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CLEAN HARBORS INC

For the period ended Dec 31, 2024. Filed Feb 19, 2025.

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FY2024 · Filed Feb 19, 2025

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(20) Segment Reporting

Segment reporting is prepared on the same basis that the Company's chief operating decision maker ("CODM"), which is a committee comprised of the Company's Co-Chief Executive Officers, manages the business, makes operating decisions and assesses performance. The Company is managed and reports astwo operating segments; (i) the Environmental Services segment and (ii) the Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions segment.

Third-party revenue is revenue billed to outside customers by a particular segment. Direct revenue is revenue allocated to the segment providing the product or service. Intersegment revenues represent the sharing of third-party revenues among the segments based on products and services provided by each segment as if the products and services were sold directly to the third-party. The intersegment revenues are shown net. The operations not managed through the Company’s operating segments described above are recorded as “Corporate.” Although such transactions are excluded from the business segment results, they are included in reported consolidated earnings.

The following tables reconcile third-party revenues to direct revenues by Reportable Segment (in thousands):

For the year ended December 31, 2024
EnvironmentalServicesSafety-Kleen Sustainability SolutionsTotalSegment RevenuesCorporateTotal Consolidated Revenues
Third-party revenues$4,960,325$929,220$5,889,545$407$5,889,952
Intersegment revenues (expense), net44,422(44,422)———
Direct revenues$5,004,747$884,798$5,889,545$407$5,889,952
For the year ended December 31, 2023
EnvironmentalServicesSafety-Kleen Sustainability SolutionsTotalSegment RevenuesCorporateTotal Consolidated Revenues
Third-party revenues$4,469,909$938,796$5,408,705$447$5,409,152
Intersegment revenues (expense), net41,533(41,533)———
Direct revenues$4,511,442$897,263$5,408,705$447$5,409,152
For the year ended December 31, 2022
EnvironmentalServicesSafety-Kleen Sustainability SolutionsTotalSegment RevenuesCorporateTotal Consolidated Revenues
Third-party revenues$4,144,973$1,021,125$5,166,098$507$5,166,605
Intersegment revenues (expense), net26,733(26,733)———
Direct revenues$4,171,706$994,392$5,166,098$507$5,166,605

The primary financial measure by which the CODM evaluates the performance of its segments is Adjusted EBITDA, which consists of net income plus accretion of environmental liabilities, stock-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, net interest expense, loss on early extinguishment of debt and provision for income taxes and excludes other transactions not deemed representative of fundamental segment results and other (income) expense, net. Transactions between the segments are accounted for at the Company’s best estimate based on similar transactions with outside customers.

The CODM uses Adjusted EBITDA to enhance their understanding of segment operating performance, which represents the Company’s performance in the ordinary, ongoing and customary course of operations. The reportable segment operating performance Adjusted EBITDA is used by the CODM to make key operating decisions such as the allocation of resources. Total assets by segment are not used by the CODM to assess the performance of, or allocate resources to, the Company’s segments, therefore total assets by segment are not disclosed.

The tables below present total Reportable Segment Adjusted EBITDA and the relevant significant segment expenses provided to the CODM by reported segment (in thousands):

For the year ended December 31, 2024
Environmental ServicesSafety-Kleen Sustainability SolutionsTotal Reportable Segments
Direct Revenues$5,004,747$884,798$5,889,545
Cost of Revenues3,366,022659,2174,025,239
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses371,26378,575449,838
Total Reportable Segment Adjusted EBITDA$1,267,462$147,006$1,414,468
For the year ended December 31, 2023
Environmental ServicesSafety-Kleen Sustainability SolutionsTotal Reportable Segments
Direct Revenues$4,511,442$897,263$5,408,705
Cost of Revenues3,063,043646,3013,709,344
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses346,79178,089424,880
Total Reportable Segment Adjusted EBITDA$1,101,608$172,873$1,274,481
For the year ended December 31, 2022
Environmental ServicesSafety-Kleen Sustainability SolutionsTotal Reportable Segments
Direct Revenues$4,171,706$994,392$5,166,098
Cost of Revenues2,902,979615,3033,518,282
Selling, General and Administrative Expenses315,67472,762388,436
Total Reportable Segment Adjusted EBITDA$953,053$306,327$1,259,380

The following table presents Total Reportable Segment Adjusted EBITDA reconciled to income from operations before provision for income taxes (in thousands):

For the years ended December 31,
202420232022
Adjusted EBITDA:
Environmental Services$1,267,462$1,101,608$953,053
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions147,006172,873306,327
Total Reportable Segment Adjusted EBITDA1,414,4681,274,4811,259,380
Reconciliation to Consolidated Statements of Operations:
Corporate Costs (1)297,534261,911237,252
Accretion of environmental liabilities13,45613,66712,943
Stock-based compensation27,98120,70326,844
Depreciation and amortization400,922365,761347,594
Kimball startup costs4,343——
Income from operations670,232612,439634,747
Other expense (income), net1,454(2,315)(2,472)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt3712,880422
Gain on sale of business——(8,864)
Interest expense, net of interest income134,964108,595107,663
Income from operations before provision for income taxes$533,443$503,279$537,998

(1) Corporate Costs include the revenue, cost of revenues and selling, general and administrative expenses not managed through the Company’s operating segments. These costs are not captured within the Company’s Reportable Segment Adjusted EBITDA but are included in the Company’s total Adjusted EBITDA balances.

The following table presents assets by reported segment and in the aggregate (in thousands):

December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Property, plant and equipment, net
Environmental Services$1,865,611$1,651,026
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions463,538411,415
Corporate118,792130,877
Total property, plant and equipment, net$2,447,941$2,193,318
Goodwill and Permits and other intangibles, net
Environmental Services
Goodwill$1,296,204$1,112,013
Permits and other intangibles, net549,482454,919
Total Environmental Services1,845,6861,566,932
Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions
Goodwill$180,995$175,723
Permits and other intangibles, net152,505147,878
Total Safety-Kleen Sustainability Solutions333,500323,601
Total$2,179,186$1,890,533

Geographic Information

As of December 31, 2024 and 2023, the Company had property, plant and equipment, net of depreciation and amortization and permits and other intangible assets, net of amortization in the following geographic locations (in thousands):

December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
Total% of TotalTotal% of Total
Property, plant and equipment, net
United States$2,249,15591.9%$1,972,22189.9%
Canada and other foreign198,7868.1221,09710.1
Total property, plant and equipment, net$2,447,941100.0%$2,193,318100.0%
Permits and other intangibles, net
United States$674,24696.0%$570,04994.6%
Canada27,7414.032,7485.4
Total permits and other intangibles, net$701,987100.0%$602,797100.0%

The following table presents the total assets by geographical area (in thousands):

December 31, 2024December 31, 2023
United States$6,756,813$5,786,937
Canada and other foreign620,465595,932
Total$7,377,278$6,382,869
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