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TeamSpy Malware Spotted in New Campaign
By Ionut Arghire on February 21, 2017
TeamSpy, the data-stealing malware that was associated with a decade-long cyber-espionage operation several years ago, has resurfaced in a new attack campaign, Heimdal Security researchers warn.
The malware, designed to provide its operators with full access to the compromised machines, was used in an information gathering operation that focused mainly on ordinary people, though some victims were found to be high profile industrial, research, or diplomatic targets. The malware was abusing the legitimate TeamViewer remote access tool for its nefarious operations, researchers discovered.
The newly observed attack relies on social engineering to trick potential victims into installing TeamSpy onto their computers. The malware is being distributed via spam emails that contain a malicious ZIP attachment designed to drop an infected DLL (MSIMG32.dll) on the target machine. Two other files are also downloaded onto the computer: 324.bat and 324.exe.
The same as other TeamViewer-abusing malware, the malicious app leverages DLL hijacking to abuse the legitimate software for its nefarious operations. TeamSpy includes various components of the legitimate program, such as a TeamViewer VPN and a keylogger. Upon installation, it kills a series of Windows processes to install these components and launch them.
Simultaneously, the malware copies logs to a text file and writes all usernames and passwords it can find to it. The file is then sent to the command and control (C&C) server.
The final goal of the attack, however, is to gain complete control of the infected PC and to gather confidential information from it while keeping a low profile to avoid alerting the user. For that, the malware downloads additional components, including the TeamViewer application.
"Given how the TeamSpy infection happens, it is clear that a TeamViewer session started by the attackers will be invisible to the victim. This can lead to numerous forms of abuse against the services that the logged in user runs on his/her computer," Heimdal Security's Andra Zaharia notes. What's more, the attack can circumvent two-factor authentication, she says.
The newly observed payload has a low detection rate at the moment and users are advised to carefully analyze all unwanted emails and to avoid downloading attachments from unknown senders. "Malware can disguise itself in many forms on the web, and all it takes is one click to trigger an infection," Zaharia concludes.
Related: Mitigating TeamSpy Cyber-espionage Attacks


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Wedding for a Special Friend
Today Jaime married Autumn and became Mr & Mrs Smith. We were invited to their wedding. I really don't know much about Autumn. The few times I have seen her, she has stayed close to Jamie and taken great care of him. It doesn't matter, because if Jamie has chosen her, then she must be pretty special.
I have known Jaime since he was a small boy. Jamie, his brother Pedro (aka Shuman) and sister Mariemilia are the celebration of two great families, the Smith and Manrique families. When I first met Jaime, he was called Jaimeto. His brother Shuman was still breastfeeding and his sister would not be born for years to come. Jaimeto's father was called Jaime. Jaime was a very generous man. He helped many of family members (both on his side and his wife's) to have a place to live and find a job. Jaime was one of the most generous people I have ever known. He never had a lot, but what he had was yours. Jaime was always the life of the party. He loved to laugh and share that laughter with others. Sadly Jaime left us too early.
Even though Jaime and his wife Rebecca were divorced, Rebecca made sure that all of Jaime's friends and family where with him in his final hours. One thing about this amazing family is that when one falls or needs help, there is always one or more to step forward to offer support, or step in their place to move forward. Rebecca was never the life of the party, but she was always strong and loving. She kept her family moving forward and provided the love and support her children needed, but it didn't stop there. She is one amazing woman. This family is very big and very close. It is made up with many aunts, uncles, cousins, nephews and nieces.
So back to the wedding... Jaime and Autumn got married and there was not one dry eye anywhere. Jaimeto has cancer. He has been battling cancer for some time now. He has been in a wheel chair for years. This is a marriage made of the purest love.
When it came time to speak about the newlyweds, and propose a toast. One family member stepped up to the plate, each to be overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment. First was Jamie's younger brother Shuman. He mention that his brother has had a rough time. He broke down, but immediately, his sister came to him to support him. She expressed her love to the couple. She mentioned how after her father passed away, that it was Jaimeto that stepped into that role for her, but it was too much for her as well and she broke down. Jaimeto took the mic to express his gratitude and love for his friends and family too, but the emotion overwhelmed him as well. Their mother Rebecca took the mic, followed by their grandmother. "This is not a time for tears ...". This family does not know the meaning of defeat, but they do know the meaning of the word "family".
Over thirty years ago, I was first invited to this family's house for Christmas eve. Only two people in this huge family knew me and they did not know me that well but we worked together at a hotel. They brought out a huge bag with one present in for each person, including me. I was shocked. This family took me in to their home and treated me like one of their own. To this day, I feel a special connection with them. They are part of my family. Jaimeto, I am grateful to you and your family in ways you can never know. I love you very much and am grateful that you included us in our wedding. You are a shining example of what family means.
May God bless each and every one of you.
COHS Water Polo Alumni Match 2011
I had to come down to Southern California for work, so I extended my stay by a day so that I could get together with my classmates at our Pizza Night, which was great. For some reason my wife insisted that I stay an extra day and not worry about coming home until Sunday morning. She said that I don't get to visit my friends from school very often.
Friday morning Diana (Cobos) Campbell gives me a ride from Anaheim and we go directly to Charter Oak. I want to know when the alumni match will be. In the office, the lady says that they have not set the date yet, but gives me the phone number to one of the coaches. I call and leave a message on his voice mail. About 10 minutes later, he calls back and explains that the match tomorrow (Saturday) at 10:00am. What a lucky break.
With less than 24hours notice, I get my phone and start calling friends. Cobos calls her brother. I post a notice on Facebook and we put the word out.
Craig "Gumby" Schaeffer and myself are the only ones this year that can play. Eric Schubel makes it, but it recovering from an injury, so he and his son are there for moral support as well as Inez Schaeffer, Diana (Cobos) Campbell, Pam McKovich and her son Hunter, Steve Brady and others.
This year things are a bit different. They are charing $10 for alumni to play, which is fine. The money goes to help the water polo team. Craig and I are smarter than we were two years ago. Then, we warmed up rather well. Too well. By the time the game started we were already tired. We had spent too much energy warming up.
Another difference is that instead of one huge alumni team with about 25 substitutes, we are split between those that graduated in this millennium and those of us that graduated in the last millennium. This is a serious concern for us older folks. We are going to have to play a lot more as our team is much smaller.
Both Craig and I started. We like to think that we did no harm. We substituted in and out throughout the game. During one play, I passed the ball to Craig and he scored. Chalk up one for the geezers! At the end of the fourth quarter, it was tied. We played one more period and managed to win the game 21 to 20. That is the same score we won by last time we played, two years ago.
It was a great game. We were all puffing and wheezing, but we pulled it off. Hats off to COHS varsity water polo, especially number 9. We may have won, but they played a full game before they even played us.
See you all next year and hopefully we will have more time to prepare and more Lancers from the 1970's. Maybe coach McNeil will show up, who knows?
I had to come down to Southern California for work, so I extended my stay by a day so that I could get together my classmates at our Pizza Night, which was great. For some reason my wife insisted that I stay an extra day and not worry about coming home until Sunday morning. She said that I don't get to visit my friends from school very often.
Friday morning Diana (Cobos) Campbell gives me a ride from Anaheim and we go directly to Charter Oak. I want to know when the alumni match will be. In the office, the lady says that they have not set the date yet, but gives me the phone number to one of the coaches. I call and leave a message on his voice mail. About 10 minutes, he calls back and explains that it is tomorrow (Saturday) at 10:00am. What a lucky break.
Craig Schaeffer and myself are the only ones that make it to play. Eric Schubel makes it, but it recovering from an injury, so he and his son are there for moral support as well as others such as Inez Schaeffer, Diana (Cobos) Campbell, Pam McKovich and her son Hunter, Steve Brady and others.
Both Craig and I started. We like to think that we did no harm. We substituted in and our throughout the game. During one play, I passed the ball to Craig and he scored. Chalk up one for the geezers! At the end of the fourth quarter, it was tied. We played one more period and managed to win the game 21 to 20. That is the same score we won by last time we played, two years ago.
It was a great game. We were all puffing and wheezing, but we pulled it off. Hats off to COHS varsity water polo, especially number 9. We may have won, but they played a full game before they played us.
COHS Pizza Night
Before I get started about the Pizza Night, our hearts go out to Deann (Call) Lent, her family, friends and neighbors. She lives in Seal Beach. On Wednesday a crazed gunman entered a beauty salon and murdered eight people. Deann's son goes to school with the boy, whose father did the killing and the mother who was one of the murder victims. Deann, our thoughts and prayers are with you and yours.
We have been doing COHS Pizza Nights for a few years now, but this was absolutely one of the best. We had a great turn out including two of our teachers:
Mr. King was our music teacher in 8th grade at Sunflower Jr. High. He was so cool. He was into racing cars. He dressed more like us than your normal teacher. He introduced many of us to the Beatles for the first time. We explored what kind of music we liked. We did not sit in rows, instead we sat in a circle where everyone could see everyone else. It was so great to talk about music, cars and our times in school with Mr King and he could not have been more gracious.
Mr. Hall was my German teacher for all four years at Charter Oak. I was born in Frankfurt Germany. I immigrated to the US when I was only a year old. No one wanted to learn German more than I, yet I had a tough time. On my first vocabulary test I got a "D". This was devastating. I did not give up and Mr. Hall never gave up on me. After high school, I would continue to study German for 3 more years in college. Mr. Hall is actually Dr. Hall. He received his PHD during my senior year. A special thanks to Pam McKovich, who arranged Mr and Mrs Hall to attend our pizza night. It was very special to be able to spend time again with him after so many years.
We had a larger than normal turn out. Not everyone who thought they could make it did, but quite a few did show up who didn't think they could. My brother Dave was able to attend our gathering and it is always nice to see him. We had a number of first timers. I hope they felt welcome as we all share a special bond.
Eric Schubel is normally part of our group of regulars. He was recently in an accident, but after four days, his injuries have not improved. He decided to go to Urgent Care. We wish him a swift and full recovery. Eric says he will be at the alumni water polo match tomorrow. He won't play, but he will be there to cheer us on.
Thank you to everyone who made this such a special evening.
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Cruise tracks along the US GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect from the R/V Knorr KN199-04, KN199-05 cruises in the subtropical N. Atlantic during 2010 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project)
Website: https://www.bco-dmo.org/dataset/3484
Data Type: Cruise Results
Version Date: 2012-03-07
» U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT)
» U.S. GEOTRACES (U.S. GEOTRACES)
Jenkins, William J. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) Principal Investigator, Contact
Boyle, Edward A. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Co-Principal Investigator
Cutter, Gregory A. Old Dominion University (ODU) Co-Principal Investigator
Gegg, Stephen R. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI BCO-DMO) BCO-DMO Data Manager
Cruise tracks along the US GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect from the R/V Knorr KN199-04, KN199-05 cruises in the subtropical N. Atlantic during 2010 (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT project).
Spatial Extent: N:38.70183 E:-9.157462 S:16.84985 W:-79.96735
Temporal Extent: 2010-10-15 - 2010-11-26
Cruise tracks generated from WHOI Athena daily files (.csv's) for GT10 (KN199-04,05)
GPS NMEA $GPRMC data sentences obtained from the switched GPS receiver (C-Nav, GP1850, GP-90D)
CruiseId, Date, Time, Lat, Lon - 1 minute fixes
Logged to WHOI Athena daily files (.csv's)
Generated by BCO-DMO staff from WHOI Athena daily files (.csv's)
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Parameter Description Units
date date (GMT) in the format YYYYMMDD unitless
time time (GMT) HHMMSS
lon Station longitude (West is negative) decimal degrees
lat Station latitude (South is negative) decimal degrees
cruise_id cruise_id text
Dataset-specific Instrument Name
Global Positioning System Receiver
Generic Instrument Name
Dataset-specific Description
R/V KNORR - Scientific Equipment/Navigation Equipment Complete NMEA data output from the switched GPS receiver (C-Nav, GP1850, GP-90D).
Generic Instrument Description
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a U.S. space-based radionavigation system that provides reliable positioning, navigation, and timing services to civilian users on a continuous worldwide basis. The U.S. Air Force develops, maintains, and operates the space and control segments of the NAVSTAR GPS transmitter system. Ships use a variety of receivers (e.g. Trimble and Ashtech) to interpret the GPS signal and determine accurate latitude and longitude.
KN199-04
https://www.bco-dmo.org/deployment/58066
R/V Knorr
http://bcodata.whoi.edu/US_GEOTRACES/AtlanticSection/Cruise_Report_for_Knorr_199_Final_v3.pdf
This cruise constitutes the first survey section as part of the U.S. participation in an international program named GEOTRACES. Funding: NSF OCE award 0926423 Science Objectives: To obtain state of the art trace metal and isotope measurements on a suite of samples taken on a mid-latitude zonal transect of the North Atlantic. In particular, sampling targeted the oxygen minimum zone extending off the west African coast near Mauritania, the TAG hydrothermal field, and the western boundary current system along Line W. For additional information, please refer to the GEOTRACES program Web site (https://www.geotraces.org/) for overall program objectives and a summary of properties measured. Science Activities include seawater sampling via GoFLO and Niskin carousels, in situ pumping (and filtration), CTDO2 and transmissometer sensors, underway pumped sampling of surface waters, and collection of aerosols and rain. Hydrography, CTD and nutrient measurements were supported by the Ocean Data Facility (J. Swift) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and funded through NSF Facilities. They provided an additional CTD rosette system along with nephelometer and LADCP. A trace metal clean Go-Flo Rosette and winch were provided by the group at Old Dominion University (G. Cutter) along with a towed underway pumping system. Additional cruise information is available from the Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R): https://www.rvdata.us/search/cruise/KN199-04 Other Relevant Links: List of cruise participants: [ PDF ] Cruise track: JPEG image (from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, vessel operator) ADCP data are available from the Currents ADCP group at the University of Hawaii: KN199-04 ADCP
KN199-05 is the completion of the US GEOTRACES Zonal North Atlantic Survey Section cruise originally planned for late Fall 2010 from Lisboa, Portugal to Woods Hole, MA, USA. Due to engine failure, the science activities scheduled for the KN199-04 cruise were canceled on 2 November 2010. On 4 November the R/V Knorr put in at Porto Grande, Cape Verde (ending KN199 leg 4) and was scheduled to depart November 8, under the direction of Acting Chief Scientist Oliver Wurl of Old Dominion University. The objective of KN199 leg 5 (KN199-05) was to carry the vessel in transit to Charleston, SC while conducting abbreviated science activities originally planned for KN199-04. Funding: NSF OCE award 0926423 Science Objectives: To obtain state of the art trace metal and isotope measurements on a suite of samples taken on a mid-latitude zonal transect of the North Atlantic. In particular, sampling targeted the oxygen minimum zone extending off the west African coast near Mauritania, the TAG hydrothermal field, and the western boundary current system along Line W. For additional information, please refer to the GEOTRACES program Web site (https://www.geotraces.org/) for overall program objectives and a summary of properties measured. Science Activities include seawater sampling via GoFLO and Niskin carousels, in situ pumping (and filtration), CTDO2 and transmissometer sensors, underway pumped sampling of surface waters, and collection of aerosols and rain. Hydrography, CTD and nutrient measurements were supported by the Ocean Data Facility (J. Swift) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and funded through NSF Facilities. They provided an additional CTD rosette system along with nephelometer and LADCP. A trace metal clean Go-Flo Rosette and winch were provided by the group at Old Dominion University (G. Cutter) along with a towed underway pumping system. Additional cruise information is available from the Rolling Deck to Repository (R2R): https://www.rvdata.us/search/cruise/KN199-05 Other Relevant Links: List of cruise participants: [ PDF ] ADCP data are available from the Currents ADCP group at the University of Hawaii: KN199-05 ADCP
U.S. GEOTRACES North Atlantic Transect (U.S. GEOTRACES NAT)
Website: https://www.geotraces.org/
Coverage: Subtropical western and eastern North Atlantic Ocean (GA03)
Much of this text appeared in an article published in OCB News, October 2008, by the OCB Project Office.
The first U.S. GEOTRACES Atlantic Section will be specifically centered around a sampling cruise to be carried out in the North Atlantic in 2010. Ed Boyle (MIT) and Bill Jenkins (WHOI) organized a three-day planning workshop that was held September 22-24, 2008 at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. The main goal of the workshop, sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the U.S. GEOTRACES Scientific Steering Committee, was to design the implementation plan for the first U.S. GEOTRACES Atlantic Section. The primary cruise design motivation was to improve knowledge of the sources, sinks and internal cycling of Trace Elements and their Isotopes (TEIs) by studying their distributions along a section in the North Atlantic (Figure 1). The North Atlantic has the full suite of processes that affect TEIs, including strong meridional advection, boundary scavenging and source effects, aeolian deposition, and the salty Mediterranean Outflow. The North Atlantic is particularly important as it lies at the "origin" of the global Meridional Overturning Circulation.
It is well understood that many trace metals play important roles in biogeochemical processes and the carbon cycle, yet very little is known about their large-scale distributions and the regional scale processes that affect them. Recent advances in sampling and analytical techniques, along with advances in our understanding of their roles in enzymatic and catalytic processes in the open ocean provide a natural opportunity to make substantial advances in our understanding of these important elements. Moreover, we are motivated by the prospect of global change and the need to understand the present and future workings of the ocean's biogeochemistry. The GEOTRACES strategy is to measure a broad suite of TEIs to constrain the critical biogeochemical processes that influence their distributions. In addition to these "exotic" substances, more traditional properties, including macronutrients (at micromolar and nanomolar levels), CTD, bio-optical parameters, and carbon system characteristics will be measured. The cruise starts at Line W, a repeat hydrographic section southeast of Cape Cod, extends to Bermuda and subsequently through the North Atlantic oligotrophic subtropical gyre, then transects into the African coast in the northern limb of the coastal upwelling region. From there, the cruise goes northward into the Mediterranean outflow. The station locations shown on the map are for the "fulldepth TEI" stations, and constitute approximately half of the stations to be ultimately occupied.
Figure 1. The proposed 2010 Atlantic GEOTRACES cruise track plotted on dissolved oxygen at 400 m depth. Data from the World Ocean Atlas (Levitus et al., 2005) were plotted using Ocean Data View (courtesy Reiner Schlitzer). [click on the image to view a larger version]
Hydrography, CTD and nutrient measurements will be supported by the Ocean Data Facility (J. Swift) at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and funded through NSF Facilities. They will be providing an additional CTD rosette system along with nephelometer and LADCP. A trace metal clean Go-Flo Rosette and winch will be provided by the group at Old Dominion University (G. Cutter) along with a towed underway pumping system.
The North Atlantic Transect cruise began in 2010 with KN199 leg 4 (station sampling) and leg 5 (underway sampling only) (Figure 2).
KN199-04 Cruise Report (PDF)
Figure 2. The red line shows the cruise track for the first leg of the US Geotraces North Atlantic Transect on the R/V Knorr in October 2010. The rest of the stations (beginning with 13) will be completed in October-December 2011 on the R/V Knorr (courtesy of Bill Jenkins, Chief Scientist, GNAT first leg). [click on the image to view a larger version]
The section completion effort resumed again in November 2011 with KN204-01A,B (Figure 3).
KN204-01A,B Cruise Report (PDF)
Figure 3. Station locations occupied on the US Geotraces North Atlantic Transect on the R/V Knorr in November 2011. [click on the image to view a larger version]
Data from the North Atlantic Transect cruises are available under the Datasets heading below, and consensus values for the SAFe and North Atlantic GEOTRACES Reference Seawater Samples are available from the GEOTRACES Program Office: Standards and Reference Materials
ADCP data are available from the Currents ADCP group at the University of Hawaii at the links below:
KN199-04 (leg 1 of 2010 cruise; Lisbon to Cape Verde)
KN199-05 (leg 2 of 2010 cruise; Cape Verde to Charleston, NC)
KN204-01A (part 1 of 2011 cruise; Woods Hole, MA to Bermuda)
KN204-01B (part 2 of 2011 cruise; Bermuda to Cape Verde)
U.S. GEOTRACES (U.S. GEOTRACES)
Website: http://www.geotraces.org/
Coverage: Global
GEOTRACES is a SCOR sponsored program; and funding for program infrastructure development is provided by the U.S. National Science Foundation.
GEOTRACES gained momentum following a special symposium, S02: Biogeochemical cycling of trace elements and isotopes in the ocean and applications to constrain contemporary marine processes (GEOSECS II), at a 2003 Goldschmidt meeting convened in Japan. The GEOSECS II acronym referred to the Geochemical Ocean Section Studies To determine full water column distributions of selected trace elements and isotopes, including their concentration, chemical speciation, and physical form, along a sufficient number of sections in each ocean basin to establish the principal relationships between these distributions and with more traditional hydrographic parameters;
* To evaluate the sources, sinks, and internal cycling of these species and thereby characterize more completely the physical, chemical and biological processes regulating their distributions, and the sensitivity of these processes to global change; and
* To understand the processes that control the concentrations of geochemical species used for proxies of the past environment, both in the water column and in the substrates that reflect the water column.
GEOTRACES will be global in scope, consisting of ocean sections complemented by regional process studies. Sections and process studies will combine fieldwork, laboratory experiments and modelling. Beyond realizing the scientific objectives identified above, a natural outcome of this work will be to build a community of marine scientists who understand the processes regulating trace element cycles sufficiently well to exploit this knowledge reliably in future interdisciplinary studies.
Expand "Projects" below for information about and data resulting from individual US GEOTRACES research projects.
NSF Division of Ocean Sciences (NSF OCE)
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Summer is something we all want a little more of. When it comes to spending as much time outside as we want, often just a splash of rain makes us feel like the car just isn't up to service and we have to stay in. Getting out of this habit is hard to do when the wind is swirling outside and there's far too much damp in the air! Yet, there's no better place to try out your natural ambitions than your garden.
Just because we're still in winter doesn't mean we can't be dreaming of those summer rays, ice creams in the mid afternoon, lounging at lunchtime, and most importantly: how our garden is going to look. And this has plenty of advantages to it! When it comes to hobbies, gardening is one of the most healthy ones to take up, as you're outside often and getting your hands dirty, meaning you're never going to be still. Sounds perfect for that summer feeling already, doesn't it?
Imagine all the parties you could host, the family barbecues, the scavenger hunts that can get the kids interested… So if you're wishing more vegetables, fruits, and flowers on yourself, here's some things to be done. Take a few hours out on a sunny day to try out a few of these tips; your landscape will thank you for it!
When you have a garden space to work with, you need it to be practical and pretty at the same time. You can do that easily with a few considerations to start off with.
Make sure any paths you have are wide enough to walk down, and keep any overgrown plants trimmed back from disturbing the walkers. Similarly, if you have an outside space that isn't equal in its height considerations, make sure you put some steps in that ascend in a way that isn't impossible to get the leg reach for! You want people to easily stand up and stay standing when they're spending an afternoon in your space, so make it practical to stroll around without losing your breath, and don't go too wild without any direction to work with!
To start off your summer paradise garden, it's time to include a little bit of the feeling of summer nostalgia into what you're currently working with. And don't worry, there's plenty! Winter is a time in which you can cultivate plenty of plant life, but often people don't understand that. Of course you can wait until spring to try and open up your bedding options a little more, but you might as well paint yourself a pretty picture now with a few seeds from the gardening center.
Yet, there's a lot of color you can inject into an otherwise frozen landscape with some hardy flowers and a bit of the right soil. Something like Pansies will be a much welcome addition to your pots and boxes, and they can be planted anywhere you think could use them. They also flower a lot longer than any other kind of winter flower, all the way into the spring!
You could also try out some Primrose flowers, as they no longer tend to just flower during the spring. Plant them now and you've got plenty of new colors and scents to explore when you're outside; or you could even just seed some in your window box to have a lighter and brighter conservatory.
This is one of the most basic principles of landscaping, but it's often something people miss out on when they're designing their garden. Nature itself has a lot of symmetry to it, and by recreating that in our own plans, we can make our gardens look a lot more balanced. So always strive to have mirroring to your space, but make sure you still plant the things you want to see!
Try duplicating any moves you make on each side of a garden, and particularly surrounding walls or pathways. Yet, you don't always have to have the same plants or objects on either side of the area, just similar looking plants and flowers to keep the space similarly occupied. So it's really no bother if you can't pick up another version of that brown clay pot from the shop that was on a reduced to clear sale!
Humans tend to like order around them, but this can be created in any way you can think of. The same kind of plants on either side? The same colors? Trees to frame the two back corners of the fence? Whatever you're working with, try to keep it balanced.
When you're outside in the garden, you're going to want a place that's warm and dry to stand in, with something firm and non muddy underneath you. This is where you can set up a table with a parasol to hide from the sun under, enjoying crisp drinks and your food uninterrupted by bees and wasps.
One of the best ways to do this is to build a deck, as they're easy to keep clean and protect from the weather. Get some decking builders in your backyard to have a professional job made of your reclining area, and it can even be cheaper due to the amount of experience in working with the materials!
Based on the space you're working with you can even create a split level, with your socializing area beneath the rest of the garden in the shade and away from the harshest weathers. It means your plant materials won't get as disturbed by all the people dancing back and forth across your space!
When it comes to having a small garden, you're going to have to depend on minimizing everything you want to plant in your space. You're not going to have any breathing room, nevermind the kids having a place to play otherwise! However, that doesn't mean you can't make as good use of the area compared to people with bigger gardens.
Smaller gardens need to make much more use of the sun, as this dictates where your plants should go and only go. The rest of the space can be used for that brickwork you've been meaning to lay down since you moved in, or the greenest lawn you've ever seen in your life.
Even if you only have a window box or a small greenhouse to your name, it can still be the prettiest sight you've ever seen in your life! If you have a bit more space than the window pane to your name, you can repurpose a garden pallet into a planter for your herbs of multiple types. Stick some blackboard sheets on the front and you can chalk the different names in and out whenever you use up a certain seed.
Don't Forget the Front Garden!
When it comes to having curb appeal, this is where you could shine! Of course, seeing as we're still in winter now, there doesn't seem to be much you can do, but in fact there's plenty of planning to be done. And this is also a place where symmetry really comes into its own!
Plant some flowers, or wall climbing plants either side of the door to frame it, and make sure they're equally balanced on either side. Keep the path to your door central, and try not to pave anything around it (it's just a lot more upkeep at the end of the day!). You can easily fill in the rest of the space with stones or shingle material, which can still be easily walked on and become a place to park the car.
Depending on where you live, there might be a general theme amongst front gardens, so make sure you're workin within that as well. If your neighborhood is firmly balanced into the green side of things, get some nice hedges or spiralling bushes to frame the front of your house. Or if there's little plant life amongst you, place some pots down with subtle colors in them onto the rest of the paving. Your front garden is your area to shine, so take care of it!
It's Your Space to Work with!
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RANGE RESOURCES CORP - FORM 10-Q - April 28, 2016
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EX-10.1 - EX-10.1 - RANGE RESOURCES CORP rrc-ex101_1113.htm
RANGE RESOURCES CORPORATION
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)
100 Throckmorton Street, Suite 1200
Registrant's telephone number, including area code
Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if changed since last report: Not applicable
Indicate by check mark 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 preceding 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 þ No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer" and "smaller reporting company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
¨ (Do not check if smaller reporting company)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes ¨ No þ
169,745,546 Common Shares were outstanding on April 25, 2016
Quarter Ended March 31, 2016
Unless the context otherwise indicates, all references in this report to "Range," "we," "us," or "our" are to Range Resources Corporation and its directly and indirectly owned subsidiaries and its ownership interests in equity method investments.
PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)
Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
Selected Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $4,477 and $4,994
Derivative assets
Inventory and other
Natural gas and oil properties, successful efforts method
Accumulated depletion and depreciation
(2,748,635
Other property and equipment
Accumulated depreciation and amortization
(92,572
Asset retirement obligations
Derivative liabilities
Bank debt
Senior subordinated notes
Deferred tax liabilities
Deferred compensation liabilities
Asset retirement obligations and other liabilities
Preferred stock, $1 par, 10,000,000 shares authorized, none issued and outstanding
Common stock, $0.01 par, 475,000,000 shares authorized, 169,746,218 issued at
March 31, 2016 and 169,375,743 issued at December 31, 2015
Common stock held in treasury, 49,563 shares at March 31, 2016 and 59,283
shares at December 31, 2015
See accompanying notes.
(Unaudited, in thousands, except per share data)
Revenues and other income:
Natural gas, NGLs and oil sales
Derivative fair value income
Brokered natural gas, marketing and other
Total revenues and other income
Transportation, gathering and compression
Production and ad valorem taxes
Brokered natural gas and marketing
Abandonment and impairment of unproved properties
Termination costs
Depletion, depreciation and amortization
Impairment of proved properties and other assets
Loss on the sale of assets
Total costs and expenses
(Loss) income before income taxes
(135,748
Income tax (benefit) expense:
Net (loss) income
Net (loss) income per common share:
Dividends paid per common share
(Unaudited, in thousands)
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided from operating activities:
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
Depletion, depreciation and amortization and impairment
Exploration dry hole costs
Cash settlements on derivative financial instruments
Allowance for bad debt
Amortization of deferred financing costs, loss on extinguishment of debt and other
Deferred and stock-based compensation
Accrued liabilities and other
Net cash provided from operating activities
Additions to natural gas and oil properties
Additions to field service assets
Acreage purchases
Proceeds from disposal of assets
Purchases of marketable securities held by the deferred compensation plan
Proceeds from the sales of marketable securities held by the deferred compensation plan
Borrowings on credit facilities
Repayments on credit facilities
Debt issuance costs
Change in cash overdrafts
Proceeds from the sales of common stock held by the deferred compensation plan
Net cash (used in) provided from financing activities
Increase in cash and cash equivalents
(1) SUMMARY OF ORGANIZATION AND NATURE OF BUSINESS
Range Resources Corporation ("Range," "we," "us," or "our") is a Fort Worth, Texas-based independent natural gas, natural gas liquids ("NGLs") and oil company primarily engaged in the exploration, development and acquisition of natural gas and oil properties in the Appalachian region of the United States. Our objective is to build stockholder value through consistent growth in reserves and production on a cost-efficient basis. Range is a Delaware corporation with our common stock listed and traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "RRC."
(2) BASIS OF PRESENTATION
These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Range Resources Corporation 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on February 25, 2016. The results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for the full year. These consolidated financial statements are unaudited but, in the opinion of management, reflect all adjustments necessary for fair presentation of the results for the periods presented. All adjustments are of a normal recurring nature unless otherwise disclosed. These consolidated financial statements, including selected notes, have been prepared in accordance with the applicable rules of the SEC and do not include all of the information and disclosures required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") for complete financial statements.
(3) NEW ACCOUNTING STANDARDS
In May 2014, an accounting standards update was issued that supersedes the existing revenue recognition requirements. This standard includes a five-step revenue recognition model to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. Among other things, the standard also eliminates industry-specific revenue guidance, requires enhanced disclosures about revenue, provides guidance for transactions that were not previously addressed comprehensively and improves guidance for multiple-element arrangements. This standard is effective for us in first quarter 2018 and will be applied retrospectively to each prior reporting period presented or with the cumulative effect of initially applying the update recognized at the date of initial application. Early adoption is permitted with an effective date no earlier than first quarter 2017. We are evaluating the provisions of this accounting standards update and assessing the impact, if any, it may have on our consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
In August 2014, an accounting standards update was issued that requires management to assess an entity's ability to continue as a going concern by incorporating and expanding upon certain principles that are currently in United States auditing standards. This standard is effective for us in first quarter 2017 and early adoption is permitted. We do not expect the adoption of this standard to have a significant impact on our consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
In February 2016, an accounting standards update was issued that requires an entity to recognize a right-of-use asset and lease liability for all leases with terms of more than 12 months. Classification of leases as either a finance or operating lease will determine the recognition, measurement and presentation of expenses. This accounting standards update also requires certain quantitative and qualitative disclosures about leasing arrangements. This standard is effective for us in first quarter 2019 and should be applied using a modified retrospective approach for leases that exist or are entered into after the beginning of the earliest comparative period in the financial statements and early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the provisions of this accounting standards update and assessing the impact it may have, if any, on our consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
In March 2016, an accounting standards update was issued that simplifies several aspects of the accounting for share-based payment award transactions. Among other things, this new guidance will require all income tax effects of share-based awards to be recognized in the statement of operations when the awards vest or are settled, will allow an employer to repurchase more of an employee's shares for tax withholding purposes than it can today without triggering liability accounting and will allow a policy election to account for forfeitures as they occur. This standard is effective for us in the first quarter of 2017 with prospective application and early adoption is permitted. We are evaluating the provisions of this accounting standards update and assessing the impact it may have, if any, on our consolidated results of operations, financial position or cash flows.
In April 2015, an accounting standards update was issued that requires debt issuance costs to be presented in the balance sheet as a direct reduction from the associated debt liability. This standard was effective for the reporting period beginning on January 1, 2016 with early adoption permitted. As of December 31, 2015, we adopted this standard retrospectively and have accounted for the
debt issuance costs as a reduction of the associated debt liability. This adoption only affected our consolidated balance sheets and did not have an impact on our consolidated results of operations or cash flows.
In November 2015, an accounting standards update was issued which requires entities to classify all deferred tax assets and liabilities as noncurrent on the balance sheet instead of separating deferred taxes into current and noncurrent amounts. This standard is effective for the reporting period beginning in January 1, 2017 with early adoption permitted. As of December 31, 2015, we adopted this standard retrospectively and reclassified our current deferred tax assets and liabilities into non-current deferred tax assets and liabilities. This adoption only affected our consolidated balance sheets and did not have an impact on our consolidated results of operations or cash flows.
(4) ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS
We recognized a pretax net loss on the sale of assets of $1.6 million in first quarter 2016 compared to a net loss of $175,000 in the same period of the prior year.
2016 Dispositions
Pennsylvania. In first quarter 2016, we sold our non-operated interest in certain wells and gathering facilities in northeast Pennsylvania for proceeds of $111.5 million. After closing adjustments, we recorded a pretax loss of $2.1 million related to this sale.
Other. In first quarter 2016, we sold miscellaneous proved and unproved properties, inventory, other assets and surface acreage for proceeds of $1.6 million resulting in a pre-tax gain of $443,000. Included in the $1.6 million of proceeds is $1.2 million received from the sales of proved properties in Mississippi and South Texas.
In first quarter 2015, we sold miscellaneous unproved property, proved property and inventory for proceeds of $10.7 million resulting in a pre-tax loss of $175,000. Included in the $10.7 million of proceeds is $10.5 million received from the sale of West Texas properties which closed in February 2015.
(5) INCOME TAXES
Income tax (benefit) expense was as follows (in thousands):
Income tax (benefit) expense
Effective tax rate
We compute our quarterly taxes under the effective tax rate method based on applying an anticipated annual effective rate to our year-to-date income, except for discrete items. Income taxes for discrete items are computed and recorded in the period that the specific transaction occurs. For first quarter ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, our overall effective tax rate was different than the federal statutory rate of 35% due primarily to state income taxes, valuation allowances and other permanent differences. The first quarter 2016 includes tax expense of $4.5 million related to an increase in our valuation allowance for state net operating loss carryforwards that we do not believe are realizable and an income tax benefit of $96,000 to adjust the valuation allowance on our deferred tax asset related to future deferred compensation plan distributions of our senior executives. In addition, we recorded income tax expense of $3.6 million related to equity compensation because we no longer have a hypothetical additional paid-in capital pool ("APIC Pool") available to offset reduced tax benefits for the excess of financial accounting compensation expense over the corporate income tax deduction. The hypothetical APIC Pool represents the tax benefit of the cumulative excess of corporate income tax deductions over financial accounting compensation expense recognized for equity-based compensation awards which have fully vested. The APIC Pool will increase or decrease each year as equity awards vest. Shortfalls generated by the excess of compensation expense for financial accounting purposes over the corresponding corporate income tax deduction are charged to the APIC Pool rather than income tax expense. Once the APIC Pool is fully depleted, the tax effect of any excess of financial accounting expense over the corresponding corporate income tax deduction is recorded as income tax expense. The first quarter 2015 includes $5.1 million income tax expense related to increases in our valuation allowances for state net operating loss carryforwards and an income tax benefit of $2.0 million adjusting our valuation allowance for our deferred tax asset related to future deferred compensation plan distributions of our senior executives.
(6) (LOSS) INCOME PER COMMON SHARE
Basic income or loss per share attributable to common shareholders is computed as (1) income or loss attributable to common shareholders (2) less income allocable to participating securities (3) divided by weighted average basic shares outstanding. Diluted income or loss per share attributable to common shareholders is computed as (1) basic income or loss attributable to common shareholders (2) plus diluted adjustments to income allocable to participating securities (3) divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding. The following tables set forth a reconciliation of income or loss attributable to common shareholders to basic income or loss attributable to common shareholders to diluted income or loss attributable to common shareholders (in thousands except per share amounts):
Net (loss) income, as reported
Participating earnings (a)
Basic net (loss) income attributed to common shareholders
Reallocation of participating earnings (a)
Diluted net (loss) income attributed to common shareholders
Restricted Stock Awards represent participating securities because they participate in nonforfeitable dividends or distributions with common equity owners. Income allocable to participating securities represents the distributed and undistributed earnings attributable to the participating securities. Participating securities, however, do not participate in undistributed net losses.
The following table provides a reconciliation of basic weighted average common shares outstanding to diluted weighted average common shares outstanding (in thousands):
Weighted average common shares outstanding – basic
Effect of dilutive securities:
Director and employee SARs
Weighted average common shares outstanding – diluted
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic for both the three months ended March 31, 2016 and the three months ended March 31, 2015 excludes 2.8 million shares of restricted stock held in our deferred compensation plan (although all awards are issued and outstanding upon grant). Due to our net loss from operations for the three months ended March 31, 2016, we excluded all outstanding stock appreciation rights ("SARs") and restricted stock from the computation of diluted net loss per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive to the computations. For the three months ended March 31, 2015, 1.4 million SARs were outstanding but not included in the computations of diluted income from operations per share because the grant prices of the SARs were greater than the average market price of the common stock.
(7) SUSPENDED EXPLORATORY WELL COSTS
We capitalize exploratory well costs until a determination is made that the well has either found proved reserves or that it is impaired. Capitalized exploratory well costs are included in natural gas and oil properties in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. If an exploratory well is determined to be impaired, the well costs are charged to exploration expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. We did not have any exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year as of March 31, 2016. The following table reflects the change in capitalized exploratory well costs for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and the year ended December 31, 2015 (in thousands):
Balance at beginning of period
Additions to capitalized exploratory well costs pending the determination of proved reserves
Reclassifications to wells, facilities and equipment based on determination of proved reserves
Capitalized exploratory well costs charged to expense
Balance at end of period
Less exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period of one year or less
Capitalized exploratory well costs that have been capitalized for a period greater than one year
Number of projects that have exploratory well costs that have been capitalized greater than one year
(8) INDEBTEDNESS
We had the following debt outstanding as of the dates shown below which are net of debt issuance costs (bank debt interest rate at March 31, 2016 is shown parenthetically) (in thousands). No interest was capitalized during the three months ended March 31, 2016 or the year ended December 31, 2015.
Bank debt (2.4%), net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $7,851 and $8,573
Senior notes:
4.875% senior notes due 2025, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $11,638 and $11,899
Senior subordinated notes:
5.75% senior subordinated notes due 2021, net of unamortized debt issuance costs of $5,671 and $5,905
In October 2014, we entered into an amended and restated revolving bank facility, which we refer to as our bank debt or our bank credit facility, which is secured by substantially all of our assets and has a maturity date of October 16, 2019. The bank credit facility provides for a maximum facility amount of $4.0 billion. The bank credit facility provides for a borrowing base subject to redeterminations annually by May and for event-driven unscheduled redeterminations. As part of our annual redetermination completed on March 17, 2016, our borrowing base was reaffirmed at $3.0 billion and our bank commitment was also reaffirmed at $2.0 billion. As of March 31, 2016, our bank group was composed of twenty-nine financial institutions with no one bank holding more than 5.8% of the total facility. The borrowing base may be increased or decreased based on our request and sufficient proved reserves, as determined by the bank group. The commitment amount may be increased to the borrowing base, subject to payment of a mutually acceptable commitment fee to those banks agreeing to participate in the facility increase. As of March 31, 2016, the outstanding balance under our bank credit facility was $31.0 million, before deducting debt issuance costs. Additionally, we had $230.8 million of undrawn letters of credit leaving $1.7 billion of committed borrowing capacity available under the facility. During a non-investment grade period, borrowings under the bank credit facility can either be at the alternate base rate ("ABR," as defined in the bank credit agreement) plus a spread ranging from 0.25% to 1.25% or LIBOR borrowings at the LIBOR Rate (as defined in the bank credit agreement) plus a spread ranging from 1.25% to 2.25%. The applicable spread is dependent upon borrowings relative to the borrowing
base. We may elect, from time to time, to convert all or any part of our LIBOR loans to base rate loans or to convert all or any of the base rate loans to LIBOR loans. The weighted average interest rate was 2.1% for the three months ended March 31, 2016 compared to 1.8% for the three months ended March 31, 2015. A commitment fee is paid on the undrawn balance based on an annual rate of 0.30% to 0.375%. At March 31, 2016, the commitment fee was 0.30% and the interest rate margin was 1.25% on our LIBOR loans and 0.25% on our base rate loans.
At any time during which we have an investment grade debt rating from Moody's Investors Service, Inc. or Standard & Poor's Ratings Services and we have elected, at our discretion, to effect the investment grade rating period, certain collateral security requirements, including the borrowing base requirement and restrictive covenants, will cease to apply and an additional financial covenant (as defined in the bank credit facility) will be imposed. During the investment grade period, borrowings under the credit facility can either be at the ABR plus a spread ranging from 0.125% to 0.75% or at the LIBOR Rate plus a spread ranging from 1.125% to 1.75% depending on our debt rating. The commitment fee paid on the undrawn balance would range from 0.15% to 0.30%. We currently do not have an investment grade debt rating.
In May 2015, we issued $750.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.875% senior notes due 2025 (the "Outstanding Notes") for net proceeds of $737.4 million after underwriting discounts and commissions of $12.6 million. The notes were issued at par and were offered to qualified institutional buyers and non-U.S. persons outside the United States in compliance with Rule 144A and Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"). On April 8, 2016, all of the Outstanding Notes were exchanged for an equal principal amount of registered 4.875% senior notes due 2025 pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-4 filed with the SEC on February 29, 2016 under the Securities Act (the "Exchange Notes"). The Exchange Notes are identical to the Outstanding Notes except the Exchange Notes are registered under the Securities Act and do not have restrictions on transfer, registration rights or provisions for additional interest. Under certain circumstances, if we experience a change of control, noteholders may require us to repurchase all of our senior notes at 101% of the aggregate principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest.
If we experience a change of control, noteholders may require us to repurchase all or a portion of our senior subordinated notes at 101% of the aggregate principal amount plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any. All of the senior subordinated notes and the guarantees by our subsidiary guarantors are general, unsecured obligations and are subordinated to our bank debt and will be subordinated to existing and future senior debt that we or our subsidiary guarantors are permitted to incur under the bank credit facility and the indentures governing the subordinated notes.
Range is a holding company which owns no operating assets and has no significant operations independent of its subsidiaries. The guarantees by our subsidiaries, which are directly or indirectly owned by Range, of our senior notes, senior subordinated notes and our bank credit facility are full and unconditional and joint and several, subject to certain customary release provisions. A subsidiary guarantor may be released from its obligations under the guarantee:
in the event of a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the subsidiary guarantor or a sale or other disposition of all the capital stock of the subsidiary guarantor, to any corporation or other person (including an unrestricted subsidiary of Range) by way of merger, consolidation, or otherwise; or
if Range designates any restricted subsidiary that is a guarantor to be an unrestricted subsidiary in accordance with the terms of the indenture.
Debt Covenants
Our bank credit facility contains negative covenants that limit our ability, among other things, to pay cash dividends, incur additional indebtedness, sell assets, enter into certain hedging contracts, change the nature of our business or operations, merge, consolidate, or make certain investments. In addition, we are required to maintain a ratio of EBITDAX (as defined in the credit agreement) to cash interest expense of equal to or greater than 2.5 and a current ratio (as defined in the credit agreement) of no less than 1.0. In addition, the ratio of the present value of proved reserves (as defined in the credit agreement) to total debt must be equal to or greater than 1.5 until Range has two investment grade ratings. We were in compliance with applicable covenants under the bank credit facility at March 31, 2016.
The indentures governing our senior subordinated notes contain various restrictive covenants that are substantially identical to each other and may limit our ability to, among other things, pay cash dividends, incur additional indebtedness, sell assets, enter into transactions with affiliates, or change the nature of our business. At March 31, 2016, we were in compliance with these covenants. Our senior subordinated notes also include a limitation on the amount of credit facility debt we can incur. Certain thresholds, as set forth in the indenture debt incurrence test, may limit our ability to incur debt under our bank credit facility in excess of a $1.5 billion floor amount based on levels of commodity prices of natural gas, NGLs and crude oil used in the annual calculation of discounted future
cash flows relating to proved oil and gas reserves (as further defined in the indenture). Based on the year-end 2015 discounted future net cash flows, our bank credit facility usage is limited to $1.5 billion until higher prices or proved reserve additions increase discounted future net cash flows.
(9) ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
Our asset retirement obligations primarily represent the estimated present value of the amounts we will incur to plug, abandon and remediate our producing properties at the end of their productive lives. Significant inputs used in determining such obligations include estimates of plugging and abandonment costs, estimated future inflation rates and well lives. The inputs are calculated based on historical data as well as current estimated costs. A reconciliation of our liability for plugging and abandonment costs for the three months ended March 31, 2016 is as follows (in thousands):
Beginning of period
Liabilities incurred
Liabilities settled
Disposition of wells
Accretion expense
Change in estimate
End of period
Less current portion
Long-term asset retirement obligations
Accretion expense is recognized as a component of depreciation, depletion and amortization expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
(10) CAPITAL STOCK
We have authorized capital stock of 485.0 million shares which includes 475.0 million shares of common stock and 10.0 million shares of preferred stock. We currently have no preferred stock issued or outstanding. The following is a schedule of changes in the number of common shares outstanding since the beginning of 2015:
Beginning balance
SARs exercised
Restricted stock grants
Restricted stock units vested
Treasury shares issued
(11) DERIVATIVE ACTIVITIES
We use commodity-based derivative contracts to manage exposure to commodity price fluctuations. We do not enter into these arrangements for speculative or trading purposes. We do not utilize complex derivatives, as we typically utilize commodity swaps or collars to (1) reduce the effect of price volatility of the commodities we produce and sell and (2) support our annual capital budget and expenditure plans. The fair value of our derivative contracts, represented by the estimated amount that would be realized upon termination, based on a comparison of the contract price and a reference price, generally the New York Mercantile Exchange ("NYMEX") for natural gas and crude oil or Mont Belvieu for NGLs, approximated a net asset of $262.0 million at March 31, 2016. These contracts expire monthly through December 2018. The following table sets forth our commodity-based derivative volumes by year as of March 31, 2016, excluding our basis and freight swaps which are discussed separately below:
Volume Hedged
Average Hedge Price
760,000 Mmbtu/day
27,500 Mmbtu/day
5,498 bbls/day
NGLs (C3-Propane)
$ 0.60/gallon
NGLs (NC4-Normal Butane)
NGLs (C5-Natural Gasoline)
750 bbls/day
Every derivative instrument is required to be recorded on the balance sheet as either an asset or a liability measured at its fair value. If the derivative does not qualify as a hedge or is not designated as a hedge, changes in fair value of these non-hedge derivatives are recognized in earnings as derivative fair value income or loss.
Basis Swap Contracts
In addition to the collars and swaps above, at March 31, 2016, we had natural gas basis swap contracts which lock in the differential between NYMEX and certain of our physical pricing indices primarily in Appalachia. These contracts settle monthly through March 2017 and include a total volume of 52,360,000 Mmbtu. The fair value of these contracts was a gain of $640,000 on March 31, 2016.
At March 31, 2016, we also had propane spread swap contracts which lock in the differential between Mont Belvieu and international propane indices. The contracts settle monthly through December 2017 and include a total volume of 1,675,000 barrels in 2016 and 750,000 barrels in 2017. The fair value of these contracts was a gain of $2.5 million on March 31, 2016.
Freight Swap Contracts
In connection with our international propane spread swaps, at March 31, 2016, we had freight swap contracts which lock in the freight rate for a specific trade route on the Baltic Exchange. These contracts settle monthly in fourth quarter 2016. These contracts cover 5,000 metric tons per month and have a fair value of a loss of $11,000 on March 31, 2016. These contracts use observable third-party pricing inputs that we consider to be a level 2 fair value classification.
Derivative Assets and Liabilities
The combined fair value of derivatives included in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 is summarized below. The assets and liabilities are netted where derivatives with both gain and loss positions are held by a single counterparty and we have master netting arrangements. The tables below provide additional information relating to our master netting arrangements with our derivative counterparties (in thousands):
Amounts of
Recognized Assets
Gross Amounts
Offset in the Balance Sheet
Net Amounts of
Assets Presented in the
Derivative assets:
–basis swaps
–C3 propane swaps
–C3 propane spread swaps
–NC4 butane swaps
–C5 natural gasoline swaps
Recognized (Liabilities)
Offset in the
(Liabilities) Presented in the
Derivative (liabilities):
–C3 propane spread swap
The effects of our non-hedge derivatives (those derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting) on our consolidated statements of operations are summarized below (in thousands):
Derivative Fair Value
Commodity swaps
Freight swaps
(12) FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS
Fair value is 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. There are three approaches for measuring the fair value of assets and liabilities: the market approach, the income approach and the cost approach, each of which includes multiple valuation techniques. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable assets or liabilities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to measure fair value by converting future amounts, such as cash flows or earnings, into a single present value amount using current market expectations about those future amounts. The cost approach is based on the amount that would currently be required to replace the service capacity of an asset. This is often referred to as current replacement cost. The cost approach assumes that the fair value would not exceed what it would cost a market participant to acquire or construct a substitute asset of comparable utility, adjusted for obsolescence.
The fair value accounting standards do not prescribe which valuation technique should be used when measuring fair value and do not prioritize among the techniques. These standards establish a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used in applying the various valuation techniques. Inputs broadly refer to the assumptions that market participants use to make pricing decisions, including assumptions about risk. Level 1 inputs are given the highest priority in the fair value hierarchy while Level 3 inputs are given the lowest priority. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:
Level 1 – Observable inputs that reflect unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets as of the reporting date. Active markets are those in which transactions for the asset or liability occur in sufficient frequency and volume to provide pricing information on an ongoing basis.
Level 2 – Observable market-based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data. These are inputs other than quoted prices in active markets included in Level 1, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data and may be used with internally developed methodologies that result in management's best estimate of fair value.
Valuation techniques that maximize the use of observable inputs are favored. Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest priority level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. The assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement requires judgment and may affect the placement of assets and liabilities within the levels of the fair value hierarchy.
Fair Values – Recurring
We use a market approach for our recurring fair value measurements and endeavor to use the best information available. The following tables present the fair value hierarchy table for assets and liabilities measured at fair value, on a recurring basis (in thousands):
Fair Value Measurements at March 31, 2016 using:
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
Unobservable
Value as of
Trading securities held in the deferred compensation plans
Derivatives –swaps
Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2015 using:
Our trading securities in Level 1 are exchange-traded and measured at fair value with a market approach using end of period market values. Derivatives in Level 2 are measured at fair value with a market approach using third-party pricing services, which have been corroborated with data from active markets or broker quotes.
Our trading securities held in the deferred compensation plan are accounted for using the mark-to-market accounting method and are included in other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. We elected to adopt the fair value option to simplify our accounting for the investments in our deferred compensation plan. Interest, dividends, and mark-to-market gains or losses are included in deferred compensation plan expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations. For first quarter 2016, interest and dividends were $136,000 and the mark-to-market adjustment was a gain of $259,000 compared to interest and dividends of $109,000 and a mark-to-market gain of $1.4 million in first quarter 2015.
Fair Values—Non-recurring
Our proved natural gas and oil properties are reviewed for impairment periodically as events or changes in circumstances indicate the carrying amount may not be recoverable. In the three months ended March 31, 2016, due to declines in commodity prices, there were indicators that the carrying value of certain of our oil and gas properties may be impaired and undiscounted future cash flows attributed to these assets indicated their carrying amounts were not expected to be recovered. Their remaining fair value was measured using an income approach based upon internal estimates of future production levels, prices, drilling and operating costs and discount rates, which are Level 3 measurements. We also considered the potential sale of certain of these properties. We recorded non-cash charges during the three months ended March 31, 2016 of $43.0 million related to our natural gas and oil properties in Western Oklahoma. Our estimates of future cash flows attributable to our natural gas and oil properties could decline further with commodity prices which may result in additional impairment charges. The following table presents the value of these assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis at the time impairment was recorded (in thousands):
Fair Value Value
Natural gas and oil properties
Fair Values—Reported
The following table presents the carrying amounts and the fair values of our financial instruments as of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015 (in thousands):
Commodity swaps and basis swaps
Marketable securities (a)
(Liabilities):
Bank credit facility (b)
Deferred compensation plan (c)
4.875% senior notes due 2025 (b)
5.75% senior subordinated notes due 2021 (b)
Marketable securities, which are held in our deferred compensation plans, are actively traded on major exchanges.
The book value of our bank debt approximates fair value because of its floating rate structure. The fair value of our senior notes and our senior subordinated notes is based on end of period market quotes which are Level 2 inputs.
The fair value of our deferred compensation plan is updated at the closing price on the balance sheet date which is a Level 1 input.
Our current assets and liabilities contain financial instruments, the most significant of which are trade accounts receivable and payable. We believe the carrying values of our current assets and liabilities approximate fair value. Our fair value assessment incorporates a variety of considerations, including (1) the short-term duration of the instruments and (2) our historical and expected incurrence of bad debt expense. Non-financial liabilities initially measured at fair value include asset retirement obligations. For additional information, see Note 9.
Concentrations of Credit Risk
As of March 31, 2016, our primary concentrations of credit risk are the risks of not collecting accounts receivable and the risk of a counterparty's failure to perform under derivative obligations. Most of our receivables are from a diverse group of companies, including major energy companies, pipeline companies, local distribution companies, financial institutions and end-users in various industries. Letters of credit or other appropriate security are obtained as deemed necessary to limit our risk of loss. Our allowance for uncollectable receivables was $4.5 million at March 31, 2016 and $5.0 million at December 31, 2015. As of March 31, 2016, our derivative contracts consist of swaps. Our derivative exposure to credit risk is diversified primarily among major investment grade financial institutions, where we have master netting agreements which provide for offsetting payables against receivables from separate derivative contracts. To manage counterparty risk associated with our derivatives, we select and monitor our counterparties based on our assessment of their financial strength and/or credit ratings. We may also limit the level of exposure with any single counterparty. At March 31, 2016, our derivative counterparties include nineteen financial institutions, of which all but four are secured lenders in our bank credit facility. At March 31, 2016, our net derivative assets include a net receivable from these four counterparties that are not included in our bank credit facility of $9.5 million.
(13) STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION PLANS
Stock-Based Awards
In 2005, we began granting SARs which represent the right to receive a payment equal to the excess of the fair market value of shares of our common stock on the date the right is exercised over the value of the stock on the date of grant. All SARs granted under our Amended and Restated 2005 Equity-Based Incentive Compensation Plan (the "2005 Plan") will be settled in shares of stock, vest over a three-year period and have a maximum term of five years from the date they are granted. In 2011, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors began granting restricted stock units under our equity-based stock compensation plans. These restricted stock units, which we refer to as restricted stock Equity Awards, vest over a three-year period. All awards granted have been issued at prevailing market prices at the time of grant and the vesting of these shares is based upon an employee's continued employment with us.
In first quarter 2014, the Compensation Committee began granting performance share unit ("PSU") awards under our 2005 Plan. The number of shares to be issued is determined by our total shareholder return compared to the total shareholder return of a predetermined group of peer companies over the performance period. The grant date fair value of the PSU awards is determined using a Monte Carlo simulation and is recognized as stock-based compensation expense over the three-year performance period. The actual payout of shares granted depends on our total shareholder return compared to our peer companies and will be between zero and 150%.
The Compensation Committee also grants restricted stock to certain employees and non-employee directors of the Board of Directors as part of their compensation. Upon grant of these restricted shares, which we refer to as restricted stock Liability Awards, the shares generally are placed in our deferred compensation plan and, upon vesting, employees are allowed to take withdrawals either in cash or in stock based on their distribution elections. Compensation expense is recognized over the vesting period, which is typically three years for employee grants and immediate vesting for non-employee directors. All restricted stock awards are issued at prevailing market prices at the time of the grant and vesting is based upon an employee's continued employment with us. Prior to vesting, all restricted stock awards have the right to vote such shares and receive dividends thereon. These Liability Awards are classified as a liability and are remeasured at fair value each reporting period. This mark-to-market adjustment is reported as deferred compensation plan expense in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations.
Total Stock-Based Compensation Expense
Stock-based compensation represents amortization of restricted stock, PSUs and SARs expense. Unlike the other forms of stock-based compensation, the mark-to-market adjustment of the liability related to the vested restricted stock held in our deferred compensation plan is directly tied to the change in our stock price and not directly related to the functional expenses and therefore, is not allocated to the functional categories. The following table details the allocation of stock-based compensation to functional expense categories (in thousands):
Direct operating expense
Brokered natural gas and marketing expense
General and administrative expense
Total stock-based compensation
Performance Share Unit Awards
The following is a summary of our non-vested PSU awards outstanding at March 31, 2016:
Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at December 31, 2015
Units granted (a)
Units vested
Units forfeited
Outstanding at March 31, 2016
(a) Amounts granted reflect the number of performance units granted; however, the actual payout of shares will be between zero percent and 150% of the performance units granted depending on the total shareholder return ranking compared to the peer companies at the end of the three-year performance period.
The following assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of PSUs granted during first quarter 2016:
Risk-free interest rate
Expected annual volatility
Weighted average grant date fair value per unit
We recorded PSU compensation expense of $2.5 million in first quarter 2016 compared to $1.3 million in the same period of 2015.
Restricted Stock Awards
Equity Awards
In first quarter 2016, we granted 927,000 restricted stock Equity Awards to employees at an average grant price of $28.04 compared to 548,000 restricted stock Equity Awards granted to employees at an average grant price of $52.25 in first quarter 2015. These awards generally vest over a three-year period. We recorded compensation expense for these Equity Awards of $5.8 million in first quarter 2016 compared to $7.8 million in the same period of 2015. Equity Awards are not issued to employees until they are vested. Employees do not have the option to receive cash.
Liability Awards
In first quarter 2016, we granted 136,000 shares of restricted stock Liability Awards as compensation to employees at an average price of $28.40 with vesting generally over a three-year period. In first quarter 2015, we granted 95,000 shares of Liability Awards as compensation to employees at an average price of $52.25 with vesting generally over a three-year period. We recorded compensation expense for Liability Awards of $3.7 million in the first quarter 2016 compared to $3.9 million in the same period of 2015. Substantially all of these awards are held in our deferred compensation plan, are classified as a liability and are remeasured at fair value at the end of each reporting period. This mark-to-market adjustment is reported as deferred compensation expense in our consolidated statements of operations (see additional discussion below). The following is a summary of the status of our non-vested restricted stock outstanding at March 31, 2016:
Average Grant
Date Fair Value
Stock Appreciation Right Awards
We have one active equity-based stock plan which we refer to as the 2005 Plan. Under this plan, incentive and non-qualified stock options, SARs, and various other awards may be issued to non-employee directors and employees pursuant to decisions of the Compensation Committee, which is comprised of only non-employee, independent directors. There were 1.4 million SARs outstanding at March 31, 2016. Information with respect to SARs activity is summarized below:
Expired/forfeited
Our deferred compensation plan gives non-employee directors and officers the ability to defer all or a portion of their salaries and bonuses and invest in Range common stock or make other investments at the individual's discretion. Range provides a partial matching contribution which vests over three years. The assets of the plan are held in a grantor trust, which we refer to as the Rabbi Trust, and are therefore available to satisfy the claims of our general creditors in the event of bankruptcy or insolvency. Our stock held in the Rabbi Trust is treated as a liability award as employees are allowed to take withdrawals from the Rabbi Trust either in cash or in Range stock. The liability for the vested portion of the stock held in the Rabbi Trust is reflected as deferred compensation liability in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets and is adjusted to fair value each reporting period by a charge or credit to deferred compensation plan expense on our consolidated statements of operations. The assets of the Rabbi Trust, other than our common stock, are invested in marketable securities and reported at their market value as other assets in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets. The deferred compensation liability reflects the vested market value of the marketable securities and Range stock held in the Rabbi Trust. Changes in the market value of the marketable securities and changes in the fair value of the deferred compensation plan liability are charged or credited to deferred compensation plan expense each quarter. Due to an increase in the Range stock price since December 31, 2015, we recorded a mark-to-market loss of $16.1 million in first quarter 2016 compared to a gain of $5.6 million in first quarter 2015. The Rabbi Trust held 2.8 million shares (2.4 million of which were vested) of Range stock at March 31, 2016 compared to 2.8 million shares (2.5 million of which were vested) at December 31, 2015.
(14) SUPPLEMENTAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION
Net cash provided from operating activities included:
Income taxes refunded from taxing authorities
Non-cash investing and financing activities included:
Increase in asset retirement costs capitalized
Increase (decrease) in accrued capital expenditures
(15) COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES
We are the subject of, or party to, a number of pending or threatened legal actions, administrative proceedings and claims arising in the ordinary course of our business. While many of these matters involve inherent uncertainty, we believe that the amount of the liability, if any, ultimately incurred with respect to these actions, proceedings or claims will not have a material adverse effect on our consolidated financial position as a whole or on our liquidity, capital resources or future annual results of operations. We estimate and provide for potential losses that may arise out of litigation and regulatory proceedings to the extent that such losses are probable and can be reasonably estimated. We will continue to evaluate our litigation and regulatory proceedings quarterly and will establish and adjust any estimated liability as appropriate to reflect our assessment of the then current status of litigation and regulatory proceedings. Significant judgment is required in making these estimates and our final liabilities may ultimately be materially different.
Transportation and Gathering Contracts
In first quarter 2016, our transportation and gathering commitments increased by approximately $12.7 million over the next nine years primarily from new firm transportation contracts and price changes to current contracts.
Delivery Commitments
In first quarter 2016, we entered into new agreements with several pipeline companies and end users to deliver natural gas volumes from our production. The new agreements are to deliver from 1,500 to 15,000 Mmbtu per day of natural gas and the commitments are between one and five years and began as early as April 1, 2016.
(16) OFFICE CLOSING AND TERMINATION COSTS
In first quarter 2015, we announced the closing of our Oklahoma City administrative and operational office to reduce our general and administrative expenses, due in part to the impact of lower commodity prices on our operations. In fourth quarter 2014, we initially accrued an estimated $8.4 million of termination costs relating to the closure of this office as it was probable of occurring. In early 2015, those plans and personnel involved were finalized which resulted in additional accruals in 2015 for severance and other personnel costs of $275,000, additional accelerated vesting of stock-based compensation of $608,000 and $3.2 million of building lease costs. The following summarizes our termination costs for the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015 (in thousands):
Building lease
The following details our accrued liability as of March 31, 2016 (in thousands):
Accrued building rent
(17) Capitalized Costs and Accumulated Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization (a)
Natural gas and oil properties:
Properties subject to depletion
Unproved properties
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization


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Beyoncé and Jay Z's Trip to Iceland Can Only Be Described as Magical
Prepare to be very jealous.
By Lori Fradkin
http://www.beyonce.com/
Beyoncé and Jay Z went to Iceland for his 45th birthday this month, and she just posted a bunch of pictures to her website. DO NOT LOOK AT THEM IF YOU DON'T WANT TO FEEL JEALOUS. Go back to watching The Interview or something.
But if you do want to see what it looks to travel as royalty, proceed. Beyoncé and Jay Z went swimming, rode motorcycles, jumped for joy (probably simply celebrating the fact that they're Beyoncé and Jay Z), and drank Champagne. (There are even more photos at Beyonce.com — this is just a sample.)
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They even took a helicopter ride together.
Perhaps somebody was inspired by a certain project she's involved with?
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Absolutely! We don't have regular office hours, so email us to set up an appointment.
What if I don't know anything about flowers?
Not to worry! Our team of wedding designers will work with you to discover what inspires you, what you love or really don't, and what compliments that overall feel of your event. We work with fabric swatches, paint chips, ribbon samples, props, vases, images, and real flowers to design just-for-you flowers for your wedding day. Bring along anything and everything that inspires you to the consultation to get the ball rolling!
D O I H A V E T O P U R C H A S E A L L T H E V A S E S ?
Nope...but you can if you want to! We have a vast array of vessels, candles, candlesticks, and stands in various styles, colors, and mediums. The rental fee for these items is included in the cost of the arrangements. You may also purchase the vases if you'd like to give whole arrangements away at the end of the night. And last but not least, if you're crafty or you track down your own special vessels, we will happily fill them with gorgeous arrangements for you!
C A N Y O U C R E A T E A S A M P L E O F M Y B O U Q U E T O R T A B L E C E N T E R P I E C E ?
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D O Y O U D E L I V E R A N D/O R T E A R D O W N ?
We provide full service delivery, including installation at multiple locations (if desired) and corsage and boutonniere pinning. We don't currently offer late night tear down services, but for an additional fee, we're happy to pick-up your rental items on the Monday following your wedding.
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