for current and future asbestos-related claims at December
31,
2006 to be approximately $27,000,000. This amounted to an $8,000,000 reduction
from the $35,000,000 liability we estimated as of December 31, 2005, or a
$2,000,000 reduction per quarter.
As
of
June 30, 2006, we re-evaluated our estimates, based upon the fact that we
previously estimated that there would be 145 asbestos-related claims made
in
2006, and that 123 claims had already been made in the first half of 2006,
and
that we previously estimated that 245 claims would be resolved in 2006, and
that
145 claims had already been resolved in the first six months of 2006. In
that
re-evaluation, we also took into consideration that at June 30, 2006, the
average indemnity paid on each claim over the past five and one-half years
had
decreased from $20,056 to $19,300. As of June 30, 2006, we projected that
approximately 196 new asbestos-related claims would be commenced, and
approximately 277 cases would be resolved, in 2006, resulting in an estimated
426 cases pending at December 31, 2006. Based upon these new estimates, we
projected that an aggregate of 889 new cases would be commenced after December
31, 2005, and that 196 of these cases would be commenced in 2006, we estimated
that an aggregate of 693 new cases would be commenced after December 31,
2006.
Accordingly, the cases pending and projected to be commenced in the future
at
December 31, 2006, would be 1,119 cases. Multiplying 1,119 claims times the
approximate average indemnity paid and defense costs incurred per resolved
claim
from 2002 through June 2006 of $32,800, we estimated our liability for current
and future asbestos-related claims at December 31, 2006 to be approximately
$37,000,000. This amounts to a $4,000,000 reduction from the $41,000,000
liability we estimated as of June 30, 2006, or a $2,000,000 reduction per
quarter. Accordingly, we reduced our asbestos-related liability at the quarter
ended September 30, 2006, by $2,000,000.
We
have
determined that it is probable that we have sufficient insurance to provide
coverage for both current and future projected asbestos-related injury claims.
This determination assumes that the current trend of reducing asbestos-related
injury claims will continue and that the average indemnity and direct legal
costs of each resolved claim will not materially increase. The determination
also assumes that the insurance companies live up to what we believe is their
obligation to continue to cover our exposure with regards to these claims.
Several affiliated insurance companies have brought a declaratory relief
action
against our subsidiary, Metalclad, as well as a number of other insurers,
to
resolve certain coverage issues. (See Part II, Item 1, “Legal Proceedings -
Asbestos-related Claims”)
We
intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the
end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different
from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with
that
of prior fiscal years since 2002. We estimate that the effects of economic
inflation on either the average indemnity payment or the projected direct
legal
expenses will be approximately equal to a discount rate applied to our future
liability based upon the time value of money.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $174,000,
$304,000 and $188,000 in 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively, and $28,000 and
$170,000 in the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006, respectively,
to
administer the asbestos claims, which is not covered by any insurance. These
amounts were primarily fees paid to attorneys to monitor the activities of
the
insurers, and their selected defense counsel, and to look after our rights
under
the various insurance policies. We anticipate that this cost will continue.
These costs are expensed as incurred.
There
are
numerous insurance carriers which have issued a number of policies to us
over a
period extending from approximately 1967 through approximately 1985 that
still
provide coverage for asbestos-related injury claims. After approximately
1985
the policies were issued with provisions which purport to exclude coverage
for
asbestos related claims. The terms of our insurance policies are complex,
and
coverage for many types of claims is limited as to the nature of the claim
and
the amount of coverage available. It is clear, however, under California
law,
where the substantial majority of the asbestos-related injury claims are
litigated, that all of those policies cover any asbestos-related injury
occurring during the 1967 through 1985 period when these policies were in
force.
We
have
engaged legal counsel to review all of our known insurance policies, and
to
provide us with the amount of coverage which such counsel believes to be
probable under those policies for current and future asbestos-related injury
claims against us. Such legal counsel has provided us with its opinion of
the
minimum probable insurance coverage available to satisfy asbestos-related
injury
claims, which significantly exceeds our estimated $35 million and $39 million
future liability for such claims as of December 31, 2005 and September 30,
2006,
respectively.
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.
ACE,
Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and excess policies to
Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs both defense
and
indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits brought against
Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE Lawsuit seeks declarations
regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is centrally focused on issues
involving whether historical and currently pending asbestos lawsuits brought
against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate" limits of liability
or
separate "per occurrence" limits of liability. Whether any particular asbestos
lawsuit is properly classified as being subject to an aggregate limit of
liability depends upon whether or not the suit falls within the "products"
or
"completed operations" hazards found in most of the liability policies issued
to
Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues will determine if, as
ACE
and Central National allege, their policies are nearing exhaustion of their
aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad insurers who previously
asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to Metalclad because
of
the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact, owe Metalclad
additional coverage obligations. The ACE Lawsuit also seeks to determine
the
effect of the settlement agreement between the Company and Allstate Insurance
Company on the insurance obligations of various other insurers of Metalclad,
and
the effect of the “asbestos exclusion” in the Allstate policy. The ACE Lawsuit
does not seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. Nonetheless, we anticipate
that we will incur attorneys fees and other associated litigation costs in
defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any other
insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage. In addition, the ACE Lawsuit may result
in our
incurring costs in connection with obligations we may have to indemnify Allstate
under the Settlement Agreement. Allstate, in a cross-complaint filed against
Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October, 2005, asked the court to determine
the Company’s obligation to assume and pay for the defense of Allstate in the
ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s indemnification obligations in the Settlement
Agreement. The Company does not believe that it has any legal obligation
to
assume or pay for such defense.
In
2003
and 2004 the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate considered
legislation to create a privately funded, publicly administered fund to provide
the necessary resources for an asbestos injury claims resolution program,
and is
commonly referred to as the “FAIR” Act. In 2005, a draft of the “FAIR” Act was
approved by the Judiciary Committee, but the bill was rejected by the full
Senate in February 2006, when a cloture motion on the bill was withdrawn.
An
amended version of the 2006 “FAIR” Act (S 3274) was introduced in the Senate in
May 2006, but has not been scheduled for a vote. A similar bill was introduced
in the House (HR 1360) in March 2005, but was referred to a subcommittee
in May
2005. The latest draft of the “FAIR” Act calls for the fund to be funded
partially by asbestos defendant companies, of which the Company is one, and
partially by insurance companies. The bill could be voted on by the Senate
or
the House at any time in the future. The impact, if any, the “FAIR” Act will
have on us if passed cannot be determined at this time although the latest
draft
of the legislation did not appear favorable to us.
The
Company projects that cash flow generated through the operation of its
subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation, and the Company’s net cash assets
as of September 30, 2006 will be sufficient to meet the Company’s cash
requirements for at least the next twelve months.
Critical
Accounting Policies and Estimates
Our
significant accounting policies are described in Note 1 to the consolidated
financial statements included in our annual report for the year ended December
31, 2005. The accounting policies used in preparing our interim 2006
consolidated condensed financial statements are the same as those described
in
our annual report.
Our
critical accounting policies are those both having the most impact to the
reporting of our financial condition and results, and requiring significant
judgments and estimates. Our critical accounting policies include those related
to (a) revenue recognition, (b) investments in unconsolidated affiliates,
(c)
allowances for uncollectible notes and accounts receivable, (d) judgments
and
estimates used in determining the need for an accrual, and the amount, of
our
asbestos liability, and (e) evaluation and estimates of our probable insurance
coverage for asbestos-related claims. Revenue recognition for fixed price
insulation installation and asbestos abatement contracts are accounted for
by
the percentage-of-completion method, wherein costs and estimated earnings
are
included in revenues as the work is performed. If a loss on a fixed price
contract is indicated, the entire amount of the estimated loss is accrued
when
known. Revenue recognition on time and material contracts is recognized based
upon the amount of work performed. We have made investments in privately-held
companies, which can still be considered to be in the startup or development
stages. The investments at less than 20% of ownership are initially recorded
at
cost and the carrying value is evaluated quarterly. We monitor these investments
for impairment and make appropriate reductions in carrying values if we
determine an impairment charge is required based primarily on the financial
condition and near-term prospects of these companies. These investments are
inherently risky, as the markets for the technologies or products these
companies are developing are typically in the early stages and may never
materialize. Notes and accounts receivable are reduced by an allowance for
amounts that may become uncollectible in the future. The estimated allowance
for
uncollectible amounts is based primarily on our evaluation of the financial
condition of the noteholder or customer. Future changes in the financial
condition of a note payee or customer may require an adjustment to the allowance
for uncollectible notes and accounts receivable. We have estimated the probable
amount of future claims related to our asbestos liability and the probable
amount of insurance coverage related to those claims. We offset proceeds
received from our insurance carriers resulting from claims of personal injury
allegedly related to asbestos exposure against the payment issued to the
plaintiff. The cash from the insurance company goes directly to the plaintiff,
so we never have access to this cash. We never have control over any of the
funds the insurance company issues to the plaintiff. Once a claim is settled,
payment of the claim is normally made by the insurance carrier or carriers
within 30 to 60 days. Changes in any of the judgments and estimates could
have a
material impact on our financial condition and results.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (SFAS No. 157),
Fair
Value Measurements,
to
eliminate the diversity in practice that exists due to the different definitions
of fair value and the limited guidance for applying those definitions in
GAAP
that are dispersed among the many accounting pronouncements that require
fair
value measurements. SFAS No. 157 retains the exchange price notion in earlier
definitions of fair value, but clarifies that the exchange price is the price
in
an orderly transaction between market participants to sell an asset or liability
in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability.
Moreover, the SFAS states that the transaction is hypothetical at the
measurement date, considered from the perspective of the market participant
who
holds the asset or liability. Consequently, fair value is defined as the
price
that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in
an
orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an
exit
price), as opposed to the price that would be paid to acquire the asset or
received to assume the liability at the measurement date (an entry price).
SFAS
No.
157 also stipulates that, as a market-based measurement, fair value measurement
should be determined based on the assumptions that market participants would
use
in pricing the asset or liability, and establishes a fair value hierarchy
that
distinguishes between (a) market participant assumptions developed based
on
market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity
(observable inputs) and (b) the reporting entity's own assumptions about
market
participant assumptions developed based on the best information available
in the
circumstances (unobservable inputs). Finally, SFAS No. 157 expands disclosures
about the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities in interim
and
annual periods subsequent to initial recognition. Entities are encouraged
to
combine the fair value information disclosed under SFAS No. 157 with the
fair
value information disclosed under other accounting pronouncements, including
SFAS No. 107,
Disclosures about Fair Value of Financial Instruments,
where
practicable. The guidance in this Statement applies for derivatives and other
financial instruments measured at fair value under SFAS No. 133 ,
Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities,
at
initial recognition and in all subsequent periods.
SFAS
No.
157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning
after November 15, 2007, and interim periods within those fiscal years, although
earlier application is encouraged. Additionally, prospective application
of the
provisions of SFAS No. 157 is required as of the beginning of the fiscal
year in
which it is initially applied, except when certain circumstances require
retrospective application.
The
Company is currently evaluating
the effect of adopting SFAS No. 157 on their consolidated financial
statements.
In
September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No.
158
(SFAS No. 158),
Employers' Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement
Plans,
to
require an employer to fully recognize the obligations associated with
single-employer defined benefit pension, retiree healthcare, and other
postretirement plans in their financial statements. Previous standards required
an employer to disclose the complete funded status of its plan only in the
notes
to the financial statements. Moreover, because those standards allowed an
employer to delay recognition of certain changes in plan assets and obligations
that affected the costs of providing benefits, employers reported an asset
or
liability that almost always differed from the plan's funded status. Under
SFAS
No. 158, a defined benefit postretirement plan sponsor that is a public or
private company or a nongovernmental not-for-profit organization must (a)
recognize in its statement of financial position an asset for a plan's
overfunded status or a liability for the plan's underfunded status, (b) measure
the plan's assets and its obligations that determine its funded status as
of the
end of the employer's fiscal year (with limited exceptions), and (c) recognize,
as a component of other comprehensive income, the changes in the funded status
of the plan that arise during the year but are not recognized as components
of
net periodic benefit cost pursuant to SFAS No. 87,
Employers' Accounting for Pensions,
or SFAS
No. 106,
Employers' Accounting for Postretirement Benefits Other Than
Pensions.
SFAS No.
158 also requires an employer to disclose in the notes to financial statements
additional information on how delayed recognition of certain changes in the
funded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan affects net periodic
benefit cost for the next fiscal year. SFAS No.158 is effective for fiscal
years ending after December 15, 2006. The Company is evaluating the effect
of
adopting SFAS No. 158 on their consolidated financial statements.
Item
3. Controls
and Procedures
We
carried out an evaluation, with the participation of our chief executive
and
chief financial officers, of the effectiveness, as of September 30, 2006,
of our
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). Based upon that evaluation, made
at the
end of the period, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer
concluded that our
disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the
Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time
periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission rules and forms,
that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including
our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate,
to
allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure,
and
that there has been no change in such internal control, or other factors
which
could significantly affect such controls including any corrective actions
with
regard to significant deficiencies or material weaknesses, since our
evaluation.
The
Company has a limited number of employees and is not able to have proper
segregation of duties based on the cost benefit of hiring additional employees
solely to address the segregation of duties issue. We determined the risks
associated with the lack of segregation of duties are insignificant based
on the
close involvement of management in day-to-day operations (i.e. tone at the
top,
corporate governance, officer oversight and involvement with daily activities,
and other company level controls). The Company has limited resources available
and the limited amount of transactions and activities allow for compensating
controls.
In
addition, our management with the participation of our principal executive
officer and principal financial officer or persons performing similar functions
has determined that no change in our internal control over financing reporting
occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2006 that has materially
affected, or is (as that term is defined in Rules 13(a)-15(f) and 15(d)-15(f)
of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) reasonably likely to materially affect,
our
internal control over financial reporting.
PART
II
OTHER
INFORMATION
Item
1. Legal
Proceedings
Asbestos-related
Claims
Prior
to
1975, we were engaged in the sale and installation of asbestos-related
insulation materials, which has resulted in numerous claims of personal injury
allegedly related to asbestos exposure. Many of these claims are now being
brought by the children and close relatives of persons who have died, allegedly
as a result of the direct or indirect exposure to asbestos. To date all of
our
asbestos-related injury claims have been paid and defended by our insurance
carriers.
The
number of asbestos-related cases which have been initiated naming us (primarily
our subsidiary, Metalclad Insulation Corporation) as a defendant had increased
from approximately 254 in 1999 to 527 in 2000 and 725 in 2001. The number
of
cases filed decreased after 2001 to 590 in 2002, to 351 in 2003, to 265 in
2004
and to 199 in 2005. At December 31, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, there
were,
respectively, approximately 1,009, 988, 853, 710 and 507 cases pending. Of
the
decrease from 710 cases pending at December 31, 2004 to 507 cases pending
at
December 31, 2005, were 80 cases which had been previously counted in error,
so
that the actual decrease for the year ended December 31, 2005 was 123 cases.
There were 179 new claims made in the first nine months of 2006, compared
to 154
in the first nine months of 2005. There were 458 cases pending at September
30,
2006. These claims are currently defended and covered by insurance.
Set
forth
below is a table for the years ended December 31, 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005
and
the nine months ended September 30, 2006, which sets forth for each such
period
the approximate number of asbestos-related cases filed, the number of such
cases
resolved by dismissal or by trial, the number of such cases resolved by
settlement, the total number of resolved cases, the number of filed cases
pending at the end of such period, the total indemnity paid on all resolved
cases, the average indemnity paid on all settled cases and the average indemnity
paid on all resolved cases:
|
|
2002
|
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005(2)
|
|
Nine
Months
Ended
September
30,
2006
|
|
New
cases filed
|
|
|
590
|
|
|
351
|
|
|
265
|
|
|
199
|
|
|
179
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Defense
Judgments and dismissals
|
|
|
382
|
|
|
311
|
|
|
311
|
|
|
294
|
|
|
150
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Settled
cases
|
|
|
229
|
|
|
175
|
|
|
97
|
|
|
108
|
|
|
78
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
resolved cases (1)
|
|
|
611
|
|
|
486
|
|
|
408
|
|
|
402(2)
|
|
|
228
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pending
cases (1)
|
|
|
988
|
|
|
853
|
|
|
710
|
|
|
507(3)
|
|
|
458
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
indemnity payments
|
|
$
|
9,244,000
|
|
$
|
10,618,700
|
|
$
|
6,366,750
|
|
$
|
8,513,750
|
|
$
|
3,945,750
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
indemnity paid on settled cases
|
|
$
|
40,366
|
|
$
|
60,678
|
|
$
|
65,637
|
|
$
|
78,831
|
|
$
|
50,587
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average
indemnity paid on all resolved cases
|
|
$
|
15,129
|
|
$
|
21,849
|
|
$
|
15,605
|
|
$
|
21,178(2)
|
|
$
|
17,306
|
|
(1)
Total
resolved cases includes, and the number of pending cases excludes, cases
which
have been settled but which have not been closed for lack of final documentation
or payment.
(2)
The
average indemnity paid on resolved cases does not include, and the number
of
pending cases includes, a jury award rendered on March 22, 2005 and a judgment
on that award rendered on April 4, 2005, finding Metalclad Insulation
Corporation liable for $1,117,000 in damages, which is covered by insurance.
The
judgment is being appealed by our insurer.
(3)
Of
the
decrease from 710 cases pending at December 31, 2004 to 507 cases pending
at
December 31, 2005, were 80 cases which had been previously counted in error,
so
that the actual decrease over the year ended December 31, 2005 was 123
cases.
The
number of asbestos-related claims made against the Company since 2001 has
reflected a relatively consistent downward trend from 2002 through 2005,
as has
the number of cases pending at the end of those years. We believe that it
is
probable that this trend will continue, although such continuance cannot
be
assured, particularly in view of what appears will be an increase in the
claims
which will be made in 2006 as compared to 2005. The average indemnity paid
on
all resolved claims has fluctuated over the past five-year period ended December
31, 2005 from a high of $26,520 in 2001, to a low of $15,129 in 2002, with
an
average indemnity payment of $20,056 over the same five-year period. Factoring
in the average indemnity of $11,679 for the first six months of 2006, we
have
adjusted our projected average future indemnity per claim to be $19,300.
We
believe that the sympathies of juries, the aggressiveness of the plaintiffs’ bar
and the declining base of potential defendants as the result of business
failures, have tended to increase payments on resolved cases. This tendency,
we
believe, has been mitigated by the declining pool of claimants resulting
from
death, and the likelihood that the most meritorious claims have been ferreted
out by plaintiffs’ attorneys and that the newer cases being brought are not as
meritorious nor do they have as high a potential for damages as do cases
which
were brought earlier. We have no reason to believe, therefore, that the average
future indemnity payments will increase materially in the future.
In
addition, direct defense costs per resolved claim have increased from $9,407
in
2001 to $12,240 in 2005. We believe that these defense costs increased as
a
result of a change in legal counsel in 2004, and the more aggressive defense
posture taken by new legal counsel since that change. We do not believe that
the
defense costs will increase materially in the future, and are projecting
those
costs to be approximately $13,500 per claim.
Based
on
the trend of reducing asbestos-related injury claims made against the Company
over the past four calendar years, we projected in our Form 10-KSB filed
with
the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2005
that
approximately 533 asbestos-related injury claims would be made against the
Company after December 31, 2005. These claims, in addition to the 507 claims
existing as of December 31, 2005, totaled 1,040 current and future claims.
Multiplying the average indemnity per resolved claim over the past five years
of
$20,056, times 1,040, we previously projected the probable future indemnity
to
be paid on those claims after December 31, 2005 to be equal to approximately
$21
million. In addition, multiplying an estimated cost of defense per resolved
claim of approximately $13,500 times 1,040, we projected the probable future
defense costs to equal approximately $14 million. Accordingly, our total
estimated future asbestos-related liability at December 31, 2005 was $35
million. These estimated liabilities are included as liabilities on our December
31, 2005 balance sheet.
As
of
December 31, 2005, we projected that approximately 145 new asbestos-related
claims would be commenced, and approximately 245 cases would be resolved,
in
2006, resulting in an estimated 407 cases pending at December 31, 2006. Since
we
projected that an aggregate of 533 new cases would be commenced after December
31, 2005, and that 145 of these cases would be commenced in 2006, we estimated
that an aggregate of 388 new cases would be commenced after December 31,
2006.
Accordingly, the cases pending and projected to be commenced in the future
at
December 31, 2006, would be 795 cases. Multiplying 795 claims times the
approximate average indemnity paid and defense costs incurred per resolved
claim
from 2002 through 2005 of $33,500, we had previously estimated our liability
for
current and future asbestos-related claims at December 31, 2006 to be
approximately $27,000,000. This amounted to an $8,000,000 reduction from
the
$35,000,000 liability we estimated as of December 31, 2005, or a $2,000,000
reduction per quarter.
As
of
June 30, 2006, we re-evaluated our estimates, based upon the fact that we
previously estimated that there would be 145 asbestos-related claims made
in
2006, and that 123 claims had already been made in the first half of 2006
and
that we previously estimated that 245 claims would be resolved in 2006, and
that
145 claims had already been resolved in the first six months of 2006. We
now
estimate that there will be 889 asbestos-related injury claims made against
the
Company after December 31, 2005. The 889, in addition to the 507 claims existing
as of December 31, 2005, totaled 1,396 current and future claims. There were
145
resolved claims in the first six months of 2006, which means that as of June
30,
2006, the Company estimated that there were 1,251 current and future claims.
Multiplying the average indemnity per resolved claim over the past five and
one
half years of $19,300, times 1,251, we projected the probable future indemnity
to be paid on those claims after June 30, 2006 to be equal to approximately
$24
million. In addition, multiplying an estimated cost of defense per resolved
claim of approximately $13,500 times 1,251, we projected the probable future
defense costs to equal approximately $17 million. Accordingly, our total
estimated future asbestos-related liability at June 30, 2006 was $41 million.
As
of
June 30, 2006, we projected that approximately 196 new asbestos-related claims
would be commenced, and approximately 277 cases would be resolved, in 2006,
resulting in an estimated 426 cases pending at December 31, 2006. Based upon
these new estimates, we projected that an aggregate of 889 new cases would
be
commenced after December 31, 2005, and that 196 of these cases would be
commenced in 2006, we estimated that an aggregate of 693 new cases would
be
commenced after December 31, 2006. Accordingly, the cases pending and projected
to be commenced in the future at December 31, 2006, would be 1,119 cases.
Multiplying 1,119 claims times the approximate average indemnity paid and
defense costs incurred per resolved claim from 2002 through June 2006 of
$32,800, we estimated our liability for current and future asbestos-related
claims at December 31, 2006 to be approximately $37,000,000. This amounts
to a
$4,000,000 reduction from the $41,000,000 liability we estimated as of June
30,
2006, or a $2,000,000 reduction per quarter. Accordingly, we reduced our
asbestos-related liability at the quarter ended September 30, 2006, by
$2,000,000.
We
intend
to re-evaluate our estimate of future liability for asbestos claims at the
end
of each fiscal year, or whenever actual results are materially different
from
our estimates, integrating our actual experience in that fiscal year with
that
of prior fiscal years since 2002. We estimate that the effects of economic
inflation on either the average indemnity payment or the projected direct
legal
expenses will be approximately equal to a discount rate applied to our future
liability based upon the time value of money. It is probable that we have
adequate insurance to cover current and future asbestos-related claims, although
such coverage cannot be assured.
Although
defense costs are included in our insurance coverage, we expended $220,000,
$174,000, $304,000 and $188,000 in 2002, 2003, 2004 and 2005, respectively,
and
$28,000 and $170,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2006,
to
administer the asbestos claims. These amounts were primarily fees paid to
attorneys to monitor the activities of the insurers, and their selected defense
counsel, and to look after our rights under the various insurance policies.
On
February 23, 2005 ACE Property & Casualty Company ("ACE"), Central National
Insurance Company of Omaha ("Central National") and Industrial Underwriters
Insurance Company ("Industrial"), which are all related entities, filed a
declaratory relief lawsuit (“the ACE Lawsuit”) against Metalclad Insulation
Corporation (“Metalclad”) and a number of Metalclad's other liability insurers,
in the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles.
ACE,
Central National and Industrial issued umbrella and excess policies to
Metalclad, which has sought and obtained from the plaintiffs both defense
and
indemnity under these policies for the asbestos lawsuits brought against
Metalclad during the last four to five years. The ACE Lawsuit seeks declarations
regarding a variety of coverage issues, but is centrally focused on issues
involving whether historical and currently pending asbestos lawsuits brought
against Metalclad are subject to either an "aggregate" limits of liability
or
separate "per occurrence" limits of liability. Whether any particular asbestos
lawsuit is properly classified as being subject to an aggregate limit of
liability depends upon whether or not the suit falls within the "products"
or
"completed operations" hazards found in most of the liability policies issued
to
Metalclad. Resolution of these classification issues will determine if, as
ACE
and Central National allege, their policies are nearing exhaustion of their
aggregate limits and whether or not other Metalclad insurers who previously
asserted they no longer owed any coverage obligations to Metalclad because
of
the claimed exhaustion of their aggregate limits, in fact, owe Metalclad
additional coverage obligations. The ACE Lawsuit also seeks to determine
the
effect of the settlement agreement between the Company and Allstate Insurance
Company on the insurance obligations of various other insurers of Metalclad,
and
the effect of the “asbestos exclusion” in the Allstate policy. The ACE Lawsuit
does not seek any monetary recovery from Metalclad. Nonetheless, we anticipate
that we will incur attorneys fees and other associated litigation costs in
defending the lawsuit and any counter claims made against us by any other
insurers, and in prosecuting any claims we may seek to have adjudicated
regarding our insurance coverage. In addition, the ACE Lawsuit may result
in our
incurring costs in connection with obligations we may have to indemnify Allstate
under the Settlement Agreement. Allstate, in a cross-complaint filed against
Metalclad Insulation Corporation in October, 2005, asked the court to determine
the Company’s obligation to assume and pay for the defense of Allstate in the
ACE Lawsuit under the Company’s indemnification obligations in the Settlement
Agreement. The Company does not believe that it has any legal obligation
to
assume or pay for such defense.
In
2003
and 2004 the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate considered
legislation to create a privately funded, publicly administered fund to provide
the necessary resources for an asbestos injury claims resolution program,
and is
commonly referred to as the “FAIR” Act. In 2005, a draft of the “FAIR” Act was
approved by the Judiciary Committee, but the bill was rejected by the full
Senate in February 2006, when a cloture motion on the bill was withdrawn.
An
amended version of the 2006 “FAIR” Act (S 3274) was introduced in the Senate in
May 2006, but has not been scheduled for a vote. A similar bill was introduced
in the House (HR 1360) in March 2005, but was referred to a subcommittee
in May
2005. The latest draft of the “FAIR” Act calls for the fund to be funded
partially by asbestos defendant companies, of which the Company is one, and
partially by insurance companies. The bill could be voted on by the Senate
or
the House at any time in the future. The impact, if any, the “FAIR” Act will
have on us if passed cannot be determined at this time although the latest
draft
of the legislation did not appear favorable to us.
Claim
Against Former Employee, Etc.
In
October 1999, we completed the sale of our operating businesses and development
project located in Aguascalientes, Mexico. That sale specifically excluded
those
Mexican assets involved in the Company’s NAFTA claim which was settled in 2001.
Under the terms of the sale we received an initial cash payment of $125,000
and
recorded a receivable for $779,000. On November 13, 2000, the Company filed
a
complaint in the Superior Court of California against a former employee,
the
U.S. parent of the buyer and its representative for breach of contract, fraud,
collusion and other causes of action in connection with this sale seeking
damages in the form of a monetary award. An arbitration hearing was held
in
September, 2002 in Mexico City, as requested by one of the defendants. This
arbitration hearing was solely to determine the validity of the assignment
of
the purchase and sale agreement by the buyer to a company formed by the former
employee defendant. The Superior Court action against the U.S. parent was
stayed
pending the Mexican arbitration. On April 8, 2003, the arbitrator ruled that
the
assignment was inexistent, due to the absence of our consent. In June 2003,
the
Court of Appeal for the State of California ruled that the U.S.
parent was also entitled to compel a Mexican arbitration of the claims raised
in
our complaint. We are now prepared to pursue our claim in an arbitration
proceeding for the aforementioned damages. No assurances can be given on
the
outcome.
In
a
related action, a default was entered against us in December, 2002, in favor
of
the same former employee referred to in the foregoing paragraph by the Mexican
Federal Labor Arbitration Board, for an unspecified amount. The former employee
was seeking in excess of $9,000,000 in damages as a result of his termination
as
an employee. The default was obtained without the proper notice being given
to
us, and was set aside in the quarter ended June 30, 2003. The Mexican Federal
Labor Arbitration Board rendered a recommendation on December 13, 2004, to
the
effect that the former employee was entitled to an award of $350,000 from
Entrx
in connection with the termination of his employment. The award is in the
form
of a recommendation which has been affirmed by the Mexican Federal Court,
but is
only exercisable against assets of the Company located in Mexico. The Company
has no assets in Mexico. The award does not represent a collectible judgment
against the Company in the United States. Since the Company has no assets
in
Mexico, the likelihood of any liability based upon this award is remote,
and we
therefore believe that there is no potential liability to the Company at
June
30, 2006 or December 31, 2005. The Company intends to continue to pursue
its
claims against the same employee for breach of contract, fraud, collusion
and
other causes of action in connection with the 1999 sale of one of the Company’s
operating businesses in Mexico.
On
May
31, 2006, we entered into a Settlement Agreement with Ventana Global
Environmental Organizational Partnership, L.P. and North America Environmental
Fund, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Ventana”) whereby Ventana agreed to pay
Entrx Corporation $1,250,000 in exchange for the dismissal with prejudice
by
Entrx Corporation of the law suit (the “Ventana Action”) filed by Entrx
Corporation against Ventana and others in Orange County, California Superior
Court in November 2000. Entrx Corporation and Ventana also entered into a
mutual
release of all claims each may have had against the other. In addition, Entrx
Corporation released Carlos Alberto de Rivas Oest and Geologic de Mexico
S.A. de
C.V., which were parties related to Ventana, and against whom Entrx Corporation
had claims pending in Mexico. The Settlement Agreement does not limit claims
that Entrx had or currently has against Javier Guerra Cisneros and Promotora
Industrial Galeana, S.A. de C.V., which Entrx Corporation continues to pursue
in
Mexico. Javier Guerra Cisneros and Promotora Industrial Galeana, S.A. de
C.V.
were involved with the transactions which were the subject of the Ventana
Action. Entrx Corporation received approximately $925,000 net after payment
of
legal fees and expenses associated with the Ventana Action and the Settlement
Agreement.
Claim
Against Insurer
In
August
of 2001, Metalclad Insulation Corporation purchased a workers’ compensation
policy from American Home Assurance Company (“American Home”), an American
International Group (“AIG”) company, for the period of September 1, 2001 to
September 1, 2002. The premium for the workers’ compensation policy was to be
calculated retrospectively. The American Home policy required Metalclad to
pay
an initial estimated premium, but Metalclad’s premium is recalculated
periodically, through March 1, 2006, based on actual workers’ compensation
losses incurred. Metalclad also provided American Home with collateralized
security for future premium adjustments in the form of a letter of credit
and
cash.
In
November 2003, a dispute arose between Metalclad, on the one hand, and American
Home and Metalclad’s insurance broker, Meyers-Reynolds & Associates, on the
other hand regarding calculation of the first periodic premium adjustment.
Specifically, American Home employed the use of a loss development factor
and
estimated payroll figure in its premium calculation which substantially
increased the premium it charged Metalclad. As a result of that dispute,
another
AIG company, National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh drew down
on
the above mentioned letter of credit. Metalclad believes that American Home’s
calculations were inconsistent with the terms of the American Home policy
and
representations made by American Home and Meyers-Reynolds regarding how the
premium would be calculated. Metalclad also believes that National Union
was in
breach of the American Home policy when it drew down on the letter of
credit.
On
February 27, 2004, we filed an action in Orange County Superior Court against
American Home, National Union and Meyers-Reynolds for breach of contract,
breach
of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, declaratory relief, reformation,
injunctive relief, negligent and intentional misrepresentation and breach
of
fiduciary duty. During the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company
recorded an accrual of $75,000 related to this dispute. On May 2, 2005, we
reached a settlement in principal with American Home and National Union which
resulted in the payment by the Company to American Home of approximately
$39,000
in the three months ended December 31, 2005 and resulted in the Company paying
an additional $45,000 in the three months ended June 30, 2006 which had been
accrued at December 31, 2005. During the three months ended September 30,
2006
the Company reached a settlement with Meyers-Reynolds which resulted in the
payment to the Company by Meyers-Reynolds of $100,000.
Item
6. Exhibits
Exhibits
31.1
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Executive Officer.
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31.2
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Rule
13a-14(a) Certification of Chief Financial Officer.
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Section
1350 Certification.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto
duly authorized.
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ENTRX
CORPORATION |
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Date:
November 9, 2006 |
By: |
/s/
Peter L. Hauser |
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Peter
L. Hauser
Chief
Executive Officer
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Date:
November 9, 2006 |
By: |
/s/
Brian D. Niebur |
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Brian
D. Niebur
Chief
Financial Officer
(Principal
Accounting Officer)
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