10-Q 1 swft-9302013x10q.htm 10-Q SWFT-9.30.2013-10Q

 
 
 
 
 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 ______________________________________________________________________
Form 10-Q
  ______________________________________________________________________
 ý    QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2013
OR
¨    TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission File Number 001-35007
 ______________________________________________________________________
 Swift Transportation Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
    ______________________________________________________________________
Delaware
 
20-5589597
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
2200 South 75th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85043
(Address of principal executive offices and zip code)
(602) 269-9700
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
N/A
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
  ______________________________________________________________________
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 filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ý    No  ¨
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. (Check one):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Large accelerated filer
 
ý
  
Accelerated filer
 
¨
 
 
 
 
Non-accelerated filer
 
¨ (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
  
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  ý
The number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s Class A common stock as of November 6, 2013 was 88,165,723 and the number of outstanding shares of the registrant’s Class B common stock as of November 6, 2013 was 52,495,236.
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
Page
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EX 31.1
 
 
 
EX 31.2
 
 
 
EX 32.1
 
 
 
EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
 
 
 
EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
 
 
 
EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 
 
 
EX-101 LABELS LINKSBASE DOCUMENT
 
 
 
EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 
 
 
EX-101 DEFINITION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 

2

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
(Recast)
 
 
(In thousands, except share data)
ASSETS
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
51,429

 
$
53,596

Restricted cash
 
50,376

 
51,678

Restricted investments, held to maturity, amortized cost
 
24,175

 
22,275

Accounts receivable, net
 
413,077

 
392,770

Equipment sales receivable
 
—

 
563

Income tax refund receivable
 
25,754

 
10,046

Inventories and supplies
 
18,149

 
17,524

Assets held for sale
 
9,897

 
31,544

Prepaid taxes, licenses, insurance and other
 
65,106

 
58,903

Deferred income taxes
 
63,749

 
98,235

Current portion of notes receivable
 
6,389

 
4,957

Total current assets
 
728,101

 
742,091

Property and equipment, at cost:
 
 
 
 
Revenue and service equipment
 
2,008,793

 
1,863,634

Land
 
124,971

 
120,442

Facilities and improvements
 
254,933

 
250,816

Furniture and office equipment
 
59,036

 
51,340

Total property and equipment
 
2,447,733

 
2,286,232

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization
 
942,646

 
888,696

Net property and equipment
 
1,505,087

 
1,397,536

Other assets
 
57,031

 
65,537

Intangible assets, net
 
320,950

 
333,561

Goodwill
 
253,256

 
253,256

Total assets
 
$
2,864,425

 
$
2,791,981

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
152,475

 
$
113,374

Accrued liabilities
 
123,985

 
107,772

Current portion of claims accruals
 
88,843

 
86,587

Current portion of long-term debt and obligations under capital leases
 
62,273

 
73,497

Fair value of guarantees
 
366

 
366

Current portion of interest rate swaps
 
4,921

 
1,853

Total current liabilities
 
432,863

 
383,449

Revolving line of credit
 
62,000

 
2,531

Long-term debt and obligations under capital leases, less current portion
 
1,286,307

 
1,357,101

Claims accruals, less current portion
 
105,492

 
98,919

Fair value of interest rate swaps, less current portion
 
7,532

 
11,497

Deferred income taxes
 
472,264

 
441,381

Securitization of accounts receivable
 
260,000

 
204,000

Other liabilities
 
3,133

 
2,899

Total liabilities
 
2,629,591

 
2,501,777

Contingencies (note 15)
 


 


Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
 
Preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share; Authorized 10,000,000 shares; none issued
 
—

 
—

Class A common stock, par value $0.01 per share; Authorized 500,000,000 shares; 88,032,407 and 87,055,664 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
 
880

 
871

Class B common stock, par value $0.01 per share; Authorized 250,000,000 shares; 52,495,236 and 52,495,236 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
 
525

 
525

Additional paid-in capital
 
756,620

 
920,827

Accumulated deficit
 
(516,467
)
 
(601,777
)
Central stockholders' loans receivable, pre-acquisition
 
—

 
(22,142
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(6,826
)
 
(8,202
)
Noncontrolling interest
 
102

 
102

Total stockholders’ equity
 
234,834

 
290,204

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
2,864,425

 
$
2,791,981

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.




3

Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Operations
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Operating revenue
 
$
1,032,127

 
$
992,624

 
$
3,042,806

 
$
2,928,525

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and employee benefits
 
220,156

 
218,607

 
670,493

 
655,300

Operating supplies and expenses
 
85,204

 
75,337

 
236,267

 
215,777

Fuel
 
160,561

 
168,956

 
489,563

 
500,589

Purchased transportation
 
318,321

 
306,028

 
918,594

 
881,414

Rental expense
 
46,262

 
39,168

 
129,881

 
108,772

Insurance and claims
 
35,110

 
29,475

 
100,245

 
92,992

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
58,254

 
53,994

 
170,004

 
164,354

Amortization of intangibles
 
4,204

 
4,203

 
12,611

 
12,721

Impairments
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1,065

Gain on disposal of property and equipment
 
(5,619
)
 
(4,343
)
 
(13,610
)
 
(13,887
)
Communication and utilities
 
6,679

 
6,699

 
19,145

 
19,998

Operating taxes and licenses
 
18,575

 
17,310

 
55,209

 
53,618

Total operating expenses
 
947,707

 
915,434

 
2,788,402

 
2,692,713

Operating income
 
84,420

 
77,190

 
254,404

 
235,812

Other (income) expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
24,595

 
29,102

 
75,719

 
93,530

Derivative interest expense
 
1,465

 
448

 
2,559

 
5,101

Interest income
 
(604
)
 
(679
)
 
(1,741
)
 
(1,548
)
Merger and acquisition expense
 
4,331

 
—

 
4,331

 
—

Loss on debt extinguishment
 
496

 
—

 
5,540

 
22,219

Gain on sale of real property
 
(798
)
 
—

 
(6,876
)
 
—

Other
 
(1,174
)
 
(423
)
 
(3,058
)
 
(2,466
)
Total other (income) expenses, net
 
28,311

 
28,448

 
76,474

 
116,836

Income before income taxes
 
56,109

 
48,742

 
177,930

 
118,976

Income tax expense
 
26,156

 
15,086

 
67,806

 
33,573

Net income
 
$
29,953

 
$
33,656

 
$
110,124

 
$
85,403

Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.79

 
$
0.61

Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.78

 
$
0.61

Shares used in per share calculations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
 
140,327

 
139,535

 
140,004

 
139,526

Diluted
 
142,315

 
139,546

 
141,942

 
139,631

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


4

Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Net income
 
$
29,953

 
$
33,656

 
$
110,124

 
$
85,403

Other comprehensive income before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated losses on derivatives reclassified to derivative interest expense
 
1,106

 
448

 
2,065

 
5,101

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
 
—

 
(567
)
 
(145
)
 
(2,597
)
Other comprehensive income (loss) before income taxes
 
1,106

 
(119
)
 
1,920

 
2,504

Income tax effect of items of other comprehensive income
 
(326
)
 
232

 
(544
)
 
1,050

Other comprehensive income, net of taxes
 
780

 
113

 
1,376

 
3,554

Total comprehensive income
 
$
30,733

 
$
33,769

 
$
111,500

 
$
88,957

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


5

Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
Class A
Common Stock
 
Class B
Common Stock
 
Additional
Paid in Capital
 
Accumulated Deficit
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive Loss
 
Noncontrolling Interest
 
Central Refrigerated Stockholders' Loans Receivable, Pre-Acquisition
 
Total
Stockholders’ Equity
 
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
Shares
 
Par Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
(In thousands, except per share data)
Balances, December 31, 2012 (recast)
 
87,055,664

 
$
871

 
52,495,236

 
$
525

 
$
920,827

 
$
(601,777
)
 
$
(8,202
)
 
$
102

 
$
(22,142
)
 
$
290,204

Exercise of stock options
 
906,078

 
9

 

 

 
9,706

 

 

 

 
 
 
9,715

Excess tax deficiency of stock options
 

 

 

 

 
(383
)
 

 

 

 
 
 
(383
)
Grant of restricted Class A common stock
 
10,480

 

 

 

 
62

 

 

 

 
 
 
62

Shares issued under employee stock purchase plan
 
60,185

 

 

 

 
707

 

 

 

 
 
 
707

Other comprehensive income
 

 

 

 

 

 

 
1,376

 

 
 
 
1,376

Non-cash equity compensation
 

 

 

 

 
2,516

 

 

 

 
 
 
2,516

Central acceleration of non-cash equity compensation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
887

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
887

Central non-cash exercise of stock options
 

 

 

 

 
3,415

 


 

 

 
(3,415
)
 
—

Issuance of Central stockholders' loan receivable, pre-acquisition
 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 
(30,000
)
 
(30,000
)
Net settlements of distribution to Central stockholders in satisfaction of stockholders' loans receivable, pre-acquisition
 

 

 

 

 

 
(22,315
)
 

 

 
22,315

 
—

Distribution to Central stockholders, pre-acquisition
 

 

 

 

 

 
(2,499
)
 

 

 

 
(2,499
)
Interest on Central stockholders' loans receivable, pre-acquisition
 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 
(53
)
 
(53
)
Acquisition of Central, a common control entity, net of cancellation of stockholders' loans receivable at closing of acquisition
 

 

 

 

 
(181,117
)
 


 

 

 
33,295

 
(147,822
)
Net income
 

 

 

 

 

 
110,124

 

 

 
 
 
110,124

Balances, September 30, 2013
 
88,032,407

 
$
880

 
52,495,236

 
$
525

 
$
756,620

 
$
(516,467
)
 
$
(6,826
)
 
$
102

 
$
—

 
$
234,834

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


6

Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
110,124

 
$
85,403

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization of property, equipment and intangibles
 
182,615

 
177,075

Amortization of debt issuance costs, original issue discount, and losses on terminated swaps
 
5,107

 
9,368

Gain on disposal of property and equipment less write-off of totaled tractors
 
(12,902
)
 
(12,560
)
Gain on sale of real property
 
(6,876
)
 
—

Impairments
 
—

 
1,065

Equity losses of investee
 
228

 
889

Deferred income taxes
 
64,695

 
25,997

Provision for allowance for losses on accounts receivable
 
872

 
1,139

Loss on debt extinguishment
 
5,540

 
22,219

Non-cash equity compensation
 
3,465

 
4,315

Income effect of mark-to-market adjustment of interest rate swaps
 
654

 
—

Interest on Central stockholders' loan receivable, pre-acquisition
 
(53
)
 
(44
)
Increase (decrease) in cash resulting from changes in:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
 
(18,939
)
 
(41,534
)
Inventories and supplies
 
(629
)
 
(1,299
)
Prepaid expenses and other current assets
 
(23,946
)
 
(19,696
)
Other assets
 
6,976

 
(17
)
Accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities
 
38,932

 
32,262

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
355,863

 
284,582

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Decrease in restricted cash
 
1,302

 
16,892

Change in restricted investments
 
(1,900
)
 
(18,216
)
Funding of note receivable
 
—

 
(7,500
)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
 
75,812

 
106,333

Capital expenditures
 
(236,990
)
 
(221,034
)
Payments received on notes receivable
 
2,775

 
4,357

Expenditures on assets held for sale
 
(17,442
)
 
(5,935
)
Payments received on assets held for sale
 
47,365

 
11,337

Payments received on equipment sale receivables
 
1,266

 
5,580

Acquisition of Central, net of debt repayment
 
(147,822
)
 
—

Other investing activities
 
—

 
(500
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(275,634
)
 
(108,686
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Repayment of long-term debt and capital leases
 
(199,490
)
 
(233,353
)
Net borrowings on revolving line of credit
 
59,469

 
4,834

Borrowings under accounts receivable securitization
 
180,000

 
211,000

Repayment of accounts receivable securitization
 
(124,000
)
 
(187,000
)
Proceeds from long-term debt
 
26,268

 
10,000

Payment of deferred loan costs
 
(2,183
)
 
(9,023
)
Distribution to Central stockholders, pre-acquisition
 
(2,499
)
 
(10,111
)
Issuance of Central stockholders' loan receivable, pre-acquisition
 
(30,000
)
 
—

Proceeds from exercise of stock options and the issuance of employee stock purchase plan shares
 
10,422

 
268

Income tax benefit from exercise of stock options
 
(383
)
 
(322
)
Other financing activities
 
—

 
(952
)
Net cash used in financing activities
 
(82,396
)
 
(214,659
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
(2,167
)
 
(38,763
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
53,596

 
82,084

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
51,429

 
$
43,321

 See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

7

Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows — (continued)
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(In thousands)
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
Cash paid during the period for:
 
 
 
 
Interest
 
$
67,833

 
$
82,175

Income taxes
 
$
20,602

 
$
19,442

Supplemental schedule of:
 
 
 
 
Non-cash investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Equipment sales receivables
 
$
696

 
$
4,724

Equipment purchase accrual
 
$
39,369

 
$
19,310

Notes receivable from sale of assets
 
$
5,855

 
$
3,353

Non-cash financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Accrued deferred loan costs
 
$
—

 
$
228

Capital lease additions
 
$
85,094

 
$
38,453

Insurance premium and software notes payable
 
$
3,324

 
$
—

Non-cash distribution to Central stockholders in satisfaction of stockholders' loans receivable, pre-acquisition
 
$
22,315

 
$
—

Non-cash exercise of Central stock options in exchange for stockholders' loans receivable, pre-acquisition
 
$
3,415

 
$
—

Cancellation of Central stockholders' loans receivable at closing of acquisition
 
$
33,295

 
$
—

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


8

Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
Note 1. Basis of Presentation
Swift Transportation Company is the holding company for Swift Transportation Co., LLC (a Delaware limited liability company) and its subsidiaries (collectively, “Swift Transportation Co.”), a truckload carrier headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, and Interstate Equipment Leasing, LLC (“IEL”) (all the foregoing being, collectively, “Swift” or the “Company”).
On August 6, 2013, the Company entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with the stockholders of Central Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. ("Central"), pursuant to which the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Central (the "Acquisition"). Jerry Moyes, Swift's Chief Executive Officer and controlling stockholder, was the majority stockholder of Central prior to the Acquisition. Given Mr. Moyes' controlling interest in both Swift and Central, the Acquisition was accounted for using the guidance for transactions between entities under common control as described in Accounting Standard Codification ("ASC") Topic 805 – “Business Combinations”. In accordance with ASC Topic 805-30, the Company has recognized the assets and liabilities of Central at their carrying amounts at the date of transfer. As a result, the financial statements of the Company have been recast to reflect the accounts of Central as if it had been consolidated for all previous periods presented.
As of September 30, 2013, the Company operated a national terminal network and a tractor fleet of approximately 18,400 units comprised of 13,350 tractors driven by company drivers and 5,050 owner-operator tractors, a fleet of 57,500 trailers, and 8,700 intermodal containers. Subsequent to the acquisition of Central, the Company's chief operating decision makers will separately evaluate the performance of Central from its three reportable segments that predated the Acquisition. The Company’s four reportable operating segments are Truckload, Dedicated, Central Refrigerated and Intermodal.
In the opinion of management, the accompanying financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP include all adjustments necessary for the fair presentation of the interim periods presented. These interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2012. Management has evaluated the effect on the Company’s reported financial condition and results of operations of events subsequent to September 30, 2013 through the issuance of the financial statements.
Note 2. Acquisition
As discussed in Note 1, on August 6, 2013, the Company acquired all of the outstanding capital stock of Central, a premium service truckload carrier specializing in temperature-controlled freight transportation and the fifth-largest provider of temperature-controlled truckload services in the U.S., for aggregate consideration of approximately $225 million. The Company paid approximately $189 million in cash to the stockholders of Central and assumed approximately $36 million of capital lease obligations and other debt. Cash consideration was primarily funded from borrowings on the Company's existing credit facilities, including $85 million from the Company's revolving line of credit and $100 million from the Company's accounts receivable securitization facility.
Given Mr. Moyes’ ownership interest in, and control of, Central, the Company's Board of Directors established a Special Committee comprised solely of independent and disinterested directors in May of 2011 to evaluate Swift’s acquisition of Central. The members of the Special Committee were William Post (chair), Glenn Brown, Richard H. Dozer and David Vander Ploeg. The Special Committee evaluated alternative business opportunities, including organic growth and various acquisition targets, and negotiated the transaction contemplated by the SPA on the Company's behalf, with the assistance of independent financial advisors, Lazard Frères & Co., LLC (“Lazard”), and independent legal advisors. The Special Committee received a fairness opinion from Lazard. Upon the unanimous recommendation of the Special Committee, the Acquisition was approved by the Company's Board of Directors with Mr. Moyes not participating in the vote.
The SPA contains customary representations, warranties, covenants and indemnification provisions. At closing, a portion of the purchase price was placed in escrow to secure payment of any post-closing adjustments to the purchase price and to secure the seller’s indemnification obligations to the Company. Mr. Moyes also contributed into escrow 1,131,862 shares of Swift Class B common stock to further secure such indemnification obligations.
As discussed in Note 1, as a result of Mr. Moyes' majority ownership in both Swift and Central, the Acquisition was accounted for using the guidance for transactions between entities under common control pursuant to ASC Topic 805, in which the Company recognized the assets and liabilities of Central at its carrying amounts at the date of transfer. Pursuant to ASC Topic 805 - "Business Combinations", the following financial information as of December 31, 2012 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 have been retrospectively recast to reflect the accounts of Central as if it was consolidated as of January 1, 2012 (in thousands, except per share data):
 
December 31, 2012
 
Swift
 
Central
 
Intercompany
 
 
 
Transportation
 
Refrigerated
 
Elimination
 
Total
 
Company
 
Transportation Inc.
 
Entries
 
(Recast)
Total current assets
$
674,537

 
$
68,211

 
$
(657
)
 
$
742,091

Total assets
2,632,178

 
160,560

 
(757
)
 
2,791,981

Total current liabilities
323,293

 
60,813

 
(657
)
 
383,449

Total liabilities
2,402,067

 
100,367

 
(657
)
 
2,501,777

Total stockholders' equity
$
230,111

 
$
60,193

 
$
(100
)
 
$
290,204


9
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2012
 
Swift
 
Central
 
Intercompany
 
 
 
Transportation
 
Refrigerated
 
Elimination
 
Total
 
Company
 
Transportation Inc.
 
Entries
 
(Recast)
Operating revenue
$
871,094

 
$
121,990

 
$
(460
)
 
$
992,624

Operating income
$
70,357

 
$
6,833

 
—

 
$
77,190

Net income
$
27,852

 
$
5,804

 
$
—

 
$
33,656

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
$
0.20

 
$
0.04

(1) 
$
—

 
$
0.24

Diluted earnings per share
$
0.20

 
$
0.04

(1) 
$
—

 
$
0.24

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012
Operating revenue
$
2,570,563

 
$
359,213

 
$
(1,251
)
 
$
2,928,525

Operating income
$
214,936

 
$
20,876

 
—

 
$
235,812

Net income
$
67,739

 
$
17,664

 
$
—

 
$
85,403

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
$
0.49

 
$
0.13

(1 
) 
$
—

 
$
0.61

Diluted earnings per share
$
0.49

 
$
0.13

(1 
) 
$
—

 
$
0.61

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
$
259,246

 
$
25,336

 
$
—

 
$
284,582

Net cash used in investing activities
$
(106,839
)
 
$
(1,847
)
 
—

 
$
(108,686
)
Net cash used in financing activities
$
(191,170
)
 
$
(23,489
)
 
$
—

 
$
(214,659
)
(1)Represents Central's pro-forma basic and diluted earnings per share based on Swift's diluted weighted average share count for the applicable period.
Note 3. New Accounting Standards
In February 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-02, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220): Reporting of Amounts Reclassified Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income. ASU 2013-02 requires entities to present information about the amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income ("OCI") by component. In addition, an entity is required to present, either on the face of the financial statements or in the notes, significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated OCI by the respective line items of net income, but only if the amount reclassified is required to be reclassified in its entirety in the same reporting period. For amounts that are not required to be reclassified in their entirety to net income, an entity is required to cross-reference to other disclosures that provide additional details about those amounts. The ASU is effective prospectively for reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2012. The adoption of this guidance impacted the Company's financial statement disclosures, but did not have an impact on Swift's financial position or results of operations.
Note 4. Income Taxes
The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was 46.6%, which was 8.1 percentage points higher than expected primarily due to the Acquisition related costs and deferred taxes for Central's conversion to a C-Corporation from an S-Corporation prior to the Acquisition as well as fixed asset basis differences and state taxes, which are all discrete items in the third quarter. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was 38.1%, which was 0.4 percentage points lower than expected primarily due to Central's pre-affiliated earnings that are taxed as an S-Corporation and offset the Acquisition related costs and deferred tax items mentioned above. Excluding the impact of discrete items in the first three quarters, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 would have been 38.5%.
The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was 31%, which was 8 percentage points lower than expected primarily due to the tax benefit related to additional employment tax credits realized on our 2011 tax return and Central's pre-affiliated earnings that are taxed as an S-Corporation. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was 28.2%, which was 10.8 percentage points lower than the expected effective tax rate primarily due to Central's pre-affiliated earnings that are taxed as an S-Corporation, deferred state tax benefit related to an internal corporate restructuring of our subsidiaries in January of 2012 as well as the tax benefit related to additional employment tax credits realized on our 2011 tax return. Excluding the impact of discrete items in the first three quarters, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 would have been 38.5%.
The Company recognizes potential accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. Accrued interest and penalties as of September 30, 2013 was $1.5 million. To the extent interest and penalties are not assessed with respect to uncertain tax positions, amounts accrued will be reduced and reflected as a reduction of the overall income tax provision. The Company anticipates that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits may decrease by approximately $0.8 million during the next twelve months, which should not have a material impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

10
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Certain of the Company’s subsidiaries are currently under examination by the state of California for the 2005, 2006 and May 10, 2007 tax years. The Company, during 2014, anticipates concluding its California examination for 2005, 2006 and the short period ending May 10, 2007. Tax years 2008 through 2012 remain subject to examination. In addition, other state jurisdictions are conducting examinations for years ranging from 2007 to 2012. At the completion of these examinations, management does not expect any adjustments that would have a material impact on the Company’s effective tax rate.
Note 5. Investments
The following table presents the cost or amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and estimated fair value of the Company’s restricted investments as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands): 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
Cost or
 
Gross Unrealized
 
Estimated
 
 
Amortized
Cost
 
Gains
 
Temporary
Losses
 
Fair
Value
U.S. corporate securities
 
$
16,293

 
$
2

 
$
6

 
$
16,289

Foreign corporate securities
 
5,522

 
2

 
—

 
5,524

Negotiable certificate of deposits
 
2,360

 
—

 
1

 
2,359

Total restricted investments
 
$
24,175

 
$
4

 
$
7

 
$
24,172

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
Cost or
 
Gross Unrealized
 
Estimated
 
 
Amortized
 
 
 
Temporary
 
Fair
 
 
Cost
 
Gains
 
Losses
 
Value
U.S. corporate securities
 
$
20,274

 
$
3

 
$
8

 
$
20,269

Foreign corporate securities
 
2,001

 
1

 
—

 
2,002

Total restricted investments
 
$
22,275

 
$
4

 
$
8

 
$
22,271

As of September 30, 2013, the contractual maturities of the restricted investments were 1 year or less. There were 12 securities and seven securities that were in an unrealized loss position for less than twelve months as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.

The Company periodically evaluates restricted investments for impairment. The assessment of whether impairments have occurred is based on management’s case-by-case evaluation of the underlying reasons for the decline in estimated fair value.
The Company accounts for other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities using the provisions of Topic 320, Investments – Debt and Equity Securities, related to the recognition of other-than-temporary impairments of debt securities. This guidance requires the Company to evaluate whether it intends to sell an impaired debt security or whether it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell an impaired debt security before recovery of the amortized cost basis. If either of these criteria is met, an impairment equal to the difference between the debt security’s amortized cost and its estimated fair value is recognized in earnings.
For impaired debt securities that do not meet this criteria, the Company determines if a credit loss exists with respect to the impaired security. If a credit loss exists, the credit loss component of the impairment (i.e., the difference between the security’s amortized cost and the present value of projected future cash flows expected to be collected) is recognized in earnings and the remaining portion of the impairment is recognized as a component of accumulated OCI. The Company did not recognize any impairment losses for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Note 6. Intangible Assets
Intangible assets as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Customer Relationship:
 
 
 
 
Gross carrying value
 
$
275,324

 
$
275,324

Accumulated amortization
 
(135,411
)
 
(122,800
)
Owner-Operator Relationship:
 
 
 
 
Gross carrying value
 
3,396

 
3,396

Accumulated amortization
 
(3,396
)
 
(3,396
)
Trade Name:
 
 
 
 
Gross carrying value
 
181,037

 
181,037

Intangible assets, net
 
$
320,950

 
$
333,561


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Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

For all periods ending on or after December 31, 2007, amortization of intangibles consists primarily of amortization of $261.2 million gross carrying value of definite-lived intangible assets recognized under purchase accounting in connection with Swift Transportation Co.’s 2007 going private transaction. Intangible assets acquired as a result of the 2007 going private transaction include trade name, customer relationships, and owner-operator relationships. Amortization of the customer relationship acquired in the going private transaction is calculated on the 150% declining balance method over the estimated useful life of 15 years. The customer relationship contributed to the Company at May 9, 2007 is amortized using the straight-line method over 15 years. The trade name has an indefinite useful life and is not amortized, but rather is tested for impairment at least annually, unless events occur or circumstances change between annual tests that would more likely than not reduce the fair value.
The following table presents amortization of intangibles for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, related to intangible assets recognized in conjunction with the 2007 going private transaction and the previous intangible assets existing prior to the 2007 going private transaction (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Amortization of intangible assets related to 2007 going private transaction
 
$
3,912

 
$
3,912

 
$
11,736

 
$
11,846

Amortization of intangible assets related to intangible assets existing prior to the 2007 going private transaction
 
292

 
291

 
875

 
875

Amortization of intangibles
 
$
4,204

 
$
4,203

 
$
12,611

 
$
12,721

Note 7. Assets Held for Sale
Assets held for sale as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 was as follows (in thousands):
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Land and facilities
 
$
3,715

 
$
25,148

Revenue equipment
 
6,182

 
6,396

Assets held for sale
 
$
9,897

 
$
31,544

As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, assets held for sale are carried at the lower of depreciated cost or estimated fair value less expected selling costs. The Company expects to sell these assets within the next 12 months.
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company sold three non-operating properties classified as held for sale with a carrying value of $25.6 million. As a result, the Company recognized a pre-tax gain of $6.9 million in gain on sale of real property in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.
Note 8. Equity Investment and Note Receivable – Swift Power Services, LLC
In February 2012, the Company contributed approximately $500 thousand to Swift Power Services, LLC (“SPS”) in return for 49.95% ownership interest. SPS was formed in 2012 for the purpose of acquiring the assets and business of three trucking companies engaged in bulk transporting of water, oil, liquids and pipe to various oil companies drilling in the Bakken shale in northwestern North Dakota. The Company accounts for its interest in SPS using the equity method.
Additionally, in February 2012, the Company loaned $7.5 million to SPS pursuant to a secured promissory note, which is secured by substantially all of the assets of SPS. SPS failed to make its first scheduled principal payment and quarterly interest payment to the Company on December 31, 2012, which resulted in a $6.0 million pre-tax impairment charge in the fourth quarter of 2012. As a result, this note has been placed on nonaccrual status since December 31, 2012. All outstanding interest and principal balances are due on April 30, 2015. During the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, the Company recorded equity gains of $378 thousand and equity losses of $325 thousand, respectively, and during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 recorded equity losses of $277 thousand and $683 thousand, respectively, in other expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations related to its note receivable and investment in SPS, respectively. The gains recorded during the three months ended September 30, 2013, was the result of proceeds received by the Company through sales of the remaining revenue equipment of SPS. As a result of the accumulated equity losses and the impairment recorded during the three months ended December 31, 2012, the net carrying value of the investment in SPS is zero as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, and the net carrying value of the note receivable is zero and $1.0 million as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Note 9. Debt and Financing Transactions
Other than the Company’s accounts receivable securitization as discussed in Note 10 and its outstanding capital lease obligations as discussed in Note 11, the Company had long-term debt outstanding as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 as follows (in thousands):
 

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Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
Senior secured first lien term loan B-1 tranche due December 2016
 
$
238,000

 
$
—

Senior secured first lien term loan B-2 tranche due December 2017
 
410,000

 
—

Senior secured first lien term loan B-1 tranche due December 2016, net of $405 OID as of December 31, 2012
 
—

 
157,095

Senior secured first lien term loan B-2 tranche due December 2017, net of $1,440 OID as of December 31, 2012
 
—

 
575,560

Senior second priority secured notes due November 15, 2018, net of $6,491 and $7,439 OID as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
 
493,509

 
492,561

Other
 
9,121

 
11,126

Central Debt
 
 
 
 
Various notes payable to financing companies, due dates through May 2015, secured by revenue equipment, assumed in the Acquisition
 
4,974

 
11,508

Note payable to a bank, due March 2016, secured by real estate, repaid at closing of the Acquisition
 
—

 
4,066

Notes payable to a financing company, due June 2013, secured by prepaid insurance premiums, repaid at closing of the Acquisition
 
—

 
816

Total
 
1,155,604

 
1,252,732

Less: current portion
 
8,391

 
18,926

Long-term debt
 
$
1,147,213

 
$
1,233,806

The credit facility and senior notes are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company and are guaranteed by Swift Transportation Company, IEL, Swift Transportation Co. and its domestic subsidiaries other than its captive insurance subsidiaries, driver training academy subsidiary, and its bankruptcy-remote special purpose subsidiary. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the balance of deferred loan costs was $9.7 million and $13.2 million, respectively, and is reported in Other assets in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets.
Senior Secured Credit Facility
On March 7, 2013, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “2013 Agreement”) replacing its previous Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated March 6, 2012 (the “2012 Agreement”). The 2013 Agreement replaced the previous first lien term loan B-1 and B-2 tranches with outstanding principal balances of $152.0 million and $508.0 million, respectively, with new first lien term B-1 and B-2 tranches with balances of $250.0 million and $410.0 million, respectively. In addition, the 2013 Agreement reduced the interest rate applicable to the first lien term loan B-1 tranche to the LIBOR rate plus 2.75% with no LIBOR floor, down from the LIBOR rate plus 3.75% with no LIBOR floor, and reduced the interest rate applicable to the first lien term loan B-2 tranche to the LIBOR rate plus 3.00% with a 1.00% LIBOR floor, down from the LIBOR rate plus 3.75% with a 1.25% LIBOR floor. As of September 30, 2013, interest accrues at 2.93% and 4.00% on the Company’s first lien term loan B-1 and B-2 tranches, respectively. The replacement of the 2012 Agreement resulted in a loss on debt extinguishment of $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, representing the write-off of the unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees associated with the 2012 Agreement.
In addition to the pricing changes described above, the 2013 Agreement increased the availability pursuant to the accordion feature up to $350.0 million in aggregate, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions and the participation of lenders.
In the first quarter of 2012, the Company entered into the 2012 Agreement which replaced the then-existing, remaining $874.0 million face value first lien term loan, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $20.9 million in the first quarter of 2012, representing the write-off of the unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees associated with the original term loan. In the second quarter of 2012, the Company entered into the First Amendment to the then existing 2012 Agreement (“Amendment”). The Amendment reduced the applicable rate on the revolving credit facility from 4.50% to a range of 3.00% to 3.25% for LIBOR based borrowings and letters of credit from 3.50% to a range of 2.00% to 2.25% for Base Rate borrowings, depending on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio as defined in the 2012 Agreement. Additionally, the commitment fee for the unused portion of the revolving credit facility was reduced from a range of 0.50% to 0.75% to a range of 0.25% to 0.50%, depending on the Company’s consolidated leverage ratio. In addition, the maturity date of the $400.0 million revolving credit facility was extended from December 21, 2015 to September 21, 2016. On April 17, 2012, the Company entered into the Incremental Facility Amendment to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“Incremental Facility Amendment”). Pursuant to the Incremental Facility Amendment, the Company received $10.0 million in proceeds from a Specified Incremental Tranche B-1 Term Loan (“Incremental Term Loan”). The terms applicable to the Incremental Term Loan are the same as those applicable to the Company’s previous first lien term loan B-1 tranche.
As of September 30, 2013, the Company had outstanding borrowing of $62.0 million under the $400.0 million revolving line of credit, and the Company had outstanding letters of credit under this facility primarily for workers’ compensation and self-insurance liability purposes totaling $118.8 million, leaving $219.2 million available under the revolving line of credit. As discussed in Note 2, the Company borrowed $85 million on the revolving credit agreement to fund a portion of the cash consideration paid for the Acquisition on August 6, 2013. As of September 30, 2013, the Company has repaid $23 million of these amounts borrowed. As of September 30 3013, interest accrues at 3.2% on the aggregate principal balance. As of September 30, 2013, interest accrues at 3.00% and 0.44% on the outstanding letters of credit and unused portion, respectively, on the revolving line of credit.


13
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Senior Second Priority Secured Notes
In December 2010, Swift Services Holdings, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary, completed a private placement of senior second priority secured notes totaling $500.0 million face value which mature in November 2018 and bear interest at 10.00% (the “senior notes”). The Company received proceeds of $490.0 million, net of a $10.0 million original issue discount.
Central Debt
As discussed in Note 2, the Company completed the Acquisition of Central on August 6, 2013. Central has approximately $5 million in various notes payable to financing companies secured by revenue equipment with due dates through May 2015. Additionally, at the closing of the Acquisition, the Company repaid a Central note payable to a bank secured by real estate with a due date of March 2016 including outstanding principal and unpaid interest of $3.4 million.
Central Credit Facilities
On November 22, 2011, Central entered into a loan agreement ("Central 2011 Agreement") with a bank to replace its then existing revolving line of credit . The Central 2011 Agreement provided a $35.0 million revolving line of credit facility. Initial proceeds from the facility were used to repay and replace the previous line of credit. As of December 31, 2012, the balance outstanding on the line was $2.5 million and the interest accrues at 2.56% based on the LIBOR rate plus 2.25%. Additionally, as of December 31, 2012, Central utilized the revolving line of credit to obtain $6.6 million of letters of credit for its insurance carriers. The revolving line of credit was for a two-year term through November 2013.
On March 8, 2013, Central entered into a credit agreement ("Central 2013 Agreement") to replace its then existing Central 2011 Agreement. The Central 2013 Agreement included a $50.0 million revolving line of credit, subject to certain limits. The revolving line of credit accrued interest at the LIBOR rate plus 3.5%, and could be reduced based on Central's total leverage ratio. Interest rates ranged from the LIBOR rate plus 2.25% to 3.50%. Central could borrow up to 85% of eligible billed accounts receivable and 75% of eligible unbilled accounts receivable.
The agreement also provided a $16.0 million term loan, which included quarterly principal payments with a balloon payment of 30.0%. The term loan accrued interest at the same rates as the revolving line of credit.
As discussed in Note 2 and in conjunction with the Acquisition on August 6, 2013, the Company repaid the outstanding principal, unpaid interest and bank fees associated with Central's revolving line of credit and term loan under the Central 2013 Agreement with for aggregate payments of $38.0 million. The repayment at the closing of the Acquisition resulted in a loss on debt extinguishment of $0.5 million during the third quarter of 2013, representing the write-off of the unamortized deferred financing fees associated with the Central 2013 Agreement.
Note 10. Accounts Receivable Securitization
In June 2013, Swift Receivables Company II, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SRCII”), a wholly-owned bankruptcy-remote special purpose subsidiary, entered into an Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement (the “2013 RSA”) with unrelated financial entities (the “Purchasers”) to replace the Company's prior accounts receivable sale facility ("2011 RSA") and to sell, on a revolving basis, undivided interests in the Company’s accounts receivable. Pursuant to the 2013 RSA, the Company’s receivable originator subsidiaries will sell all of their eligible accounts receivable to SRCII, which in turn sells a variable percentage ownership interest in its accounts receivable to the Purchasers. The 2013 RSA increases the borrowing capacity secured by the receivables from $275.0 million under the 2011 RSA to $325.0 million and extends the final maturity date from June 8, 2014 to July 13, 2016 and is subject to customary fees and contains various customary affirmative and negative covenants, representations and warranties, and default and termination provisions. Outstanding balances under the 2013 RSA accrue program fees generally at commercial paper rates plus 95 basis points, down from commercial paper rates plus 125 basis points, and unused capacity is subject to an unused commitment fee of 35 basis points, decreasing from 40 basis points. Pursuant to the 2013 RSA, collections on the underlying receivables by the Company are held for the benefit of SRCII and the Purchasers in the facility and are unavailable to satisfy claims of the Company and its subsidiaries. The facility qualifies for treatment as a secured borrowing under Topic 860, Transfers and Servicing, and as such, outstanding amounts are carried on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets as a liability.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, the Company incurred program fees of $0.8 million and $2.3 million, respectively, associated with the 2013 RSA and 2011 RSA, which were recorded in interest expense in the Company's consolidated statements of operations. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, the Company incurred program fees of $0.8 million and $2.5 million associated with the 2011 RSA. As discussed in Note 2, the Company borrowed $100.0 million under the 2013 RSA to fund a portion of the cash consideration paid for the Acquisition on August 6, 2013. As of September 30, 2013, the outstanding borrowing under the 2013 RSA was $260.0 million, including the amounts borrowed to fund the Acquisition noted above, against a total available borrowing base of $304.8 million, leaving $44.8 million available. As of December 31, 2012, the outstanding borrowing under the 2011 RSA was $204.0 million against a total available borrowing base of $268.6 million.
Note 11. Capital Leases
The Company leases certain revenue equipment under capital leases. The Company’s capital leases are typically structured with balloon payments at the end of the lease term equal to the residual value the Company is contracted to receive from certain equipment manufacturers upon sale or trade back to the manufacturers. The Company is obligated to pay the balloon payments at the end of the leased term whether or not it receives the proceeds of the contracted residual values from the respective manufacturers. Certain leases contain renewal or fixed price purchase options. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the present value of obligations under capital leases totaled $193.0 million and $177.9 million, of which the current portion was $53.9 million and $54.6 million, respectively. The leases are collateralized by revenue equipment with a cost of $354.5 million and accumulated amortization of $135.6 million as of September 30, 2013. The amortization of the equipment under capital leases is included in depreciation and amortization expense in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations.


14
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Note 12. Derivative Financial Instruments
In April 2011, as contemplated by the then existing credit facility, the Company entered into two forward-starting interest rate swap agreements with a notional amount of $350.0 million. These interest rate swaps were effective in January 2013 and have a maturity date of July 2015. On April 27, 2011 (“designation date”), the Company designated and qualified these interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges. Subsequent to the designation date, the effective portion of the changes in estimated fair value of the designated swaps was recorded in accumulated OCI and is thereafter recognized to derivative interest expense as the interest on the hedged debt affects earnings, which hedged interest accruals began in January 2013. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, changes in estimated fair value of the designated interest rate swap agreements totaling $0.1 million and $1.8 million, net-of-tax, respectively, were reflected in accumulated OCI. Refer to Note 13 below for further discussion of the Company’s estimated fair value methodology.
As discussed in Note 9—Debt and Financing Transactions, on March 7, 2013, the Company entered into the 2013 Agreement replacing the 2012 Agreement dated March 6, 2012. Due to the incorporation of a new interest rate floor provision in the 2013 Agreement, the Company concluded as of February 28, 2013, the outstanding interest rate swaps would no longer be highly effective in achieving offsetting changes in cash flows related to the hedged interest payments. As a result, the Company de-designated the hedges as of February 28, 2013 (“de-designation date”). Beginning on March 1, 2013, the effective portion of the change in fair value of interest rate swaps prior to the change (i.e. amounts previously recorded in accumulated OCI) have been and will continue to be amortized as derivative interest expense over the period of the originally designated hedged interest payments through July 2015. Following the de-designation date, changes in fair value of the interest rate swaps are immediately recognized in the consolidated statements of operations as derivative interest expense.
Central Interest Rate Swap
In connection with the note payable to a bank due March 2016, Central entered into an interest rate swap agreement to manage its interest rate exposure. The interest rate swap agreement was designated as a cash flow hedge. The interest rate swap agreement reduced the effect of changes in interest rates on the floating rate associated with this note. As of December 31, 2012 the interest rate swap agreement had a notional principal amount of $4.1 million. The agreement effectively changed Central's interest rate exposure on this note to a fixed rate of 8.9 percent.
As discussed in Note 2 and in conjunction with the Acquisition on August 6, 2013, the Company repaid $0.3 million to terminate Central's interest rate swap agreements.
The following table presents the changes in fair value, pre-tax of derivatives designated as cash flow hedges had on accumulated OCI and earnings (in thousands): 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
Amount of loss recognized in OCI on derivatives (effective portion)
 
$
—

 
$
567

 
$
145

 
$
2,597

Amount of loss reclassified from accumulated OCI into income as “Derivative interest expense” (effective portion)
 
$
(1,106
)
 
$
(448
)
 
$
(2,065
)
 
$
(5,101
)
The following tables presents information about pre-tax gains and losses recognized in earnings on the Company’s interest rate derivative contracts that were de-designated on February 28, 2013 as hedging instruments under ASC Topic 815, is as follows (in thousands): 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
Amount of loss recognized in income as “Derivative interest expense”
 
$
(359
)
 
$
—

 
$
(494
)
 
$
—

As of September 30, 2013, $5.5 million of deferred losses on derivatives in accumulated OCI is expected to be reclassified to earnings within the next 12 months.
Note 13. Fair Value Measurement
Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures, requires that the Company disclose estimated fair values for its financial instruments. The estimated fair value of a financial instrument is the amount 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 in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability. Fair value estimates are made at a specific point in time and are based on relevant market information and information about the financial instrument. These estimates do not reflect any premium or discount that could result from offering for sale at one time the Company’s entire holdings of a particular financial instrument. Changes in assumptions could significantly affect these estimates. Because the fair value is estimated as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, the amounts that will actually be realized or paid at settlement or maturity of the instruments in the future could be significantly different.
The tables below exclude certain financial instruments. The excluded financial instruments are as follows: cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts receivable, net, income tax refund receivable and accounts payable. The estimated fair value of these financial instruments approximate carrying value as they are short-term in nature. The table below also excludes financial instruments reported at estimated fair value

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Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

on a recurring basis. See “— Recurring Fair Value Measurements.” All remaining balance sheet amounts excluded from the table below are not considered financial instruments subject to this disclosure.
The following table presents the carrying amounts and estimated fair values of the Company’s financial instruments as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 (in thousands): 
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Value
 
Estimated
Fair Value
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
(Recast)
Financial Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Restricted investments
 
$
24,175

 
$
24,172

 
$
22,275

 
$
22,271

Financial Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior secured first lien term loan B-1 tranche (2013 Agreement)
 
238,000

 
238,595

 
—

 
—

Senior secured first lien term loan B-2 tranche (2013 Agreement)
 
410,000

 
411,845

 
—

 
—

Senior secured first lien term loan B-1 tranche (2012 Agreement)
 
—

 
—

 
157,095

 
157,346

Senior secured first lien term loan B-2 tranche (2012 Agreement)
 
—

 
—

 
575,560

 
582,236

Senior second priority secured notes
 
493,509

 
550,263

 
492,561

 
541,817

Securitization of accounts receivable
 
260,000

 
260,000

 
204,000

 
204,000

Central Financial Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Various notes payables to financing companies, due dates through May 2015, secured by revenue equipment
 
4,974

 
4,974

 
11,508

 
11,508

Note payable to a bank, due March 2016
 
—

 
—

 
4,066

 
4,066

Note payable to a financing company, due June 2013
 
—

 
—

 
816

 
816

The carrying amounts shown in the table (other than the restricted investments, and the securitization of accounts receivable) are included in the consolidated balance sheets in long-term debt and obligations under capital leases. The estimated fair values of the financial instruments shown in the above table as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, represent management’s best estimates of the amounts that would be received to sell those assets or that would be paid to transfer those liabilities in an orderly transaction between market participants at that date. The estimated fair value measurements maximize the use of observable inputs. However, in situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date, the estimated fair value measurement reflects the Company’s own judgments about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. These judgments are developed by the Company based on the best information available under the circumstances.
The following summary presents a description of the methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instrument.
Restricted investments
The estimated fair value of the Company’s restricted investments is based on quoted prices in active markets that are readily and regularly obtainable.
First lien term loans and senior second priority secured notes
The estimated fair values of the first lien term loan and senior second priority secured notes were determined by bid prices in trades between qualified institutional buyers.
Central Notes Payables
Fair value is assumed to approximate carrying values for these financial instruments since they are short term in nature, or had stated interest rates that approximate the interest rates available to the Company as of the reporting date.
Securitization of Accounts Receivable
The Company’s securitization of accounts receivable consists of borrowings outstanding pursuant to the Company’s 2013 RSA and 2011 RSA as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively, as discussed in Note 10. Its fair value is estimated by discounting future cash flows using a discount rate commensurate with the uncertainty involved.
Fair value hierarchy
ASC Topic 820 establishes a framework for measuring fair value in accordance with GAAP and expands financial statement disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. ASC Topic 820 further specifies a hierarchy of valuation techniques, which is based on whether the inputs into the valuation technique are observable or unobservable. The hierarchy is as follows:

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•
Level 1 — Valuation techniques in which all significant inputs are quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are identical to the assets or liabilities being measured.
•
Level 2 — Valuation techniques in which significant inputs include quoted prices from active markets for assets or liabilities that are similar to the assets or liabilities being measured and/or quoted prices from markets that are not active for assets or liabilities that are identical or similar to the assets or liabilities being measured. Also, model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets are Level 2 valuation techniques.
•
Level 3 — Valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are valuation technique inputs that reflect the Company’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability.
When available, the Company uses quoted market prices to determine the estimated fair value of an asset or liability. If quoted market prices are not available, the Company will measure fair value using valuation techniques that use, when possible, current market-based or independently-sourced market parameters, such as interest rates and currency rates. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which a fair measurement in its entirety falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the estimated fair value measurement in its entirety. Following is a brief summary of the Company’s classification within the fair value hierarchy of each major category of assets and liabilities that it measures and reports on its consolidated balance sheets at estimated fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2013:
•
Interest rate swaps. The Company’s interest rate swaps are not actively traded but are valued using valuation models and credit valuation adjustments, both of which use significant inputs that are observable in active markets over the terms of the instruments the Company holds, and accordingly, the Company classified these valuation techniques as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Interest rate yield curves and credit spreads derived from trading levels of the Company’s first lien term loan are the significant inputs into these valuation models. These inputs are observable in active markets over the terms of the instruments the Company holds. The Company considers the effect of its own credit standing and that of its counterparties in the valuations of its derivative financial instruments.
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, no assets of the Company were measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis. As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, information about inputs into the estimated fair value measurements of each major category of the Company’s liabilities that were measured at estimated fair value on a recurring basis in periods subsequent to their initial recognition was as follows (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
Description
 
Total
Estimated
Fair Value
 
Quoted Prices in
Active  Markets for
Identical Assets or
Liabilities
(Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
As of September 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
$
12,453

 
$
—

 
$
12,453

 
$
—

As of December 31, 2012 (Recast)
 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps
 
$
13,350

 
$
—

 
$
13,350

 
$
—

Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements

As of September 30, 2013, no assets of the Company were measured at estimated fair value on a nonrecurring basis. As of December 31, 2012, information about inputs into the estimated fair value measurements of the Company’s assets that were measured at estimated fair value on a nonrecurring basis in the period is as follows (in thousands):
 
 
 
 
Fair Value Measurements at Reporting Date Using
 
 
Total
Estimated Fair Value
 
Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets (Level 1)
 
Significant
Other
Observable Inputs (Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)
 
Total Gains (Losses)
Description
 
 
 
 
 
As of December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Real property
 
$
665

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
665

 
$
(1,065
)
Other assets
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
(2,322
)
Note receivable
 
$
1,000

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
1,000

 
$
(5,979
)

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As of December 31, 2012, a deposit related to the purchase of certain fuel technology equipment and a related asset were written off as the supplier ceased operations, resulting in a pre-tax impairment of $2.3 million. Swift Power Services, LLC (“SPS”), an entity in which the Company owns a minority interest, failed to make its first scheduled principal payment and quarterly interest payment to the Company on December 31, 2012 due to a decline in its financial performance resulting from, among other things, a legal dispute with the former owners and its primary customer. This caused the Company to re-evaluate the secured promissory note due from SPS for impairment, which resulted in a $6.0 million pre-tax adjustment that was recorded in Impairments of non-operating assets in the fourth quarter of 2012. In accordance with the provisions of ASC Topic 360, Property, Plant and Equipment, real property with a carrying amount of $1.7 million was written down to its estimated fair value of $0.6 million during the first quarter of 2012, resulting in an impairment charge of $1.1 million, which was included in Impairments in the Company’s consolidated statements of operations. The impairment of this asset was identified due to the Company’s decision to no longer use this property for its initial intended purpose. The Company estimated its fair value using significant unobservable inputs because there have been no recent sales of similar properties in the market place.
Note 14. Earnings per Share
The computation of basic and diluted earnings per share is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(In thousands, except
per share amounts)
Net income
 
$
29,953

 
$
33,656

 
$
110,124

 
$
85,403

Basic:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average common shares outstanding
 
140,327

 
139,535

 
140,004

 
139,526

Diluted:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dilutive effect of stock options
 
1,988

 
11

 
1,938

 
105

Total weighted average diluted shares outstanding
 
142,315

 
139,546

 
141,942

 
139,631

Anti-dilutive shares excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation (1)
 
—

 
5,789

 
181

 
4,428

Earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.79

 
$
0.61

Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.78

 
$
0.61

(1)
Impact of outstanding options to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A common stock were anti-dilutive because the options exercise price was greater than the average market price of the common shares and were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share.
As of September 30, 2013 and 2012, there were 5,451,280 and 5,852,155 options outstanding, respectively.
Note 15. Contingencies
The Company is involved in certain claims and pending litigation primarily arising in the normal course of business. The majority of these claims relate to workers compensation, auto collision and liability, and physical damage and cargo damage. The Company expenses legal fees as incurred and accrues for the uninsured portion of contingent losses from these and other pending claims when it is both probable that a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. Based on the knowledge of the facts and, in certain cases, advice of outside counsel, management believes the resolution of claims and pending litigation, taking into account existing reserves, will not have a material adverse effect on the Company. Moreover, the results of complex legal proceedings are difficult to predict and the Company’s view of these matters may change in the future as the litigation and events related thereto unfold.
For certain cases described below, management is unable to provide a meaningful estimate of the possible loss or range of loss because, among other reasons, (i) the proceedings are in various stages; (ii) damages have not been sought; (iii) damages are unsupported and/or exaggerated; (iv) there is uncertainty as to the outcome of pending appeals and/or (v) there are significant factual issues to be resolved. For these cases, however, management does not believe, based on currently available information, that the outcomes of these proceedings will have a material adverse effect on our financial condition, though the outcomes could be material to our operating results for any particular period, depending, in part, upon the operating results for such period.
2004 owner-operator class action litigation
On January 30, 2004, a class action lawsuit was filed by Leonel Garza on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons against Swift Transportation: Garza vs. Swift Transportation Co., Inc., Case No. CV7-472, or the Garza Complaint. The putative class originally involved certain owner-operators who contracted with the Company under a 2001 Contractor Agreement that was in place for one year. The putative class is alleging that the Company should have reimbursed owner-operators for actual miles driven rather than the contracted and industry standard remuneration based upon dispatched miles. The trial court denied plaintiff’s petition for class certification, the plaintiff appealed and on August 6,

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2008, the Arizona Court of Appeals issued an unpublished Memorandum Decision reversing the trial court’s denial of class certification and remanding the case back to the trial court. On November 14, 2008, the Company filed a petition for review to the Arizona Supreme Court regarding the issue of class certification as a consequence of the denial of the Motion for Reconsideration by the Court of Appeals. On March 17, 2009, the Arizona Supreme Court granted the Company’s petition for review, and on July 31, 2009, the Arizona Supreme Court vacated the decision of the Court of Appeals opining that the Court of Appeals lacked automatic appellate jurisdiction to reverse the trial court’s original denial of class certification and remanded the matter back to the trial court for further evaluation and determination. Thereafter, the plaintiff renewed the motion for class certification and expanded it to include all persons who were employed by Swift as employee drivers or who contracted with Swift as owner-operators on or after January 30, 1998, in each case who were compensated by reference to miles driven. On November 4, 2010, the Maricopa County trial court entered an order certifying a class of owner-operators and expanding the class to include employees. Upon certification, the Company filed a motion to compel arbitration as well as filing numerous motions in the trial court urging dismissal on several other grounds including, but not limited to the lack of an employee as a class representative, and because the named owner-operator class representative only contracted with the Company for a three month period under a one year contract that no longer exists. In addition to these trial court motions, the Company also filed a petition for special action with the Arizona Court of Appeals arguing that the trial court erred in certifying the class because the trial court relied upon the Court of Appeals ruling that was previously overturned by the Arizona Supreme Court. On April 7, 2011, the Arizona Court of Appeals declined jurisdiction to hear this petition for special action and the Company filed a petition for review to the Arizona Supreme Court. On August 31, 2011, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to review the decision of the Arizona Court of Appeals. In April 2012, the court issued the following rulings with respect to certain motions filed by Swift: (1) denied Swift’s motion to compel arbitration; (2) denied Swift’s request to decertify the class; (3) granted Swift’s motion that there is no breach of contract; and (4) granted Swift’s motion to limit class size based on statute of limitations. The Company intends to continue to pursue all available appellate relief supported by the record, which the Company believes demonstrates that the class is improperly certified and, further, that the claims raised have no merit. The Company retains all of its defenses against liability and damages. The final disposition of this case and the impact of such final disposition cannot be determined at this time.
Owner-operator misclassification class action litigation
On December 22, 2009, a class action lawsuit was filed against Swift Transportation and IEL: John Doe 1 and Joseph Sheer v. Swift Transportation Co., Inc., and Interstate Equipment Leasing, Inc., Jerry Moyes, and Chad Killebrew, Case No. 9-CIV-10376 filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, or the Sheer Complaint. The putative class involves owner-operators alleging that Swift Transportation misclassified owner-operators as independent contractors in violation of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, and various New York and California state laws and that such owner-operators should be considered employees. The lawsuit also raises certain related issues with respect to the lease agreements that certain owner-operators have entered into with IEL. At present, in addition to the named plaintiffs, approximately 200 other current or former owner-operators have joined this lawsuit. Upon Swift’s motion, the matter has been transferred from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York to the United States District Court in Arizona. On May 10, 2010, the plaintiffs filed a motion to conditionally certify an FLSA collective action and authorize notice to the potential class members. On September 23, 2010, plaintiffs filed a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin Swift and IEL from collecting payments from plaintiffs who are in default under their lease agreements and related relief. On September 30, 2010, the District Court granted Swift’s motion to compel arbitration and ordered that the class action be stayed pending the outcome of arbitration. The court further denied plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction and motion for conditional class certification. The Court also denied plaintiff’s request to arbitrate the matter as a class. The plaintiff filed a petition for a writ of mandamus asking that the District Court’s order be vacated. On July 27, 2011, the court denied the plaintiff’s petition for writ of mandamus and the plaintiff’s filed another request for interlocutory appeal. On December 9, 2011, the court permitted the plaintiffs to proceed with their interlocutory appeal. The Company intends to vigorously defend against any arbitration proceedings. The final disposition of this case and the impact of such final disposition cannot be determined at this time.
California wage, meal and rest employee class action
On March 22, 2010, a class action lawsuit was filed by John Burnell, individually and on behalf of all other similarly situated persons against Swift Transportation: John Burnell and all others similarly situated v. Swift Transportation Co., Inc. , Case No. CIVDS 1004377 filed in the Superior Court of the State of California, for the County of San Bernardino, or the Burnell Complaint. On September 3, 2010, upon motion by Swift, the matter was removed to the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. EDCV10-809-VAP. The putative class includes drivers who worked for Swift during the four years preceding the date of filing alleging that Swift failed to pay the California minimum wage, failed to provide proper meal and rest periods and failed to timely pay wages upon separation from employment. The Burnell Complaint was subject to a stay of proceedings pending determination of similar issues in a case unrelated to Swift, Brinker v Hohnbaum, which was then pending before the California Supreme Court. A ruling was entered in the Brinker matter and in August 2012 the stay in the Burnell Complaint was lifted. On April 9, 2013 the Company filed a motion for judgment on the pleadings requesting dismissal of plaintiff's claims related to alleged meal and rest break violations under the California Labor Code alleging that such claims are preempted by the Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act. On May 29, 2013, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California granted the Company's motion for judgment on the pleadings and dismissed plaintiff's claims that are based on alleged violations of meal and rest periods set forth in the California Labor Code.
On April 5, 2012, the Company was served with an additional class action complaint alleging facts similar to those as set forth in the Burnell Complaint. This new class action is James R. Rudsell, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated v. Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC and Swift Transportation Company, Case No. CIVDS 1200255, in the Superior Court of California for the County of San Bernardino, or the Rudsell Complaint.
The issue of class certification must first be resolved before the court will address the merits of the case, and we retain all of our defenses against liability and damages pending a determination of class certification. The Company intends to vigorously defend certification of the class in both matters as well as the merits of these matters should the classes be certified. The final disposition of both cases and the impact of such final

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dispositions of these cases cannot be determined at this time.
California and Oregon minimum wage class action
On July 12, 2011, a class action lawsuit was filed by Simona Montalvo on behalf of herself and all similarly situated persons against Swift Transportation: Montalvo et al. v. Swift Transportation Corporation d/b/a ST Swift Transportation Corporation in the Superior Court of California, County of San Diego, or the Montalvo Complaint. The Montalvo Complaint was removed to federal court on August 15, 2011, case number 3-11-CV-1827-L. Upon petition by plaintiffs, the matter was remanded to state court and the Company filed an appeal to this remand, which appeal has been denied. The putative class includes employees alleging that candidates for employment within the four year statutory period in California were not paid the state mandated minimum wage during their orientation phase. On July 29, 2013, the court certified the class. The Company is appealing the class certification and the remand to state court.
The issue of class certification in the Montalvo Complaint remains subject to appeal and must first be resolved before the court will address the merits of the case, and we retain all of our defenses against liability and damages pending a determination of class certification. The Company intends to vigorously defend against certification of the class as well as the merits of this matter should the class be certified. The final disposition of this case and the impact of such final disposition of this case cannot be determined at this time.
Washington overtime class action
On September 9, 2011, a class action lawsuit was filed by Troy Slack on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons against Swift Transportation: Troy Slack, et al v. Swift Transportation Co. of Arizona, LLC and Swift Transportation Corporation in the State Court of Washington, Pierce County, or the Slack Complaint. The Slack Complaint was removed to federal court on October 12, 2011, case number 11-2-114380. The putative class includes all current and former Washington State based employee drivers during the three year statutory period alleging that they were not paid overtime in accordance with Washington State law and that they were not properly paid for meals and rest periods.
The issue of class certification must first be resolved before the court will address the merits of the case, and we retain all of our defenses against liability and damages pending a determination of class certification. The Company intends to vigorously defend certification of the class as well as the merits of these matters should the class be certified. The final disposition of this case and the impact of such final disposition of this case cannot be determined at this time.
Virginia FCRA class action
On July 23, 2013, a class action lawsuit was filed by James Ellis III on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons against Swift Transportation of Arizona, LLC; James Ellis III v. Swift Transportation of Arizona, LLC (“Swift Arizona”) in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia, Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-00473-JAG. Mr. Ellis, an applicant for a driver position, has alleged that the Swift’s disclosures regarding criminal background checks did not comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”). The class action seeks to certify the FCRA claims as a class action, and in that regard Mr. Ellis is seeking to represent a class of applicants from North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, and West Virginia over the five year period preceding the filing. Swift has answered the complaint denying the allegations including the allegations that a class should be certified.
The issue of class certification must first be resolved before the court will address the merits of the case, and we retain all of our defenses against liability and damages pending a determination of class certification. Swift Arizona intends to vigorously defend certification of the class as well as the merits of these matters should the class be certified. The final disposition of this case and the impact of such final disposition of this case cannot be determined at this time.
Utah minimum wage collective action
On October 8, 2013, a collective action lawsuit was filed by Jacob Roberts on behalf of himself and all similarly situated persons against Central Refrigerated Service, Inc., Jon Isaacson, Bob Baer and John Does 1-10 (“CRS”); Jacob Roberts and Collective Action Plaintiffs John Does 1-10 v. Central Refrigerated Service, Inc., Jon Isaacson, Bob Baer and John Does 1-10 in the United States District Court for the District of Utah, Case No. 2;13-ev-00911-EJF, or the Roberts Complaint. The putative nationwide class includes employees alleging that candidates for employment within the three year statutory period in Utah were not paid proper compensation pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), specifically that the putative collective action plaintiffs were not paid the state mandated minimum wage for orientation, travel, and training.
The issue of collective action certification must first be resolved before the court will address the merits of the case, and we retain all of our defenses against liability and damages pending a determination of collective action certification. Central intends to vigorously defend against collective action certification as well as the merits of this matter should the collective action be certified. The final disposition of this case and the impact of such final disposition of this case cannot be determined at this time.
Collective and Individual Arbitration
On June 1, 2012, a collective and class action complaint was filed by Gabriel Cilluffo, Kevin Shire and Bryan Ratterree individually and on behalf of themselves and all similarly situated persons against Central Refrigerated Services, Inc., Central Leasing, Inc., Jon Isaacson, and Jerry Moyes (“Central”); Gabriel Cilluffo, Kevin Shire and Bryan Ratterree individually and on behalf themselves and all similarly situated persons v. Central Refrigerated Services, Inc., Central Leasing, Inc., Jon Isaacson, and Jerry Moyes in the United States District Court for the Central District of California, Case No. ED CV 12-00886. The putative class involves owner-operators alleging that Central misclassified owner-operators as independent contractors in violation of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, and that such owner-operators should be considered employees. The lawsuit also raises a claim of forced labor. On September 24, 2012, the California District Court ordered that FLSA claim proceed to collective arbitration under the Utah Uniform Arbitration Act (“UUAA”) and not the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). The September 24, 2012 order directed the arbitrator to determine the validity of proceeding as a collective arbitration under the UAA, and then if the arbitrator

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determines that such collective action is permitted, then the arbitrator is to consider the plaintiff’s FLSA claim. On November 8, 2012, the California District Court entered a clarification order clarifying that the plaintiff’s FLSA claim was to proceed to collective arbitration under the UUAA, but the plaintiff’s forced labor claim was to proceed as individual arbitrations for those plaintiffs seeking to pursue that specific claim. Central filed a motion for reconsideration and a motion for interlocutory appeal of the California District Court’s orders, both of which were denied and the claims are proceeding to collective and individual arbitration as originally ordered.
The validity of collective arbitration must first be resolved by the arbitrator before the merits of the FLSA claim is addressed. Central retains all defenses against liability and damages pending a determination of the validity of collective arbitration. Central intends to vigorously defend collective arbitration as well as the merits of the FLSA matters should a collective arbitration be permitted. The final disposition of this case and the impact of such final disposition of this case cannot be determined at this time.
Environmental notice
On April 17, 2009, the Company received a notice from the Lower Willamette Group, or LWG, advising that there are a total of 250 potentially responsible parties, or PRPs, with respect to alleged environmental contamination of the Lower Willamette River in Portland, Oregon designated as the Portland Harbor Superfund site, or the Site, and that as a previous landowner at the Site the Company has been asked to join a group of 60 PRPs and proportionately contribute to (i) reimbursement of funds expended by LWG to investigate environmental contamination at the Site and (ii) remediation costs of the same, rather than be exposed to potential litigation. Although the Company does not believe it contributed any contaminants to the Site, the Company was at one time the owner of property at the Site and the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act imposes a standard of strict liability on property owners with respect to environmental claims. Notwithstanding this standard of strict liability, the Company believes our potential proportionate exposure to be minimal and not material. No formal complaint has been filed in this matter. The Company’s pollution liability insurer has been notified of this potential claim. The Company does not believe the outcome of this matter is likely to have a material adverse effect on Swift. However, the final disposition of this matter and the impact of such final disposition cannot be determined at this time.
2013 environmental incident
On May 14, 2013, a Swift Transportation tractor and trailer was involved in an accident in Bridgeport, California that resulted in fuel and other liquid components being released into the ground and a nearby stream. Based on soil and water testing of the impacted area, the Company expects the range of cost to remediate this release is $300 thousand to $500 thousand.
Note 16. Segment information
Subsequent to the acquisition of Central discussed in Note 2 and during the third quarter of 2013, the Company concluded it will evaluate the performance of Central separately from the three reportable segments that predated the Central Acquisition. The Company’s four reportable operating segments are Truckload, Dedicated, Central Refrigerated and Intermodal. The subsequent finalization of our organizational design and financial reporting systems may result in future modifications of our reportable segments.
•
Truckload. The truckload segment consists of one-way movements over irregular routes throughout the United States, Mexico, and Canada. This service utilizes both company and owner-operator tractors with dry van, flatbed, and other specialized trailing equipment.
•
Dedicated. Through the dedicated segment, the Company devotes use of equipment and offers tailored solutions under long-term contracts. This dedicated segment utilizes refrigerated, dry van, flatbed and other specialized trailing equipment.
•
Central Refrigerated. The Central Refrigerated segment is primarily shipments for customers that require temperature-controlled trailers and represents the core operations of Central Refrigerated. These shipments include one-way movements over irregular routes, dedicated truck operations, as well as a small number of intermodal trailer on flat car ("TOFC") and third party logistics loads.
•
Intermodal. The intermodal segment includes revenue generated by moving freight over the rail in our containers and other trailing equipment, combined with revenue for drayage to transport loads between the railheads and customer locations.
•
Other businesses. Nonreportable segments are comprised of the Company’s freight brokerage and logistics management services, as well as revenue generated by the Company’s subsidiaries offering support services to its customers and owner-operators, including shop maintenance, equipment leasing, and insurance.
The Company uses the “management approach” to determine its reportable operating segments, as well as to determine the basis of reporting the operating segment information. The management approach focuses on financial information that the Company’s management uses to make operating decisions. The chief operating decision makers use operating revenues, operating expense categories, operating ratios, operating income and key operating statistics to evaluate performance and allocate resources to the Company’s operations.
Operating income is the measure of segment profit or loss the Company uses to evaluate segment performance and allocate resources and, consistent with GAAP accounting guidance for segment reporting, it is the Company’s measure of segment performance and is reported below. Operating income should not be viewed as a substitute for GAAP net income (loss). The Company believes the presentation of operating income enhances the understanding of its performance by highlighting the results of operations and the underlying profitability drivers of the business segments.
Operating income is defined as operating revenues less operating expenses, before tax.
Based on the unique nature of the operating structure of the Company, revenue generating assets are interchangeable between segments. Therefore, the Company does not prepare separate balance sheets by segment as assets are not separately identifiable by segment. The Company allocates depreciation and amortization expense on its property and equipment to the segments based on the actual utilization of the asset by the segment during the period.

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The Company’s foreign operations total revenue was less than 5.0% of the Company’s total revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
Set forth in the tables below is certain financial information with respect to the Company’s reportable segments (in thousands):
 
 
Operating Revenue
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
Truckload
 
$
579,494

 
$
564,802

 
$
1,727,813

 
$
1,691,242

Dedicated
 
184,550

 
182,843

 
546,427

 
536,255

Central Refrigerated
 
136,484

 
121,990

 
393,094

 
359,213

Intermodal
 
89,759

 
86,063

 
251,459

 
236,228

Subtotal
 
990,287

 
955,698

 
2,918,793

 
2,822,938

Nonreportable segments
 
49,038

 
50,828

 
159,461

 
152,321

Intersegment eliminations
 
(7,198
)
 
(13,902
)
 
(35,448
)
 
(46,734
)
Consolidated operating revenue
 
$
1,032,127

 
$
992,624

 
$
3,042,806

 
$
2,928,525

 
 
Operating Income (Loss)
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
Truckload
 
$
58,053

 
$
53,818

 
$
165,070

 
$
168,366

Dedicated
 
20,508

 
17,082

 
63,725

 
50,104

Central Refrigerated
 
4,165

 
6,833

 
19,881

 
20,876

Intermodal
 
1,979

 
(2,505
)
 
934

 
(6,409
)
Subtotal
 
84,705

 
75,228

 
249,610

 
232,937

Nonreportable segments
 
(285
)
 
1,962

 
4,794

 
2,875

Consolidated operating income
 
$
84,420

 
$
77,190

 
$
254,404

 
$
235,812

 
 
Depreciation and Amortization
Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
Truckload
 
$
32,696

 
$
29,184

 
$
96,076

 
$
90,667

Dedicated
 
11,711

 
11,296

 
33,439

 
33,654

Central Refrigerated
 
4,060

 
4,706

 
12,951

 
14,283

Intermodal
 
2,236

 
2,418

 
6,858

 
6,612

Subtotal
 
50,703

 
47,604

 
149,324

 
145,216

Nonreportable segments
 
7,551

 
6,390

 
20,680

 
19,138

Consolidated depreciation and amortization expense
 
$
58,254

 
$
53,994

 
$
170,004

 
$
164,354

Other Intersegment Transactions
Certain operating segments provide transportation and related services for other affiliates outside their reportable segment. Revenues for such services are based on negotiated rates, which we believe approximate fair value, and are reflected as revenues of the billing segment. These rates are adjusted from time to time based on market conditions. Such intersegment revenues and expenses are eliminated in our consolidated results.
Note 17. Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
The following table is a reconciliation of accumulated other comprehensive income by component (in thousands):

22
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

 
 
Derivative Financial Instruments
 
Foreign Currency Transactions
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance as of December 31, 2012 (Recast)
 
$
(8,285
)
 
$
83

 
$
(8,202
)
Other comprehensive loss before reclassifications
 
14

 
—

 
14

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
1,362

 
—

 
1,362

Net current-period other comprehensive income
 
1,376

 
—

 
1,376

Balance as of September 30, 2013
 
$
(6,909
)
 
$
83

 
$
(6,826
)
All amounts are net-of-tax. Amounts in parenthesis indicate debits.
The following table presents details about reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 are as follows (in thousands):

 
 
Amount Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
Statement of Operations Classifications
Gains and losses on cash flow hedging:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
$
1,106

 
$
448

 
$
2,065

 
$
5,101

 
Derivative interest expense
Income tax (benefit) expense
 
(431
)
 
175

 
(805
)
 
1,990

 
Income tax expense
 
 
$
675

 
$
623

 
$
1,260

 
$
7,091

 
Net income


Note 18. Guarantor Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements
The payment of principal and interest on the Company’s senior second priority secured notes are guaranteed by the Company’s 100% owned domestic subsidiaries (the “Guarantor Subsidiaries”) other than its driver academy subsidiary, its captive insurance subsidiaries, its special-purpose receivables securitization subsidiary, and its foreign subsidiaries (the “Non-guarantor Subsidiaries”). The separate financial statements of the Guarantor Subsidiaries are not included herein because the Guarantor Subsidiaries are the Company’s 100% owned consolidated subsidiaries and are jointly, severally, fully and unconditionally liable for the obligations represented by the senior second priority secured notes.
The condensed financial statements present condensed financial data for (i) Swift Transportation Company (on a parent only basis), (ii) Swift Services Holdings, Inc. (on an issuer only basis), (iii) the combined Guarantor Subsidiaries, (iv) the combined Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries, (v) an elimination column for adjustments to arrive at the information for the parent company and subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (vi) the parent company and subsidiaries on a consolidated basis as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
Investments in subsidiaries are accounted for by the respective parent company using the equity method for purposes of this presentation. Results of operations of subsidiaries are therefore reflected in the parent company’s investment accounts and earnings. The principal elimination entries set forth below eliminate investments in subsidiaries and intercompany balances and transactions.
 

23
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating balance sheet as of September 30, 2013 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift
Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
45,175

 
$
6,254

 
$
—

 
$
51,429

Restricted cash
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
50,376

 
—

 
50,376

Restricted investments, held to maturity, amortized cost
 


 


 


 
24,175

 


 
24,175

Accounts receivable, net
 
12

 
—

 
80,214

 
336,047

 
(3,196
)
 
413,077

Intercompany receivable (payable)
 
59,316

 
421,949

 
(558,892
)
 
77,627

 
—

 
—

Other current assets
 
54,720

 
(2,383
)
 
121,617

 
15,090

 
—

 
189,044

Total current assets
 
114,048

 
419,566

 
(311,886
)
 
509,569

 
(3,196
)
 
728,101

Property and equipment, net
 
—

 
—

 
1,466,216

 
38,871

 
—

 
1,505,087

Investment in subsidiaries
 
184,739

 
834,121

 
958,140

 


 
(1,977,000
)
 
—

Other assets
 
—

 
2,008

 
50,236

 
4,839

 
(52
)
 
57,031

Intangible assets, net
 
—

 
—

 
311,102

 
9,848

 
—

 
320,950

Goodwill
 
—

 
—

 
246,977

 
6,279

 
—

 
253,256

Total assets
 
$
298,787

 
$
1,255,695

 
2,720,785

 
$
569,406

 
$
(1,980,248
)
 
$
2,864,425

Current portion of long-term debt and obligations under capital leases
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
59,038

 
$
3,261

 
$
(26
)
 
$
62,273

Other current liabilities
 
1,857

 
18,889

 
321,947

 
31,093

 
(3,196
)
 
370,590

Total current liabilities
 
1,857

 
18,889

 
380,985

 
34,354

 
(3,222
)
 
432,863

Long-term debt and obligations under capital leases, less current portion
 
—

 
493,509

 
788,732

 
4,092

 
(26
)
 
1,286,307

Deferred income taxes
 
(17,915
)
 
(419
)
 
484,634

 
5,964

 
—

 
472,264

Securitization of accounts receivable
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
260,000

 
—

 
260,000

Revolving line of credit
 
—

 
—

 
62,000

 
—

 
—

 
62,000

Other liabilities
 
—

 
—

 
65,736

 
50,421

 
—

 
116,157

Total liabilities
 
(16,058
)
 
511,979

 
1,782,087

 
354,831

 
(3,248
)
 
2,629,591

Total stockholders’ equity
 
314,845

 
743,716

 
938,698

 
214,575

 
(1,977,000
)
 
234,834

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
298,787

 
$
1,255,695

 
$
2,720,785

 
$
569,406

 
$
(1,980,248
)
 
$
2,864,425

 

24
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating balance sheet as of December 31, 2012 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift
Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
(Recast)
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
43,877

 
$
9,719

 
$
—

 
$
53,596

Restricted cash
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
51,678

 
—

 
51,678

Restricted investments, held to maturity, amortized cost
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
22,275

 
—

 
22,275

Accounts receivable, net
 
—

 
—

 
72,319

 
324,597

 
(4,146
)
 
392,770

Intercompany receivable (payable)
 
24,239

 
430,030

 
(507,934
)
 
53,665

 
—

 
—

Other current assets
 
57,914

 
181

 
150,090

 
13,587

 
—

 
221,772

Total current assets
 
82,153

 
430,211

 
(241,648
)
 
475,521

 
(4,146
)
 
742,091

Property and equipment, net
 
—

 
—

 
1,360,358

 
37,178

 
—

 
1,397,536

Investment in subsidiaries
 
106,194

 
757,590

 
904,412

 
—

 
(1,768,196
)
 
—

Other assets
 
250

 
2,301

 
87,631

 
4,974

 
(29,619
)
 
65,537

Intangible assets, net
 
—

 
—

 
323,134

 
10,427

 
—

 
333,561

Goodwill
 
—

 
—

 
246,977

 
6,279

 
—

 
253,256

Total assets
 
$
188,597

 
$
1,190,102

 
$
2,680,864

 
$
534,379

 
$
(1,801,961
)
 
$
2,791,981

Current portion of long-term debt and obligations under capital leases
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
71,705

 
$
28,301

 
$
(26,509
)
 
$
73,497

Other current liabilities
 
1,656

 
6,389

 
277,738

 
28,315

 
(4,146
)
 
309,952

Total current liabilities
 
1,656

 
6,389

 
349,443

 
56,616

 
(30,655
)
 
383,449

Long-term debt and obligations under capital leases, less current portion
 
—

 
492,561

 
861,534

 
6,116

 
(3,110
)
 
1,357,101

Deferred income taxes
 
(19,372
)
 
(346
)
 
456,098

 
5,001

 
—

 
441,381

Securitization of accounts receivable
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
204,000

 
—

 
204,000

Revolving line of credit
 
—

 
—

 
2,531

 
—

 
—

 
2,531

Other liabilities
 
—

 
—

 
63,739

 
49,576

 
—

 
113,315

Total liabilities
 
(17,716
)
 
498,604

 
1,733,345

 
321,309

 
(33,765
)
 
2,501,777

Total stockholders’ equity
 
206,313

 
691,498

 
947,519

 
213,070

 
(1,768,196
)
 
290,204

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 
$
188,597

 
$
1,190,102

 
$
2,680,864

 
$
534,379

 
$
(1,801,961
)
 
$
2,791,981















25
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands)  
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift
Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
Operating revenue
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
1,015,440

 
$
38,205

 
$
(21,518
)
 
$
1,032,127

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and employee benefits
 
1,081

 
—

 
211,717

 
7,358

 
—

 
220,156

Operating supplies and expenses
 
552

 
2

 
84,036

 
2,931

 
(2,317
)
 
85,204

Fuel
 
—

 
—

 
154,478

 
6,083

 
—

 
160,561

Purchased transportation
 
—

 
—

 
328,677

 
2,274

 
(12,630
)
 
318,321

Rental expense
 
—

 
—

 
45,639

 
781

 
(158
)
 
46,262

Insurance and claims
 
—

 
—

 
28,956

 
12,567

 
(6,413
)
 
35,110

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
57,032

 
1,222

 
—

 
58,254

Amortization of intangibles
 
—

 
—

 
4,011

 
193

 
—

 
4,204

Gain on disposal of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
(5,622
)
 
3

 
—

 
(5,619
)
Communication and utilities
 
—

 
—

 
6,444

 
235

 
—

 
6,679

Operating taxes and licenses
 
—

 
—

 
16,034

 
2,541

 
—

 
18,575

Total operating expenses
 
1,633

 
2

 
931,402

 
36,188

 
(21,518
)
 
947,707

Operating income (loss)
 
(1,633
)
 
(2
)
 
84,038

 
2,017

 
—

 
84,420

Interest expense, net
 
—

 
12,913

 
11,780

 
763

 
—

 
25,456

Other (income) expenses, net
 
(34,203
)
 
(31,083
)
 
(20,238
)
 
(2,574
)
 
90,953

 
2,855

Income before income taxes
 
32,570

 
18,168

 
92,496

 
3,828

 
(90,953
)
 
56,109

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
2,819

 
(4,853
)
 
27,007

 
1,183

 
—

 
26,156

Net income
 
$
29,751

 
$
23,021

 
$
65,489

 
$
2,645

 
$
(90,953
)
 
$
29,953



26
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2012 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift
Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
(Recast)
Operating revenue
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
979,004

 
$
33,441

 
$
(19,821
)
 
$
992,624

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and employee benefits
 
1,401

 
—

 
210,855

 
6,351

 
—

 
218,607

Operating supplies and expenses
 
836

 
2

 
73,067

 
3,270

 
(1,838
)
 
75,337

Fuel
 
—

 
—

 
164,049

 
4,907

 
—

 
168,956

Purchased transportation
 
—

 
—

 
316,612

 
2,876

 
(13,460
)
 
306,028

Rental expense
 
—

 
—

 
39,040

 
289

 
(161
)
 
39,168

Insurance and claims
 
—

 
—

 
24,972

 
8,865

 
(4,362
)
 
29,475

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
53,063

 
931

 
—

 
53,994

Amortization of intangibles
 
—

 
—

 
4,010

 
193

 
—

 
4,203

Gain on disposal of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
(4,353
)
 
10

 
—

 
(4,343
)
Communication and utilities
 
—

 
—

 
6,460

 
239

 
—

 
6,699

Operating taxes and licenses
 
—

 
—

 
15,320

 
1,990

 
—

 
17,310

Total operating expenses
 
2,237

 
2

 
903,095

 
29,921

 
(19,821
)
 
915,434

Operating income (loss)
 
(2,237
)
 
(2
)
 
75,909

 
3,520

 
—

 
77,190

Interest expense, net
 
—

 
12,913

 
15,235

 
723

 
—

 
28,871

Other (income) expenses, net
 
(27,627
)
 
380

 
6,916

 
(2,203
)
 
22,111

 
(423
)
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
25,390

 
(13,295
)
 
53,758

 
5,000

 
(22,111
)
 
48,742

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
(2,462
)
 
(4,818
)
 
20,707

 
1,659

 
—

 
15,086

Net income (loss)
 
$
27,852

 
$
(8,477
)
 
$
33,051

 
$
3,341

 
$
(22,111
)
 
$
33,656





























27
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift
Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
Operating revenue
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
2,989,063

 
$
117,644

 
$
(63,901
)
 
$
3,042,806

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and employee benefits
 
2,459

 
—

 
645,784

 
22,250

 
—

 
670,493

Operating supplies and expenses
 
1,682

 
6

 
229,568

 
10,960

 
(5,949
)
 
236,267

Fuel
 
—

 
—

 
470,395

 
19,168

 
—

 
489,563

Purchased transportation
 
—

 
—

 
948,073

 
8,892

 
(38,371
)
 
918,594

Rental expense
 
—

 
—

 
127,789

 
2,578

 
(486
)
 
129,881

Insurance and claims
 
—

 
—

 
85,249

 
34,091

 
(19,095
)
 
100,245

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
166,582

 
3,422

 
—

 
170,004

Amortization of intangibles
 
—

 
—

 
12,032

 
579

 
—

 
12,611

Gain on disposal of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
(13,634
)
 
24

 
—

 
(13,610
)
Communication and utilities
 
—

 
—

 
18,486

 
659

 
—

 
19,145

Operating taxes and licenses
 
—

 
—

 
47,203

 
8,006

 
—

 
55,209

Total operating expenses
 
4,141

 
6

 
2,737,527

 
110,629

 
(63,901
)
 
2,788,402

Operating income (loss)
 
(4,141
)
 
(6
)
 
251,536

 
7,015

 
—

 
254,404

Interest expense, net
 
—

 
38,740

 
34,534

 
3,263

 
—

 
76,537

Other (income) expenses, net
 
(78,546
)
 
(76,531
)
 
(51,509
)
 
(7,920
)
 
214,443

 
(63
)
Income before income taxes
 
74,405

 
37,785

 
268,511

 
11,672

 
(214,443
)
 
177,930

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
(21,629
)
 
(14,435
)
 
99,343

 
4,527

 
—

 
67,806

Net income
 
$
96,034

 
$
52,220

 
$
169,168

 
$
7,145

 
$
(214,443
)
 
$
110,124































28
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (in thousands)  
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift
Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
(Recast)
Operating revenue
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
2,881,754

 
$
101,352

 
$
(54,581
)
 
$
2,928,525

Operating expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salaries, wages and employee benefits
 
4,131

 
—

 
631,337

 
19,832

 
—

 
655,300

Operating supplies and expenses
 
2,068

 
10

 
209,196

 
9,850

 
(5,347
)
 
215,777

Fuel
 
—

 
—

 
485,059

 
15,530

 
—

 
500,589

Purchased transportation
 
—

 
—

 
909,985

 
7,251

 
(35,822
)
 
881,414

Rental expense
 
—

 
—

 
108,388

 
898

 
(514
)
 
108,772

Insurance and claims
 
—

 
—

 
78,693

 
27,197

 
(12,898
)
 
92,992

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
161,620

 
2,734

 
—

 
164,354

Amortization of intangibles
 
—

 
—

 
12,137

 
584

 
—

 
12,721

Impairments
 
—

 
—

 
1,065

 
—

 
—

 
1,065

Gain on disposal of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
(13,897
)
 
10

 
—

 
(13,887
)
Communication and utilities
 
—

 
—

 
19,283

 
715

 
—

 
19,998

Operating taxes and licenses
 
—

 
—

 
47,139

 
6,479

 
—

 
53,618

Total operating expenses
 
6,199

 
10

 
2,650,005

 
91,080

 
(54,581
)
 
2,692,713

Operating income (loss), net
 
(6,199
)
 
(10
)
 
231,749

 
10,272

 
—

 
235,812

Interest expense, net
 
—

 
38,740

 
55,089

 
3,254

 
—

 
97,083

Other (income) expenses
 
(68,912
)
 
(55,557
)
 
(13,340
)
 
(7,251
)
 
164,813

 
19,753

Income before income taxes
 
62,713

 
16,807

 
190,000

 
14,269

 
(164,813
)
 
118,976

Income tax expense (benefit)
 
(5,026
)
 
(14,459
)
 
47,867

 
5,191

 
—

 
33,573

Net income
 
$
67,739

 
$
31,266

 
$
142,133

 
$
9,078

 
$
(164,813
)
 
$
85,403


 

























29
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of comprehensive income for the three months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands) 
 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
Net income
 
$
29,751

 
$
23,021

 
$
65,489

 
$
2,645

 
$
(90,953
)
 
$
29,953

Other comprehensive income before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated losses on derivatives reclassified to derivative interest expense
 
—

 
—

 
1,106

 
—

 
—

 
1,106

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

Other comprehensive income before income taxes
 
—

 
—

 
1,106

 
—

 
—

 
1,106

Income tax effect of items of other comprehensive income
 
—

 
—

 
(326
)
 
—

 
—

 
(326
)
Total comprehensive income
 
$
29,751

 
$
23,021

 
$
66,269

 
$
2,645

 
$
(90,953
)
 
$
30,733


30
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of comprehensive income for the three months ended September 30, 2012 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
(Recast)
Net income (loss)
 
$
27,852

 
$
(8,477
)
 
$
33,051

 
$
3,341

 
$
(22,111
)
 
$
33,656

Other comprehensive income before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated losses on derivatives reclassified to derivative interest expense
 
—

 
—

 
448

 
—

 
—

 
448

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
 
—

 
—

 
(567
)
 
—

 
—

 
(567
)
Other comprehensive income before income taxes
 
—

 
—

 
(119
)
 
—

 
—

 
(119
)
Income tax effect of items of other comprehensive income
 
—

 
—

 
232

 
—

 
—

 
232

Total comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
27,852

 
$
(8,477
)
 
$
33,164

 
$
3,341

 
$
(22,111
)
 
$
33,769











































31
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
Net income
 
$
96,034

 
$
52,220

 
$
169,168

 
$
7,145

 
$
(214,443
)
 
$
110,124

Other comprehensive income before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated losses on derivatives reclassified to derivative interest expense
 
—

 
—

 
2,065

 
—

 
—

 
2,065

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
 
—

 
—

 
(145
)
 
—

 
—

 
(145
)
Other comprehensive income before income taxes
 
—

 
—

 
1,920

 
—

 
—

 
1,920

Income tax effect of items of other comprehensive income
 
—

 
—

 
(544
)
 
—

 
—

 
(544
)
Total comprehensive income
 
$
96,034

 
$
52,220

 
$
170,544

 
$
7,145

 
$
(214,443
)
 
$
111,500












































32
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of comprehensive income for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (in thousands)   
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
(Recast)
Net income
 
$
67,739

 
$
31,266

 
$
142,133

 
$
9,078

 
$
(164,813
)
 
$
85,403

Other comprehensive income before income taxes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accumulated losses on derivatives reclassified to derivative interest expense
 
—

 
—

 
5,101

 
—

 
—

 
5,101

Change in fair value of interest rate swaps
 
—

 
—

 
(2,597
)
 
—

 
—

 
(2,597
)
Other comprehensive income before income taxes
 
—

 
—

 
2,504

 
—

 
—

 
2,504

Income tax effect of items of other comprehensive income
 
—

 
—

 
1,050

 
—

 
—

 
1,050

Total comprehensive income
 
$
67,739

 
$
31,266

 
$
145,687

 
$
9,078

 
$
(164,813
)
 
$
88,957


33
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

Condensed consolidating statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 
$
25,038

 
$
(8,081
)
 
$
359,079

 
$
(20,173
)
 
$
—

 
$
355,863

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Decrease in restricted cash
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1,302

 
—

 
1,302

Change in restricted investments
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(1,900
)
 
—

 
(1,900
)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
75,663

 
149

 
—

 
75,812

Capital expenditures
 
—

 
—

 
(231,701
)
 
(5,289
)
 
—

 
(236,990
)
Payments received on notes receivable
 


 
—

 
2,775

 
—

 
—

 
2,775

Expenditures on assets held for sale
 
—

 
—

 
(17,442
)
 
—

 
—

 
(17,442
)
Payments received on assets held for sale
 
—

 
—

 
47,365

 
—

 
—

 
47,365

Payments received on equipment sale receivables
 
—

 
—

 
1,266

 
—

 
—

 
1,266

Dividends from subsidiary
 
—

 
—

 
6,800

 
—

 
(6,800
)
 
—

Payments received on intercompany notes payable
 
—

 
—

 
3,399

 
—

 
(3,399
)
 
—

Capital contribution to subsidiary
 


 


 
(1,160
)
 
—

 
1,160

 
—

Acquisition of Central Refrigerated, net of debt repayment
 
—

 
—

 
(147,822
)
 
—

 
—

 
(147,822
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
—

 
—

 
(260,857
)
 
(5,738
)
 
(9,039
)
 
(275,634
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from long-term debt
 
—

 
—

 
16,000

 
10,268

 
—

 
26,268

Payment of deferred loan costs
 
—

 
—

 
(1,332
)
 
(851
)
 
—

 
(2,183
)
Borrowings under accounts receivable securitization
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
180,000

 
—

 
180,000

Repayment of accounts receivable securitization
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(124,000
)
 
—

 
(124,000
)
Repayment of long-term debt and capital leases
 
—

 
—

 
(192,041
)
 
(7,449
)
 
—

 
(199,490
)
Repayment of intercompany notes payable
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(3,399
)
 
3,399

 
—

Dividend to parent
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(6,800
)
 
6,800

 
—

Capital contribution
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1,160

 
(1,160
)
 
—

Net funding (to) from affiliates
 
(35,077
)
 
8,081

 
53,479

 
(26,483
)
 
—

 
—

Distribution to Central stockholders, pre-acquisition
 
—

 
—

 
(2,499
)
 
—

 
—

 
(2,499
)
Issuance of Central loan receivable, pre-acquisition
 
—

 
—

 
(30,000
)
 
—

 
—

 
(30,000
)
Net borrowings on revolver
 
—

 
—

 
59,469

 
—

 
—

 
59,469

Proceeds from exercise of stock options
 
10,422

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
10,422

Income tax benefit from exercise of stock options
 
(383
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(383
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
(25,038
)
 
8,081

 
(96,924
)
 
22,446

 
9,039

 
(82,396
)
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
 
—

 
—

 
1,298

 
(3,465
)
 
—

 
(2,167
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
—

 
—

 
43,877

 
9,719

 
—

 
53,596

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
45,175

 
$
6,254

 
$
—

 
$
51,429






34
Swift Transportation Company and Subsidiaries
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited) – (continued)

 Condensed consolidating statement of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (in thousands) 
 
 
Swift
Transportation
Company
(Parent)
 
Swift Services
Holdings, Inc.
(Issuer)
 
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Non-
Guarantor
Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
for
Consolidation
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 
$
16,304

 
$
(518
)
 
$
291,631

 
$
(22,835
)
 
$
—

 
$
284,582

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Decrease in restricted cash
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
16,892

 
—

 
16,892

Change in restricted investments
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(18,216
)
 
—

 
(18,216
)
Funding of notes receivable
 
—

 
—

 
(7,500
)
 
—

 
—

 
(7,500
)
Proceeds from sale of property and equipment
 
—

 
—

 
105,569

 
764

 
—

 
106,333

Capital expenditures
 
—

 
—

 
(218,081
)
 
(2,953
)
 
—

 
(221,034
)
Payments received on notes receivable
 
—

 
—

 
4,357

 
—

 
—

 
4,357

Expenditures on assets held for sale
 
—

 
—

 
(5,935
)
 
—

 
—

 
(5,935
)
Payments received on assets held for sale
 
—

 
—

 
11,337

 
—

 
—

 
11,337

Payments received on equipment sale receivables
 
—

 
—

 
5,580

 
—

 
—

 
5,580

Dividends from subsidiary
 
—

 
—

 
6,700

 
—

 
(6,700
)
 
—

Payments received on intercompany notes payable
 
—

 
—

 
639

 
—

 
(639
)
 
—

Funding of intercompany notes payable
 
—

 
—

 
(884
)
 
—

 
884

 
—

Other investing activities
 
—

 
—

 
(500
)
 
—

 
—

 
(500
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
—

 
—

 
(98,718
)
 
(3,513
)
 
(6,455
)
 
(108,686
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Payment of deferred loan costs
 
—

 
—

 
(9,023
)
 
—

 
—

 
(9,023
)
Borrowings under accounts receivable securitization
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
211,000

 
—

 
211,000

Repayment of accounts receivable securitization
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(187,000
)
 
—

 
(187,000
)
Repayment of long-term debt and capital leases
 
—

 
—

 
(232,953
)
 
(400
)
 
—

 
(233,353
)
Dividend to parent
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(6,700
)
 
6,700

 
—

Proceeds from long term notes
 
—

 
—

 
10,000

 
—

 
—

 
10,000

Proceeds from intercompany notes payable
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
884

 
(884
)
 
—

Repayment of intercompany notes payable
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(639
)
 
639

 
—

Net funding (to) from affiliates
 
(27,382
)
 
518

 
12,810

 
14,054

 
—

 
—

Net borrowings on revolver
 
—

 
—

 
4,834

 
—

 
—

 
4,834

Distribution to Central stockholders, pre-acquisition
 
—

 
—

 
(10,111
)
 
—

 
—

 
(10,111
)
Proceeds from exercise of stock options
 
268

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
268

Income tax benefit from exercise of stock options
 
(322
)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(322
)
Other financing activities
 
—

 
—

 
(952
)
 
—

 
—

 
(952
)
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
 
(27,436
)
 
518

 
(225,395
)
 
31,199

 
6,455

 
(214,659
)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
 
(11,132
)
 
—

 
(32,482
)
 
4,851

 
—

 
(38,763
)
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
 
11,132

 
—

 
64,717

 
6,235

 
—

 
82,084

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
32,235

 
$
11,086

 
$
—

 
$
43,321


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ITEM 2: MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included elsewhere in this report and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
Acquisition
On August 6, 2013, we entered into a Stock Purchase Agreement ("SPA") with the stockholders of Central Refrigerated Transportation, Inc. ("Central"), pursuant to which we acquired all the outstanding capital stock of Central (the "Acquisition") in a cash transaction valued at $225 million. Jerry Moyes, our Chief Executive Officer and controlling stockholder, was the majority stockholder of Central prior to the Acquisition. Given Mr. Moyes' controlling interest in both Swift and Central, the Acquisition was accounted for using the guidance for transactions between entities under common control as described in Accounting Standard Codification ("ASC") Topic 805 - "Business Combinations", in which we recognized the assets and liabilities of Central at their carrying amounts at the date of acquisition. Additionally, as a result of the common control accounting, the historical results of Central have been combined with our historical results and our financial statements have been retrospectively recast to reflect the accounts of Central as if it had been consolidated for all previous periods presented. The tables which follow for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 reflect the combination of the entities as if the Acquisition was effective January 1, 2012.
Non-GAAP Measures
In addition to disclosing financial results that are determined in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, we also disclose certain non-GAAP financial information, such as, adjusted operating ratio, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS, which are not recognized measures under GAAP and should not be considered alternatives to or superior to profitability and cash flow measures derived in accordance with GAAP. We use adjusted operating ratio, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS as a supplement to our GAAP results in evaluating certain aspects of our business, as described below. We believe our presentation of adjusted operating ratio, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS is useful because it provides investors and securities analysts the same information that we use internally for purposes of assessing our core operating performance. See below for more information on our use of adjusted operating ratio, adjusted EBITDA and adjusted EPS, as well as a description of the computation and reconciliation of our operating ratio to our adjusted operating ratio, our net income to adjusted EBITDA and our diluted earnings per share to adjusted EPS.
We define adjusted operating ratio as (a) total operating expenses, less (i) fuel surcharges, (ii) amortization of intangibles from our 2007 going-private transaction, (iii) non-cash impairment charges, (iv) other special non-cash items, and (v) excludable transaction costs, as a percentage of (b) total revenue excluding fuel surcharge revenue (revenue xFSR). We believe fuel surcharge is sometimes volatile and eliminating the impact of this source of revenue (by netting fuel surcharge revenue against fuel expense) affords a more consistent basis for comparing our results of operations. We also believe excluding impairments, non-comparable nature of the intangibles from our going-private transaction and other special items enhances the comparability of our performance from period to period. A reconciliation of our adjusted operating ratio for each of the periods indicated is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Total GAAP operating revenue
 
$
1,032,127

 
$
992,624

 
$
3,042,806

 
$
2,928,525

Less: Fuel surcharge revenue
 
198,746

 
194,459

 
594,727

 
585,265

Revenue xFSR
 
833,381

 
798,165

 
2,448,079

 
2,343,260

Total GAAP operating expense
 
947,707

 
915,434

 
2,788,402

 
2,692,713

Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel surcharge revenue
 
(198,746
)
 
(194,459
)
 
(594,727
)
 
(585,265
)
Amortization of certain intangibles (a)
 
(3,912
)
 
(3,912
)
 
(11,736
)
 
(11,846
)
Non-cash impairments (b)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
(1,065
)
Acceleration of non-cash equity compensation (c)
 
(887
)
 
—

 
(887
)
 
—

Adjusted operating expense
 
744,162

 
717,063

 
2,181,052

 
2,094,537

Adjusted operating income
 
$
89,219

 
$
81,102

 
$
267,027

 
$
248,723

Adjusted operating ratio
 
89.3
%
 
89.8
%
 
89.1
%
 
89.4
%
Operating ratio
 
91.8
%
 
92.2
%
 
91.6
%
 
91.9
%
(a)
Amortization of certain intangibles reflects the non-cash amortization expense relating to certain intangible assets identified in our 2007 going private transaction.
(b)
Real property with a carrying amount of $1.7 million was written down to its fair value of $0.6 million, resulting in a pre-tax impairment charge of $1.1 million in the first quarter of 2012.
(c)
In the third quarter of 2013, Central incurred a $0.9 million one-time non-cash equity compensation charge for certain stock options that accelerated upon the closing of the Acquisition.

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We define adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (adjusted EBITDA) as net income (loss) plus (i) depreciation and amortization, (ii) interest and derivative interest expense, including other fees and charges associated with indebtedness, net of interest income, (iii) income taxes, (iv) non-cash equity compensation expense, (v) non-cash impairments, (vi) other special non-cash items, and (vii) excludable transaction costs. We believe that adjusted EBITDA is a relevant measure for estimating the cash generated by our operations that would be available to cover capital expenditures, taxes, interest and other investments and that it enhances an investor’s understanding of our financial performance. We use adjusted EBITDA for business planning purposes and in measuring our performance relative to that of our competitors. Our method of computing adjusted EBITDA is consistent with that used in our senior secured credit agreement for covenant compliance purposes and may differ from similarly titled measures of other companies. A reconciliation of GAAP net income to adjusted EBITDA for each of the periods indicated is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Net income
 
$
29,953

 
$
33,656

 
$
110,124

 
$
85,403

Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
58,254

 
53,994

 
170,004

 
164,354

Amortization of intangibles
 
4,204

 
4,203

 
12,611

 
12,721

Interest expense
 
24,595

 
29,102

 
75,719

 
93,530

Derivative interest expense
 
1,465

 
448

 
2,559

 
5,101

Interest income
 
(604
)
 
(679
)
 
(1,741
)
 
(1,548
)
Income tax expense
 
26,156

 
15,086

 
67,806

 
33,573

EBITDA
 
144,023

 
135,810

 
437,082

 
393,134

Non-cash equity compensation (a)
 
1,967

 
1,459

 
3,465

 
4,315

Loss on debt extinguishment (b)
 
496

 
—

 
5,540

 
22,219

Non-cash impairments (c)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
1,065

Excludable transaction costs (d)
 
$
4,331

 
$
—

 
$
4,331

 
$
—

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
150,817

 
$
137,269

 
$
450,418

 
$
420,733

(a)
Represents recurring non-cash equity compensation expense on a pre-tax basis. In addition to the recurring non-cash equity compensation expense, in the third quarter of 2013, Central incurred a $0.9 million one-time non-cash equity compensation charge for certain options that accelerated upon the closing of the Acquisition. In accordance with the terms of our senior credit agreement, this expense is added back in the calculation of adjusted EBITDA for covenant compliance purposes.
(b)
In association with the acquisition of Central noted above, on August 6, 2013, certain outstanding Central debt was paid-in full and extinguished, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $0.5 million, representing the write-off of the remaining unamortized deferred financing fees. Additionally, on March 7, 2013, the Company entered into a Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“2013 Agreement”). The 2013 Agreement replaced the then-existing first lien term loan B-1 and B-2 tranches under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (“2012 Agreement”) entered into on March 6, 2012, with outstanding principal balances of $152.0 million and $508.0 million, respectively, with new first lien term loan B-1 and B-2 tranches with face values of $250.0 million and $410.0 million, respectively. The replacement of the 2012 Agreement resulted in a loss on debt extinguishment of $5.0 million in the first quarter of 2013, representing the write-off of the unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees associated with the 2012 Agreement. On May 21, 2012, the Company completed the call of its remaining $15.2 million face value 12.50% fixed rate notes due May 15, 2017, at a price of 106.25% of face value pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the notes, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $1.3 million, representing the call premium and write-off of the remaining unamortized deferred financing fees. The Company entered into the 2012 Agreement on March 6, 2012, which replaced the then-existing, remaining $874 million face value first lien term loan, maturing in December 2016, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $20.9 million in the first quarter of 2012 representing the write-off of the unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees associated with the original term loan.
(c)
Includes the item discussed in note (b) to the adjusted operating ratio table above.
(d)
As a result of the acquisition of Central, both Swift and Central incurred transaction related expenses, including financial advisory and other professional fees, related to the Acquisition.
We define adjusted EPS as (1) income (loss) before income taxes plus (i) amortization of the intangibles from our 2007 going private transaction, (ii) non-cash impairments, (iii) other special non-cash items, (iv) excludable transaction costs, (v) the mark-to-market adjustment on our interest rate swaps that is recognized in the consolidated statement of operations in a given period, and (vi) the amortization of previous losses recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income (“OCI”) related to interest rate swaps we terminated upon our IPO and refinancing transactions in December 2010; (2) reduced by income taxes; (3) divided by weighted average diluted shares outstanding. For all periods through 2012, we used a normalized tax rate of 39% in our adjusted EPS calculation due to the amortization of deferred tax assets related to our pre-IPO interest rate swap amortization and other items that we knew would cause fluctuations in our GAAP effective tax rate. Beginning in 2013, we began using our GAAP expected effective tax rate of 38.5% for our adjusted EPS calculation. We believe the presentation of financial results excluding the impact of the items noted above provides a consistent basis for comparing our results from period to period and to those of our peers due to the non-comparable nature of the intangibles from our going-private transaction, the historical volatility of the interest rate derivative agreements and the non-operating nature of the impairment charges, transaction costs and other adjustment items. A reconciliation of GAAP diluted earnings

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per share to adjusted EPS for each of the periods indicated is as follows (the numbers reflected in the below table are calculated on a per share basis and may not foot due to rounding):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.78

 
$
0.61

Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
 
0.18

 
0.11

 
0.48

 
0.24

Income before income taxes
 
0.39

 
0.35

 
1.25

 
0.85

Non-cash impairments (a)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
0.01

Loss on debt extinguishment (b)
 
—

 
—

 
0.04

 
0.16

Amortization of certain intangibles (c)
 
0.03

 
0.03

 
0.08

 
0.08

Amortization of unrealized losses on interest rate swaps (d)
 
—

 
—

 
—

 
0.04

Acceleration of non-cash equity compensation (e)
 
0.01

 
—

 
0.01

 
—

Excludable transaction costs (f)
 
0.03

 
—

 
0.03

 
—

Adjusted income before income taxes
 
0.47

 
0.38

 
1.42

 
1.14

Provision for income tax expense at effective rate
 
0.18

 
0.15

 
0.55

 
0.44

Adjusted EPS
 
$
0.29

 
$
0.23

 
$
0.87

 
$
0.70

(a)
Includes the item discussed in note (b) to the adjusted operating ratio table above.
(b)
Includes the items discussed in note (b) to the adjusted EBITDA table above.
(c)
Includes the items discussed in note (a) to the adjusted operating ratio table above.
(d)
Amortization of unrealized losses on interest rate swaps reflects the non-cash amortization expense of $0.4 million and $5.1 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, included in derivative interest expense in the consolidated statements of operations and is comprised of previous losses recorded in accumulated OCI related to the interest rate swaps we terminated upon our IPO and concurrent refinancing transactions in December 2010. Such losses were incurred in prior periods when hedge accounting applied to the swaps and are being expensed in relation to the hedged interest payments through the original maturity of the swaps in August 2012.
(e)
Includes the item discussed in note (c) to the adjusted operating ratio table above.
(f)
Includes the items discussed in note (d) to the adjusted EBITDA table above.
Overview
We are a multi-faceted transportation services company and have the largest fleet of truckload equipment in North America. As of September 30, 2013, we operate a tractor fleet of approximately 18,400 units comprised of 13,350 tractors driven by company drivers and 5,050 owner-operator tractors, a fleet of 57,500 trailers, and 8,700 intermodal containers from 35 major terminals positioned near major freight centers and traffic lanes in the United States and Mexico. We offer customers the opportunity for “one-stop shopping” for their truckload transportation needs through a broad spectrum of services and equipment. Our extensive suite of services includes general, dedicated, and cross-border U.S./Mexico truckload services through dry van, temperature-controlled, flatbed, and specialized trailers, in addition to rail intermodal and non-asset based freight brokerage and logistics management services, making it an attractive choice for a broad array of customers.
We principally operate in short-to-medium-haul traffic lanes around our terminals or dedicated customer locations. We concentrate on this length of haul because the majority of domestic truckload freight (as measured by revenue) moves in these lanes and our extensive terminal network affords us marketing, equipment control, supply chain, customer service, and driver retention advantages in local markets. Our relatively short average length of haul also helps reduce competition from railroads and trucking companies that lack a regional presence.
The table below reflects our key operating and financial metrics for the periods indicated.
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Total operating revenue
 
$
1,032,127

 
$
992,624

 
$
3,042,806

 
$
2,928,525

Revenue xFSR
 
$
833,381

 
$
798,165

 
$
2,448,079

 
$
2,343,260

Net income
 
$
29,953

 
$
33,656

 
$
110,124

 
$
85,403

Diluted earnings per share
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.78

 
$
0.61

Operating ratio
 
91.8
%
 
92.2
%
 
91.6
%
 
91.9
%
Adjusted operating ratio
 
89.3
%
 
89.8
%
 
89.1
%
 
89.4
%
Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
150,817

 
$
137,269

 
$
450,418

 
$
420,733

Adjusted EPS
 
$
0.29

 
$
0.23

 
$
0.87

 
$
0.70


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Revenue
We primarily generate revenue by transporting freight for our customers. Generally, we are paid a predetermined rate per mile for our services. We enhance our revenue by charging for fuel surcharges, stop-off pay, loading and unloading activities, tractor and trailer detention, and other ancillary services. The main factors that affect our revenue are the rate per mile we receive from our customers and the number of loaded miles we run.
Fuel surcharges are designed to compensate us for fuel costs above a certain cost per gallon base. Generally, we receive fuel surcharges on the miles for which we are compensated by customers. However, we continue to have exposure to increasing fuel costs related to deadhead miles, fuel inefficiency due to engine idle time, and other factors as well as the extent to which the surcharge paid by the customer is insufficient. The main factors that affect fuel surcharge revenue are the price of diesel fuel and the number of loaded miles. Although our surcharge programs vary by customer, we endeavor to negotiate an additional penny per mile charge for every five cent increase in the United States Department of Energy, or DOE, national average diesel fuel index over an agreed baseline price. In some instances, customers choose to incorporate the additional charge by splitting the impact between the basic rate per mile and the surcharge fee. In addition, we have moved much of our West Coast customer activity to a surcharge program that is indexed to the DOE’s West Coast average diesel fuel index as diesel fuel prices in the western United States generally are higher than the national average index. Our fuel surcharges are billed on a lagging basis, meaning we typically bill customers in the current week based on a previous week’s applicable index. Therefore, in times of increasing fuel prices, we do not recover as much as we are paying current day prices for fuel, but billing based on a lagging index. In periods of declining prices, the opposite is true.
Revenue in our non-reportable segment is generated by our non-asset based freight brokerage and logistics management service, tractor leasing revenue of Interstate Equipment Leasing (“IEL”), premium revenue generated by our captive insurance companies, and other revenue generated by our repair and maintenance shops. The main factors that affect the revenue in our non-reportable segment are demand for brokerage and logistics services and the number of owner-operators leasing equipment from us.
Expenses
The most significant expenses in our business vary with miles traveled and include fuel, driver-related expenses (such as wages and benefits) and services purchased from owner-operators and other transportation providers, such as the railroads, drayage providers, and other trucking companies (which are recorded on the “Purchased transportation” line of our consolidated statements of operations). Expenses that have both fixed and variable components include maintenance and tire expense and our total cost of insurance and claims. These expenses generally vary with the miles we travel, but also have a controllable component based on safety improvements, fleet age, efficiency, and other factors. Our main fixed costs are depreciation and lease expense of long-term assets, such as tractors, trailers, containers, and terminals, interest expense, and the compensation of non-driver personnel.
A significant portion of our expenses are either fully or partially variable based on the number of miles traveled, changes in weekly revenue per tractor, excluding fuel surcharge revenue (“weekly revenue xFSR per tractor”) caused by increases or decreases in deadhead miles percentage, rate per mile and loaded miles have varying effects on our profitability. In general, changes in deadhead miles percentage have the largest proportionate effect on profitability because we still bear all of the expenses for each deadhead mile but do not earn any revenue to offset those expenses. Changes in rate per mile have the next largest proportionate effect on profitability because incremental improvements in rate per mile are not offset by any additional expenses. Changes in loaded miles generally have a smaller effect on profitability because variable expenses increase or decrease with changes in miles. However, items such as driver and owner-operator satisfaction and network efficiency are affected by changes in mileage and have significant indirect effects on expenses.
In general, our miles per tractor per week, rate per mile, and deadhead miles percentage are affected by industry-wide freight volumes, industry-wide trucking capacity and the competitive environment, which factors are beyond our control, as well as by our service levels, planning, and discipline of our operations, over which we have significant control.
Results of Operations for the Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012
Factors Affecting Comparability between Periods
Three months ended September 30, 2013 results of operations
Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2013 was $30.0 million. Items during the 2013 period impacting comparability between the third quarter of 2013 and the corresponding 2012 period include the following:
•
$4.5 million reduction in interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the corresponding period in 2012 resulting from the replacement of our previous Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in the first quarter of 2013;
•
$4.3 million in merger and acquisition expense for financial advisory and other professional fees related to the Acquisition;
•
$0.5 million in loss on debt extinguishment resulting from certain outstanding Central debt paid in full and extinguished at the closing of the Acquisition; and
•
$0.9 million in one-time non-cash equity compensation charge incurred by Central for certain stock options that accelerated upon closing of the Acquisition.
Nine months ended September 30, 2013 results of operations
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $110.1 million. Items during the 2013 period impacting comparability between the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and the corresponding 2012 period include the following:
•
$17.8 million reduction in interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared to the corresponding period in 2012 resulting from the replacement of our previous Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in the first quarter of 2013 and our voluntary debt repayments;
•
$6.9 million gain on the sale of three properties classified as held for sale;
•
$4.3 million in merger and acquisition expense for financial advisory and other professional fees related to the Acquisition;

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•
$0.9 million in one-time non-cash equity compensation charge incurred by Central for certain stock options that accelerated upon closing of the Acquisition; and
•
$5.5 million loss on debt extinguishment resulting from the repayment of certain outstanding Central debt in full at closing of the Acquistion, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $0.5 million, and $5.0 million from the replacement of our previous Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in the first quarter of 2013.
Nine months ended September 30, 2012 results of operations
Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was $85.4 million. Items during the 2012 period impacting comparability between the first nine months of 2012 and the corresponding 2013 period include the following:
•
$22.2 million loss on debt extinguishment resulting from the call of its remaining $15.2 million face value 12.50% fixed rate notes due May 15, 2017 and the replacement of the first term loan;
•
$5.2 million gain relating to a contractual settlement with the City of Los Angeles recorded in Operating supplies and expenses;
•
$4.6 million benefit reflecting the deferred state tax benefit related to an internal corporate restructuring of our subsidiaries; and
•
$1.1 million pre-tax impairment charge for real property with a carrying value of $1.7 million written down to its estimated fair value of $0.6 million in the first quarter of 2012.
Results of Operations—Segment Review
We operate four reportable segments: Truckload, Dedicated, Central Refrigerated and Intermodal. The descriptions of the operations of these reportable segments are described in Note 16 in our consolidated financial statements. The following tables reconcile our operating revenues and operating income by reportable segment to our consolidated operating revenue and operating income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012.
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
 
Operating revenue:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Truckload
 
$
579,494

 
$
564,802

 
$
1,727,813

 
$
1,691,242

 
Dedicated
 
184,550

 
182,843

 
546,427

 
536,255

 
Central Refrigerated
 
136,484

 
121,990

 
393,094

 
359,213

 
Intermodal
 
89,759

 
86,063

 
251,459

 
236,228

 
Subtotal
 
990,287

 
955,698

 
2,918,793

 
2,822,938

 
Nonreportable segments
 
49,038

 
50,828

 
159,461

 
152,321

 
Intersegment eliminations
 
(7,198
)
 
(13,902
)
 
(35,448
)
 
(46,734
)
 
Consolidated operating revenue
 
$
1,032,127

 
$
992,624

 
$
3,042,806

 
$
2,928,525

 
Operating income (loss):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Truckload
 
$
58,053

 
$
53,818

 
$
165,070

 
$
168,366

 
Dedicated
 
20,508

 
17,082

 
63,725

 
50,104

 
Central Refrigerated
 
4,165

 
6,833

 
19,881

 
20,876

 
Intermodal
 
1,979

 
(2,505
)
(1 
) 
934

 
(6,409
)
(1) 
Subtotal
 
84,705

 
75,228

 
249,610

 
232,937

 
Nonreportable segments
 
(285
)
 
1,962

 
4,794

 
2,875

 
Consolidated operating income
 
$
84,420

 
$
77,190

 
$
254,404

 
$
235,812

 
(1)
During 2012, our Intermodal reportable segment incurred an increase in its insurance and claims expense primarily related to one claim associated with a drayage accident, which increased the Intermodal operating ratio by approximately 310 basis points and 250 basis points for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods of 2013.
The results and discussions that follow are reflective of how our chief operating decision makers monitor the performance of our reporting segments. We supplement the reporting of our financial information determined under generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) with certain non-GAAP financial measures. Additionally, we use a number of primary indicators to monitor our revenue and expense performance and efficiency. We believe that these adjusted measures provide meaningful information to assist investors and analysts in understanding our financial results and assessing our prospects for future performance. We believe these adjusted financial measures are important indicators of our recurring results of operations because they exclude items that may not be indicative of, or are unrelated to, our core operating results, and provide a better baseline for analyzing trends in our underlying businesses.
Our main measure of productivity for our Truckload and Dedicated reportable segments is weekly revenue xFSR per tractor. Weekly revenue xFSR per tractor is affected by our loaded miles, which only include the miles driven when hauling freight, the size of our fleet (because available loads may be spread over fewer or more tractors), and the rates received for our services. We strive to increase our revenue per tractor by improving

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freight rates with our customers and hauling more loads with our existing equipment, effectively moving freight within our network, keeping tractors maintained and recruiting and retaining drivers as well as owner-operators.
We also strive to reduce our number of deadhead miles within our Truckload segment. We measure our performance in this area by monitoring our deadhead miles percentage, which is calculated by dividing the number of unpaid miles by the total number of miles driven. By balancing our freight flows and planning consecutive loads with shorter distances between the drop-off and pick-up locations, we are able to reduce the percentage of deadhead miles driven to allow for more revenue-generating miles during our drivers’ hours-of-service. This also enables us to reduce costs associated with deadhead miles, such as wages and fuel.
For our reportable segments, average tractors available measures the average number of tractors we have available during the period for dispatch and includes tractors driven by company drivers as well as owner-operator units. This measure changes based on our ability to increase or decrease our fleet size to respond to changes in demand.
We consider our adjusted operating ratio to be an important measure of our operating profitability for each of our reportable segments. Operating ratio is operating expenses as a percentage of revenue, or the inverse of operating margin, and produces a quick indication of operating efficiency. It is widely used in our industry as an assessment of management’s effectiveness in controlling all categories of operating expenses. We net fuel surcharge revenue against fuel expense in the calculation of our adjusted operating ratio, therefore excluding fuel surcharge revenue from total revenue in the denominator. We exclude fuel surcharge revenue because fuel prices and fuel surcharge revenue are often volatile and changes in fuel surcharge revenue largely offset corresponding changes in our fuel expense. Eliminating the volatility (by netting fuel surcharge revenue against fuel expense) affords a more consistent basis for comparing our results of operations between periods. We also exclude impairments and other special or non-cash items in the calculation of our adjusted operating ratio because we believe this enhances the comparability of our performance between periods. Accordingly, we believe adjusted operating ratio is a better indicator of our core operating profitability than operating ratio and provides a better basis for comparing our results between periods and against others in our industry.
Within our Intermodal reportable segment, we monitor our load count and average container count. These metrics allow us to measure our utilization of our container fleet.
We monitor weekly revenue xFSR per tractor, deadhead miles percentage, average tractors available, load count and average container count on a daily basis, and we measure adjusted operating ratio on a monthly basis.
Truckload
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars and miles in thousands, except per tractor amounts)
Operating revenue
 
$
579,494

 
$
564,802

 
$
1,727,813

 
$
1,691,242

Operating income
 
$
58,053

 
$
53,818

 
$
165,070

 
$
168,366

Operating ratio
 
90.0
%
 
90.5
%
 
90.4
%
 
90.0
%
Adjusted operating ratio
 
87.4
%
 
88.0
%
 
88.0
%
 
87.4
%
Weekly revenue xFSR per tractor
 
$
3,212

 
$
3,174

 
$
3,222

 
$
3,124

Total loaded miles
 
267,607

 
266,328

 
804,287

 
797,783

Deadhead miles percentage
 
11.5
%
 
10.9
%
 
11.3
%
 
11.0
%
Average tractors available for dispatch:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company
 
7,552

 
7,327

 
7,593

 
7,536

Owner-Operator
 
3,355

 
3,399

 
3,311

 
3,368

Total
 
10,907

 
10,726

 
10,904

 
10,904

A reconciliation of our adjusted operating ratio for each of the periods indicated is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Total GAAP operating revenue
 
$
579,494

 
$
564,802

 
$
1,727,813

 
$
1,691,242

Less: Fuel surcharge revenue
 
119,088

 
117,344

 
357,571

 
358,269

Revenue xFSR
 
460,406

 
447,458

 
1,370,242

 
1,332,973

Total GAAP operating expense
 
521,441

 
510,984

 
1,562,743

 
1,522,876

Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel surcharge revenue
 
(119,088
)
 
(117,344
)
 
(357,571
)
 
(358,269
)
Adjusted operating expense
 
402,353

 
393,640

 
1,205,172

 
1,164,607

Adjusted operating income
 
$
58,053

 
$
53,818

 
$
165,070

 
$
168,366

Adjusted operating ratio
 
87.4
%
 
88.0
%
 
88.0
%
 
87.4
%


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Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, our Truckload segment operating revenue increased by $14.7 million, or 2.6%, compared with the same period in 2012. During the third quarter of 2013, Truckload revenue xFSR increased 2.9% as compared to the third quarter of 2012. This increase in revenue xFSR was driven by a 2.4% increase in our Truckload revenue xFSR per loaded mile and a 0.5% increase in loaded miles. Weekly revenue xFSR per tractor increased 1.2% to $3,212 primarily as a result of the 2.4% increase in our Truckload revenue xFSR per loaded mile noted above partially offset by a 1.2% decrease in loaded miles per tractor per week due to the new hours of service rules implemented at the beginning of the third quarter of 2013.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our Truckload revenue increased by $36.6 million, or 2.2%, compared with the same period in 2012. Additionally, our Truckload revenue xFSR increased 2.8% during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. Despite our average operational fleet remaining flat, this increase in Truckload revenue xFSR was primarily the result of 3.1% increase in our Truckload weekly revenue xFSR per tractor, which is a combination of revenue xFSR per loaded mile and loaded miles per truck per week (loaded utilization).
Operating income
Truckload operating income increased $4.2 million from the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013, resulting in our adjusted operating ratio improving 60 basis points to 87.4% during the three months ended September 30, 2013 from 88.0% during the three months ended September 30, 2012. This year over year improvement in adjusted operating ratio was driven primarily by an increase in revenue per loaded mile, improved fuel surcharge recovery and improved fuel efficiency. These improvements were partially offset by increased deadhead miles to reposition equipment to service overbooked markets, higher overall insurance costs, higher equipment maintenance costs and increased equipments costs due to higher costs of new equipment.
Truckload operating income decreased $3.3 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with the same period in 2012. This decrease in operating income resulted in our adjusted operating ratio increasing to 88.0% during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from 87.4% during the same period in 2012, which benefited from a $5.2 million favorable contract resolution with the Port of Los Angeles in the first quarter of 2012.
Dedicated
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except per tractor amounts)
Operating revenue
 
$
184,550

 
$
182,843

 
$
546,427

 
$
536,255

Operating income
 
$
20,508

 
$
17,082

 
$
63,725

 
$
50,104

Operating ratio
 
88.9
%
 
90.7
%
 
88.3
%
 
90.7
%
Adjusted operating ratio
 
86.3
%
 
88.6
%
 
85.6
%
 
88.6
%
Weekly revenue xFSR per tractor
 
$
3,326

 
$
3,336

 
$
3,369

 
$
3,354

Average tractors available for dispatch:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company
 
2,771

 
2,773

 
2,730

 
2,676

Owner-Operator
 
663

 
646

 
646

 
660

Total
 
3,434

 
3,419

 
3,376

 
3,335

A reconciliation of our adjusted operating ratio for each of the periods indicated is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Total GAAP operating revenue
 
$
184,550

 
$
182,843

 
$
546,427

 
$
536,255

Less: Fuel surcharge revenue
 
34,424

 
32,953

 
102,855

 
98,499

Revenue xFSR
 
150,126

 
149,890

 
443,572

 
437,756

Total GAAP operating expense
 
164,042

 
165,761

 
482,702

 
486,151

Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel surcharge revenue
 
(34,424
)
 
(32,953
)
 
(102,855
)
 
(98,499
)
Adjusted operating expenses
 
129,618

 
132,808

 
379,847

 
387,652

Adjusted operating income
 
$
20,508

 
$
17,082

 
$
63,725

 
$
50,104

Adjusted operating ratio
 
86.3
%
 
88.6
%
 
85.6
%
 
88.6
%


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Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, our Dedicated segment operating revenue and revenue xFSR were relatively flat as compared to the same period in 2012, increasing 0.9% and 0.2%, respectively. The consistency of our Dedicated operating revenue and revenue xFSR on a year over year basis reflected the addition of new customer accounts, which offset the termination of certain underperforming contracts.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our Dedicated segment operating revenue increased by $10.2 million, or 1.9% and our Dedicated revenue xFSR increased 1.3% compared with the corresponding period in 2012. For nine month periods ended 2013, the increase in revenue was primarily driven by growth with our existing customers and the addition of new customer accounts partially offset by the termination of a few underperforming customer contracts during the latter half of 2012 and the first nine months of 2013.
Operating income
Our Dedicated operating income increased to $20.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2013, compared to $17.1 million in the same period in 2012. Our Dedicated adjusted operating ratio improved 230 basis points to 86.3% for the three months ended September 30, 2013 from 88.6% in the same period in 2012, which was primarily due to the improvement in fuel surcharge recovery due to more stable fuel prices in third quarter of 2013 compared to the prior year and the termination of certain underperforming contracts in the second half of 2012.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our Dedicated operating income increased to $63.7 million from $50.1 million in the same period in 2012 and our Dedicated adjusted operating ratio improved 300 basis points to 85.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 from 88.6% in the same period in 2012. The improvement in adjusted operating ratio for nine month periods ended 2013 resulted from a change in business mix and improvement in our operational efficiencies.
Central Refrigerated
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars and miles in thousands, except per tractor amounts)
Operating revenue
 
$
136,484

 
$
121,990

 
$
393,094

 
359,213

Operating income
 
$
4,165

 
$
6,833

 
$
19,881

 
20,876

Operating ratio
 
96.9
%
 
94.4
%
 
94.9
%
 
94.2
%
Adjusted operating ratio
 
95.4
%
 
92.9
%
 
93.4
%
 
92.6
%
Weekly revenue xFSR per tractor
 
$
3,471

 
$
3,327

 
3,371

 
3,329

Total loaded miles
 
48,291

 
46,619

 
145,112

 
139,864

Deadhead miles percentage
 
13.6
%
 
12.6
%
 
12.9
%
 
12.4
%
Average tractors available for dispatch:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company
 
1,053

 
961

 
1,053

 
968

Owner-Operator
 
964

 
885

 
939

 
857

Total
 
2,017

 
1,846

 
1,992

 
1,825

A reconciliation of our adjusted operating ratio for each of the periods indicated is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Total GAAP operating revenue
 
136,484

 
121,990

 
393,094

 
359,213

Less: Fuel surcharge revenue
 
25,698

 
25,721

 
78,670

 
77,796

Revenue xFSR
 
110,786

 
96,269

 
314,424

 
281,417

Total GAAP operating expense
 
132,319

 
115,157

 
373,213

 
338,337

Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel surcharge revenue
 
(25,698
)
 
(25,721
)
 
(78,670
)
 
(77,796
)
Acceleration of non-cash equity compensation
 
(887
)
 
—

 
(887
)
 
—

Adjusted operating expenses
 
105,734

 
89,436

 
293,656

 
260,541

Adjusted operating income
 
5,052

 
6,833

 
20,768

 
20,876

Adjusted operating ratio
 
95.4
%
 
92.9
%
 
93.4
%
 
92.6
%

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Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, our Central Refrigerated segment operating revenue increased by $14.5 million, or 11.9%, compared with the same period in 2012. During the third quarter of 2013, Central Refrigerated revenue xFSR increased 15.1%, as compared to the third quarter of 2012. This increase in revenue xFSR was primarily due to growth in volume and pricing with our existing customers and the addition of several new customers including a significant new dedicated customer added during the second quarter of 2013. This dedicated business has a much lower average length of haul, higher deadhead and much higher revenue xFSR per loaded mile. This new business combined with the other revenue growth resulted in our weekly revenue xFSR per tractor improving 4.3% during the third quarter of 2013 as compared to the third quarter of 2012.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our Central Refrigerated revenue increased by $33.9 million, or 9.4%, compared with the same period in 2012. Our revenue xFSR increased 11.7% during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, as compared to the same period in 2012. This increase in revenue xFSR was driven by growth in volume and pricing with our existing customers and the addition of several new customers including a significant new dedicated customer added during the second quarter of 2013.
Operating income
Our Central Refrigerated segment operating income decreased $2.7 million from the third quarter of 2012 to the third quarter of 2013. This decrease in operating income caused our adjusted operating ratio to increase to 95.4% during the three months ended September 30, 2013 compared with 92.9% in the same period in 2012. The 250 basis point increase in adjusted operating ratio over the third quarter of 2012 was driven primarily by dedicated start up costs for new dedicated customers, higher group health expenses and higher insurance costs.
Our Central Refrigerated segment operating income decreased $1.0 million from the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared with the same period in 2012. This decrease in operating income caused our adjusted operating ratio to increase to 93.4% during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 compared with 92.6% in the same period in 2012. The year over year increase was driven primarily by an increase in our deadhead percentage and start up costs for new dedicated customers as well as higher group health expenses and higher insurance costs.
Intermodal
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands, except per tractor amounts)
 
Operating revenue
 
$
89,759

 
$
86,063

 
$
251,459

 
$
236,228

 
Operating income (loss)
 
$
1,979

 
$
(2,505
)
(1) 
$
934

 
$
(6,409
)
(1) 
Operating ratio
 
97.8
%
 
102.9
%
(1) 
99.6
%
 
102.7
%
(1) 
Adjusted operating ratio
 
97.2
%
 
103.7
%
(1) 
99.5
%
 
103.4
%
(1) 
Average tractors available for dispatch:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company
 
288

 
276

 
273

 
277

 
Owner-Operator
 
48

 
1

 
32

 
—

 
Total
 
336

 
277

 
305

 
277

 
Load count
 
39,392

 
37,878

 
109,999

 
104,282

 
Average container count
 
8,717

 
7,403

 
8,717

 
6,736

 
(1)
During 2012, our Intermodal reportable segment incurred an increase in its insurance and claims expense primarily related to one claim associated with a drayage accident, which increased the Intermodal operating ratio by approximately 310 basis points and 250 basis points and increased the Intermodal adjusted operating ratio by approximately 390 basis points and 310 basis points for three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, respectively, as compared to corresponding period in 2013.

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A reconciliation of our adjusted operating ratio for each of the periods indicated is as follows:
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Total GAAP operating revenue
 
$
89,759

 
$
86,063

 
$
251,459

 
$
236,228

Less: Fuel surcharge revenue
 
18,523

 
18,139

 
52,788

 
49,884

Revenue xFSR
 
71,236

 
67,924

 
198,671

 
186,344

Total GAAP operating expense
 
87,780

 
88,568

 
250,525

 
242,637

Adjusted for:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Fuel surcharge revenue
 
(18,523
)
 
(18,139
)
 
(52,788
)
 
(49,884
)
Adjusted operating expenses
 
69,257

 
70,429

 
197,737

 
192,753

Adjusted operating income (loss)
 
$
1,979

 
$
(2,505
)
 
$
934

 
$
(6,409
)
Adjusted operating ratio
 
97.2
%
 
103.7
%
 
99.5
%
 
103.4
%
Revenue
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, our Intermodal operating revenue increased $3.7 million, or 4.3%, compared to the same period in 2012. During the third quarter of 2013, our Intermodal revenue xFSR grew 4.9% over the same period of 2012. This increase in revenue xFSR was driven by a 0.8% increase in revenue xFSR per load and a 10.6% increase in container on flat car ("COFC") loads partially offset by a 37.8% reduction in trailer on flat car ("TOFC") loads.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, our Intermodal operating revenue increased $15.2 million, or 6.4%, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2012. During the first nine months of 2013, our Intermodal revenue xFSR grew 6.6% over the same period of 2012. This increase in revenue xFSR was driven by a 5.5% increase in the number of loads hauled and a 1.1% increase in revenue xFSR per load. Loads in our COFC business grew 14.3% and our COFC revenue xFSR per load grew 2.5%. This growth in COFC was partially offset by a 48.0% reduction in TOFC loads.
Operating income (loss)
Our Intermodal operating income (loss) improved from a loss of $2.5 million in the third quarter of 2012 to income $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2013. Correspondingly, our Intermodal adjusted operating ratio improved to 97.2% during the three months ended September 30, 2013 from 103.7% in the same period in 2012 due primarily to lower insurance costs in the third quarter of 2013 versus the prior year, increased revenue xFSR per load, and improved utilization of our equipment. Our Intermodal segment had higher insurance costs in the third quarter of 2012 primarily due to one significant dray accident in 2012. This increased the Intermodal operating ratio by 310 basis points and adjusted operating ratio by 390 basis points compare to the third quarter of 2013. These improvements were partially offset by increased equipment costs resulting from the larger container fleet and related chassis expenses as compared to the third quarter of 2012.
Our Intermodal operating income (loss) improved from a loss of $6.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to income of $1.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Correspondingly, our Intermodal adjusted operating ratio improved to 99.5% during the first nine months of 2013 from 103.4% in the same period in 2012. This improvement was primarily due to one claim associated with a dray truck accident in the first quarter of 2012. This claim increased the Intermodal operating ratio by approximately 250 basis points, and increased the Intermodal adjusted operating ratio by approximately 310 basis points for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 as compared to the corresponding period in 2013. The reduction of our adjusted operating ratio associated with improved insurance and claims expense, increases in our revenue xFSR per load and improved dray efficiencies in the first nine months of 2013 were partially offset by higher expenses resulting from the larger container fleet and related chassis expense compared to the corresponding period in 2012.
Other non-reportable segments
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Operating revenue
 
$
49,038

 
$
50,828

 
$
159,461

 
$
152,321

Operating income
 
$
(285
)
 
$
1,962

 
$
4,794

 
$
2,875

Revenue
Our other non-reportable segment revenue is generated primarily by our logistics and brokerage services and revenue generated by our subsidiaries offering support services to customers and owner-operators, including shop repair and maintenance services, equipment leasing, and insurance. The main factors that impact our other non-reportable segment revenue are the demand for our brokerage and logistics services and the number of owner-operators leasing equipment and purchasing insurance coverage from us.
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, combined revenue from these services decreased and increased 3.5% and 4.7%,

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respectively, compared to the corresponding periods in 2012. The decreases for the third quarter were driven primarily by a decrease in the number of wholesale loads brokered to balance our Truckload segment network, partially offset by an increase in revenue from services provided to owner-operators. The increase for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was driven primarily by an increase in brokerage revenue and services provided to owner-operators compared to the same periods in 2012.
Consolidated Operating Expense
Salaries, Wages and Employee Benefits
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Salaries, wages and employee benefits
 
$
220,156

 
$
218,607

 
$
670,493

 
$
655,300

% of revenue xFSR
 
26.4
%
 
27.4
%
 
27.4
%
 
28.0
%
% of operating revenue
 
21.3
%
 
22.0
%
 
22.0
%
 
22.4
%
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, salaries, wages, and employee benefits increased by $1.5 million, or 0.7%, compared with the same period in 2012. The dollar increase was primarily a result of an increase in miles driven by company drivers and growth in our non-driver administrative staff to support our growing business, partially offset by a reduction in group health insurance.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, salaries, wages, and employee benefits increased by $15.2 million, or 2.3%, compared with the same period in 2012. The dollar increase was primarily a result of increases in the driver pay implemented in the third quarter of 2012, growth in our non-driver administrative staff to support our growing business, and an increase in miles driven by company drivers. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, salaries, wages, and employee benefits decreased 60 basis points from the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as a result of an increase in our average Truckload revenue xFSR per loaded mile.
The compensation paid to our drivers and other employees increased and may increase further in future periods as the economy strengthens and other employment alternatives become more available. Furthermore, because we believe that the market for drivers has tightened, we expect hiring expenses, including recruiting and advertising, to increase in order to attract sufficient numbers of qualified drivers to operate our fleet.
Operating Supplies and Expenses
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Operating supplies and expenses
 
$
85,204

 
$
75,337

 
$
236,267

 
$
215,777

% of revenue xFSR
 
10.2
%
 
9.4
%
 
9.7
%
 
9.2
%
% of operating revenue
 
8.3
%
 
7.6
%
 
7.8
%
 
7.4
%
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, operating supplies and expenses increased by $9.9 million, or 13.1%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, operating supplies and expenses increased to 10.2% compared with 9.4% for the 2012 period. The increase was primarily due to increases in equipment maintenance primarily associated with tire, trailers and increased services to owner-operators.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, operating supplies and expenses increased by $20.5 million, or 9.5%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, operating supplies and expenses increased to 9.7% compared with 9.2% for the 2012 period. This increase was primarily the result of increases in equipment maintenance, tolls, hiring expenses, and uncollectible revenue which was driven by the bankruptcies of two customers in the second quarter of 2013. Additionally, in the first quarter of 2012, we recognized a $5.2 million benefit from the favorable contract resolution with the Port of Los Angeles, which was recorded as a reduction of operating supplies and expenses.
Because we believe that the market for drivers has tightened, hiring expenses, including recruiting and advertising, which are included in operating supplies and expenses, have increased and we expect this will continue to increase in order to attract sufficient numbers of qualified drivers to operate our fleet.






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Fuel Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Fuel expense
 
$
160,561

 
$
168,956

 
$
489,563

 
$
500,589

% of operating revenue
 
15.6
%
 
17.0
%
 
16.1
%
 
17.1
%
To measure the effectiveness of our fuel surcharge program, we subtract fuel surcharge revenue (other than the fuel surcharge revenue we reimburse to owner-operators, the railroads, and other third parties which is included in purchased transportation) from our fuel expense. The result is referred to as net fuel expense. Our net fuel expense as a percentage of revenue xFSR is affected by the cost of diesel fuel net of surcharge collection, the percentage of miles driven by company trucks, our fuel economy, and our percentage of deadhead miles, for which we do not receive fuel surcharge revenues. Net fuel expense as a percentage of revenue xFSR is shown below:
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Total fuel surcharge revenue
 
$
198,746

 
$
194,459

 
$
594,727

 
$
585,265

Less: Fuel surcharge revenue reimbursed to owner-operators and other third parties
 
85,518

 
84,215

 
250,355

 
247,372

Company fuel surcharge revenue
 
$
113,228

 
$
110,244

 
$
344,372

 
$
337,893

Total fuel expense
 
$
160,561

 
$
168,956

 
$
489,563

 
$
500,589

Less: Company fuel surcharge revenue
 
113,228

 
110,244

 
344,372

 
337,893

Net fuel expense
 
$
47,333

 
$
58,712

 
$
145,191

 
$
162,696

% of revenue xFSR
 
5.7
%
 
7.4
%
 
5.9
%
 
6.9
%
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, net fuel expense decreased $11.4 million, or 19.4%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, net fuel expense decreased to 5.7% during the third quarter of 2013 compared with 7.4% in the 2012 period. As previously disclosed, our fuel surcharges are billed on a lagging basis, meaning we typically bill customers in the current week based on a previous week's applicable index. Therefore, in times of increasing fuel prices, we do not recover as much as we are currently paying for fuel. In periods of declining prices, the opposite is true. During the third quarter of 2013, fuel prices, based on the Average D.O.E. Diesel Fuel Index, increased 2.4% from $3.828 to $3.919 whereas during the third quarter of 2012, fuel prices increased 12.0% from $3.648 to $4.086.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, net fuel expense decreased $17.5 million, or 10.8%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, net fuel expense decreased 100 basis points when compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2012. The average fuel price was relatively flat during the first nine months of 2013 increasing slightly by 0.2% as compared to the 8.0% increase in the Average D.O.E. Diesel Fuel Index, which increased from $3.783 to $4.086 during the first nine months of 2012. As described above, the lag effect associated with fuel surcharges in periods of stable prices enabled better fuel recovery in 2013 compared to 2012.
Purchased Transportation
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Purchased transportation expense
 
$
318,321

 
$
306,028

 
$
918,594

 
$
881,414

% of operating revenue
 
30.8
%
 
30.8
%
 
30.2
%
 
30.1
%
Purchased transportation expense includes payments made to owner-operators, rail partners and other third parties for their services. Because we reimburse owner-operators and other third parties for fuel, we subtract fuel surcharge revenue reimbursed to third parties from our purchased transportation expense. The result, referred to as purchased transportation, net of fuel surcharge reimbursements, is evaluated as a percentage of revenue xFSR, as shown below: 

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Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Purchased transportation
 
$
318,321

 
$
306,028

 
$
918,594

 
$
881,414

Less: Fuel surcharge revenue reimbursed to owner-operators and other third parties
 
85,518

 
84,215

 
250,355

 
247,372

Purchased transportation, net of fuel surcharge reimbursement
 
$
232,803

 
$
221,813

 
$
668,239

 
$
634,042

% of revenue xFSR
 
27.9
%
 
27.8
%
 
27.3
%
 
27.1
%
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, purchased transportation, net of fuel surcharge reimbursement, increased $11.0 million, or 5.0%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, purchased transportation, net of fuel surcharge reimbursement, remained flat. The dollar increase was due primarily to increased Intermodal volumes and the increase in miles driven by owner-operators.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, purchased transportation, net of fuel surcharge reimbursement, increased $34.2 million, or 5.4% compared with the same period in 2012. The increase in expense is primarily the result of an increase in Intermodal volumes.
Insurance and Claims
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Insurance and claims
 
$
35,110

 
$
29,475

 
$
100,245

 
$
92,992

% of revenue xFSR
 
4.2
%
 
3.7
%
 
4.1
%
 
4.0
%
% of operating revenue
 
3.4
%
 
3.0
%
 
3.3
%
 
3.2
%
For the three months ended September 30, 2013, insurance and claims expense increased by $5.6 million, or 19.1%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, insurance and claims increased to 4.2% compared with 3.7% in the 2012 period. The increase is primarily due to the increase in reserves associated with unfavorable developments of our prior year loss layers based on new information received on these claims during the current period.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, insurance and claims expense increased $7.3 million, or 7.8%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, insurance and claims remained relatively flat at 4.1%, compared with 4.0% for the same period in 2012. The increase is primarily due to the increase in reserves associated with unfavorable developments of our prior year loss layers based on new information received on these claims during the current period.
Rental Expense and Depreciation and Amortization of Property and Equipment
Because the mix of our leased versus owned tractors varies, we believe it is appropriate to combine our rental expense with our depreciation and amortization of property and equipment when comparing results from period to period for analysis purposes.
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Rental expense
 
$
46,262

 
$
39,168

 
$
129,881

 
$
108,772

Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
58,254

—

53,994

—

170,004

—

164,354

Rental expense and depreciation and amortization of property and equipment
 
$
104,516

 
$
93,162

 
$
299,885

 
$
273,126

% of revenue xFSR
 
12.5
%
 
11.7
%
 
12.2
%
 
11.7
%
% of operating revenue
 
10.1
%
 
9.4
%
 
9.9
%
 
9.3
%

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Rental expense and depreciation and amortization of property and equipment were primarily driven by our fleet of tractors and trailers shown below:
 
 
As of
 
 
September 30,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
September 30,
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
Tractors:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Company
 
 
 
 
 
 
Owned
 
6,609

 
5,504

 
5,657

Leased — capital leases
 
2,143

 
2,658

 
2,741

Leased — operating leases
 
4,589

 
4,139

 
4,174

Total company tractors
 
13,341

 
12,301

 
12,572

Owner-operator
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financed through the Company
 
4,144

 
3,885

 
3,916

Other
 
896

 
960

 
1,038

Total owner-operator tractors
 
5,040

 
4,845

 
4,954

Total tractors
 
18,381

 
17,146

 
17,526

Trailers
 
57,467

 
55,947

 
55,091

Containers
 
8,717

 
8,717

 
8,290

For the three months ended September 30, 2013, rental expense and depreciation and amortization of property and equipment increased by $11.4 million, or 12.2%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, such expenses increased to 12.5% compared with 11.7% for same period in 2012. The increase was primarily due to the rising cost of new equipment, the growth in the number of tractors, trailers and intermodal containers in the third quarter of 2013 as compared to the third quarter of 2012, and a higher percentage of leased assets, which drives rent expense higher due to the inclusion of financing costs.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, rental expense and depreciation and amortization of property and equipment increased by $26.8 million, or 9.8%, compared with the same period in 2012. As a percentage of revenue xFSR, such expenses increased to 12.2% compared with 11.7% for the 2012 period. This increase was primarily due to the rising costs of new equipment and growth in the fleet.
Amortization of Intangibles
Amortization of intangibles consists primarily of amortization of $261.2 million gross carrying value of definite-lived intangible assets recognized under purchase accounting in connection with our 2007 going private transaction.
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Amortization of intangibles
 
$
4,204

 
$
4,203

 
$
12,611

 
$
12,721

Amortization of intangibles for the three months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is comprised of $3.9 million in each period related to intangible assets recognized in conjunction with the 2007 going private transaction and $0.3 million in each period related to previous intangible assets from smaller acquisitions by Swift Transportation Co. prior to the going private transaction. Amortization of intangibles for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012 is comprised of $11.7 million and $11.8 million, respectively, related to intangible assets recognized in conjunction with the 2007 going private transaction and $0.9 million in each period related to previous intangible assets from smaller acquisitions by Swift Transportation Co. prior to the going private transaction.
Impairments
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Impairments
 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
—

 
$
1,065

In the first quarter of 2012, real property with a carrying amount of $1.7 million was written down to its estimated fair value of $0.6 million, resulting in a pre-tax impairment charge of $1.1 million.

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Gain on disposal of property and equipment
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Gain on disposal of property and equipment
 
$
(5,619
)
 
$
(4,343
)
 
$
(13,610
)
 
$
(13,887
)
Gain on disposal of property and equipment increased to $5.6 million in the third quarter of 2013, compared to $4.3 million in the third quarter of 2012, primarily due to an increase in the number of trucks sold in the open market rather than returned to the original manufacturer per our trade agreements and the amount of trailer equipment disposed of during the quarter.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, gain on disposal of property and equipment decreased $0.3 million, compared with the same period in 2012. The decrease was due to the reduction of equipment disposed of during the first quarter of 2013.
Interest Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Interest expense
 
$
24,595

 
$
29,102

 
$
75,719

 
$
93,530

Interest expense for the three months ended September 30, 2013 is primarily based on the end of period debt balances as of September 30, 2013 of $238.0 million and $410.0 million carrying value of the first lien term loan B-1 tranche and B-2 tranche, respectively, $493.5 million net carrying value of senior second priority secured notes, $260.0 million of our accounts receivable securitization obligation, and $193.0 million present value of capital lease obligations.
Interest expense decreased for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the prior year periods primarily due to our various voluntary prepayments of debt made from September 30, 2012 to September 30, 2013 and the refinancing of our term loan facilities completed in March of 2013 and March of 2012. On March 6, 2012, we entered into the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “2012 Agreement”) that replaced the then-existing $874.0 million face value first lien term loan, which accrued interest at LIBOR plus 4.50%, including a minimum LIBOR rate of 1.50% with a $200.0 million face value first lien loan B-1 tranche, which accrued interest at LIBOR plus 3.75% with no minimum LIBOR rate, and a $674.0 million face value first lien loan B-2 tranche, which accrued interest at LIBOR plus 3.75%, including a minimum LIBOR rate of 1.25%. On March 7, 2013, we entered into the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “2013 Agreement”). The 2013 Agreement replaced the then-existing first lien term loan B-1 and B-2 tranches under the 2012 Agreement with outstanding principal balances of $152.0 million and $508.0 million, respectively, with new first lien term loan B-1 and B-2 tranches with face values of $250.0 million and $410.0 million, respectively. In addition, the 2013 Agreement reduced the interest rates applicable to the first lien term loan B-1 tranche to LIBOR plus 2.75% with no minimum LIBOR rate and the first lien term loan B-2 tranche to LIBOR plus 3.00% with a minimum LIBOR rate of 1.00%.
Derivative Interest Expense
In April 2011, in connection with our new senior secured credit facility, we entered into two forward-starting interest rate swap agreements with a total notional amount of $350.0 million. These interest rate swaps became effective in January 2013, mature in July 2015, and had been designated and qualified as cash flow hedges. As such, the effective portion of the changes in fair value of these designated swaps was recorded in accumulated OCI and is thereafter recognized to derivative interest expense as the interest on the hedged debt affects earnings, which hedged interest accruals started in January of 2013. Any ineffective portions of the changes in the fair value of designated interest rate swaps was recognized directly to earnings as derivative interest expense.
As noted above, on March 7, 2013, we entered into the 2013 Agreement replacing our 2012 Agreement. Due to the incorporation of a new interest rate floor provision in the 2013 Agreement, we concluded as of February 28, 2013, the outstanding interest rate swaps were no longer highly effective in achieving offsetting changes in cash flows related to the hedged interest payments. As a result, we de-designated the hedges as of February 28, 2013 (“de-designation date”). Beginning on March 1, 2013, the effective portion of the interest rate swaps prior to the change (i.e., amounts previously recorded in accumulated OCI) have been and will continue to be amortized as derivative interest expense over the period of the originally designated hedged interest payments through July 2015. Following the de-designation date, changes in fair value of the interest rate swaps are immediately recognized in the consolidated statements of operations as derivative interest expense.
The following is a summary of our derivative interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012:

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Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Derivative interest expense
 
$
1,465

 
$
448

 
$
2,559

 
$
5,101

Derivative interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013 represents mark-to-market adjustments and settlement payments related to our interest rate swaps, which were de-designated as of February 28, 2013. Derivative interest expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 is related to the swaps we terminated in December 2010 in conjunction with our IPO and refinancing transactions and represents the previous losses recorded in accumulated OCI that are amortized to derivative interest expense over the original term of the swaps, which had a maturity of August 2012.
Merger and Acquisition Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Merger and acquisition expense
 
4,331

 
—

 
4,331

 
—

As a result of the acquisition of Central, both Swift and Central incurred certain transactional related expenses, including financial advisory and other professional fees, related to the acquisition totaling $4.3 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Loss on Debt Extinguishment
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Loss on debt extinguishment
 
$
496

 
$
—

 
$
5,540

 
$
22,219

In association with the acquisition of Central on August 6, 2013, certain outstanding Central debt was paid in full and extinguished, resulting in a loss of debt extinguishment of $0.5 million, representing the write-off of the remaining unamortized deferred financing fees. As noted above, on March 7, 2013, we entered into the 2013 Agreement replacing the 2012 Agreement. The 2013 Agreement replaced the then-existing first lien term loan B-1 and B-2 tranches under the 2012 Agreement. The replacement of the 2012 Agreement resulted in a loss on debt extinguishment of $5.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, representing the write-off of the unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees associated with the 2012 Agreement. On May 21, 2012, the Company completed the call of its remaining $15.2 million face value 12.50% fixed rate notes due May 15, 2017, at a price of 106.25% of face value pursuant to the terms of the indenture governing the notes, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $1.3 million, representing the call premium and write-off of the remaining unamortized deferred financing fees. Also, in the first quarter of 2012, we entered into the 2012 Agreement, which replaced the then-existing, remaining $874.0 million face value first lien term loan, resulting in a loss on debt extinguishment of $20.9 million, representing the write-off of the unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing fees associated with the original term loan.
Gain on Sale of Real Property
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Gain on sale of real property
 
$
(798
)
 
$
—

 
$
(6,876
)
 
$
—

During the third quarter of 2013, we disposed of a non-operating property in Phoenix, AZ, resulting in a gain of $0.8 million and in the third quarter of 2013, we disposed of two non-operating properties in Wilmington, CA and Phoenix, AZ, resulting in a gain of $6.1 million.
Income Tax Expense
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Income tax expense
 
$
26,156

 
$
15,086

 
$
67,806

 
$
33,573


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The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2013 is 46.6%, which is 8.1 percentage points higher than expected due to Central acquisition related costs and deferred taxes for Central's conversion to a C-Corporation from an S-Corporation prior to the Acquisition as well as fixed asset basis differences and state taxes, which are all discrete items in the third quarter. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was 38.1%, which was 0.4 percentage points lower than expected primarily due to Central's pre-affiliated earnings that are taxed as an S-Corporation and offset the acquisition related costs and deferred tax items mentioned above. Excluding the impact of discrete items in the first three quarters, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 would have been 38.5%.
The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2012 was 31%, which is 8 percentage points lower than expected primarily due to the tax benefit related to additional employment tax credits realized on our 2011 tax return and Central's pre-affiliated earnings that are taxed as an S-Corporation. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 was 28.2%, which was 10.8 percentage points lower than the expected effective tax rate primarily due to Central's pre-affiliated earnings that are taxed as an S-Corporation, deferred state tax benefit related to an internal corporate restructuring of our subsidiaries in January of 2012 as well as the tax benefit related to additional employment tax credits realized on our 2011 tax return. Excluding the impact of discrete items in the first three quarters, the effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 would have been 38.5%.
The Company recognizes potential accrued interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as a component of income tax expense. Accrued interest and penalties as of September 30, 2013 were approximately $1.5 million. To the extent interest and penalties are not assessed with respect to uncertain tax positions, amounts accrued will be reduced and reflected as a reduction of the overall income tax provision. The Company anticipates that the total amount of unrecognized tax benefits may decrease by approximately $0.8 million during the next twelve months, which should not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash Flow
Our summary statements of cash flows information for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 and 2012, is set forth in the table below:
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
355,863

 
$
284,582

Net cash used in investing activities
 
$
(275,634
)
 
$
(108,686
)
Net cash used in financing activities
 
$
(82,396
)
 
$
(214,659
)
The $71.3 million increase in net cash provided by operating activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared to the same period in 2012, was primarily the result of $18.6 million increase in operating income, a $13.2 million reduction in cash paid for interest and income taxes, a $22.6 million improvement in the net cash flows provided by changes in accounts receivable as a result of increased collections, and a $6.7 million improvement in the net cash flows provided by change in accounts payable, accrued and other liabilities primarily as a result of timing differences during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period of 2012.
Our net cash used in investing activities increased $166.9 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. This increase was primarily related to the acquisition of Central, net of debt repayments of $147.8 million and the $46.5 million increase in our net cash capital expenditures, which equals our gross capital expenditures less proceeds received from sale of property and equipment, offset by the $36.0 million increase in payments received on assets held for sale during the first nine months of 2013 as compared to the first nine months of 2012.
Cash used in financing activities decreased by $132.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012. This decrease in cash used in financing activities was primarily related to the proceeds we received from the $85.0 million in borrowings under our revolving credit agreement and from the $100.0 million in advances under our accounts receivable securitization agreement on August 6, 2013 to primarily fund the cash consideration paid for the acquisition of Central. As of September 30, 2013, we had repaid $23.0 million and $5.0 million of these amounts borrowed under the revolving credit agreement and the accounts receivable securitization, respectively. Additionally, during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we repaid $199.5 million in long-term debt and capital leases, including voluntary repayments of our debt and the repayment of certain Central debt at the closing of the Acquisition compared to repayments of $233.4 million in long-term debt and capital leases during the nine months ended September 30, 2012. In addition, we received $10.4 million in proceeds from the exercise of stock options and issuance of shares under our employee stock purchase plan during the first nine months of 2013. The changes in the cash flows from financing activities noted above were offset by our $39.0 million net repayments of our accounts receivable securitization, excluding the impact of the amounts borrowed associated with the Acquisition, during the first nine months of 2013 compared to net borrowings of $24.0 million under our accounts receivable securitization during the first nine months of 2012.
Sources
As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had the following sources of liquidity available to us:

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September 30,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(Unaudited)
(Dollars in thousands)
Cash and cash equivalents, excluding restricted cash
 
$
51,429

 
$
53,596

Availability under revolving line of credit due September 2016
 
219,165

 
240,932

Availability under 2013 RSA and 2011 RSA, respectively
 
44,800

 
64,600

Central Refrigerated availability under revolving line of credit due November 2013
 
$
—

 
$
25,900

Total unrestricted liquidity
 
$
315,394

 
$
385,028

Restricted cash
 
50,376

 
51,678

Restricted investments, held to maturity, amortized cost
 
24,175

 
22,275

Total liquidity, including restricted cash and investments
 
$
389,945

 
$
458,981

As of September 30, 2013, we borrowed $62.0 million on our $400.0 million revolving line of credit, and there were $118.8 million in letters of credit outstanding under this facility, leaving $219.2 million available. In addition, we had borrowed $260.0 million against a total borrowing base of $304.8 million of eligible receivables from our accounts receivable facility, leaving $44.8 million available as of September 30, 2013. The availability on these two facilities combined with our cash and cash equivalents provides a total of unrestricted liquidity of $315.4 million as of September 30, 2013 compared to $385.0 million as of December 31, 2012.
Uses
Our business requires substantial amounts of cash to cover operating expenses as well as to fund items such as cash capital expenditures, other assets, working capital changes, principal and interest payments on our obligations and tax payments.
We make substantial net capital expenditures to maintain a modern company tractor fleet, refresh our trailer fleet, and potentially fund growth in our revenue equipment fleet if justified by customer demand and our ability to fund the equipment and generate acceptable returns. As of September 30, 2013, we expect our net cash capital expenditures to be in the range of approximately $64.0 million to $89.0 million for the remainder of 2013. In addition, we believe we have ample flexibility with our trade cycle and purchase agreements to alter our current plans if economic or other conditions warrant. Beyond 2013, we expect our net capital expenditures to remain substantial.
As of September 30, 2013, we had $133.7 million of purchase commitments outstanding to acquire replacement tractors through the rest of 2013 and 2014. We generally have the option to cancel tractor purchase orders with 60 to 90 day notice prior to scheduled production, although the notice date has lapsed for approximately 91% of the commitments remaining as of September 30, 2013. In addition, we had trailer purchase commitments outstanding at September 30, 2013 for $13.9 million through the rest of 2013. These purchases are expected to be financed by a combination of operating leases, capital leases, debt, proceeds from sales of existing equipment and cash flows from operations.
As of September 30, 2013, we did not have outstanding purchase commitments for intermodal containers, fuel, facilities, or non-revenue equipment. Factors such as costs and opportunities for future terminal expansions may change the amount of such expenditures.
As of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, we had a working capital surplus of $295.2 million and $358.6 million, respectively. The decrease was primarily related to the sale of assets held for sale during the current year and use of cash on hand to voluntarily repay $86.5 million of the non-current portion of our B-1 and B-2 tranches of first lien term loans.
Financing
We believe we can finance our expected cash needs, including debt repayment, in the short-term with cash flows from operations, borrowings available under our revolving line of credit, borrowings under our 2013 RSA, and lease financing believed to be available for at least the next twelve months. Over the long-term, we will continue to have significant capital requirements, which may require us to seek additional borrowings, lease financing, or equity capital. The availability of financing or equity capital will depend upon our financial condition and results of operations as well as prevailing market conditions. If such additional borrowings, lease financing, or equity capital is not available at the time we need to incur such indebtedness, then we may be required to utilize the revolving portion of our senior secured credit facility (if not then fully drawn), extend the maturity of then-outstanding indebtedness, rely on alternative financing arrangements, or engage in asset sales.
As of September 30, 2013, we had the following material debt agreements:
•
senior secured credit facility consisting of a term loan B-1 tranche due December 2016 and term loan B-2 tranche due December 2017, and a revolving line of credit due September 2016;
•
senior second priority secured notes due November 2018;
•
2013 RSA due July 2016; and
•
other secured indebtedness and capital lease agreements.
The amounts outstanding under such agreements and other debt instruments as of September 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 were as follows:

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September 30,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
 
 
(Recast)
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
(Unaudited)
 
 
Senior secured first lien term loan B-1 tranche due December 2016
 
$
238,000

 
$
—

Senior secured first lien term loan B-2 tranche due December 2017
 
410,000

 
—

Senior secured first lien term loan B-1 tranche due December 2016, net of $405 OID as of December 31, 2012
 
—

 
157,095

Senior secured first lien term loan B-2 tranche due December 2017, net of $1,440 OID as of December 31, 2012
 
—

 
575,560

Senior second priority secured notes due November 15, 2018, net of $6,807 and $7,439 OID as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively
 
493,509

 
492,561

2013 RSA and 2011 RSA, respectively
 
260,000

 
204,000

Other secured debt and capital leases
 
202,097

 
188,992

Revolving line of credit
 
62,000

 
2,531

Central notes payable
 
4,974

 
16,390

Total debt and capital leases
 
$
1,670,580

 
$
1,637,129

Less: current portion
 
62,273

 
73,497

Long-term debt and capital leases
 
$
1,608,307

 
$
1,563,632

The indenture for our senior secured notes provides that we may only incur additional indebtedness if, after giving effect to the new incurrence, we meet a minimum fixed charge coverage ratio of 2.00:1.00, as defined therein, or the indebtedness qualifies under certain specifically enumerated carve-outs and debt incurrence baskets, including a provision that permits us to incur capital lease obligations of up to $350.0 million outstanding at any one time. As of September 30, 2013, we had a fixed charge coverage ratio in excess of 4.00:1.00. However, there can be no assurance that we can maintain a fixed charge coverage ratio over 2.00:1.00, in which case our ability to incur additional indebtedness under our existing financial arrangements to satisfy our ongoing capital requirements would be limited as noted above, although we believe the combination of our expected cash flows, financing available through operating leases which are not subject to debt incurrence baskets, the capital lease basket, and the funds available to us through our accounts receivable sale facility and our revolving credit facility will be sufficient to fund our expected capital expenditures for the remainder of 2013.
See Notes 9 and 10 of the notes to these consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013 for further discussion of the senior secured credit facility, senior second priority secured notes and 2013 RSA.
Capital and Operating Leases
In addition to the net cash capital expenditures discussed above, we also acquired revenue equipment, including tractors and trailers, with capital and operating leases. During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, we acquired revenue equipment through capital leases and operating leases with gross values of $85.1 million and $254.7 million, respectively, which were offset by capital lease and operating lease terminations with originating values of $106.4 million and $73.6 million, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012, we acquired revenue equipment through capital leases and operating leases with gross values of $38.5 million and $302.6 million, respectively, which were offset by capital and operating lease terminations with originating values of $30.4 million and $142.5 million, respectively.
Contractual Obligations
During the nine months ended September 30, 2013, other than the voluntary prepayments of our long-term debt, entering into the 2013 Agreement and the 2013 RSA as discussed under the heading “Financing,” there have not been any material changes outside the ordinary course of business to the contractual obligations table contained in our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We lease approximately 7,700 tractors under operating leases, which includes approximately 4,600 company tractors and 3,100 owner-operator tractors financed by the Company. Operating leases have been an important source of financing for our revenue equipment. Tractors held under operating leases are not carried on our consolidated balance sheets, and lease payments in respect of such tractors are reflected in our consolidated statements of operations in the line item “Rental expense.” Our revenue equipment rental expense was $126.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, compared with $105.3 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2012. In connection with various operating leases, we issued residual value guarantees, which provide that if we do not purchase the leased equipment from the lessor at the end of the lease term, we are liable to the lessor for an amount equal to the shortage (if any) between the proceeds from the sale of the equipment and an agreed residual value. As of September 30, 2013, the maximum possible payment under the residual value guarantees was approximately $2.0 million. To the extent the expected value at the lease termination date is lower than the residual value guarantee; we would accrue for the difference over the remaining lease term. We believe that proceeds from the sale of equipment under operating leases would exceed the payment obligation on substantially all operating leases.

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Seasonality
In the transportation industry, results of operations generally show a seasonal pattern. As customers ramp up for the holiday season at year-end, the late third and fourth quarters have historically been our strongest volume quarters. As customers reduce shipments after the winter holiday season, the first quarter has historically been a lower volume quarter for us than the other three quarters. In the eastern and midwestern United States, and to a lesser extent in the western United States, during the winter season, our equipment utilization typically declines and our operating expenses generally increase, with fuel efficiency declining because of engine idling and harsh weather sometimes creating higher accident frequency, increased claims, and more equipment repairs. Our revenue also may be affected by holidays as a result of curtailed operations or vacation shutdowns, because our revenue is directly related to available working days of shippers. From time to time, we also suffer short-term impacts from weather-related events such as tornadoes, hurricanes, blizzards, ice storms, floods, fires, earthquakes, and explosions that could harm our results of operations or make our results of operations more volatile.
Inflation
Inflation can have an impact on our operating costs. A prolonged period of inflation could cause interest rates, fuel, wages, and other costs to increase, which would adversely affect our results of operations unless freight rates correspondingly increase. However, with the exception of fuel, the effect of inflation has been minor in recent years. Historically, the majority of the increase in fuel costs has been passed on to our customers through a corresponding increase in fuel surcharge revenue, making the impact of the increased fuel costs on our operating results less severe. If fuel costs escalate and we are unable to recover these costs timely with effective fuel surcharges, it would have an adverse effect on our operation and profitability.
Forward Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report contains statements that may constitute forward-looking statements, usually identified by words such as “anticipates,” “believes,” “estimates,” “plans,” “projects,” “expects,” “intends,” or similar expressions which speak only as of the date the statement was made. Forward-looking statements in this quarterly report include statements concerning: adjustments to income tax assessments as the result of ongoing and future examinations; anticipated changes in our unrecognized tax benefits during the next 12 months; the outcome of pending litigation and actions we intend to take in respect thereof; the amount and timing of the recognition of unrealized losses included in other comprehensive income; trends concerning supply, demand, pricing and costs in the trucking industry; our expectation of increasing driver wage and hiring expenses; the benefits of our fuel surcharge program and our ability to recover increasing fuel costs through surcharges; the impact of the lag effect relating to our fuel surcharges; our exposure to residual value guarantees relating to operating leases; the sources and sufficiency of our liquidity and financial resources; the consequences of a failure to maintain compliance with our debt covenants; the timing of our disposition of assets held for sale; our intentions concerning the use of derivative financial instruments to hedge fuel price exposure; and the timing and amount of future acquisitions of trucking equipment and other capital expenditures and the use and availability of cash, cash flow from operations, leases and debt to finance such acquisitions. Such statements are based upon the current beliefs and expectations of the Company’s management. Such forward-looking statements are subject to significant risks and uncertainties as set forth in the Risk Factor Section of our Annual Report Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 and in this Form 10-Q. Actual events may differ materially from those set forth in the forward-looking statements. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
As to the Company’s business and financial performance, the following factors, among others, could cause actual results to differ materially from those in forward-looking statements: any future recessionary economic cycles and downturns in customers’ business cycles, particularly in market segments and industries in which we have a significant concentration of customers; increasing competition from trucking, rail, intermodal, and brokerage competitors; a significant reduction in, or termination of, our trucking services by a key customer; a significant reduction in, or termination of, our trucking services by a key customer; the amount and velocity of changes in fuel prices and our ability to recover fuel prices through our fuel surcharge program; volatility in the price or availability of fuel; increases in new equipment prices or replacement costs; the regulatory environment in which we operate, including existing regulations and changes in existing regulations, or violations by us of existing or future regulations; our Compliance Safety Accountability safety rating; increases in driver compensation to the extent not offset by increases in freight rates and difficulties in driver recruitment and retention; changes in rules or legislation by the National Labor Relations Board or Congress and/or union organizing efforts; potential volatility or decrease in the amount of earnings as a result of our claims exposure through our captive insurance companies; risks relating to our captive insurance companies; uncertainties associated with our operations in Mexico; our ability to attract and maintain relationships with owner-operators; the possible re-classification of our owner-operators as employees; our ability to retain or replace key personnel; conflicts of interest or potential litigation that may arise from other businesses owned by Jerry Moyes, including pledges of Swift stock and guarantees related to other businesses by Jerry Moyes; our dependence on third parties for intermodal and brokerage business; our ability to sustain cost savings realized as part of recent cost reduction initiatives; potential failure in computer or communications systems; our ability to execute or integrate any future acquisitions successfully; seasonal factors such as harsh weather conditions that increase operating costs; goodwill impairment; the potential impact of the significant number of shares of our common stock that is outstanding; our intention to not pay dividends; demand ; our significant ongoing capital requirements; our level of indebtedness and our ability to service our outstanding indebtedness, including compliance with our indebtedness covenants, and the impact such indebtedness may have on the way we operate our business; the significant amount of our stock and related control over the Company by Jerry Moyes; and restrictions contained in our debt agreements.

ITEM 3: QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
We have interest rate exposure arising from our senior secured credit facility, 2013 RSA, and other financing agreements, which have variable interest rates. These variable interest rates are impacted by changes in short-term interest rates, although the volatility related to the first lien term loan B-2 tranche is mitigated due to a minimum LIBOR rate of 1.00%. We manage interest rate exposure through a mix of variable rate debt, and fixed rate notes (weighted average rate of 3.2% before applicable margin). Assuming the current level of borrowings, a hypothetical

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one-percentage point increase in interest rates would increase our annual interest expense by $5.7 million considering the effect of the minimum LIBOR rate on the first lien term loan B-2 tranche.
We have commodity exposure with respect to fuel used in company tractors. Further increases in fuel prices will continue to raise our operating costs, even after applying fuel surcharge revenue. Historically, we have been able to recover a majority of fuel price increases from our customers in the form of fuel surcharges. The weekly average diesel price per gallon in the United States, as reported by the DOE, decreased slightly from an average of $3.949 per gallon for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 to an average of $3.939 per gallon for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. We cannot predict the extent or speed of potential changes in fuel price levels in the future, the degree to which the lag effect of our fuel surcharge programs will impact us as a result of the timing and magnitude of such changes, or the extent to which effective fuel surcharges can be maintained and collected to offset such increases. We generally have not used derivative financial instruments to hedge our fuel price exposure in the past, but continue to evaluate this possibility.
ITEM 4: CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures and determined that as of September 30, 2013 our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
During the third quarter of 2013, we acquired Central. Refer to Note 2 to these consolidated financial statements included in Part I, Item 1, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013 for additional information regarding the acquisition of Central. We are currently in the process of integrating the Central operations, including internal controls and procedures and extending our Sarbanes-Oxley Act Section 404 compliance program to include Central. Specifically, during the third quarter, we implemented new processes and controls around the consolidation of Central’s financial information into the Company’s consolidated financial statements. We anticipate a successful integration of Central's operations and internal controls and procedures during 2014 and during the integration, will continue to evaluate our internal control over financial reporting.
With the exception of the integration described above, there have been no change in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2013 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1: LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Information about our legal proceedings is included in Note 15 of the notes to these consolidated financial statements, included in Part I, Item 1, in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2013 as well as Part I, Item 3, “Legal Proceedings”, in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.
ITEM 1A: RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information below, the factors discussed in Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 should be carefully considered as these risk factors could materially affect our business, financial condition, future results and/or our ability to maintain compliance with our debt covenants. The risks described in our Annual Report are not the only risks facing us. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also adversely affect our business, financial condition, operating results and/or our ability to maintain compliance with our debt covenants.
The following Risk Factor titled “We may not be able to execute or integrate future acquisitions successfully, which could cause our business and future prospects to suffer” contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K is amended and restated in its entirety as set forth below.
We may not be able to execute or integrate future acquisitions successfully, which could cause our business and future prospects to suffer.
Historically, a key component of our growth strategy has been to pursue acquisitions of complementary businesses. Recently, we acquired Central Refrigerated. The acquisition of Central Refrigerated and our related integration of Central Refrigerated into our organization may negatively impact our business, financial condition, and results of operations because
• the business may not achieve anticipated revenue, earnings, or cash flows;
• we may assume the liabilities that were not disclosed to us or otherwise exceed our estimates;
• we may be unable to integrate Central Refrigerated successfully and realize the anticipated economic, operational, and other benefits in a timely manner, which could result in substantial costs and delays or other operational, technical, or financial problems;
• the integration could disrupt our ongoing business, distract our management, and divert our resources;
• we have limited experience in the refrigerated market and may experience difficulties operating in this market; and
• there is a potential for loss of customers, employees, and drivers of Central Refrigerated;

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Although we currently do not have any additional acquisition plans, we expect to consider acquisitions from time to time in the future. If we succeed in consummating future acquisitions, our business, financial condition, and results of operations, may be negatively affected for reasons similar to those described above. In addition, if we may incur indebtedness or issue additional shares of stock in connection with any acquisitions.

ITEM 2: UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
ITEM 3: DEFAULTS UPON SENIOR SECURITIES
Not applicable.
ITEM 4: MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES
Not applicable.
ITEM 5: OTHER INFORMATION
Not applicable.

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ITEM 6: EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit Number
 
Description
  
Page or Method of Filing
 
 
 
2.1
 
Central Refrigerated Stock Purchase Agreement
 
Incorporated by Reference to Exhibit 2.1 of Form 8-K filed on August 6, 2013

3.1
 
Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Swift Transportation Company
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010
 
 
 
3.2
 
Bylaws of Swift Transportation Company
  
Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010
 
 
 
31.1
 
Certification by CEO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  
Filed herewith
 
 
 
31.2
 
Certification by CFO pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or 15d-14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  
Filed herewith
 
 
 
32.1
 
Certification by CEO and CFO pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
  
Furnished herewith
 
 
 
101
 
XBRL Instance Document
  
Filed herewith
 
 
 
101
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
  
Filed herewith
 
 
 
101
 
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
  
Filed herewith
 
 
 
101
 
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
  
Filed herewith
 
 
 
101
 
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
  
Filed herewith
 
 
 
101
 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Document
  
Filed herewith



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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SWIFT TRANSPORTATION COMPANY
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Jerry Moyes
 
 
 
(Signature)
 
 
 
Jerry Moyes
 
 
 
Chief Executive Officer
 
 
 
Date: 
November 8, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
/s/ Virginia Henkels
 
 
 
(Signature)
 
 
 
Virginia Henkels
 
 
 
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
 
 
 
Date:
November 8, 2013
 
 

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