At September 30, 2002, the Company had $163.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and $32.5 million of short-term investments. The Company currently has $250.0 million available for borrowing under its New Credit Agreement. Management expects to fund the Company's short-term liquidity needs, including anticipated capital expenditures and any working capital requirements, from its cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and operating cash flow. Management expects to fund the Company's long-term liquidity needs, including all contractual obligations and anticipated capital expenditures, from its cash and cash equivalents, investments, operating cash flow and, if necessary, funds drawn under its New Credit Agreement or other future financing arrangements. The Company has historically funded the majority of its liquidity from operating cash flow. While future operating cash flow cannot be accurately predicted, management believes its long-term liquidity will continue to be funded primarily by operating cash flow. MARKET RISK The Company uses various methods to manage its exposure to foreign currency exchange risk. The Company predominantly structures its drilling rig contracts in U.S. dollars, which significantly reduces the portion of the Company's cash flows and assets denominated in foreign currencies. The Company also employs various strategies, including the use of derivative instruments, to match foreign currency denominated assets with equal or near equal amounts of foreign currency denominated liabilities, thereby minimizing exposure to earnings fluctuations caused by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. The Company occasionally utilizes derivative instruments to hedge forecasted foreign currency denominated transactions. At September 30, 2002, the Company had foreign currency exchange contracts outstanding to exchange $7.9 million U.S. dollars for Australian dollars and Great Britain pounds. The fair value of the Company's outstanding foreign currency exchange contracts at September 30, 2002, a net unrealized gain of $750,000, is included in Prepaid expenses and other. The Company uses various derivative financial instruments to manage its exposure to interest rate risk. The Company occasionally uses interest rate swap agreements to effectively convert the variable interest rate on debt to a fixed rate, and interest rate lock agreements to hedge against increases in interest rates on pending financing. At September 30, 2002 the Company had no outstanding interest rate swap agreements. In connection with the acquisition of Chiles on August 7, 2002, the Company obtained $80.0 million notional amount of outstanding treasury rate lock agreements. Chiles entered into the treasury rate lock agreements during the first and second quarters of 2002 and they mature in October 2003. Upon acquisition, the Company designated approximately $65.0 million notional amount of the treasury rate lock agreements as an effective hedge against the variability in cash flows of $76.5 million of MARAD guaranteed bonds the Company intends to issue in October 2003. The bonds will provide long-term financing for the recently constructed ENSCO 105. The Company has deemed the remaining $15.0 million notional amount of treasury rate lock agreements obtained in the Chiles acquisition to be speculative in nature. The fair value of the treasury rate lock agreements at September 30, 2002, which is included in accrued current liabilities, has declined $5.9 million from the August 7, 2002 Chiles acquisition date, and a cumulative $10.8 million since their inception. The Company recognized a $1.1 million loss during the third quarter in connection with the treasury rate lock agreements, which resulted from the decrease in fair value of the $15.0 million notional amount of treasury rate lock agreements deemed to be speculative. The Company utilizes derivative instruments and undertakes hedging activities in accordance with its established policies for the management of market risk. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for trading or other speculative purposes. In October 2002, the Company settled $10.0 million of the $15.0 million notional amount of speculative treasury rate lock agreements and will recognize a gain of $200,000 in the fourth quarter of 2002 as a result. It is the Company's intention to settle the remaining $5.0 million notional amount of speculative treasury rate lock agreements obtained in connection with the Chiles acquisition prior their maturity. Management believes that the Company's use of derivative instruments and related hedging activities do not expose the Company to any material interest rate risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, commodity price risk, credit risk or any other market rate or price risk. OUTLOOK AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Due to the short-term nature of many of the Company's contracts and the unpredictable nature of oil and natural gas prices, which impact expenditures for oil and gas drilling, changes in industry conditions and the corresponding impact on the Company's operations cannot be accurately predicted. Whether recent levels of regional and worldwide expenditures for oil and gas drilling will increase, decrease or remain unchanged, is not determinable at this time. The Company completed its merger with Chiles on August 7, 2002, and now has a fleet of 56 offshore rigs (including one jackup rig under construction that is scheduled to enter service in November 2002). The Company also operates a fleet of 27 oilfield support vessels after the sale of a supply vessel in October 2002. The Company's offshore rig fleet consists of 43 premium jackup rigs, seven barge rigs, five platform rigs and one semisubmersible rig. Currently, two of the Company's 22 North America jackup rigs are in a shipyard undergoing enhancements, 18 are operating, one is completing construction and one is currently idle. The ENSCO 105, acquired from Chiles and located in the Gulf of Mexico, is completing construction and is expected to be ready to commence operations in November 2002. In the Europe/West Africa region, all of the Company's eight jackup rigs are operating. The Company currently operates a fleet of 12 jackup rigs in the Asia Pacific region. One of these rigs, which was mobilized from the Gulf of Mexico in the first quarter, is in a shipyard undergoing repairs and enhancements and is expected to return to service in December 2002. Additionally, a second rig is also in the shipyard undergoing enhancements and is scheduled to be ready for operations in December 2002. The remaining 10 jackup rigs in the Asia Pacific region are currently under contract and the Company expects these rigs to remain at full or near full utilization for the remainder of 2002. There is some uncertainty with respect to the Company's South America barge rig fleet, whose operations have historically been concentrated on Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela. Lake Maracaibo market conditions have been depressed as a result of reduced or deferred exploration and development spending by Venezuela's national oil company. In addition, a certain level of instability currently exists with respect to the economic and political situation in Venezuela. The Company currently operates six barge rigs in Venezuela, including one barge rig operating under a long-term contract and a second operating under a short-term contract expected to expire in November 2002. The remaining four barge rigs are idle and have not operated on Lake Maracaibo since early 1999. Recently, the Company has observed increased prospects for additional work on Lake Maracaibo from Venezuela's national oil company and other independent oil and gas companies. The Company is responding to these prospects to more fully utilize its South American barge rigs. The Company will also continue to pursue opportunities outside of Venezuela if such opportunities are economically beneficial. Although the Company's barge rigs are suitable for operations in other markets, both elsewhere within Venezuela and globally, such markets are not nearly as extensive as the markets available to jackup or semisubmersible rigs. In the third quarter of 2002, one of the Company's idle barge rigs secured a contract for work in Indonesia. The barge rig was mobilized to a shipyard in Singapore where it is undergoing certain enhancements in preparation for the contract, which is expected to commence in December 2002. The Company evaluates the carrying value of its rigs and vessels when events or changes in circumstances indicate that such carrying values may be impaired and the Company has performed several of such evaluations with respect to its South America barge rig fleet. If the market conditions on Lake Maracaibo remain depressed and the Company is unable to secure attractive contracts for its barge rigs in Venezuela or other markets, the Company will continue evaluating the carrying value of its barge rigs and determine whether impairment and/or sale of some or all of its barge rigs is prudent. Evaluations of carrying value are subjective and involve expectations of future cash flows based on management's estimates, assumptions and judgements regarding future industry conditions and operations. Future adverse changes in industry conditions or similar events impacting management estimates, assumptions or judgements may cause the Company to reduce its expectations of future cash flows from the barge rigs and determine the carrying value of some or all of the barge rigs has been impaired. At September 30, 2002, the carrying value of the Company's six barge rigs in Venezuela totaled $111.2 million. Any future impairment charges may have a material adverse effect on the Company's operating results. After experiencing increased fleet utilization and day rates in the Company's marine transportation segment during 2001, utilization and day rates declined in the first nine months of 2002 as a result of the slowdown in Gulf of Mexico drilling activity. The Company expects the Gulf of Mexico marine transportation market to stabilize somewhat in the near-term. This report contains forward-looking statements based on current expectations that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Generally, forward-looking statements include words or phrases such as "anticipates," "believes," "expects," "plans," "intends" and words and phrases of similar impact, and include, but are not limited to, statements regarding future operations and business environment. The forward-looking statements are made pursuant to safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include the following: (i) industry conditions and competition, (ii) cyclical nature of the industry, (iii) worldwide expenditures for oil and gas drilling, (iv) operational risks and insurance, (v) risks associated with operating in foreign jurisdictions, (vi) environmental liabilities which may arise in the future which are not covered by insurance or indemnity, (vii) the impact of current and future laws and government regulation, as well as repeal or modification of same, affecting the oil and gas industry and the Company's operations in particular, (viii) fluctuations in the price of oil and natural gas, (ix) demand for oil and natural gas, (x) consolidation within the industry, (xi) changes in the dates the Company's rigs being constructed or undergoing enhancement will enter service, (xii) renegotiation, nullification, or breach of contracts with customers or other parties, and (xiii) the risks described elsewhere, herein and from time to time in the Company's other reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission. CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES The Company's significant accounting policies are included in Note 1 to the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2001 included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 28, 2002. These policies, along with the underlying assumptions and judgements made by the Company's management in their application, have a significant impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. The Company identifies its most critical accounting policies as those that are the most pervasive and important to the portrayal of the Company's financial position and results of operations, and that require the most difficult, subjective and/or complex judgements by management regarding estimates about matters that are inherently uncertain. The Company's most critical accounting policies are those related to property and equipment, impairment of assets and income taxes. At September 30, 2002, the carrying value of the Company's property and equipment totaled $2,283.3 million, which represents 74% of total assets. This carrying value reflects the application of the Company's property and equipment accounting policies, which incorporate estimates, assumptions and judgements by management relative to the capitalized costs, useful lives and salvage values of the Company's rigs and vessels. The Company evaluates the carrying value of its property and equipment and its $350.3 million of goodwill when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying value of such assets may be impaired. Asset impairment evaluations are, by nature, highly subjective. The estimates, assumptions and judgements used by management in the application of the Company's property and equipment and asset impairment policies reflect both historical experience and expectations regarding future industry conditions and operations. The use of different estimates, assumptions and judgements, especially those involving the useful lives of the Company's rigs and vessels and expectations regarding future industry conditions and operations, would likely result in materially different carrying values of assets and results of operations. The Company conducts operations and earns income in numerous foreign countries and is subject to the laws of taxing jurisdictions within those countries, as well as U.S. federal and state tax laws. At September 30, 2002, the Company has a $335.9 million net deferred income tax liability and $33.5 million of accrued liabilities for taxes currently payable. These balances reflect the application of the Company's income tax accounting policies in accordance with statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 109, "Accounting for Income Taxes" and also reflect various tax planning strategies. Such accounting policies and planning strategies incorporate estimates, assumptions and judgements by management relative to the interpretation of applicable tax laws, the application of accounting standards, and future levels of taxable income. The estimates, assumptions and judgements used by management in connection with accounting for income taxes reflect both historical experience and expectations regarding future industry conditions and operations. Changes in these estimates, assumptions and judgements could result in materially different provisions for deferred and current income taxes. NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, "Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets" ("SFAS 142"). SFAS 142 supersedes Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 17, "Intangible Assets," eliminates the requirement to amortize goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets, addresses the amortization of intangible assets with a defined life and requires impairment testing and recognition for goodwill and intangible assets. SFAS 142 became effective for the Company on January 1, 2002. Application of the non-amortization provisions of SFAS 142 resulted in an increase in operating income of $750,000 and $2.3 million for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2002. Other than the application of the non-amortization provisions, the adoption of SFAS 142 did not have an impact on the Company's consolidated financial statements. At September 30, 2002, the Company's goodwill totaled $350.3 million, including $246.5 million recognized in the third quarter of 2002 in connection with the Chiles acquisition. In August 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 144, "Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets" ("SFAS 144"). This statement supercedes Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, "Accounting for the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to Be Disposed Of" ("SFAS 121"), and the accounting and reporting provisions of Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 ("APB 30"). SFAS 144 retains the fundamental provisions of SFAS 121 and the basic requirements of APB 30; however, it establishes a single accounting model to be used for long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale and it expands the presentation of discontinued operations to include more disposal transactions. The provisions of SFAS 144 became effective January 1, 2002. The Company's adoption of SFAS 144 did not have an impact on its financial position or results of operations. Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk Information required under Item 3. has been incorporated into Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations - Market Risk. Item 4. Controls and Procedures Within the 90 days prior to the date of this report, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the Company's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures. The Company's disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company in its periodic SEC filings is recorded, processed and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting them to material information relating to the Company (including its consolidated subsidiaries) required to be included in the Company's periodic SEC filings. There were no significant changes in the Company's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect these controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation. |