UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
ý
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2004
o
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission file no. 333-59054-01
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
(Exact name of the Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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73-1590261 |
(State or other
jurisdiction of |
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(I.R.S. Employer
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10001 Six Pines Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77380-1498
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(832) 813-4100
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
NONE
(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 o No ý
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act).
Yes o No ý
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Index
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Operations
(Unaudited)
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Millions |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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Revenue |
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Net sales |
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$ |
2,534 |
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$ |
1,702 |
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$ |
6,618 |
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$ |
5,199 |
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Equity in income of affiliates, net |
|
73 |
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3 |
|
144 |
|
25 |
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Other income |
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22 |
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23 |
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62 |
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54 |
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Total revenue |
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2,629 |
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1,728 |
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6,824 |
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5,278 |
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Costs and Expenses |
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Cost of goods sold |
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2,286 |
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1,550 |
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6,006 |
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4,864 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
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106 |
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114 |
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316 |
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341 |
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|||||
Research and development |
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10 |
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21 |
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31 |
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44 |
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|||||
Total costs and expenses |
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2,402 |
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1,685 |
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6,353 |
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5,249 |
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Income Before Interest and Taxes |
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227 |
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43 |
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471 |
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29 |
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|||||
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|||||
Interest income |
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2 |
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2 |
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6 |
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6 |
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|||||
Interest expense |
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(19 |
) |
(19 |
) |
(56 |
) |
(54 |
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|||||
Income (Loss) Before Taxes |
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210 |
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26 |
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421 |
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(19 |
) |
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|||||
Income taxes |
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(5 |
) |
(1 |
) |
(11 |
) |
(3 |
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Net Income (Loss) |
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205 |
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25 |
|
410 |
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(22 |
) |
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|||||
Distributions on members preferred interests |
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(6 |
) |
(6 |
) |
(17 |
) |
(17 |
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Income (Loss) Attributed to Members Interests |
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$ |
199 |
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$ |
19 |
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$ |
393 |
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$ |
(39 |
) |
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See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet
(Unaudited)
Millions |
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September 30, |
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December 31, |
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ASSETS |
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Current assets |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
32 |
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$ |
43 |
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Accounts receivable, net |
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1,252 |
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862 |
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Inventories |
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648 |
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700 |
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Other current assets |
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37 |
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31 |
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Total current assets |
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1,969 |
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1,636 |
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Property, plant and equipment, net |
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3,785 |
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3,864 |
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Investments in and advances to affiliates |
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853 |
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673 |
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Other assets and deferred charges |
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71 |
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69 |
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Total Assets |
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$ |
6,678 |
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$ |
6,242 |
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LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS EQUITY |
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Current liabilities |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
808 |
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$ |
667 |
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Accrued income and other taxes |
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61 |
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54 |
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Secured borrowings and other debt |
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206 |
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314 |
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Other current liabilities and deferred credits |
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205 |
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149 |
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Total current liabilities |
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1,280 |
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1,184 |
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Long-term debt |
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1,337 |
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1,189 |
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Other liabilities and deferred credits |
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101 |
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109 |
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Total liabilities |
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2,718 |
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2,482 |
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Members preferred interests |
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175 |
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250 |
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Members capital |
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3,753 |
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3,478 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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32 |
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32 |
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Total Liabilities and Members Equity |
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$ |
6,678 |
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$ |
6,242 |
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See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
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2004 |
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2003 |
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Cash Flows From Operating Activities |
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Net income (loss) |
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$ |
410 |
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$ |
(22 |
) |
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Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows provided by operating activities |
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Depreciation, amortization and retirements |
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210 |
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225 |
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Undistributed equity in income of affiliates, net |
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(132 |
) |
(14 |
) |
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Changes in operating working capital |
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(169 |
) |
(90 |
) |
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Other operating cash flow activity |
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(15 |
) |
30 |
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Net cash flows provided by operating activities |
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304 |
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129 |
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Cash Flows From Investing Activities |
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Capital and investment expenditures |
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(145 |
) |
(152 |
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Investments in and advances to Qatar Chemical Company Ltd. (Q-Chem) |
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(28 |
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(94 |
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Other investing cash flow activity |
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6 |
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1 |
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Net cash flows used in investing activities |
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(167 |
) |
(245 |
) |
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Cash Flows From Financing Activities |
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Increase in commercial paper, net |
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148 |
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74 |
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Increase (decrease) in secured borrowings, net |
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(100 |
) |
10 |
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Increase (decrease) in other debt, net |
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(8 |
) |
3 |
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Redemptions of members preferred interests |
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(75 |
) |
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Distributions on members preferred interests |
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(47 |
) |
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Other distributions to members |
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(66 |
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Contributions from members |
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32 |
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Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities |
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(148 |
) |
119 |
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Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents |
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(11 |
) |
3 |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period |
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43 |
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39 |
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Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period |
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$ |
32 |
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$ |
42 |
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See Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
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Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Unaudited)
Note 1. General Information
The company, through its subsidiaries and equity affiliates, manufactures and markets a wide range of petrochemicals on a worldwide basis, with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Puerto Rico, Singapore, China, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Mexico and Belgium. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC is owned 50% each by ChevronTexaco Corporation (ChevronTexaco) and ConocoPhillips (collectively, the members).
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and its wholly-owned subsidiaries (collectively, CPChem), and should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements included in CPChems Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. The financial statements and accompanying Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations have been prepared in conformity with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC). Some information and footnote disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and regulations. The financial statements include all normal recurring adjustments that CPChem considers necessary for a fair presentation. Certain amounts for prior periods have been reclassified in order to conform to the current reporting presentation. Results for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2004 are not necessarily indicative of future financial performance.
Note 2. New Accounting Pronouncements
Effective January 1, 2004, CPChem adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 150, Accounting for Certain Financial Instruments with Characteristics of Both Liabilities and Equity, which establishes standards for how an issuer classifies and measures certain financial instruments that have characteristics of both a liability and of equity. Generally, it requires that an issuer classify such financial instruments as liabilities because they embody an obligation of the issuer. Because CPChem has no financial instruments outstanding that fall within the scope of this new standard, implementation of this standard did not have an impact on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity. CPChems outstanding preferred members interests currently do not fall within the scope of this standard because they contain redemption provisions that create a conditional, rather than mandatory, obligation of CPChem. In the event that CPChems ratio of debt to total capitalization reaches a stated level, a portion of the outstanding preferred members interests will be reclassified as a liability.
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Interpretation No. 46 (revised December 2003), Consolidation of Variable Interest Entities, (FIN No. 46(R)) which provides guidance as to when a company is required to include in its financial statements the assets, liabilities and activities of a variable interest entity (a VIE). A VIE is generally a corporation, partnership, trust, or any other legal structure used for business purposes that either does not have equity investors with voting rights or that has equity investors that do not provide sufficient financial resources for the entity to support its activities. FIN No. 46(R) requires a VIE to be consolidated by a company if that company is subject to a majority of the risk of loss from the activities of the VIE or is entitled to receive a majority of the residual returns of the VIE. FIN No. 46(R) also requires disclosures about VIEs that are not required to be consolidated by a company, but in which the company has a significant variable interest. The consolidation requirements of FIN No. 46(R) apply immediately
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to VIEs created after December 31, 2003, and for CPChem, which is considered to be a nonpublic entity as it relates to FIN No. 46(R), the consolidation requirements will apply to pre-existing VIEs effective January 1, 2005. CPChem believes that FIN No. 46(R) will not require the consolidation of any existing VIE into CPChems consolidated financial statements.
Note 3. Comprehensive Income (Loss)
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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Net income (loss) |
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$ |
205 |
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$ |
25 |
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$ |
410 |
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$ |
(22 |
) |
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Foreign currency translation adjustments |
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5 |
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5 |
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14 |
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Minimum pension liability adjustment |
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(3 |
) |
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Comprehensive income (loss) |
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$ |
210 |
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$ |
30 |
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$ |
410 |
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$ |
(11 |
) |
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Note 4. Postretirement Benefits Information
CPChem expects to contribute a minimum of $40 million to its pension plans for pension benefits during 2004. Contributions totaling $15 million were made during the first nine months of 2004.
Net periodic benefit costs for pension and other postretirement benefits follow:
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Millions |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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Pension Benefit Costs |
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Service cost on benefits earned |
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$ |
5 |
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$ |
5 |
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$ |
16 |
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$ |
16 |
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Interest cost on projected benefit obligations |
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5 |
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4 |
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14 |
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13 |
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Expected return on plan assets |
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(3 |
) |
(2 |
) |
(9 |
) |
(7 |
) |
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Amortization of prior service costs |
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3 |
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3 |
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9 |
|
9 |
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Net actuarial loss |
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1 |
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Net periodic benefit cost |
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$ |
10 |
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$ |
10 |
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$ |
31 |
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$ |
31 |
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Other Postretirement Benefit Costs |
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Service cost on benefits earned |
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$ |
1 |
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$ |
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$ |
2 |
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$ |
2 |
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Interest cost on projected benefit obligations |
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1 |
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2 |
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4 |
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Expected return on plan assets |
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(1 |
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Amortization of prior service costs |
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1 |
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1 |
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3 |
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2 |
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Net actuarial loss |
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1 |
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1 |
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Net periodic benefit cost |
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$ |
2 |
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$ |
3 |
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$ |
6 |
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$ |
9 |
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Note 5. Taxes
CPChem is treated as a flow-through entity for federal income tax and for most state income tax purposes whereby each member is taxable on its respective share of income and loss. However, CPChem is directly liable for federal and state income taxes and franchise taxes on certain separate legal entities and for any foreign taxes incurred. CPChem follows the liability method of accounting for these income taxes.
CPChem is required to make quarterly distributions to its members in amounts representing the liability for combined federal and state income tax calculated at specified rates based on CPChems estimate of federal taxable income. In the nine-month period ended September 30, 2004, CPChem made $66 million of tax distributions to its members. In addition, a $52 million tax distribution was accrued in Other Current Liabilities at September 30, 2004 and will be paid in the fourth quarter of 2004.
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Note 6. Investments
Qatar Chemical Company Ltd. (Q-Chem)
Qatar Chemical Company Ltd. (Q-Chem), a joint venture company, was formed in 1998 to develop a petrochemical complex in Qatar. The complex achieved project completion, as defined in Q-Chems $750 million senior bank financing agreement, on September 16, 2004. Upon project completion, CPChems obligations to advance funds under its subordinated loan agreement with Q-Chem were terminated. In addition, the completion guarantees under Q-Chems senior bank financing were terminated and the bank financing became non-recourse with respect to CPChem. Prior to achieving project completion, as required by the completion guarantees, CPChem subscribed to $28 million of additional shares of Q-Chem in the first nine months of 2004 to fund its ownership share of the periodic debt service payments of Q-Chem.
CPChem has agreed to provide up to $75 million of loans to Q-Chem if there is insufficient cash to pay the minimum debt service payments on the bank financing. CPChem believes it is unlikely that funding under this support agreement will be required.
CPChem also agreed to provide loans to Q-Chem through December 2006 if there is insufficient cash to make Q-Chems target debt service payments. These loans are limited to an amount not greater than lost operating margins resulting from sales volumes being less than design capacity. CPChem believes that any funding required under this support agreement is unlikely to have a material adverse effect on CPChems consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
CPChems rights under the subordinated loan agreement and the other contingent loan agreements related to Q-Chem described above are subordinate to Q-Chems senior bank debt. Security interests in the notes related to such loans have been granted to the banks to support the terms of subordination. Advances, including accrued interest, to Q-Chem under the subordinated loan agreement totaled $306 million at September 30, 2004.
CPChem records its 49% share of Q-Chems operating results using the equity method. Q-Chem is considered to be a VIE under the provisions of FIN No. 46(R). CPChems maximum exposure to loss per FIN No. 46(R) was $361 million at September 30, 2004. This amount represents the total of CPChems carrying value of its investment in Q-Chem and advances and related interest receivable from Q-Chem under the subordinated loan agreement.
Saudi Chevron Phillips Company
Saudi Chevron Phillips Company (SCP), a joint venture company that owns an aromatics complex in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia, was originally financed with loans from commercial banks and a Saudi Arabian governmental agency. In July 2004, SCP refinanced its commercial bank loans, and as a result, CPChems contingent obligation to fund up to $25 million of SCPs debt service payments was terminated. The subsidiary of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC which directly owns the 50% interest in SCP, along with the other co-venturer, Saudi Industrial Investment Group, have each guaranteed their respective 50% share of certain loans to SCP from a Saudi Arabian governmental agency for the duration of the loans. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC is not a direct party to this guarantee. These loans totaled $70 million (gross) at September 30, 2004. CPChem believes it is unlikely that funding under this guarantee will be required.
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Jubail Chevron Phillips Company
Jubail Chevron Phillips Company (JCP), a 50%-owned joint venture company, was formed in 2003 to develop an integrated styrene facility in Al Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The 1.6 billion-pound-per-year facility, to be built on a site adjacent to the existing aromatics complex owned by SCP, will include feed fractionation, an olefins cracker, and ethylbenzene and styrene monomer processing units. Construction of the JCP facility will be in conjunction with an expansion of SCPs benzene plant, together called the JCP Project. Construction is expected to begin in early 2005, with operational start-up anticipated in late 2007. It is estimated that project completion, as defined in the JCP Projects financing agreements, will be achieved in the first half of 2008. The project will be financed through equity contributions and subordinated loans from the co-venturers, in proportion to their equal ownership interests, and limited recourse loans from commercial banks and two Saudi Arabian governmental agencies (collectively, called senior debt). Principal and accrued interest outstanding under the commercial bank loans totaled $10 million at September 30, 2004. No amounts were outstanding at September 30, 2004 under the loan agreements with the Saudi Arabian governmental agencies.
Financial closing of the estimated $1.2 billion JCP Project occurred in July 2004. Effective with the financial closing and initial borrowings related to the JCP Project, the following commitments and guarantees were granted.
Under the terms of the commercial bank facilities, funding available from the senior debt is limited to 75% of the estimated project costs, as defined. The JCP co-venturers are obligated to each fund their respective 50% share of the remaining estimated project cost for the JCP Project through equity contributions and/or subordinated loans. In addition, the co-venturers are obligated to each fund their respective 50% share, through equity contributions and/or subordinated loans, of any project cost incurred in excess of the estimated project cost and of any project cost not funded by senior debt. These funding obligations terminate upon achieving project completion.
Certain bridge loan guarantees obligate the JCP co-venturers to each repay their respective 50% share of certain commercial bank loans to JCP and SCP if the loans from the first Saudi Arabian governmental agency are not available for borrowings one year after financial closing of the commercial loan facilities.
Under the terms of certain completion guarantees, the commercial bank lenders and the second Saudi Arabian governmental agency have the right to demand from each JCP Project co-venturer, on a pro rata basis, funds to cover the debt service requirements associated with the JCP Project that are due after March 31, 2009 until project completion. Furthermore, if the project is not completed by March 31, 2010, the commercial bank lenders and the second Saudi Arabian governmental agency have the right to demand from each co-venturer, on a pro rata basis, repayment of all outstanding principal and interest.
The subsidiary of CPChem which directly owns the 50% interest in JCP, along with the other co-venturer, have each guaranteed their respective 50% share of certain loans payable by JCP to the first Saudi Arabian governmental agency for the duration of the loans. Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC is not a direct party to this guarantee.
In addition to the above guarantees, CPChem guaranteed payment to a contractor for certain construction costs of the project, limited to a maximum of $103 million. CPChem also granted a guarantee, not to exceed $8 million, related to the delivery of stated amounts of JCPs styrene monomer production to a JCP customer.
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The total carrying amount of liabilities recorded, discounted and weighted for probability, for the aforementioned guarantees related to the JCP Project totaled $3 million at September 30, 2004. CPChem believes it is unlikely that performance under any of the guarantees will be required. However, should such performance be required, CPChem believes it would not have a material adverse effect on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
Summarized Financial Information
Summarized financial information, shown at 100%, for Q-Chem, SCP and all other equity investments of CPChem in the aggregate follows:
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2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
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||||
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Q-Chem |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|||||
Revenues |
|
$ |
72 |
|
$ |
22 |
|
$ |
205 |
|
$ |
34 |
|
|
Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
19 |
|
(20 |
) |
66 |
|
(41 |
) |
|||||
Net income (loss) |
|
19 |
|
(20 |
) |
66 |
|
(41 |
) |
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Saudi Chevron Phillips Company |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Revenues |
|
215 |
|
86 |
|
474 |
|
296 |
|
|||||
Income before income taxes |
|
112 |
|
17 |
|
205 |
|
85 |
|
|||||
Net income |
|
112 |
|
17 |
|
205 |
|
85 |
|
|||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Other equity investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Revenues |
|
250 |
|
172 |
|
674 |
|
499 |
|
|||||
Income before income taxes |
|
17 |
|
7 |
|
24 |
|
7 |
|
|||||
Net income |
|
16 |
|
6 |
|
21 |
|
5 |
|
|||||
Note 7. Trade Receivables Securitization
CPChem had $200 million of secured borrowings outstanding at September 30, 2004 and $300 million outstanding at December 31, 2003 under trade receivables securitization agreements. These borrowings were classified as short-term and were secured by $629 million and $459 million of trade receivables, respectively. In the second quarter of 2004, CPChem renewed its $300 million trade receivables securitization agreement on terms substantially identical to those of the prior agreement. The new agreement expires on May 17, 2005.
Note 8. Contingent Liabilities
In the case of known contingent liabilities, CPChem records an undiscounted liability when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated. These liabilities are not reduced for potential insurance recoveries. If applicable, undiscounted receivables are recorded for probable insurance or other third-party recoveries. Based on currently available information, CPChem believes it is remote that future costs related to known contingent liabilities will exceed current accruals by an amount that would have a material adverse effect on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
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As facts concerning contingent liabilities become known, CPChem reassesses its position with respect to accrued liabilities and other potential exposures. Estimates that are particularly sensitive to future change include legal matters and contingent liabilities for environmental remediation. Estimated future environmental remediation costs are subject to change due to such factors as the unknown magnitude of cleanup costs, prospective changes in laws and regulations, the unknown timing and extent of remedial actions that may be required and the determination of CPChems liability in proportion to other responsible parties. Estimated future costs related to legal matters are subject to change as events occur and as additional information becomes available during administrative and litigation processes.
CPChem is a party to a number of legal proceedings that arose in the ordinary course of business for which, in many instances, no provision has been made in the financial statements. While the final outcome of these proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, CPChem believes that none of these proceedings, when resolved, will have a material adverse effect on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
Electricity Deregulation
Legislation for electricity deregulation for the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) area was enacted in 1999, allowing retail electricity consumers to choose electricity providers effective January 1, 2002. This legislation also allows utilities to file an application with the Public Utility Council of Texas (PUCT) for determination and reimbursement of costs, if any, associated with the implementation of this legislation. Included in these costs are certain environmental expenses and costs associated with stranded assets. Stranded asset costs are those associated with the utility asset devaluation that may have occurred due to the legislation. Once determined, these costs are paid by electricity consumers under PUCT-mandated procedures.
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC (CenterPoint), which previously provided electricity to certain CPChem manufacturing facilities, filed its application for such determination with the PUCT on March 31, 2004. A number of consumers and organizations representing consumers have intervened in the PUCT proceedings to object to the claims in CenterPoints application. The PUCT has indicated that a portion of Centerpoints original claim amount may be granted. A final ruling is not expected until the fourth quarter of 2004.
If the PUCT determines that CenterPoint is entitled to recover some or all of the costs claimed in its application, CPChem would receive a monthly charge added to its electricity cost over an extended period of time to pay for such reimbursement. Based on CenterPoints application, it is currently anticipated that the additional monthly cost to CPChem, if any, that is approved by the PUCT, will not have a material adverse effect on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
Note 9. Guarantees and Indemnifications
Guarantees
CPChems headquarters building is leased under a synthetic lease agreement entered into in 2002. A synthetic lease is a lease that qualifies as an operating lease for financial accounting purposes and as a capital lease for federal tax purposes. The lease contains a fixed price purchase option and a residual guarantee. The purchase option price was considered to be the fair market value of the building at the inception of the lease. If CPChem does not exercise the purchase option upon the expiration of the lease in 2007, CPChem has an obligation to pay the lessor the shortfall, if any, in the proceeds realized from the sale of the building to a third party relative to the purchase option
11
price, not to exceed $27 million. CPChem is entitled to receive any proceeds from the sale of the building that are in excess of the purchase option price. While it is not possible to predict with certainty the amount, if any, that CPChem would be required to pay or be entitled to receive should the building be sold to a third party upon the expiration of the lease, CPChem believes that the amount paid or received would not be material to consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
See also Note 6 for a discussion of certain guarantees related to CPChems equity investments.
Indemnifications
As part of CPChems ongoing business operations and consistent with generally accepted and recognized industry practice, CPChem enters into numerous agreements with other parties which apportion future risks between the parties to the transaction or relationship governed by the agreements. One method of apportioning risk is the inclusion of provisions requiring one party to indemnify the other party against losses that might be incurred in the future. Many of CPChems agreements, including technology license agreements, contain indemnities that require CPChem to perform certain acts, such as defending certain licensees against patent infringement claims of others, as a result of the occurrence of a triggering event or condition.
The nature of these indemnity obligations are diverse and numerous and each has different terms, business purposes, and triggering events or conditions. Consistent with customary business practice, any particular indemnity obligation incurred is the result of a negotiated transaction or contractual relationship for which CPChem has accepted a certain level of risk in return for a financial or other type of benefit. In addition, the indemnities in each agreement vary widely in their definitions of both the triggering event and the resulting obligation, which is contingent upon that triggering event.
With regard to indemnifications, CPChems risk management philosophy is to limit risk in any transaction or relationship to the maximum extent reasonable in relation to commercial and other considerations. Before accepting any indemnity obligation, consideration is given to, among other things, the remoteness of the possibility that the triggering event will occur, the potential costs to perform under any resulting indemnity obligation, possible actions to reduce the likelihood of a triggering event or to reduce the costs of performing under the indemnity obligation, any indemnifications by unrelated third parties, insurance coverage that may be available to offset the cost of the indemnity obligation, and the benefits from the transaction or relationship.
Because many of CPChems indemnity obligations are not limited in duration or potential monetary exposure, CPChem cannot reasonably calculate the maximum potential amount of future payments that could possibly be paid under the indemnity obligations stemming from all of CPChems existing agreements. In the case of known contingent liabilities, however, CPChem records an undiscounted liability when a loss is probable and the amount can be reasonably estimated.
CPChem is not aware of the occurrence of any triggering event or condition that would have a material adverse impact on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity as a result of an indemnity obligation arising from such triggering event or condition.
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Note 10. Segment Information
Financial information by segment follows:
Millions |
|
|
Olefins & |
|
Aromatics & |
|
Specialty |
|
Corporate, |
|
Consolidated |
|
|||||
Three months ended Sept. 30, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net sales external |
|
$ |
1,477 |
|
$ |
937 |
|
$ |
120 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
2,534 |
|
|
Net sales inter-segment |
|
80 |
|
|
|
|
|
(80 |
) |
|
|
||||||
Income (loss) before interest & taxes |
|
118 |
|
101 |
|
14 |
|
(6 |
) |
227 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Three months ended Sept. 30, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net sales external |
|
995 |
|
613 |
|
94 |
|
|
|
1,702 |
|
||||||
Net sales inter-segment |
|
71 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
(101 |
) |
|
|
||||||
Income (loss) before interest & taxes |
|
45 |
|
(1 |
) |
8 |
|
(9 |
) |
43 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Nine months ended Sept. 30, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net sales external |
|
3,974 |
|
2,284 |
|
360 |
|
|
|
6,618 |
|
||||||
Net sales inter-segment |
|
200 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
(201 |
) |
|
|
||||||
Income (loss) before interest & taxes |
|
277 |
|
163 |
|
48 |
|
(17 |
) |
471 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Nine months ended Sept. 30, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net sales external |
|
3,031 |
|
1,873 |
|
295 |
|
|
|
5,199 |
|
||||||
Net sales inter-segment |
|
216 |
|
106 |
|
1 |
|
(323 |
) |
|
|
||||||
Income (loss) before interest & taxes |
|
5 |
|
22 |
|
28 |
|
(26 |
) |
29 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Total assets September 30, 2004 |
|
3,962 |
|
2,081 |
|
490 |
|
145 |
|
6,678 |
|
||||||
Total assets December 31, 2003 |
|
3,746 |
|
1,849 |
|
496 |
|
151 |
|
6,242 |
|
||||||
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Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements
Condensed consolidating financial statements follow. This information is presented in accordance with SEC rules and regulations as they relate to the debt jointly and severally issued by Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC and Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP.
The LLC is the non-operating parent holding company. The LP is the primary U.S. operating company. Other Entities is principally comprised of foreign operations and the holding companies that have direct ownership of the LP. These condensed consolidating financial statements were prepared using the equity method of accounting for investments.
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the three months ended September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net sales |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
2,207 |
|
$ |
494 |
|
$ |
(167 |
) |
$ |
2,534 |
|
||
Equity in income of affiliates, net |
|
229 |
|
4 |
|
193 |
|
(353 |
) |
73 |
|
|||||||
Other income |
|
|
|
29 |
|
22 |
|
(29 |
) |
22 |
|
|||||||
Total revenue |
|
229 |
|
2,240 |
|
709 |
|
(549 |
) |
2,629 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Costs and Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Cost of goods sold |
|
|
|
2,003 |
|
441 |
|
(158 |
) |
2,286 |
|
|||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
|
112 |
|
32 |
|
(38 |
) |
106 |
|
|||||||
Research and development |
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|||||||
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
|
2,125 |
|
473 |
|
(196 |
) |
2,402 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Before Interest and Taxes |
|
229 |
|
115 |
|
236 |
|
(353 |
) |
227 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Interest income |
|
|
|
8 |
|
1 |
|
(7 |
) |
2 |
|
|||||||
Interest expense |
|
(24 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
7 |
|
(19 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Before Taxes |
|
205 |
|
123 |
|
235 |
|
(353 |
) |
210 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income taxes |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
(4 |
) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Income |
|
205 |
|
122 |
|
231 |
|
(353 |
) |
205 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Distributions on members preferred interests |
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Attributed to Members Interests |
|
$ |
199 |
|
$ |
122 |
|
$ |
231 |
|
$ |
(353 |
) |
$ |
199 |
|
||
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Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (continued)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the three months ended September 30, 2003
(Unaudited)
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net sales |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
1,501 |
|
$ |
317 |
|
$ |
(116 |
) |
$ |
1,702 |
|
||
Equity in income of affiliates, net |
|
44 |
|
4 |
|
22 |
|
(67 |
) |
3 |
|
|||||||
Other income |
|
|
|
23 |
|
18 |
|
(18 |
) |
23 |
|
|||||||
Total revenue |
|
44 |
|
1,528 |
|
357 |
|
(201 |
) |
1,728 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Costs and Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Cost of goods sold |
|
|
|
1,369 |
|
288 |
|
(107 |
) |
1,550 |
|
|||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
|
120 |
|
21 |
|
(27 |
) |
114 |
|
|||||||
Research and development |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
|||||||
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
|
1,510 |
|
309 |
|
(134 |
) |
1,685 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Before Interest and Taxes |
|
44 |
|
18 |
|
48 |
|
(67 |
) |
43 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Interest income |
|
|
|
4 |
|
2 |
|
(4 |
) |
2 |
|
|||||||
Interest expense |
|
(19 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
4 |
|
(19 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Before Taxes |
|
25 |
|
22 |
|
46 |
|
(67 |
) |
26 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Income |
|
25 |
|
22 |
|
45 |
|
(67 |
) |
25 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Distributions on members preferred interests |
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Attributed to Members Interests |
|
$ |
19 |
|
$ |
22 |
|
$ |
45 |
|
$ |
(67 |
) |
$ |
19 |
|
||
15
Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (continued)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the nine months ended September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net sales |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
5,863 |
|
$ |
1,181 |
|
$ |
(426 |
) |
$ |
6,618 |
|
||
Equity in income of affiliates, net |
|
475 |
|
5 |
|
378 |
|
(714 |
) |
144 |
|
|||||||
Other income |
|
|
|
59 |
|
65 |
|
(62 |
) |
62 |
|
|||||||
Total revenue |
|
475 |
|
5,927 |
|
1,624 |
|
(1,202 |
) |
6,824 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Costs and Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Cost of goods sold |
|
|
|
5,346 |
|
1,057 |
|
(397 |
) |
6,006 |
|
|||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
|
331 |
|
76 |
|
(91 |
) |
316 |
|
|||||||
Research and development |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
|
|||||||
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
|
5,708 |
|
1,133 |
|
(488 |
) |
6,353 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Before Interest and Taxes |
|
475 |
|
219 |
|
491 |
|
(714 |
) |
471 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Interest income |
|
|
|
17 |
|
5 |
|
(16 |
) |
6 |
|
|||||||
Interest expense |
|
(65 |
) |
(1 |
) |
(6 |
) |
16 |
|
(56 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Before Taxes |
|
410 |
|
235 |
|
490 |
|
(714 |
) |
421 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income taxes |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
(10 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Income |
|
410 |
|
234 |
|
480 |
|
(714 |
) |
410 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Distributions on members preferred interests |
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income Attributed to Members Interests |
|
$ |
393 |
|
$ |
234 |
|
$ |
480 |
|
$ |
(714 |
) |
$ |
393 |
|
||
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Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (continued)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Operations
For the nine months ended September 30, 2003
(Unaudited)
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
||||||
Revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net sales |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
4,596 |
|
$ |
931 |
|
$ |
(328 |
) |
$ |
5,199 |
|
||
Equity in income (loss) of affiliates, net |
|
35 |
|
3 |
|
(21 |
) |
8 |
|
25 |
|
|||||||
Other income |
|
|
|
66 |
|
60 |
|
(72 |
) |
54 |
|
|||||||
Total revenue |
|
35 |
|
4,665 |
|
970 |
|
(392 |
) |
5,278 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Costs and Expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Cost of goods sold |
|
|
|
4,306 |
|
860 |
|
(302 |
) |
4,864 |
|
|||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
|
368 |
|
71 |
|
(98 |
) |
341 |
|
|||||||
Research and development |
|
|
|
44 |
|
|
|
|
|
44 |
|
|||||||
Total costs and expenses |
|
|
|
4,718 |
|
931 |
|
(400 |
) |
5,249 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income (Loss) Before Interest and Taxes |
|
35 |
|
(53 |
) |
39 |
|
8 |
|
29 |
|
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Interest income |
|
|
|
10 |
|
6 |
|
(10 |
) |
6 |
|
|||||||
Interest expense |
|
(57 |
) |
(1 |
) |
(6 |
) |
10 |
|
(54 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income (Loss) Before Taxes |
|
(22 |
) |
(44 |
) |
39 |
|
8 |
|
(19 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Net Income (Loss) |
|
(22 |
) |
(44 |
) |
36 |
|
8 |
|
(22 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Distributions on members preferred interests |
|
(17 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17 |
) |
|||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
Income (Loss) Attributed to Members Interests |
|
$ |
(39 |
) |
$ |
(44 |
) |
$ |
36 |
|
$ |
8 |
|
$ |
(39 |
) |
||
17
Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (continued)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
|||||||
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
10 |
|
$ |
22 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
32 |
|
|||
Accounts receivable, net |
|
206 |
|
863 |
|
956 |
|
(773 |
) |
1,252 |
|
||||||||
Inventories |
|
|
|
494 |
|
154 |
|
|
|
648 |
|
||||||||
Other current assets |
|
2 |
|
28 |
|
7 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
||||||||
Total current assets |
|
208 |
|
1,395 |
|
1,139 |
|
(773 |
) |
1,969 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
|
3,459 |
|
326 |
|
|
|
3,785 |
|
||||||||
Investments in and advances to affiliates |
|
6,372 |
|
65 |
|
5,866 |
|
(11,450 |
) |
853 |
|
||||||||
Other assets and deferred charges |
|
21 |
|
1,278 |
|
28 |
|
(1,256 |
) |
71 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total Assets |
|
$ |
6,601 |
|
$ |
6,197 |
|
$ |
7,359 |
|
$ |
(13,479 |
) |
$ |
6,678 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
49 |
|
$ |
855 |
|
$ |
677 |
|
$ |
(773 |
) |
$ |
808 |
|
|||
Secured borrowings and other debt |
|
|
|
1 |
|
205 |
|
|
|
206 |
|
||||||||
Other current liabilities and deferred credits |
|
66 |
|
173 |
|
27 |
|
|
|
266 |
|
||||||||
Total current liabilities |
|
115 |
|
1,029 |
|
909 |
|
(773 |
) |
1,280 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Long-term debt |
|
1,328 |
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,337 |
|
||||||||
Other liabilities and deferred credits |
|
1,230 |
|
93 |
|
34 |
|
(1,256 |
) |
101 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total liabilities |
|
2,673 |
|
1,131 |
|
943 |
|
(2,029 |
) |
2,718 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Members preferred interests |
|
175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
175 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Members capital |
|
3,753 |
|
5,066 |
|
6,384 |
|
(11,450 |
) |
3,753 |
|
||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total Liabilities and Members Equity |
|
$ |
6,601 |
|
$ |
6,197 |
|
$ |
7,359 |
|
$ |
(13,479 |
) |
$ |
6,678 |
|
|||
18
Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (continued)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheet
December 31, 2003
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
|||||||
Current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
12 |
|
$ |
31 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
43 |
|
|||
Accounts receivable, net |
|
203 |
|
437 |
|
694 |
|
(472 |
) |
862 |
|
||||||||
Inventories |
|
|
|
565 |
|
135 |
|
|
|
700 |
|
||||||||
Other current assets |
|
1 |
|
24 |
|
6 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
||||||||
Total current assets |
|
204 |
|
1,038 |
|
866 |
|
(472 |
) |
1,636 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, net |
|
|
|
3,538 |
|
326 |
|
|
|
3,864 |
|
||||||||
Investments in and advances to affiliates |
|
5,841 |
|
66 |
|
5,407 |
|
(10,641 |
) |
673 |
|
||||||||
Other assets and deferred charges |
|
22 |
|
1,160 |
|
26 |
|
(1,139 |
) |
69 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total Assets |
|
$ |
6,067 |
|
$ |
5,802 |
|
$ |
6,625 |
|
$ |
(12,252 |
) |
$ |
6,242 |
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Accounts payable |
|
$ |
6 |
|
$ |
755 |
|
$ |
378 |
|
$ |
(472 |
) |
$ |
667 |
|
|||
Secured borrowings and other debt |
|
|
|
1 |
|
313 |
|
|
|
314 |
|
||||||||
Other current liabilities and deferred credits |
|
45 |
|
141 |
|
17 |
|
|
|
203 |
|
||||||||
Total current liabilities |
|
51 |
|
897 |
|
708 |
|
(472 |
) |
1,184 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Long-term debt |
|
1,179 |
|
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
1,189 |
|
||||||||
Other liabilities and deferred credits |
|
1,109 |
|
108 |
|
31 |
|
(1,139 |
) |
109 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total liabilities |
|
2,339 |
|
1,015 |
|
739 |
|
(1,611 |
) |
2,482 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Members preferred interests |
|
250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
250 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Members capital |
|
3,478 |
|
4,787 |
|
5,854 |
|
(10,641 |
) |
3,478 |
|
||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
32 |
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Total Liabilities and Members Equity |
|
$ |
6,067 |
|
$ |
5,802 |
|
$ |
6,625 |
|
$ |
(12,252 |
) |
$ |
6,242 |
|
|||
19
Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (continued)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the nine months ended September 30, 2004
(Unaudited)
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
|||||
Cash Flows From Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net income |
|
$ |
410 |
|
$ |
234 |
|
$ |
480 |
|
$ |
(714 |
) |
$ |
410 |
|
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash flows provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Depreciation, amortization and retirements |
|
|
|
194 |
|
16 |
|
|
|
210 |
|
||||||
Undistributed equity in income of affiliates, net |
|
(471 |
) |
(5 |
) |
(366 |
) |
710 |
|
(132 |
) |
||||||
Changes in operating working capital |
|
40 |
|
(177 |
) |
(32 |
) |
|
|
(169 |
) |
||||||
Other operating cash flow activity |
|
122 |
|
(138 |
) |
1 |
|
|
|
(15 |
) |
||||||
Net cash flows provided by operating activities |
|
101 |
|
108 |
|
99 |
|
(4 |
) |
304 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash Flows From Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Capital and investment expenditures |
|
|
|
(114 |
) |
(31 |
) |
|
|
(145 |
) |
||||||
Investments in and advances to Q-Chem |
|
|
|
|
|
(28 |
) |
|
|
(28 |
) |
||||||
Other investing cash flow activity |
|
(61 |
) |
5 |
|
1 |
|
61 |
|
6 |
|
||||||
Net cash flows used in investing activities |
|
(61 |
) |
(109 |
) |
(58 |
) |
61 |
|
(167 |
) |
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash Flows From Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Increase in commercial paper, net |
|
148 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
148 |
|
||||||
Decrease in secured borrowings, net |
|
|
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
|
|
(100 |
) |
||||||
Decrease in other debt, net |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
(7 |
) |
|
|
(8 |
) |
||||||
Redemptions of members preferred interests |
|
(75 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(75 |
) |
||||||
Distributions on members preferred interests |
|
(47 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(47 |
) |
||||||
Other distributions to members |
|
(66 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(66 |
) |
||||||
Contributions from members |
|
|
|
|
|
57 |
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
||||||
Net cash flows used in financing activities |
|
(40 |
) |
(1 |
) |
(50 |
) |
(57 |
) |
(148 |
) |
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net Decrease in Cash and Cash Equivalents |
|
|
|
(2 |
) |
(9 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period |
|
|
|
12 |
|
31 |
|
|
|
43 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
10 |
|
$ |
22 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
32 |
|
20
Note 11. Condensed Consolidating Financial Statements (continued)
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LLC
Condensed Consolidating Statement of Cash Flows
For the nine months ended September 30, 2003
(Unaudited)
Millions |
|
|
LLC |
|
LP |
|
Other |
|
Eliminations |
|
Total |
|
|||||
Cash Flows From Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
(22 |
) |
$ |
(44 |
) |
$ |
36 |
|
$ |
8 |
|
$ |
(22 |
) |
|
Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash flows provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Depreciation, amortization and retirements |
|
|
|
213 |
|
12 |
|
|
|
225 |
|
||||||
Undistributed equity in losses (income) of affiliates, net |
|
(35 |
) |
(3 |
) |
32 |
|
(8 |
) |
(14 |
) |
||||||
Changes in operating working capital |
|
21 |
|
(34 |
) |
(77 |
) |
|
|
(90 |
) |
||||||
Other operating cash flow activity |
|
48 |
|
(18 |
) |
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
||||||
Net cash flows provided by operating activities |
|
12 |
|
114 |
|
3 |
|
|
|
129 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash Flows From Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Capital and investment expenditures |
|
|
|
(109 |
) |
(43 |
) |
|
|
(152 |
) |
||||||
Investments in and advances to Q-Chem |
|
|
|
|
|
(94 |
) |
|
|
(94 |
) |
||||||
Other investing cash flow activity |
|
(118 |
) |
1 |
|
|
|
118 |
|
1 |
|
||||||
Net cash flows used in investing activities |
|
(118 |
) |
(108 |
) |
(137 |
) |
118 |
|
(245 |
) |
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash Flows From Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Increase in commercial paper, net |
|
74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
74 |
|
||||||
Increase in secured borrowings, net |
|
|
|
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
10 |
|
||||||
Increase (decrease) in other debt, net |
|
|
|
(1 |
) |
4 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
||||||
Contributions from members |
|
32 |
|
|
|
118 |
|
(118 |
) |
32 |
|
||||||
Net cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities |
|
106 |
|
(1 |
) |
132 |
|
(118 |
) |
119 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Net Increase (Decrease) in Cash and Cash Equivalents |
|
|
|
5 |
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
3 |
|
||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at Beginning of Period |
|
|
|
9 |
|
30 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents at End of Period |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
14 |
|
$ |
28 |
|
$ |
|
|
$ |
42 |
|
21
ITEM 2. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
This discussion should be read in conjunction with the condensed consolidated financial statements and notes preceding this discussion, and with Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the consolidated financial statements and notes included in CPChems Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
Results of Operations
|
|
Three months ended |
|
Nine months ended |
|
|||||||||
Millions |
|
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2003 |
|
||||
Income (loss) before interest and taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||
Olefins & Polyolefins |
|
$ |
118 |
|
$ |
45 |
|
$ |
277 |
|
$ |
5 |
|
|
Aromatics & Styrenics |
|
101 |
|
(1 |
) |
163 |
|
22 |
|
|||||
Specialty Products |
|
14 |
|
8 |
|
48 |
|
28 |
|
|||||
Corporate & Other |
|
(6 |
) |
(9 |
) |
(17 |
) |
(26 |
) |
|||||
Consolidated |
|
227 |
|
43 |
|
471 |
|
29 |
|
|||||
Net interest expense and income taxes |
|
(22 |
) |
(18 |
) |
(61 |
) |
(51 |
) |
|||||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
205 |
|
$ |
25 |
|
$ |
410 |
|
$ |
(22 |
) |
|
Net income for the three-month period ended September 30, 2004 was $205 million compared with $25 million during the same three-month period in 2003. Consolidated net sales revenues increased in the 2004 period on higher overall sales prices and volumes, while equity earnings improved $70 million, primarily attributable to increased earnings from SCP and Q-Chem. Cost of Goods Sold increased as a result of higher overall sales volumes and feedstock costs. Research and Development expenses were lower in 2004, as 2003 included costs associated with the closure of a research and technology pilot plant facility described below.
During the third quarter of 2004, several of CPChems facilities were temporarily shut down due to hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico. No significant damages to the facilities were sustained. Production has been restored at the affected facilities.
Net income for the first nine months of 2004 was $410 million, representing a $432 million improvement over the $22 million loss recorded in the same period in 2003. Consolidated net sales revenue increased in the 2004 period on higher overall sales prices and volumes, while equity earnings improved $119 million, primarily on improved results from SCP and Q-Chem. Cost of Goods Sold rose in the 2004 period, primarily due to an increase in sales volumes and feedstock costs.
Included in 2003 results were charges to Selling, General and Administrative (SG&A) expense for CPChems share of certain ChevronTexaco and ConocoPhillips legal settlements and accruals relating to CPChems facilities ($13 million in the first half of the year), accelerated depreciation related to the closure of the UDEX benzene extraction unit at CPChems Port Arthur, Texas facility ($4 million for the three months and $10 million for the nine months) and employee termination benefit charges to SG&A expense in connection with announced workforce reductions ($3 million for the three months and $12 million for the nine months). Also included in 2003 was a third-quarter $9 million charge to Research and Development depreciation expense related to the permanent closure of a research and technology pilot plant facility in Orange, Texas and a third-quarter $7 million net benefit recorded (an $11 million benefit to Other Income and a $4 million charge to SG&A expense) as a result of a refund from a sales and use tax audit.
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Included in third-quarter 2003 earnings was a $9 million charge related to the permanent closure of the research and technology pilot plant facility, partially offset by a $5 million net benefit for Olefins & Polyolefins share of the refund from the sales and use tax audit.
Olefins & Polyolefins income before interest and taxes totaled $277 million for the nine months of 2004, representing an increase of $272 million when compared with the same-period income before interest and taxes of $5 million in 2003. Higher revenues from increased overall sales prices and volumes were partially offset by higher feedstock costs. Earnings in the 2003 period included the $6 million LIFO inventory gain. Most product lines earnings were higher in the 2004 period, primarily olefins and polyethylene. Equity earnings also increased significantly, driven primarily by improved results from Q-Chem.
Results in the nine-month period in 2003 included $13 million of charges for the ChevronTexaco and ConocoPhillips legal settlements and accruals. Also included in 2003 was a $9 million charge related to the closure of the research and technology pilot plant facility, partially offset by a $5 million net benefit for Olefins & Polyolefins share of the refund from the sales and use tax audit.
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Aromatics & Styrenics income before interest and taxes totaled $163 million for the nine months of 2004 compared with $22 million in the same period in 2003. Revenues increased across most product lines as a result of higher sales prices. Earnings benefited in 2004 from higher benzene prices and significantly higher equity earnings from SCP, partially offset by higher feedstock costs. Improved results in the 2004 period were also partially attributable to the actions taken in 2003 to close the UDEX unit and idle the Port Arthur cumene plant.
Included in 2003 results was accelerated depreciation related to the closure of the UDEX unit totaling $4 million for the three-month period and $10 million for the nine-month period.
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Results in 2003 included a $2 million net benefit recorded in the third quarter for Specialty Products share of the refund from the sales and use tax audit.
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Outlook
CPChem maintains its focus on operational reliability, improving margins and increasing sales volumes as the global economy continues to show signs of recovery. While higher sales volumes and prices have bolstered CPChems earnings in the first nine months of 2004, escalating feedstock and fuel costs, driven by persistently high energy prices, are limiting margin improvements for most products. Results from CPChems joint ventures in the Middle East have been strong due in part to good market conditions and favorable local feedstock costs.
Various industry analysts have recently noted that improving global chemical demand, low inventories and capacity limitations are providing support for product price increases. Furthermore, the view of these analysts is that such conditions will likely continue through 2006 and into 2007.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
Cash balances were $32 million at September 30, 2004 and $43 million at December 31, 2003, of which $22 million and $31 million, respectively, were held by foreign subsidiaries. CPChems objective is to minimize cash balances in its worldwide operations while utilizing its commercial paper program for daily operating requirements.
Operating Activities
Cash provided by operating activities totaled $304 million during the first nine months of 2004 compared with $129 million during the same period in 2003. The improvement was driven primarily by higher earnings in 2004.
Investing Activities
Capital and investment expenditures totaled $145 million during the first nine months of 2004, compared with $152 million in the prior-year period. Approximately $106 million of 2004 expenditures was invested in Olefins & Polyolefins, $29 million in Aromatics & Styrenics, $7 million in Specialty Products and the remaining $3 million in corporate-level expenditures. In addition, CPChem invested $28 million in additional shares of Q-Chem in the 2004 period. In the first nine months of 2003, CPChem invested $9 million in additional shares of Q-Chem and advanced $85 million to Q-Chem.
For the year 2004, CPChem expects to invest a total of approximately $200 million in capital and investment expenditures. No further advances to or investments in Q-Chem are expected in 2004.
See Note 6 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for further discussion of commitments relating to Q-Chem and the JCP Project.
Financing Activities
Cash used in financing activities totaled $148 million in the first nine months of 2004 compared to $119 million provided by financing activities in the prior-year period. Commercial paper balances outstanding increased $148 million during the 2004 period compared with a $74 million increase during the 2003 period. Secured borrowings under the accounts receivable securitization program decreased $100 million during 2004. Also included in 2004 financing activities was a $75 million voluntary redemption of members preferred interests, $47 million of distributions on members preferred interests and $66 million of distributions to members to fund the members estimated federal and state income tax liabilities attributable to CPChem. Activities in the 2003 period included $32 million of contributions from members.
In the second quarter of 2004, CPChem renewed its $300 million trade receivables securitization agreement on terms substantially identical to those of the prior agreement. The new agreement expires on May 17, 2005. At September 30, 2004, $200 million was outstanding under the agreement.
On July 30, 2004, CPChem entered into an $800 million five-year credit facility with various banks that is used to provide backup committed credit for the commercial paper program. Effective with the closing of the new credit facility, CPChem terminated the existing $400 million 364-day and $400 million three-year credit facilities. The new credit agreement contains substantially the same terms as the terminated three-year agreement. There were no borrowings outstanding under the credit agreement at September 30, 2004.
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CPChem believes that cash requirements over the next 12 months will be funded through a combination of cash on hand, cash flows from operations and commercial paper. CPChem is not aware of any conditions that exist as of the date of this report that would cause any of its debt obligations to be in or at risk of default. In addition, CPChem does not have any debt obligations whose maturities would be accelerated as the result of a credit rating downgrade.
Contingent Liabilities. See Note 8 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of contingent liabilities.
New Accounting Pronouncements. See Note 2 of Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of new accounting pronouncements.
This Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Such statements can generally be identified with words and phrases such as believes, expects, anticipates, should, estimates or other words and phrases of similar meaning. Where CPChem expresses an expectation or belief as to future events or results, there can be no assurance that the expectation or belief will result, be achieved or be accomplished. Where any such forward-looking statement includes a statement of the assumptions or bases underlying such forward-looking statement, CPChem believes such assumptions or bases to be reasonable and to be made in good faith. Assumed facts or bases almost always vary from actual results, and the differences between assumed facts or bases and actual results can be material, depending on the circumstances. The more significant factors that, if erroneous, could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed include, among others: the timing and duration of periods of expansion and contraction within the chemicals business; plans for the construction, modernization, start-up or de-bottlenecking of domestic and foreign chemical plants; prices of feedstocks, energy and products; force majeure events; accidents; labor relations; political risks; terrorist acts; war; changes in foreign and domestic laws, rules and regulations and the interpretation and enforcement thereof; regulatory decisions relating to taxes, the environment and human resources; the global economy; results of financing efforts; and overall financial market conditions. All forward-looking statements in this Form 10-Q are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in this section. CPChem does not undertake to update, revise or correct any of the forward-looking information.
ITEM 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
CPChems exposure to market risk is described in Item 7A of its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003. CPChem believes its exposure to market risk has not changed materially at September 30, 2004.
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ITEM 4. Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, and with the participation of management, CPChems Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of CPChems disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)). Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have concluded that CPChems disclosure controls and procedures are effective in providing them with timely material information that is required to be disclosed in reports CPChem files under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act. There were no changes in CPChems internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Securities Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, CPChems internal control over financial reporting.
PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. Legal Proceedings
The following are descriptions of reportable legal proceedings involving governmental authorities under federal, state and local laws regulating the discharge of materials into the environment. While it is not possible to predict with certainty the outcome of an unresolved proceeding, if the proceedings described below were decided adversely to CPChem, CPChem expects that there would be no material adverse effect on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity. Nevertheless, such proceedings are reported pursuant to SEC regulations.
CPChem is a party to certain agreements with ChevronTexaco and ConocoPhillips relating to the operation of facilities at which CPChem and either ChevronTexaco or ConocoPhillips have common operations. In December 2002, the U.S. Department of Justice (the DOJ) notified ConocoPhillips of various alleged violations of the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit at its Sweeny, Texas facility. The DOJ asserts that these alleged violations occurred at various times during the period beginning January 1997 through July 2002. On September 30, 2004 and October 4, 2004, the DOJ filed papers evidencing the parties agreement to resolve the matter through the payment of a civil penalty and performance of a Supplemental Environmental Project (SEP) for a combined value of $700,000. ConocoPhillips has advised CPChem that it is seeking a portion of the assessment from CPChem pursuant to an agreement relating to the operation of common facilities at the Sweeny complex.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the EPA) and the DOJ previously informed CPChem that they were considering a civil enforcement action against CPChem related to inspections performed in mid-2000 of CPChems facility in Pasadena, Texas. This civil enforcement action stemmed from alleged violations of Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act and related regulations, largely in connection with fires that occurred at the Pasadena facilitys K-Resin® styrene-butadiene copolymer (SBC) unit in 1999 and 2000. On September 27, 2004, CPChem reached an agreement with the EPA and the DOJ to resolve the matter for a $1.8 million civil penalty and performance of SEPs with a value of $1.2 million. The Contribution Agreement under which CPChem was formed provides for ConocoPhillips to indemnify CPChem for all liabilities associated with the 2000 K-Resin® SBC unit fire. Accordingly, CPChem has advised ConocoPhillips that it is seeking a portion of the assessment from ConocoPhillips.
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In August 2004, the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality (the TCEQ) conducted an annual air compliance inspection at CPChems facility in Port Arthur, Texas. CPChem subsequently received a Notice of Enforcement relating to various issues but, as of the date of this report, has not received a proposed Agreed Order with any recommended penalty amount. CPChem is in discussions with the TCEQ in an effort to rescind certain of the alleged violations.
In late 2001, CPChem received a Notice of Violation (NOV) from the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, now the TCEQ, following an inspection of the solid waste management program at CPChems Cedar Bayou facility in Baytown, Texas. The NOV pertained to the historical management of an on-site impoundment. CPChem agreed to conduct an investigation of the unit and, in late June 2004, completed the investigation. The TCEQ and CPChem are scheduled to meet to discuss the details of any necessary remediation or other response action associated with the impoundment.
CPChem is a party to a number of other legal proceedings for which, in many instances, no provision has been made in the financial statements. While the final outcome of these proceedings cannot be predicted with certainty, CPChem believes that none of these proceedings, when resolved, will have a material adverse effect on consolidated results of operations, financial position or liquidity.
ITEM 6. Exhibits
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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