DPTS Marketing, LLC, the marketing joint venture in which our wholly owned subisdiary owns a 50% ownership interest, purchases barrels of crude oil from well operators at the wellhead and from first purchasers delivering to our crude by rail facility. We then coordinate the transportation of the purchased crude oil to a purchaser at a location determined by the purchaser. Potential purchasers include; storage facilities, blending facilities, distributors and refineries. The following reflects a step-by-step process on how the marketing business operates:
As reported by the USGS, the North Dakota Industrial Commission currently predicts that the Bakken’s production will increase for many years. A common date for a production plateau is between the years of 2022 to 2024.
The prices at which crude oil trade in the open market have experienced significant volatility, and will likely continue to fluctuate in the foreseeable future due to a variety of influences including, but not limited to, the following:
Lack of capacity within the trunk pipelines is driving competition within the transloading and storage industry. This competition is expected to become increasingly intense as the demand to transport crude oil in North Dakota has risen in recent years.
Our Company experienced a net loss of $15.9 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 compared to a net loss of $670,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. The net loss was mainly driven by the expense related to the period change in fair value of the embedded derivative resulting from the additional payment provision in our outstanding promissory notes that mature in 2013. The increase was recorded as interest expense. An “embedded derivative” is the derivative portion of a single financial instrument or contract that combines a derivative and a non-derivative in its structure. In this case, the currently outstanding promissory notes include an additional payment provision that could modify the cash flows of the promissory notes due to the change in our share price, therefore making the additional payment provision an embedded derivative. The original fair value of the embedded derivative is included in the loss on extinguishment of debt because the additional payment provision properly qualifies as a contingent payment, and when comparing the fair value of the new promissory notes and the old promissory notes, the fair value of the embedded derivative needs to be included in the fair value of the new promissory notes when calculating the loss on extinguishment of debt. General and administrative expense decreased by approximately $871,000 compared to the first quarter of 2011, primarily reflecting increased expenses relating to share based compensation to consultants during the three months ended March 31, 2011. Income from our wholly owned subsidiaries’ investments in the transloading and marketing joint ventures increased to $1.1 million and $1.9 million, respectively, as compared to $780,000 from the transloading joint venture during the same period in 2011. The marketing joint venture was not operational during the first quarter of 2011. We also recognized rental income of $80,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2012 compared to $77,000 in the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
We estimate that the embedded derivative related to the additional payment due under the outstanding promissory notes had a fair value of approximately $32.8 million as of March 31, 2012, representing a $27.3 million increase during the first quarter of 2012. Our predecessor entity, Dakota Plains, Inc., engaged an independent valuation firm to assess the fair value of the embedded derivative in connection with the preparation of its year-end financial statements, which resulted in an estimated fair value of $5,540,000 as of December 31, 2011 (the valuation utilized an assumed stock price of approximately $4.00, which was the share price of Dakota Plains, Inc. last private equity raise). This increase was due to a substantial appreciation in fair value of our common stock during the same period and has been recorded as interest expense in our condensed consolidated financial statements.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We define Adjusted EBITDA as net income before (i) interest expense, (ii) income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization, and (iv) non-cash expenses relating to share based payments recognized under ASC Topic 718. Adjusted EBITDA for the quarter ended March 31, 2012 was $2.4 million, compared to Adjusted EBITDA of $796,000 for the quarter ended March 31, 2011. The increase in Adjusted EBITDA was primarily related to the Company’s investment in DPTS Marketing, LLC which was not operational in the quarter ended March 31, 2011.
Reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA
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| | 2012 | | 2011 | |
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Net Loss | | $ | (15,869,875 | ) | $ | (670,258 | ) |
Add Back: | | | | | | | |
Income Tax Benefit | | | (9,475,400 | ) | | (433,000 | ) |
Depreciation and Amortization | | | 41,217 | | | 38,482 | |
Share Based Compensation - Employees and Directors | | | 81,638 | | | 18,503 | |
Share Based Compensation - Consultants | | | — | | | 1,550,000 | |
Interest Expense | | | 27,580,244 | | | 291,899 | |
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Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 2,357,824 | | $ | 795,626 | |
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Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by the SEC and is derived from net income, which is the most directly comparable financial measure calculated in accordance with GAAP. We believe presenting Adjusted EBITDA provides useful information to investors to gain an overall understanding of our current financial performance. Specifically, we believe the non-GAAP financial measure included herein provides useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses that our management believes are not indicative of our operating results. In addition, the non-GAAP financial measure is used by our management for budgeting and forecasting as well as subsequently measuring our performance, and we believe that it provides investors with a financial measure that most closely aligns to our internal measurement processes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our short and long-term future cash needs will involve supporting the loading, marketing and transporting of crude oil and related products from and into the Williston Basin fields. We plan on expanding our existing transloading facility to meet the logistical and storage needs of future transloading arrangements. This will include, but is not limited to, the possible implementation of a central gathering system, which will feed into a storage facility. We also continue to evaluate the possible acquisition or start-up of a trucking business to transport crude oil to our transloading facility.
Cash Flows
Our cash flows depend, to a large degree, on the level of spending by oil and gas companies on development and production activities. Sustained increases or decreases in the price of natural gas or oil could have a material impact on these activities, and could also materially affect our cash flows. Certain sources and uses of cash, such as the level of discretionary capital expenditures, purchases and sales of investments, issuances and repurchases of debt and of our common shares are within our control and are adjusted as necessary based on market conditions.
Cash Flows Used in Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities totaled $663,000 and $65,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, respectively, or an increase of cash used of $598,000. The primary reason for the increase in cash used in operating activities was the increase in cash general and administrative expenses of $616,000 and cash paid for interest expense of $236,000 in the three months ended March 31, 2012. These increases in cash used for operating activities was partially offset as a result of a change in working capital related to an increase in prepaid expenses of $123,000 and a net increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $380,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012.
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Cash Flows Provided by Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities totaled $980,000 and $256,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2011, respectively, or an increase of $723,000. The increase related to additional cash received from our investment in Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC.
Cash Flows Provided by Financing Activities
Cash flows provided by financing activities for the three months ended March 31, 2012 were $0 compared to $4.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2011. In January 2011, the Company received $3.5 million in proceeds from the issuance of senior promissory notes. In March 2011, the Company received $3.2 million from the issuance of common stock. In January 2011, the Company paid cash dividends of $1.9 million.
As previously disclosed, in November 2011, our predecessor entity, Dakota Plains, Inc., combined certain outstanding promissory notes by issuing $9.0 million aggregate principal amount of 12.0% promissory notes due March 1, 2013. All accrued but unpaid interest on the outstanding promissory notes is due and payable in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter. We may prepay amounts due under the promissory notes in whole or in part without penalty or premium at any time.
Pursuant to the Exchange and Loan Agreements executed in connection with the issuance of the new promissory notes, our Company, at its discretion on or before November 1, 2012, may require certain holders of the promissory notes to lend to us, in a single draw, up to an aggregate of $5.5 million in proportion to the principal amount of such holders’ existing promissory notes. The supplemental notes, if issued, would bear 18% simple annual interest and would mature one year after the date of issuance. If supplemental notes are issued, each holder of the supplemental notes will also receive a warrant to purchase at the strike price (volume weighted average closing price of our common stock over the twenty trading days after the supplemental notes are issued) a number of shares of our common stock equal to the quotient of the 50% of the principal amount of the supplemental note divided by $1.00. The warrant would be exercisable at any time during the period that is ten years after the date the supplemental notes are issued at a per share exercise price equal to the volume-weighted average closing price of our common stock over the twenty trading days after the date the supplemental notes are issued.
Under the terms of the outstanding promissory notes, an additional payment, which may be paid in shares or in the form of a subordinated promissory note, at the election of each holder, was triggered by the merger of Dakota Plains, Inc. with and into our Company, which occurred on March 23, 2012. Because the average closing price of our common stock over the twenty trading days immediately following that merger (the “Initial Trading Price”) exceeded $2.50, each note holder is entitled to receive from us an amount equal to the remainder, to the extent positive, of (x) the unpaid principal amount of their promissory note multiplied by the Initial Trading Price and divided by $2.50 minus (y) the unpaid principal amount of the promissory note. The holders of the promissory notes may elect to receive the additional payment either (i) a number of shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the additional payment divided by $4.00, or (ii) a subordinated promissory note having a principal amount equal to the additional payment, bearing no interest for three calendar months after issuance and 12% simple annual interest thereafter, due and payable on the one-year anniversary of the issue date of such promissory note. We currently estimate that the embedded derivative represented by the additional payment provision in the outstanding promissory notes has a fair value equal to approximately $32.8 million.
Due to the joint venture partners’ mutually agreed upon suspension of regular distributions by the transloading joint venture in order to retain cash for certain capital expenditures (discussed below) and our expectation that the marketing joint venture will not provide a priority cash distribution during 2012 (discussed below), we do not expect to receive significant cash distributions from our investments in the existing joint ventures for at least the remainder of fiscal 2012. In light of the scheduled maturity of our $9.0 million aggregate principal amount of promissory notes in March 2013 and the potential maturity of up to $32.8 million aggregate principal amount of promissory notes issuable pursuant to the additional payment provision in the outstanding promissory notes as early as April 2013, we expect to have significant cash requirements in the next twelve months. We anticipate that we will need to obtain additional financing to meet these obligations. We may from time to time seek, replace, or renegotiate the terms of our outstanding debt through privately negotiated transactions or otherwise. These transactions, if any, will depend on prevailing market conditions, our liquidity requirements, contractual restrictions and other factors. Our ability to obtain additional financing will depend upon a number of factors, including our future performance and financial results and general economic and capital market conditions. While we are determined to continue to preserve value and to ensure the long-term success of our Company, we cannot be certain that we will be able to raise additional financing on terms acceptable to us. If we are unable to obtain new financing, if and when necessary, our financial results and liquidity could be materially adversely affected.
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Transloading Joint Venture Distributions
The transloading joint venture distributes a cash payment on a monthly basis using a calculation that considers the month’s ending cash balance less third party expenses, both current and due over the next 30 days. The ending amount is the priority cash available. Any joint venture member transaction payments due are then deducted from the priority cash available. The ending balance, which is the priority cash remaining, is then multiplied by 50%, which is the required distribution amount. The distribution amount is then evenly distributed between Dakota Plains Transloading, LLC and PTS. Dakota Plains Transloading, LLC received a regular cash distribution from the transloading joint venture in January 2012. However, beginning in February 2012, Dakota Plains Transloading, LLC has temporarily suspended regular distributions to conserve capital to fund the purchase of seven additional transloaders for use at our New Town, North Dakota transloading facility and the construction and installation of a storage tank capable of storing up to 90,000 barrels of crude oil. The storage tank was ordered on April 16, 2012 and its construction and installation is expected to be completed in February 2013.
Subsequent to the end of the first quarter, the transloading joint venture agreed to proceed with the previously engaged engineering firm’s storage facility design and executed a letter of intent pursuant to which the manufacturer has begun construction of the storage tank. We anticipate that the construction of a permanent storage facility will result in aggregate capital expenditures of approximately $7.0 million, which is expected to be funded exclusively through cash generated by the operations of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC.
On January 31, 2012, our contract with a customer that provided a significant portion of the income generated from the transloading joint venture expired. For the month of January, this customer was responsible for approximately 12,000 barrels of oil transloaded on a daily basis at our facility. In February and March, our marketing joint venture was our exclusive transloading customer and transloaded approximately 15,000 barrels of oil per day and 18,000 barrels of oil per day, respectively.
Marketing Joint Venture Distributions
The marketing joint venture determines if there will be a cash distribution on a quarterly basis. The distribution is based on the cash balance at quarter end, less the member preferred initial contribution equaling of $20 million and the cash necessary to fund, the trading activities incurred during the current quarter as well as the following, quarter’s forecasted operating expenses and trading activities. The net balance will be the priority cash available and will be distributed at 50% of the balance, evenly between the members. The marketing joint venture has made no cash distributions since its inception in April 2011.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
Unless otherwise indicated, all documents incorporated herein by reference to a document filed with the SEC purusant to the Exchange Act are located under SEC file number 000-53390.
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| 2.1 | Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated March 22, 2012, by and among MCT Holding Corporation, Dakota Plains, Inc. and DP Acquisition Corporation(1) |
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| 2.2 | Plan of Merger of Dakota Plains, Inc. with and into MCT Holding Corporation(2) |
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| 2.3 | Stock Purchase Agreement, dated March 23, 2012, by and among MCT Holding Corporation, MCT Distribution Corporation and Lindsey Hailstone(3) |
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| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective March 23, 2012(4) |
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| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective March 23, 2012(5) |
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| 4.1 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective March 23, 2012(6) |
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| 10.1 | Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan(7) |
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| 10.2 | Form of Incentive Stock Option under 2011 Equity Incentive Plan(8) |
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| 10.3 | Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option under 2011 Equity Incentive Plan(9) |
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| 10.4 | Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 2011 Equity Incentive Plan(10) |
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| 10.5 | Form of Warrant with Executive Officers(11) |
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| 10.6 | Form of Warrant(12) |
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| 10.7 | Employment Agreement with Gabriel G. Claypool, dated March 22, 2012(13) |
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| 10.8 | Employment Agreement with Timothy R. Brady, dated March 22, 2012(14) |
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| 10.9 | Employment Agreement with Nicholas Q. Dillon, dated March 22, 2012(15) |
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| 10.10 | Form of Exchange and Loan Agreement dated November 1, 2011(16) |
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| 10.11 | Form of Exchange and Loan Agreement (Standby Credit Arrangement) dated November 1, 2011(17) |
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| 10.12 | Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Member Control Agreement dated November 9, 2009(18) |
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| 10.13 | DPTS Marketing LLC Member Control Agreement dated April 29, 2011(19) |
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| 10.14 | Amendment to DPTS Marketing LLC Member Control Agreement dated August 17, 2011(20) |
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| 10.15 | Lease Agreement dated November 4, 2009(21) |
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| 10.16 | Supplemental Agreement to Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Member Control Agreement and Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Lease Agreement dated July 22, 2010(22) |
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| 10.17 | Amendment to Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Member Control Agreement dated April 29, 2011(23) |
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| 10.18 | Amendment to Lease Agreement dated August 18, 2011(24) |
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| 10.19 | Indemnification Agreement(25) |
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| 10.20 | Employment Agreement with Robert C. Henry, dated April 9, 2012(26) |
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| 31.1 | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) |
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| 31.2 | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) |
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| 32 | Section 1350 Certifications* |
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| 101.INS | XBRL Instance Document* |
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| 101.SCH | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema* |
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| 101.CAL | XBRL Extension Calculation Linkbase* |
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| 101.DEF | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase* |
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| 101.LAB | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase* |
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| 101.PRE | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase* |
* Previously Filed.
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(1) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.2 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.3 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(5) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(6) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(7) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(8) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(9) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(10) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(11) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(12) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(13) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(14) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(15) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(16) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(17) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(18) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(19) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(20) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.14 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(21) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.15 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(22) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.16 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(23) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.17 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(24) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.18 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(25) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.19 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(26) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 13, 2012. |
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SIGNATURE
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.
Date: | July 27, 2012 | | DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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| | | /s/ Timothy R. Brady |
| | | Timothy R. Brady |
| | | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. | | Description | | Manner of Filing |
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3.1 | | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, effective March 23, 2012 | | Incorporated by Reference |
3.2 | | Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective March 23, 2012 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.1 | | Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. 2011 Equity Incentive Plan | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.2 | | Form of Incentive Stock Option under 2011 Equity Incentive Plan | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.3 | | Form of Non-Statutory Stock Option under 2011 Equity Incentive Plan | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.4 | | Form of Restricted Stock Agreement under 2011 Equity Incentive Plan | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.5 | | Form of Warrant with Executive Officers | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.6 | | Form of Warrant | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.7 | | Employment Agreement with Gabriel G. Claypool, dated March 22, 2012 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.8 | | Employment Agreement with Timothy R. Brady, dated March 22, 2012 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.9 | | Employment Agreement with Nicholas Q. Dillon, dated March 22, 2012 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.10 | | Form of Exchange and Loan Agreement dated November 1, 2011 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.11 | | Form of Exchange and Loan Agreement (Standby Credit Arrangement) dated November 1, 2011 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.12 | | Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Member Control Agreement dated November 9, 2009 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.13 | | DPTS Marketing LLC Member Control Agreement dated April 29, 2011 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.14 | | Amendment to DPTS Marketing LLC Member Control Agreement dated August 17, 2011 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.15 | | Lease Agreement dated November 4, 2009 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.16 | | Supplemental Agreement to Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Member Control Agreement and Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Lease Agreement dated July 22, 2010 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.17 | | Amendment to Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC Member Control Agreement dated April 29, 2011 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.18 | | Amendment to Lease Agreement dated August 18, 2011 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.19 | | Indemnification Agreement | | Incorporated by Reference |
31.1 | | Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) | | Filed Electronically |
31.2 | | Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) | | Filed Electronically |
32 | | Section 1350 Certifications | | Previously Filed |
101.INS | | XBRL Instance Document | | Previously Filed |
101.SCH | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema | | Previously Filed |
101.CAL | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | | Previously Filed |
101.DEF | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | | Previously Filed |
101.LAB | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase | | Previously Filed |
101.PRE | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | | Previously Filed |
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