UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report: May 15, 2014
Commission file number 1- 32479
TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
4th Floor
Belvedere Building
69 Pitts Bay Road
Hamilton, HM08 Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.
Form 20-F x Form 40- F ¨
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Item 1 — Information Contained in this Form 6-K Report
Attached as Exhibit I is a copy of an announcement of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. dated May 15, 2014.
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.
| TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L.P. | ||||||
| Date: May 15, 2014 | By: | /s/ Peter Evensen | ||||
| Peter Evensen | ||||||
| Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) | ||||||
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TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L.P. 4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda |
EARNINGS RELEASE
TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS
REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2014 RESULTS
Highlights
| • | Generated distributable cash flow of $60.1 million in the first quarter of 2014, an increase of 12 percent from the first quarter of 2013. |
| • | Declared first quarter 2014 cash distribution of $0.6918 per unit. |
| • | In March 2014, Teekay LNG, through a new 50/50 joint venture, signed a letter of intent to provide six icebreaker LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project. |
| • | In April 2014, the Exmar LPG joint venture took delivery of the first of 12 LPG carrier newbuildings. |
| • | Total liquidity of approximately $416 million as at March 31, 2014. |
Hamilton, Bermuda, May 15, 2014 – Teekay GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG or the Partnership) (NYSE: TGP), today reported the Partnership’s results for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. During the first quarter of 2014, the Partnership generated distributable cash flow(1) of $60.1 million, compared to $53.7 million in the same quarter of the previous year. The increase in distributable cash flow was primarily due to the Partnership’s February 2013 acquisition of a 50 percent interest in Exmar LPG BVBA (Exmar LPG), a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier joint venture with Exmar N.V. (Exmar), and the Partnership’s acquisition and charter-back of two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from Awilco LNG ASA (Awilco) in September and November 2013. The increase was partially offset by reduced cash flow as a result of the sale of two 2000-built conventional tankers, the Tenerife Spirit and the Algeciras Spirit, in December 2013 and February 2014, respectively.
On April 9, 2014, the Partnership declared a cash distribution of $0.6918 per unit for the quarter ended March 31, 2014. The cash distribution was paid on May 9, 2014 to all unitholders of record on April 25, 2014.
“The Partnership’s portfolio of long-term fixed-rate contracts generated stable cash flows during the first quarter,” commented Peter Evensen, Chief Executive Officer of Teekay GP LLC. “With 100 percent of Teekay LNG’s on-the-water LNG carrier fleet operating under fixed-rate contracts with an average duration of 12 years, the Partnership is largely insulated from short-term shipping rate fluctuations and well-positioned for expected future growth. We expect short-term volatility in the LNG shipping market to continue through 2016, prior to the expected start-up of several new LNG liquefaction projects. During the next three years, Teekay LNG has only limited exposure to potential market weakness with charters for only two of the Partnership’s LNG carriers, both of which are 52 percent-owned, scheduled to expire during that period.”
“Our LPG carriers also continue to report stable results,” Mr. Evensen continued. “We are pleased to report that in early-April 2014, the Partnership’s Exmar LPG joint venture took delivery of the Waasmunster, the first of 12 mid-size LPG carrier newbuildings, marking a milestone in the LPG joint venture’s growth strategy.”
Mr. Evensen added, “Looking ahead, I am pleased to confirm that the Partnership, through a new 50/50 joint venture, signed a letter of intent to provide six icebreaker LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project. The project, which is being developed by Novatek, Total, and CNPC, is currently scheduled for start-up in late-2017 and is expected to produce 16.5 million metric tons of LNG per annum. Upon finalization of the contracts, these six icebreaker LNG carriers will further complement Teekay LNG’s existing pipeline of growth projects scheduled to deliver between 2014 and 2018, which includes 11 LPG carrier newbuildings, through our Exmar LPG joint venture, and five MEGI LNG carrier newbuildings.”
| (1) | Adjusted net income attributable to the partners is a non-GAAP financial measure. Please refer to Appendix A to this release for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable financial measure under GAAP and information about specific items affecting net income which are typically excluded by securities analysts in their published estimates of the Partnership’s financial results. |
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Recent Transactions
In late-March 2014, the Partnership, through a new 50/50 joint venture with a China-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping company, signed a letter of intent to provide six internationally-flagged icebreaker LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project, located on the Yamal Peninsula in Northern Russia. The Yamal LNG project is a joint venture between Russia-based Novatek (60 percent), France-based Total (20 percent) and China-based China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) (20 percent), and will consist of three LNG trains for a total capacity of 16.5 million metric tons of LNG per annum, which is currently scheduled to start-up in late-2017. The LNG will be transported from Northern Russia to Europe and Asia. The new 50/50 joint venture is currently in the process of negotiating contract terms, including the shipbuilding contracts and related time-charters, and expects to finalize these agreements during 2014.
Financial Summary
The Partnership reported adjusted net income attributable to the partners(1) (as detailed in Appendix A to this release) of $41.8 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2014, compared to $39.1 million for the same period of the prior year. Adjusted net income attributable to the partners excludes a number of specific items that had the net effect of decreasing net income by $3.6 million and increasing net income by $15.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, as detailed in Appendix A. Including these items, the Partnership reported net income attributable to the partners, on a GAAP basis, of $38.2 million and $54.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
Adjusted net income attributable to the partners for the three months ended March 31, 2014 increased from the same period in the prior year, mainly due to the acquisitions of, and contributions by, the two Awilco LNG carriers in late-2013, and the acquisition of a 50 percent ownership interest in Exmar LPG in February 2013, which was partially offset by the sale of two 2000-built conventional tankers, the Tenerife Spirit and the Algeciras Spirit, in December 2013 and February 2014, respectively.
For accounting purposes, the Partnership is required to recognize the changes in the fair value of its outstanding derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes in net income. This method of accounting does not affect the Partnership’s cash flows or the calculation of distributable cash flow, but results in the recognition of unrealized gains or losses on the consolidated statements of income as detailed in notes 3, 4 and 5 to the Summary Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income included in this release.
| (1) | Adjusted net income attributable to the partners is a non-GAAP financial measure. Please refer to Appendix A to this release for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable financial measure under GAAP and information about specific items affecting net income which are typically excluded by securities analysts in their published estimates of the Partnership’s financial results. |
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Operating Results
The following table highlights certain financial information for Teekay LNG’s two segments: the Liquefied Gas segment and the Conventional Tanker segment (please refer to the “Teekay LNG’s Fleet” section of this release below and Appendices C through F for further details).
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| March 31, 2014 | March 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | ||||||||||||||||||
| Net voyage revenues(i) |
74,141 | 26,016 | 100,157 | 68,030 | 28,686 | 96,716 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vessel operating expenses |
14,714 | 9,542 | 24,256 | 13,993 | 11,323 | 25,316 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
18,113 | 5,997 | 24,110 | 17,290 | 6,853 | 24,143 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CFVO from consolidated vessels(ii) |
58,565 | 12,869 | 71,434 | 51,937 | 13,633 | 65,570 | ||||||||||||||||||
| CFVO from equity accounted vessels(iii) |
48,140 | — | 48,140 | 41,999 | — | 41,999 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total CFVO(ii) |
106,705 | 12,869 | 119,574 | 93,936 | 13,633 | 107,569 | ||||||||||||||||||
| (i) | Net voyage revenues represents voyage revenues less voyage expenses, which comprise all expenses relating to certain voyages, including bunker fuel expenses, port fees, canal tolls and brokerage commissions. Net voyage revenues is a non-GAAP financial measure used by certain investors to measure the financial performance of shipping companies. Please see Appendix C for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure as used in this release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. |
| (ii) | Cash flow from vessel operations (CFVO) from consolidated vessels represents income from vessel operations before (a) depreciation and amortization expense, (b) amortization of in-process revenue contracts, and includes (c) adjustments for direct financing leases and two Suezmax tankers to a cash basis. CFVO is included because certain investors use this data to measure a company’s financial performance. CFVO is not required by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, equity income or any other indicator of the Partnership’s performance required by GAAP. Please see Appendix E for a reconciliation of CFVO from consolidated vessels (a non-GAAP measure) as used in this release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. |
| (iii) | The Partnership’s equity accounted investments for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 include the Partnership’s 40 percent interest in Teekay Nakilat (III) Corporation, which owns four LNG carriers; the Partnership’s 50 percent interest in the Excalibur and Excelsior joint ventures with Exmar, which own one LNG carrier and one regasification unit, respectively; the Partnership’s 33 percent interest in four LNG carriers servicing the Angola LNG Project; the Partnership’s 52 percent interest in Malt LNG Netherlands Holdings B.V., the joint venture between the Partnership and Marubeni Corporation, which owns six LNG carriers (Malt LNG Carriers); and the Partnership’s equity 50 percent interest in Exmar LPG BVBA, the joint venture between the Partnership and Exmar, acquired in February 2013, which currently owns and charters-in 26 vessels in the LPG carrier segment, including 11 newbuildings. Please see Appendix F for a description and reconciliation of CFVO from equity accounted vessels (a non-GAAP measure) as used in this release to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measure. |
Liquefied Gas Segment
Cash flow from vessel operations from the Partnership’s Liquefied Gas segment, excluding equity accounted vessels, increased to $58.6 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $51.9 million in the same quarter of the prior year. The increase was primarily the result of the delivery in late-2013 of two LNG carrier newbuildings acquired from Awilco, and was partially offset by 18 days of unscheduled off-hire due to repairs required for one of the Partnership’s LNG carriers during the first quarter of 2014.
Cash flow from vessel operations from the Partnership’s equity accounted vessels in the Liquefied Gas segment increased to $48.1 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $42.0 million in the same quarter of the prior year, primarily due to the acquisition of a 50 percent ownership interest in Exmar LPG in February 2013.
Conventional Tanker Segment
Cash flow from vessel operations from the Partnership’s Conventional Tanker segment decreased to $12.9 million in the first quarter of 2014 from $13.6 million in the same quarter of the prior year, primarily due to the sale of two Suezmax conventional tankers, Tenerife Spirit and Algeciras Spirit, in December 2013 and February 2014, respectively, partially offset by $1.6 million in additional revenues from two of the Partnership’s Suezmax conventional tankers as result of higher spot tanker rates. The time-charter contract for these vessels currently includes a fixed component plus a variable component, which is based on the spot Suezmax tanker rates.
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Teekay LNG’s Fleet
The following table summarizes the Partnership’s fleet as of May 1, 2014:
| Number of Vessels | ||||||||||||||||
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Newbuildings | Total | |||||||||||||
| LNG Carrier Fleet |
29 | (i) | — | 5 | 34 | |||||||||||
| LPG/Multigas Carrier Fleet |
16 | (ii) | 4 | (iii) | 11 | (iii) | 31 | |||||||||
| Conventional Tanker Fleet |
9 | — | — | 9 | ||||||||||||
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54 | 4 | 16 | 74 | ||||||||||||
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| (i) | The Partnership’s ownership interests in these vessels range from 33 percent to 100 percent. |
| (ii) | The Partnership’s ownership interests in these vessels range from 50 percent to 99 percent. |
| (iii) | The Partnership’s interest in these vessels is 50 percent. |
Liquidity
As of March 31, 2014, the Partnership had total liquidity of $416.0 million (comprised of $94.8 million in cash and cash equivalents and $321.2 million in undrawn credit facilities).
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Availability of 2013 Annual Report
The Partnership filed its 2013 Annual Report on Form 20-F with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on April 29, 2014. Copies of this report are available on Teekay LNG’s website, under “Financials – Annual Reports”, at www.teekaylng.com. Unitholders may request a printed copy of this Annual Report, including the complete audited financial statements, free of charge by contacting Teekay LNG Partners Investor Relations.
Conference Call
The Partnership plans to host a conference call on Friday, May 16, 2014 at 11:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss the results for the first quarter of 2014. All unitholders and interested parties are invited to listen to the live conference call by choosing from the following options:
| • | By dialing (866) 322-2356 or (416) 640-3405, if outside North America, and quoting conference ID code 1662980. |
| • | By accessing the webcast, which will be available on Teekay LNG’s website at www.teekaylng.com (the archive will remain on the web site for a period of 30 days). |
A supporting First Quarter 2014 Earnings Presentation will also be available at www.teekaylng.com in advance of the conference call start time.
The conference call will be recorded and made available until Friday, May 23, 2014. This recording can be accessed following the live call by dialing (888) 203-1112 or (647) 436-0148, if outside North America, and entering access code 1662980.
About Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Teekay LNG Partners is the world’s second largest independent owner and operator of LNG carriers, providing LNG, LPG and crude oil marine transportation services primarily under long-term, fixed-rate charter contracts through its interests in 34 LNG carriers (including one LNG regasification unit and five newbuildings), 31 LPG/Multigas carriers (including four chartered-in LPG carriers and 11 newbuildings) and nine conventional tankers. The Partnership’s interests in these vessels range from 33 to 100 percent. Teekay LNG Partners L.P. is a publicly-traded master limited partnership (MLP) formed by Teekay Corporation (NYSE: TK) as part of its strategy to expand its operations in the LNG and LPG shipping sectors.
Teekay LNG Partners’ common units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “TGP”.
For Investor Relations enquiries contact:
Ryan Hamilton
Tel: +1 (604) 609-6442
Website: www.teekaylng.com
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TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except units outstanding)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
| March 31, | December 31, | March 31, | ||||||||||
| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||||||||||
| VOYAGE REVENUES |
101,490 | 104,858 | 97,107 | |||||||||
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| OPERATING EXPENSES |
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| Voyage expenses |
1,333 | 869 | 391 | |||||||||
| Vessel operating expenses |
24,256 | 25,164 | 25,316 | |||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
24,110 | 24,145 | 24,143 | |||||||||
| General and administrative |
6,408 | 5,438 | 5,469 | |||||||||
| Loan loss recovery(1) |
— | (3,804 | ) | — | ||||||||
| Restructuring charge(2) |
— | 1,786 | — | |||||||||
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| Total operating expenses |
56,107 | 53,598 | 55,319 | |||||||||
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| Income from vessel operations |
45,383 | 51,260 | 41,788 | |||||||||
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| Equity income(3) |
20,373 | 28,602 | 26,424 | |||||||||
| Interest expense |
(14,831 | ) | (15,775 | ) | (13,248 | ) | ||||||
| Interest income |
648 | 1,019 | 515 | |||||||||
| Realized and unrealized loss on derivative instruments(4) |
(7,521 | ) | (5,238 | ) | (8,285 | ) | ||||||
| Foreign exchange (loss) gain(5) |
(779 | ) | (5,188 | ) | 8,211 | |||||||
| Other income – net |
218 | 214 | 469 | |||||||||
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| (1,892 | ) | 3,634 | 14,086 | |||||||||
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| Net income before tax expense |
43,491 | 54,894 | 55,874 | |||||||||
| Income tax expense |
(395 | ) | (2,722 | ) | (843 | ) | ||||||
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| Net income |
43,096 | 52,172 | 55,031 | |||||||||
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| Other comprehensive (loss) income: |
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| Unrealized net (loss) gain on qualifying cash flow hedging instruments in equity accounted joint ventures net of amounts reclassified to equity income |
(552 | ) | 1,680 | — | ||||||||
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| Other comprehensive (loss) income |
(552 | ) | 1,680 | — | ||||||||
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| Comprehensive income |
42,544 | 53,852 | 55,031 | |||||||||
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| Non-controlling interest in net income |
4,850 | 4,644 | 586 | |||||||||
| General Partner’s interest in net income |
7,155 | 7,338 | 5,965 | |||||||||
| Limited partners’ interest in net income |
31,091 | 40,190 | 48,480 | |||||||||
| Weighted-average number of common units outstanding: |
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| • Basic |
74,199,534 | 73,971,294 | 69,683,763 | |||||||||
| • Diluted |
74,226,654 | 73,995,463 | 69,686,503 | |||||||||
| Total number of units outstanding at end of period |
74,211,160 | 74,196,294 | 69,683,763 | |||||||||
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| (1) | In early-2012, Teekay BLT Corporation (Teekay Tangguh Joint Venture), in which the Partnership has a 69 percent ownership interest, advanced amounts to P.T. Berlian Laju Tanker, the parent company of the non-controlling shareholder of the Teekay Tangguh Joint Venture, as an advance of dividends. In July 2012, P.T. Berlian Laju Tanker entered into a court-supervised restructuring in Indonesia in order to restructure its debts. In September 2013, the Teekay Tangguh Joint Venture recorded a $3.8 million loan loss provision relating to the advances to P.T. Berlian Laju Tanker, as it was probable, at that time, that the carrying value of the loan was impaired. However, during the fourth quarter of 2013, as P.T. Berlian Laju Tanker had sufficiently restructured its business, the Teekay Tangguh Joint Venture reassessed the probability of collectability of this advance and reversed the loan loss provision previously recorded in September 2013. On February 1, 2014, the Teekay Tangguh Joint Venture declared dividends of $69.5 million, of which $14.4 million was used to offset the total advances to its non-controlling shareholder and P.T. Berlian Laju Tanker. |
| (2) | Restructuring charge primarily relates to seafarer severance payments upon sale of two conventional tankers under capital lease. |
| (3) | Equity income includes unrealized gains on derivative instruments and any ineffectiveness for any derivative instruments designated as hedges for accounting purposes as detailed in the table below: |
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||||||
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| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Equity income |
20,373 | 28,602 | 26,424 | |||||||||
| Proportionate share of unrealized loss (gains) on derivative instruments |
1,053 | (5,798 | ) | (4,599 | ) | |||||||
| Proportionate share of ineffective portion of hedge accounted interest rate swap |
— | 514 | — | |||||||||
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| Equity income excluding unrealized gains on derivative instruments and ineffective portion of hedge accounted interest rate swap |
21,426 | 23,318 | 21,825 | |||||||||
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| (4) | The realized losses relate to the amounts the Partnership actually paid to settle derivative instruments and the unrealized (losses) gains relate to the change in fair value of such derivative instruments as detailed in the table below: |
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| Interest rate swaps |
(9,244 | ) | (9,535 | ) | (9,526 | ) | ||||||
| Toledo Spirit time-charter derivative contract |
— | 641 | — | |||||||||
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| (9,244 | ) | (8,894 | ) | (9,526 | ) | |||||||
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4,023 | 2,556 | (1,259 | ) | ||||||||
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(2,300 | ) | 1,100 | 2,500 | ||||||||
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| 1,723 | 3,656 | 1,241 | ||||||||||
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| Total realized and unrealized losses on derivative instruments |
(7,521 | ) | (5,238 | ) | (8,285 | ) | ||||||
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| (5) | For accounting purposes, the Partnership is required to revalue all foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities based on the prevailing exchange rate at the end of each reporting period. This revaluation does not affect the Partnership’s cash flows or the calculation of distributable cash flow, but results in the recognition of unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses in the consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. |
Foreign exchange (loss) gain includes realized (losses) gains relating to the amounts the Partnership received (paid) to settle the Partnership’s non-designated cross currency swaps that were entered into as economic hedges in relation to the Partnership’s Norwegian Kroner (NOK)-denominated unsecured bonds. The Partnership issued NOK 700 million and NOK 900 million of unsecured bonds in May 2012 and September 2013 that mature in 2017 and 2018, respectively. Foreign exchange (loss) gain also includes unrealized (losses) gains relating to the change in fair value of such derivative instruments, partially offset by unrealized gains (losses) on the revaluation of the NOK bonds as detailed in the table below:
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| 2014 | 2013 | 2013 | ||||||||||
| Realized (losses) gains on cross-currency swaps |
(365 | ) | (216 | ) | 58 | |||||||
| Unrealized gains (losses) on cross-currency swaps |
3,917 | (2,832 | ) | (6,191 | ) | |||||||
| Unrealized (losses) gains on revaluation of NOK bonds |
(3,653 | ) | 2,512 | 5,923 | ||||||||
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TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
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| ASSETS |
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| Cash and cash equivalents |
94,824 | 139,481 | ||||||
| Accounts receivable |
19,601 | 19,844 | ||||||
| Prepaid expenses |
7,478 | 5,756 | ||||||
| Current portion of derivative assets |
17,921 | 18,444 | ||||||
| Current portion of net investments in direct financing leases |
16,886 | 16,441 | ||||||
| Current portion of advances to joint venture partner |
— | 14,364 | ||||||
| Advances to affiliates |
3,606 | 6,634 | ||||||
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| Total current assets |
160,316 | 220,964 | ||||||
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| Restricted cash – long-term |
498,208 | 497,298 | ||||||
| Vessels and equipment |
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1,244,537 | 1,253,763 | ||||||
| Vessels under capital leases, at cost, less accumulated depreciation |
535,700 | 571,692 | ||||||
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98,055 | 97,207 | ||||||
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| Total vessels and equipment |
1,878,292 | 1,922,662 | ||||||
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| Investment in and advances to equity accounted joint ventures |
691,804 | 671,789 | ||||||
| Net investments in direct financing leases |
679,013 | 683,254 | ||||||
| Other assets |
31,162 | 28,284 | ||||||
| Derivative assets |
84,241 | 62,867 | ||||||
| Intangible assets – net |
94,413 | 96,845 | ||||||
| Goodwill – liquefied gas segment |
35,631 | 35,631 | ||||||
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| Total assets |
4,153,080 | 4,219,594 | ||||||
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| Accounts payable |
3,498 | 1,741 | ||||||
| Accrued liabilities |
43,615 | 45,796 | ||||||
| Unearned revenue |
12,819 | 15,455 | ||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt |
97,583 | 97,114 | ||||||
| Current obligations under capital lease |
93,613 | 31,668 | ||||||
| Current portion of derivative liabilities |
78,452 | 76,980 | ||||||
| Advances from affiliates |
25,154 | 19,270 | ||||||
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|
|
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| Total current liabilities |
354,734 | 288,024 | ||||||
|
|
|
|
|
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| Long-term debt |
1,661,435 | 1,680,393 | ||||||
| Long-term obligations under capital lease |
472,990 | 566,661 | ||||||
| Long-term unearned revenue |
35,312 | 36,689 | ||||||
| Other long-term liabilities |
73,705 | 73,140 | ||||||
| Derivative liabilities |
147,628 | 130,903 | ||||||
|
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|
|
|
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| Total liabilities |
2,745,804 | 2,775,810 | ||||||
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|
|
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| Equity |
||||||||
| Limited partners |
1,319,280 | 1,338,133 | ||||||
| General Partner |
52,143 | 52,526 | ||||||
| Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income |
(421 | ) | 131 | |||||
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|
|
|
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| Partners’ equity |
1,371,002 | 1,390,790 | ||||||
| Non-controlling interest (1) |
36,274 | 52,994 | ||||||
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|
|
|
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| Total equity |
1,407,276 | 1,443,784 | ||||||
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|
|
|
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| Total liabilities and total equity |
4,153,080 | 4,219,594 | ||||||
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|
|
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| (1) | Non-controlling interest includes a 30 percent equity interest in the RasGas II project (which owns three LNG carriers), a 31 percent equity interest in the Tangguh Project (which owns two LNG carriers), a 1 percent equity interest in two LNG carriers (Arctic Spirit and Polar Spirit), a 1 percent equity interest in the Excalibur joint venture (which owns one LNG carrier), a 1 percent equity interest in the five LPG/Multigas carriers that are chartered out to I.M. Skaugen ASA, and a 1 percent equity interest in two LNG carriers chartered out to Awilco, which in each case represents the ownership interest not owned by the Partnership. |
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2014 | 2013 | |||||||
| $ | $ | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents provided by (used for) |
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| OPERATING ACTIVITIES |
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| Net income |
43,096 | 55,031 | ||||||
| Non-cash items: |
||||||||
| Unrealized gain on derivative instruments |
(1,723 | ) | (1,241 | ) | ||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
24,110 | 24,143 | ||||||
| Unrealized foreign currency exchange loss (gain) |
332 | (9,016 | ) | |||||
| Equity income |
(20,373 | ) | (26,424 | ) | ||||
| Amortization of deferred debt issuance costs and other |
285 | 672 | ||||||
| Change in operating assets and liabilities |
1,493 | 3,639 | ||||||
| Expenditures for dry docking |
(5,821 | ) | (10,243 | ) | ||||
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|
|
|
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| Net operating cash flow |
41,399 | 36,561 | ||||||
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|
|
|
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| FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
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| Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt |
3,648 | 178,797 | ||||||
| Scheduled repayments of long-term debt |
(21,421 | ) | (18,785 | ) | ||||
| Prepayments of long-term debt |
(5,000 | ) | (10,000 | ) | ||||
| Scheduled repayments of capital lease obligations |
(1,779 | ) | (2,592 | ) | ||||
| Advances to equity accounted joint ventures |
— | (16,785 | ) | |||||
| Increase in restricted cash |
(564 | ) | (424 | ) | ||||
| Cash distributions paid |
(58,895 | ) | (52,972 | ) | ||||
| Novation of derivative liabilities |
2,985 | — | ||||||
| Dividends allocated to non-controlling interest |
(7,206 | ) | (144 | ) | ||||
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|
|
|
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| Net financing cash flow |
(88,232 | ) | 77,095 | |||||
|
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|
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|
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| INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
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| Purchase of equity accounted investments |
— | (136,841 | ) | |||||
| Receipts from direct financing leases |
3,796 | 1,591 | ||||||
| Expenditures for vessels and equipment |
(1,620 | ) | (1,001 | ) | ||||
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|
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| Net investing cash flow |
2,176 | (136,251 | ) | |||||
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|
|
|
|
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| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
(44,657 | ) | (22,595 | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period |
139,481 | 113,577 | ||||||
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|
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| Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period |
94,824 | 90,982 | ||||||
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APPENDIX A – SPECIFIC ITEMS AFFECTING NET INCOME
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
Set forth below is a reconciliation of the Partnership’s unaudited adjusted net income attributable to the partners, a non-GAAP financial measure, to net income attributable to the partners as determined in accordance with GAAP. The Partnership believes that, in addition to conventional measures prepared in accordance with GAAP, certain investors use this information to evaluate the Partnership’s financial performance. The items below are also typically excluded by securities analysts in their published estimates of the Partnership’s financial results. Adjusted net income attributable to the partners is intended to provide additional information and should not be considered a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.
| Three Months Ended | ||||||||
| March 31 | March 31 | |||||||
| 2014 | 2013 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
| Net income – GAAP basis |
43,096 | 55,031 | ||||||
| Less: |
||||||||
| Net income attributable to non-controlling interest |
(4,850 | ) | (586 | ) | ||||
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|
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| Net income attributable to the partners |
38,246 | 54,445 | ||||||
| Add (subtract) specific items affecting net income: |
||||||||
| Unrealized foreign currency exchange losses (gains) (1) |
306 | (8,048 | ) | |||||
| Unrealized gains from derivative instruments(2) |
(1,723 | ) | (1,241 | ) | ||||
| Unrealized losses (gains) from derivative instruments and other items from equity accounted investees(3) |
2,019 | (4,599 | ) | |||||
| Non-controlling interests’ share of items above(4) |
2,954 | (1,506 | ) | |||||
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|
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| Total adjustments |
3,556 | (15,394 | ) | |||||
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|
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| Adjusted net income attributable to the partners |
41,802 | 39,051 | ||||||
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| (1) | Unrealized foreign exchange losses primarily relate to the Partnership’s revaluation of all foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities based on the prevailing exchange rate at the end of each reporting period and unrealized loss on the cross-currency swap economically hedging the Partnership’s NOK bond and excludes the realized gains (losses) relating to the cross currency swaps for the NOK bonds. |
| (2) | Reflects the unrealized losses (gains) due to changes in the mark-to-market value of derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. |
| (3) | Reflects the unrealized (gains) losses due to changes in the mark-to-market value of derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes and any ineffectiveness for any derivative instruments designated as hedges for accounting purposes within the Partnership’s equity-accounted investments. Also reflects the Partnership’s proportionate share of a loss of $1.0 million on the sale of a vessel in Exmar LPG during the three months ended March 31, 2014. |
| (4) | Items affecting net income include items from the Partnership’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, its consolidated non-wholly-owned subsidiaries and its proportionate share of items from equity accounted for investments. The specific items affecting net income are analyzed to determine whether any of the amounts originated from a consolidated non-wholly-owned subsidiary. Each amount that originates from a consolidated non-wholly-owned subsidiary is multiplied by the non-controlling interests’ percentage share in this subsidiary to arrive at the non-controlling interests’ share of the amount. The amount identified as “non-controlling interests’ share of items listed above” in the table above is the cumulative amount of the non-controlling interests’ proportionate share of items listed in the table. |
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APPENDIX B – RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
DISTRIBUTABLE CASH FLOW (DCF)
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
Description of Non-GAAP Financial Measure – Distributable Cash Flow (DCF)
Distributable cash flow represents net income adjusted for depreciation and amortization expense, non-cash items, estimated maintenance capital expenditures, unrealized gains and losses from derivatives, distributions relating to equity financing of newbuilding installments, equity income, write down of vessels, adjustments for direct financing leases to a cash basis, deferred income taxes and foreign exchange related items. Maintenance capital expenditures represent those capital expenditures required to maintain over the long-term the operating capacity of, or the revenue generated by, the Partnership’s capital assets. Distributable cash flow is a quantitative standard used in the publicly-traded partnership investment community to assist in evaluating a partnership’s ability to make quarterly cash distributions. Distributable cash flow is not required by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income or any other indicator of the Partnership’s performance required by GAAP. The table below reconciles distributable cash flow to net income.
| Three Months Ended |
Three Months Ended |
|||||||
| March 31, 2014 | March 31, 2013 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
| Net income: |
43,096 | 55,031 | ||||||
| Add: |
||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
24,110 | 24,143 | ||||||
| Partnership’s share of equity accounted joint ventures’ DCF before estimated maintenance and capital expenditures |
34,228 | 31,343 | ||||||
| Unrealized foreign exchange loss (gain) |
306 | (8,048 | ) | |||||
| Distributions relating to equity financing of newbuildings |
1,828 | — | ||||||
| Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized |
3,886 | 1,584 | ||||||
| Less: |
||||||||
| Unrealized gain on derivatives and other non-cash items |
(3,916 | ) | (3,725 | ) | ||||
| Estimated maintenance capital expenditures |
(19,432 | ) | (16,399 | ) | ||||
| Equity income |
(20,373 | ) | (26,424 | ) | ||||
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|
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| Distributable Cash Flow before Non-controlling interest |
63,733 | 57,505 | ||||||
| Non-controlling interests’ share of DCF before estimated maintenance capital expenditures |
(3,604 | ) | (3,840 | ) | ||||
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|
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| Distributable Cash Flow |
60,129 | 53,665 | ||||||
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APPENDIX C – RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
NET VOYAGE REVENUES
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
Description of Non-GAAP Financial Measure – Net Voyage Revenues
Net voyage revenues represents voyage revenues less voyage expenses, which comprise all expenses relating to certain voyages, including bunker fuel expenses, port fees, canal tolls and brokerage commissions. Net voyage revenues is included because certain investors use this data to measure the financial performance of shipping companies. Net voyage revenues is not required by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to voyage revenues or any other indicator of the Partnership’s performance required by GAAP.
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | ||||||||||
| Voyage revenues |
74,964 | 26,526 | 101,490 | |||||||||
| Voyage expenses |
823 | 510 | 1,333 | |||||||||
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|||||||
| Net voyage revenues |
74,141 | 26,016 | 100,157 | |||||||||
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|
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| Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | ||||||||||
| Voyage revenues |
68,030 | 29,077 | 97,107 | |||||||||
| Voyage expenses |
— | 391 | 391 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Net voyage revenues |
68,030 | 28,686 | 96,716 | |||||||||
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APPENDIX D – SUPPLEMENTAL SEGMENT INFORMATION
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | ||||||||||
| Net voyage revenues (See Appendix C) |
74,141 | 26,016 | 100,157 | |||||||||
| Vessel operating expenses |
14,714 | 9,542 | 24,256 | |||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
18,113 | 5,997 | 24,110 | |||||||||
| General and administrative |
4,748 | 1,660 | 6,408 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Income from vessel operations |
36,566 | 8,817 | 45,383 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | ||||||||||
| Net voyage revenues (See Appendix C) |
68,030 | 28,686 | 96,716 | |||||||||
| Vessel operating expenses |
13,993 | 11,323 | 25,316 | |||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
17,290 | 6,853 | 24,143 | |||||||||
| General and administrative |
3,684 | 1,785 | 5,469 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Income from vessel operations |
33,063 | 8,725 | 41,788 | |||||||||
|
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APPENDIX E – RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
CASH FLOW FROM VESSEL OPERATIONS
FROM CONSOLIDATED VESSELS
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
Description of Non-GAAP Financial Measure – Cash Flow from Vessel Operations from Consolidated Vessels
Cash flow from vessel operations from consolidated vessels represents income from vessel operations before (a) depreciation and amortization expense, (b) amortization of in-process revenue contracts included in voyage revenues, and includes (c) adjustments for direct financing leases and two Suezmax tankers to a cash basis. The Partnership’s direct financing leases for the periods indicated relates to the Partnership’s 69 percent interest in two LNG carriers, the Tangguh Sago and Tangguh Hiri, and the two LNG carriers acquired from Awilco in September and November 2013. The Partnership’s cash flow from vessel operations from consolidated vessels does not include the Partnership’s cash flow from vessel operations from its equity accounted joint ventures. Cash flow from vessel operations is included because certain investors use cash flow from vessel operations to measure a company’s financial performance, and to highlight this measure for the Partnership’s consolidated vessels. Cash flow from vessel operations from consolidated vessels is not required by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to net income or any other indicator of the Partnership’s performance required by GAAP.
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 | ||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | ||||||||||
| Income from vessel operations (See Appendix D) |
36,566 | 8,817 | 45,383 | |||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
18,113 | 5,997 | 24,110 | |||||||||
| Amortization of in-process revenue contracts included in voyage revenues |
— | (278 | ) | (278 | ) | |||||||
| Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized |
3,886 | — | 3,886 | |||||||||
| Cash flow adjustment for two Suezmax tankers(1) |
— | (1,667 | ) | (1,667 | ) | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Cash flow from vessel operations from consolidated vessels |
58,565 | 12,869 | 71,434 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||||
| Liquefied Gas Segment |
Conventional Tanker Segment |
Total | ||||||||||
| Income from vessel operations (See Appendix D) |
33,063 | 8,725 | 41,788 | |||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
17,290 | 6,853 | 24,143 | |||||||||
| Amortization of in-process revenue contracts included in voyage revenues |
— | (278 | ) | (278 | ) | |||||||
| Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized |
1,584 | — | 1,584 | |||||||||
| Cash flow adjustment for two Suezmax tankers(1) |
— | (1,667 | ) | (1,667 | ) | |||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
| Cash flow from vessel operations from consolidated vessels |
51,937 | 13,633 | 65,570 | |||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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| (1) | The Partnership’s charter contracts for two of its Suezmax tankers, the Bermuda Spirit and Hamilton Spirit, were amended in 2012, which had the effect of reducing the daily charter rates by $12,000 per day for a duration of 24 months commencing October 1, 2012. However, during this period, if Suezmax spot tanker rates exceed the amended rates, the charterer will pay the Partnership the excess amount up to a maximum of the original daily charter rate. The cash impact of the change in hire rates is not fully reflected in the Partnership’s statements of income and comprehensive income as the change in the lease payments is being recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. |
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APPENDIX F – RECONCILIATION OF NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
CASH FLOW FROM VESSEL OPERATIONS FROM EQUITY ACCOUNTED VESSELS
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
Description of Non-GAAP Financial Measure – Cash Flow from Vessel Operations from Equity Accounted Vessels
Cash flow from vessel operations from equity accounted vessels represents income from vessel operations before (a) depreciation and amortization expense, (b) amortization of in-process revenue contracts, and (c) loss on sale of vessel, and includes (d) adjustments for direct financing leases to a cash basis. Cash flow from vessel operations from equity accounted vessels is included because certain investors use cash flow from vessel operations to measure a company’s financial performance, and to highlight this measure for the Partnership’s equity accounted joint ventures. Cash flow from vessel operations from equity-accounted vessels is not required by GAAP and should not be considered as an alternative to equity income or any other indicator of the Partnership’s performance required by GAAP.
| Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 | Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 | |||||||||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||||||||
| At 100% |
Partnership’s Portion(1) |
At 100% |
Partnership’s Portion(1) |
|||||||||||||
| Voyage revenues |
147,941 | 68,475 | 127,152 | 57,962 | ||||||||||||
| Vessel and other operating expenses |
44,773 | 20,896 | 32,684 | 15,237 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
21,918 | 11,111 | 18,418 | 9,396 | ||||||||||||
| Loss on sale of vessel |
1,931 | 966 | — | — | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Income from vessel operations of equity accounted vessels |
79,319 | 35,502 | 76,050 | 33,329 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Interest expense – net |
(20,302 | ) | (9,452 | ) | (15,517 | ) | (6,885 | ) | ||||||||
| Realized and unrealized loss on derivative instruments |
(17,133 | ) | (5,825 | ) | (1,094 | ) | (360 | ) | ||||||||
| Other income – net |
377 | 148 | 402 | 340 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Other items |
(37,058 | ) | (15,129 | ) | (16,209 | ) | (6,905 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Net income / equity income of equity accounted vessels |
42,261 | 20,373 | 59,841 | 26,424 | ||||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Income from vessel operations |
79,319 | 35,502 | 76,050 | 33,329 | ||||||||||||
| Depreciation and amortization |
21,918 | 11,111 | 18,418 | 9,396 | ||||||||||||
| Loss on sale of vessel |
1,931 | 966 | — | — | ||||||||||||
| Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized |
7,462 | 2,707 | 6,876 | 2,495 | ||||||||||||
| Amortization of in-process revenue contracts |
(4,225 | ) | (2,146 | ) | (6,200 | ) | (3,221 | ) | ||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
| Cash flow from vessel operations from equity accounted vessels |
106,405 | 48,140 | 95,144 | 41,999 | ||||||||||||
|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|||||||||
| (1) | The Partnership’s equity accounted investments for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 include the Partnership’s 40 percent interest in Teekay Nakilat (III) Corporation, which owns four LNG carriers; the Partnership’s 50 percent interest in the Excalibur and Excelsior joint ventures, which owns one LNG carrier and one regasification unit, respectively; the Partnership’s 33 percent interest in four LNG carriers servicing the Angola LNG Project; the Partnership’s 52 percent interest in Malt LNG Netherlands Holdings B.V., the joint venture between the Partnership and Marubeni Corporation, which owns six LNG carriers; and the Partnership’s 50 percent interest in Exmar LPG BVBA, the joint venture between the Partnership and Exmar, acquired in February 2013, which owns and charters-in 14 vessels in the LPG carrier segment, excluding 12 newbuildings, as at March 31, 2014 and 17 vessels, excluding eight newbuildings, as at March 31, 2013. |
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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) which reflect management’s current views with respect to certain future events and performance, including statements regarding: future growth opportunities and expectations, including the Partnership’s ability to successfully bid for new LNG shipping and floating regasification projects and the effect of any such projects on the Partnership’s results of operations; the expected delivery dates for the Partnership’s newbuilding vessels and, if applicable, commencement of their time charter contracts; the potential for the Partnership, through a new 50/50 joint venture with a China-based LNG shipping company, to provide six icebreaker LNG carriers for the Yamal LNG project, and the actual magnitude of such project, if completed; the average remaining contract length on the Partnership’s LNG fleet; the Partnership’s exposure to spot and short-term LNG shipping rates; and LNG/LPG shipping market fundamentals. The following factors are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, and that should be considered in evaluating any such statement: shipyard construction delays or cost overruns; availability of suitable LNG shipping, LPG shipping, floating storage and regasification and other growth project opportunities; changes in production of LNG or LPG, either generally or in particular regions; changes in trading patterns or timing of start-up of new LNG liquefaction and regasification projects significantly affecting overall vessel tonnage requirements; competitive dynamics in bidding for potential LNG, LPG or floating regasification projects; the Partnership’s ability to secure new contracts through bidding on project tenders; failure by Teekay LNG to secure financing for newbuildings; potential failure of the Yamal LNG Project to be completed for any reason, including due to lack of funding as a result of existing or future sanctions against Russia and Russian entities and individuals, which may affect partners in the project; potential inability of the Partnership’s joint venture to negotiate acceptable terms and documentation relating to its proposed participation in the Yamal LNG Project; failure by the Partnership to secure the required contracts for the Yamal LNG project for six icebreaker LNG carriers; potential delays or cancellation of the Yamal LNG project; changes in applicable industry laws and regulations and the timing of implementation of new laws and regulations; the potential for early termination of long-term contracts of existing vessels in the Teekay LNG fleet; the inability of charterers to make future charter payments; the inability of the Partnership to renew or replace long-term contracts on existing vessels; the Partnership’s ability to raise financing for its existing newbuildings or to purchase additional vessels or to pursue other projects; and other factors discussed in Teekay LNG Partners’ filings from time to time with the SEC, including its Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013. The Partnership expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Partnership’s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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