Consolidated Water - 10-Q quarterly report FY

 

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2005

For the transaction period from _______________ to _______________

Commission File Number: 0-25248

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As at October 31, 2005, there were 11,768,038 of the registrant’s common shares of common stock, with US$ 0.60 par value, outstanding.

 

 

Unless otherwise indicated, all dollar amounts are in United States Dollars and references to “$”, “U.S.”, or “U.S. $” are to United States Dollars.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversion of CI$ into U.S. $, as determined by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, has been fixed since April 1974 at U.S. $1.20 per CI$1.00.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversion of BZE$ into U.S. $, as determined by the Central Bank of Belize, has been fixed since 1976 at U.S. $ 0.50 per BZE$ 1.00.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversion of BAH$ into U.S. $, as determined by the Central Bank of The Bahamas, has been fixed since 1973 at U.S. $1.00 per BAH $1.00.

The official fixed exchange rate for conversation of BDS$ into U.S. $ as determined by the Central Bank of Barbados has been fixed since 1975 at U.S. $ 0.50 = BDS$ 1.00.

The British Virgin Islands’ currency is the U.S. $.

We discuss in this Form 10-Q for Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (the “Company”) matters which are not historical facts, but which are “forward-looking statements.” We intend these forward-looking statements to qualify for safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, our future plans, objectives, expectations and events, assumptions and estimates about our company and our industry in general.

The forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q reflect what we currently anticipate will happen. What actually happens could differ materially from what we currently anticipate will happen. We are not promising to make any public announcement when we think forward looking statements in this Form 10-Q are no longer accurate whether as a result of new information, what actually happens in the future or for any other reason.

Important matters that may affect what will actually happen include, but are not limited to: tourism and weather conditions in the areas we service; scheduled new construction within our operating areas; continuing efforts to rebuild the Cayman Islands as a result of the damage caused by Hurricane Ivan; the economies of the U.S. and the areas we service; regulatory matters; availability of capital to repay a substantial portion of our bank debt and for expansion of our operations and other risks described in the Company’s other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. By making these forward-looking statements, the Company undertakes no obligation to update these statements for revisions or changes after the date of this Form 10-Q.

The accompanying information and notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying information and notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

The accompanying information and notes are an integral part of these condensed consolidated financial statements.

The condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2005, the condensed consolidated statements of operations for the three months and nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004, and the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 and 2004 are unaudited. However, in the opinion of management, all adjustments (which are of a normal recurring nature) necessary to present fairly the financial position, results of operations and cash flows at September 30, 2005 and for all periods presented, have been made. The results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the operating results for the full year.

These condensed consolidated financial statements and notes are presented in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission relating to interim financial statements. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s December 31, 2004 consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Aquilex, Inc., Cayman Water Company Limited, Belize Water Limited, Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited, DesalCo Limited, DesalCo (Barbados) Ltd., and its majority owned subsidiary Waterfields Company Limited. The Company’s investment in Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. (“OCBVI”) is accounted for using the equity method of accounting. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

The Company issues stock under incentive plans that form part of employees’ and non-executive directors’ remuneration. The Company also grants options to purchase common shares as part of remuneration for certain long-serving employees and management employees.

In 2003, the Company amended the stock option plans for certain management employees in connection with negotiation of employee contracts. The amended employee contracts terminate the stock option plans effective January 1, 2004. The stock options issued prior to January 1, 2004 remain outstanding.

The Company applies the intrinsic-value-based method of accounting prescribed by Accounting Principles Board (“APB”) Opinion No. 25 “Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees”, and related interpretations to account for its fixed-plan stock options. Under this method, compensation expense is recorded on the date of grant only if the current market price of the underlying stock exceeds the exercise price. Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No.123 “Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation” established accounting and disclosure requirements using a fair-valued-based method of accounting for stock-based employee compensation plans. As allowed by SFAS No.123, the Company continues to apply the intrinsic-value method of accounting described above and has adopted the disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123.

The following table presents the effect on net income and earnings per share if the Company had applied a fair value recognition method.

The intrinsic value of stock based compensation is recorded in stockholders’ equity and is expensed to the condensed consolidated statements of operations based on the vesting period of the options. On exercise of options, proceeds up to the par value of the stock issued are credited to common share capital; any proceeds in excess of the par value of the stock issued are credited to additional paid in capital in the period in which the options are exercised. Options that expire without exercise are also credited to additional paid in capital in the period in which the option expired.

Under SFAS No. 131, “Disclosure about Segments of an Enterprise and Related Information”, management considers; (i) the operations to supply water to retail customers, (ii) the operations to supply water to bulk customers, and (iii) the provision of engineering and management services as separate business segments.

Included in the Bulk segment is the Company’s proportional share of revenue, cost of sales, net income and property, plant and equipment of Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd. An adjustment has been made in Reconciling Items to adjust the Company’s interest in its investment accounted for under the equity method of accounting.

Also included in Reconciling Items are interest and financing fees on outstanding bank debt held by the Company with respect to the investment in OCBVI.

Basic earnings per common share (“EPS”) is calculated by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. The computation of diluted EPS assumes the issuance of common shares for all dilutive-potential common shares outstanding during the reporting period. In addition, the dilutive effect of stock options is considered in earnings per share calculations, if dilutive, using the treasury stock method.

The following summarizes information related to the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2005 and 2004.

On May 25, 2005, OCBVI entered into a twenty five year lease agreement with Bar Bay Estate Holdings Limited (“Bar Bay”), a private company incorporated in the Territory of the British Virgin Islands, pursuant to which its affiliate, OCBVI agreed to lease from Bar Bay approximately 50,000 square feet of land on Tortola, British Virgin Islands on which a seawater desalination plant and wells will be constructed. Under the terms of the lease agreement, a lease premium payment of $750,000 was made on June 10, 2005, annual lease and easement payments of $15,020 are payable annually and royalty payments of 2.87% of annual sales, as defined, are payable quarterly.

A Director of Sage Water Holdings (BVI) Limited, the latter which currently owns 100% of the non-voting stock, 50% of the voting common stock and 50% of the profit sharing rights of OCBVI, is also a Director of OCBVI and holds 50% of the outstanding shares of Bar Bay.

On August 25, 2005, the Company’s common stock began trading on a post-split 2 for 1 basis. The stock split reduced the par value of the Company’s common stock to $0.60 from $1.20. The record date was August 17, 2005. Certain prior year amounts have been adjusted to conform to the current year’s presentation post-split. These adjustments have no impact on the net income of the Company.

On February 16, 2005, the Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas accepted the bid of the Company and Waterfields Company Limited to build the Blue Hills Plant and expand the Windsor Plant.

To finance part of the construction for this project, on July 1, 2005, our majority owned subsidiary, Waterfields, sold $10,000,000 Series A bonds solely to Bahamian citizens and permanent resident investors in the Bahamas.

The bonds mature on June 30, 2015, at which time the outstanding principal amount must be paid in full. The bonds accrue interest at the annual fixed rate of 7.5% of the outstanding principal amount and interest payments are payable to the bondholders each year in March, June, September and December. As at September 30, 2005 interest of $187,500 was paid and capitalized in construction in progress. Waterfields has the option to redeem the bonds in whole or in part without penalty commencing after June 30, 2008.

On July 1, 2005 the Company issued a guarantee of Waterfields’ obligations to pay all principal and accrued interest due to the Waterfields Series A bondholders if and when there is an “event of default,” as defined in Section 3 of the Guarantee. If the Company pays any amounts to the bondholders pursuant to the provisions of the Guarantee, the Company will be subrogated to all rights of the bondholders in respect of any such payments. The Guarantee is a general unsecured obligation of the Company junior to any secured creditor.

On September 27, 2005, the Company entered into a Second Deed of Amendment (the “Amendment”) to its Option Deed dated as of August 6, 1997 and as amended on August 8, 2005 between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Option Deed”).

The Option Deed granted to each holder of an ordinary and redeemable preference share an option to purchase one one-hundredth of a class B ordinary share at an exercise price of $100.00, subject to adjustment. If an attempt to take over control of the Company occurs, each shareholder of the Company would be able to exercise the option and receive ordinary shares with a value equal to twice the exercise price of the option. Under circumstances described in the Option Deed, as amended, instead of receiving ordinary shares, the Company may issue to each shareholder cash or other equity or debt securities of the Company, or the equity securities of the acquiring company, as the case may be, with a value equal to twice the exercise price of the option.

Pursuant to the Amendment to the Option Deed, each holder of an ordinary and redeemable preference share has the option to purchase one one-hundredth of a class B ordinary share at an exercise price of $50.00, subject to adjustment. The Amendment does not modify the Option Deed in any other material respect.

The options are attached to each ordinary share and redeemable preference share, and presently have no monetary value. The options will not trade separately from the Company’s shares unless and until they become exercisable. The options, which expire on July 31, 2007, may be redeemed, at the option of the Company’s board of directors, at a price of CI$.01 per option at any time until ten business days following the date that a group or person acquires ownership of 20% or more of the Company’s outstanding ordinary shares.

On October 17, 2005, the Company commenced an offering of Bahamian Depositary Receipts (“BDRs”) representing up to 650,000 ordinary shares of the Company. The BDRs and the underlying ordinary shares were not offered or sold in the United States or to U.S. persons. The offering was made solely in the Bahamas commencing on October 17, 2005 and expired on November 4, 2005.

On November 4, 2005, the Company completed the offering of 2,005,610 Bahamian Depositary Receipts (“BDRs”) representing 401,122 ordinary shares of the Company. The issuance of the ordinary shares was exempt from registration pursuant to Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933.

The net proceeds after expenses of the offering were approximately $6.6 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to finance the construction of a new seawater desalination plant known as the Blue Hills Plant and the expansion of the Company’s existing seawater desalination plant at Windsor Field. Both plants are located on the island of New Providence in The Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

Certain restrictive covenants associated with the credit facilities provided by Scotiabank and the Royal Bank of Canada have been amended and waived to allow for the $10,000,000 bond issue, the related Company guarantee referred to above and the issuance of Bahamian Depository Receipts.

In December 2004, the FASB revised SFAS No. 123, “Accounting for Stock Based Compensation”, with the issuance of SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share-Based Payment”. SFAS No. 123R eliminates the alternative to use Opinion 25’s intrinsic value method of accounting and requires the Company to measure the cost of employee services received in exchange for an award of equity instruments based on the grant-date fair value of the reward. That cost will be recognized over the period during which an employee is required to provide service in exchange for the award. The Company is required to adopt SFAS No. 123R at the beginning of the first annual period after June 15, 2005. The application of this standard is not expected to have an effect on the Company’s financial statements.

In March 2005 the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Interpretation No. 47, “Accounting for Conditional Asset Retirement Obligations, an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 143” (“FIN 47”). This Interpretation is not expected to have an effect on the Company’s financial statements.

In May 2005 the FASB issued SFAS No. 154, “Accounting for Changes and Error Corrections”, a replacement of APB Opinion No. 20 and SFAS No.3. The application of this standard is not expected to have an effect on the Company’s financial statements.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Our objective is to provide water services in areas where the supply of potable water is scarce and where the use of reverse osmosis (“RO”) technology to produce potable water is economically feasible.

We intend to increase revenues by developing new business opportunities both within our current service areas and in new areas. We expect to maintain operating efficiencies by continuing to focus on our successful business model and by properly executing our equipment maintenance and water loss mitigation programs. We also believe that many Caribbean basin and adjacent countries, being water scarce, present opportunities for operation of our plants in favorable regulatory environments.

Our operations and activities are conducted in five countries: the Cayman Islands, Belize, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands and The Bahamas.

We have identified the accounting policies below as those policies critical to our business operations and the understanding of results of operations. The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. On an on-going basis, we evaluate our estimates, including those related to trade accounts receivable, goodwill and other intangible assets and property, plant and equipment. Our company bases its estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that may not be readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions and conditions. We believe the following critical accounting policies are most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require management’s more significant judgments and estimates in the preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements.

Goodwill and other intangible assets: Goodwill represents the excess costs over fair value of the assets of an acquired business. Goodwill and intangible assets acquired in a business combination accounted for as a purchase and determined to have an indefinite useful life are not amortized, but are tested for impairment at least annually in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 142. SFAS No. 142 also requires that intangible assets with useful lives which can be estimated and amortized over their respective estimated useful lives to their estimated residual values, and reviewed for impairment in accordance with SFAS No. 144, “Accounting for Impairment or Disposal of Long-Lived Assets”. The Company periodically evaluates the possible impairment of goodwill. Management identifies its reporting units and determines the carrying value of each reporting unit by assigning the assets and liabilities, including the existing goodwill and intangible assets, to those reporting units. The Company determines the fair value of each reporting unit and compares it to the carrying amount of the reporting unit. To the extent the carrying amount of the reporting unit exceeds the fair value of the reporting unit, the Company is

required to perform the second step of the impairment test, as this is an indication that the reporting unit goodwill may be impaired. In this step, the Company compares the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill with the carrying amount of the reporting unit goodwill. The implied fair value of goodwill is determined by allocating the fair value of the reporting unit to all the assets (recognized and unrecognized) and liabilities of the reporting unit in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation, in accordance with SFAS No. 141, “Business Combinations”. The residual fair value after this allocation is the implied fair value of the reporting unit goodwill. If the implied fair value is less than its carrying amount, the impairment loss is recorded. Our annual tests resulted in no goodwill impairment.

Property, plant and equipment: Property, plant and equipment is stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation commences in the month of addition and is calculated using a straight-line method with an allowance for estimated residual value. Rates are determined based on the estimated useful lives of the assets as follows:

Additions to property, plant and equipment are comprised of the cost of the contracted services, direct labor and materials. Assets under construction are recorded as additions to property, plant and equipment upon completion of a project. Improvements that significantly increase the value of property, plant and equipment are capitalized. Maintenance, repairs and minor improvements are charged to expense as incurred.

Construction in progress: The cost of borrowed funds directly attributable to the acquisition and construction of qualifying assets, which are assets that necessarily take a substantial period of time to be ready for their intended use, are added to the cost of those assets until such time as the assets are substantially ready for use or sale.

Trade accounts receivable: We maintain an allowance for doubtful accounts for estimated losses resulting from the inability of our customers to make payments. Management continuously evaluates the collectibility of accounts receivable and records allowances based on estimates of the level of actual write-offs that might be experienced. These estimates are based on, among other things, comparisons of the relative age of accounts and consideration of actual write-off history.

On November 4, 2005, the Company completed the offering of 2,005,610 Bahamian Depositary Receipts (“BDRs”) representing up to 401,122 ordinary shares of the Company.

The net proceeds after expenses of the offering were approximately $6.6 million. The Company intends to use the net proceeds to finance the construction of a new seawater desalination plant known as the Blue Hills Plant and the expansion of the Company’s existing seawater desalination plant at Windsor Field. Both plants are located on the island of New Providence in The Commonwealth of the Bahamas.

Engineering Services Agreement

In July 2005, a subsidiary of the Company entered into an Engineering & Consulting Agreement with Industrial Services, Inc. (“ISI”) and the sole shareholder of ISI pursuant to which both will provide certain industrial project design, engineering and management services as requested by the Company. The sole shareholder has unconditionally guaranteed the performance of ISI.

The term of the agreement is approximately 17 months but can be terminated by the Company with fourteen days notice in the event of the death or incapacity of the sole shareholder.

The estimated total aggregate maximum payments over the term of the agreement are approximately $600,000.

On October 31, 2005, the Company announced that its contract with the Water Authority – Cayman in respect to the Lower Valley Plant has been renewed for an additional seven (7) years from the original expiration date of March 2006.

Under the terms of the contract renewal, the Company is required to expand the water production capacity of the Lower Valley Plant by 264,000 US gallons per day. The Lower Valley Plant is a reverse osmosis facility that converts seawater to potable water for commercial and residential customers on Grand Cayman Island.

Through performance and operation bonds, the Royal Bank of Canada, Nassau has made guarantees in the total amount of $4,879,761 to the Water and Sewerage Corporation of the Bahamas (“WSC”) that the Company shall duly perform and observe all terms and provisions pursuant to contracts between the parties. In the event of default, the Royal Bank of Canada shall satisfy and discharge any damages sustained by WSC up to the guaranteed amount. The Company has guaranteed reimbursement to Royal Bank of Canada for any payments made thereon.

On July 21, 2005, the Government of the Cayman Islands and the Caribbean Utilities Company (“CUC”) announced that due to the substantial damage incurred as a result of Hurricane Ivan in September, 2004 and the costs incurred by CUC to quickly restore power, CUC will impose a significant electricity rate surcharge which equates to an increase of 4.68% in the current basic billing rate on all customer’s beginning August 1, 2005 and ending on July 31, 2008. The Company does not expect this event to have a material effect on its financial condition or results of operations.

On October 3, 2005 a controlling interest in our customer, Belize Water Services Ltd. (“BWSL”), was sold back to the Government of Belize. We do not anticipate that this change in control of our customer will affect our contractual arrangement with BWSL. Prior to this change in control, BWSL requested that we expand the production capacity of our plant by approximately 100,000 US gallons per day. We are presently preparing a design for such expansion and expect to have this additional capacity on line in 2006.

Through a wholly owned subsidiary we hold an exclusive distributorship in the Caribbean Basin for the DWEER energy recovery system and devices, which are exclusively manufactured by Calder AG.

On August 30, 2005, our agreements with Calder AG and DWEER Technology Ltd. were amended to allow the Company to manufacture certain components for legacy DWEER systems that currently operate in the majority of our desalination facilities.

On November 8, 2005, the Board of Directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.06 per share. The dividend is payable January 31, 2006, to shareholders of record at the close of business December 31, 2005.

Total revenue increased by 17.5% from $5,279,054 to $6,204,386 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Revenue from our retail water (“Retail”) operations increased by 19.2% from $2,522,708 to $3,005,984 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004. This increase was the result of the following factors: (i) retail water revenue during the prior year third quarter of 2004 was flat when compared to the same period in 2003 due to the passage of Hurricane Ivan over Grand Cayman in September 2004; (ii) water volume sold to residential customers, primarily in our Grand Cayman West Bay service area, increased by approximately 66.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2005 over the same period in 2004, and (iii) the volume of water sold to commercial customers, primarily hotels and condominiums, was down by approximately 2.7% for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

We believe that the significant increase in residential sales may be due to the re-location of some residents from properties on parts of Grand Cayman that were damaged by Hurricane Ivan to the West Bay area, which was less severely impacted by Ivan.

A number of hotels and condominiums within our Cayman market have not yet reopened or are being re-developed as new multi-story properties. Also, new construction projects in Grand Cayman are still experiencing problems due to current year storm threats, labor shortages and delayed material deliveries. Until tourism returns to the 2004 pre-hurricane levels in the Cayman market, revenues from commercial customers within our Retail segment may continue to be flat or lower in the future than revenues reported for prior year comparable periods.

Revenue from bulk water (“Bulk”) operations increased by 12.4% from $2,552,605 to $2,869,852 for the three months ended September 30, 2005, when compared to the same period in 2004. This increase was primarily due to additional consumption by our customer (Water Authority-Cayman) in our Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited operation and our customer (Belize Water Services Ltd.) in our Belize operation.

In addition, higher revenue related to the recovery of energy costs at our Windsor plant in The Bahamas was offset by pricing adjustments resulting from reduced deliveries associated with the fouling of RO membrane elements. We are in the process of remediating this problem through various cleaning procedures. Also, as we currently have six containerized desalination units on site to be used to supply water under our new Blue Hills contract, we expect to use excess supply water from these units to temporarily supplement production capacity at our Windsor plant.

Revenue from services (“Services”) operations increased by 61.3% from $203,741 to $328,550 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 primarily as a result of additional engineering fees charged to our affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., for work on the new water plant in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

Total cost of sales increased by 19.9% from $3,336,631 to $4,001,972 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Cost of sales of Retail increased by 3.8% from $1,280,030 to $1,329,128 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to the increase in Cayman market sales.

Cost of sales of Bulk increased by 27.9% from $1,913,867 to $2,448,101 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004. The increase in cost of sales is disproportionately higher than the corresponding increase in Bulk revenues due to the additional operating costs related to fouling of RO membrane elements and higher energy costs at our Windsor plant in The Bahamas.

Cost of sales from Services increased by $82,009 (57.5%) for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to additional salaries and employee recruiting fees.

The gross profit margin decreased from 36.8% to 35.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Total general and administrative expense (“G&A”) increased by $58,287 (4.1%) from $1,419,611 to $1,477,898 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004. G&A was 26.9% and 23.8% of total revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively.

G&A for Retail increased by $80,972 (7.0%) from $1,163,291 to $1,244,263 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to a general increase in G&A expenses and NASDAQ listing fees related to the August stock split. The increases were offset by a significant decrease in executive bonus expense. Our policy is and has been to allocate all corporate G&A to Retail.

G&A for Bulk decreased by $17,727 (7.4%) from $241,110 to $223,383 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to a prior year 2004 bad debt write-off.

G&A expense for Services decreased by $4,958 (32.6%) from $15,210 to $10,252 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

On September 11 and 12, 2004, Hurricane Ivan affected Cayman Islands operations and resulted in significant damage to our seawater conversion plants. Although covered by property insurance, under generally accepted accounting principles we were required to record the loss of $387,472 in the period the loss occurred and defer the recognition of the proceeds from the related insurance claim until such claim was confirmed by the insurance company. These proceeds were recorded in subsequent periods.

Total other income decreased by 6.5% from $306,326 to $286,349 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 as a result of an increase of $31,114 in interest expense associated with rising LIBOR rates.

Net income increased by 138.0% from $424,032 to $1,009,349 for the three months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Total revenue increased by 4.4% from $18,026,116 to $18,814,740 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Revenue from Retail decreased by 0.9% from $9,634,096 to $9,549,318 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004. This decrease resulted from decreased demand for water due to reduced tourist arrivals in particular in the first quarter, resulting from the effects of Hurricane Ivan, which reduced sales to commercial customers.

These lower commercial sales were offset by a 37.4% volume increase in sales to residential customers in Grand Cayman. We believe that this increase in residential sales may be due to the re-location of some residents from properties on Grand Cayman that were damaged by Hurricane Ivan to the West Bay area, which was less severely impacted by the hurricane.

Efforts to rebuild hurricane damaged tourist properties are continuing at a rapid pace but a number of hotels and condominiums within our Cayman market have not yet reopened and new construction projects are still experiencing problems due to current year storm threats, labor shortages and delayed material deliveries. Until tourism returns to the 2004 pre-hurricane levels in the Cayman market, revenues from commercial customers within our Retail segment may continue to be flat or lower in the future than revenues reported for prior year comparable periods.

Revenue from Bulk increased by 9.3% from $7,716,477 to $8,435,746 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005, when compared to the same period in 2004. This increase was primarily the twofold result of additional consumption by our customer (Water Authority-Cayman) in the

Ocean Conversion (Cayman) Limited operations and to a lesser extent increased consumption by our customer (Belize Water Services Ltd.) in our Belize operation.

In addition, higher revenue related to the recovery of energy costs at our Windsor plant in The Bahamas was more than offset by pricing adjustments related to reduced deliveries associated with the fouling of RO membrane elements. We are in the process of remediating this problem through various cleaning procedures. Also, as we currently have six containerized desalination units on site to be used to supply water under our new Blue Hills contract, we expect to use excess supply water from these units to temporarily supplement production capacity at our Windsor plant.

Revenue from services (“Services”) increased by 22.8% from $675,543 to $829,676 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to additional engineering fees charged to our affiliate, Ocean Conversion (BVI) Ltd., for work on the new water plant in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

Total cost of sales increased by 10.7% from $10,327,401 to $11,432,236 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 for the reasons explained below.

Cost of Retail sales decreased by 4.6% from $4,071,181 to $3,881,939 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 primarily due to capitalization of engineering compensation directly attributable to a Cayman project expansion.

Cost of Bulk sales increased by 20.9% from $5,808,369 to $7,023,888 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004. The increase in cost of sales is disproportionately higher than the corresponding increase in revenues due to the additional operating costs related to fouling of RO membrane elements and higher energy costs at our Windsor plant in The Bahamas.

Cost of sales from Services increased by $78,558 (17.5%) for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to additional salaries and employee recruiting fees.

The gross profit margin decreased from 42.7% to 39.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Total general and administrative expense (“G&A”) increased by $528,866 (13.6%) from $3,892,809 to $4,421,675 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004. G&A was 21.6% and 23.5% of total revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2004 and 2005, respectively.

Retail G&A increased by $575,691 (17.6%) from $3,276,086 to $3,851,777 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to additional unanticipated audit, accounting and legal fees related to the Sarbanes-Oxley internal control

review and certification process and increased Director’s compensation for meeting attendance and legal fees associated with our enhanced level of contract bidding, contract awards and financing initiatives. Our policy is and has been to allocate all corporate G&A to Retail.

Bulk G&A decreased by $47,566 (8.2%) from $582,088 to $534,522 for the for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004 due to reduced administrative personal and lower insurance premiums in our Belize operations.

Services G&A increased by $741 (2.1%) from $34,635 to $35,376 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Total other income increased by 15.3% from $776,373 to $894,891 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Although interest expense increased $158,176 due to rising LIBOR rates, this was more than offset by an increase in both profit sharing and equity income from the investment in OCBVI, which has benefited from significant repairs made by the customer to their distribution system.

Net income decreased by 6.0% from $4,111,990 to $3,864,760 for the nine months ended September 30, 2005 when compared to the same period in 2004.

Cash flow is dependent upon the timely receipt of customer payments, operating expenses, the timeliness and adequacy of rate increases (excluding automatic adjustments to our rates for inflation and electricity costs) and various factors affecting tourism in the areas we operate such as weather conditions and the world economy.

Cash is provided by debt offerings, bank credit facilities, the exercise of options by management, from all of our business segment operations and from the collection of loans receivable.

We use cash to fund our various business segments in the Cayman Islands, Belize, The Bahamas, and Barbados to fund new projects, to expand our infrastructure, to pay dividends, to repay borrowings, to repurchase our shares when appropriate and to take advantage of new investment opportunities which expand operations.

In the nine months ended September 30, 2005, we generated cash primary from operations and the collection of a payment from an insurance claim.

Cash used in investing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $9,571,404. Our investing activities primarily consisted of expenditures for new property, plant and equipment to replace equipment destroyed by Hurricane Ivan, a new water storage tank in Belize, the Blue Hills and Windsor plants in The Bahamas, six containerized RO desalination plants to be used at our existing Bahamas plant and a loan to an affiliate to design and construct a new plant in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

Cash provided by financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2005 was $6,386,928. Our primary financing activities consisted of the issuance of $10.0 million bonds to finance a portion of the Blue Hills project, an additional $1,323,811 from the issuance of shares though the exercise of stock options by certain members of management, the payment of dividends of $2,042,781 and principal payments on long term debt of $2,682,593.

On April 11, 2005, the Company through Waterfields Company Limited accepted the terms set forth in the letter of acceptance with the Water and Sewerage Corporation (“WSC”) relating to the construction of the Blue Hills Plant, the expansion of the existing Windsor plant and, as part of its agreement, the requirement to provide engineering services and equipment to reduce the amount of water that is lost throughout WSC’s pipeline distribution system on New Providence. The Company will commit approximately $27.0 million for these projects over a 15 month period.

To finance part of the construction for this project, on July 1, 2005, Waterfields sold $10,000,000 Series A bonds solely to Bahamian citizens and permanent resident investors in the Bahamas. The bonds mature on June 30, 2015, at which time the outstanding principal amount must be paid in full. The bonds accrue interest at the annual fixed rate of 7.5% of the outstanding principal amount and interest payments are payable to the bondholders each year in March, June, September and December. Waterfields has the option to redeem the bonds in whole or in part without penalty commencing after June 30, 2008.

On November 4, 2005, the Company completed the offering of 2,005,610 Bahamian Depositary Receipts representing 401,122 ordinary shares of the Company. The net proceeds after expenses of the offering were approximately $6.6 million. These funds will be used to finance the Blue Hills Plant and the expansion of the Company’s existing Windsor plant.

Management of the Company believes that current available cash, current available unused bank lines of credit and future cash from anticipated operations will be sufficient to finance the construction of the Blue Hills and Windsor plant expansion and to fund the Company’s future operations. The Company intends, however, to seek additional cash through debt, equity or hybrid financing to complete the Blue Hills project.

The Company will also commit approximately $5.0 million over the next 8 months to design and construct a 500,000 Imperial gallon per day seawater desalination plant in Tortola, British Virgin Islands.

In addition, at September 30, 2005, the Company had committed approximately $1.7 million for capital expenditures related to various other projects, in various stages of completion, in all of our operations.

Our Scotiabank loan facility had an outstanding balance of $13,325,143 at September 30, 2005. We are required to make monthly payments of interest for all borrowings under a revolving line of credit and quarterly payments of interest for all amounts drawn down under two term loans.

We have collateralized all borrowings under the Scotiabank loan facilities by providing a first lien on all of our assets, including the capital stock of subsidiaries and the investment in equity we acquired. The loan agreement for the three facilities contains standard terms and conditions for similar bank loans made in the Cayman Islands, including acceleration of the repayment of all borrowings upon the demand of Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. in the event of default.

We have guaranteed to Scotiabank 50% of the OCBVI loan of $380,000. This loan is repayable in 6 equal semi-annual installments of $125,000 with the balance of principal due May 31, 2006, bearing interest at 3-month LIBOR plus 1.5%.

Our Royal Bank of Canada loan facility had an outstanding balance of $581,634 at September 30, 2005. We are required to make quarterly payments of principal and interest on the loans through 2007.

As a result of our acquisition of interests in Waterfields Company Limited, we guaranteed the performance of Waterfields Company Limited to the WSC as it relates to the water supply contract between the two parties.

Through performance and operation bonds, the Royal Bank of Canada, Nassau has made guarantees in the total amount of $4,879,761 to WSC that the Company shall duly perform and observe all terms and provisions pursuant to contracts between the parties. In the event of default, the Royal Bank of Canada shall satisfy and discharge any damages sustained by WSC up to the guaranteed amount. The Company has guaranteed reimbursement to Royal Bank of Canada for any payments made thereon.

On May 25, 2005, the Company entered into a loan agreement with OCBVI pursuant to which the Company has agreed to loan up to $3.0 million for the design and construction of a 500,000 Imperial gallon per day seawater desalination plant in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The loan principal is due and payable on June 1, 2007 and interest accrues at the LIBOR rate plus 3.5% and is payable quarterly on amounts drawn down commencing July 2005. The loan can be repaid at any time without penalty and is subordinated to existing bank indebtedness.

The balance outstanding at September 30, 2005 was $800,000.

The Company currently owns 50% of the voting common shares and 50% of the profit sharing rights of OCBVI, which after considering non-voting shares owned by others, represents a 43.5% interest in OCBVI.

On January 31, 2005, we paid a dividend of $0.0575 to shareholders of record on December 31, 2004, and on April 30, 2005, we paid a dividend of $0.0575 to shareholders of record on March 31, 2005.

On July 31, 2005, we paid a dividend of $0.06 to shareholders of record on June 30, 2005, and on October 31, 2005 we paid a dividend of $0.06 to shareholders of record on September 30, 2005.

On November 8, 2005, we declared a dividend of $0.06 payable on January 31, 2006 to shareholders of record on December 31, 2005.

We have consistently paid dividends to owners of our common and redeemable preferred shares since we began declaring dividends in 1985. Our Board of Directors has established a policy, but not a binding obligation, that we will seek to maintain a dividend payout ratio in the range of 50% to 60% of net income. This policy is subject to modification by our Board of Directors. Our payment of any future cash dividends, however, will depend upon our earnings, financial condition, capital demand and other factors, including conditions of our loan agreement with Scotiabank (Cayman Islands) Ltd. that dividends be paid only from current cash flows.

This program is available to our shareholders, who may reinvest all or a portion of their common cash dividends into shares of common stock at prevailing market prices. It also accepts optional cash payments to purchase additional shares at prevailing market prices.

Under the terms of our Cayman Islands license, Belize, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands and Barbados water sales agreements, there is an automatic price adjustment for inflation on an annual basis, subject to temporary exceptions. We, therefore, believe that the impact of inflation on our net income, measured in consistent dollars, will not be material.

We are not exposed to significant credit risk on retail customer accounts in the Cayman Islands and Bimini, Bahamas, as our policy is to cease supply of water to customers whose accounts are more than 45 days overdue. Our exposure to credit risk is from our bulk water sales customers in Belize, The Bahamas, the British Virgin Islands, Barbados and the Cayman Islands and our outstanding affiliate loan balance with OCBVI. In addition, the balance of our loan receivable is with one bulk water customer, Water Authority-Cayman.

As of September 30, 2005, we had loans outstanding totaling $13,906,777, all of which bear interest at various lending rates such as LIBOR, Cayman Island’s Prime Rate or the Nassau Prime Lending Rate. We are subject to interest rate risk to the extent that any of these rates change.

All of our foreign currencies have fixed exchange rates to the U.S. dollar. If any one of these fixed exchange rates become a floating exchange rate, however, our results of operation could be adversely affected.

As required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), as of the end of the period covered by this report, the Company’s management conducted an evaluation with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (collectively, the “Certifying Officers”) regarding the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules13a-15 (e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act).

Based on this evaluation of these controls and procedures and the material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting described in the Company’s Form 10-K (the “Form 10-K”) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer conclude that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of September 30, 2005.

The Certifying Officers also have indicated that there were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Exchange Act) and that the corrective actions described in the Company’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004 have not yet remediated the material weakness in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting described in such Form 10-K.

Our management, including each of the Certifying Officers, does not expect that our disclosure controls or our internal controls will prevent all error and all fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived and operated, can provide only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control system are met. In addition, the design of a control system must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints, and the benefits of controls must be considered relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within a company have been detected. These inherent limitations include the realities that judgments in decision-making can be faulty, and that breakdowns can occur because of simple error or mistake. Additionally, controls can be circumvented by the individual acts of some persons, by collusion of two or more people or by management override of the control. The design of any systems of controls also is based in part upon certain assumptions about the likelihood of future events, and there can be no assurance that any design will succeed in achieving its stated goals under all potential future conditions. Because of these inherent limitations in a cost-effective control system, misstatements due to error or fraud may occur and not be detected.

On August 4, 2005, we issued 18,275 common shares to our employees pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Employee Share Option Plan. The aggregate total value of the common share issue was $168,130. The issuance of the shares was exempt from registration under Regulation S promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 because the shares were offered and sold outside of the United States to non-US persons (as defined in Regulation S).

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, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: November 9, 2005