HEP 3-31-2013 10Q



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 ______________________________________________________________________________________
FORM 10-Q
 ______________________________________________________________________________________

(Mark One)
ý
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2013
OR

¨
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to _____________                    
Commission File Number: 1-32225
  ______________________________________________________________________________________
HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 ______________________________________________________________________________________
Delaware
 
20-0833098
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

2828 N. Harwood, Suite 1300
Dallas, Texas 75201
(Address of principal executive offices), (Zip code)
(214) 871-3555
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
 
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes  ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes   ý    No  ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
ý
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
¨
Smaller reporting company
¨
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes  ¨   No  ý
The number of the registrant’s outstanding common units at April 26, 2013 was 58,657,048.


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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
INDEX
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
 
 
 
 
 
Item 3.
 
 
 
 
 
Item 4.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1.
 
 
 
 
 
Item 1A.
 
 
 
 
 
Item 2.
 
 
 
 
 
Item 6.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains certain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. All statements, other than statements of historical fact included in this Form 10-Q, including, but not limited to, those under “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources” in Item 2 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part I are forward-looking statements. Forward looking statements use words such as “anticipate,” “project,” “expect,” “plan,” “goal,” “forecast,” “intend,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “believe,” “may,” and similar expressions and statements regarding our plans and objectives for future operations. These statements are based on our beliefs and assumptions and those of our general partner using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties. Although we and our general partner believe that such expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, neither we nor our general partner can give assurance that our expectations will prove to be correct. All statements concerning our expectations for future results of operations are based on forecasts for our existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions. Our forward-looking statements are subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and assumptions. If one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect, our actual results may vary materially from those anticipated, estimated, projected or expected. Certain factors could cause actual results to differ materially from results anticipated in the forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to:
risks and uncertainties with respect to the actual quantities of petroleum products and crude oil shipped on our pipelines and/or terminalled, stored or throughput in our terminals;
the economic viability of HollyFrontier Corporation, Alon USA, Inc. and our other customers;
the demand for refined petroleum products in markets we serve;
our ability to purchase and integrate additional operations in the future successfully;
our ability to complete previously announced or contemplated acquisitions;
the availability and cost of additional debt and equity financing;
the possibility of reductions in production or shutdowns at refineries utilizing our pipeline and terminal facilities;
the effects of current and future government regulations and policies;
our operational efficiency in carrying out routine operations and capital construction projects;
the possibility of terrorist attacks and the consequences of any such attacks;
general economic conditions; and
other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

Cautionary statements identifying important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations are set forth in this Form 10-Q, including without limitation, the forward-looking statements that are referred to above. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the known material risk factors and other cautionary statements set forth in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012 in “Risk Factors” and in this Form 10-Q in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.” All forward-looking statements included in this Form 10-Q and all subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.


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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION


Item 1.
Financial Statements
HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS  
(Unaudited)
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
(In thousands, except unit data)
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
18,193

 
$
5,237

Accounts receivable:
 
 
 
 
Trade
 
6,073

 
7,126

Affiliates
 
31,055

 
31,594

 
 
37,128

 
38,720

Prepaid and other current assets
 
3,475

 
3,619

Total current assets
 
58,796

 
47,576

 
 
 
 
 
Properties and equipment, net
 
955,920

 
960,535

Transportation agreements, net
 
92,860

 
94,596

Goodwill
 
256,498

 
256,498

Investment in SLC Pipeline
 
25,011

 
25,041

Other assets
 
9,101

 
9,864

Total assets
 
$
1,398,186

 
$
1,394,110

 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable:
 
 
 
 
Trade
 
$
7,429

 
$
7,045

Affiliates
 
4,917

 
4,985

 
 
12,346

 
12,030

 
 
 
 
 
Accrued interest
 
2,366

 
10,226

Deferred revenue
 
6,627

 
8,901

Accrued property taxes
 
2,721

 
2,688

Other current liabilities
 
2,421

 
1,905

Total current liabilities
 
26,481

 
35,750

 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
811,913

 
864,674

Other long-term liabilities
 
14,723

 
15,433

Deferred revenue
 
15,469

 
11,494

 
 
 
 
 
Class B unit
 
15,418

 
13,903

 
 
 
 
 
Equity:
 
 
 
 
Partners’ equity:
 
 
 
 
Common unitholders (58,657,048 and 56,782,048 units issued and outstanding
    at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively)
 
560,590

 
502,809

General partner interest (2% interest)
 
(145,118
)
 
(145,877
)
Accumulated other comprehensive loss
 
(2,868
)
 
(4,279
)
Total partners’ equity
 
412,604

 
352,653

Noncontrolling interest
 
101,578

 
100,203

Total equity
 
514,182

 
452,856

Total liabilities and equity
 
$
1,398,186

 
$
1,394,110


See accompanying notes.

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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012 (1)
 
 
(In thousands, except per unit data)
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
Affiliates
 
$
61,512

 
$
56,531

Third parties
 
12,786

 
11,884

 
 
74,298

 
68,415

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
25,865

 
20,475

Depreciation and amortization
 
14,154

 
14,300

General and administrative
 
3,232

 
2,039

 
 
43,251

 
36,814

Operating income
 
31,047

 
31,601

 
 
 
 
 
Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
Equity in earnings of SLC Pipeline
 
657

 
831

Interest expense
 
(12,484
)
 
(10,405
)
Interest income
 
103

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
 

 
(2,596
)
Gain on sale of assets
 
2,022

 

 
 
(9,702
)
 
(12,170
)
Income before income taxes
 
21,345

 
19,431

State income tax expense
 
(56
)
 
(75
)
Net income
 
21,289

 
19,356

Allocation of net loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
1,861

Allocation of net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(2,890
)
 
557

Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners
 
18,399

 
21,774

General partner interest in net income, including incentive distributions
 
(6,231
)
 
(5,503
)
Limited partners’ interest in net income
 
$
12,168

 
$
16,271

Limited partners’ per unit interest in earnings—basic and diluted
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.30

Weighted average limited partners’ units outstanding
 
56,990

 
54,722


(1) Restated as described in Note 1.

See accompanying notes.


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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(Unaudited)

 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012 (1)
 
 
(In thousands)
Net income
 
$
21,289

 
$
19,356

Allocation of net loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
1,861

Net income before noncontrolling interests
 
21,289

 
21,217

 
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive income (loss):
 
 
 
 
Change in fair value of cash flow hedge
 
562

 
(354
)
Amortization of unrealized loss attributable to discontinued cash flow hedge
 
849

 
1,274

Other comprehensive income (loss)
 
1,411

 
920

Comprehensive income before noncontrolling interest
 
22,700

 
22,137

Allocation of comprehensive (income) loss to noncontrolling interests
 
(2,890
)
 
557

Comprehensive income attributable to Holly Energy Partners
 
$
19,810

 
$
22,694


(1) Restated as described in Note 1.

See accompanying notes.


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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012 (1)
 
 
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
21,289

 
$
19,356

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
14,154

 
14,300

Gain on sale of assets
 
(2,022
)
 

Amortization of deferred charges
 
1,379

 
2,091

Equity in earnings of SLC Pipeline, net of distributions
 
30

 
(81
)
Amortization of restricted and performance units
 
1,123

 
943

(Increase) decrease in current assets:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable—trade
 
1,053

 
(1,897
)
Accounts receivable—affiliates
 
539

 
(1,219
)
Prepaid and other current assets
 
145

 
328

Increase (decrease) in current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable—trade
 
(1,808
)
 
(5,749
)
Accounts payable—affiliates
 
253

 
(14
)
Accrued interest
 
(7,860
)
 
(6,473
)
Deferred revenue
 
1,686

 
(592
)
Accrued property taxes
 
33

 
(395
)
Other current liabilities
 
531

 
771

Other, net
 
354

 
2,734

Net cash provided by operating activities
 
30,879

 
24,103

 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
Additions to properties and equipment
 
(6,645
)
 
(17,011
)
Proceeds from sale of assets
 
2,481

 

Net cash used for investing activities
 
(4,164
)
 
(17,011
)
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
Borrowings under credit agreement
 
57,000

 
36,000

Repayments of credit agreement borrowings
 
(110,000
)
 
(81,000
)
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes
 

 
294,750

Proceeds from issuance of common units
 
73,444

 

Repayment of notes
 

 
(232,711
)
Contributions from UNEV joint venture partners
 

 
14,962

Distributions to HEP unitholders
 
(32,709
)
 
(29,716
)
Contribution from general partner
 
1,499

 

Purchase of units for incentive grants
 
(2,719
)
 
(1,283
)
Deferred financing costs
 

 
(1,123
)
Other
 
(274
)
 
(192
)
Net cash used by financing activities
 
(13,759
)
 
(313
)
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
 
 
 
Increase for the period
 
12,956

 
6,779

Beginning of period
 
5,237

 
6,369

End of period
 
$
18,193

 
$
13,148

     
(1) Restated as described in Note 1.
See accompanying notes.

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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF PARTNERS' EQUITY
(Unaudited)
 
 
 
Common
Units
 
General
Partner
Interest
 
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
 
Noncontrolling Interest
 
Total Equity
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance at December 31, 2012
 
$
502,809

 
$
(145,877
)
 
$
(4,279
)
 
$
100,203

 
$
452,856

Issuance of common units
 
73,444

 

 

 

 
73,444

Net income
 
14,310

 
5,604

 

 
1,375

 
21,289

Other comprehensive income
 

 

 
1,411

 

 
1,411

Capital contribution
 

 
1,499

 

 

 
1,499

Distributions to HEP unitholders
 
(26,687
)
 
(6,022
)
 

 

 
(32,709
)
Purchase of units for restricted grants
 
(2,924
)
 

 

 

 
(2,924
)
Amortization of restricted and performance units
 
1,123

 

 

 

 
1,123

   Class B unit accretion
 
(1,485
)
 
(30
)
 

 

 
(1,515
)
   Other
 

 
(292
)
 

 

 
(292
)
Balance March 31, 2013
 
$
560,590

 
$
(145,118
)
 
$
(2,868
)
 
$
101,578

 
$
514,182



See accompanying notes.



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited)

Note 1:
Description of Business and Presentation of Financial Statements

Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”) together with its consolidated subsidiaries, is a publicly held master limited partnership which is 39% owned (including the 2% general partner interest) by HollyFrontier Corporation (“HFC”) and its subsidiaries. In these consolidated financial statements, the words “we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer to HEP unless the context otherwise indicates.

We own and operate petroleum product and crude oil pipelines and terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities that support HFC’s refining and marketing operations in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States and Alon USA, Inc.’s (“Alon”) refinery in Big Spring, Texas. Additionally, we own a 75% interest in UNEV Pipeline, LLC (“UNEV”), which owns a 400-mile, 12-inch refined products pipeline running from Woods Cross, Utah to Las Vegas Nevada (the “UNEV Pipeline”), product terminals near Cedar City, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada and related assets, and a 25% interest in SLC Pipeline LLC, which owns a 95-mile intrastate crude oil pipeline system (the “SLC Pipeline”) that serves refineries in the Salt Lake City, Utah area.

We generate revenues by charging tariffs for transporting petroleum products and crude oil through our pipelines, by charging fees for terminalling and storing refined products and other hydrocarbons and providing other services at our storage tanks and terminals. We do not take ownership of products that we transport, terminal or store, and therefore, we are not directly exposed to changes in commodity prices.

The consolidated financial statements included herein have been prepared without audit, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The interim financial statements reflect all adjustments, which, in the opinion of management, are necessary for a fair presentation of our results for the interim periods. Such adjustments are considered to be of a normal recurring nature. Although certain notes and other information required by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) have been condensed or omitted, we believe that the disclosures in these consolidated financial statements are adequate to make the information presented not misleading. These consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with our Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations that will be realized for the year ending December 31, 2013.

On January 16, 2013, a two-for-one unit split was paid in the form of a common unit distribution for each issued and outstanding common unit to all unitholders of record on January 7, 2013. All references to unit and per unit amounts in this document and related disclosures have been adjusted to reflect the effect of the unit split for all periods presented.

In March 2013, we closed on a public offering of 1,875,000 of our common units. Additionally, an affiliate of HFC, as a selling unitholder, closed on a public sale of 1,875,000 of its HEP common units. We used our net proceeds of $73.4 million to repay indebtedness incurred under our credit facility and for general partnership purposes. Amounts repaid under our credit facility may be reborrowed from time to time, and we intend to reborrow certain amounts to fund capital expenditures.

The financial information for the three months ended March 31, 2012, included in the accompanying financial statements and notes thereto were revised from the amounts previously reported for that period due to accounting rules that require retrospective restatement of previously reported results in cases of business combinations between entities under common control. We have therefore included the results of UNEV prior to our acquisition on July 12, 2012, herein referred to as results attributable to the Predecessor. See Note 2 below for additional information on the UNEV acquisition. Additional revisions were made in order to correct certain immaterial items in previously reported amounts. These revisions reduced net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners for the three months ended March 31, 2012 by $0.2 million, with no impact on the limited partners' per unit interest in net earnings - basic and diluted and were comprised principally of an adjustment of depreciation expense related to certain property and equipment.  For more information about these revisions, see the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Presentation of Comprehensive Income
Effective January 1, 2013, we adopted the accounting standard update that requires the disclosure of significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component either on the face of the financial statements or in the notes. The adoption of this accounting standard did not have an impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.


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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


Note 2:
Acquisitions

UNEV Pipeline Interest Acquisition
On July 12, 2012, we acquired HFC's 75% interest in UNEV. We paid consideration consisting of $260.0 million in cash and 2,059,800 of our common units. We paid an additional $0.9 million to HFC for a post-closing working capital adjustment. Also under the terms of the transaction, we issued to HFC a Class B unit comprising a noncontrolling equity interest in a wholly-owned subsidiary subject to redemption to the extent that HFC is entitled to a 50% interest in our share of annual UNEV earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization above $30 million beginning July 1, 2016 and ending in June 2032, subject to certain limitations. Such contingent redemption payments are limited to a maximum payment amount calculated as described below. However, to the extent earnings thresholds are not achieved, no redemption payments are required. Contemporaneously with this transaction, HFC (our general partner) agreed to forego its right to incentive distributions of up to $1.25 million per quarter over twelve consecutive quarterly periods following the closing of the transaction and up to an additional four quarters in certain circumstances. The Class B unit increases with each foregone incentive distribution as described above and by a 7% factor compounded annually on the outstanding unredeemed balance through its expiration date. At our option, we may redeem, in whole or in part, the Class B unit at the current unredeemed value based on the calculation described. The Class B unit had a value of $13.9 million at December 31, 2012 and $15.4 million at March 31, 2013.

Noncontrolling interests reported in the consolidated statements of income include the minority partner's 25% interest in UNEV and income attributable to the Class B unit representing foregone incentive distribution rights and the 7% accretion factor, which collectively amounted to $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

We are a consolidated variable interest entity of HFC. Therefore, this transaction was recorded as a transfer between entities under common control and reflects HFC's carrying basis in UNEV's assets and liabilities. We have retrospectively adjusted our financial position and operating results as if UNEV were a consolidated subsidiary for all periods while we were under common control of HFC. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, our consolidated statement of income includes Predecessor revenues from UNEV of $3.9 million and Predecessor net losses of $1.9 million.

Note 3:
Financial Instruments

Our financial instruments consist of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable, debt and interest rate swaps. The carrying amounts of cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable and accounts payable approximate fair value due to the short-term maturity of these instruments. Debt consists of outstanding principal under our revolving credit agreement (which approximates fair value as interest rates are reset frequently at current interest rates) and our fixed interest rate senior notes.

Fair value measurements are derived using inputs (assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability) including assumptions about risk. GAAP categorizes inputs used in fair value measurements into three broad levels as follows:
(Level 1) Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.
(Level 2) Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1, such as quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities in active markets, similar assets and liabilities in markets that are not active or can be corroborated by observable market data.
(Level 3) Unobservable inputs that are supported by little or no market activity and that are significant to the fair value of the assets or liabilities. This includes valuation techniques that involve significant unobservable inputs.

The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our senior notes and interest rate swaps were as follows:

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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


 
 
 
 
March 31, 2013
 
December 31, 2012
Financial Instrument
 
Fair Value Input Level
 
Carrying
Value
 
Fair Value
 
Carrying
Value
 
Fair Value
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Senior notes:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6.5% senior notes
 
Level 2
 
$
295,438

 
$
318,750

 
$
295,275

 
$
321,000

8.25% senior notes
 
Level 2
 
148,475

 
161,813

 
148,399

 
163,125

 
 
 
 
443,913

 
480,563

 
443,674

 
484,125

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps
 
Level 2
 
2,868

 
2,868

 
3,430

 
3,430

 
 
 
 
$
446,781

 
$
483,431

 
$
447,104

 
$
487,555


Level 2 Financial Instruments
Our senior notes and interest rate swaps are measured and recorded at fair value using Level 2 inputs. The fair value of the senior notes is based on market values provided by a third-party bank, which were derived using market quotes for similar type debt instruments. The fair value of our interest rate swaps is based on the net present value of expected future cash flows related to both variable and fixed rate legs of the swap agreement. This measurement is computed using the forward London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) yield curve, a market-based observable input.

See Note 7 for additional information on these instruments.


Note 4:
Properties and Equipment 

The carrying amounts of our properties and equipment are as follows:
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
(In thousands)
Pipelines, terminals and tankage
 
$
1,061,392

 
$
1,049,531

Land and right of way
 
63,192

 
63,248

Construction in progress
 
27,122

 
27,150

Other
 
17,899

 
24,462

 
 
1,169,605

 
1,164,391

Less accumulated depreciation
 
213,685

 
203,856

 
 
$
955,920

 
$
960,535


We capitalized $0.1 million and $0.1 million in interest related to construction projects during the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.


Note 5:
Transportation Agreements

Our transportation agreements represent a portion of the total purchase price of certain assets acquired from Alon in 2005 and from HFC in 2008. The Alon agreement is being amortized over 30 years ending 2035 (the initial 15-year term of the agreement plus an expected 15-year extension period) and the HFC agreement is being amortized over 15 years ending 2023 (the term of the HFC agreement).

The carrying amounts of our transportation agreements are as follows:

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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
(In thousands)
Alon transportation agreement
 
$
59,933

 
$
59,933

HFC transportation agreement
 
74,231

 
74,231

 
 
134,164

 
134,164

Less accumulated amortization
 
41,304

 
39,568

 
 
$
92,860

 
$
94,596


We have additional transportation agreements with HFC that relate to assets contributed to us or acquired from HFC consisting of pipeline, terminal and tankage assets. These transactions occurred while we were a consolidated variable interest entity of HFC, therefore, our basis in these agreements is zero and does not reflect a step-up in basis to fair value.


Note 6:
Employees, Retirement and Incentive Plans

Employees who provide direct services to us are employed by Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C., an HFC subsidiary. Their costs, including salaries, bonuses, payroll taxes, benefits and other direct costs, are charged to us monthly in accordance with an omnibus agreement that we have with HFC. These employees participate in the retirement and benefit plans of HFC. Our share of retirement and benefit plan costs was $1.9 million and $1.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Our accounting policy for the recognition of compensation expense for awards with pro-rata vesting (a significant proportion of our awards) is to expense the costs ratably over the vesting periods.

We have an incentive plan (“Long-Term Incentive Plan”) for employees and non-employee directors who perform services for us. The Long-Term Incentive Plan consists of four components: restricted units, performance units, unit options and unit appreciation rights.

As of March 31, 2013, we have two types of incentive-based awards which are described below. The compensation cost charged against income was $1.1 million and $0.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively. We currently purchase units in the open market instead of issuing new units for settlement of all unit awards under our Long-Term Incentive Plan. As of March 31, 2013, 2,500,000 units were authorized to be granted under our Long-Term Incentive Plan, of which 1,735,811 have not yet been granted, assuming no forfeitures of the unvested units and full achievement of goals for the performance units already granted.

Restricted Units
Under our Long-Term Incentive Plan, we grant restricted units to selected employees and non-employee directors who perform services for us, with most awards vesting over a period of one to three years. Although full ownership of the units does not transfer to the recipients until the units vest, the recipients have distribution and voting rights on these units from the date of grant. The fair value of each restricted unit award is measured at the market price as of the date of grant and is amortized over the vesting period.

A summary of restricted unit activity and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2013 is presented below: 

Restricted Units
 
Units
 
Weighted-
Average
Grant-Date
Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2013 (nonvested)
 
58,472

 
$
31.21

Granted
 
37,815

 
41.18

Vesting and transfer of full ownership to recipients
 

 

Outstanding at March 31, 2013 (nonvested)
 
96,287

 
$
35.08



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


As of March 31, 2013, there was $1.6 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted unit grants which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.2 years.

Performance Units
Under our Long-Term Incentive Plan, we grant performance units to selected executives who perform services for us. Performance units granted are payable based upon the growth in our distributable cash flow per common unit over the performance period, and vest over a period of three years. As of March 31, 2013, estimated unit payouts for outstanding nonvested performance unit awards were at 110% to 125%.

We granted 32,888 target performance units to certain officers in March 2013. These units will vest over a three-year performance period ending December 31, 2015 and are payable in HEP common units. The number of units actually earned will be based on the growth of our distributable cash flow per common unit over the performance period and can range from 0% to 200% of the target number of performance units granted (in the case of our Chief Executive Officer) or from 50% to 150% of the target number of performance units granted (in the case of other officers granted performance units). Although common units are not transferred to the recipients until the performance units vest, the recipients have distribution rights with respect to the common units from the date of grant. The fair value of these performance units is based on the grant date closing unit price of $40.86 and will apply to the number of units ultimately awarded.

A summary of performance unit activity and changes during the three months ended March 31, 2013 is presented below:
Performance Units
 
Units
Outstanding at January 1, 2013 (nonvested)
 
54,498

Granted
 
32,888

Vesting and transfer of common units to recipients
 
(25,124
)
Outstanding at March 31, 2013 (nonvested)
 
62,262


The grant-date fair value of performance units vested and transferred to recipients during the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $0.5 million. As of March 31, 2013, there was $1.8 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested performance units, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 1.3 years.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we purchased $2.4 million of our common units in the open market for the issuance and settlement of all unit awards under our Long-Term Incentive Plan.


Note 7:
Debt

Credit Agreement
We have a $550 million senior secured revolving credit facility expiring in June 2017 (the “Credit Agreement”) that is available to fund capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, distribution payments and working capital and for general partnership purposes. It is available also to fund letters of credit up to a $50 million sub-limit and to fund distributions to unitholders up to a $60 million sub-limit.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we received advances totaling $57.0 million and repaid $110.0 million, resulting in net repayments of $53.0 million under the Credit Agreement and an outstanding balance of $368.0 million at March 31, 2013.

Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of our assets. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is recourse to HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P. (“HEP Logistics”), our general partner, and guaranteed by our material wholly-owned subsidiaries. Any recourse to HEP Logistics would be limited to the extent of its assets, which other than its investment in us, are not significant. We may prepay all loans at any time without penalty, except for payment of certain breakage and related costs.

The Credit Agreement imposes certain requirements on us which we are currently in compliance with, including: a prohibition against distribution to unitholders if, before or after the distribution, a potential default or an event of default as defined in the agreement would occur; limitations on our ability to incur debt, make loans, acquire other companies, change the nature of our business, enter into a merger or consolidation, or sell assets; and covenants that require maintenance of a specified EBITDA to

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


interest expense ratio, total debt to EBITDA ratio and senior debt to EBITDA ratio. If an event of default exists under the Credit Agreement, the lenders will be able to accelerate the maturity of the debt and exercise other rights and remedies.

Senior Notes
In March 2012, we issued $300 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding of 6.5% senior notes maturing March 1, 2020 (the “6.5% Senior Notes”). Net proceeds of $294.8 million were used in March and April 2012 to redeem $185.0 million aggregate principal amount of our 6.25% senior notes maturing March 1, 2015 (the “6.25% Senior Notes”) tendered pursuant to a cash tender offer and consent solicitation, to repay HFC $72.9 million in promissory notes related to our November 2011 acquisition of assets located at HFC's El Dorado and Cheyenne refineries, to pay related fees, expenses and accrued interest in connection with these transactions and to repay borrowings under the Credit Agreement.

Also, we have $150 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding of 8.25% senior notes maturing March 15, 2018, (the “8.25% Senior Notes”).

The 6.5% Senior Notes and 8.25% Senior Notes (collectively, the “Senior Notes”) are unsecured and impose certain restrictive covenants, which we are currently in compliance with, including limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, sell assets, incur certain liens, pay distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and enter into mergers. At any time when the Senior Notes are rated investment grade by both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s and no default or event of default exists, we will not be subject to many of the foregoing covenants. Additionally, we have certain redemption rights under the Senior Notes.

Indebtedness under the Senior Notes is recourse to HEP Logistics, our general partner, and guaranteed by our wholly-owned subsidiaries. However, any recourse to HEP Logistics would be limited to the extent of its assets, which other than its investment in us, are not significant.

Long-term Debt
The carrying amounts of our long-term debt are as follows:
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
(In thousands)
Credit Agreement
 
$
368,000

 
$
421,000

6.5% Senior Notes
 
 
 
 
Principal
 
300,000

 
300,000

Unamortized discount
 
(4,562
)
 
(4,725
)
 
 
295,438

 
295,275

8.25% Senior Notes
 
 
 
 
Principal
 
150,000

 
150,000

Unamortized discount
 
(1,525
)
 
(1,601
)
 
 
148,475

 
148,399

 
 
 
 
 
Total long-term debt
 
$
811,913

 
$
864,674


Interest Rate Risk Management
We use interest rate swaps (derivative instruments) to manage our exposure to interest rate risk.

As of March 31, 2013, we have three interest rate swaps that hedge our exposure to the cash flow risk caused by the effects of LIBOR changes on $305.0 million of Credit Agreement advances. Our first interest rate swap entered into in December 2011, effectively converts $155.0 million of our LIBOR based debt to fixed rate debt having an interest rate of 0.99% plus an applicable margin of 2.50% as of March 31, 2013, which equaled an effective interest rate of 3.49%. This swap contract matures in February 2016. In August 2012, we entered into two similar interest rate swaps with identical terms which effectively convert $150.0 million of our LIBOR based debt to fixed rate debt having an interest rate of 0.74% plus an applicable margin of 2.50% as of March 31, 2013, which equaled an effective interest rate of 3.24%. Both of these swap contracts mature in July 2017.


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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


We have designated these interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges. Based on our assessment of effectiveness using the change in variable cash flows method, we have determined that these interest rate swaps are effective in offsetting the variability in interest payments on $305.0 million of our variable rate debt resulting from changes in LIBOR. Under hedge accounting, we adjust our cash flow hedges on a quarterly basis to their fair values with the offsetting fair value adjustments to accumulated other comprehensive loss. Also on a quarterly basis, we measure hedge effectiveness by comparing the present value of the cumulative change in the expected future interest to be paid or received on the variable leg of our swaps against the expected future interest payments on $305.0 million of our variable rate debt. Any ineffectiveness is recorded directly to interest expense. As of March 31, 2013, we had no ineffectiveness on our cash flow hedges.

At March 31, 2013, we have an accumulated other comprehensive loss of $2.9 million that relates to our current and previous cash flow hedging instruments. For the three months ended March 31, 2013, $1.4 million other comprehensive loss was reclassified to interest expense due to cash flow hedge settlements. Approximately $1.0 million will be transferred from accumulated other comprehensive loss into interest expense as interest is paid on the underlying swap agreement over the next twelve-month period, assuming interest rates remain unchanged.

Additional information on our interest rate swaps is as follows:

Derivative Instrument
 
Balance Sheet
Location
 
Fair Value
 
Location of Offsetting
Balance
 
Offsetting
Amount
 
 
(In thousands)
March 31, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instrument:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Variable-to-fixed interest rate swap contracts ($305.0 million of LIBOR based debt interest)
 
Other long-term
    liabilities
 
$
2,868

 
Accumulated other
    comprehensive loss
 
$
2,868

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swaps designated as cash flow hedging instrument:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Variable-to-fixed interest rate swap contracts ($305.0 million of LIBOR based debt interest)
 
Other long-term
    liabilities
 
$
3,430

 
Accumulated other
    comprehensive loss
 
$
3,430



Interest Expense and Other Debt Information
Interest expense consists of the following components:
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(In thousands)
Interest on outstanding debt:
 
 
 
 
Credit Agreement, net of interest on interest rate swaps
 
$
3,081

 
$
1,575

6.5% Senior Notes
 
4,875

 
1,083

6.25% Senior Notes
 

 
2,370

8.25% Senior Notes
 
3,094

 
3,094

Promissory Notes
 

 
543

Amortization of discount and deferred debt issuance costs
 
530

 
371

Increase in interest expense - non-cash charges attributable to interest rate swaps
 
849

 
1,274

Commitment fees
 
124

 
167

Total interest incurred
 
12,553

 
10,477

Less capitalized interest
 
69

 
72

Net interest expense
 
$
12,484

 
$
10,405

Cash paid for interest
 
$
19,033

 
$
15,292



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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


We recognized a charge of $2.6 million upon the early extinguishment of debt for the three months ended March 31, 2012. This charge represents the premium paid to our 6.25% Senior Note holders upon their tender of an aggregate principal amount of $185.0 million and related net discount.


Note 8:
Significant Customers

All revenues are domestic revenues, of which 92% are generated currently from our two largest customers: HFC and Alon. The vast majority of our revenues are derived from activities conducted in the southwest United States.

The following table presents the percentage of total revenues generated by each of these customers:
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
HFC
 
83
%
 
83
%
Alon
 
9
%
 
12
%


Note 9:
Related Party Transactions

We serve HFC's refineries under long-term pipeline and terminal, tankage and throughput agreements expiring from 2019 to 2026. Under these agreements, HFC agreed to transport, store and throughput volumes of refined product and crude oil on our pipelines and terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities that result in minimum annual payments to us. These minimum annual payments or revenues are subject to annual tariff rate adjustments on July 1, based on the Producer Price Index (“PPI”) or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) index. Additionally such agreements require HFC to reimburse us for certain costs. As of March 31, 2013, these agreements with HFC will result in minimum annualized payments to us of $220.8 million.

If HFC fails to meet its minimum volume commitments under the agreements in any quarter, it will be required to pay us in cash the amount of any shortfall by the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. Under certain of these agreements, a shortfall payment may be applied as a credit in the following four quarters after its minimum obligations are met.


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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


Under certain provisions of an omnibus agreement we have with HFC (the “Omnibus Agreement”) we pay HFC an annual administrative fee for the provision by HFC or its affiliates of various general and administrative services to us, currently $2.3 million. This fee does not include the salaries of personnel employed by HLS who perform services for us or the cost of their employee benefits, which are charged to us separately by HFC. Also, we reimburse HFC and its affiliates for direct expenses they incur on our behalf.

Related party transactions with HFC are as follows:
Revenues received from HFC were $61.5 million and $56.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
HFC charged us general and administrative services under the Omnibus Agreement of $0.6 million and $0.6 million, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.
We reimbursed HFC for costs of employees supporting our operations of $9.8 million and $7.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively.
HFC reimbursed us $4.9 million and $2.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, for certain reimbursable costs and capital projects.
We distributed $17.4 million and $15.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, respectively, to HFC as regular distributions on its common units and general partner interest, including general partner incentive distributions.
Accounts receivable from HFC were $31.1 million and $31.6 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Accounts payable to HFC were $4.9 million and $5.0 million at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, respectively.
Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 include $4.0 million of shortfall payments billed in 2012, as HFC did not exceed its minimum volume commitment in any of the subsequent four quarters. Deferred revenue in the consolidated balance sheets at March 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012, includes $3.5 million and $5.1 million, respectively, relating to certain shortfall billings. It is possible that HFC may not exceed its minimum obligations to receive credit for any of the $3.5 million deferred at March 31, 2013.
We acquired from HFC 75% interest in the UNEV Pipeline in July 2012. See Note 2 for a description of this transaction.


Note 10:
Partners’ Equity

As of March 31, 2013, HFC held 22,380,030 of our common units and the 2% general partner interest, which together constituted a 39% ownership interest in us.

On January 16, 2013, a two-for-one unit split was paid in the form of a common unit distribution for each issued and outstanding common unit to all unitholders of record on January 7, 2013. All references to unit and per unit amounts in this document and related disclosures have been adjusted to reflect the effect of the unit split for all periods presented.

In March 2013, we closed on a public offering of 1,875,000 of our common units. Additionally, an affiliate of HFC, as a selling unitholder, closed on a public sale of 1,875,000 of its HEP common units. We used our net proceeds of $73.4 million to repay indebtedness incurred under our credit facility and for general partnership purposes. Amounts repaid under our credit facility may be reborrowed from time to time, and we intend to reborrow certain amounts to fund capital expenditures.

Allocations of Net Income
Net income attributable to HEP is allocated between limited partners and the general partner interest in accordance with the provisions of the partnership agreement. HEP net income allocated to the general partner includes incentive distributions that are declared subsequent to quarter end. After the amount of incentive distributions is allocated to the general partner, the remaining net income attributable to HEP is allocated to the partners based on their weighted-average ownership percentage during the period.

The following table presents the allocation of the general partner interest in net income for the periods presented below: 

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(In thousands)
General partner interest in net income
 
$
248

 
$
332

General partner incentive distribution
 
5,983

 
5,171

Total general partner interest in net income
 
$
6,231

 
$
5,503


Cash Distributions
Our general partner, HEP Logistics, is entitled to incentive distributions if the amount we distribute with respect to any quarter exceeds specified target levels.

On April 26, 2013 we announced our cash distribution for the first quarter of 2013 of $0.4775 per unit. The distribution is payable on all common and general partner units and will be paid May 15, 2013 to all unitholders of record on May 6, 2013.

The following table presents the allocation of our regular quarterly cash distributions to the general and limited partners for the periods in which they apply. Our distributions are declared subsequent to quarter end; therefore, the amounts presented do not reflect distributions paid during the periods presented below.
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012
 
 
(In thousands, except per unit data)
General partner interest
 
$
719

 
$
606

General partner incentive distribution
 
5,983

 
5,171

Total general partner distribution
 
6,702

 
5,777

Limited partner distribution
 
28,009

 
24,488

Total regular quarterly cash distribution
 
$
34,711

 
$
30,265

Cash distribution per unit applicable to limited partners
 
$
0.4775

 
$
0.4475


As a master limited partnership, we distribute our available cash, which historically has exceeded our net income attributable to HEP because depreciation and amortization expense represents a non-cash charge against income. The result is a decline in our partners’ equity since our regular quarterly distributions have exceeded our quarterly net income attributable to HEP. Additionally, if the asset contributions and acquisitions from HFC had occurred while we were not a consolidated variable interest entity of HFC, our acquisition cost, in excess of HFC’s historical basis in the transferred assets of $305.5 million would have been recorded in our financial statements, as increases to our properties and equipment and intangible assets instead of decreases to our partners’ equity.


Note 11:
Supplemental Guarantor/Non-Guarantor Financial Information

Obligations of HEP (“Parent”) under the Senior Notes have been jointly and severally guaranteed by each of its direct and indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries (“Guarantor Subsidiaries”). These guarantees are full and unconditional, subject to certain customary release provisions. These circumstances include (i) when a Guarantor Subsidiary is sold or sells all or substantially all of its assets, (ii) when a Guarantor Subsidiary is declared “unrestricted” for covenant purposes, (iii) when a Guarantor Subsidiary's guarantee of other indebtedness is terminated or released and (iv) when the requirements for legal defeasance or covenant defeasance or to discharge the Senior Notes have been satisfied.

The following financial information presents condensed consolidating balance sheets, statements of comprehensive income, and statements of cash flows of the Parent, the Guarantor Subsidiaries and the Non-Guarantor Subsidiaries. The information has been presented as if the Parent accounted for its ownership in the Guarantor Subsidiaries using the equity method of accounting.

Prior period amounts have been recast to include UNEV operations acquired July 12, 2012, as if it had been acquired January 1, 2012. This treatment is required as the transactions were between entities under common control.

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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued


Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
March 31, 2013
 
Parent
 
Guarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
 
 
(In thousands)
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
2

 
$
5,634

 
$
12,557

 
$

 
$
18,193

Accounts receivable
 

 
34,129

 
3,199

 
(200
)
 
37,128

Intercompany accounts receivable (payable)
 
62,994

 
(62,994
)
 

 

 

Prepaid and other current assets
 
163

 
2,194

 
1,118

 

 
3,475

Total current assets
 
63,159

 
(21,037
)
 
16,874

 
(200
)
 
58,796

Properties and equipment, net
 

 
562,480

 
393,440

 

 
955,920

Investment in subsidiaries
 
809,900

 
304,731

 

 
(1,114,631
)
 

Transportation agreements, net
 

 
92,860

 

 

 
92,860

Goodwill
 

 
256,498

 

 

 
256,498

Investment in SLC Pipeline
 

 
25,011

 

 

 
25,011

Other assets
 
1,713

 
7,388

 

 

 
9,101

Total assets
 
$
874,772

 
$
1,227,931

 
$
410,314

 
$
(1,114,831
)
 
$
1,398,186

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$

 
$
11,257

 
$
1,289

 
$
(200
)
 
$
12,346

Accrued interest
 
2,229

 
137

 

 

 
2,366

Deferred revenue
 

 
5,513

 
1,114

 

 
6,627

Accrued property taxes
 

 
1,264

 
1,457

 

 
2,721

Other current liabilities
 
541

 
1,875

 
5

 

 
2,421

Total current liabilities
 
2,770

 
20,046

 
3,865

 
(200
)
 
26,481


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Long-term debt
 
443,913

 
368,000

 

 

 
811,913

Other long-term liabilities
 
67

 
14,516

 
140

 

 
14,723

Deferred revenue
 

 
15,469

 

 

 
15,469

Class B unit
 
15,418

 

 

 

 
15,418

Equity - partners
 
412,604

 
809,900

 
406,309

 
(1,216,209
)
 
412,604

Equity - noncontrolling interest
 

 

 

 
101,578

 
101,578

Total liabilities and partners’ equity
 
$
874,772

 
$
1,227,931

 
$
410,314

 
$
(1,114,831
)
 
$
1,398,186




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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued




Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 31, 2012
 
Parent
 
Guarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
 
 
(In thousands)
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
2

 
$
823

 
$
4,412

 
$

 
$
5,237

Accounts receivable
 

 
32,319

 
6,401

 

 
38,720

Intercompany accounts receivable (payable)
 
42,194

 
(42,194
)
 

 

 

Prepaid and other current assets
 
224

 
2,395

 
1,000

 

 
3,619

Total current assets
 
42,420

 
(6,657
)
 
11,813

 

 
47,576

Properties and equipment, net
 

 
563,701

 
396,834

 

 
960,535

Investment in subsidiaries
 
777,472

 
300,607

 

 
(1,078,079
)
 

Transportation agreements, net
 

 
94,596

 

 

 
94,596

Goodwill
 

 
256,498

 

 

 
256,498

Investment in SLC Pipeline
 

 
25,041

 

 

 
25,041

Other assets
 
1,154

 
8,710

 

 

 
9,864

Total assets
 
$
821,046

 
$
1,242,496

 
$
408,647

 
$
(1,078,079
)
 
$
1,394,110

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$

 
$
10,745

 
$
1,285

 
$

 
$
12,030

Accrued interest
 
10,198

 
28

 

 

 
10,226

Deferred revenue
 

 
3,319

 
5,582

 

 
8,901

Accrued property taxes
 

 
1,923

 
765

 

 
2,688

Other current liabilities
 
563

 
1,274

 
68

 

 
1,905

Total current liabilities
 
10,761

 
17,289

 
7,700

 

 
35,750

Long-term debt
 
443,674

 
421,000

 

 

 
864,674

Other long-term liabilities
 
55

 
15,241

 
137

 

 
15,433

Deferred revenue
 

 
11,494

 

 

 
11,494

Class B unit
 
13,903

 

 

 

 
13,903

Equity - partners
 
352,653

 
777,472

 
400,810

 
(1,178,282
)
 
352,653

Equity - noncontrolling interest
 

 

 

 
100,203

 
100,203

Total liabilities and partners’ equity
 
$
821,046

 
$
1,242,496

 
$
408,647

 
$
(1,078,079
)
 
$
1,394,110



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued




Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
 
Parent
 
Guarantor Restricted
Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Non-restricted Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
 
 
(In thousands)
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affiliates
 
$

 
$
54,412

 
$
7,402

 
$
(302
)
 
$
61,512

Third parties
 

 
8,407

 
4,379

 

 
12,786

 
 

 
62,819

 
11,781

 
(302
)
 
74,298

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operations
 

 
23,366

 
2,801

 
(302
)
 
25,865

Depreciation and amortization
 

 
10,570

 
3,584

 

 
14,154

General and administrative
 
808

 
2,424

 

 

 
3,232

 
 
808

 
36,360

 
6,385

 
(302
)
 
43,251

Operating income (loss)
 
(808
)
 
26,459

 
5,396

 

 
31,047

Equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries
 
28,974

 
4,124

 

 
(33,098
)
 

Equity in earnings of SLC Pipeline
 

 
657

 

 

 
657

Interest expense
 
(8,252
)
 
(4,232
)
 


 

 
(12,484
)
Interest income
 

 


 
103

 

 
103

Other
 

 
2,022

 

 

 
2,022

 
 
20,722

 
2,571

 
103

 
(33,098
)
 
(9,702
)
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
19,914

 
29,030

 
5,499

 
(33,098
)
 
21,345

State income tax expense
 

 
(56
)
 

 

 
(56
)
Net income (loss)
 
19,914

 
28,974

 
5,499

 
(33,098
)
 
21,289

Allocation of net (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(1,515
)
 

 

 
(1,375
)
 
(2,890
)
Net income (loss) attributable to Holly Energy Partners
 
18,399

 
28,974

 
5,499

 
(34,473
)
 
18,399

Other comprehensive (loss)
 
1,411

 
1,411

 

 
(1,411
)
 
1,411

Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
19,810

 
$
30,385

 
$
5,499

 
$
(35,884
)
 
$
19,810



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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued



Condensed Consolidating Statement of Comprehensive Income
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
Parent
 
Guarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
 
 
(In thousands)
Revenues:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affiliates
 
$

 
$
54,030

 
$
2,764

 
$
(263
)
 
$
56,531

Third parties
 

 
10,745

 
1,139

 

 
11,884

 
 

 
64,775

 
3,903

 
(263
)
 
68,415

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operations
 

 
18,141

 
2,597

 
(263
)
 
20,475

Depreciation and amortization
 

 
10,764

 
3,536

 

 
14,300

General and administrative
 
1,442

 
597

 

 

 
2,039

 
 
1,442

 
29,502

 
6,133

 
(263
)
 
36,814

Operating income (loss)
 
(1,442
)
 
35,273

 
(2,230
)
 

 
31,601

Equity in earnings (loss) of subsidiaries
 
30,660

 
(1,673
)
 

 
(28,987
)
 

Equity in earnings of SLC Pipeline
 

 
831

 

 

 
831

Interest (expense) income
 
(6,709
)
 
(3,696
)
 

 

 
(10,405
)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
 
(2,596
)
 

 

 

 
(2,596
)
 
 
21,355

 
(4,538
)
 

 
(28,987
)
 
(12,170
)
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
19,913

 
30,735

 
(2,230
)
 
(28,987
)
 
19,431

State income tax expense
 

 
(75
)
 

 

 
(75
)
Net income (loss)
 
19,913

 
30,660

 
(2,230
)
 
(28,987
)
 
19,356

Allocation of net loss attributable to Predecessors
 
1,861

 

 

 

 
1,861

Allocation of net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
 

 

 

 
557

 
557

Net income (loss) attributable to Holly Energy Partners
 
21,774

 
30,660

 
(2,230
)
 
(28,430
)
 
21,774

Other comprehensive income
 
920

 
920

 

 
(920
)
 
920

Comprehensive income (loss)
 
$
22,694

 
$
31,580

 
$
(2,230
)
 
$
(29,350
)
 
$
22,694







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NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
(Unaudited) Continued



Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
 
Parent
 
Guarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
 
 
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
 
$
(39,241
)
 
$
61,752

 
$
8,368

 
$

 
$
30,879

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additions to properties and equipment
 

 
(6,422
)
 
(223
)
 

 
(6,645
)
Proceeds from sale of assets
 

 
2,481

 

 

 
2,481

 
 

 
(3,941
)
 
(223
)
 

 
(4,164
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net borrowings under credit agreement
 

 
(53,000
)
 

 

 
(53,000
)
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes
 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from issuance of common units
 
73,444

 

 

 

 
73,444

Repayments of notes
 

 

 

 

 

Distributions to HEP unitholders
 
(32,709
)
 

 

 

 
(32,709
)
Contribution from general partners
 
1,499

 

 

 

 
1,499

Purchase of units for incentive grants
 
(2,719
)
 

 

 

 
(2,719
)
Deferred financing costs
 

 

 

 

 

Other
 
(274
)
 

 

 

 
(274
)
 
 
39,241

 
(53,000
)
 

 

 
(13,759
)
Cash and cash equivalents
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase for the period
 

 
4,811

 
8,145

 

 
12,956

Beginning of period
 
2

 
823

 
4,412

 

 
5,237

End of period
 
$
2

 
$
5,634

 
$
12,557

 
$

 
$
18,193



Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
Three Months Ended March 31, 2012
 
Parent
 
Guarantor
Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Non-Guarantor Non-Restricted Subsidiaries
 
Eliminations
 
Consolidated
 
 
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities
 
$
(106,452
)
 
$
136,725

 
$
(6,170
)
 
$

 
$
24,103

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Additions to properties and equipment
 

 
(6,327
)
 
(10,684
)
 

 
(17,011
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net borrowings under credit agreement
 

 
(45,000
)
 

 

 
(45,000
)
Proceeds from issuance of senior notes
 
294,750

 

 

 

 
294,750

Repayments of notes
 
(157,761
)
 
(74,950
)
 

 

 
(232,711
)
        Capital contribution from UNEV joint partners
 

 
462

 
14,500

 

 
14,962

Distributions to HEP unitholders
 
(29,716
)
 

 

 

 
(29,716
)
Purchase of units for incentive grants
 
(1,283
)
 

 

 

 
(1,283
)
Deferred financing costs
 

 
(1,123
)
 

 

 
(1,123
)
Other
 
462

 
(654
)
 

 

 
(192
)
 
 
106,452

 
(121,265
)
 
14,500

 

 
(313
)
Cash and cash equivalents
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Increase (decrease) for the period
 

 
9,133

 
(2,354
)
 

 
6,779

Beginning of period
 
2

 
3,267

 
3,100

 

 
6,369

End of period
 
$
2

 
$
12,400

 
$
746

 
$

 
$
13,148



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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.

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

This Item 2, including but not limited to the sections on “Results of Operations” and “Liquidity and Capital Resources,” contains forward-looking statements. See “Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of Part I of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. In this document, the words ”we,” “our,” “ours” and “us” refer to Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (“HEP”) and its consolidated subsidiaries or to HEP or an individual subsidiary and not to any other person.

OVERVIEW
HEP is a Delaware limited partnership. We own and operate petroleum product and crude pipelines and terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities that support the refining and marketing operations of HollyFrontier Corporation (“HFC”) in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States and Alon USA, Inc’s (“Alon”) refinery in Big Spring, Texas. HFC owns a 39% interest in us including the 2% general partnership interest. Additionally, we own a 75% interest in UNEV Pipeline, LLC (“UNEV”), which owns a 400-mile, 12-inch refined products pipeline running from Woods Cross, Utah to Las Vegas, Nevada (the “UNEV Pipeline”), product terminals near Cedar City, Utah and Las Vegas, Nevada and related assets, and a 25% interest in SLC Pipeline LLC, which owns a 95-mile intrastate crude oil pipeline system (the “SLC Pipeline”), that serves refineries in the Salt Lake City area.

We generate revenues by charging tariffs for transporting petroleum products and crude oil through our pipelines, by charging fees for terminalling and storing refined products and other hydrocarbons and providing other services at our storage tanks and terminals. We do not take ownership of products that we transport, terminal or store, and therefore we are not directly exposed to changes in commodity prices.

In March 2013, we closed on a public offering of 1,875,000 of our common units. Additionally, an affiliate of HFC, as a selling unitholder, closed on a public sale of 1,875,000 of its HEP common units. We used our net proceeds of $73.4 million to repay indebtedness incurred under our credit facility and for general partnership purposes. Amounts repaid under our credit facility may be reborrowed from time to time, and we intend to reborrow certain amounts to fund capital expenditures.

On January 16, 2013, a two-for-one unit split was paid in the form of a common unit distribution for each issued and outstanding common unit to all unitholders of record on January 7, 2013. All references to unit and per unit amounts in this document and related disclosures have been adjusted to reflect the effect of the unit split for all periods presented.

UNEV Pipeline Interest Acquisition
We acquired HFC's 75% interest in UNEV on July 12, 2012. We paid consideration consisting of $260.9 million in cash and 2,059,800 of our common units. Under the terms of the transaction, we also issued to HFC a Class B unit comprising an equity interest in a wholly-owned subsidiary that entitles HFC to an interest in our share of annual UNEV earnings before interest, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization above $30 million beginning July 1, 2016 and ending in June 2032, subject to certain limitations. Contemporaneously with this transaction, HFC (our general partner) agreed to forego its right to incentive distributions of up to $1.25 million per quarter over twelve consecutive quarterly periods following the closing of the transaction and up to an additional four quarters in certain circumstances.

Agreements with HFC and Alon
We serve HFC’s refineries under long-term pipeline and terminal, tankage and throughput agreements expiring from 2019 to 2026. Under these agreements, HFC agreed to transport, store and throughput volumes of refined product and crude oil on our pipelines and terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities that result in minimum annual payments to us. These minimum annual payments or revenues are subject to annual tariff rate adjustments on July 1, based on the Producer Price Index (“PPI”) or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) index. As of March 31, 2013, these agreements with HFC will result in minimum annualized payments to us of $220.8 million.

If HFC fails to meet its minimum volume commitments under the agreements in any quarter, it will be required to pay us in cash the amount of any shortfall by the last day of the month following the end of the quarter. Under certain of the agreements, a shortfall payment may be applied as a credit in the following four quarters after minimum obligations are met.

We also have a pipelines and terminals agreement with Alon expiring in 2020 under which Alon has agreed to transport on our pipelines and throughput through our terminals volumes of refined products that result in a minimum level of annual revenue that also is subject to annual tariff rate adjustments. The terms under this agreement expire beginning in 2018 through 2022. We also have a capacity lease agreement under which we lease Alon space on our Orla to El Paso pipeline for the shipment of refined product. As of March 31, 2013, these agreements with Alon will result in minimum annualized payments to us of $31.7 million.

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A significant reduction in revenues under these agreements could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations.

Under certain provisions of the Omnibus Agreement (“Omnibus Agreement”) that we have with HFC, we pay HFC an annual administrative fee, currently $2.3 million, for the provision by HFC or its affiliates of various general and administrative services to us. This fee does not include the salaries of personnel employed by HLS who perform services for us or the cost of their employee benefits, which are separately charged to us by HFC. We also reimburse HFC and its affiliates for direct expenses they incur on our behalf.



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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited)

Income, Distributable Cash Flow and Volumes
The following tables present income, distributable cash flow and volume information for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
Change from
 
 
2013
 
2012 (1)
 
2012
 
 
(In thousands, except per unit data)
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pipelines:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affiliates—refined product pipelines
 
$
16,770

 
$
14,856

 
$
1,914

Affiliates—intermediate pipelines
 
6,172

 
7,045

 
(873
)
Affiliates—crude pipelines
 
11,579

 
10,545

 
1,034

 
 
34,521

 
32,446

 
2,075

   Third parties—refined product pipelines
 
10,343

 
9,469

 
874

 
 
44,864

 
41,915

 
2,949

Terminals, tanks and loading racks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affiliates
 
26,991

 
24,085

 
2,906

Third parties
 
2,443

 
2,415

 
28

 
 
29,434

 
26,500

 
2,934

Total revenues
 
74,298

 
68,415

 
5,883

Operating costs and expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
Operations
 
25,865

 
20,475

 
5,390

Depreciation and amortization
 
14,154

 
14,300

 
(146
)
General and administrative
 
3,232

 
2,039

 
1,193

 
 
43,251

 
36,814

 
6,437

Operating income
 
31,047

 
31,601

 
(554
)
Equity in earnings of SLC Pipeline
 
657

 
831

 
(174
)
Interest expense, including amortization
 
(12,484
)
 
(10,405
)
 
(2,079
)
Interest income
 
103

 

 
103

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
 

 
(2,596
)
 
2,596

Gain on sale of assets
 
2,022

 

 
2,022

 
 
(9,702
)
 
(12,170
)
 
2,468

Income before income taxes
 
21,345

 
19,431

 
1,914

State income tax expense
 
(56
)
 
(75
)
 
19

Net income
 
21,289

 
19,356

 
1,933

Allocation of net loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
1,861

 
(1,861
)
Allocation of net loss (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
 
(2,890
)
 
557

 
(3,447
)
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners
 
18,399

 
21,774

 
(3,375
)
General partner interest in net income, including incentive distributions (2)
 
(6,231
)
 
(5,503
)
 
(728
)
Limited partners’ interest in net income
 
$
12,168

 
$
16,271

 
$
(4,103
)
Limited partners’ earnings per unit—basic and diluted (2)
 
$
0.21

 
$
0.30

 
$
(0.09
)
Weighted average limited partners’ units outstanding
 
56,990

 
54,722

 
2,268

EBITDA (3)
 
$
44,990

 
$
45,426

 
$
(436
)
Distributable cash flow (4)
 
$
32,385

 
$
36,555

 
$
(4,170
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Volumes (bpd)
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pipelines:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Affiliates—refined product pipelines
 
94,148

 
97,226

 
(3,078
)
Affiliates—intermediate pipelines
 
120,777

 
123,568

 
(2,791
)
Affiliates—crude pipelines
 
145,926

 
153,662

 
(7,736
)
 
 
360,851

 
374,456

 
(13,605
)
Third parties—refined product pipelines
 
52,986

 
64,287

 
(11,301
)
 
 
413,837

 
438,743

 
(24,906
)
Terminals and loading racks:
 
 
 
 
 

Affiliates
 
260,242

 
262,230

 
(1,988
)
Third parties
 
55,459

 
52,383

 
3,076

 
 
315,701

 
314,613

 
1,088

Total for pipelines and terminal assets (bpd)
 
729,538

 
753,356

 
(23,818
)

(1)
The amounts presented here have been restated from those we previously reported for this period. See Note 1 in Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 for a discussion of these revisions.

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(2)
Net income is allocated between limited partners and the general partner interest in accordance with the provisions of the partnership agreement. Net income allocated to the general partner includes incentive distributions declared subsequent to quarter end. Net income attributable to the limited partners is divided by the weighted average limited partner units outstanding in computing the limited partners’ per unit interest in net income.

(3)
EBITDA is calculated as net income plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) state income tax and (iii) depreciation and amortization (excluding amounts related to Predecessor operations). EBITDA is not a calculation based upon U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). However, the amounts included in the EBITDA calculation are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. EBITDA is presented here because it is a widely used financial indicator used by investors and analysts to measure performance. EBITDA also is used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for compliance with financial covenants. Set forth below is our calculation of EBITDA.
 
 
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012 (1)
 
 
(In thousands)
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners
 
$
18,399

 
$
21,774

Add:
 
 
 
 
Interest expense
 
11,105

 
8,760

Interest income
 
(103
)
 

Amortization of discount and deferred debt issuance costs
 
530

 
371

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
 

 
2,596

Increase in interest expense - non-cash charges attributable to interest rate swaps
 
849

 
1,274

State income tax
 
56

 
75

Depreciation and amortization
 
14,154

 
14,300

Predecessor depreciation and amortization
 

 
(3,724
)
EBITDA
 
$
44,990

 
$
45,426


(4)
Distributable cash flow is not a calculation based upon GAAP. However, the amounts included in the calculation are derived from amounts presented in our consolidated financial statements, with the general exceptions of a billed crude revenue settlement and maintenance capital expenditures. Distributable cash flow should not be considered in isolation or as an alternative to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. Distributable cash flow is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Distributable cash flow is presented here because it is a widely accepted financial indicator used by investors to compare partnership performance. It is also used by management for internal analysis and for our performance units. We believe that this measure provides investors an enhanced perspective of the operating performance of our assets and the cash our business is generating. Set forth below is our calculation of distributable cash flow.


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Three Months Ended March 31,
 
 
2013
 
2012 (1)
 
 
(In thousands)
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners
 
$
18,399

 
$
21,774

Add (subtract):
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
14,154

 
14,300

Predecessor depreciation and amortization
 

 
(3,724
)
Amortization of discount and deferred debt issuance costs
 
530

 
371

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
 

 
2,596

Increase in interest expense - non-cash charges attributable to interest rate swaps
 
849

 
1,274

Increase (decrease) in deferred revenue attributable to shortfall billings
 
(1,224
)
 
(592
)
Billed crude revenue settlement
 
918

 
918

Maintenance capital expenditures (5)
 
(2,335
)
 
(307
)
Other non-cash adjustments
 
1,094

 
(55
)
Distributable cash flow
 
$
32,385

 
$
36,555


(5)
Maintenance capital expenditures are capital expenditures made to replace partially or fully depreciated assets in order to maintain the existing operating capacity of our assets and to extend their useful lives. Maintenance capital expenditures include expenditures required to maintain equipment reliability, tankage and pipeline integrity, safety and to address environmental regulations.
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
(In thousands)
Balance Sheet Data
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
18,193

 
$
5,237

Working capital
 
$
32,315

 
$
11,826

Total assets
 
$
1,398,186

 
$
1,394,110

Long-term debt
 
$
811,913

 
$
864,674

Partners’ equity (6)
 
$
412,604

 
$
352,653


(6)
As a master limited partnership, we distribute our available cash, which historically has exceeded our net income because depreciation and amortization expense represents a non-cash charge against income. The result is a decline in partners’ equity since our regular quarterly distributions have exceeded our quarterly net income. Additionally, if the assets contributed and acquired from HFC while under common control of HFC had been acquired from third parties, our acquisition cost in excess of HFC’s basis in the transferred assets of $305.5 million would have been recorded in our financial statements, as increases to our properties and equipment and intangible assets instead of decreases to partners’ equity.


Results of Operations—Three Months Ended March 31, 2013 Compared with Three Months Ended March 31, 2012

Summary
Net income attributable to Holly Energy Partners for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was $18.4 million, a $3.4 million decrease compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. This decrease in earnings is due principally to increased operating costs and expenses, lower pipeline shipments and income allocations to noncontrolling interests in the current year. Major maintenance turnarounds at both HFC's Navajo refinery and Alon's Big Spring refinery had a significant impact on pipeline and terminal volumes, contributing to the lower 2013 first quarter earnings.

Revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 include the recognition of $6.7 million of prior shortfalls billed to shippers in 2012. Deficiency payments of $4.5 million associated with certain guaranteed shipping contracts were deferred during the three months ended March 31, 2013. Such deferred revenue will be recognized in earnings either as payment for shipments in excess of guaranteed levels, if and to the extent the pipeline system will not have the necessary capacity for shipments in excess of guaranteed levels, or when shipping rights expire unused.

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Revenues
Total revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2013 were $74.3 million, a $5.9 million increase compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. This is due principally to a $5.0 million increase in deferred revenue realized, increased shipments on the UNEV Pipeline and the effect of annual tariff increases. However major maintenance performed at the two refineries significantly impacted revenue and resulted in overall pipeline volumes being down 6% compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Revenues from our refined product pipelines were $27.1 million, an increase of $2.8 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. This includes the effects of a $5.6 million increase in deferred revenue realized, increased revenues of $1.7 million from increased volumes on the UNEV Pipeline and the effect of annual tariff increases. Volumes shipped on our refined product pipelines averaged 147.1 thousand barrels per day (“mbpd”) compared to 161.5 mbpd for the same period last year, with the decrease due principally to major maintenance performed at two refineries.

Revenues from our intermediate pipelines were $6.2 million, a decrease of $0.9 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. This includes the effects of a $0.6 million decrease in deferred revenue realized. Volumes shipped on our intermediate pipelines averaged 120.8 mbpd compared to 123.6 mbpd for the same period last year.

Revenues from our crude pipelines were $11.6 million, an increase of $1.0 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. Volumes shipped on our crude pipelines decreased to an average of 145.9 mbpd compared to 153.7 mbpd for the same period last year. Although crude pipeline shipments were down, revenues from our crude pipelines increased due to annual tariff increases, increased volumes on certain pipeline segments and minimum quarterly revenue billings on segments where volumes decreased.

Revenues from terminal, tankage and loading rack fees were $29.4 million, an increase of $2.9 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. This increase is due principally to increased tankage revenues. Refined products terminalled in our facilities averaged 315.7 mbpd compared to 314.6 mbpd for the same period last year.

Operations Expense
Operations expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by $5.4 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. This increase is due to higher maintenance costs incurred to coincide with refinery turnaround, environmental accruals and employee costs.

Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization for the three months ended March 31, 2013 decreased by $0.1 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012.

General and Administrative
General and administrative costs for the three months ended March 31, 2013 increased by $1.2 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012 due to increased employee costs and professional fees.

Equity in Earnings of SLC Pipeline
Our equity in earnings of the SLC Pipeline was $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Interest Expense
Interest expense for the three months ended March 31, 2013 totaled $12.5 million, an increase of $2.1 million compared to the three months ended March 31, 2012. This increase reflects interest on a year-over-year increase in debt levels. Our aggregate effective interest rate was 5.9% for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012.

Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt
We recognized a charge of $2.6 million upon the early extinguishment of our 6.25% senior notes for the three months ended March 31, 2012.

Gain on Sale of Assets
Gain on sale of assets for the three months ended March 31, 2013 of $2.0 million is from a gain on the sale of property in El Paso, Texas.


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State Income Tax
We recorded state income tax expense of $56,000 or the three months ended March 31, 2013 which is solely attributable to the Texas margin tax. For the three months ended March 31, 2012, we recorded expense of $75,000.


LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

Overview
We have a $550 million senior secured revolving credit facility expiring in June 2017 (the “Credit Agreement”) that is available to fund capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, distribution payments and working capital and for general partnership purposes. It also is available to fund letters of credit up to a $50 million sub-limit and to fund distributions to unitholders up to a $60 million sub-limit.

During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we received advances totaling $57.0 million and repaid $110.0 million under the Credit Agreement, resulting in net repayments of $53.0 million and an outstanding balance of $368.0 million at March 31, 2013.

In March 2013, we closed on a public offering of 1,875,000 of our common units. Additionally, an affiliate of HFC, as a selling unitholder, closed on a public sale of 1,875,000 of its HEP common units. We used our net proceeds of $73.4 million to repay indebtedness incurred under our credit facility and for general partnership purposes. Amounts repaid under our credit facility may be reborrowed from time to time, and we intend to reborrow certain amounts to fund capital expenditures.

Under our registration statement filed with the SEC using a “shelf” registration process, we currently have the ability to raise up to $2.0 billion by offering securities, through one or more prospectus supplements that would describe, among other things, the specific amounts, prices and terms of any securities offered and how the proceeds would be used. Any proceeds from the sale of securities would be used for general business purposes, which may include, among other things, funding acquisitions of assets or businesses, working capital, capital expenditures, investments in subsidiaries, the retirement of existing debt and/or the repurchase of common units or other securities.

We believe our current cash balances, future internally generated funds and funds available under the Credit Agreement will provide sufficient resources to meet our working capital liquidity needs for the foreseeable future.

In February 2013, we paid regular quarterly cash distributions of $0.470, on all units in an aggregate amount of $32.7 million. Included in these distributions were $5.3 million of incentive distribution payments to the general partner.

Contemporaneously with our UNEV Pipeline interest acquisition on July 12, 2012, HFC (our general partner) agreed to forego its right to incentive distributions of $1.25 million per quarter over twelve consecutive quarterly periods following the close of the transaction and up to an additional four quarters in certain circumstances.

Cash and cash equivalents increased by $13.0 million during the three months ended March 31, 2013. The cash flows provided by operating activities of $30.9 million was greater than the cash flows used for financing and investing activities of $13.8 million and $4.2 million, respectively. Working capital increased by $20.5 million to $32.3 million at March 31, 2013 from $11.8 million at December 31, 2012.

Cash Flows—Operating Activities
Cash flows from operating activities increased by $6.8 million from $24.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $30.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. This increase is due principally to $8.5 million in additional cash collections from our customers.

Our major shippers are obligated to make deficiency payments to us if they do not meet their minimum volume shipping obligations. Under certain agreements with these shippers, they have the right to recapture these amounts if future volumes exceed minimum levels. We billed $6.7 million during 2012 related to shortfalls that subsequently expired without recapture and were recognized as revenue during the three months ended March 31, 2013. Another $4.5 million is included in our accounts receivable at March 31, 2013 related to shortfalls that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2013.


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Cash Flows—Investing Activities
Cash flows used for investing activities decreased by $12.8 million from $17.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012 to $4.2 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. During the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012, we invested $6.6 million and $17.0 million in additions to properties and equipment, respectively. The decrease is attributable to final capital costs in early 2012 in completion of the UNEV Pipeline. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we received $2.5 million from the sale of assets.

Cash Flows—Financing Activities
Cash flows used for financing activities were $13.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013 compared to cash provided of $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012, a decrease of $13.4 million. During the three months ended March 31, 2013, we received $57.0 million and repaid $110.0 million in advances under the Credit Agreement, received net proceeds of $73.4 million from the common unit public offering and $1.5 million from the general partner to maintain its 2% interest. Additionally, we paid $32.7 million in regular quarterly cash distributions to our general and limited partners, and paid $2.7 million for the purchase of common units for recipients of our incentive grants. During the three months ended March 31, 2012, we received $36.0 million and repaid $81.0 million in advances under the Credit Agreement, received net proceeds of $294.8 million from the issuance of our 6.5% senior notes and repaid $232.7 million of our notes. Additionally, we paid $29.7 million in regular quarterly cash distributions to our general and limited partners, we received $15.0 million from UNEV's joint venture partners, paid $1.1 million in financing costs to amend our Credit Agreement and paid $1.3 million for the purchase of common units for recipients of our incentive grants.

Capital Requirements
Our pipeline and terminalling operations are capital intensive, requiring investments to maintain, expand, upgrade or enhance existing operations and to meet environmental and operational regulations. Our capital requirements have consisted of, and are expected to continue to consist of, maintenance capital expenditures and expansion capital expenditures. “Maintenance capital expenditures” represent capital expenditures to replace partially or fully depreciated assets to maintain the operating capacity of existing assets. Maintenance capital expenditures include expenditures required to maintain equipment reliability, tankage and pipeline integrity, safety and to address environmental regulations. “Expansion capital expenditures” represent capital expenditures to expand the operating capacity of existing or new assets, whether through construction or acquisition. Expansion capital expenditures include expenditures to acquire assets, to grow our business and to expand existing facilities, such as projects that increase throughput capacity on our pipelines and in our terminals. Repair and maintenance expenses associated with existing assets that are minor in nature and do not extend the useful life of existing assets are charged to operating expenses as incurred.

Each year the HLS board of directors approves our annual capital budget, which specifies capital projects that our management is authorized to undertake. Additionally, at times when conditions warrant or as new opportunities arise, additional projects may be approved. The funds allocated for a particular capital project may be expended over a period in excess of a year, depending on the time required to complete the project. Therefore, our planned capital expenditures for a given year consist of expenditures approved for capital projects included in the current year's capital budget as well as, in certain cases, expenditures approved for capital projects in capital budgets for prior years. The 2013 regular capital budget is comprised of $10.1 million for maintenance capital expenditures and $2.0 million for expansion capital expenditures exclusive of the projects discussed below. In addition to our capital budget, we may spend funds periodically to do capital upgrades of our assets where a customer reimburses us for such costs. These reimbursements would be required under contractual agreements and would generally benefit the customer over the remaining life of such agreements.

We are proceeding with the expansion of our crude oil transportation system in southeastern New Mexico in response to increased crude oil production in the area.  The expansion will provide shippers with additional pipeline takeaway capacity to either common carrier pipeline stations for transportation to major crude oil markets or to HFC's New Mexico refining facilities. To complete the project, we will convert an existing refined products pipeline to crude oil service, construct several new pipeline segments, expand an existing pipeline, and build new truck unloading stations and crude storage capacity.  Excluding the value of the existing pipeline to be converted, total capital expenditures are expected to cost between $35 million and $40 million.  We estimate the project will provide increased capacity of up to 100,000 barrels per day across its system and anticipates it will be in service no later than early 2014.  

UNEV is proceeding with a project to add certain enhancements to its product terminal in Las Vegas, Nevada.  The project will cost approximately $13 million with construction scheduled to be completed during the second quarter of 2014.

We also are performing preliminary engineering, routing and cost estimates for two proposed new pipelines.  The first proposed pipeline would be a new intrastate crude oil pipeline between Cushing, Oklahoma and HFC's Tulsa, Oklahoma refinery. The 50-mile line would provide safe and reliable transport of Cushing sourced domestic and Canadian crude oil to HFC's 125,000 BPD Tulsa facility. The pipeline would allow for a significant portion of crude oil transported to be heavy Canadian and sour crude oil.

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Crude oil processed at HFC's Tulsa facility currently is transported on pipelines owned by Sunoco Logistics and Magellan Pipeline Company.  The second proposed pipeline would be a new 100-mile interstate petroleum products pipeline between HFC's Cheyenne, Wyoming refinery and Denver, Colorado. The 52,000 BPD refinery, with its ability to process up to 35,000 BPD of heavy Canadian crude and its close proximity to growing domestic crude production, is a significant supplier of petroleum products to the Denver market. The project also will evaluate the construction of a new petroleum products terminal in North Denver or, alternatively, the routing of the new pipeline to existing third-party product terminals in the Denver area. This infrastructure addition would ensure safe and reliable transport of petroleum products from HFC's location-advantaged refinery to its largest market. Petroleum products produced at HFC's Cheyenne, Wyoming refinery currently are transported to Denver on the Rocky Mountain Pipeline's products line owned by Plains All-American.  We anticipate that we will be in a position to decide whether to proceed with these projects in the second quarter of 2013 when preliminary engineering and detailed project cost estimates are completed and if necessary shipper commitments can be secured.

HFC and we are collaborating to construct a rail facility that will enable crude oil loading and unloading near HFC's Artesia and/or Lovington, New Mexico refining facilities.  The rail project, which will be connected to our crude oil pipeline transportation system in southeastern New Mexico, will have an initial capacity of up to 70,000 barrels per day and will enable access to a variety of crude oil types including West Texas Intermediate (WTI), West Texas Sour (WTS) and Western Canadian Select (WCS).  The project will provide both additional crude oil takeaway options for producers as crude production in the region continues to grow, and an expanded set of crude oil sourcing options for HFC.  Project completion is expected by early 2014.

We expect that our currently planned sustaining and maintenance capital expenditures, as well as expenditures for acquisitions and capital development projects will be funded with existing cash generated by operations, the sale of additional limited partner common units, the issuance of debt securities and advances under our Credit Agreement, or a combination thereof. With volatility and uncertainty at times in the credit and equity markets, there may be limits on our ability to issue new debt or equity financing. Additionally, due to pricing movements in the debt and equity markets, we may not be able to issue new debt and equity securities at acceptable pricing. Without additional capital beyond amounts available under the Credit Agreement, our ability to obtain funds for some of these capital projects may be limited.

Credit Agreement
We have a $550 million senior secured revolving credit facility expiring in June 2017 that is available to fund capital expenditures, investments, acquisitions, distribution payments and working capital and for general partnership purposes. It is available also to fund letters of credit up to a $50 million sub-limit and to fund distributions to unitholders up to a $60 million sub-limit.

Our obligations under the Credit Agreement are collateralized by substantially all of our assets. Indebtedness under the Credit Agreement is recourse to HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P. (“HEP Logistics”), our general partner, and guaranteed by our material wholly-owned subsidiaries. Any recourse to HEP Logistics would be limited to the extent of its assets, which other than its investment in us, are not significant. We may prepay all loans at any time without penalty, except for payment of certain breakage and related costs.

The Credit Agreement imposes certain requirements on us which we are in compliance with currently, including: a prohibition against distribution to unitholders if, before or after the distribution, a potential default or an event of default as defined in the agreement would occur; limitations on our ability to incur debt, make loans, acquire other companies, change the nature of our business, enter into a merger or consolidation, or sell assets; and covenants that require maintenance of a specified EBITDA to interest expense ratio, total debt to EBITDA ratio and senior debt to EBITDA ratio. If an event of default exists under the Credit Agreement, the lenders will be able to accelerate the maturity of the debt and exercise other rights and remedies.

Senior Notes
In March 2012, we issued $300 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding of 6.5% senior notes maturing March 1, 2020 (the “6.5% Senior Notes”). Net Proceeds of $294.8 million were used in March and April 2012 to redeem $185.0 million aggregate principal amount of 6.25% senior notes maturing March 1, 2015 (the “6.25 Senior Notes”) tendered pursuant to a cash tender offer and consent solicitation, to repay $72.9 million in promissory notes due to HFC, to pay related fees, expenses and accrued interest in connection with these transactions and to repay borrowings under the Credit Agreement. In April 2012, we redeemed $27.2 million aggregate principal amount of 6.25% Senior Notes that remained outstanding following the cash tender offer and consent solicitation.

Also, we have $150 million in aggregate principal amount outstanding of 8.25% senior notes maturing March 15, 2018 (the "8.25 Senior Notes).


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Our 6.5% Senior Notes and 8.25% Senior Notes (collectively, the “Senior Notes”) are unsecured and impose certain restrictive covenants which we are in compliance with currently, including limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, make investments, sell assets, incur certain liens, pay distributions, enter into transactions with affiliates, and enter into mergers. At any time when the Senior Notes are rated investment grade by both Moody’s and Standard & Poor’s and no default or event of default exists, we will not be subject to many of the foregoing covenants. Additionally, we have certain redemption rights under the Senior Notes.

Indebtedness under the Senior Notes is recourse to HEP Logistics, and guaranteed by our wholly-owned subsidiaries. However, any recourse to HEP Logistics would be limited to the extent of its assets, which other than its investment in us, are not significant.

Long-term Debt
The carrying amounts of our long-term debt are as follows:
 
 
March 31,
2013
 
December 31,
2012
 
 
(In thousands)
Credit Agreement
 
$
368,000

 
$
421,000

 
 
 
 
 
6.5% Senior Notes
 
 
 
 
Principal
 
300,000

 
300,000

Unamortized discount
 
(4,562
)
 
(4,725
)
 
 
295,438

 
295,275

8.25% Senior Notes
 
 
 
 
Principal
 
150,000

 
150,000

Unamortized discount
 
(1,525
)
 
(1,601
)
 
 
148,475

 
148,399

 
 
 
 
 
Total long-term debt
 
$
811,913

 
$
864,674


See “Risk Management” for a discussion of our interest rate swaps.

Contractual Obligations

There were no significant changes to our long-term contractual obligations during this period.

Impact of Inflation
Inflation in the United States has been relatively moderate in recent years and did not have a material impact on our results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013 and 2012. Historically, the PPI has increased an average of 3.1% annually over the past 5 calendar years.

The substantial majority of our revenues are generated under long-term contracts that provide for increases in our rates and minimum revenue guarantees annually for increases in the PPI. Certain of these contracts have provisions that limit the level of annual PPI percentage rate increases. Although the recent PPI increase may not be indicative of additional increases to be realized in the future, a significant and prolonged period of high inflation could adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations if costs increase at a rate greater than the fees we charge our shippers.

Environmental Matters
Our operation of pipelines, terminals, and associated facilities in connection with the transportation and storage of refined products and crude oil is subject to stringent and complex federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing the discharge of materials into the environment, or otherwise relating to the protection of the environment. As with the industry generally, compliance with existing and anticipated laws and regulations increases our overall cost of business, including our capital costs to construct, maintain, and upgrade equipment and facilities. While these laws and regulations affect our maintenance capital expenditures and net income, we believe that they do not affect our competitive position given that the operations of our competitors are similarly affected. We believe that our operations are in substantial compliance with applicable environmental laws and regulations. However, these laws and regulations, and the interpretation or enforcement thereof, are subject to frequent change by regulatory authorities, and we are unable to predict the ongoing cost to us of complying with these laws and regulations or the future impact of these laws and regulations on our operations. Violation of environmental laws, regulations, and permits can result in the imposition of

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significant administrative, civil and criminal penalties, injunctions, and construction bans or delays. A major discharge of hydrocarbons or hazardous substances into the environment could, to the extent the event is not insured, subject us to substantial expense, including both the cost to comply with applicable laws and regulations and claims made by employees, neighboring landowners and other third parties for personal injury and property damage.

Under the Omnibus Agreement and certain transportation agreements and purchase agreements with HFC, HFC has agreed to indemnify us, subject to certain monetary and time limitations, for environmental noncompliance and remediation liabilities associated with certain assets transferred to us from HFC and occurring or existing prior to the date of such transfers.
We have an environmental agreement with Alon with respect to pre-closing environmental costs and liabilities relating to the pipelines and terminals acquired from Alon in 2005, under which Alon will indemnify us subject to certain monetary and time limitations.

There are environmental remediation projects that are currently in progress that relate to certain assets acquired from HFC. Certain of these projects were underway prior to our purchase and represent liabilities of HFC as the obligation for future remediation activities was retained by HFC. At March 31, 2013, we have an accrual of $3.4 million that relates to environmental clean-up projects for which we have assumed liability or for which the indemnity provided for by HFC has expired or will expire. The remaining projects, including assessment and monitoring activities, are covered under the HFC environmental indemnification discussed above and represent liabilities of HFC.


CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Our discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based upon our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States. The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities as of the date of the financial statements. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. Our significant accounting policies are described in “Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Operations—Critical Accounting Policies” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2012. Certain critical accounting policies that materially affect the amounts recorded in our consolidated financial statements include revenue recognition, assessing the possible impairment of certain long-lived assets and goodwill, and assessing contingent liabilities for probable losses. There have been no changes to these policies in 2013. We consider these policies to be the most critical to understanding the judgments that are involved and the uncertainties that could impact our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Presentation of Comprehensive Income
Effective January 1, 2013, we adopted the accounting standard update that requires the disclosure of significant amounts reclassified out of accumulated other comprehensive income by component either on the face of the financial statements or in the notes. The adoption of this accounting standard did not have an impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

RISK MANAGEMENT

We use interest rate swaps (derivative instruments) to manage our exposure to interest rate risk.

As of March 31, 2013, we have three interest rate swaps, designated as a cash flow hedge, that hedge our exposure to the cash flow risk caused by the effects of LIBOR changes on a $305.0 million of Credit Agreement advances. Our first interest rate swap effectively converts $155.0 million of our LIBOR based debt to fixed rate debt having an interest rate of 0.99% plus an applicable margin of 2.50% as of March 31, 2013, which equaled an effective interest rate of 3.49%. This swap contract matures in February 2016. Also we have two similar interest rate swaps with identical terms which effectively convert $150.0 million of our LIBOR based debt to fixed rate debt having an interest rate of 0.74% plus an applicable margin of 2.50% as of March 31, 2013, which equaled an effective interest rate of 3.24%. Both of these swap contracts mature in July 2017.

We review publicly available information on our counterparties in order to review and monitor their financial stability and assess their ongoing ability to honor their commitments under the interest rate swap contracts. These counterparties are large financial institutions. Furthermore, we have not experienced, nor do we expect to experience, any difficulty in the counterparties honoring their respective commitments.


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The market risk inherent in our debt positions is the potential change arising from increases or decreases in interest rates as discussed below.

At March 31, 2013, we had an outstanding principal balance on our 6.5% Senior Notes and 8.25% Senior Notes of $300 million and $150 million, respectively. A change in interest rates generally would affect the fair value of the Senior Notes, but not our earnings or cash flows. At March 31, 2013, the fair values of our 6.5% and 8.25% Senior Notes were $318.8 million and $161.8 million, respectively. We estimate a hypothetical 10% change in the yield-to-maturity applicable to the 6.5% Senior Notes and 8.25% Senior Notes at March 31, 2013 would result in a change of approximately $9.7 million and $4.2 million, respectively, in the fair value of the underlying notes.

For the variable rate Credit Agreement, changes in interest rates would affect cash flows, but not the fair value. At March 31, 2013, borrowings outstanding under the Credit Agreement were $368.0 million. By means of our cash flow hedges, we have effectively converted the variable rate on $305.0 million of outstanding borrowings to a fixed rate. For the remaining unhedged Credit Agreement borrowings of $63.0 million, a hypothetical 10% change in interest rates applicable to the Credit Agreement would not materially affect our cash flows.

Our operations are subject to normal hazards of operations, including fire, explosion and weather-related perils. We maintain various insurance coverages, including business interruption insurance, subject to certain deductibles. We are not fully insured against certain risks because such risks are not fully insurable, coverage is unavailable, or premium costs, in our judgment, do not justify such expenditures.

We have a risk management oversight committee that is made up of members from our senior management.  This committee monitors our risk environment and provides direction for activities to mitigate, to an acceptable level, identified risks that may adversely affect the achievement of our goals.

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Item 3.
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. See “Risk Management” under “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for a discussion of market risk exposures that we have with respect to our long-term debt, which disclosure should be read in conjunction with the quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. We utilize derivative instruments to hedge our interest rate exposure, as discussed under “Risk Management.”

Since we do not own products shipped on our pipelines or terminalled at our terminal facilities, we do not have direct market risks associated with commodity prices.


Item 4.
Controls and Procedures

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have evaluated, as required by Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”), our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Our disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Based upon the evaluation, our principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of March 31, 2013 at a reasonable level of assurance.

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting
There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our internal control over financial reporting.



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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.
Legal Proceedings

We are a party to various legal and regulatory proceedings, which we believe will not have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.
 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes in our risk factors as previously disclosed in Part 1, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012. In addition to the other information set forth in this quarterly report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in our 2012 Form 10-K, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in this quarterly report and in our 2012 Form 10-K are not the only risks we face. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial may also materially and adversely affect our business, financial condition or future results.


Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(c) Common Unit Repurchases Made in the Quarter

In the first quarter of 2013, we paid $2.4 million for the purchase of 56,782 of our common units in the open market for the recipients of our 2013 restricted grants and to provide for vesting of performance units. The following table shows these purchases.

Period
 
Total Number of
Units Purchased
 
Average Price
Paid Per Unit
 
Total Number of
Units Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plan or
Program
 
Maximum Number
of Units that May
Yet be Purchased
Under a Publicly
Announced Plan or
Program
January 2013
 

 
$

 

 
$

February 2013
 

 
$

 

 
$

March 2013
 
56,782

 
$
42.21

 

 
$

Total for January to March 2013
 
56,782

 
 
 

 
 

Additionally during the three months ended March 31, 2013, we withheld 14,096 of our common units from certain executives and employees in the amount of $0.5 million. These withholdings were made under the terms of our equity award agreements to provide funds for the payment of payroll and income taxes due at vesting in the case of officers and employees who did not elect to satisfy such taxes by other means.


Item 6.
Exhibits

The Exhibit Index on page 39 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q lists the exhibits that are filed or furnished, as applicable, as part of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.


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HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
 
 
 
HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS, L.P.
 
 
(Registrant)
 
 
 
 
 
By: HEP LOGISTICS HOLDINGS, L.P.
its General Partner
 
 
 
 
 
By: HOLLY LOGISTIC SERVICES, L.L.C.
its General Partner
 
 
 
Date: May 1, 2013
 
/s/    Douglas S. Aron        
 
 
Douglas S. Aron
 
 
Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
 
 
Date: May 1, 2013
 
/s/     Scott C. Surplus        
 
 
Scott C. Surplus
 
 
Vice President and Controller
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Exhibit Index
Exhibit
Number
 
Description
 
 
 
3.1
 
First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Holly Energy Partners, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its quarterly period ended June 30, 2004, File No. 1-32225).

3.2
 
Amendment No. 1 to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Holly Energy Partners, L.P., dated February 28, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Form 8-K Current Report dated February 28, 2005, File No. 1-32225).
3.3
 
Amendment No. 2 to the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Holly Energy Partners, L.P., as amended, dated July 6, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Form 8-K Current Report dated July 6, 2005, File No. 1-32225).
3.4
 
Amendment No. 3 to First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Holly Energy Partners, L.P., dated April 11, 2008 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated April 15, 2008, File No. 1-32225).
3.5
 
Amendment No. 4 to First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Holly Energy Partners, L.P., dated January 16, 2013 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated January 16, 2013, File No. 1-32225).
3.6
 
Limited Partial Waiver of Incentive Distribution Rights under the First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Holly Energy Partners, L.P., dated as of July 12, 2012 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Current Report on Form 8-K dated July 12, 2012, File No. 1-32225).
3.7
 
First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Holly Energy Partners - Operating Company, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its quarterly period ended June 30, 2004, File No. 1-32225).
3.8
 
First Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of HEP Logistics Holdings, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.4 of Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its quarterly period ended June 30, 2004, File No. 1-32225).
3.9
 
First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.5 of Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its quarterly period ended June 30, 2004, File No. 1-32225).
3.10
 
Amendment No. 1 to the First Amended and Restated limited Liability Company Agreement of Holly Logistic Services, L.L.C., dated April 27, 2011 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant's Form 8-K Current Report dated May 3, 2011, File No. 1-32225).
3.11
 
First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of HEP Logistics GP, L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.6 of Registrant's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for its quarterly period ended June 30, 2004, File No. 1-32225).
10.1+*
 
Form of Performance Unit Agreement (Chairman).
10.2+*
 
Form of Performance Unit Agreement (Executive).
10.3+*
 
Form of Restricted Unit Agreement.
10.4+*
 
Form of Notice of Grant of Restricted Units.
31.1+
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2+
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.1++
 
Certification of Chief Executive Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2++
 
Certification of Chief Financial Officer under Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101**
 
The following financial information from Holly Energy Partners, L.P.’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Consolidated Balance Sheets, (ii) Consolidated Statements of Income, (iii) Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income, (iv) Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows, (v) Consolidated Statement of Partners’ Equity, and (vi) Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.
 +
Filed herewith.
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Furnished herewith.
 *
Constitutes management contracts or compensatory plans or arrangements.
 **
Furnished electronically herewith.


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