INTREPID POTASH INC Reports Operating Results (10-K)

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Feb 24, 2011
INTREPID POTASH INC (IPI, Financial) filed Annual Report for the period ended 2010-12-31.

Intrepid Potash Inc has a market cap of $2.74 billion; its shares were traded at around $36.52 with a P/E ratio of 67.6 and P/S ratio of 9.1. Hedge Fund Gurus that owns IPI: Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns IPI: Chuck Royce of Royce& Associates, Ron Baron of Baron Funds, NWQ Managers of NWQ Investment Management Co.

Highlight of Business Operations:

The aggregate market value of 45,612,912 shares of voting stock held by non-affiliates of the registrant, based upon the closing sale price of the common stock on June 30, 2010, the last business day of the registrant's most recently completed second fiscal quarter, of $19.57 per share as reported on the New York Stock Exchange was $892,644,688. Shares of common stock held by each director and executive officer and by each person who owns 10 percent or more of the outstanding common stock or who is otherwise believed by the registrant to be in a control position have been excluded. This determination of affiliate status is not necessarily a conclusive determination for other purposes.

On April 25, 2008, Intrepid closed its initial public offering ("IPO") by selling 34,500,000 shares of common stock at $32.00 per share. Net proceeds of the offering were approximately $1.032 billion after underwriting discounts and commissions and transaction costs. Prior to April 25, 2008, Intrepid was a consolidated subsidiary of Mining, its predecessor. Since April 25, 2008, Mining's ongoing business has been conducted by Intrepid and includes all operations that previously had been conducted by Mining. On April 25, 2008, pursuant to an exchange agreement ("Exchange Agreement"), Mining assigned all of its assets other than approximately $9.4 million of its cash to Intrepid in exchange for 40,339,000 shares of Intrepid's common stock and approximately $757.4 million of the net proceeds of the IPO. In connection with the exercise of the underwriters' over-allotment option, Intrepid also distributed to Mining approximately $135.4 million on April 25, 2008, referred to as the "Formation Distribution." The IPO, the transactions under the Exchange Agreement, and the Formation Distribution are referred to collectively as the "Formation Transactions." Upon the closing of the IPO, Intrepid replaced Mining as the borrower under the senior credit facility. Mining repaid $18.9 million of the principal amount outstanding under the senior credit facility, plus fees and accrued interest, from the amounts Mining received under the Exchange Agreement, and Intrepid repaid the remaining $86.9 million of principal outstanding, plus fees and accrued interest, using net proceeds from the IPO. Approximately $52.6 million of the remaining net proceeds from the IPO were retained by Intrepid and were used to fund production expansions, other growth opportunities, and for general corporate purposes. The transfer of the nonmonetary assets by Mining to Intrepid pursuant to the Exchange Agreement was accounted for at historical cost because the members of Mining received common stock of Intrepid, representing a continuing controlling interest in Intrepid, in connection with the IPO.

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