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Press Release
November 3, 2016
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HollyFrontier Corporation Reports Quarterly Results

Dallas, Texas, November 3, 2016 ‑‑ HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE:HFC) (“HollyFrontier” or the “Company”) today reported third quarter net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $74.5 million or $0.42 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2016, compared to $196.3 million or $1.04 per diluted share for the quarter ended September 30, 2015.

For the third quarter, net income attributable to our stockholders, exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and related tax effects, decreased by $276.0 million compared to the same period of 2015, principally reflecting lower refining margins. Production levels averaged approximately 457,000 barrels per day ("BPD") and crude oil charges averaged 444,000 BPD for the current quarter. On a per barrel basis, consolidated refinery gross margin was $9.83 per produced barrel, a 50% decrease compared to $19.85 for the third quarter of 2015. Total operating expenses for the quarter were $256.2 million compared to $265.4 million for the third quarter of last year, and refining operating expenses averaged $5.49 per produced barrel sold compared to $5.46 per barrel for the same period of 2015. A reconciliation of actual to adjusted amounts are shown in the accompanying reconciliations to amounts reported under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles tables.

HollyFrontier’s President & CEO, George Damiris, commented, “Excellent operational reliability and continued progress on controlling operating and capital spending were overshadowed by weak industry margins, a diminishing crude advantage and escalating costs associated with the RFS mandate during the quarter.  Given our balance sheet strength and excellent liquidity position, HollyFrontier remains well positioned to withstand the challenging operating environment and exploit potential opportunities. Last week, we announced the acquisition of Suncor Energy’s Petro-Canada Lubricants business ("PCLI").  PCLI will diversify HollyFrontier’s earnings stream through the addition of a differentiated high-margin business that generates more stable cash flows.  We anticipate that lubricants will represent more than 20% of normalized refining EBITDA and a higher percentage in a low fuels margin year like 2016.  We believe increased scale in high-margin, lower volatility lubricants, alongside our high-quality refining and midstream business will drive continued value creation for our shareholders.”
 
For the third quarter of 2016, net cash provided by operations totaled $133.9 million. During the period , we declared a dividend of $0.33 per share to shareholders totaling $58.4 million. At September 30, 2016, our combined balance of cash and short-term investments totaled $478.2 million and our consolidated debt was $1,665.6 million. Our debt, exclusive of Holly Energy Partners' debt, which is nonrecourse to HollyFrontier, was $595.0 million at September 30, 2016.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, November 3, 2016, at 8:30 AM Eastern Time to discuss third quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1120080. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through November 17, 2016.

HollyFrontier Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products. HollyFrontier operates through its subsidiaries a 135,000 barrels per stream day (“BPSD”) refinery located in El Dorado, Kansas, two refinery facilities with a combined capacity of 125,000 BPSD located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 100,000 BPSD refinery located in Artesia, New Mexico, a 52,000 BPSD refinery located in Cheyenne, Wyoming and a 45,000 BPSD refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. HollyFrontier markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S.,

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the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. A subsidiary of HollyFrontier also owns a 37% interest (including the general partner interest) in Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

The following is a “safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” based on management’s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in the Company’s markets, the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products, the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil, the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products, the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines, effects of governmental and environmental regulations and policies, the availability and cost of financing to the Company, the effectiveness of the Company’s capital investments and marketing strategies, the Company’s efficiency in carrying out construction projects, the ability of the Company to acquire refined product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any future acquired operations, 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 the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. 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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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (all information in this release is unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Change from 2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
Change
 
Percent
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues
$
2,847,270

 
$
3,585,823

 
$
(738,553
)
 
(21
)%
Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)
2,341,837

 
2,653,859

 
(312,022
)
 
(12
)
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment
312

 
225,451

 
(225,139
)
 
(100
)
 
2,342,149

 
2,879,310

 
(537,161
)
 
(19
)
Operating expenses
256,232

 
265,398

 
(9,166
)
 
(3
)
General and administrative expenses
32,994

 
30,746

 
2,248

 
7

Depreciation and amortization
91,130

 
87,764

 
3,366

 
4

Total operating costs and expenses
2,722,505

 
3,263,218

 
(540,713
)
 
(17
)
Income from operations
124,765

 
322,605

 
(197,840
)
 
(61
)
Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings of equity method investments
3,767

 
1,269

 
2,498

 
197

Interest income
778

 
673

 
105

 
16

Interest expense
(19,550
)
 
(11,102
)
 
(8,448
)
 
76

Gain on sale of assets and other
107

 
7,228

 
(7,121
)
 
(99
)
 
(14,898
)
 
(1,932
)
 
(12,966
)
 
671

Income before income taxes
109,867

 
320,673

 
(210,806
)
 
(66
)
Income tax expense
22,196

 
110,066

 
(87,870
)
 
(80
)
Net income
87,671

 
210,607

 
(122,936
)
 
(58
)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
13,174

 
14,285

 
(1,111
)
 
(8
)
Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
$
74,497

 
$
196,322

 
$
(121,825
)
 
(62
)%
Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
0.42

 
$
1.05

 
$
(0.63
)
 
(60
)%
Diluted
$
0.42

 
$
1.04

 
$
(0.62
)
 
(60
)%
Cash dividends declared per common share
$
0.33

 
$
0.33

 
$

 
 %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
175,871

 
187,208

 
(11,337
)
 
(6
)%
Diluted
175,993

 
187,344

 
(11,351
)
 
(6
)%
EBITDA
$
206,595

 
$
404,581

 
$
(197,986
)
 
(49
)%
Adjusted EBITDA
$
206,907

 
$
630,032

 
$
(423,125
)
 
(67
)%


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Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
Change from 2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
Change
 
Percent
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues
$
7,580,632

 
$
10,294,361

 
$
(2,713,729
)
 
(26
)%
Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)

6,215,155

 
7,792,707

 
(1,577,552
)
 
(20
)
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment

(194,282
)
 
83,425

 
(277,707
)
 
(333
)
 
6,020,873

 
7,876,132

 
(1,855,259
)
 
(24
)
Operating expenses
760,151

 
775,159

 
(15,008
)
 
(2
)
General and administrative expenses
88,270

 
86,432

 
1,838

 
2

Depreciation and amortization
269,433

 
255,579

 
13,854

 
5

Goodwill and asset impairment
654,084

 

 
654,084

 

Total operating costs and expenses
7,792,811

 
8,993,302

 
(1,200,491
)
 
(13
)
Income (loss) from operations
(212,179
)
 
1,301,059

 
(1,513,238
)
 
(116
)
Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings (loss) of equity method investments
10,155

 
(5,907
)
 
16,062

 
272

Interest income
1,380

 
2,403

 
(1,023
)
 
(43
)
Interest expense
(45,888
)
 
(31,813
)
 
(14,075
)
 
44

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
(8,718
)
 
(1,370
)
 
(7,348
)
 
536

Gain on sale of assets and other
300

 
8,867

 
(8,567
)
 
(97
)
 
(42,771
)
 
(27,820
)
 
(14,951
)
 
54

Income (loss) before income taxes
(254,950
)
 
1,273,239

 
(1,528,189
)
 
(120
)
Income tax expense
6,459

 
446,784

 
(440,325
)
 
(99
)
Net income (loss)
(261,409
)
 
826,455

 
(1,087,864
)
 
(132
)
Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
52,209

 
42,433

 
9,776

 
23

Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
$
(313,618
)
 
$
784,022

 
$
(1,097,640
)
 
(140
)%
Earnings (loss) per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
(1.78
)
 
$
4.09

 
$
(5.87
)
 
(144
)%
Diluted
$
(1.78
)
 
$
4.09

 
$
(5.87
)
 
(144
)%
Cash dividends declared per common share
$
0.99

 
$
0.98

 
$
0.01

 
1
 %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
176,157

 
191,182

 
(15,025
)
 
(8
)%
Diluted
176,157

 
191,282

 
(15,125
)
 
(8
)%
EBITDA
$
15,500

 
$
1,517,165

 
$
(1,501,665
)
 
(99
)%
Adjusted EBITDA
$
475,302

 
$
1,600,590

 
$
(1,125,288
)
 
(70
)%


Balance Sheet Data
 
September 30,
 
December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
(In thousands)
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities
$
478,163

 
$
210,552

Working capital
$
1,064,648

 
$
587,450

Total assets
$
8,596,448

 
$
8,388,299

Long-term debt
$
1,665,602

 
$
1,040,040

Total equity
$
5,220,401

 
$
5,809,773




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Segment Information

Our operations are organized into two reportable segments, Refining and HEP. Our operations that are not included in the Refining and HEP segments are included in Corporate and Other. Intersegment transactions are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements and are included in Consolidations and Eliminations. The Refining segment includes the operations of our El Dorado, Tulsa, Navajo, Cheyenne and Woods Cross refineries and HFC Asphalt (aggregated as a reportable segment). Refining activities involve the purchase and refining of crude oil and wholesale and branded marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel and jet fuel. These petroleum products are primarily marketed in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. Additionally, the Refining segment includes specialty lubricant products produced at our Tulsa refineries that are marketed throughout North America and are distributed in Central and South America. HFC Asphalt operates various asphalt terminals in Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma.

The HEP segment involves all of the operations of HEP, a consolidated variable interest entity, which owns and operates logistics assets consisting of petroleum product and crude oil pipelines, terminals, tankage, loading rack facilities and refinery process units in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. The HEP segment also includes a 75% interest in the UNEV Pipeline (an HEP consolidated subsidiary), a 50% ownership interest in each of the Frontier Pipeline, Osage Pipeline and the Cheyenne Pipeline and a 25% ownership interest in SLC Pipeline. Revenues from the HEP segment are earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations as well as revenues relating to pipeline transportation services provided for our refining operations. Due to certain basis differences, our reported amounts for the HEP segment may not agree to amounts reported in HEP's periodic public filings.

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Refining
 
HEP
 
Corporate and Other
 
Consolidations and Eliminations
 
Consolidated Total
 
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
2,832,195

 
$
92,611

 
$
11

 
$
(77,547
)
 
$
2,847,270

Depreciation and amortization
$
72,965

 
$
15,115

 
$
3,257

 
$
(207
)
 
$
91,130

Income (loss) from operations
$
113,438

 
$
46,879

 
$
(34,965
)
 
$
(587
)
 
$
124,765

Capital expenditures
$
79,346

 
$
15,557

 
$
2,529

 
$

 
$
97,432

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
3,571,192

 
$
88,389

 
$
104

 
$
(73,862
)
 
$
3,585,823

Depreciation and amortization
$
68,976

 
$
15,919

 
$
3,076

 
$
(207
)
 
$
87,764

Income (loss) from operations
$
310,810

 
$
43,702

 
$
(31,296
)
 
$
(611
)
 
$
322,605

Capital expenditures
$
141,645

 
$
13,469

 
$
1,870

 
$

 
$
156,984

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
7,530,804

 
$
289,517

 
$
168

 
$
(239,857
)
 
$
7,580,632

Depreciation and amortization
$
213,869

 
$
46,449

 
$
9,736

 
$
(621
)
 
$
269,433

Income (loss) from operations
$
(269,736
)
 
$
152,420

 
$
(93,017
)
 
$
(1,846
)
 
$
(212,179
)
Capital expenditures
$
332,646

 
$
48,224

 
$
6,607

 
$

 
$
387,477

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
10,246,965

 
$
261,624

 
$
473

 
$
(214,701
)
 
$
10,294,361

Depreciation and amortization
$
202,686

 
$
44,869

 
$
8,645

 
$
(621
)
 
$
255,579

Income (loss) from operations
$
1,261,024

 
$
128,746

 
$
(86,984
)
 
$
(1,727
)
 
$
1,301,059

Capital expenditures
$
379,712

 
$
83,312

 
$
10,873

 
$

 
$
473,897

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
September 30, 2016
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities
$
730

 
$
7,208

 
$
470,225

 
$

 
$
478,163

Total assets
$
6,629,916

 
$
1,640,344

 
$
610,174

 
$
(283,986
)
 
$
8,596,448

Long-term debt
$

 
$
1,070,615

 
$
594,987

 
$

 
$
1,665,602

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2015
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and total investments in marketable securities
$
91

 
$
15,013

 
$
195,448

 
$

 
$
210,552

Total assets
$
6,831,235

 
$
1,578,399

 
$
289,225

 
$
(310,560
)
 
$
8,388,299

Long-term debt
$

 
$
1,008,752

 
$
31,288

 
$

 
$
1,040,040




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Refining Operating Data

The following tables set forth information, including non-GAAP performance measures about our refinery operations. The cost of products and refinery gross and net operating margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.

 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Mid-Continent Region (El Dorado and Tulsa Refineries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
 
271,780

 
277,290

 
258,680

 
271,800

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
 
289,010

 
295,250

 
277,870

 
286,420

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
 
276,720

 
282,370

 
266,510

 
274,990

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
262,060

 
267,360

 
253,390

 
265,210

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
 
292,310

 
312,990

 
280,150

 
291,210

Refinery utilization (5)
 
104.5
%
 
106.7
%
 
99.5
%
 
104.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
 
$
61.71

 
$
74.15

 
$
56.61

 
$
75.34

Cost of products (7)
 
52.08

 
55.48

 
48.19

 
58.27

Refinery gross margin (8)
 
9.63

 
18.67

 
8.42

 
17.07

Refinery operating expenses (9)
 
4.70

 
4.79

 
4.87

 
4.68

Net operating margin (8)
 
$
4.93

 
$
13.88

 
$
3.55

 
$
12.39

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10)
 
$
4.26

 
$
4.34

 
$
4.44

 
$
4.33

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
 
62
%
 
60
%
 
58
%
 
60
%
Sour crude oil
 
15
%
 
24
%
 
17
%
 
22
%
Heavy sour crude oil
 
17
%
 
10
%
 
18
%
 
13
%
Other feedstocks and blends
 
6
%
 
6
%
 
7
%
 
5
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
 
51
%
 
49
%
 
49
%
 
48
%
Diesel fuels
 
33
%
 
34
%
 
34
%
 
35
%
Jet fuels
 
6
%
 
7
%
 
6
%
 
7
%
Fuel oil
 
1
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
Asphalt
 
3
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
 
2
%
Lubricants
 
5
%
 
4
%
 
5
%
 
4
%
LPG and other
 
1
%
 
3
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%



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Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Southwest Region (Navajo Refinery)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
 
100,180

 
104,910

 
99,990

 
100,100

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
 
109,350

 
115,660

 
110,020

 
111,490

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
 
107,940

 
113,890

 
108,660

 
109,750

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
107,010

 
111,080

 
110,240

 
111,330

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
 
110,270

 
117,320

 
111,850

 
120,040

Refinery utilization (5)
 
100.2
%
 
104.9
%
 
100.0
%
 
100.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
 
$
60.24

 
$
71.52

 
$
55.81

 
$
73.37

Cost of products (7)
 
50.74

 
51.65

 
46.64

 
54.45

Refinery gross margin (8)
 
9.50

 
19.87

 
9.17

 
18.92

Refinery operating expenses (9)
 
4.86

 
5.25

 
4.62

 
4.87

Net operating margin (8)
 
$
4.64

 
$
14.62

 
$
4.55

 
$
14.05

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10)
 
$
4.76

 
$
5.04

 
$
4.63

 
$
4.86

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
 
26
%
 
39
%
 
29
%
 
34
%
Sour crude oil
 
66
%
 
52
%
 
62
%
 
56
%
Other feedstocks and blends
 
8
%
 
9
%
 
9
%
 
10
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
 
52
%
 
52
%
 
54
%
 
54
%
Diesel fuels
 
42
%
 
43
%
 
41
%
 
39
%
Fuel oil
 
3
%
 
2
%
 
2
%
 
2
%
Asphalt
 
1
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
LPG and other
 
2
%
 
2
%
 
2
%
 
4
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
 
71,600

 
77,890

 
62,490

 
69,190

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
 
75,470

 
82,550

 
66,490

 
74,760

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
 
72,080

 
77,930

 
63,320

 
70,380

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
68,630

 
77,620

 
63,800

 
67,680

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
 
71,450

 
80,530

 
67,800

 
72,520

Refinery utilization (5)
 
73.8
%
 
93.8
%
 
71.3
%
 
83.4
%


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Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
 
$
61.89

 
$
74.53

 
$
56.76

 
$
73.79

Cost of products (7)
 
50.83

 
50.61

 
47.13

 
53.47

Refinery gross margin (8)
 
11.06

 
23.92

 
9.63

 
20.32

Refinery operating expenses (9)
 
9.48

 
8.10

 
10.14

 
9.64

Net operating margin (8)
 
$
1.58

 
$
15.82

 
$
(0.51
)
 
$
10.68

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10)
 
$
8.62

 
$
7.62

 
$
9.73

 
$
8.73

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
 
33
%
 
46
%
 
39
%
 
43
%
Heavy sour crude oil
 
42
%
 
36
%
 
37
%
 
37
%
Black wax crude oil
 
20
%
 
12
%
 
18
%
 
12
%
Other feedstocks and blends
 
5
%
 
6
%
 
6
%
 
8
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
 
58
%
 
57
%
 
59
%
 
57
%
Diesel fuels
 
34
%
 
38
%
 
34
%
 
37
%
Fuel oil
 
2
%
 
3
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
Asphalt
 
3
%
 
%
 
2
%
 
1
%
LPG and other
 
3
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
 
2
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
 
443,560

 
460,090

 
421,160

 
441,090

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
 
473,830

 
493,460

 
454,380

 
472,670

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
 
456,740

 
474,190

 
438,490

 
455,120

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
437,700

 
456,060

 
427,430

 
444,220

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
 
474,030

 
510,840

 
459,800

 
483,770

Refinery utilization (5)
 
97.1
%
 
103.9
%
 
94.1
%
 
99.6
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
 
$
61.38

 
$
73.57

 
$
56.43

 
$
74.61

Cost of products (7)
 
51.55

 
53.72

 
47.64

 
56.58

Refinery gross margin (8)
 
9.83

 
19.85

 
8.79

 
18.03

Refinery operating expenses (9)
 
5.49

 
5.46

 
5.59

 
5.48

Net operating margin (8)
 
$
4.34

 
$
14.39

 
$
3.20

 
$
12.55

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (10)
 
$
5.07

 
$
5.05

 
$
5.26

 
$
5.15

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
 
49
%
 
52
%
 
48
%
 
51
%
Sour crude oil
 
25
%
 
27
%
 
26
%
 
26
%
Heavy sour crude oil
 
17
%
 
12
%
 
16
%
 
14
%
Black wax crude oil
 
3
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
 
2
%
Other feedstocks and blends
 
6
%
 
7
%
 
7
%
 
7
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%


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Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
 
52
%
 
51
%
 
52
%
 
51
%
Diesel fuels
 
35
%
 
37
%
 
36
%
 
36
%
Jet fuels
 
4
%
 
4
%
 
4
%
 
4
%
Fuel oil
 
2
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
Asphalt
 
2
%
 
1
%
 
2
%
 
2
%
Lubricants
 
3
%
 
3
%
 
3
%
 
3
%
LPG and other
 
2
%
 
3
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
Total
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%

(1)
Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at our refineries.
(2)
Refinery throughput represents the barrels per day of crude and other refinery feedstocks input to the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(3)
Refinery production represents the barrels per day of refined products yielded from processing crude and other refinery feedstocks through the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(4)
Includes refined products purchased for resale.
(5)
Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity (BPSD). Effective July 1, 2016, our consolidated crude capacity increased from 443,000 BPSD to 457,000 BPSD upon completion of our Woods Cross Refinery expansion project.
(6)
Represents average per barrel amount for produced refined products sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
(7)
Transportation, terminal and refinery storage costs billed from HEP are included in cost of products.
(8)
Excludes lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments of $0.3 million and $225.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively, and $194.3 million and $83.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.
(9)
Represents operating expenses of our refineries, exclusive of depreciation and amortization.
(10)
Represents refinery operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization, divided by refinery throughput.



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Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Reconciliations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) and EBITDA excluding "non-cash" lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and goodwill and asset impairment charges ("Adjusted EBITDA") to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP") in financial statements.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, which we refer to as EBITDA, is calculated as net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision, and (iii) depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is calculated as EBITDA plus or minus (i) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and (ii) goodwill and asset impairment charges.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not calculations provided for under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; however, the amounts included in these calculations are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered as alternatives 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 and Adjusted EBITDA are not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. These are presented here because they are widely used financial indicators used by investors and analysts to measure performance.

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants.
Set forth below is our calculation of EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA.
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
 
$
74,497

 
$
196,322

 
$
(313,618
)
 
$
784,022

   Add income tax provision
 
22,196

 
110,066

 
6,459

 
446,784

   Add interest expense (1)
 
19,550

 
11,102

 
54,606

 
33,183

   Subtract interest income
 
(778
)
 
(673
)
 
(1,380
)
 
(2,403
)
   Add depreciation and amortization
 
91,130

 
87,764

 
269,433

 
255,579

EBITDA
 
$
206,595

 
$
404,581

 
$
15,500

 
$
1,517,165

   Add (subtract) lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment
 
312

 
225,451

 
(194,282
)
 
83,425

   Add goodwill and asset impairment
 

 

 
654,084

 

Adjusted EBITDA
 
$
206,907

 
$
630,032

 
$
475,302

 
$
1,600,590

(1) Includes loss on early extinguishment of debt of $8.7 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015, respectively.

Reconciliations of refinery operating information (non-GAAP performance measures) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Refinery gross margin and net operating margin are non-GAAP performance measures that are used by our management and others to compare our refining performance to that of other companies in our industry. We believe these margin measures are helpful to investors in evaluating our refining performance on a relative and absolute basis.

Refinery gross margin per barrel is the difference between average net sales price and average cost of products per barrel of produced refined products. Net operating margin per barrel is the difference between refinery gross margin and refinery operating expenses per barrel of produced refined products. These two margins do not include the non-cash effects of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments, depreciation and amortization or goodwill and asset impairment charges. Each of these component performance measures can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of income.

Other companies in our industry may not calculate these performance measures in the same manner.

Refinery Gross and Net Operating Margins

Below are reconciliations to our consolidated statements of income for (i) net sales, cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment) and operating expenses, in each case averaged per produced barrel sold, and (ii) net operating margin and refinery gross margin. Due to rounding of reported numbers, some amounts may not calculate exactly.

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Reconciliation of produced refined product sales to total sales and other revenues
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average sales price per produced barrel sold
 
$
61.38

 
$
73.57

 
$
56.43

 
$
74.61

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
437,700

 
456,060

 
427,430

 
444,220

Times number of days in period
 
92

 
92

 
274

 
273

Produced refined product sales
 
$
2,471,674

 
$
3,086,815

 
$
6,608,846

 
$
9,048,108

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total produced refined product sales
 
$
2,471,674

 
$
3,086,815

 
$
6,608,846

 
$
9,048,108

Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)    
 
207,698

 
350,633

 
500,509

 
777,024

Total refined product sales
 
2,679,372

 
3,437,448

 
7,109,355

 
9,825,132

Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
 
103,145

 
67,750

 
294,845

 
260,678

Add other refining segment revenue (3)    
 
49,678

 
65,994

 
126,604

 
161,155

Total refining segment revenue
 
2,832,195

 
3,571,192

 
7,530,804

 
10,246,965

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues
 
92,611

 
88,389

 
289,517

 
261,624

Add corporate and other revenues
 
11

 
104

 
168

 
473

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
 
(77,547
)
 
(73,862
)
 
(239,857
)
 
(214,701
)
Sales and other revenues
 
$
2,847,270

 
$
3,585,823

 
$
7,580,632

 
$
10,294,361


Reconciliation of average cost of products per produced barrel sold to cost of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment)
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average cost of products per produced barrel sold
 
$
51.55

 
$
53.72

 
$
47.64

 
$
56.58

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
437,700

 
456,060

 
427,430

 
444,220

Times number of days in period
 
92

 
92

 
274

 
273

Cost of products for produced products sold
 
$
2,075,836

 
$
2,253,958

 
$
5,579,398

 
$
6,861,573

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total cost of products for produced products sold
 
$
2,075,836

 
$
2,253,958

 
$
5,579,398

 
$
6,861,573

Add refined product costs from purchased products sold and rounding (1)
 
211,309

 
370,638

 
508,127

 
807,260

Total cost of refined products sold
 
2,287,145

 
2,624,596

 
6,087,525

 
7,668,833

Add crude oil cost of direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
 
104,187

 
65,338

 
297,494

 
254,529

Add other refining segment cost of products sold (4)    
 
22,922

 
36,823

 
54,222

 
81,265

Total refining segment cost of products sold
 
2,414,254

 
2,726,757

 
6,439,241

 
8,004,627

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
 
(72,417
)
 
(72,898
)
 
(224,086
)
 
(211,920
)
Costs of products sold (exclusive of lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment and depreciation and amortization)
 
$
2,341,837

 
$
2,653,859

 
$
6,215,155

 
$
7,792,707



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Reconciliation of average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold to total operating expenses
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold
 
$
5.49

 
$
5.46

 
$
5.59

 
$
5.48

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
437,700

 
456,060

 
427,430

 
444,220

Times number of days in period
 
92

 
92

 
274

 
273

Refinery operating expenses for produced products sold
 
$
221,074

 
$
229,088

 
$
654,677

 
$
664,571

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total refinery operating expenses for produced products sold
 
$
221,074

 
$
229,088

 
$
654,677

 
$
664,571

Add other refining segment operating expenses and rounding(5)
 
10,152

 
10,110

 
32,951

 
30,632

Total refining segment operating expenses
 
231,226

 
239,198

 
687,628

 
695,203

Add HEP segment operating expenses
 
27,952

 
25,095

 
82,030

 
78,350

Add corporate and other costs
 
1,390

 
1,251

 
3,797

 
2,039

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
 
(4,336
)
 
(146
)
 
(13,304
)
 
(433
)
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
 
$
256,232

 
$
265,398

 
$
760,151

 
$
775,159


Reconciliation of net operating margin per barrel to refinery gross margin per barrel to total sales and other revenues
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net operating margin per barrel
 
$
4.34

 
$
14.39

 
$
3.20

 
$
12.55

Add average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel
 
5.49

 
5.46

 
5.59

 
5.48

Refinery gross margin per barrel
 
9.83

 
19.85

 
8.79

 
18.03

Add average cost of products per produced barrel sold
 
51.55

 
53.72

 
47.64

 
56.58

Average sales price per produced barrel sold
 
$
61.38

 
$
73.57

 
$
56.43

 
$
74.61

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
 
437,700

 
456,060

 
427,430

 
444,220

Times number of days in period
 
92

 
92

 
274

 
273

Produced refined product sales
 
$
2,471,674

 
$
3,086,815

 
$
6,608,846

 
$
9,048,108

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total produced refined product sales
 
$
2,471,674

 
$
3,086,815

 
$
6,608,846

 
$
9,048,108

Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)    
 
207,698

 
350,633

 
500,509

 
777,024

Total refined product sales
 
2,679,372

 
3,437,448

 
7,109,355

 
9,825,132

Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
 
103,145

 
67,750

 
294,845

 
260,678

Add other refining segment revenue (3)    
 
49,678

 
65,994

 
126,604

 
161,155

Total refining segment revenue
 
2,832,195

 
3,571,192

 
7,530,804

 
10,246,965

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues
 
92,611

 
88,389

 
289,517

 
261,624

Add corporate and other revenues
 
11

 
104

 
168

 
473

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
 
(77,547
)
 
(73,862
)
 
(239,857
)
 
(214,701
)
Sales and other revenues
 
$
2,847,270

 
$
3,585,823

 
$
7,580,632

 
$
10,294,361

(1)    We purchase finished products to facilitate delivery to certain locations or to meet delivery commitments.
(2)
We purchase crude oil that at times exceeds the supply needs of our refineries. Quantities in excess of our needs are sold at market prices to purchasers of crude oil that are recorded on a gross basis with the sales price recorded as revenues and the corresponding acquisition cost as inventory and then upon sale as cost of products sold. Additionally, at times we enter into buy/sell exchanges of crude oil with certain parties to facilitate the delivery of quantities to certain locations that are netted at cost.
(3)
Other refining segment revenue includes the incremental revenues associated with HFC Asphalt, product purchased and sold forward for profit as market conditions and available storage capacity allows and miscellaneous revenue.
(4)
Other refining segment cost of products sold includes the incremental cost of products for HFC Asphalt, the incremental cost associated with storing product purchased and sold forward as market conditions and available storage capacity allows and miscellaneous costs.
(5)
Other refining segment operating expenses include the marketing costs associated with our refining segment and the operating expenses of HFC Asphalt.

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Reconciliation of net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders to adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders

Adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders is a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes non-cash lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustments and impairment charges. We believe this measure is helpful to investors and others in evaluating our financial performance and to compare our results to that of other companies in our industry. Similarly titled performance measures of other companies may not be calculated in the same manner.
 
 
Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
$
109,867

 
$
320,673

 
$
(254,950
)
 
$
1,273,239

Income tax expense
 
22,196

 
110,066

 
6,459

 
446,784

Net income (loss)
 
87,671

 
210,607

 
(261,409
)
 
826,455

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
 
13,174

 
14,285

 
52,209

 
42,433

Net income (loss) attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
 
74,497

 
196,322

 
(313,618
)
 
784,022

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
NonGAAP adjustments to arrive at adjusted results:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lower of cost or market inventory valuation adjustment (1)
 
312

 
225,451

 
(194,282
)
 
83,425

Impairment loss - long-lived assets (2)
 

 

 
344,766

 

Impairment loss - goodwill (2)
 

 

 
309,318

 

Total adjustments - pretax
 
312

 
225,451

 
459,802

 
83,425

Income tax expense
 
8,140

 
79,133

 
46,553

 
29,282

Total adjustments, net of tax
 
(7,828
)
 
146,318

 
413,249

 
54,143

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted results - NonGAAP:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted income before income taxes
 
110,179

 
546,124

 
204,852

 
1,356,664

Income tax expense
 
30,336

 
189,199

 
53,012

 
476,066

Adjusted net income
 
79,843

 
356,925

 
151,840

 
880,598

Less net income to noncontrolling interest
 
13,174

 
14,285

 
52,209

 
42,433

Adjusted net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
 
$
66,669

 
$
342,640

 
$
99,631

 
$
838,165

Adjusted earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
 
$
0.38

 
$
1.82

 
$
0.56

 
$
4.37


(1)
GAAP requires that inventories be stated at the lower of cost or market. We maintain an inventory valuation reserve, whereby inventory costs in excess of market values are written down to current replacement costs and charged to cost of products sold. The valuation reserve is reassessed quarterly, at which time an inventory valuation adjustment is recorded, as a new lower of cost or market inventory valuation reserve is established. Such inventory valuation adjustments result in non-cash charges or benefits.
(2)
Our goodwill is evaluated for impairment annually or when impairment indicators occur. In the second quarter of 2016, we determined that goodwill and long-lived assets of our Cheyenne Refinery had been impaired and recorded related impairment charges of $309.3 million and $344.8 million, respectively.


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Reconciliation of effective tax rate to adjusted effective tax rate
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2016
 
2016
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP
 
 
 
 
Income (loss) before income taxes
 
$
109,867

 
$
(254,950
)
Income tax expense
 
$
22,196

 
$
6,459

Effective tax rate for GAAP financial statements
 
20
%
 
(3
)%
 
 
 
 
 
Effect of NonGAAP adjustments (lower of cost or market inventory adjustments, goodwill and asset impairment)
 
8
%
 
29
 %
Adjusted - NonGAAP
 
 
 
 
Effective tax rate for adjusted results
 
28
%
 
26
 %


FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, Contact:

Douglas S. Aron, Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
Julia Heidenreich, Vice President
Investor Relations
HollyFrontier Corporation
214/954-6510


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