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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (date of earliest event reported): November 12, 2010 (November 10, 2010)
DAWSON GEOPHYSICAL COMPANY
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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001-34404
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508 W. WALL, SUITE 800 |
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MIDLAND, TEXAS
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (432) 684-3000
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction
A.2. below):
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Item 7.01. Regulation FD Disclosure.
On November 10, 2010, Dawson Geophysical Company (the Company) held an investors conference
call. Furnished as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the transcript of the Companys presentation during
that call and the questions and answers following the presentation.
Pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the
information set forth in this Item 7.01 and in the attached Exhibit is deemed to be furnished and
shall not be deemed to be filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
Exchange Act).
In accordance with the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act
of 1995, the Company cautions that statements in the Exhibit which are forward-looking and which
provide other than historical information involve risks and uncertainties that may materially
affect the Companys actual results of operations. These risks include but are not limited to the
volatility of oil and natural gas prices, disruptions in the global economy, dependence upon energy
industry spending, cancellations of service contracts, high fixed costs of operations, weather
interruptions, inability to obtain land access rights-of-way, industry competition, limited number
of customers, credit risks related to our customers, the availability of capital resources and
operational disruptions. A discussion of these and other factors, including risks and
uncertainties, is set forth in the Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30,
2009. The Company disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements,
whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the information set forth in
the attached Exhibit 99.1 is deemed to be furnished and shall not be deemed to be filed for
purposes of the Exchange Act.
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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 hereunto duly authorized.
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Date:
November 12, 2010
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/s/ Christina W. Hagan |
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Christina W. Hagan |
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Executive Vice President, Secretary and |
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Chief Financial Officer |
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CORPORATE PARTICIPANTS
Steve Jumper
Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Christina Hagan
Dawson Geophysical - EVP & CFO
CONFERENCE CALL PARTICIPANTS
Christopher Butschek
Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Veny Aleksandrov
Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC - Analyst
PRESENTATION
Operator
Good morning, my name is Cynthia, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time,
I would like to welcome everyone to the Dawson Geophysical fourth quarter earnings call.
(Operator Instructions)
Thank you. I would now like to turn todays call over to Steve Jumper, President and CEO. Please go
ahead, sir.
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Thank you, Cynthia. Well, good morning, and welcome to Dawson Geophysical Companys fourth
quarter and year-end 2010 earnings and operations conference call. As Cynthia said, my name is
Steve Jumper, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company. Joining me on the call are
Christina Hagan, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, and Decker Dawson, Founder
and Chairman of the Company.
As in quarters past, todays call will be presented in three segments. Following opening remarks,
Chris will discuss our financial results. I will then return for an operations update, and then
open the call for questions. The call is scheduled for 30 minutes, and we will not provide any
guidance as we have done in the past. At this point, I will turn the control of the call over to
Chris Hagan, our CFO, for financial results.
Christina Hagan - Dawson Geophysical - EVP & CFO
Thank you, Steve. First, I will share our Safe Harbor provision. In accordance with the Safe
Harbor provision of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, Dawson Geophysical
Company cautions that statements made today in this conference call which are forward-looking, and
which provide other than historical information, involve risks and uncertainties that may materially
affect the Companys actual results of operations.
These risks include but are not limited to the volatility of oil and natural gas prices,
disruptions in the global economy, dependence upon energy industry spending, cancellations of
service contracts, high fixed costs of operations, weather interruptions, inability to obtain land
access rights-of-way, industry competition, limited number of customers, credit risks related to
our customers, the availability of capital resources and operational disruptions.
A discussion of these and other factors including risks and uncertainties is set forth in the
Companys Form 10-K for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009. Dawson Geophysical Company
disclaims any intention or obligation to revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result
of new information, future events, or otherwise. During this conference call, Dawson will make
reference to EBITDA, which is a non-
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GAAP financial measure. A reconciliation of this non-GAAP
measure to the applicable GAAP measure can be found in Dawsons current earnings release, a copy of
which is located on the Dawsons website, www.Dawson3D.com.
Turning to our financial results. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010, ending September 30, 2010,
our revenues were $59.179 million compared to $46.835 million for the same quarter in fiscal 2009,
an increase of 26%. We reported a net loss for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 of $1.411 million,
compared to a net loss of $2.056 million in the same quarter of fiscal 2009. Basic loss per share
for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 was $0.18, compared to $0.26 in the same quarter of fiscal
2009. EBITDA for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 was $5.268 million compared to $3.654 million in
the same quarter of fiscal 2009, an increase of 44%.
Revenue increases for the fourth quarter compared to the same quarter of fiscal 2009, were
primarily the result of redeployment of three data acquisition crews during the second and third
quarters of fiscal 2010. This increase was partially offset by lower utilization rates, weather
downtime, particularly wet conditions in July, several long crew moves and startup delays on
several projects due to equipment changeout and timing of a few land access permits.
For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, our revenues were $205.272 million, compared to
$243.995 million for the same period in fiscal 2009, a decrease of 16%. We reported a net loss for
fiscal 2010 of $9.352 million, compared to a net income of $10.222 million for fiscal 2009. Basic
loss per share for fiscal 2010 was $1.22, as compared to earnings per share of $1.31 for fiscal
2009. EBITDA was $13.136 million in fiscal 2010, compared to $43.875 million during fiscal 2009, a
decrease of 70%.
The revenue decrease in fiscal 2010 was primarily the result of previously announced reductions in
active crew count during the second quarter of fiscal 2009 of four crews, third quarter of fiscal
2009 of two crews, and first quarter of fiscal 2010 of one crew, a more competitive pricing
environment, and substantially lower utilization rates of the remaining crews. Revenues in fiscal
2010 continue to include high third party charges related to use of helicopter support services,
specialized survey technologies, and dynamite energy sources. This sustained level of these charges
is driven by the Companys continued operations in areas with limited access in the Appalachian
Basin, east Texas, and Arkansas. We are reimbursed for these expenses by our client.
We increased our capital expenditures during 2010 to $19.962 million from $4.448 million during the
previous year. The capital expenditures for fiscal 2010 includes the purchase of 2000 OYO GSR, four
channel boxes with three-component geophones, increases in channel count for both the ARAM and RSR
recording systems, and the maintenance capital items. Steve?
Steve
Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Thank you, Chris. Well, despite inclement weather conditions during the month of July and
intermittent crew delays, fourth quarter 2010 was a particularly successful quarter. Demand for
seismic services strengthened particularly in the oil-producing basin, as many exploration and
production companies increased their activities. While the seismic data market data acquisition
market remains competitive, our order book reflects commitments, and commitments reflect a balanced portfolio of oil and natural
gas projects, sufficient to maintain 12 active crews, well into fiscal 2011. Our contract mix at
this point in time, remains predominantly turnkey type contracts which bear more risk, but more
upside potential.
In particular, the fourth quarter highlights include a 26% increase in revenues to $59.179 million
compared to the same quarter last year, a 44% increase in EBITDA to $5.269 million compared to the
same quarter last year, the purchase of 2,000 additional OYO GSR four channel boxes complete with
three component geophones, to add to the 2,000 boxes purchased earlier in the year, increased
channel count per crew, a more balanced portfolio of oil and natural gas projects in the Eagle
Ford, Haynesville, Marcellus, Niobrara, and Bakken and Barnett and Fayetteville shales, as well as
the Granite Wash and conventional oil plays.
We maintained a debt-free balance sheet, and weve seen a significant increase in project
visibility as we enter fiscal 2011. While all of these factors contributed to our fourth quarter
success and accomplishments, one factor that is particularly important is the increase in project
visibility. In terms of project visibility, fiscal 2010 and fiscal 2009 are almost mirror images.
During fiscal 2009, we were operating in a particularly difficult environment following the
financial crisis of 2008. Exploration and production companies reduced CapEx budgets in response to
weakening commodity prices. In turn, we were forced to reduce our active crew count from 16 in
early fiscal 2009, to nine in early fiscal 2010. Project visibility, a key factor in our operation,
was at multi-year lows.
In the past six months, and continuing into this quarter, much of that changed, as demand began to
increase. We have redeployed three data acquisition crews, and we are seeing increased
opportunities throughout much of the lower 48. It is the increase in project visibility that is the
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differentiating factor between our 2009 and 2010 year-end results. While we delivered stellar
financial results in the first half of 09, the second half was particularly challenging from an
operation perspective as mentioned before, as demand levels dropped significantly. Utilization
rates were trending lower with each successive quarter, and the outlook was challenged. Conversely,
while 2010 was not as financially successful as 09, the second half of fiscal 2010 operationally
proved far more successful.
So what does project visibility look like for 11? While as everyone as we have said earlier, we
dont give financial guidance. We operate in a highly volatile environment. Seismic operations can
be significantly impacted by weather issues, permitting delays, and other unforeseen factors. I
would caution that our first quarter has been historically been our most difficult due to weather,
short days, holiday seasons, and regional hunting issues, particularly in south Texas.
That said, our order book is strong. We have commitments to maintain 12 active crews, well into
fiscal 2011. Most projects or excuse me, many projects are requiring channel counts in excess of
10,000 channels per crew, and increasing efficiencies resulting from our continued investment in
new technologies and equipment, including the recent purchases of the 4,000 OYO GSR four channel
boxes complete with three component geophones are generating improved results, both operationally
and financially.
From a balance sheet perspective, we are as strong as ever. We continue to maintain our debt free
balance sheet. We have more than $90 million of working capital. And we continue our fiscally
conservative approach overall towards our operation. Our Board of Directors has approved a $30
million capital budget for fiscal 2011 to be used to purchase the additional 2,000 OYO GSR channel
boxes, ten vibrator energy units, additional geophones and recording channels for all crews, and to
meet maintenance capital requirements.
Our CapEx budget and investment in new equipment clearly reflects our belief in growth
opportunities in the seismic data acquisition market in the lower 48, as well as our commitment to
technology by expanding our multi-component recording capabilities, and providing higher resolution
three-dimensional images, while at the same time improving operational efficiencies with greater
increases in channel count and active energy sources. And with that, Cynthia, we are ready for
questions.
QUESTION AND ANSWER
Operator
Thank you.
(Operator Instruction)
Your first question comes from the line of Christopher Butschek with Raymond James.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Hi, guys. I want to first apologize. We have a fire drill going off in the background, so it
may be a little hard to hear me. But looking at your quarter, the wet weather, was it particularly
bad in July, more so than August and September?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
I think thats a fair statement, yes.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
And was it predominantly in south Texas?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Had a lot of it in south Texas. Yes, that was impacted. Had some in Oklahoma, and the
Mid-Continent region as well, and a little bit back east.
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Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Okay. So I understand that fiscal year 1Q is historically a weaker quarter given the holidays
and all that stuff. But so far, the weather in south Texas has been pretty mild, wouldnt you
agree?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
So far to date, weather does not appear to be a huge issue in as compared to the start of
the last quarter.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Right. And knock on wood, hopefully that will continue. Im trying to think more big picture.
If I compare the weather from last quarter, versus the holidays, and all of the hunting leases you
all probably cant work on in south Texas during this next quarter. Would it be safe to say that
or fair to say even, that revenues could be in the same ballpark, sequentially or is that just too
close to guidance?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
That is just too close to guidance.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Fair enough. Fair enough.
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
One comment I would make is that, we are we are in the time period of the year where the
days are shorter. And we do have the holiday season, we do have more weather exposure. And the
hunting issue, in regards to having to move crews out, does affect operations in more places than
in south Texas.
Having said that, the effect were going to get out of south Texas and other places will be more
related to crew moves. We our order book is sufficient enough that well be able to move crews
out of certain areas, and into other areas around the country. But it will involve crew moves, and
then redeploying back into the area. So that will be the major impact. Its not that were going to
have to lose crew count anywhere in the first quarter. Its just going to be a matter of
redeploying crews for certain periods of time.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Okay. Thanks. Thanks for that clarity. Stepping back a minute, and looking at the lower 48, it
sounds like the visibility is a lot higher. And I know some of your peers in the multi-client
business, and increased activity there is probably tightening up the market overall. Would you say
price-wise, were as competitive as we were two or three quarters ago, or are we starting to see a
little movement on that front as well?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
I think were starting to see a little bit of movement. I dont think its dramatically moving
the needle at this point. I think the pricing increases that we are experiencing are probably more
related to crew size and capacity, more so than market strength. I think there is a little bit of
market strength pricing out there, but I dont think its anything that were ready to openly talk
about. With the increased channel count and the increased crew sizes, I think the upside that we
see going forward is that further enhances your ability to improve operational efficiencies, given
these expanded crews and larger projects.
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Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Okay. Perfect. Ill return it to you guys, and get back in the queue.
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Chris, I would make one other comment, too.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
All right.
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
You asked about pricing, from two and three quarters ago. Certainly, from where we were a year
ago, I think weve seen some strength. But I would remind you and everybody else, that the time lag
from the time of project is put out for request for proposal, to the time it actually is completed
can be anywhere from a month to six months, maybe longer. And so were going to be working off of
lower priced work, as we continue throughout the year. So I think if we start to see some pricing
increases, without giving any guidance, I would expect that to be not seen in Q1, maybe into late Q2, or early Q3. So dont
forget that time lag situation in there.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
All right. Perfect, guys. Ill turn it back to you.
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Thank you, Christopher.
Operator
(Operator Instructions)
Your next
question comes from the line of Veny Aleksandrov with Pritchard capital.
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Good morning, Veny.
Veny Aleksandrov - Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC - Analyst
My first question on the order book, I know you dont want to give guidance, but just as close
as we can get, how much visibility do we have in terms of months? Is it six months into 2011? Is it
increasing since last quarter?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
I think, yes, it has increased since last quarter, which was an increase from the quarter
before. Whether thats going to be three months, four months, six months, at this point, today,
Veny, is going to be more related to how well permits land access permits come into play, what
the weather is going to do, and how efficient that we are. But whats important, I think, on top of
just the order book strength, is it appears like the market, based on the requests for proposals
that were seeing, and that we think are out there, I think theres appears to be sufficient
work going forward to match whatever burn rate we get into.
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And so I guess where I would leave it, is that we see the market has strengthened. Were seeing
steady activity in the natural gas resource shale play. And were seeing increased activity in the
oil producing basins, as well as the conventional, not just the shale basins, but the conventional
oil basins are appearing to show signs of increased activity. A year, 18 months ago, we were 90%
plus natural gas driven. I think last year, we reported that we were 30% or so anticipated oil
driven. I think were starting to see numbers that are probably 50/50, maybe shifting a little bit
higher to the oil side.
And this is all somewhat clouded, look forward. Were not looking into a crystal clear ball here.
But that is certainly the way the market feels. So Im hesitant to give a number of months. I would
just say that the visibility looks stronger than it has in a while, in several quarters certainly,
going back into early 2010. And there appears to be sufficient opportunities out there to continue
that deeper into the year. Of course, well have to wait and see how things shake out.
Veny Aleksandrov - Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC - Analyst
Thank you. That helps. And then my second question on the channel count. You briefly touched
on that, but with the number of crews that have you right now, and the crews getting bigger and
using more equipment, are you close to full utilization of the equipment, or do you have a place to
grow?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
I think thats an excellent question, what we have in-house. I think our channel count is
somewhere around about 117, 118, something like that, I dont know the exact number here, off the
top of my head.
Veny Aleksandrov - Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC - Analyst
So if we implied a 10,000 channels per crew
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Yes, and so we got a couple that are working that are quite a bit smaller than that. I still
think we have some room with some of the RSR equipment that we purchased last year to expand
channel count. But yes, as I think youre hinting towards, and weve talked about this for several
years now, that crew count may not be the metric, the best metric to measure seismic operations.
It may in fact, end up being channel count. And so I think in certain types of equipment, yes, I
think were pretty close, or getting close to fully utilized. We have a little bit of running room,
but not what we had based on the current inventory that we would have had, say, a year ago, Veny.
Veny Aleksandrov - Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC - Analyst
Okay. Thank you. And that leads me to my last question. Your new GSR system, is it delivered
already? Or are you still waiting for it? And where is it going?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Well, you packed three questions into one, Veny. It is being delivered. We are taking delivery
of it. We have everything we have in-house is fully deployed. Were still anticipating final
delivery of the last group here, in the near term. We have 2,000 channels of it, or 2,000 boxes of
equipment operating in a multi-component mode in the Rockies area. And then we have the balance of
it being used in some difficult access areas in east Texas. And so all of it is deployed, and on
the ground at this time. All that we have in place, and were still waiting on some of it.
Veny Aleksandrov - Pritchard Capital Partners, LLC - Analyst
Thank you so much.
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Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Thank you, Veny.
Operator
Your next question is a follow-up from the line of Christopher Butschek with Raymond James.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Hey, guys. I thought I would be a little lower in the queue. I just had a couple of
housekeeping questions. When I look at the reimbursables you guys had versus this quarter versus
the last couple of quarters, would you quantify that as similar to prior quarter, higher or lower?
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Its relatively flat from the its slightly down from Q3, relatively flat to Q4 of last
year. Weve always said that is 25% to 35% of the revenue, and were still in the high end of that.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Perfect. Thats what I wanted to know.
Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Yes.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
And then one last question, your tax rate came in quite a bit lower than the last couple of
quarters. Is that just a reversion to the means of the full year to get the 29%? And going forward
is it more like 15%, or more like 29%?
Christina Hagan - Dawson Geophysical - EVP & CFO
Well going forward, Id like to address the other part of your question there is just were
looking at some issues where we increased our capital expenditures in 2010 over 2009. Were picking
up some of that. And just for the year-over-year on 2009, our FIN 48 state taxes, and permanent
items increase our effective tax rate. And we just had the reverse situation in 2009. So going
forward, were looking at the election of bonus depreciation, and we will be filing that. And so,
not exactly sure where thats going to take us into the future.
Christopher Butschek - Raymond James & Associates - Analyst
Okay. I think thats everything for me. Ill turn it back once more.
Operator
At this time, there are no further questions. Mr. Jumper, are there any closing remarks?
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Steve Jumper - Dawson Geophysical - President & CEO
Yes, Cynthia. In closing, I would like once again to thank all of our valued clients, our
hard-working employees, and our loyal shareholders for their continued interest, support, and
investment in Dawson Geophysical. We look forward to fiscal 2011 with great enthusiasm and renewed
confidence. And we want to wish each of you a safe and happy holiday season. We will be at the
Pritchard conference in early January in San Francisco, so well have a webcast at that point. And then well be back to visit
with you sometime in February to discuss our Q1 2011 results. Thank you. And everybody, have a
wonderful day.
Operator
Ladies and gentlemen, this concludes todays conference. You may now disconnect.
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