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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)
 
 
R
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2009
 
OR
 
£
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIESEXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Commission File Number 1-13884
Cameron International Corporation
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware
76-0451843
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)
Identification No.)
   
1333 West Loop South, Suite 1700, Houston, Texas
77027
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)

713/513-3300
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

N/A
(Former Name, Former Address and Former Fiscal Year, if Changed Since LastReport)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes R 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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). 
Yes  R 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 R Accelerated filer £ Non-accelerated filer £ 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 R

Number of shares outstanding of issuer’s common stock as of October 29, 2009 was 220,698,705.

 

 
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS


 
PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
   3
Item 1. Financial Statements
   3
Consolidated Condensed Results of Operations
   3
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
   4
Consolidated Condensed Statements of Cash Flows
   5
Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements
   6
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
  17
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
  33
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
  35
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
  35
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
  35
Item 1A. Risk Factors
  37
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
  37
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
  38
Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
  38
Item 5. Other Information
  38
Item 6. Exhibits
  39
SIGNATURES
  40
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 




 
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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATION
 
Item 1. Financial Statements
 
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
(dollars and shares in thousands, except per share data)

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008(1)
   
2009
   
2008(1)
 
   
(unaudited)
 
REVENUES
  $ 1,231,791     $ 1,504,733     $ 3,758,852     $ 4,324,621  
COSTS AND EXPENSES
                               
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization shown separately below)
    828,012       1,050,826       2,512,454       3,079,429  
Selling and administrative expenses
    169,739       165,308       517,243       484,509  
Depreciation and amortization
    38,347       32,496       112,314       95,711  
Interest income
    (1,374 )     (9,692 )     (5,401 )     (22,236 )
Interest expense
    22,598       23,625       73,758       46,118  
Restructuring expense
    5,853             39,033        
Total costs and expenses
    1,063,175       1,262,563       3,249,401       3,683,531  
Income before income taxes
    168,616       242,170       509,451       641,090  
Income tax provision
    (43,672 )     (79,190 )     (131,266 )     (206,343 )
Net income
  $ 124,944     $ 162,980     $ 378,185     $ 434,747  
Earnings per common share:
                               
Basic
  $ 0.57     $ 0.75     $ 1.74     $ 2.00  
Diluted
  $ 0.56     $ 0.71     $ 1.71     $ 1.88  
Shares used in computing earnings per common share:
                               
Basic
    219,537       218,478       217,837       217,286  
Diluted
    221,912       229,219       221,246       230,953  
 
(1)
Amounts have been retrospectively revised as a result of the adoption, effective January 1, 2009, of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

 
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CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS
(dollars in thousands, except shares and per share data)

   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
   
(unaudited)
       
ASSETS
           
Cash and cash equivalents
  $ 1,527,528     $ 1,621,046  
Receivables, net
    877,706       950,362  
Inventories, net
    1,698,565       1,336,925  
Other
    216,765       148,110  
Total current assets
    4,320,564       4,056,443  
Plant and equipment, net
    1,045,599       931,647  
Goodwill
    720,730       709,217  
Other assets
    220,052       205,064  
TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 6,306,945     $ 5,902,371  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
               
Current portion of long-term debt
  $ 61,042     $ 161,279  
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    1,867,627       1,854,384  
Accrued income taxes
    38,101       95,545  
Total current liabilities
    1,966,770       2,111,208  
Long-term debt
    1,229,067       1,218,627  
Deferred income taxes
    119,723       99,149  
Other long-term liabilities
    112,967       128,860  
Total liabilities
    3,428,527       3,557,844  
 
Stockholders’ Equity:
               
Common stock, par value $.01 per share, 400,000,000 shares authorized, 239,473,764 shares issued at September 30, 2009 (236,316,873 shares issued at December 31, 2008)
      2,395         2,363  
Capital in excess of par value
    1,267,992       1,254,593  
Retained earnings
    2,188,098       1,809,913  
Accumulated other elements of comprehensive income (loss)
    44,023       (84,218 )
Less: Treasury stock, 18,807,197 shares at September 30, 2009 (19,424,120  shares at December 31, 2008)
    (624,090 )     (638,124 )
Total stockholders’ equity
    2,878,418       2,344,527  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND  STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
  $ 6,306,945     $ 5,902,371  

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

 
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CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(dollars in thousands)
 
 

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
2009
   
2008(1)
   
2009
     2008(1)  
 
   
(unaudited)
   
(unaudited)
                     
Cash flows from operating activities:
                   
Net income
  $ 124,944     $ 162,980     $ 378,185     $ 434,747  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                                 
Depreciation
    28,265       25,177       82,279       72,642  
Amortization
    10,082       7,319       30,035       23,069  
Non-cash stock compensation expense
    6,091       7,610       22,044       23,567  
Tax benefit of employee stock compensation plan transactions and deferred income taxes
    30,322       (18,948 )     22,906       (20,250 )
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of translation, acquisitions and non-cash items:
                                 
Receivables
    28,002       (47,496 )     110,967       (190,448 )
Inventories
    (12,409 )     (12,710 )     (305,522 )     (31,270 )
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities
    27,339       86,594       (40,739 )     115,976  
Other assets and liabilities, net
    (67,798 )     52,802       (116,079 )     84,680  
Net cash provided by operating activities
    174,838       263,328       184,076       512,713  
Cash flows from investing activities:
                                 
Capital expenditures
    (55,967 )     (64,380 )     (163,779 )     (160,426 )
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired
          (40,187 )     (23,177 )     (97,699 )
Proceeds from sale of plant and equipment
    779       786       3,508       1,711  
Net cash used for investing activities
    (55,188 )     (103,781 )     (183,448 )     (256,414 )
Cash flows from financing activities:
                                 
Short-term loan borrowings (repayments), net
    (12,024 )     (59,610 )     23,036       20,738  
Redemption of convertible debt securities
    (131,109 )     (106,854 )     (131,109 )     (106,854 )
Issuance of long-term senior notes
                      747,922  
Debt issuance costs
                      (5,550 )
Purchase of treasury stock
          (60,849 )     (7,055 )     (215,327 )
Proceeds from stock option exercises, net of tax payments from stock compensation plan transactions
      1,640         6,973        5,119         17,067  
Excess tax benefits from employee stock
compensation plan transactions
    1,238       2,727       3,468       17,172  
Principal payments on capital leases
    (1,632 )     (1,866 )     (5,235 )     (5,166 )
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
    (141,887 )     (219,479 )     (111,776 )     470,002  
Effect of translation on cash
    12,107       (38,668 )     17,630       (30,700 )
Increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents
    (10,130 )     (98,600 )     (93,518 )     695,601  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period
    1,537,658       1,534,117       1,621,046       739,916  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period
  $ 1,527,528     $ 1,435,517     $ 1,527,528     $ 1,435,517  
 
 
 
(1)
Amounts have been retrospectively revised as a result of the adoption, effective January 1, 2009, of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these statements.

 
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CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED CONDENSED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Unaudited
 
Note 1: Basis of Presentation
 
The accompanying Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements of Cameron International Corporation (the Company) have been prepared in accordance with Rule 10-01 of Regulation S-X and do not include all the information and footnotes required by generally accepted accounting principles for complete financial statements. Those adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, necessary for a fair presentation of the financial information for the interim periods, have been made. The results of operations for such interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations for a full year. The Unaudited Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 20, 2009, which reflects certain adjustments related to the Company’s accounting for its convertible debentures (see below) to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes thereto filed by the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2008.
 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Such estimates include, but are not limited to, estimates of total contract profit or loss on certain long-term production contracts, estimated losses on accounts receivable, estimated realizable value on excess and obsolete inventory, contingencies, including tax contingencies, estimated liabilities for litigation exposures and liquidated damages, estimated warranty costs, estimates related to pension accounting, estimates related to the fair value of reporting units for purposes of assessing goodwill for impairment, estimated proceeds from assets held for sale and estimates related to deferred tax assets and liabilities, including valuation allowances on deferred tax assets. Actual results could differ materially from these estimates.

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through November 6, 2009, which is the date these financial statements were filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Certain prior period amounts have been retrospectively revised as a result of the adoption, effective January 1, 2009, of FASB Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) Topic 470-20, Debt with Conversion and Other Options (ASC 470-20).  See Note 9 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements for additional information.
 
Note 2: Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted FASB ASC Topic 805, Business Combinations (ASC 805), and FASB ASC Topic 810-10-65, related to Noncontrolling Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.  There was no material impact on the Company’s financial statements as of January 1, 2009 as a result of adopting either statement, although it is anticipated that ASC 805 will significantly affect the Company’s accounting for business combinations occurring on or after January 1, 2009.

The Company adopted the provisions of FASB ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820) relating to financial assets and liabilities and other assets and liabilities carried at fair value on a recurring basis as required on January 1, 2008. As permitted, the Company deferred the adoption of  this standard with respect to all remaining nonfinancial assets and liabilities until January 1, 2009. There was no impact on the Company’s financial statements at the time of adoption of the remaining provisions as required on January 1, 2009; however, the Company does expect that this new standard will impact certain aspects of its accounting for business combinations occurring on or after January 1, 2009, including the determination of fair values assigned to certain purchased assets and liabilities.

Note 3: Acquisitions

On June 1, 2009, the Company entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger with NATCO Group, Inc. (NATCO).  On October 14, 2009, the Company and NATCO entered into an Amended and Restated Agreement and Plan of Merger dated as of June 1, 2009 (the Agreement).  The Agreement provides that Cameron will acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of common stock of NATCO by exchanging with the NATCO stockholders 1.185 shares of Cameron common stock for each share of NATCO common stock owned. The merger, expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2009, is subject to certain regulatory approvals, the approval of NATCO stockholders and certain other conditions.  The Company expects to incorporate the majority of NATCO’s operations into its Drilling & Production Systems (DPS) segment upon completion of the merger.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2009, the Company acquired the assets or capital stock of two businesses for a total cash purchase price of $23,177,000.  These businesses were acquired to enhance the Company’s product offerings or aftermarket services in the DPS and Valves & Measurement (V&M) segments.  The two acquisitions were included in the Company’s consolidated condensed financial statements for the periods subsequent to the acquisitions. As of September 30, 2009, preliminary goodwill recorded as a result of these acquisitions totaled approximately $15,538,000, of which approximately $2,776,000 will be deductible for income tax purposes.  The Company is still awaiting significant information relating to the fair value of the assets and liabilities of the acquired businesses in order to finalize the purchase price allocations.

Note 4: Restructuring Expense

Included in operating results for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 are employee severance and related benefit costs associated primarily with workforce reductions and certain other costs incurred mainly in connection with the pending acquisition of NATCO, totaling approximately $5,853,000 and $39,033,000, respectively.

Note 5: Receivables
 
Receivables consisted of the following (in thousands):

   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
Trade receivables
  $ 840,820     $ 897,453  
Other receivables
    59,746       62,557  
Allowance for doubtful accounts
    (22,860 )     (9,648 )
Total receivables
  $ 877,706     $ 950,362  

Note 6: Inventories

Inventories consisted of the following (in thousands):

   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
Raw materials
  $ 132,972     $ 126,649  
Work-in-process
    518,104       403,791  
Finished goods, including parts and subassemblies
    1,210,267       931,168  
Other
    11,271       10,197  
      1,872,614       1,471,805  
Excess of current standard costs over LIFO costs
    (115,595 )     (85,240 )
Allowances
    (58,454 )     (49,640 )
Total inventories
  $ 1,698,565     $ 1,336,925  


 
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Note 7: Plant and Equipment and Goodwill

Plant and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):

   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
Plant and equipment, at cost
  $ 1,959,104     $ 1,766,646  
Accumulated depreciation
    (913,505 )     (834,999 )
Total plant and equipment
  $ 1,045,599     $ 931,647  


Changes in goodwill during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):

Balance at December 31, 2008
  $ 709,217  
Changes primarily associated with acquisitions and adjustments to prior period purchase
price allocations
    (2,170 )
Translation and other
    13,683  
Balance at September 30, 2009
  $ 720,730  

Note 8: Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities
 
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities consisted of the following (in thousands):

   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
Trade accounts payable and accruals
  $ 341,556     $ 525,507  
Salaries, wages and related fringe benefits
    152,691       164,411  
Advances from customers
    1,071,899       855,872  
Sales-related costs and provisions
    66,045       85,565  
Payroll and other taxes
    50,568       39,409  
Product warranty
    42,359       33,551  
Fair market value of derivatives
    10,550       35,715  
Other
    131,959       114,354  
Total accounts payable and accrued liabilities
  $ 1,867,627     $ 1,854,384  

 Activity during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 associated with the Company’s product warranty accruals was as follows (in thousands):
 
Balance
December 31,
2008
   
Net
warranty
provisions
   
Charges
against
accrual
   
Translation
and other
   
Balance
September 30,
2009
 
$33,551     30,986     (20,490)     (1,688)     $42,359  
 

 
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Note 9: Debt
 
The Company’s debt obligations were as follows (in thousands):

   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
Short-term borrowings under revolving credit facility
  $ 31,927     $ 14,482  
Senior notes, net of $1,953 of unamortized original issue discount at
    September 30, 2009 ($2,028 at December 31, 2008)
    748,047       747,972  
1.5% convertible debentures, net of $785 of conversion option discount
       at December 31, 2008
          130,324  
2.5% convertible debentures, net of $26,589 of conversion option discount at
       September 30, 2009 ($37,758 at December 31, 2008)
    473,411       462,242  
Other debt
    23,508       10,941  
Obligations under capital leases
    13,216       13,945  
      1,290,109       1,379,906  
Current maturities
    (61,042 )     (161,279 )
Long-term portion
  $ 1,229,067     $ 1,218,627  

Effective January 1, 2009, the Company adopted ASC Topic 470-20, which revises the accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash (including partial cash settlement) upon conversion.  The standard requires issuers of convertible debt instruments within its scope to separately account for the liability and equity components of the instruments in a manner that reflects the issuer’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate when interest cost is recognized.  Specifically, it requires bifurcation of a component of the debt, classification of that component in equity and the accretion of the resulting discount on the debt to be recognized as part of interest expense in the issuer’s consolidated results of operations.  The Company was required to apply this new standard to its 1.5% convertible debentures issued in 2004 and due in 2024 (1.5% Convertible Debentures) and its 2.5% convertible debentures issued in 2006 and due in 2026 (2.5% Convertible Debentures).

The bifurcation of the instruments was based on estimated market borrowing rates of 4.85% and 5.9%, respectively, for non-convertible debt instruments similar to the 1.5% and 2.5% Convertible Debentures.  The discount assigned to the convertible debentures in order to result in interest expense equal to the nonconvertible debt borrowing rates mentioned above is being accreted to interest expense over an estimated five-year life of the convertible debentures.  The estimated life is consistent with an option in the debentures allowing holders to require the Company to repurchase the debentures in whole or in part for principal plus accrued and unpaid interest five years following the date of issuance.  Accordingly, as a result of the adoption of the new standard, interest expense for the three-and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 increased by $3,783,000 and $11,955,000, respectively.  The Company has also retrospectively revised certain amounts included in these financial statements for the three-and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2008 as follows:

   
Three Months Ended September 30, 2008
   
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2008
 
Increase in interest expense
  $ 5,259     $ 15,595  
Decrease in net income
    3,321       9,848  
Decrease in basic earnings per share
    .01       .05  
Decrease in diluted earnings per share
    .02       .05  

Approximately $65,802,000 has been included in capital in excess of par value on the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets at both September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 related to the conversion value of the Company’s 1.5% and 2.5% Convertible Debentures.

On June 18, 2009, the Company notified the holders of its 1.5% Convertible Debentures that it would exercise its right to redeem for cash all of the outstanding notes on July 20, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including the redemption date.  All of the remaining 1.5% Convertible Debentures were either converted by the holders or redeemed by the Company.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2009,  approximately 3,156,891 shares of common stock were issued to holders of the 1.5% Convertible Debentures who elected the conversion option in recognition of the conversion value of those debentures.

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The carrying value of the 2.5% Convertible Debentures, totaling $473,411,000, has been classified as long-term debt in the September 30, 2009 Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet as these debentures are not redeemable by holders until June 2011.  At September 30, 2009, the conversion value of the 2.5% Convertible Debentures did not exceed the principal amount of the debentures.

At September 30, 2009, the Company had borrowings outstanding totaling £20,000,000, under its revolving credit facility at an interest rate of 0.72% with a maturity date of October 20, 2009.  Other debt, totaling $23,508,000 at September 30, 2009 consists primarily of short-term borrowings at certain other international locations.

At September 30, 2009, the fair value of the Company’s fixed-rate debt (based on level 1 quoted market rates) was approximately $1,456,211,000 as compared to $1,250,000,000 principal amount of the debt.  The carrying value of all other financial instruments is considered to be representative of their respective fair values.

Note 10: Income Taxes

The Company’s effective tax rate for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 was 25.9% and 25.8%, respectively.   The effective tax rate is the result of an annual estimated effective tax rate of 27% reduced by approximately $1,773,000 and $6,213,000 for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, respectively, primarily related to settlements with tax authorities partially offset by unrecognized benefits of certain tax positions and adjustments to certain other accruals.

Note 11: Employee Benefit Plans
 
Total net benefit (income) expense associated with the Company’s defined benefit pension plans consisted of the following (in thousands):

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Service cost
  $ 559     $ 1,607     $ 1,677     $ 4,821  
Interest cost
    2,939       4,466       8,817       13,398  
Expected return on plan assets
    (3,199 )     (5,944 )     (9,597 )     (17,832 )
Amortization of prior service cost (credits)
    2       (96 )     6       (288 )
Amortization of losses and other
    1,355       2,500       4,065       7,500  
Total net benefit expense
  $ 1,656     $ 2,533     $ 4,968     $ 7,599  

Total net benefit (income) expense associated with the Company’s postretirement benefit plans consisted of the following (in thousands):

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
   
2009
   
2008
 
Service cost
  $ 2     $ 1     $ 6     $ 3  
Interest cost
    128       269       384       807  
Amortization of prior service credits
    (223 )     (96 )     (669 )     (288 )
Amortization of gains and other
    (479 )     (371 )     (1,437 )     (1,113 )
Total net benefit income
  $ (572 )   $ (197 )   $ (1,716 )   $ (591 )


 
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Note 12: Business Segments
 
The Company’s operations are organized into three separate business segments – DPS, V&M and Compression Systems (CS). Summary financial data by segment is as follows (in thousands):

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
(as revised)
   
2009
   
2008
(as revised)
 
Revenues:
                       
DPS
  $ 791,494     $ 956,992     $ 2,459,115     $ 2,773,619  
V&M
    294,680       383,724       882,599       1,095,142  
CS
    145,617       164,017       417,138       455,860  
    $ 1,231,791     $ 1,504,733     $ 3,758,852     $ 4,324,621  
                                 
Income (loss) before income taxes:
                               
DPS
  $ 149,706     $ 171,493     $ 486,563     $ 453,664  
V&M
    56,552       84,661       160,094       221,711  
CS
    20,455       28,440       58,811       72,861  
Corporate & other
    (58,097 )     (42,424 )     (196,017 )     (107,146 )
    $ 168,616     $ 242,170     $ 509,451     $ 641,090  

Corporate & other includes expenses associated with the Company’s Corporate office, as well as all of the Company’s interest income, interest expense, certain litigation expense managed by the Company’s General Counsel, foreign currency gains and losses from certain intercompany lending activities managed by the Company’s centralized Treasury function and all of the Company’s restructuring and stock compensation expense. 

Note 13: Earnings Per Share
 
The calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share for each period presented was as follows (dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts):

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
(as revised)
   
2009
   
2008
(as revised)
 
                         
Net income
  $ 124,944     $ 162,980     $ 378,185     $ 434,747  
                                 
Average shares outstanding (basic)
    219,537       218,478       217,837       217,286  
Common stock equivalents
    2,375       2,555       1,942       2,799  
Incremental shares from assumed conversion
of convertible debentures
          8,186       1,467       10,868  
Diluted shares
    221,912       229,219       221,246       230,953  
                                 
Basic earnings per share
  $ 0.57     $ 0.75     $ 1.74     $ 2.00  
Diluted earnings per share
  $ 0.56     $ 0.71     $ 1.71     $ 1.88  

The Company’s 1.5% Convertible Debentures have been included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008, since the average market price of the Company’s common stock exceeded the conversion value of the debentures during both periods.  The Company’s 2.5% Convertible Debentures have been included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2008 for the same reason.  The 2.5% Convertible Debentures have not been included in the calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009, as the conversion price of the debentures was in excess of the average market price of the Company’s common stock during the period.  During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2009, the Company acquired 347,678 treasury shares at an average cost of $20.29 per share.  No treasury shares were acquired during the three months ended September 30, 2009.  A total of 244,764 and 964,601 treasury shares were issued during the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009, respectively, in satisfaction of stock option exercises and vesting of restricted stock units.

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On August 19, 2009, the Board of Directors approved amending its Stockholders’ Rights Agreement to accelerate the expiration of the Rights to August 31, 2009 from October 31, 2017.
 
Note 14: Comprehensive Income
 
The amounts of comprehensive income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 and 2008 were as follows (in thousands):

   
Three Months Ended
September 30,
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
   
2009
   
2008
(as revised)
   
2009
   
2008
(as revised)
 
Net income per Consolidated Condensed Results of Operations
  $ 124,944     $ 162,980     $ 378,185     $ 434,747  
Foreign currency translation gain (loss) (1)
    46,524       (122,366 )     103,564       (70,543 )
Amortization of net prior service credits related to the Company’s pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax
    (139 )     (119 )     (418 )     (355 )
Amortization of net actuarial losses related to the Company’s pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax
      552         1,315         1,656         3,944  
Change in fair value of derivatives accounted for as cash flow hedges, net of tax
    3,899       (31,512 )     23,439       (31,264 )
Comprehensive income
  $ 175,780     $ 10,298     $ 506,426     $ 336,529  

(1)
The “Foreign currency translation gain (loss)” relates primarily to the Company’s operations in Brazil, Canada, France, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway and the United Kingdom.


The components of accumulated other elements of comprehensive income (loss) at September 30, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were as follows (in thousands):

   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
 
Accumulated foreign currency translation gain (loss)
  $ 98,491     $ (5,073 )
Prior service credits, net, related to the Company’s pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax
    3,218       3,636  
Actuarial losses, net, related to the Company’s pension and postretirement benefit plans, net of tax
    (41,068 )     (42,724 )
Change in fair value of derivatives accounted for as cash flow hedges,
net of tax(1)
    (16,618 )     (40,057 )
Accumulated other elements of comprehensive income (loss)
  $ 44,023     $ (84,218 )

 (1)
Approximately $10,100,000 (after tax) of accumulated other elements of comprehensive loss is expected to be recognized in earnings during the twelve-month period ending September 30, 2010.


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Note 15: Contingencies
 
The Company is subject to a number of contingencies, including environmental matters, litigation and tax contingencies.

Environmental Matters

The Company’s worldwide operations are subject to regulations with regard to air, soil and water quality as well as other environmental matters. The Company, through its environmental management system and active third-party audit program, believes it is in substantial compliance with these regulations.

The Company is currently identified as a potentially responsible party (PRP) with respect to three sites designated for cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or similar state laws. One of these sites is Osborne, Pennsylvania (a landfill into which a predecessor of the CS operation in Grove City, Pennsylvania deposited waste), where remediation is complete and remaining costs relate to ongoing ground water treatment and monitoring.  Of the other two, one is believed to be a de minimis exposure and the other recently settled for a de minimis amount.

The Company is also engaged in site cleanup under the Voluntary Cleanup Plan of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at former manufacturing locations in Houston and Missouri City, Texas.  Changes in the groundwater flow pattern in the southeast corridor of the Houston project prompted the Company to take additional proactive remedial measures in order to protect the environment and avoid new areas of contamination.  Additionally, the Company has discontinued operations at a number of other sites which had been active for many years. The Company does not believe, based upon information currently available, that there are any material environmental liabilities existing at these locations. At September 30, 2009, the Company’s consolidated balance sheet included a noncurrent liability of approximately $6,669,000 for environmental matters.

Legal Matters

In 2001, the Company discovered that contaminated underground water from the former manufacturing site in Houston referenced above had migrated under an adjacent residential area. Pursuant to applicable state regulations, the Company notified the affected homeowners. Concerns over the impact on property values of the underground water contamination and its public disclosure led to a number of claims by homeowners.

The Company has entered into a number of individual settlements and has settled a class action lawsuit. Twenty-one of the individual settlements were made in the form of agreements with homeowners that obligated the Company to reimburse them for any estimated decline in the value of their homes at time of sale due to potential buyers’ concerns over contamination or, in the case of some agreements, to purchase the property after an agreed marketing period. Three of these agreements have had no claims made under them yet. The Company has also settled ten other property claims by homeowners who have sold their properties. In addition, the Company has settled Valice v. Cameron Iron Works, Inc. (80th Jud. Dist. Ct., Harris County, filed June 21, 2002), which was filed and settled as a class action. Pursuant to the settlement, the homeowners who remained part of the class are entitled to receive a cash payment of approximately 3% of the 2006 appraised value of their property or reimbursement of any diminution in value of their property due to contamination concerns at the time of any sale. To date, 74 homeowners have elected the cash payment.

Of the 258 properties included in the Valice class, there were 21 homeowners who opted out of the class settlement.  Agreement has been reached with all homeowners who opted out, including those who filed suits, and their claims for diminution of property value have been resolved.  While one suit that was filed relating to this matter included a claim for bodily injury, Cameron was granted summary judgment on the claim.  The Company is of the opinion that there is no health risk to area residents.  Recent testing results of monitoring wells on the southeastern border of the plume have caused the Company to notify the 33 homeowners who were not in the Valice class that their property may be affected.  Only one such homeowner has made a claim for property value diminution and that claim has been resolved.  The Company is taking remedial measures to prevent additional properties from being affected.

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The Company believes, based on its review of the facts and law, that any potential exposure from existing agreements, the class action settlement or other actions that have been or may be filed with respect to this underground water contamination, will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations. The Company’s consolidated balance sheet included a liability of approximately $14,464,000 for these matters as of September 30, 2009.

The Company has been named as a defendant in a number of multi-defendant, multi-plaintiff tort lawsuits since 1995. At September 30, 2009, the Company’s consolidated balance sheet included a liability of approximately $4,498,000 for such cases, including estimated legal costs. The Company believes, based on its review of the facts and law, that the potential exposure from these suits will not have a material adverse effect on its consolidated results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

Regulatory Contingencies

In January 2007, the Company underwent a Pre-Assessment Survey as part of a Focused Assessment Audit initiated by the Regulatory Audit Division of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.  The Pre-Assessment Survey resulted in a finding that the Company had deficiencies in its U.S. Customs compliance process and had underpaid customs duties.  The Company has taken corrective action and has closed out all matters regarding duties owed for import entries processed from September 29, 2001 through October 5, 2007.  The Company expects that the final assessment compliance period will encompass import activity during the second half of 2009.  The field work for the Focused Assessment Audit is expected to commence in January of 2010 and be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2010.

In July 2007, the Company was one of a number of companies to receive a letter from the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting information on activities undertaken on their behalf by a customs clearance broker. The DOJ is inquiring into whether certain of the services provided to the Company by the customs clearance broker may have involved violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  In response, the Company engaged special counsel reporting to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to conduct an investigation into its dealings with the customs clearance broker in Nigeria and Angola to determine if any payment made to or by the customs clearance broker on the Company’s behalf constituted a violation of the FCPA. To date, the special counsel has found that the Company utilized certain services in Nigeria offered by the customs clearance broker that appear to be similar to services that have been under review by the DOJ. Special counsel is reviewing these and other services and activities, such as immigration matters and importation permitting in Nigeria, to determine whether they were conducted in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Special counsel is also reviewing the extent, if any, of the Company’s knowledge, and its involvement in the performance, of these services and activities and whether the Company fulfilled its obligations under the FCPA.  In addition, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is conducting an informal inquiry into the same matters currently under review by the DOJ. As part of this inquiry the SEC has requested that the Company provide to them the information and documents that have been requested by and are being provided to the DOJ. The Company is cooperating fully with the SEC, as it is doing with the DOJ, and is providing the requested materials.

At this stage, the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the government inquiries. The Company has undertaken an enhanced compliance training effort for its personnel, including foreign operations personnel dealing with customs clearance regulations and hired a Chief Compliance Officer in September 2008 to oversee and direct all legal compliance matters for the Company.

Tax Contingencies

The Company has legal entities in over 35 countries, each of which has various tax filing requirements.  The Company prepares its tax filings in a manner which it believes is consistent with such filing requirements; however, some of the tax laws and regulations to which the Company is subject require interpretation and/or judgment. Although the Company believes that the tax liabilities for periods ending on or before the balance sheet date have been adequately provided for in the financial statements, to the extent that a taxing authority believes that the Company has not prepared its tax filings in accordance with the authority’s interpretation of the tax laws or regulations, the Company could be exposed to additional taxes. 

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Note 16: Financial and Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
 
The Company’s financial instruments consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, trade payables, derivative instruments and debt instruments. The book values of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, trade payables, derivative instruments and floating-rate debt instruments are considered to be representative of their respective fair values. Certain cash equivalents have also been valued based on quoted market prices which are considered to be Level 1 market inputs as defined in ASC 820.

In order to mitigate the effect of exchange rate changes, the Company will often attempt to structure sales contracts to provide for collections from customers in the currency in which the Company incurs its manufacturing costs. In certain instances, the Company will enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts to hedge specific large anticipated receipts or disbursements in currencies for which the Company does not traditionally have fully offsetting local currency expenditures or receipts. The Company was party to a number of long-term foreign currency forward contracts at September 30, 2009, some of which extend through 2011. The purpose of the majority of these contracts was to hedge large anticipated non-functional currency cash flows on major subsea, drilling, valve or other equipment contracts involving the Company’s United States operations and its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Brazil, France, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Singapore and the United Kingdom. The Company determines the fair value of its outstanding foreign currency forward contracts based on quoted exchange rates for the respective currencies applicable to similar instruments.  These quoted exchange rates are considered to be Level 2 observable market inputs as defined in the fair value measurements guidance of the ASC.  Information relating to the contracts, which have been accounted for as cash flow hedges as of September 30, 2009 follows:

Total net volume bought (sold) by notional currency on open derivative contracts at September 30, 2009 was as follows (in thousands):

 
Notional currency in:
 
                                            Volume
     
RON
 
11,400
SGD
 
2,160
GBP
 
888
EUR
 
(34,625)
USD
 
(135,531)

The fair value of derivative financial instruments recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheet at September 30, 2009 is as follows (in thousands):
 
   
 
Asset Derivatives
 
Liability Derivatives
 
 
Balance sheet location
 
Fair value
 
Balance sheet
location
 
Fair value
 
   
Derivatives designated as
hedging instruments:
 
Foreign exchange
contracts
Current assets
 
 
  $ 3,355  
Current liabilities
 
  $ (9,455)  
 
Non-current assets
    79  
Non-current liabilities
    (1,027)  
        3,434         (10,482)  
   
Derivatives not designated as
hedging instruments:
 
Foreign exchange
contracts
Current assets
 
 
    98  
Current liabilities
 
 
    (1,095)  
 
Non-current assets
     
Non-current liabilities
     
        98         (1,095)  
Total Derivatives
    $ 3,532       $ (11,577)  

 
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The effects of derivative financial instruments on the Company’s consolidated condensed financial statements for the three months ended September 30, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):
 
   
Effective Portion
 
Ineffective Portion and Other
 
Derivatives in
Cash Flow
Hedging
Relationships
 
Amount of
Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives
 
Location of
Gain (Loss)
Reclassified from
Accumulated OCI
into Income
 
Amount of
Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income
 
Location of
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Income on Derivatives
 
Amount of
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives
 
                       
Foreign exchange
    contracts
  $ 2,469  
Revenues
 
 
 
 
  $ (703)  
Cost of goods
    sold-ineffective
  portion
  $ 486  
         
Cost of
goods sold
    (2,845)            
         
Depreciationexpense
    (26)            
Total
  $ 2,469       $ (3,574)       $ 486  


The effects of derivative financial instruments on the Company’s consolidated condensed financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were as follows (in thousands):

   
Effective Portion
 
Ineffective Portion and Other
 
Derivatives in
Cash Flow
Hedging
Relationships
 
Amount of
Pre-Tax
Gain (Loss) Recognized in OCI on Derivatives
 
Location of
Gain (Loss) R
eclassified from
Accumulated OCI
into Income
 
Amount of
Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated OCI into Income
 
Location of
Gain (Loss)
Recognized in
Income on
Derivatives
 
Amount of
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income on Derivatives
 
                       
Foreign exchange
 contracts
  $ 17,015  
Revenues
 
 
 
 
  $ (15,664)  
Cost of goods
sold-ineffective
portion
  $ 2,171  
         
Cost of
goods sold
    (5,611)            
         
Depreciation
expense
    (101)            
Total
  $ 17,015       $ (21,376)       $ 2,171  

 
Approximately $1,072,000 and $833,000, respectively was recognized as an addition to cost of goods sold during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2009 relating to derivatives which were not designated as hedging instruments.

On October 19, 2009, the Company entered into an interest rate swap with a third party to receive a fixed interest rate of 6.375% and to pay a variable rate based on the 3 month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 4.801% on a notional value of $200,000,000.   The swap matures on January 15, 2012 and provides for semi-annual payments each January 15 and July 15, beginning January 15, 2010.  Interest is compounded quarterly on the 15th of each January, April, July and October.  An additional interest rate swap with a notional value of $200,000,000 and terms identical to the above was also entered into on October 23, 2009, except that the variable rate to be paid is based on 3 month LIBOR plus 4.779%.  The fair value of both interest rate swaps will be reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as either an asset or liability with the change in the fair value of the swaps reflected as an adjustment to the Company’s consolidated interest income (in the case of an asset) or consolidated interest expense (in the case of a liability).
 
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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
 
In addition to the historical data contained herein, this document includes “forward-looking statements” regarding future market strength, order levels, revenues and earnings of the Company, as well as expectations regarding cash flows and future capital spending made in reliance upon the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.  The Company’s actual results may differ materially from those described in forward-looking statements.  These statements are based on current expectations of the Company’s performance and are subject to a variety of factors, some of which are not under the control of the Company, which can affect the Company’s results of operations, liquidity or financial condition.  Such factors may include overall demand for, and pricing of, the Company’s products; the size and timing of orders; the Company’s ability to successfully execute large subsea and drilling systems projects it has been awarded; the Company’s ability to convert backlog into revenues on a timely and profitable basis; changes in the price of (and demand for) oil and gas in both domestic and international markets; raw material costs and availability; political and social issues affecting the countries in which the Company does business; fluctuations in currency markets worldwide; and variations in global economic activity.  In particular, current and projected oil and gas prices historically have generally directly affected customers’ spending levels and their related purchases of the Company’s products and services.  Additionally, changes in oil and gas price expectations may impact the Company’s financial results due to changes it may make in its cost structure, staffing or spending levels based on these expectations.  Finally, results could be affected by the following factors related to the proposed acquisition of NATCO:  the ability to satisfy the closing conditions of the transaction, including obtaining regulatory approvals for the transaction and the approval of the merger agreement by the NATCO stockholders; the timing of the satisfaction of the required approvals; the risk that the businesses will not be integrated successfully; the risk that the cost savings and any other synergies from the transaction may not be fully realized or may take longer to realize than expected; disruption from the transaction making it more difficult to maintain relationships with customers, employees or suppliers; the impact of other acquisitions that Cameron or NATCO have made or may make before the transaction; and competition and its effect on pricing.  See additional factors discussed in “Factors That May Affect Financial Condition and Future Results” contained herein.
 
Because the information herein is based solely on data currently available, it is subject to change as a result of changes in conditions over which the Company has no control or influence, and should not therefore be viewed as assurance regarding the Company’s future performance.  Additionally, the Company is not obligated to make public indication of such changes unless required under applicable disclosure rules and regulations.
  
THIRD QUARTER 2009 COMPARED TO THIRD QUARTER 2008
 
Consolidated Results -
 
The Company’s net income for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $124.9 million, or $0.56 per diluted share, compared to $163.0 million, or $0.71 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2008.  The Company’s consolidated condensed results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2008 and the consolidated condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2008 have been retrospectively revised to reflect the adoption of FASB Accounting Standards Codification Topic 470-20, (ASC 470-20), effective January 1, 2009.  The standard was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in May 2008 to clarify the accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlements).  The new guidance requires issuers of these instruments to separately account for the related liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect an issuer’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate in its reported interest expense.  Retrospective revision of the financial statements for prior periods is required.  As a result, the Company’s consolidated net income for the third quarter of 2008 has been retrospectively revised from $166.3 million, or $0.73 per diluted share, as previously reported, to $163.0 million, or $0.71 per diluted share.

Included in operating results for the third quarter of 2009 were employee severance and related benefit costs associated primarily with workforce reductions during this period and certain other costs incurred mainly in connection with the pending acquisition of NATCO Group, Inc., totaling $5.9 million, or $0.02 per diluted share.


 
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Revenues

 
Revenues for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $1.2 billion, a decrease of $272.9 million, or 18.1%, from $1.5 billion for the third quarter of 2008.  Drilling & Production Systems (DPS) segment revenues declined 17.3% as a result of lower levels of major drilling and subsea project activities and the effects of lower surface equipment sales due to lower drilling and production activity levels throughout much of the world.  Valves & Measurement (V&M) segment revenues were down 23.2%, largely reflecting lower activity levels in the U.S. and Canadian markets while Compression Systems (CS) segment revenues decreased 11.2%, mainly as a result of lower sales of reciprocating compression equipment caused by the effect of lower natural gas prices on activity levels and weakness in the North American markets.

Costs and Expenses

   Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $828.0 million, a decrease of $222.8 million, or 21.2%, from $1.1 billion for the third quarter of 2008.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenues decreased from 69.8% for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to 67.2% for the three months ended September 30, 2009.  References to margins in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations refers to Revenues minus Cost of Sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) as shown separately on the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Results of Operations statement for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.  The decrease in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues was attributable primarily to a 3.3 percentage-point decline in the ratio related to the DPS segment, primarily as a result of higher margins on drilling and subsea equipment sales as well as process systems projects, including the recovery of previously expensed costs related to a large subsea project, partially offset by (i) an increase in the ratio in the CS segment due mainly to a reclassification of a provision previously recorded in selling and administrative expenses to cost of sales and other inventory related costs (approximately a 0.4 percentage-point increase) and (ii) the impact on sales mix of the decline in the sales volumes in the V&M segment (approximately a 0.3 percentage-point increase).

Selling and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2009 were $169.7 million as compared to $165.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $4.4 million, or 2.7%.  As a percentage of revenues, selling and administrative costs increased from 11.0% for the third quarter of 2008 to 13.8% for the third quarter of 2009.  The increase was mainly attributable to (i) an increase of $4.6 million in the provision for doubtful accounts taken by the DPS segment during the third quarter of 2009 that was primarily related to certain past due receivables from an international customer, (ii) higher legal, consulting and other third party service provider costs of approximately $3.9 million and (iii) higher facility-related costs of $2.6 million.  These increased costs were partially offset by a $5.6 reclassification of a previously recorded provision to cost of sales by the CS segment.
 
Depreciation and amortization expense for the third quarter of 2009 was $38.3 million, an increase of nearly $5.8 million, or 18.0%, from $32.5 million for the third quarter of 2008.  Nearly 40% of the increase was due to the effects of newly acquired businesses with the remaining increase primarily the result of higher depreciation expense associated with increased levels of capital spending in periods prior to the third quarter of 2009, as well as higher amortization of acquired intangibles.

Interest income totaled $1.4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $9.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008.  The decrease was due primarily to lower short-term interest rates during the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the third quarter of 2008.

 
Interest expense was $22.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $23.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, a decrease of $1.0 million.  Interest expense for the third quarter of 2008 has been retrospectively revised from $18.4 million to $23.6 million to reflect the adoption of ASC 470-20 as described above.  The primary reason for the decrease in interest expense was due to a reduction in interest expense in the third quarter of 2009 related to the Company’s convertible debentures.

 
 

 
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The income tax provision for the third quarter of 2009 was $43.7 million compared to $79.2 million for the third quarter of 2008.  The effective tax rates during the third quarter of 2009 and 2008 were 25.9% and 32.7%, respectively.  The effective tax rate for the third quarter of 2009 is lower than the comparable previous period due primarily to a lowering of the annual estimated effective tax rate to 27% as a result of changes in the Company’s international structure implemented earlier in 2009 and a net reduction recorded during the third quarter of 2009 related to adjustments to prior year accruals totaling approximately $1.8 million.

Revenues and income before income taxes for the DPS, V&M and CS segments are discussed in more detail below.

Segment Results -
 
DPS Segment

   
Quarter Ended
September 30,
   
Decrease
 
(dollars in millions)
 
2009
   
2008
          $   %
Revenues
  $ 791.5     $ 957.0     $ (165.5 )     (17.3 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 149.7     $ 171.5     $ (21.8 )     (12.7 )%

DPS segment revenues for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $791.5 million, a decrease of $165.5 million, or 17.3%, from $957.0 million for the third quarter of 2008.  Almost one-half of the decrease in sales by the segment was the result of a nearly 26% decline in surface equipment sales as activity was down in all major regions of the world, except Latin America. Drilling equipment sales declined nearly 22% primarily due to the lower level of activity relating to completion of equipment for new major deepwater rig construction projects, lower levels of drilling riser production and lower demand for land blowout preventers and related equipment.  Subsea equipment sales declined 9% as lower activity levels for projects offshore Brazil and the western coast of Australia more than offset higher revenues for projects offshore West Africa during the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the third quarter of 2008.  Revenues associated with process systems were up 11% in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the same period last year due to activity levels relating to certain large projects during the third quarter of 2009.

Income before income taxes totaled $149.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $171.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008, a decrease of $21.8 million, or 12.7%.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenues decreased from 72.0% in the third quarter of 2008 to 67.1% in the third quarter of 2009.  The decrease in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues was due primarily to (i) the impact of higher net margins on deepwater drilling projects (approximately a 2.0 percentage-point decrease) and (ii) an improvement in margins on large subsea projects and process systems projects, including the impact of a recovery of previously expensed costs related to a large subsea project (approximately a 3.1 percentage-point decrease in the ratio).

 
Selling and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $89.0 million, an increase of $9.2 million, or 11.5%, from $79.8 million during the comparable period of 2008.  Selling and administrative expenses as a percent of revenues increased from 8.3% in the third quarter of 2008 to 11.2% in the third quarter of 2009.  The increase was mainly attributable to (i) a $4.6 million increase in the provision for doubtful accounts mostly related to certain past due receivables from an international customer and (ii) higher headcount and employee-related costs and other discretionary spending, primarily in the subsea business.

 
Depreciation and amortization increased $5.1 million, from $16.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008 to $22.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2009.  Nearly half of the increase was due to the effects of newly acquired businesses with the remaining increase primarily the result of higher depreciation expense associated with increased levels of capital spending in periods prior to the third quarter of 2009 for new machinery and equipment as well as higher amortization of acquired intangibles.



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V&M Segment

   
Quarter Ended
September 30,
   
Decrease
 
(dollars in millions)
 
2009
   
2008
          $   %
Revenues
  $ 294.7     $ 383.7     $ (89.0 )     (23.2 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 56.6     $ 84.7     $ (28.1 )     (33.2 )%

Revenues for the V&M segment for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $294.7 million as compared to $383.7 million in the third quarter of 2008, a decline of $89.0 million, or 23.2%.  Lower sales of engineered and distributed valves and of measurement products due largely to the impact of a decrease in market activity in the United States and Canada accounted for virtually all of the decline in revenues.

 
Income before income taxes totaled $56.6 million for the third quarter of 2009, a decrease of $28.1 million, or 33.2%, compared to $84.7 million for the third quarter of 2008.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenues declined from 65.0% in the third quarter of 2008 to 63.8% in the third quarter of 2009.  Improved sourcing of materials as well as a shift in mix toward sales of higher margin products during the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the third quarter of 2008 resulted in a reduction in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues of approximately 3.5 percentage-points for engineered products and process valves combined.  A mix shift toward higher margin measurement and aftermarket sales also reduced the cost of sales to revenue ratio by approximately 1.2 percentage points. Offsetting these reductions was the impact of a reduction in the amount of distributed product sales in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the third quarter of 2008 which added nearly 3.8 percentage points to the ratio.

 
Selling and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2009 were $40.7 million, a decrease of $0.7 million, or 1.7%, as compared to $41.4 million in the third quarter of 2008.  However, as a percent of revenues, selling and administrative expenses increased from 10.8% in the third quarter of 2008 to 13.8% in the third quarter of 2009 as costs did not decline as quickly as revenues.

 
Depreciation and amortization increased $1.2 million from $8.1 million in the third quarter of 2008 to $9.3 million in the third quarter of 2009.  The increase was due largely to higher capital spending in periods prior to the third quarter of 2009.

CS Segment

   
Quarter Ended
September 30,
   
Decrease
 
(dollars in millions)
 
2009
   
2008
          $   %
Revenues
  $ 145.6     $ 164.0     $ (18.4 )     (11.2 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 20.5     $ 28.4     $ (7.9 )     (28.1 )%

CS segment revenues for the three months ended September 30, 2009 totaled $145.6 million, a decrease of $18.4 million, or 11.2%, from $164.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Sales of reciprocating compression equipment were down 30% in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the third quarter of 2008.  This decrease was partially offset by an 8% increase in sales of centrifugal compression equipment during the same period.   The decrease in reciprocating compression equipment sales was due primarily to a 74% decline in sales of Ajax units, primarily to U.S.-based lease fleet operators, and a 21% reduction in aftermarket revenues reflecting weaker market conditions and the impact of low natural gas prices in North America on activity levels.  A 41% increase in sales of centrifugal engineered units, primarily attributable to higher international shipments of gas compression and engineered air equipment, more than offset a 45% decrease in shipments of plant air machines and an 11% decrease in demand for aftermarket parts and services. The decline in shipments of plant air machines was largely attributable to the absence in the third quarter of 2009 of several multi-unit shipments that had occurred in the third quarter of 2008 to various international customers, as well as overall weakness in the industrial markets.
 
Income before income taxes for the CS segment totaled $20.5 million for the third quarter of 2009 compared to $28.4 million for the third quarter of 2008, a decrease of $7.9 million, or 28.1%. Cost of sales as a percent of revenues increased from 68.2% in the third quarter of 2008 to 74.1% for the same period in 2009.  The increase in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues was due primarily to (i) a reclassification of a provision previously recorded in selling and administrative expenses to cost of sales which resulted in an approximate 3.3 percentage-point increase in the ratio and (ii) higher inventory write-offs in the third quarter of 2009 (resulting in an approximate 2.3 percentage-point increase in the cost of sales to revenues ratio).
 

 
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Selling and administrative expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2009 totaled $13.2 million, a decrease of $6.6 million, or 33.3%, from $19.8 million during the comparable period of 2008. The decrease was primarily attributable to a $5.6 million reclassification of a previously recorded provision to cost of sales.

Corporate Segment

 
The Corporate segment’s loss before income taxes was $58.1 million in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to $42.4 million in the third quarter of 2008.  The loss before income taxes for the Corporate segment for the third quarter of 2008 was retrospectively revised from $37.2 million to $42.4 million to reflect the adoption of ASC 470-20 described above under “Consolidated Results”.  The adoption of ASC 470-20, effective January 1, 2009, required the Company to retrospectively revise its 2008 financial statements for consistency with the results for the third quarter of 2009 reported under this new accounting standard.

Selling and administrative expenses for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $26.8 million, an increase of $2.5 million, or 10.4%, from $24.3 million during the comparable period of 2008.  The primary reason for the increase was higher employee incentive costs.

 
The decrease in interest income and in interest expense and the severance and other restructuring expense incurred during the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 are discussed in “Consolidated Results” above.

Orders -

Orders were as follows (dollars in millions):

   
Quarter Ended
September 30,
   
Decrease
 
   
2009
   
2008
          $   %
DPS
  $ 961.8     $ 1,945.4     $ (983.6 )     (50.6 )%
V&M
    253.4       475.4       (222.0 )     (46.7 )%
CS
    127.8       191.0       (63.2 )     (33.0 )%
    $ 1,343.0     $ 2,611.8     $ (1,268.8 )     (48.6 )%

Orders for the third quarter of 2009 decreased $1.3 billion, or 48.6%, from the third quarter of 2008.  Approximately $15.7 million of orders were cancelled by customers during the third quarter of 2009.
 
DPS segment orders for the third quarter of 2009 totaled $961.8 million, a decrease of $983.6 million, or 50.6%, from over $1.9 billion for the third quarter of 2008. Orders for drilling equipment in the third quarter of 2009 declined nearly 77% from the third quarter of 2008 largely due to a lower level of activity with regard to new deepwater rig construction projects and lower levels of awards for new land equipment.  Orders for subsea equipment were down 52% in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 as the third quarter of 2008 included an award for a major subsea project offshore West Africa totaling in excess of $800 million compared to orders received in the third quarter of 2009 under a new frame agreement for future delivery of subsea trees for projects offshore Brazil currently valued at approximately $300 million. The total value to the Company of this new frame agreement is expected to approximate $500 million as additional orders are received in the future.  Surface equipment orders decreased 19% during the three months ended September 30, 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008 primarily due to a decline during these same periods of nearly 51% in average U.S. rig counts as a result of a more than 40% decrease in average crude oil prices and a nearly 65% decrease in average natural gas prices. Orders for process systems were up 14% during the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the third quarter of 2008, due primarily to a large multiphase pumping system order received in the third quarter of 2009 for use on offshore platforms in the Gulf of Mexico.

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The V&M segment had orders of $253.4 million in the third quarter of 2009, a decrease of $222.0 million, or 46.7%, from $475.4 million for the comparable period in 2008. Orders decreased in all product lines during the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 as follows: (i) distributed product orders decreased 70% as a result of softness in the North American market as compared to strong 2008 activity levels, (ii) orders for engineered valves decreased nearly 43% due to delays in various large international projects as compared to the third quarter of 2008 and overall weakness in the U.S. and Canadian markets, (iii) orders in the process valve product line decreased nearly 20% due to lower international project activity as well as weaker demand from customers in the United States and (iv) orders for measurement products decreased 47% over the similar period in 2008 reflecting lower awards from customers in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom due to declining activity levels.

Orders in the CS segment for the three months ended September 30, 2009 totaled $127.8 million, a decrease of $63.2 million, or 33.0%, from $191.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2008. Centrifugal compression equipment orders declined 32% in the third quarter of 2009 when compared to the similar period in 2008, accounting for nearly 56% of the total decrease in segment orders, whereas reciprocating compression equipment orders decreased nearly 35% in the third quarter of 2009. The global decline in economic activity that began in late 2008 contributed significantly to the decline in centrifugal compression equipment orders for plant air machines and for engineered products, primarily those designed for air separation applications. Nearly 59% of the decline in orders within the reciprocating compression equipment product line was due to a 79% reduction in demand for Superior compressors in the third quarter of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 due largely to the strong order levels in the third quarter of 2008 from international customers which did not repeat in the third quarter of 2009. The impact of lower natural gas prices on activity levels and the lack of a repeat of the strong order levels experienced in the third quarter of 2008 also contributed to declines in demand for Ajax units and aftermarket parts and services in the current quarter as compared to last year.

NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2009 COMPARED TO NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Consolidated Results -

The Company’s net income for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $378.2 million, or $1.71 per diluted share, compared to $434.7 million, or $1.88 per diluted share, for the first nine months of 2008.  The Company’s consolidated condensed results of operations for the first nine months of 2008 and the consolidated condensed balance sheet as of December 31, 2008 have been retrospectively revised to reflect the adoption of ASC 470-20, effective January 1, 2009.  ASC 470-20 was issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in May 2008 to clarify the accounting for convertible debt instruments that may be settled in cash upon conversion (including partial cash settlements).  The standard requires issuers of these instruments to separately account for the related liability and equity components in a manner that will reflect an issuer’s nonconvertible debt borrowing rate in its reported interest expense.  Retrospective revision of the financial statements for prior periods is required under ASC 470-20.  As a result of the adoption of this new standard, the Company’s consolidated net income for the first nine months of 2008 has been retrospectively revised from $444.6 million, or $1.93 per diluted share, as previously reported, to $434.7 million, or $1.88 per diluted share.

Included in operating results for the first nine months of 2009 were employee severance and related benefit costs associated primarily with workforce reductions during this period and certain other costs incurred mainly in connection with the pending acquisition of NATCO Group, Inc., totaling $39.0 million, or $0.11 per diluted share.

 
Revenues

 
Revenues for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $3.8 billion, a decrease of $565.8 million, or 13.1%, from $4.3 billion for the first nine months of 2008.  DPS segment revenues declined 11.3%, accounting for nearly 56% of the decrease in consolidated revenues, as a result of lower surface equipment sales due to lower worldwide drilling and production activity levels and due to lower shipments and activity levels relating to certain large subsea projects.  V&M segment revenues were down 19.4%, largely reflecting lower activity levels in the U.S., Canadian and U.K. markets while CS segment revenues decreased 8.5%, mainly as a result of a decline in reciprocating compression parts and equipment sales resulting from the impact of lower natural gas prices on activity levels and weakness in the U.S. market.  Included in consolidated revenues for the first nine months of 2009 were $19.8 million of fees associated with cancellation of existing orders.

 
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During the first nine months of 2009, nearly 60% of the Company’s revenue was reflected in entities with functional currencies other than the U.S. dollar.  In translating these entities’ functional currency income statements to U.S. dollars for consolidation purposes, an increase in the value of the U.S. dollar compared to the applicable functional currency will result in a lower amount of U.S. dollar revenues and costs for the same amount of functional currency revenues and costs.  Nearly 13% of the net reduction in consolidated revenue during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 was due to the stronger U.S. dollar against these other foreign currencies for much of the year, partially offset by approximately $52.3 million in incremental revenues generated by businesses acquired since the first nine months of 2008.

 
Costs and Expenses

 
Cost of sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $2.5 billion, a decrease of $567.0 million, or 18.4%, from $3.1 billion for the first nine months of 2008.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenues decreased from 71.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to 66.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.  References to margins in this Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations refers to Revenues minus Cost of Sales (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) as shown separately on the Company’s Consolidated Condensed Results of Operations statement for the three- and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2009 and 2008.  The decrease in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues was attributable primarily to a 4.7 percentage-point decline in the ratio related to the DPS segment primarily as a result of higher margins on drilling and subsea equipment sales as well as process systems projects, including the recovery of previously expensed costs related to a large subsea project, partially offset by the impact of the decline in sales volume in the V&M segment (a 0.5 percentage-point increase in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues).

 
Selling and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 were $517.2 million as compared to $484.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $32.7 million, or 6.8%.  As a percentage of revenues, selling and administrative costs increased from 11.2% for the first nine months of 2008 to 13.8% for the first nine months of 2009.  The increase was mainly attributable to (i) higher provisions for doubtful accounts totaling approximately $14.1 million relating to uncertainties regarding collection of receivables, primarily in the DPS and CS segments, (ii) a $7.5 million write-down related to a receivable associated with the 2006 sale of the Company’s interest in its Iranian joint venture, (iii) the absence in the first nine months of 2009 of a $5.8 million reduction in expense recorded in the first nine months of 2008 relating to one of the Company’s non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans and (iv) higher employee-related and facility costs primarily associated with the Subsea business in the DPS segment.  These increases were partially offset by the absence in the first nine months of 2009 of a $3.6 million charge recorded in the first nine months of 2008 related to a dispute on an historical acquisition.

 
Depreciation and amortization expense for the first nine months of 2009 was $112.3 million, an increase of $16.6 million, or 17.3%, from $95.7 million for the first nine months of 2008.  Nearly 40% of the increase was due to the effects of newly acquired businesses with the remaining increase primarily the result of higher depreciation expense associated with increased levels of capital spending in periods prior to the first nine months of 2009 and higher amortization of acquired intangibles.

 
Interest income totaled $5.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $22.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.  The decrease is due primarily to lower short-term interest rates during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008, partially offset by higher levels of invested cash balances during the first nine months of 2009.

 
Interest expense was $73.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $46.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $­­­­27.7 million.  Interest expense for the first nine months of 2008 has been retrospectively revised from $30.5 million to $46.1 million to reflect the adoption of ASC 470-20 described above.  Interest expense during the first nine months of 2009 relating to the adoption of ASC 470-20 totaled over $11.9 million.  The primary reason for the increase in interest expense was due to $24.7 million of additional interest associated with the issuance of $450.0 million of 6.375% senior notes and $300.0 million of 7.0% senior notes in June 2008.

 
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The income tax provision for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 was $131.3 million compared to $206.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008.  The effective tax rates during the first nine months of 2009 and 2008 were 25.8% and 32.2%, respectively.  The effective tax rate for the first nine months of 2009 is lower than the comparable previous period primarily as a result of two items (i) a lowering of the annual estimated effective tax rate to 27% as a result of changes in the Company’s international structure implemented during 2009 and (ii) a net reduction in reserves for uncertain tax positions primarily related to settlements with tax authorities and adjustments to prior year accruals, partially offset by unrecognized benefits of certain tax positions totaling approximately $6.3 million.

Revenues and income before income taxes for the DPS, V&M and CS segments are discussed in more detail below.

Segment Results -

DPS Segment

   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
Increase (Decrease)
 
(dollars in millions)
 
2009
   
2008
          $   %
Revenues
  $ 2,459.1     $ 2,773.6     $ (314.5 )     (11.3 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 486.6     $ 453.7     $ 32.9       7.3 %

DPS segment revenues for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $2.5 billion, a decrease of $314.5 million, or 11.3%, from $2.8 billion for the first nine months of 2008.  Approximately 17% of the decrease was attributable to the effects of a stronger U.S. dollar against certain other foreign currencies for much of the year for the same reasons as mentioned under “Consolidated Results – Revenues” above, partially offset by the incremental impact of approximately $42.7 million of additional revenues generated from businesses acquired since the first nine months of 2008.  Absent the effects of a stronger U.S. dollar and newly acquired businesses, the remaining decrease was the result of a 14% decline in surface equipment sales, an 11% decrease in subsea equipment sales and a 4% decrease in drilling equipment sales while sales of process systems were flat during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008.  Surface equipment sales declined in all major regions of the world due to the impact of lower commodity prices on drilling and production activity levels. The decrease in subsea equipment sales was mostly due to a lower level of shipments and activity relating to major projects offshore West Africa and the Western coast of Australia.  Sales of drilling equipment during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008 were down due primarily to a lower level of activity relating to completion of equipment for new major deepwater rig construction projects, partially offset by an increased level of demand for spares and aftermarket repairs.

Income before income taxes totaled $486.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 compared to $453.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008, an increase of $32.9 million, or 7.3%.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenues decreased from 73.6% in the first nine months of 2008 to 67.0% in the first nine months of 2009.  The decrease in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues was due primarily to (i) the impact of higher margins on deepwater drilling projects, including the impact of changes in estimates of project costs, as well as a higher proportion of sales of higher-margin drilling projects in the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008 (approximately a 3.2 percentage-point decrease), (ii) an improvement in margins on large subsea projects, including the recovery of previously expensed costs related to a large subsea project, as well as a mix change to a lower proportion of sales of subsea projects which carry a higher cost of sales-to-revenue ratio than the segment’s other base businesses (approximately a 2.6 percentage-point decrease in the ratio) and (iii) higher margins on process systems projects during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 (approximately a 0.5 percentage-point decrease).
 
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Selling and administrative expenses for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $263.4 million, an increase of $36.4 million, or 16.0%, from $227.0 million during the comparable period of 2008.  The increase was mainly attributable to (i) a $10.7 million increase in the provision for doubtful accounts primarily relating to certain past due receivables, (ii) a $7.5 million write-down related to a receivable associated with the 2006 sale of the Company’s interest in its Iranian joint venture and (iii) the effects of higher headcount and employee-related costs, primarily in the subsea business.

 
Depreciation and amortization increased $11.8 million, from $50.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008 to $62.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.  Over one-half of the increase was due to the effects of newly acquired businesses with the remaining increase primarily the result of higher depreciation expense associated with increased levels of capital spending in periods prior to the first nine months of 2009 and higher amortization of acquired intangibles.

V&M Segment

   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
Decrease
 
(dollars in millions)
 
2009
   
2008
          $   %
Revenues
  $ 882.6     $ 1,095.1     $ (212.5 )     (19.4 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 160.1     $ 221.7     $ (61.6 )     (27.8 )%

Revenues for the V&M segment for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $882.6 million as compared to $1.1 billion in the first nine months of 2008, a decline of $212.5 million, or 19.4%.  Over 90% of the decline in revenues was the result of a decrease in sales of engineered and distributed valves and of measurement products due largely to the impact of a decrease in market activity in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.  Revenues from the segment’s process valves and aftermarket product lines were each down less than 10% during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008 also reflecting the weak market conditions in the United States.

Income before income taxes totaled $160.1 million for the first nine months of 2009, a decrease of $61.6 million, or 27.8%, compared to $221.7 million for the first nine months of 2008.  Cost of sales as a percent of revenues decreased from 65.8% in the first nine months of 2008 to 65.2% in the first nine months of 2009.  The decline is primarily the result of the net impact of improved margins in the process valve product line and a mix shift in product line sales as the result of a large decrease in sales of generally lower margin distributed products.

Selling and administrative expenses for the first nine months of 2009 were $120.5 million, a decrease of $9.1 million, or 7.0%, as compared to $129.6 million in the first nine months of 2008.  However, as a percent of revenues, selling and administrative expenses increased from 11.8% in the first nine months of 2008 to 13.7% in the first nine months of 2009 as costs did not decline as quickly as revenues.  The decrease was primarily attributable to lower employee related costs due to headcount reductions, savings from plant consolidations and discretionary spending controls.

 
Depreciation and amortization increased $2.8 million from $23.7 million in the first nine months of 2008 to $26.5 million in the first nine months of 2009.  The increase was due largely to higher capital spending in periods prior to the first nine months of 2009 on facilities and for new machinery and equipment, mainly in the U.S., Canada and Italy.

CS Segment

   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
Decrease
 
(dollars in millions)
 
2009
   
2008
          $   %
Revenues
  $ 417.1     $ 455.9     $ (38.8 )     (8.5 )%
Income before income taxes
  $ 58.8     $ 72.9     $ (14.1 )     (19.3 )%

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CS segment revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 totaled $417.1 million, a decrease of $38.8 million, or 8.5%, from $455.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2008. Sales of reciprocating equipment were down 18% in the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008, accounting for nearly 97% of the decline in segment revenues.   The decrease in reciprocating equipment sales was primarily due to a 41% decline in sales of Ajax units, primarily to U.S.-based lease fleet operators, and a 12% reduction in aftermarket revenues reflecting weaker market conditions in the United States.  In the centrifugal compression equipment product line, lower aftermarket revenues and a 40% decrease in shipments of plant air machines were mostly offset by a 17% increase in sales of engineered units, primarily to international customers for gas compression and engineered air applications.  The decline in shipments of plant air machines was largely attributable to the absence in the first nine months of 2009 of several multi-unit shipments that had occurred in the first nine months of 2008 to various international customers.
Income before income taxes for the CS segment totaled $58.8 million for the first nine months of 2009 compared to $72.9 million for the first nine months of 2008, a decrease of $14.1 million, or 19.3%. Cost of sales as a percent of revenues increased from 68.9% in the first nine months of 2008 to 69.2% for the same period in 2009.  The increase in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues was due primarily to (i) a reclassification of a provision previously recorded in selling and administrative expenses to cost of sales which resulted in an approximate 1.3 percentage-point increase in the ratio, (ii) higher inventory write-offs in the first nine months of 2009 (resulting in an approximate 0.8 percentage-point increase in the cost of sales to revenues ratio) and (iii) higher warranty accruals and a higher exchange loss on transactions denominated in currencies other than functional currency (approximately a 0.9 percentage-point increase).  These increases were mostly offset by an improvement in margins on reciprocating and centrifugal compression equipment due to better pricing, a mix shift from lower-margin domestic shipments to higher margin international shipments and a mix shift from lower margin reciprocating compression equipment to a higher portion of sales of higher margin centrifugal compression equipment (approximately a 2.7 percentage-point decrease in the ratio of cost of sales to revenues).

Selling and administrative expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2009 totaled $57.4 million, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 0.6%, from $57.8 million during the comparable period of 2008. The decrease was primarily attributable to lower employee-related costs associated largely with travel restrictions and other spending controls partially offset by an increase of $2.6 million in the provision for bad debts, net of a reclassification of a portion of the provision to cost of sales as described above.

 
Corporate Segment

 
The Corporate segment’s loss before income taxes was $196.0 million in the first nine months of 2009 as compared to $107.2 million in the first nine months of 2008.  The loss before income taxes for the Corporate segment for the first nine months of 2008 was retrospectively revised from $91.6 million to $107.2 million to reflect the adoption of ASC 470-20 described above under “Consolidated Results”.  The adoption of ASC 470-20, effective January 1, 2009, required the Company to retrospectively revise its 2008 financial statements for consistency with the results for the first nine months of 2009 reported under this new accounting standard.

Selling and administrative expenses for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $76.0 million, an increase of $5.8 million, or 8.2%, from $70.2 million during the comparable period of 2008.  The primary reasons for the increase were (i) the absence in the first nine months of 2009 of a $5.8 million reduction in expense recorded in the first nine months of 2008 relating to one of the Company’s non-U.S. defined benefit pension plans and (ii) higher employee incentive costs.  These increases were partially offset by the absence in the first nine months of 2009 of a $3.6 million charge taken in the first nine months of 2008 related to a dispute on an historical acquisition.

 
The decrease in interest income, the increase in interest expense and the severance and other restructuring expense incurred during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 are discussed in “Consolidated Results” above.


 
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Orders and Backlog -
 
Orders were as follows (dollars in millions):
 
   
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
   
Decrease
 
   
2009
   
2008
          $   %
DPS
  $ 2,186.1     $ 4,511.0     $ (2,324.9 )     (51.5 )%
V&M
    680.7       1,260.5       (579.8 )     (46.0 )%
CS
    361.3       596.6       (235.3 )     (39.4 )%
    $ 3,228.1     $ 6,368.1     $ (3,140.0 )     (49.3 )%

Orders for the first nine months of 2009 decreased over $3.1 billion, or 49.3%, from the first nine months of 2008.  This year-to-date percentage decrease was consistent with the percentage decrease in the third quarter of 2009 compared to the same period last year.  In addition, approximately $61.0 million of orders were cancelled by customers during the first nine months of 2009.

DPS segment orders for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $2.2 billion, a decrease of over $2.3 billion, or 51.5%, from $4.5 billion for the first nine months of 2008. Orders for subsea equipment were down 62% in the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 as a result of two large awards received in the first nine months of 2008 totaling nearly $1.5 billion for projects offshore West Africa that did not re-occur in the current period other than for orders received in the first nine months of 2009 under a new frame agreement for future delivery of subsea trees for projects offshore Brazil currently valued at approximately $300 million.  The total value to the Company of this new frame agreement is expected to approximate $500 million as additional orders are received in the future.  Orders for drilling equipment in the first nine months of 2009 declined 57% from the first nine months of 2008 largely due to a lower level of activity with regard to new deepwater rig construction projects and lower levels of awards for new land equipment.  Surface equipment orders decreased 30% in the first nine months of 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008 primarily due to a decline during these same periods of nearly 42% in average U.S. rig counts as a result of a nearly 50% decrease in average crude oil prices and a decrease of over 60% in average natural gas prices. Orders for process systems were down 4% in the first nine months of 2009 when compared to the same period in 2008 mainly as a result of project delays during the current period.

The V&M segment had orders of $680.7 million in the first nine months of 2009, a decrease of $579.8 million, or 46.0%, from nearly $1.3 billion for the comparable period in 2008. Orders decreased in all product lines during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the same period in 2008 as follows: (i) distributed product orders decreased 64% as a result of weakness in the North American market as compared to 2008 activity levels, (ii) orders for engineered valves decreased 48% due to project delays and overall weakness in the U.S. and Canadian markets, (iii) orders in the process valve product line decreased 31% due to lower activity relating to refinery and petrochemical projects and (iv) orders for measurement products decreased nearly 27% reflecting lower awards in the U.K., Canada and the United States.

Orders in the CS segment for the first nine months of 2009 totaled $361.3 million, a decrease of $235.3 million, or 39.4%, from $596.6 million in the first nine months of 2008. Centrifugal compression equipment orders declined 55% in the first nine months of 2009 when compared to the similar period in 2008, whereas reciprocating compression equipment orders decreased nearly 16% in the current period. Within the centrifugal compression equipment product line, the global decline in economic activity that began in late 2008 and the lack of new plant construction activity internationally contributed to a 66% decline in orders for new engineered units, primarily designed for air separation and engineered air applications, and to a 47% decline in demand for new plant air equipment.  Similarly, within the reciprocating compression equipment product line, orders for Superior compressors were down 38% and orders for Ajax units declined 26% in the first nine months of 2009 as compared to the first nine months of 2008 reflecting the impact that weak natural gas prices and surplus equipment have had on demand from U.S.-based lease fleet operators and packagers.  The current market conditions and the impact of weak natural gas prices on market activity also contributed to a 6% decline in reciprocating aftermarket parts and service orders for the current period.


 
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Backlog was as follows (dollars in millions):
 
 
   
September 30,
2009
   
December 31,
2008
    Decrease  
                       $       %  
 DPS          $4,195.0          $4,416.8       $(221.8)         (5.0)%  
 V&M     537.8        749.2       (211.4)       (28.2)%  
 CS     384.8        440.5       (55.7)       (12.6)%  
          $5,117.6           $5,606.5             $(488.9)          (8.7)%  
 
Liquidity and Capital Resources
 
The Company’s cash and cash equivalents decreased by $93.5 million to $1.5 billion at September 30, 2009 as compared to $1.6 billion at December 31, 2008. The primary reasons for the decrease were cash used for capital expenditures and acquisitions of $187.0 million and $131.1 million cash used for the redemption of convertible debt securities offset by cash provided by operations of $184.1 million, and net loan borrowings of $23.0 million.

 
During the first nine months of 2009, the Company generated $184.1 million of cash from operations as compared to generating $512.7 million for the same period in 2008. Cash totaling approximately $351.4 million was utilized in the first nine months of 2009 to increase working capital compared to $21.1 million utilized during the same period in 2008.  Cash used for working capital during the first nine months of 2009 primarily resulted from a build in inventory levels in the Company’s project-related drilling and subsea businesses during the first nine months of 2009, higher cash advances paid to vendors, higher income tax payments and a reduction in accounts payable and accrued liabilities, partially offset by a lower level of receivables in each of the Company’s business segments.

 
The Company utilized $183.4 million of cash for investing activities during the first nine months of 2009 as compared to $256.4 million used during the same period in 2008. The main reason for the decrease is less cash spent on business acquisitions of $74.5 million as compared to the same period of 2008.

During the first nine months of 2009, the Company’s financing activities used $111.8 million of cash compared to $470.0 million of cash generated during the first nine months of 2008.  During June 2008, the Company received net proceeds totaling approximately $742.4 million from issuance of $450.0 million principal amount of 6.375% 10-year senior notes and $300.0 million principal amount of 7.0% 30-year senior notes.  Additionally short-term borrowings of $20.7 million were made during the nine months ended September 30, 2008, most of which was drawn under the Company’s revolving credit facility by the Company’s operations in the United Kingdom for working capital purposes. This compares to payments of $131.1 million related to the redemption of the 1.5% Convertible Debentures offset by net borrowings of $23.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2009.  Additionally, the Company spent $7.1 million of cash in the first nine months of 2009 to acquire treasury stock as compared to $215.3 million spent in the first nine months of 2008.

 
The Company expects to spend approximately $240.0 million for capital equipment and facilities during 2009 in connection with its program of improving manufacturing efficiency.  Cash on hand and future expected operating cash flows will be utilized to fund the remainder of the Company’s 2009 capital spending program.

On June 18, 2009, the Company notified the holders of its 1.5% Convertible Debentures that it would exercise its right to redeem for cash all of the outstanding notes on July 20, 2009 at a redemption price equal to 100% of the outstanding principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest up to, but not including the redemption date.   All of the 1.5% Convertible Debentures were either converted by the holders or redeemed by the Company utilizing available cash on hand.

The Company also has outstanding $500.0 million principal amount of 2.5% Convertible Debentures due in 2026.  Under the terms of the debenture agreement, holders of the Company’s 2.5% convertible debentures could require the Company to redeem them beginning in June 2011.

Despite the current uncertainty and volatility in the credit markets, the Company believes, based on its current financial condition, existing backlog levels and current expectations for future market conditions, including future order levels, that it will be able to meet its short- and longer-term liquidity needs with the existing $1.5 billion of cash on hand, expected cash flow from future operating activities and amounts available under its $585 million five-year revolving credit facility, expiring April 14, 2013. 

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Factors That May Affect Financial Condition and Future Results

The lack of liquidity in the public and private credit markets could adversely impact the ability of its customers to finance future purchases of equipment or could adversely impact the Company’s ability to finance the Company's future operational and capital needs.

The public and private credit markets in the United States and around the world are currently constricted due to economic concerns regarding the present state of various world economies. The tight credit markets have in certain cases, negatively impacted the ability of customers to finance purchases of the Company’s equipment and is expected to continue, in the short-term, to negatively impact sales, profitability and operating cash flows of the Company. Although the Company does not currently anticipate a need to access the credit markets for new financing in the short-term, a prolonged constriction on future lending by banks or investors could also result in higher interest rates on future debt obligations of the Company or could restrict the Company’s ability to obtain sufficient financing to meet its long-term operational and capital needs or could limit its ability in the future to consummate significant business acquisitions to be paid for in cash.

Downturns in the oil and gas industry have had, and will likely in the future have, a negative effect on the Company’s sales and profitability.

Demand for most of the Company’s products and services, and therefore its revenues, depends to a large extent upon the level of capital expenditures related to oil and gas exploration, production, development, processing and transmission. Declines in the latter part of 2008 and in 2009 in oil and gas prices have negatively affected the level of these activities by the Company’s customers and have, in certain instances, resulted in the cancellation, modification or rescheduling of existing orders.  Additionally, the Company expects that the substantial decline in oil and gas prices during the latter half of 2008, which continued into 2009, combined with currently tight credit markets, will continue to affect future short-term spending by the Company’s customers during the remainder of 2009 and into 2010 and will negatively impact the Company’s revenues and profitability for the remainder of 2009 and for 2010.

Factors that contribute to the volatility of oil and gas prices include, but are not limited to, the following:
•   demand for oil and gas, which is impacted by economic and political conditions and weather;
•   the ability of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to set and maintain productionlevels and pricing;
•   the level of production from non-OPEC countries;
•   policies regarding exploration and development of oil and gas reserves;
•   the political environments of oil and gas producing regions, including the Middle East.

Cancellation of orders in backlog are possible

The Company has experienced cancellations of existing orders in both its project and certain of its base businesses during recent quarters. If oil and gas prices begin to decline again or return to recently low levels for an extended period of time, further order cancellations or delays in expected shipment dates may occur.  The Company is typically protected against financial losses related to products and services it has provided prior to any cancellation. However, if the Company’s customers continue to cancel existing purchase orders, future profitability could be further negatively impacted.

At September 30, 2009, the Company had a backlog of orders for equipment to be used on deepwater drilling rigs of approximately $683.9 million, including approximately $178.5 million of equipment ordered for rigs whose construction was not supported by a pre-existing contract with an operator.

The inability of the Company to deliver its backlog on time could affect the Company’s future sales and profitability and its relationships with its customers.

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At September 30, 2009, the Company’s backlog was $5.1 billion. The ability to meet customer delivery schedules for this backlog is dependent on a number of factors including, but not limited to, access to the raw materials required for production, an adequately trained and capable workforce, project engineering expertise for large subsea projects, sufficient manufacturing plant capacity and appropriate planning and scheduling of manufacturing resources. Many of the contracts the Company enters into with its customers require long manufacturing lead times and contain penalty or incentive clauses relating to on-time delivery. A failure by the Company to deliver in accordance with customer expectations could subject the Company to financial penalties or loss of financial incentives and may result in damage to existing customer relationships. Additionally, the Company bases its earnings guidance to the financial markets on expectations regarding the timing of delivery of product currently in backlog. Failure to deliver backlog in accordance with expectations could negatively impact the Company’s financial performance and thus cause adverse changes in the market price of the Company’s outstanding common stock and other publicly-traded financial instruments.

The Company’s capital expansion program may not yield intended results.

For 2009, the Company expects full-year capital expenditures of approximately $240.0 million, of which nearly $164.0 million has been spent through the first nine months of 2009.  Included in the year-to-date expenditures through September 30, 2009 are approximately $60.1 million of capital spending related to the recently opened surface manufacturing facility in Ploiesti, Romania and an expansion of the Company’s subsea manufacturing facility in Johor, Malaysia.  To the extent these facilities are unable to add production in accordance with the currently scheduled timetable, or in the event production is not as efficient as expected, the Company’s ability to deliver existing or future backlog at expected levels of profitability may be negatively impacted.

Execution of subsea systems projects exposes the Company to risks not present in its surface business.

This market is significantly different from the Company’s other markets since subsea systems projects are significantly larger in scope and complexity, in terms of both technical and logistical requirements. Subsea projects (i) typically involve long lead times, (ii) typically are larger in financial scope, (iii) typically require substantial engineering resources to meet the technical requirements of the project and (iv) often involve the application of existing technology to new environments and in some cases, new technology. The Company’s subsea business unit received orders in the amount of $875.7 million during the first nine months of 2009.  Several of these orders are substantially more complex and involve substantially more risk than previous projects. To the extent the Company experiences unplanned efficiencies or difficulties in meeting the technical and/or delivery requirements of the projects, the Company’s earnings or liquidity could be positively or negatively impacted.  The Company accounts for its subsea projects, as well as separation and drilling projects, using ASC 605-35, Construction-Type and Production-Type contracts.  In accordance with this standard, the Company estimates the expected margin on these projects and recognizes this margin as units are completed. Factors that may affect future project costs and margins include the ability to properly execute the engineering and design phases consistent with our customers’ expectations, production efficiencies, and availability and costs of labor, materials and subcomponents. These factors can significantly impact the accuracy of the Company’s estimates and materially impact the Company’s future period earnings. If the Company experiences cost underruns or overruns, the expected margin could increase or decline. In accordance with ASC 605-35, the Company would record a cumulative adjustment to increase or reduce the margin previously recorded on the related project. Subsea projects accounted for approximately 14.4% of total revenues for the nine months ended September 30, 2009.  As of September 30, 2009, the Company had a subsea systems project backlog of approximately $2.3 billion.

Fluctuations in worldwide currency markets can impact the Company’s profitability.

The Company has established multiple “Centers of Excellence” facilities for manufacturing such products as subsea trees, subsea chokes, subsea production controls and BOPs. These production facilities are located in the United Kingdom, Brazil and other European and Asian countries. To the extent the Company sells these products in U.S. dollars, the Company’s profitability is eroded when the U.S. dollar weakens against the British pound, the euro, the Brazilian real and certain Asian currencies, including the Singapore dollar. Alternatively, profitability is enhanced when the U.S. dollar strengthens against these same currencies.


 
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The Company’s worldwide operations expose it to instability and changes in economic and political conditions, trade and investment regulations and other risks inherent to international business.

The economic risks of doing business on a worldwide basis include the following:
•   volatility in general economic, social and political conditions;
•   differing tax rates, tariffs, exchange controls or other similar restrictions;
•   inability to repatriate income or capital;
•   reductions in the number or capacity of qualified personnel; and
•   seizure of equipment.

As an example, it has been publicly reported that certain oilfield service companies have experienced recent disputes and difficulties in their business dealings with the national oil company of Venezuela. While Cameron has experienced a slowdown in payments owed to it by the national oil company of Venezuela during 2009, including having amounts due where ultimate collectability is uncertain, the Company has not experienced the extent of difficulties in its business relationship with this company that certain other oilfield service companies have been reported to have had. Total customer revenues earned by the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries in Venezuela for the year ended December 31, 2008 totaled $27.8 million. At September 30, 2009, the Company had a backlog of unfilled subsea orders totaling $151.4 million with the national oil company of Venezuela.

In addition, Cameron has manufacturing and service operations that are essential parts of its business in other developing countries and economically and politically volatile areas in Africa, Latin America, Russia and other countries that were part of the Former Soviet Union, the Middle East, and Central and Southeast Asia. The Company also purchases a large portion of its raw materials and components from a relatively small number of foreign suppliers in developing countries. The ability of these suppliers to meet the Company’s demand could be adversely affected by the factors described above.

The Company is subject to trade regulations that expose the Company to potential liability.

Doing business on a worldwide basis also puts the Company and its operations at risk due to political risks and the need for compliance with the laws and regulations of many jurisdictions. These laws and regulations impose a range of restrictions and/or duties on importation and exportation, operations, trade practices, trade partners and investment decisions. The Company has received inquiries regarding its compliance with certain such laws and regulations from several U.S. federal agencies.

The Company does business and has operations in a number of developing countries that have relatively underdeveloped legal and regulatory systems when compared to more developed countries. Several of these countries are generally perceived as presenting a higher than normal risk of corruption, or as having a culture where requests for improper payments are not discouraged. Maintaining and administering an effective U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance program in these environments presents greater challenges to the Company than is the case in other, more developed countries.

With respect to FCPA compliance, the Company received and responded to a voluntary request for information in September 2005 from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding certain of the Company’s West African activities.  In addition, as discussed in Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements, in July 2007, the Company was one of a number of companies to receive a letter from the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting information on activities undertaken on their behalf by a customs clearance broker. The DOJ is inquiring into whether certain of the services provided to the Company by the customs clearance broker may have involved violations of the FCPA.  In response, the Company engaged special counsel reporting to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to conduct an investigation into its dealings with the customs clearance broker in Nigeria and Angola to determine if any payments made to or by the customs clearance broker on the Company’s behalf constituted a violation of the FCPA.  To date, the special counsel has found that the Company utilized certain services in Nigeria offered by the customs clearance broker that appear to be similar to services that have been under review by the DOJ.  Special counsel is reviewing these and other services and activities, such as immigration matters and importation permitting in Nigeria, to determine whether they were conducted in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Special counsel is also reviewing the extent, if any, of the Company’s knowledge, and its involvement in the performance of these services and activities, and whether the Company fulfilled its obligations under the FCPA.  In addition, the SEC is conducting an informal inquiry into the same matters currently under review by the DOJ. As part of this inquiry, the SEC has requested that the Company provide to them the information and documents that have been requested by and are being provided to the DOJ. The Company is cooperating fully with the SEC, as it is doing with the DOJ, and is providing the requested materials. Both agencies have requested, and been granted, an extension of the statute of limitations with respect to matters under review until January 2010.

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At this stage, the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the government inquiries. The Company has undertaken an enhanced compliance training effort for its personnel, including foreign operations personnel dealing with customs clearance regulations, and hired a Chief Compliance Officer in September 2008 to oversee and direct all legal compliance matters for the Company.

Compliance with U.S. regulations on trade sanctions and embargoes also poses a risk to Cameron since its business is conducted on a worldwide basis through various entities. Cameron has received a number of inquiries from U.S. governmental agencies regarding compliance with these regulations. On March 25, 2009, Cameron received a letter from the Office of Global Security Risk of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission inquiring into the status of Cameron's non-U.S. entities' withdrawal from conducting business in or with Iran, Syria and Sudan. In mid-2006, Cameron adopted a policy which prohibited doing business with these and other U.S. embargoed countries and restricted its non-U.S. subsidiaries and persons from taking new orders from those countries, though Cameron did not prohibit them from honoring then existing contracts if they were, in the opinion of non-U.S. counsel, binding and enforceable in accordance with their terms and would subject a Cameron entity to damages for a failure to perform thereunder, provided such contracts could, in fact, be performed without any U.S. person or entity involvement and otherwise in accordance with existing U.S. regulations. Cameron's records show that its non-U.S. entities recognized revenues in 2008 of approximately $3.1 million (direct) and $1.9 million (indirect) to Iran and $1.5 million to Syria. No deliveries were made to Sudan in 2008 nor have there been any deliveries to Syria or Sudan in 2009.  Revenues of approximately $0.6 million were recognized with respect to business with Iran in the third quarter of 2009.  Cameron's backlog report shows remaining revenues from deliveries to Iran of approximately $4.4 million scheduled to be recognized subsequent to September 30, 2009.  It is expected that with these deliveries, performance under the pre-mid-2006 contracts will be complete. Cameron is examining these deliveries to confirm they were in compliance with its policy and is actively monitoring present and future performance of its non-U.S. entities to ensure compliance.  Cameron also received an inquiry from the Office of Global Security Risk regarding essentially the same matters in 2006. In December 2008, Cameron received an inquiry from the U.S. Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control regarding a bank guaranty Cameron attempted to establish for a sale to a Burmese entity. Cameron has responded and has received no further inquiry regarding this matter.

In January 2007, the Company underwent a Pre-Assessment Survey as part of a Focused Assessment Audit initiated by the Regulatory Audit Division of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security. The Pre-Assessment Survey resulted in a finding that the Company had deficiencies in its U.S. Customs compliance process and had underpaid customs duties. The Company has taken corrective action and will close out all matters regarding duties owed for import entries processed from September 29, 2001 through October 5, 2007.  The Company expects that the final assessment compliance period will encompass import activity during the second half of 2009.  The fieldwork for the focused Assessment Audit is expected to commence in January of 2010 and be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2010.

The Company is subject to environmental, health and safety laws and regulations that expose the Company to potential liability.

The Company’s operations are subject to a variety of national and state, provisional and local laws and regulations, including laws and regulations relating to the protection of the environment. The Company is required to invest financial and managerial resources to comply with these laws and expects to continue to do so in the future. To date, the cost of complying with governmental regulation has not been material, but the fact that such laws or regulations are frequently changed makes it impossible for the Company to predict the cost or impact of such laws and regulations on the Company’s future operations. The modification of existing laws or regulations or the adoption of new laws or regulations imposing more stringent environmental restrictions could adversely affect the Company.


 
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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
 
The Company is currently exposed to market risk from changes in foreign currency rates and changes in interest rates.  A discussion of the Company’s market risk exposure in financial instruments follows.
 
Foreign Currency Exchange Rates

A large portion of the Company’s operations consist of manufacturing and sales activities in foreign jurisdictions, principally in Europe, Canada, West Africa, the Middle East, Latin America and the Pacific Rim.  As a result, the Company’s financial performance may be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates in these markets.  Overall, for those locations where the Company is a net receiver of local non-U.S. dollar currencies, Cameron generally benefits from a weaker U.S. dollar with respect to those currencies.  Alternatively, for those locations where the Company is a net payer of local non-U.S. dollar currencies, a weaker U.S. dollar with respect to those currencies will generally have an adverse impact on the Company’s financial results.  The impact on the Company’s financial results of gains or losses arising from foreign currency-denominated transactions, if material, has been described in Part I, Item 2, Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for the periods covered by this report.
 
In order to mitigate the effect of exchange rate changes, the Company will often attempt to structure sales contracts to provide for collections from customers in the currency in which the Company incurs its manufacturing costs. In certain instances, the Company will enter into foreign currency forward contracts to hedge specific large anticipated receipts or payments in currencies for which the Company does not traditionally have fully offsetting local currency expenditures or receipts.  The Company was party to a number of long-term foreign currency forward contracts at September 30, 2009.  The purpose of the majority of these contracts was to hedge large anticipated non-functional currency cash flows on major subsea, drilling, valve or other equipment contracts involving the Company’s United States operations and its wholly-owned subsidiaries in Brazil, France, Italy, Mexico, Romania, Singapore and the United Kingdom.  Information relating to the contracts, which have been accounted for as cash flow hedges under ASC Topic 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and the fair values recorded in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheets at September 30, 2009 follows:

 
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September 30, 2009
       
   
Year of Contract Expiration
       
(amounts in millions except exchang rates)
 
2009
   
2010
   
2011
   
Total
   
December 31,
2008
 
                               
Buy BRL/Sell EUR:
                             
Notional amount to sell (in EUR)
    8.3       2.6             10.9       23.1  
Average BRL to EUR contract rate
    2.6234       2.6702             2.6345       2.5889  
Average BRL to EUR rate at September 30, 2009
    2.6298       2.6655             2.6383       3.4544  
                                         
Fair value at September 30, 2009 in U.S. dollars
                                  $ (8.1 )
                                         
Buy EUR/Sell GBP:
                                       
  Notional amount to buy (in EUR)
    4.1       8.1       0.7       12.9       49.5  
Average GBP to EUR contract rate
    0.8105       0.8053       0.8120       0.8074       0.7992  
 Average GBP to EUR rate at September 30, 2009
    0.9139       0.9142       0.9165       0.9142       0.9611  
                                         
Fair value at September 30, 2009 in U.S. dollars
                          $ 2.2     $ 11.6  
                                         
Sell USD/Buy EUR:
                                       
Notional amount to sell (in USD)
    36.8       44.6             81.4       117.8  
Average USD to EUR contract rate
    1.4565       1.4475             1.4515       1.5069  
Average USD to EUR rate at September 30, 2009
    1.4587       1.4585             1.4586       1.3929  
                                         
Fair value at September 30, 2009 in U.S. dollars
                          $ 0.4     $ (8.9 )
                                         
Sell USD/Buy GBP:
                                       
Notional amount to sell (in USD)
    21.5       37.8       2.3       61.6       156.1  
Average USD to GBP contract rate
    1.7697       1.8932       1.8721       1.8475       1.9155  
Average USD to GBP rate at September 30, 2009
    1.5961       1.5957       1.5930       1.5957       1.4498  
                                         
Fair value at September 30, 2009 in U.S. dollars
                          $ (8.4 )   $ (37.9 )
                                         
                                         
Other Currencies:
                                       
                                         
Fair value at September 30, 2009 in U.S. dollars
                          $ (2.2 )   $ (2.6 )
                                         

Interest Rates
 
The Company is subject to interest rate risk on its long-term fixed interest rate debt and, to a lesser extent, variable-interest rate borrowings.  Variable-rate debt, where the interest rate fluctuates periodically, exposes the Company’s cash flows to variability due to changes in market interest rates.  Fixed-rate debt, where the interest rate is fixed over the life of the instrument, exposes the Company to changes in the fair value of its debt due to changes in market interest rates and to the risk that the Company may need to refinance maturing debt with new debt at a higher rate.

The Company manages its debt portfolio to achieve an overall desired position of fixed and floating rates and may employ interest rate swaps as a tool to achieve that goal.  The major risks from interest rate derivatives include changes in the interest rates affecting the fair value of such instruments, potential increases in interest expense due to market increases in floating interest rates and the creditworthiness of the counterparties in such transactions.

The fair values of the short-term borrowings under the Company’s revolving credit facility, the 6.375% 10-year Senior Notes and the 7.0% 30-year Senior Notes are principally dependent on prevailing interest rates. The fair value of the 2.5% convertible debentures is principally dependent on both prevailing interest rates and the Company’s current share price as it relates to the initial conversion price of the respective instruments.  Since the Company typically borrows or renews its outstanding borrowings under its revolving credit facility at current interest rates for 30-day periods, changes in interest rates tend to impact the Company’s cash flows over time more so than the fair market value of this portion of the Company’s debt.
 
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The Company has various other short- and long-term borrowings, but believes that the impact of changes in interest rates in the near term will not be material to these instruments.

On October 19, 2009, the Company entered into an interest rate swap with a third party to receive a fixed interest rate of 6.375% and to pay a variable rate based on the 3 month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) plus 4.801% on a notional value of $200,000,000.   The swap matures on January 15, 2012 and provides for semi-annual payments each January 15 and July 15, beginning January 15, 2010.  Interest is compounded quarterly on the 15th of each January, April, July and October.  An additional interest rate swap with a notional value of $200,000,000 and terms identical to the above was also entered into on October 23, 2009, except that the variable rate to be paid is based on 3 month LIBOR plus 4.779%.  The fair value of both interest rate swaps will be reflected on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as either an asset or liability with the change in the fair value of the swaps reflected as an adjustment to the Company’s consolidated interest income (in the case of an asset) or consolidated interest expense (in the case of a liability).
 
Item 4. Controls and Procedures
 
In accordance with Exchange Act Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15, the Company carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company’s Disclosure Committee and the Company’s management, including the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2009 to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Company that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms and that information required to be disclosed in the reports that the Company files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. There were no material changes in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting during the quarter ended September 30, 2009.
 
PART II — OTHER INFORMATION
 
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
 
The Company is subject to a number of contingencies, including environmental matters, litigation and tax contingencies.

Environmental Matters

The Company’s worldwide operations are subject to regulations with regard to air, soil and water quality as well as other environmental matters. The Company, through its environmental management system and active third-party audit program, believes it is in substantial compliance with these regulations.

The Company is currently identified as a potentially responsible party (PRP) with respect to three sites designated for cleanup under the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) or similar state laws. One of these sites is Osborne, Pennsylvania (a landfill into which a predecessor of the CS operation in Grove City, Pennsylvania deposited waste), where remediation is complete and remaining costs relate to ongoing ground water treatment and monitoring. Of the other two, one is believed to be a de minimis exposure and the other recently settled for a de minimis amount.

The Company is also engaged in site cleanup under the Voluntary Cleanup Plan of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality at former manufacturing locations in Houston and Missouri City, Texas.  Changes in the groundwater flow pattern in the southeast corridor of the Houston project prompted the Company to take additional proactive remedial measures in order to protect the environment and avoid new areas of contamination.  Additionally, the Company has discontinued operations at a number of other sites which had been active for many years. The Company does not believe, based upon information currently available, that there are any material environmental liabilities existing at these locations. At September 30, 2009, the Company’s consolidated balance sheet included a noncurrent liability of approximately $6.7 million for environmental matters.
 
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Legal Matters

In 2001, the Company discovered that contaminated underground water from the former manufacturing site in Houston referenced above had migrated under an adjacent residential area. Pursuant to applicable state regulations, the Company notified the affected homeowners. Concerns over the impact on property values of the underground water contamination and its public disclosure led to a number of claims by homeowners.

The Company has entered into a number of individual settlements and has settled a class action lawsuit. Twenty-one of the individual settlements were made in the form of agreements with homeowners that obligated the Company to reimburse them for any estimated decline in the value of their homes at time of sale due to potential buyers’ concerns over contamination or, in the case of some agreements, to purchase the property after an agreed marketing period. Three of these agreements have had no claims made under them yet. The Company has also settled ten other property claims by homeowners who have sold their properties. In addition, the Company has settled Valice v. Cameron Iron Works, Inc. (80th Jud. Dist. Ct., Harris County, filed June 21, 2002), which was filed and settled as a class action. Pursuant to the settlement, the homeowners who remained part of the class are entitled to receive a cash payment of approximately 3% of the 2006 appraised value of their property or reimbursement of any diminution in value of their property due to contamination concerns at the time of any sale. To date, 74 homeowners have elected the cash payment.

Of the 258 properties included in the Valice class, there were 21 homeowners who opted out of the class settlement.  Agreement has been reached with all homeowners who opted out, including those who filed suits, and their claims for diminution of property value have been resolved.  While one suit that was filed relating to this matter included a claim for bodily injury, Cameron was granted summary judgment on the claim.  The Company is of the opinion that there is no health risk to area residents.  Recent testing results of monitoring wells on the southeastern border of the plume have caused the Company to notify the 33 homeowners who were not in the Valice class that their property may be affected.  Only one such homeowner has made a claim for property value diminution and that claim has been resolved.  The Company is taking remedial measures to prevent additional properties from being affected.

The Company believes, based on its review of the facts and law, that any potential exposure from existing agreements, the class action settlement or other actions that have been or may be filed with respect to this underground water contamination, will not have a material adverse effect on its financial position or results of operations. The Company’s consolidated balance sheet included a liability of $14.5 million for these matters as of September 30, 2009.

The Company has been named as a defendant in a number of multi-defendant, multi-plaintiff tort lawsuits since 1995. At September 30, 2009, the Company’s consolidated balance sheet included a liability of approximately $4.5 million for such cases, including estimated legal costs. The Company believes, based on its review of the facts and law, that the potential exposure from these suits will not have a material adverse effect on its consolidated results of operations, financial condition or liquidity.

Regulatory Contingencies

In January 2007, the Company underwent a Pre-Assessment Survey as part of a Focused Assessment Audit initiated by the Regulatory Audit Division of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security.  The Pre-Assessment Survey resulted in a finding that the Company had deficiencies in its U.S. Customs compliance process and had underpaid customs duties.  The Company has taken corrective action and has closed out all matters regarding duties owed for import entries processed from September 29, 2001 through October 5, 2007.  The Company expects that the final assessment compliance period will encompass import activity during the second half of 2009.  The field work for the Focused Assessment Audit is expected to commence in January of 2010 and be completed by the end of the first quarter of 2010.

In July 2007, the Company was one of a number of companies to receive a letter from the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) requesting information on activities undertaken on their behalf by a customs clearance broker. The DOJ is inquiring into whether certain of the services provided to the Company by the customs clearance broker may have involved violations of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA).  In response, the Company engaged special counsel reporting to the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors to conduct an investigation into its dealings with the customs clearance broker in Nigeria and Angola to determine if any payment made to or by the customs clearance broker on the Company’s behalf constituted a violation of the FCPA. To date, the special counsel has found that the Company utilized certain services in Nigeria offered by the customs clearance broker that appear to be similar to services that have been under review by the DOJ. Special counsel is reviewing these and other services and activities, such as immigration matters and importation permitting, in Nigeria to determine whether they were conducted in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. Special counsel is also reviewing the extent, if any, of the Company’s knowledge, and its involvement in the performance, of these services and activities and whether the Company fulfilled its obligations under the FCPA.  In addition, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is conducting an informal inquiry into the same matters currently under review by the DOJ. As part of this inquiry the SEC has requested that the Company provide to them the information and documents that have been requested by and are being provided to the DOJ. The Company is cooperating fully with the SEC, as it is doing with the DOJ, and is providing the requested materials.

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At this stage, the Company cannot predict the ultimate outcome of the government inquiries. The Company has undertaken an enhanced compliance training effort for its personnel, including foreign operations personnel dealing with customs clearance regulations, and hired a Chief Compliance Officer in September 2008 to oversee and direct all legal compliance matters for the Company.

Tax Contingencies

The Company has legal entities in over 35 countries, each of which has various tax filing requirements. The Company prepares its tax filings in a manner which it believes is consistent with such filing requirements; however, some of the tax laws and regulations to which the Company is subject require interpretation and/or judgment. Although the Company believes that the tax liabilities for periods ending on or before the balance sheet date have been adequately provided for in the financial statements, to the extent that a taxing authority believes that the Company has not prepared its tax filings in accordance with the authority’s interpretation of the tax laws or regulations, the Company could be exposed to additional taxes. 

Item 1A. Risk Factors
 
The information set forth under the caption “Factors That May Affect Financial Condition and Future Results” on pages 29 – 32 of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
 
In February 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors changed the number of shares of the Company’s common stock authorized for repurchase from the 5,000,000 shares authorized in August 2004 to 10,000,000 shares in order to reflect the 2-for-1 stock split effective December 15, 2005. This authorization was subsequently increased to 20,000,000 in connection with the 2-for-1 stock split effective December 28, 2007 and eventually to 30,000,000 by a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors on February 21, 2008. Additionally, on May 22, 2006, the Company’s Board of Directors approved repurchasing shares of the Company’s common stock with the proceeds remaining from the Company’s 2.5% Convertible Debenture offering, after taking into account a planned repayment of $200,000,000 principal amount of the Company’s outstanding 2.65% senior notes due 2007. This authorization is in addition to the 30,000,000 shares described above.
 
Purchases pursuant to the 30,000,000-share Board authorization may be made by way of open market purchases, directly or indirectly, for the Company’s own account or through commercial banks or financial institutions and by the use of derivatives such as a sale or put on the Company’s common stock or by forward or economically equivalent transactions. Shares of common stock purchased and placed in treasury during the nine months ended September 30, 2009 under the Board’s two authorization programs described above are as follows:

 
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Period
 
Total number
of shares
purchased
   
Average price paid per share
   
Total number of shares
purchased as part of
all repurchase
programs (a)
   
Maximum number of shares that may yet be purchased
under all repurchase
programs (b)
 
                         
7/1/09 – 7/31/09
        $       25,894,668       6,760,102  
8/1/09 – 8/31/09
        $       25,894,668       6,760,102  
9/1/09 – 9/30/09
        $       25,894,668       6,760,102  
Total
        $       25,894,668       6,760,102  
 
(a)
There were no share purchases during the three months ended September 30, 2009.
 
 
(b)
As of September 30, 2009, there were no remaining shares available for purchase under the May 22, 2006 Board authorization.
 
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
 
None

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None

Item 5. Other Information
 
(a)
Information Not Previously Reported in a Report on Form 8-K
 
None
 
(b)
Material Changes to the Procedures by Which Security Holders May Recommend Board Nominees.
 
There have been no material changes to the procedures enumerated in the Company’s definitive proxy statement filed on Schedule 14A with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 25, 2009 with respect to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Company’s Board of Directors.
 

 
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Item 6. Exhibits
 
Exhibit 31.1 –

Certification

Exhibit 31.2 –

Certification 

Exhibit 32.1 –

 
Certification of the CEO and CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

Exhibit 101.INS –

XBRL Instance Document

Exhibit 101.SCH –

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document 

Exhibit 101.CAL –

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.LAB –

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

Exhibit 101.PRE –

XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document


 
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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 thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Date:           November 6, 2009
CAMERON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
 
(Registrant)
   
 
By:        /s/ Charles M. Sledge                                                
 
        Charles M. Sledge
 
        Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
        and authorized to sign on behalf of the Registrant
 

 
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EXHIBIT INDEX
 
 
Exhibit Number
Description
 
31.1
Certification
 
31.2
Certification
 
32.1
 
Certification of the CEO and CFO Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
 
101.INS
XBRL Instance Document
 
101.SCH
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
 
101.CAL
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
 
101.LAB
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
 
101.PRE
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
 
 
 
 
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