ASC 810 “Consolidation” requires that a non-controlling interest be reported as part of equity in the consolidated financial statements and that losses be allocated to the non-controlling interest even when such allocation might result in a deficit balance, reducing the losses attributable to the controlling interest. The Company’s non-controlling interest at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 is due to the non-controlling member of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC.
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. and its wholly owned subsidiaries. The accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheets as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014 also include the accounts of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC. All significant intercompany accounts and transactions have been eliminated. Effective at the end of business on December 31, 2013, DPT was appointed the Facility Management Member of DPTS. The appointment as the Facility Management Member requires consolidation of the financial statements of DPTS with and into the consolidated financial statements of the Company.
On November 9, 2009, the Company entered into a joint venture with Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC (“PTS”). The Company and PTS each own 50% of the outstanding member units of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC. The joint venture was formed to engage in the acquisition, construction and operation of a petroleum transloading facility in New Town, North Dakota (“Transloading Facility”).
Each of the members of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC was required to make an initial capital contribution of $50,000. Each member received 1,000 member units for their initial capital contribution, for a total of 2,000 member units issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2014.
As part of the joint venture agreement, the Company owns the transloading facility and certain equipment acquired and leases the property to Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC.
The operations of the transloading facility commenced in November 2009. Under provisions of the member control agreement the profits and losses of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC are split 50/50, pro rata based on the number of member units outstanding. The cash payments from the joint venture also are paid pro rata based on the number of member units outstanding.
On June 1, 2012, DPT entered into an amended and restated member control agreement with Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC and PTS. The amended and restated member control agreement, among other things, incorporated all previous amendments and supplements, extended the initial term through December 31, 2021, and provided for the initial term to automatically extend in two-year intervals unless and until terminated. On August 30, 2012, the parties amended the amended and restated member control agreement to permit certain other ventures. On June 17, 2013, the parties further amended the amended and restated member control agreement to, among other things, extend the initial term through December 31, 2026. On December 31, 2013, the parties entered into the Second Amended and Restated Member Control Agreement (“Revised MCA”) that, among other things, named DPT as the Facility Management Member.
Due to the Revised MCA, the Company accounted for this joint venture using the equity method of accounting through the end of business on December 31, 2013, at which time it was consolidated. Accordingly, the Company’s share of income from the joint venture is included in other income on the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013. At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company reflected the assets and liabilities of DPTS at carryover basis.
On August 30, 2013, the Board of Governors of DPTS Marketing LLC authorized a distribution to each member simultaneously in the amount of $10 million, which was used by its members to fund capital contributions to Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC in order to fund a portion of the Pioneer Terminal.
Supplemental Agreement
In September 2010, the Company entered into a Supplemental Agreement to the Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC member control agreement (“Supplemental Agreement”). The purpose of the Supplemental Agreement was to obtain access to site improvements and certain additional transloading equipment necessary to fulfill certain transloading contracts. Under this Supplemental Agreement the Company agreed to provide funds for the site improvements. The total costs incurred for these site improvements were $1,299,201. These costs have been capitalized as property and equipment on the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet.
As part of the Supplemental Agreement, PTS was required to pay all costs for the acquisition of four new transloaders. The total cost of these transloaders was $658,012, with an estimated residual value of $131,602 at the end of the initial Agreement term for a net cost incurred of $526,410.
To reflect the economics of the $526,410 of costs incurred, the Company recognized rental income of $3,873 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. No cash was received related to this rental income; the rental income recorded was treated as an increase in the Company’s investment in the joint venture.
In order to render fair and equitable the leases for the additional expenditures by the members relating to the site improvements and new equipment, the Supplemental Agreement included a provision that the Company would receive 75% of the cash distributions from Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC until the Company had been reimbursed. The additional expenditures would also incur interest at an interest rate of 7% per annum until paid in full. After the Company was reimbursed and received the required interest, the cash distributions reverted back to the 50/50 split as per the original agreement. Only the cash distributions were changed under the Supplemental Agreement, the profit and loss allocations remained the same as the original member control agreement. As of March 31, 2014, the Company has been reimbursed for the additional expenditures related to the Supplemental Agreement.
In the first quarter of 2013, the Company settled an outstanding invoice related to the costs incurred as part of the Supplemental Agreement. The invoice was settled for $21,546 less than the original invoice amount. Based on this the total additional expenditures incurred by the Company were $772,791.
Rental income related to the Supplemental Agreement was $622 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. There were no future lease payments receivable related to this agreement as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
The Revised MCA, among other things, names DPT as the Facility Management Member. This assumption of control of the day-to-day operations caused a change in how the Company must account for the joint venture. Effective December 31, 2013, the Company was required to consolidate the balance sheet of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC with and into its consolidated balance sheet. Effective January 1, 2014, the Company began consolidating the operations of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC with and into its consolidated financial statements. The amounts are included in the pro forma financial statements below.
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Pro Forma Information
The assumption of the control of day-to-day management of the operations was effective at the end of business December 31, 2013. Therefore, the operating results of Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC have not been included in the Company’s condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The following unaudited pro forma results of operations assume that the change in control of day-to-day management of the operations had been effective for the aforementioned period. Such results are not necessarily indicative of the actual results of operations that would have been realized nor are they necessarily indicative of future results of operations.
These pro forma amounts have been calculated after adjusting for intercompany amounts. In addition, the equity earnings from the Company’s former non-controlling interest in Dakota Petroleum Transport Solution, LLC have been removed.
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| | Three Months
Ended March 31,
2013 | |
Revenues | | $ | 4,924,261 | |
Net Income | | | 1,907,954 | |
Net Income Attributable to Non-Controlling Interest | | | 1,319,057 | |
Net Income Attributable to Shareholders of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. | | | 588,897 | |
DPTS Marketing LLC
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Dakota Plains Marketing, LLC, entered into a joint venture with PTS. The Company and PTS each own 50% of the outstanding member units of DPTS Marketing LLC. The joint venture was formed to engage in the purchase, sale, storage, transport and marketing of hydrocarbons produced within North Dakota to or from refineries and other end-users or persons and to conduct trading activities.
Each of the members of DPTS Marketing LLC was required to make an initial capital contribution of $100. Each member received 1,000 member units for their initial capital contribution, for a total of 2,000 member units issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2014.
Each of the members of DPTS Marketing LLC was also required to make an initial Member Preferred Contribution of $10,000,000 to support the trading activities of the joint venture. Upon written agreement of all the members, the members will make such additional Member Preferred Contributions as are agreed upon. All Member Preferred Contributions made shall entitle the member to receive a cumulative preferred return of 5% per annum, which preferred return will be paid in cash on a quarterly basis subject to cash availability. At March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company accrued a preferred dividend receivable of $375,345 and $252,057, respectively, on its condensed consolidated balance sheets. In September 2013, the Company received a payment of $1.1 million related to the cumulative preferred return. This payment was for the cumulative preferred return from the date of the initial $10 million contribution through June 30, 2013. No additional payments have been received since September 2013.
The operations of DPTS Marketing LLC commenced in May 2011. Under the member control agreement, the profits and losses of DPTS Marketing LLC are split 50/50, pro rata based on the number of member units outstanding. The cash payments from the joint venture will also be paid pro rata based on the number of member units outstanding. The Company did not receive any priority cash distribution payments from DPTS Marketing LLC for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
On June 1, 2012, DPM entered into an amended and restated member control agreement with DPTS Marketing LLC and PTS. The amended and restated member control agreement, among other things, incorporated all previous amendment and supplements, extended the initial term through December 31, 2021, and provided for the initial term to automatically extend in two-year intervals unless and until terminated. On August 30, 2012, the parties amended the amended and restated member control agreement to permit certain other ventures. On June 17, 2013, they subsequently amended the amended and restated member control agreement to extend the initial term through December 31, 2026. On December 31, 2013, the parties entered into the Second Amended and Restated Member Control Agreement that, among other things, increased the operating and accounting fees paid to the Trading Member and amended the limitations on its trading activities.
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The Company accounts for this joint venture using the equity method of accounting. The Company’s share of the income or loss from the joint venture is included in other income on the condensed consolidated statements of operations and the Company has recorded an investment in DPTS Marketing LLC on its condensed consolidated balance sheet.
The unaudited financial statements of DPTS Marketing LLC are summarized as follows:
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| | Three Months Ended
March 31, | |
| | 2014 | | 2013 | |
Sales | | $ | 14,993,115 | | $ | 19,842,543 | |
Net Income | | | 173,264 | | | 3,533,126 | |
Company’s Share of Equity in Net Income | | | 86,632 | | | 1,766,563 | |
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| | March 31,
2014 | | December 31,
2013 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 37,954,893 | | $ | 33,523,175 | |
Total Liabilities | | | 15,110,533 | | | 10,605,497 | |
Share of Equity in Net Assets | | | 11,422,180 | | | 11,458,839 | |
Dakota Plains Services, LLC
The Company, through its wholly owned subsidiary Dakota Plains Trucking, LLC, entered into a joint venture with JPND II, LLC (“JPND”). The Company and JPND each own 50% of the outstanding member units of Dakota Plains Services, LLC. The joint venture was formed to engage in the transportation by road of hydrocarbons and materials used or produced in the extraction of hydrocarbons to or from refineries and other end-users or persons, wherever located, and any other lawful activities as the board of governors may determine from time to time.
JPND made an initial capital contribution of $650,000 to Dakota Plains Services, LLC. The Company was not required to make a capital contribution. Each member received 1,000 member units, for a total of 2,000 member units issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2014.
The member control agreement of Dakota Plains Services, LLC includes a provision that JPND will receive all distributions from the joint venture until the aggregate amount of distributions received is equal to their initial capital contribution. The cash distributions will be split 50/50 after JPND has received distributions equal to its capital contribution. The Company received no distributions for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013.
The operations of Dakota Plains Services, LLC commenced in September 2012. Under provisions of the member control agreement the profits and losses of Dakota Plains Services, LLC are split 50/50 pro rata based on the number of member units outstanding.
The initial term of the joint venture is until December 31, 2022, and the term will automatically extend in two-year renewal periods unless and until terminated.
The Company accounts for this joint venture using the equity method of accounting. The income or loss from the joint venture is included in other income on the condensed consolidated statements of operations, and the Company has recorded an investment in Dakota Plains Services, LLC on its condensed consolidated balance sheet. As required by GAAP, the Company recognized its pro rata share of the net income from Dakota Plains Services, LLC for the three months ended March 31, 2013 less the unrecognized losses from the period ended December 31, 2012. The Company did not recognize the loss from Dakota Plains Services, LLC for the period ended December 31, 2012 or decrease its investment in Dakota Plains Services, LLC below zero as of December 31, 2012. GAAP prohibits the Company from reducing the investment below zero unless the Company is obligated to provide financial support to Dakota Plains Services, LLC.
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The unaudited financial statements of Dakota Plains Services, LLC are summarized as follows:
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| | Three Months Ended
March 31, | |
| | 2014 | | 2013 | |
Sales | | $ | 4,585,949 | | $ | 3,173,574 | |
Net Income | | | 242,908 | | | 316,261 | |
Company’s Share of Equity in Net Income | | | 121,454 | | | 62,055 | |
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| | March 31,
2014 | | December 31,
2013 | |
Total Assets | | $ | 9,203,394 | | $ | 9,945,720 | |
Total Liabilities | | | 8,141,262 | | | 9,126,495 | |
Share of Equity in Net Assets | | | 191,853 | | | 70,399 | |
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4. | Lease Agreement – Related Party |
In November 2009, our predecessor entered into an operating lease agreement with Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC (See Note 3).
In accordance with the equity method requirements described in Note 3, prior to December 31, 2013, 50% of the rent payments received were recognized as rental income and 50% were included in income from investment from Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC. Accordingly, for the three months ended March 31, 2013, $90,704 of the $181,409 in rent payments was recognized as rental income and $90,705 was included in income from investment in Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC.
In July 2013, the Company entered into an operating lease agreement with UNIMIN Corporation to lease certain land owned by the Company in New Town, North Dakota. The Company began receiving monthly lease payments of $10,000 in January 2014 and will continue to do so through December 2023, with annual increases of 3% starting January 2016. The lease agreement includes a provision that allows UNIMIN Corporation the option to renew and extend the term of the lease for four additional periods of five years each. In addition, all improvements to the land, including rail tracks and the sand facility, revert to the Company upon termination of the lease.
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6. | Preferred Stock and Common Stock |
The Company has authorized 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a par value of $0.001 per share. Shares of preferred stock may be issued in one or more series with rights and restrictions as may be determined by the Company. No shares of preferred stock have been issued as of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
In January 2014, the Company issued 236,739 shares of common stock to its executives and an employee pursuant to our 2011 Equity Incentive Plan. These shares were valued at $532,663, or $2.25 per share, the market value of the shares of common stock on the date of issuance, and have been expensed as general and administrative expenses.
In March 2014, the Company issued 50,498 shares of common stock to an executive and an employee pursuant to our 2011 Equity Incentive Plan. These shares were valued at $109,581, or $2.17 per share, the market value of the shares of common stock on the date of issuance, and have been expensed as general and administrative expenses.
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During the three months ended March 31, 2014, 297,749 shares of common stock were surrendered by certain executives and employees of the Company to cover tax obligations in connection with their fully vested and restricted stock awards. The total value of these shares was $645,679, which was based on the market price on the date the shares were surrendered.
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7. | Stock-Based Compensation and Warrants |
The Company accounts for stock-based compensation under the provisions of FASB ASC 718-10-55. This standard requires the Company to record an expense associated with the fair value of the stock-based compensation. The Company uses the Black-Scholes option valuation model to calculate stock-based compensation at the date of grant. Option pricing models require the input of highly subjective assumptions, including the expected volatility. For warrants and options granted to employees and directors, the Company uses the simplified method to determine the expected term of the warrants and options due to the lack of sufficient historical data. Changes in these assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate. The fair value of the warrants and options are recognized as compensation or interest expense over the vesting term.
Warrants
The table below reflects the status of warrants outstanding at March 31, 2014:
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Issue Date | | Common
Shares | | Exercise
Price | | Expiration
Date |
February 1, 2011 | | | 1,000,000 | | $ | 0.285 | | January 31, 2021 |
February 22, 2011 | | | 600,000 | | $ | 2.50 | | February 22, 2016 |
April 5, 2011 | | | 100,000 | | $ | 2.50 | | April 5, 2016 |
November 1, 2012 | | | 50,000 | | $ | 3.28 | | November 1, 2016 |
November 2, 2012 | | | 921,000 | | $ | 4.00 | | October 31, 2017 |
January 1, 2013 | | | 100,000 | | $ | 3.25 | | February 15, 2018 |
Total | | | 2,771,000 | | | | | |
Outstanding Warrants
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| • | No warrants were forfeited or expired during the three months ended March 31, 2014. |
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| • | The Company recorded general and administrative expense of $0 and $113,687, respectively, for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 related to these warrants. There is no further general and administrative expense that will be recognized in future periods related to any warrants that had been granted as of March 31, 2014, as the Company recognized the entire fair value upon vesting. |
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| • | There are 2,771,000 warrants that are exercisable at March 31, 2014. |
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| • | No warrants were exercised during the three months ended March 31, 2014. |
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Stock Options
Effective January 16, 2014, certain executives and outside directors of the Company agreed to surrender the 415,625 stock options granted to them in prior periods. There are no options outstanding at March 31, 2014.
Restricted Stock Awards
During the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company issued 574,483 restricted shares of common stock as compensation to officers and employees of the Company. The restricted shares vest over various terms with all restricted shares vesting no later than March 2017. As of March 31, 2014, there was $2.8 million of total unrecognized compensation expense related to unvested restricted stock. This compensation expense will be recognized over the weighted average period of 2.2 years. The Company has assumed a zero percent forfeiture rate for restricted stock. The Company recorded general and administrative expense of $386,687 and $242,638 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, related to issuances of restricted shares.
The following table reflects the outstanding restricted stock awards and activity related thereto for the three months ended March 31, 2014:
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| | Three Months Ended
March 31, 2014 | |
| | Number of
Shares | | Weighted-Average
Grant Price | |
Restricted Stock Awards: | | | | | | | |
Restricted Shares Outstanding at the Beginning of Period | | | 769,063 | | $ | 3.82 | |
Shares Granted | | | 574,483 | | $ | 2.24 | |
Lapse of Restrictions | | | (327,396 | ) | $ | 3.88 | |
Restricted Shares Outstanding at March 31, 2014 | | | 1,016,150 | | $ | 2.91 | |
As of March 31, 2014, the Company has the following outstanding promissory notes:
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Maturity Date | | | | Principal Amount | |
October 31, 2015 | | | | | $ | 7,717,317 | |
Unamortized debt discount at March 31, 2014 | | | | | | (553,577 | ) |
Promissory notes, net of debt discount | | | | | $ | 7,163,740 | |
All promissory notes bear interest at the rate of 12% per annum, with interest paid in arrears on the last day of each fiscal quarter.
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The Company incurred finance costs of $195,062 related to these promissory notes, which is being amortized over the term of the notes and is included in interest expense on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The interest expense recorded for each of the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 was $16,255.
Pioneer Terminal
On June 17, 2013, Dakota Plains Transloading, LLC (“Borrower”), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a credit agreement (“Credit Agreement”) with World Fuel Services Corporation. The Credit Agreement provides the Borrower with a $20 million delayed draw term loan facility (the “Facility”) to finance the Borrower’s share of improvements to be made to the Pioneer Terminal in New Town, North Dakota. The availability period for draws under the Facility expires on September 30, 2014, and the maturity date of the Facility is December 31, 2026. The Facility is secured by a mortgage on a majority of the land owned by the Company in New Town, North Dakota as well as a pledge of the equity owned by the Borrower in Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC.
During the availability period, a loan under the Facility bears interest at a rate per annum equal to either (i) nine percent (9%), at any time when the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the loans outstanding is less than $10 million, or (ii) twelve percent (12%), at any time the aggregate unpaid principal amount of loans outstanding is greater than or equal to $10 million. After the expiration of the availability period, a loan under the Facility bears interest at a rate per annum equal to (i) six percent (6%), at any time when the aggregate unpaid principal amount of loans outstanding is less than $5 million, (ii) nine percent (9%), at any time when the aggregate unpaid principal amount of loans outstanding is less than $10 million, or (iii) twelve percent (12%), at any time the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the loans outstanding is greater than or equal to $10 million. There was $7.5 million outstanding under the Facility at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013.
The Credit Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants that restrict the right of the Borrower to incur indebtedness, merge, lease, sell or otherwise dispose of assets, make investments and grant liens on their assets.
The Credit Agreement contains customary events of default, the occurrence of which would permit World Fuel Services Corporation to terminate its commitment and accelerate loans under the Facility, including failure to make payments under the Facility, failure to comply with covenants in the Credit Agreement and other loan documents, cross default to other material indebtedness of the Company, failure of the Company or Borrower to pay or discharge material judgments, bankruptcy of the Company or the Borrower, and a change in control of the Company or the Borrower.
The Company incurred finance costs of $9,783 related to the Credit Agreement, which is being amortized over the term of the notes and is included in interest expense on the condensed consolidated statement of operations. The interest expense recorded for the three months ended March 31, 2014 was $2,445.
The Company utilizes the asset and liability approach to measuring deferred tax assets and liabilities based on temporary differences existing at each balance sheet date using currently enacted tax rates in accordance with FASB ASC 740-10-30.Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, in the opinion of management, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are adjusted for the effects of changes in tax laws and rates on the date of enactment.
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The income tax expense (benefit) for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013 consists of the following:
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| | Three Months Ended
March 31, | |
| | 2014 | | 2013 | |
Current Income Taxes | | $ | 8,115 | | $ | 116,000 | |
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Deferred Income Taxes | | | | | | | |
Federal | | | (474,000 | ) | | 233,000 | |
State | | | (49,000 | ) | | 24,000 | |
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Total Expense (Benefit) | | $ | (514,885 | ) | $ | 373,000 | |
The Company has no liabilities for unrecognized tax benefits.
The Company’s policy is to recognize potential interest and penalties accrued related to unrecognized tax benefits within income tax expense (benefit). For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the Company did not recognize any interest or penalties in the condensed consolidated statement of operations, nor did the Company have any interest or penalties accrued in the condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, relating to unrecognized benefits.
The Company reported a net deferred tax asset of $4,404,000 on its condensed consolidated balance sheet as of March 31, 2014. GAAP requires the consideration of a valuation allowance for deferred tax assets if it is “more likely than not” that some component or all of the benefits of deferred tax assets will not be realized. The Company has determined that no valuation allowance is necessary related to the deferred tax assets at March 31, 2014. The net operating loss carry forward of $19.3 million that was generated in the year ended December 31, 2013 was caused by the tax expense related to the satisfaction of promissory notes with the issuance of the Company’s common stock and the Company’s pro rata share of the bonus depreciation that Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC recorded related to the Pioneer Terminal for income tax purposes. The Company had taxable income in the year ended December 31, 2012 and anticipates taxable income for the year ending December 31, 2014.
The 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010 tax years remain open to examination for federal income tax purposes and by the other major taxing jurisdictions to which the Company is subject.
The Company’s financial instruments include cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, other receivables, accounts payable, and promissory notes. The carrying amount of cash and cash equivalents, trade receivables, other receivables and accounts payable approximate fair value because of their immediate or short-term maturities. They carrying amounts of our promissory notes outstanding approximate fair value because our current borrowing rates do not materially differ from market rates for similar borrowings.
FASB ASC 820-10-55 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value under GAAP and enhances disclosures about fair value measurements. Fair value is defined under FASB ASC 820-10-55 as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Valuation techniques used to measure fair value under FASB ASC 820-10-55 must maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs. The standard describes a fair value of hierarchy based on three levels of inputs, of which the first two are considered observable and the last unobservable, that may be used to measure fair value.
As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, the Company has no financial instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis in the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Level 2 liabilities consist of the promissory notes (see Note 8).
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12. | Commitments and Contingencies |
Lac-Mégantic, Quebec
As previously disclosed, various lawsuits have been filed against us, certain of our subsidiaries, DPTS, and DPTSM related to the July 2013 train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. For additional information regarding the legal proceedings related to the train derailment, see our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 and Part II – Item 1 of this Periodic Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2014.
We are currently unable to determine the probability of loss or reasonably estimate a range of potential losses related to the proceedings arising from the train derailment. Accordingly, we have not made any provision for these potential losses in our consolidated financial statements.
Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC
Since October 2012, DPTS has been involved in litigation with TJMD, LLP, a North Dakota limited liability partnership (“TJMD”) arising out of the termination of TJMD as operator of the transloading facility, in which DPTS leases the facility for the use and benefit of their business. TJMD alleges that a wrongful termination without cause on 90-days written notice occurred in June 2012 under the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and a second wrongful termination occurred in September 2012, when DPTS finally terminated the contract before the end of the 90-day period. TJMD is seeking payment for work performed prior to the final September termination, as well as, monetary damages for future losses and other relief. Because the outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain, DPTS cannot estimate the possible loss or range of loss for this matter. DPTS intends to vigorously defend against this claim. As of March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, DPTS has not recorded any accruals associated with this legal claim.
At March 31, 2014, $171,752 of the other receivables balance was attributed to the net asset relating to the amount of cost that DPTS expects to recover from the third parties responsible for causing the incidents on its property in excess of the estimated amount of cost that it reasonably expects to pay for cleanup measures.
In connection with preparing the unaudited consolidated financial statements for the three months ended March 31, 2014, the Company has evaluated subsequent events for potential recognition and disclosure through the date of this filing and determined that there were no subsequent events which required recognition or disclosure in the financial statements.
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Item 2. | Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations. |
The following discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes thereto included in this quarterly report and in our audited consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations (“MD&A”) contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-Kfor the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Forward-Looking Statements
This report contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Statements included in this quarterly report that are not historical facts (including any statements regarding plans and objectives of management for future operations or economic performance, or assumptions), including, without limitation, the information set forth in Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, are forward-looking statements. These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology including “may,” “will,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “continue,” “targeting,” or other similar words.
Such forward-looking statements are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated as of the date of the filing of this report. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are based on reasonable assumptions, no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to be correct. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements include, among other things, those set forth in “Part I, Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 and “Part II, Item 1A. Risk Factors” in this Current Report on form 10-Q, each as filed with the SEC.
All forward-looking statements included in this report are based on information available to us on the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. All subsequent written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us or persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained throughout this report.
Overview
We are an integrated midstream energy company, principally focused on developing and owning transloading facilities, and marketing and transporting crude oil and related products within the Williston Basin. We compete through our joint ventures by providing customers with value-added benefits, including a full-service transloading facility, competitive pricing and optimal geographical location that is centrally located in Mountrail County, North Dakota, which continues to experience the most drilling activity in the Williston Basin. Currently, we participate in a transloading joint venture, a marketing joint venture and a trucking joint venture, each of which is organized in the form of a limited liability company of which we hold a 50% membership interest.
We are party to an operating lease agreement with Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC (“DPTS” or the “transloading joint venture”) in which our wholly owned subsidiary, Dakota Plains Transloading, LLC (“DPT”), owns a 50% ownership interest. The lease will automatically terminate when the member control agreement governing DPTS is terminated. The initial term of the member control agreement is through December 31, 2026 and automatically extends in two-year intervals unless and until terminated. Under a lease, we receive monthly lease payments from the transloading joint venture. The lease agreement includes provisions that allow us to collect additional rents if we incur certain additional costs related to the equipment and facility. The transloading joint venture generates income primarily from a per-barrel fee charged when crude oil is transloaded into a tank railcar located at our facility. Currently, semi-trailer trucks owned and operated by our trucking joint venture and third parties, deliver crude oil to our facility by releasing it into ten Leased Access Custody Transfer stations where it is piped into our storage tanks. Crude oil is also transferred into the storage tanks via gathering pipelines. The crude oil is then piped from one of our two storage tanks to our high speed loading facility that can accommodate ten railcars simultaneously where it is transloaded into those railcars. Using the aforementioned methods, our site has the capacity to transload approximately 50,000 barrels per day.
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DPTS Marketing LLC (“DPTSM”) purchases barrels of crude oil from well operators at the wellhead and from first purchasers delivering to the Pioneer Terminal. DPTSM then coordinates 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:
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| 1. | A subsidiary of World Fuel Services Corporation, on behalf of DPTSM (the “Initial Purchaser”) enters into a purchase and sale agreement with a producer or first purchaser. |
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| 2. | During the contracted month DPTSM sends both trucks from our trucking joint venture and third parties to pick up the crude oil from certain wellhead locations specified by the producer, or receives the crude oil delivered in New Town, North Dakota. |
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| 3. | As specified in the purchase and sale agreement, title to the crude oil transfers from the producer (seller) to the Initial Purchaser at the time it passes through the truck’s flange at the well or at the Pioneer Terminal unless otherwise specified in the contracts. |
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| 4. | The crude oil is transported by truck to the Pioneer Terminal where it is transferred from the truck to one of two storage tanks via the transfer station. Crude oil is also transferred into the storage tanks via gathering pipelines. |
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| 5. | Crude oil is transferred from one of the two storage tanks via pipeline to the Pioneer Terminal’s high speed loading facility, which can simultaneously load ten rail cars. A 120 unit tank car can be loaded with crude oil within a 24 hour period. |
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| 6. | Canadian Pacific takes custody of the tank cars and crude oil at the Pioneer Terminal in New Town, North Dakota for delivery to the final destination, where the Initial Purchaser sells the crude oil to its final customer. Canadian Pacific may deliver the crude oil directly if they serve the destination or Canadian Pacific will make arrangements with other Class I and short line railroads for the movement to the final destination. |
In June 2012, our wholly owned subsidiary, Dakota Plains Marketing, LLC (“DPM”), entered into an amended and restated member control agreement with PTS and DPTSM. The amended and restated member control agreement, among other things, incorporates all previous amendments, extends the initial term of DPTSM until December 31, 2021, and the term will automatically extend in two-year renewal periods unless and until terminated. In August 2012, the parties amended the amended and restated member control agreement to permit certain other ventures. In June 2013, the amended and restated member control agreement was amended to, in material part, extend the initial term of the respective joint venture through December 31, 2026. On December 31, 2013, the parties entered into the Second Amended and Restated Member Control Agreement that, among other things, increased the operating and accounting fees paid to the Trading Member and amended the limitations on its Trading Activities.
In September 2012, our wholly owned subsidiary, Dakota Plains Trucking (“DP Trucking” or the “trucking joint venture”), formed a joint venture with JPND. DP Trucking and JPND each own 50% of the trucking joint venture. The trucking joint venture was formed to engage in the transportation by road of hydrocarbons and materials used or produced in the extraction of hydrocarbons to or from refineries and other end-users or persons, wherever located, and any other lawful activities as the board of governors may determine from time to time. The initial term of the trucking joint venture runs until December 31, 2022. The term will automatically extend in two-year renewal periods unless and until terminated.
The Pioneer Terminal represents a significant expansion of the New Town transloading facility located in the heart of the Williston Basin. Crude oil supplying the transloading facility is currently sourced primarily from the Bakken formation that underlies parts of Montana, North Dakota, and Saskatchewan. The Pioneer Terminal provides two 8,300 foot loop tracks that can accommodate two 120 rail car unit trains and increases the throughput capacity from 30,000 barrels per day to up to 50,000 barrels per day, 180,000 barrels of crude oil on-site storage, a high-speed loading facility that accommodates 10 rail cars simultaneously, and transfer stations to receive crude oil from local gathering pipelines and trucks. In early October 2013, the first gathering system pipeline was connected to the Pioneer Terminal and began transporting crude oil in late October 2013 to its 90,000 barrel storage tank.
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The Pioneer Terminal was commissioned in December 2013 and began loading cars and sending trains in January 2014. The Pioneer Terminal logged over 120,000 work hours without a lost time incident, and was completed on time and under budget. Total cost of the project was approximately $50 million and was funded equally by us and World Fuel Services Corporation. Our 50% share of the cost was funded with approximately $15.5 million cash on hand, $7.5 million credit facility draw-down, and the remaining $2.0 million balance will be drawn down from the credit facility in the second quarter of 2014. In January 2014 we began transloading third party crude oil and in February 2014 we began transloading crude oil for one of the large E&P producers with a contract that reflects a set fee and minimum volume.
The existing four ladder tracks will be utilized for inbound delivery, storage and trucking logistics services for commodities such as sand, chemicals, diesel, and pipe.
We continue to develop our inbound oilfield products business at the Pioneer Terminal. Construction is currently underway for the $15.0 million fracturing sand terminal (“Sand Terminal”) announced with UNIMIN in August 2013. Completion of the Sand Terminal is scheduled for May 2014. It will have a throughput capacity of approximately 750,000 tons per year, and will be composed of 10,000 tons of fixed sand storage, an enclosed transloading facility, twin high-speed truck load outs, and four ladder tracks. In February 2014, UNIMIN began moving sand at the New Town facility. The new Sand Terminal will supply energy service companies with hydraulic fracturing sands sourced directly from UNIMIN’s newest and largest proppant production facility in Tunnel City, Wisconsin. The fracturing sands will be transported on Canadian Pacific’s rail network. Under terms of the agreements between the parties, UNIMIN will provide a direct marketing service to oilfield service companies and fund the construction of the four new ladder tracks, sand storage and transloading facility. We provide a land lease to UNIMIN for up to 30 years and will receive monthly lease payments of $10,000 through December 2023, with annual increases of 3.0% starting January 2016. DPTS will provide fee-based transloading services.
Current Business Drivers
As reported by the U.S. Geological Survey (“USGS”), the North Dakota Industrial Commission currently predicts that the Bakken’s production will increase for many years. A common date per the USGS website for a production plateau is between the years of 2022 to 2024. The USGS estimated parts of North Dakota may contain as much as 7.4 billion barrels of crude oil. As of May 2014, North Dakota ranks second behind Texas in terms of production of natural resources in the United States.
The price at which crude oil trades in the open market has 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:
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| • | domestic and foreign demand for crude oil by both refineries and end users; |
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| • | the introduction of alternative forms of fuel to replace or compete with crude oil; |
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| • | domestic and foreign reserves and supply of crude oil; |
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| • | competitive measures implemented by our competitors and domestic and foreign governmental bodies; |
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| • | political climates in nations that traditionally produce and export significant quantities of crude oil (including military and other conflicts in the Middle East and surrounding geographic region) and regulations and tariffs imposed by exporting and importing nations; |
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| • | weather conditions; and |
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| • | domestic and foreign economic volatility and stability. |
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Lack of capacity within the trunk pipelines and lack of flexibility and geographic reach to serve many potential markets 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. Beyond providing transportation capacity, railroads offer energy market participants the ability to shift deliveries quickly to different markets, enabling producers to sell their product to the market offering the best price. In the Williston Basis, 72% of crude oil production was being shipped via rail as of January 2014 compared to 68% via rail in January 2013, according to data from the March 13, 2014 North Dakota Pipeline Authority Monthly Update.
Results of Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, 2014 vs. Three Months Ended March 31, 2013
We experienced a net loss attributable to shareholders of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. of $1.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to net income of attributable to shareholders of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. of $589,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The net loss for the first quarter of 2014 was driven by a decrease in the income from our indirect ownership interest in the marketing joint venture, due to a lower per barrel margin, primarily as a result of the significant narrowing of the price spread between Brent and WTI experienced in the last two months of the quarter. In addition, income from our indirect ownership in the transloading joint venture was lower, primarily the result of a higher depreciation expense, as a majority of the Pioneer Terminal was placed into service at the end of 2013. The net income for the three months ended March 31, 2013 was driven primarily by the income from our indirect ownership interest in the marketing joint venture, due to higher net margins per barrel.
General and administrative expenses were $3.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The $1.6 million increase was primarily due to an increase of $0.7 million related to non-cash expense for employee share issuances, an increase of $0.5 million related to the consolidation of the transloading joint venture in 2014 and an increase of $0.3 million in professional fees.
Revenue from our investment in the transloading joint venture was $5.5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $4.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The increase was driven by volume, as first quarter 2014 volume was 2.8 million barrels of oil compared to 2.4 million barrels of oil for the first quarter of 2013; a 17% increase. Cost of revenue was higher due to the increased volume. Net income was $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $2.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The decrease was primarily driven by the $1.0 million non-cash impact related to depreciation of the Pioneer Terminal. The results of the transloading joint venture were included in the consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2014, but reflected as income from investment in Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC, in other income on the Statements of Operations, for the three months ended March 31, 2013.
Income from our indirect investment in the marketing joint venture was $87,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The marketing joint venture experienced a decrease in volume as first quarter 2014 volume was 2.2 million barrels of crude oil sold compared to 2.6 million barrels of crude oil sold for the first quarter of 2013; a 15% decrease. The marketing joint venture also experienced a greater contraction in margins during the three months ended March 31, 2014.
Income from our indirect investment in the trucking joint venture was $121,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $62,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The trucking joint venture hauled 1.6 million barrels of crude oil in the first quarter of 2014 compared to 1.1 million barrels of crude oil hauled for the first quarter of 2013; a 52% increase. The trucking joint venture increased its trucking fleet to 27 trucks at March 31, 2014 compared to 14 trucks at March 31, 2013. The trucking joint venture will continue to haul crude oil for the marketing joint venture as well as for third parties.
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Non-GAAP Financial Measures
We define Adjusted EBITDA Attributable to Shareholders of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. as net income (loss) before (i) interest expense, (ii) income taxes, (iii) depreciation and amortization, (iv) non-cash expenses relating to share based amounts recognized under ASC Topic 718 and (v) Adjusted EBITDA Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests. Adjusted EBITDA Attributable to Shareholders of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. was $0.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014 compared to $2.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The difference was primarily driven by the reduced income from our marketing joint venture, as well as an increase in professional fees.
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Net Income (Loss) | | $ | (445,399 | ) | $ | 588,897 | |
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Income Tax Provision (Benefit) | | | (514,885 | ) | | 373,000 | |
Depreciation and Amortization | | | 1,035,215 | | | 40,984 | |
Share Based Compensation - Employees and Directors | | | 1,128,932 | | | 420,890 | |
Share Based Compensation - Consultants | | | — | | | 130,769 | |
Interest Expense | | | 502,136 | | | 890,805 | |
Adjusted EBITDA | | $ | 1,705,999 | | $ | 2,445,345 | |
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Adjusted EBITDA Attributable to Non-Controlling Interests | | | 1,384,417 | | | — | |
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Adjusted EBITDA Attributable to Shareholders of Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. | | $ | 321,583 | | $ | 2,445,345 | |
Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP financial measure as defined by the SEC and is derived from net income (loss), 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, management believes the non-GAAP financial measure included herein provides useful information to investors by excluding certain expenses that are not indicative of our operating results. In addition, management uses adjusted EBITDA for budgeting and forecasting as well as subsequently measuring its performance and believes it is providing investors with a financial measure that most closely align with its internal measurement processes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity are cash and cash equivalents, cash distributions generated from our joint ventures, a $20 million credit agreement between DPT and World Fuel Services Corporation and our additional financing capacity, which is dependent upon capital and credit market conditions and our financial performance. Our cash and cash equivalents were $8.1 million at March 31, 2014 ($5.6 million is for use in the operations of DPTS and is only available to the Company through distributions). Subsequent to period end, in April 2014, we received February’s Transloading priority cash distribution of $265,700, after $283,000 was withheld from the gross priority cash distribution by each joint venture partner, for purposes of funding a third storage tank.
Cash Flows
Our cash flows depend, to a large degree, on the level of spending by oil companies on development and production activities. Sustained increases or decreases in the price of crude 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 common shares are within our control and are adjusted as necessary, based on market conditions.
Cash Flows Provided by (Used in) Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities totaled $0.5 million and net cash used in operating activities totaled $1.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2014, and 2013, respectively, or an increase of cash provided of approximately $2.2 million. The primary reason for the increase in cash provided by operating activities was the consolidation of the DPTS financial statements with and into the consolidated financial statements of the Company for the three months ended March 31, 2014.
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Cash Flows Used In Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities totaled $4.7 million and $19,700 for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase of $4.7 million relates to the purchases of property and equipment related to the Pioneer Terminal.
Cash Flows Used in Financing Activities
Cash flows used in financing activities totaled $0.6 million and zero for the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. The increase of $0.6 million relates to the common shares surrendered by various executives and employees in the first quarter of 2014.
Transloading Joint Venture Distributions
The transloading joint venture may distribute, and historically has distributed, 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. In April 2014, we received February’s priority cash distribution from the transloading joint venture of $265,700. This amount was net of $283,000, which was withheld from the gross priority cash distribution by each joint venture partner for purposes of funding a third storage tank.
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 of $20.0 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. The marketing joint venture made its first cash distribution in April 2013. In August 2013, the marketing joint venture made a distribution to each of its members in the amount of $10.0 million, which was immediately invested as capital contributions to Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC in order to increase the funds available for the Pioneer Terminal.
Trucking Joint Venture Distributions
The trucking joint venture determines 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 and any reserve amounts which may be established by unanimous action of its board of governors. The ending amount is the priority cash available which is evenly distributed between Dakota Plains Trucking, LLC and JPND II, LLC after JPND II, LLC’s initial capital contribution has been reimbursed. The trucking joint venture initiated its operations in early September 2012.
Off Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements.
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Item 3. | Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk. |
There have been no material changes to our interest rate or foreign currency risk since December 31, 2013. Please refer to our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 for a discussion of those risks.
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Item 4. | Controls and Procedures. |
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)). Based upon that evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective. Disclosure controls and procedures are defined by Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act as controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in applicable rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports filed under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Rule 13a-15 or 15d-15 of the Exchange Act that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
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Item 1. | Legal Proceedings. |
As stated in Note 12 to the Financial Statements, we, certain of our subsidiaries, Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC (“DPTS”), and DPTS Marketing, LLC (“DPTSM”) are among the many defendants named in various litigations relating to the derailment of a Montreal Main & Atlantic Railroad, Ltd. (“MM&A”) train in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. We believe all claims asserted against us, our subsidiaries, DPTS, and DPTSM are without merit and intend to vigorously defend against such claims.
On July 6, 2013, an unmanned freight train operated by MM&A with 72 tank cars carrying approximately 50,000 barrels of crude oil rolled downhill and derailed in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec. The derailment resulted in significant loss of life, damage to the environment from spilled crude oil and extensive property damage. DPTSM, a crude oil marketing joint venture in which we indirectly own a 50% membership interest, subleased the tank cars involved in the incident from an affiliate of our joint venture partner. An affiliate of our joint venture partner owned title to the crude oil being carried in the derailed tank cars. DPTS, a crude oil transloading joint venture in which we also indirectly own a 50% membership interest, arranged for the transloading of the crude oil for DPTSM into tank cars at DPTS’s facility in New Town, North Dakota. A different affiliate of our joint venture partner contracted with Canadian Pacific Railway (“CPR”) for the transportation of the tank cars and the crude oil from New Town, North Dakota to a customer in New Brunswick, Canada. CPR subcontracted a portion of that route to MM&A.
On July 15, 2013, four named plaintiffs filed a petition in the Canadian Province of Quebec, in the district of Mégantic, seeking permission from the court to pursue a class action seeking to recover compensatory and punitive damages along with costs. In its most recent iteration, filed on February 12, 2014, the petition lists four named plaintiffs and over fifty defendants, including, us, certain of our subsidiaries, DPTS, DPTSM, along with a number of other third parties, including CPR, MM&A and certain of its affiliates, several manufacturers and lessors of tank cars, as well as the intended purchaser and certain suppliers of the crude oil. The petition generally alleges wrongful death and negligence in the failure to provide for the proper and safe transportation of crude oil. We believe these claims against us, certain of our subsidiaries, DPTS, and DPTSM are without merit and intend to vigorously defend against such claims and pursue any and all defenses available.
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Around July 29, 2013, nineteen individuals filed lawsuits in Cook County, Illinois seeking unspecified damages for their injuries from the accident. The lawsuits assert claims for negligence against the eight defendants noted above. On August 7, 2013, MM&A filed a Chapter 11 voluntary petition in the bankruptcy court in Maine. On August 29, 2013, the defendants jointly removed the cases from state court in Cook County to the United States District Court in the Northern District of Illinois. On September 13, 2013, the bankruptcy trustee for MM&A, and World Fuel Services, Corp. and Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC filed motions seeking to transfer the nineteen personal injury cases from federal court in Illinois to the United States District Court for the District of Maine (the “ME District Court”). On March 21, 2014, the ME District Court granted the transfer motion. On April 4, 2014, the plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration of the order granting the transfer motion and a motion requesting the ME District Court abstain from exercising jurisdiction over the cases. The motion for reconsideration was denied and the motion for abstention remains pending. We believe these claims against us, certain of our subsidiaries, DPTS and DPTSM are without merit and intend to vigorously defend against such claims and pursue any and all defenses available.
As a result of the Lac-Mégantic derailment, the Canadian Transportation Safety Board is conducting an investigation into the cause of the derailment and the events surrounding it. In addition, the Quebec police are conducting a criminal investigation and are reported to be coordinating with Canadian and U.S. law enforcement authorities.
Additional claims, lawsuits, proceedings, investigations and orders may be filed, commenced or issued with respect to the incident, which may involve civil claims for damages or governmental investigative, regulatory or enforcement actions against us.
We are currently unable to determine the probability of loss or reasonably estimate a range of potential losses related to the aforementioned proceedings. Accordingly, we have not made any provisions for these potential losses in our consolidated financial statements.
There have been no material changes in our risk factors from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.
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Item 2. | Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds. |
Under our 2011 Equity Incentive Plan, employees may elect for the Company to withhold shares to satisfy minimum statutory federal, state and local tax withholding obligations arising from equity awards, including fully vested and restricted stock awards. The following table provides information with respect to shares withheld by the Company to satisfy these obligations to the extent employees elected for the Company to withhold such shares. These repurchases were not part of any publicly announced stock repurchase program.
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January 1–31 | | | 117,070 | | $ | 2.25 | |
February 1–28 | | | 86,334 | | $ | 2.08 | |
March 1–31 | | | 94,345 | | $ | 2.15 | |
Total | | | 297,749 | | $ | 2.17 | |
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Item 3. | Defaults Upon Senior Securities. |
None.
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Item 4. | Mine Safety Disclosures. |
Not applicable.
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Item 5. | Other Information. |
None.
Unless otherwise indicated, all documents incorporated herein by reference to a document filed with the SEC pursuant to the Exchange Act are located under SEC file number 000-53390.
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| 3.1 | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended through March 23, 2012 (1) |
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| 3.2 | Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended through April, 25, 2013 (2) |
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| 10.1* | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Craig M. McKenzie, dated March 12, 2014 (3) |
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| 10.2* | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Gabriel G. Claypool, dated March 12, 2014(4) |
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| 10.3* | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Timothy R. Brady, dated March 12, 2014 (5) |
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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 |
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* | Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement required to be filed as an exhibit to the quarterly report on form 10-Q. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 23, 2012. |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed April 30, 2013. |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 18, 2014. |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 18, 2014. |
(5) | Incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed March 18, 2014. |
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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.
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Date: | May 9, 2014 | | DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC. |
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| | | /s/ Timothy R. Brady |
| | | Timothy R. Brady |
| | | Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
EXHIBIT INDEX
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Exhibit No. | | Description | | Manner of Filing |
3.1 | | Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation, as amended through March 23, 2012 | | Incorporated by Reference |
3.2 | | Amended and Restated Bylaws, as amended through April 25, 2013 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.1 | | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Craig M. McKenzie, dated March 12, 2014 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.2 | | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Gabriel G. Claypool, dated March 12, 2014 | | Incorporated by Reference |
10.3 | | Amended and Restated Employment Agreement with Timothy R. Brady, dated March 12, 2014 | | 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 | | Filed Electronically |
101.INS | | XBRL Instance Document | | Filed Electronically |
101.SCH | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema | | Filed Electronically |
101.CAL | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | | Filed Electronically |
101.DEF | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | | Filed Electronically |
101.LAB | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase | | Filed Electronically |
101.PRE | | XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | | Filed Electronically |
