GasLog Partners LP Reports Financial Results for the Three-Month Period Ended September 30, 2020 and Declares Cash Distribution
- GasLog Partners refinanced all debt due to mature in 2021 with two new credit facilities, strengthening the balance sheet and providing $14.9 million of incremental liquidity.
- The Partnership signed a new three-year time charter for the vessel Methane Alison Victoria, primarily servicing LNG transportation in Myanmar.
- A new multi-month time charter was signed for the vessel Methane Jane Elizabeth with a major LNG charterer.
- Approximately $33.0 million of debt was repaid, bringing total debt repayment to $88.0 million through the first nine months of 2020.
- The Partnership declared a cash distribution of $0.01 per common unit for the third quarter of 2020.
- The decrease in revenues of $23.7 million and an increase in operating expenses led to a decrease in profit and adjusted EBITDA compared to the same period in 2019.
- The Partnership's cost of capital remains elevated, and there is uncertainty in the near-term LNG and LNG shipping markets.
- The common unit distribution was decreased to $0.01 per common unit beginning with the third quarter of 2020.
Piraeus, Greece, Nov. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- GasLog Partners LP (“GasLog Partners” or the “Partnership”) (NYSE: GLOP), an international owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carriers, today reported its financial results for the three-month period ended September 30, 2020.
Highlights
- Refinanced all debt due to mature in 2021 with two new credit facilities representing a total of
$454.0 million , strengthening the balance sheet and delivering$14.9 million of incremental liquidity. - Signed a new three-year time charter for the steam turbine propulsion (“Steam”) vessel Methane Alison Victoria with CNTIC VPower Energy Ltd. (“CNTIC VPower”), an independent Chinese energy company. The vessel will primarily service the transportation, storage and breakbulk of LNG in Myanmar.
- Signed a new multi-month time charter for the Steam vessel Methane Jane Elizabeth with a major LNG charterer.
- Repaid approximately
$33.0 million of debt, bringing total debt repayment (excluding prepayments for refinanced facilities) to approximately$88.0 million through the first nine months of 2020. - Quarterly Revenues, Profit, Adjusted Profit(1) and Adjusted EBITDA(1) of
$72.8 million ,$11.9 million ,$12.8 million and$46.8 million , respectively. - Quarterly Earnings per unit (“EPU”) of
$0.09 and Adjusted EPU(1) of$0.11 . - Declared cash distribution of
$0.01 per common unit for the third quarter of 2020. - The Partnership’s board of directors and management intend to engage with an independent advisor to review together the Partnership’s business and assess its strategic alternatives.
Chairman and CEO Statements
Curt Anastasio, Chairman of GasLog Partners, stated: “The Partnership was created primarily to fund the growth of our parent, GasLog Ltd. (“GasLog”), for which we have undoubtedly been successful, but which also relied on external capital to execute. The last several years have been challenging for capital markets for midstream energy, which along with declining visibility into the Partnership’s future financial performance, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, have resulted in a significantly higher cost of capital.
In response to these challenges, the board of directors and management have been proactive in refinancing our debt maturities, reducing our cost base, increasing the utilization of our fleet and optimizing our corporate structure. As we look out to 2021, we continue to see uncertainty in the commercial market of our assets. Rather than rely on the continuation of improved market conditions, we believe it prudent to further de-risk the Partnership and prioritize preserving liquidity and deleveraging the balance sheet.
Further to this end, the board of directors have concluded that it is in the best interest of all stakeholders to conduct an independent review of the Partnership’s business and strategic alternatives, which we anticipate to complete not later than the first quarter of 2021.”
Paul Wogan, Chief Executive Officer, commented: “I am pleased to report another positive operational quarter for the Partnership, delivered despite the ongoing challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic.
During the quarter, we refinanced all our debt maturing in 2021 meaning we have no debt refinancing until 2024. Excluding prepayments for refinanced facilities, we repaid approximately
While these are positive developments, our cost of capital remains elevated and there continues to be a high degree of COVID-19-related uncertainty in the near-term LNG and LNG shipping markets. By the end of 2020, all five of the Partnership’s Steam vessels will have ended their initial multi-year time charters with subsidiaries of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”), while three additional tri-fuel diesel electric vessel (“TFDE”) vessels will conclude their multi-year charters next year. Although we have been successful in finding longer-term employment for some of our available vessels, this has been concluded at current market rates which are below those achieved during the initial charters.
Given these factors, combined with the Partnership’s capital allocation strategy, which is focused on deleveraging, we made the difficult decision to decrease the common unit distribution to
Financial Summary
| For the three months ended | % Change | |||||||
| (All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars) | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | ||||||
| Revenues | 96,485 | 72,813 | (25 | %) | ||||
| Profit | 29,434 | 11,866 | (60 | %) | ||||
| EPU, common (basic) | 0.45 | 0.09 | (80 | %) | ||||
| Adjusted Profit(1) | 31,879 | 12,844 | (60 | %) | ||||
| Adjusted EBITDA(1) | 71,779 | 46,803 | (35 | %) | ||||
| Adjusted EPU, common (basic)(1) | 0.50 | 0.11 | (78 | %) | ||||
| Distributable cash flow | 34,320 | 12,328 | (64 | %) | ||||
| Cash distributions declared | 26,437 | 485 | (98 | %) | ||||
There were 1,247 revenue operating days for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 compared to 1,365 revenue operating days for the quarter ended September 30, 2019, mainly due to the increased off-hire days for scheduled dry-dockings.
The decrease of
The decrease in Adjusted EBITDA of
The decrease in revenues was partially offset by a
As of September 30, 2020, we had
As of September 30, 2020, we had an aggregate of
As of September 30, 2020, our current assets totaled
(1) Adjusted Profit, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted EPU are non-GAAP financial measures and should not be used in isolation or as substitutes for GasLog Partners’ financial results presented in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”). For the definitions and reconciliations of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with IFRS, please refer to Exhibit II at the end of this press release.
Preference Unit Distributions
On August 4, 2020, the board of directors of GasLog Partners approved and declared a distribution on the
Common Unit Distribution
On November 9, 2020, the board of directors of GasLog Partners approved and declared a quarterly cash distribution of
LNG Market Update and Outlook
LNG demand was 84 million tonnes (“mt”) in the third quarter of 2020, according to Poten, compared to 88 mt in the third quarter of 2019, or a decrease of approximately
Global LNG supply was approximately 86 mt in the third quarter of 2020, a decrease of over 3 mt, or
In the LNG shipping spot market, TFDE headline rates, as reported by Clarksons, averaged
Clarksons currently assesses headline spot rates for TFDE and Steam LNG carriers at
As of November 4, 2020, Poten estimates that the orderbook totals 118 dedicated LNG carriers (>100,000 cubic meters, or “cbm”), representing
Conference Call
GasLog Partners and GasLog will host a joint conference call to discuss their results for the third quarter of 2020 at 9.30 a.m. EST (4.30 p.m. EET) on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. Senior management of GasLog Partners and GasLog will review the operational and financial performance of the companies. The presentation of each company’s third quarter results will be followed by separate Q&A sessions for each company.
The dial-in numbers for the conference call are as follows:
+1 855 253 8928 (USA)
+44 20 3107 0289 (United Kingdom)
+33 1 70 80 71 53 (France)
+852 5819 4851 (Hong Kong)
+47 2396 4173 (Oslo)
Conference ID: 2961797
A live webcast of the conference call will also be available on the Investor Relations page of the GasLog Partners website (http://www.gaslogmlp.com/investors).
For those unable to participate in the conference call, a replay of the webcast will be available on the Investor Relations pages of the company website as referenced above.
About GasLog Partners
GasLog Partners is a growth-oriented master limited partnership focused on owning, operating and acquiring LNG carriers under multi-year charters. GasLog Partners’ fleet consists of 15 LNG carriers with an average carrying capacity of approximately 158,000 cbm. GasLog Partners’ principal executive offices are located at 69 Akti Miaouli, 18537, Piraeus, Greece. Visit GasLog Partners’ website at http://www.gaslogmlp.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
All statements in this press release that are not statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements that address activities, events or developments that the Partnership expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, particularly in relation to our operations, cash flows, financial position, liquidity and cash available for dividends or distributions, and the impact of cash distribution reductions on the Partnership’s business and growth prospects, plans, strategies, business prospects and changes and trends in our business and the markets in which we operate. We caution that these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release, about factors that are beyond our ability to control or predict, and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Any of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on any forward-looking statements.
Factors that might cause future results and outcomes to differ include, but are not limited to, the following:
- general LNG shipping market conditions and trends, including spot and multi-year charter rates, ship values, factors affecting supply and demand of LNG and LNG shipping, including geopolitical events, technological advancements and opportunities for the profitable operations of LNG carriers;
- fluctuations in charter hire rates, vessel utilization and vessel values;
- our ability to secure new multi-year charters at economically attractive rates;
- our ability to maximize the use of our vessels, including the re-deployment or disposition of vessels which are not operating under multi-year charters, including the risk that certain of our vessels may no longer have the latest technology at such time which may impact our ability to secure employment for such vessels as well as the rate at which we can charter such vessels;
- changes in our operating expenses, including crew wages, maintenance, dry-docking and insurance costs and bunker prices;
- number of off-hire days and dry-docking requirements, including our ability to complete scheduled dry-dockings on time and within budget;
- planned capital expenditures and availability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures;
- disruption to the LNG, LNG shipping and financial markets caused by the global shutdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic;
- fluctuations in prices for crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas, including LNG;
- fluctuations in exchange rates, especially the U.S. dollar and the Euro;
- our ability to expand our portfolio by acquiring vessels through our drop-down pipeline with GasLog or by acquiring other assets from third parties;
- our ability to leverage GasLog’s relationships and reputation in the shipping industry;
- the ability of GasLog to maintain long-term relationships with major energy companies and major LNG producers, marketers and consumers;
- GasLog’s relationships with its employees and ship crews, its ability to retain key employees and provide services to us, and the availability of skilled labor, ship crews and management;
- changes in the ownership of our charterers;
- our customers’ performance of their obligations under our time charters and other contracts;
- our future operating performance, financial condition, liquidity and cash available for distributions;
- our distribution policy and our ability to make cash distributions on our units or the impact of cash distribution reductions on our financial position;
- our ability to obtain debt and equity financing on acceptable terms to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other corporate activities, funding by banks of their financial commitments, funding by GasLog of the revolving credit facility and our ability to meet our restrictive covenants and other obligations under our credit facilities;
- future, pending or recent acquisitions of ships or other assets, business strategy, areas of possible expansion and expected capital spending;
- risks inherent in ship operation, including the discharge of pollutants;
- the impact on us and the shipping industry of environmental concerns, including climate change;
- any malfunction or disruption of information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on or any impact of a possible cybersecurity event;
- the expected cost of and our ability to comply with environmental and regulatory requirements, including with respect to emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases, as well as future changes in such requirements or other actions taken by regulatory authorities, governmental organizations, classification societies and standards imposed by our charterers applicable to our business;
- potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, diseases, pandemics, political events, piracy or acts by terrorists;
- potential liability from future litigation; and
- other risks and uncertainties described in the Partnership’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 3, 2020 and Quarterly Reports on Form 6-K filed with the SEC on May 7, 2020 and August 5, 2020, available at http://www.sec.gov.
We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in our views or expectations or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement.
The declaration and payment of distributions are at all times subject to the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, amongst other things, risks and uncertainties described above, restrictions in our credit facilities, the provisions of Marshall Islands law and such other factors as our board of directors may deem relevant.
Contacts:
Joseph Nelson
Head of Investor Relations
Phone: +1-212-223-0643
E-mail: ir@gaslogmlp.com
EXHIBIT I – Unaudited Interim Financial Information
Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial position
As of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except unit data)
| December 31, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | ||||||
| Assets | |||||||
| Non-current assets | |||||||
| Other non-current assets | 128 | 154 | |||||
| Tangible fixed assets | 2,286,430 | 2,225,665 | |||||
| Right-of-use assets | 1,033 | 620 | |||||
| Total non-current assets | 2,287,591 | 2,226,439 | |||||
| Current assets | |||||||
| Trade and other receivables | 7,147 | 11,999 | |||||
| Inventories | 3,353 | 4,222 | |||||
| Due from related parties | — | 1,873 | |||||
| Prepayments and other current assets | 1,597 | 9,551 | |||||
| Derivative financial instruments | 372 | 141 | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | 96,884 | 78,961 | |||||
| Total current assets | 109,353 | 106,747 | |||||
| Total assets | 2,396,944 | 2,333,186 | |||||
| Partners’ equity and liabilities | |||||||
| Partners’ equity | |||||||
| Common unitholders (46,860,182 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and 47,517,824 units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020) | 606,811 | 580,580 | |||||
| General partner (1,021,336 units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020) | 11,271 | 10,722 | |||||
| Preference unitholders (5,750,000 Series A Preference Units, 4,600,000 Series B Preference Units and 4,000,000 Series C Preference Units issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019 and September 30, 2020) | 347,889 | 347,889 | |||||
| Total partners’ equity | 965,971 | 939,191 | |||||
| Current liabilities | |||||||
| Trade accounts payable | 16,630 | 15,434 | |||||
| Due to related parties | 5,642 | 162 | |||||
| Derivative financial instruments | 2,607 | 8,312 | |||||
| Other payables and accruals | 51,570 | 50,565 | |||||
| Borrowings—current portion | 109,822 | 104,934 | |||||
| Lease liabilities—current portion | 472 | 363 | |||||
| Total current liabilities | 186,743 | 179,770 | |||||
| Non-current liabilities | |||||||
| Derivative financial instruments | 6,688 | 13,933 | |||||
| Borrowings—non-current portion | 1,236,202 | 1,198,627 | |||||
| Lease liabilities—non-current portion | 414 | 168 | |||||
| Other non-current liabilities | 926 | 1,497 | |||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 1,244,230 | 1,214,225 | |||||
| Total partners’ equity and liabilities | 2,396,944 | 2,333,186 |
Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of profit or loss
For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 and September 30, 2020
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except per unit data)
| For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||||||
| September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | |||||||||
| Revenues | 96,485 | 72,813 | 282,175 | 248,614 | ||||||||
| Net pool allocation | — | — | 1,058 | — | ||||||||
| Voyage expenses and commissions | (1,673 | ) | (2,246 | ) | (5,547 | ) | (8,916 | ) | ||||
| Vessel operating costs | (18,116 | ) | (19,327 | ) | (55,295 | ) | (55,315 | ) | ||||
| Depreciation | (22,819 | ) | (20,577 | ) | (66,826 | ) | (61,850 | ) | ||||
| General and administrative expenses | (4,917 | ) | (5,379 | ) | (14,352 | ) | (13,971 | ) | ||||
| Impairment loss on vessels | — | — | — | (18,841 | ) | |||||||
| Profit from operations | 48,960 | 25,284 | 141,213 | 89,721 | ||||||||
| Financial costs | (17,534 | ) | (12,437 | ) | (55,650 | ) | (41,017 | ) | ||||
| Financial income | 393 | 9 | 1,558 | 285 | ||||||||
| Loss on derivatives | (2,385 | ) | (990 | ) | (15,528 | ) | (14,741 | ) | ||||
| Total other expenses, net | (19,526 | ) | (13,418 | ) | (69,620 | ) | (55,473 | ) | ||||
| Profit and total comprehensive income for the period | 29,434 | 11,866 | 71,593 | 34,248 | ||||||||
| Common units | 21,388 | 4,193 | 45,246 | 11,256 | ||||||||
| General partner units | 464 | 91 | 951 | 246 | ||||||||
| Incentive distribution rights | N/A | N/A | — | N/A | ||||||||
| Preference units | 7,582 | 7,582 | 22,746 | 22,746 | ||||||||
| Earnings per unit attributable to the Partnership, basic and diluted: | ||||||||||||
| Common unit, basic | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.98 | 0.24 | ||||||||
| Common unit, diluted | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0.96 | 0.23 | ||||||||
| General partner unit | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.99 | 0.24 | ||||||||
Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows
For the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2020
(All amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| For the nine months ended | ||||||||
| September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Profit for the period | 71,593 | 34,248 | ||||||
| Adjustments for: | ||||||||
| Depreciation | 66,826 | 61,850 | ||||||
| Impairment loss on vessels | — | 18,841 | ||||||
| Financial costs | 55,650 | 41,017 | ||||||
| Financial income | (1,558 | ) | (285 | ) | ||||
| Unrealized loss on derivatives held for trading | 16,698 | 10,335 | ||||||
| Share-based compensation | 759 | 1,833 | ||||||
| Realized foreign exchange losses | 542 | — | ||||||
| 210,510 | 167,839 | |||||||
| Movements in working capital | (7,425 | ) | (16,674 | ) | ||||
| Cash provided by operations | 203,085 | 151,165 | ||||||
| Interest paid | (54,197 | ) | (41,415 | ) | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 148,888 | 109,750 | ||||||
| Cash flows from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Payments for tangible fixed assets | (8,637 | ) | (19,002 | ) | ||||
| Return of capital expenditures | 7,465 | — | ||||||
| Financial income received | 1,608 | 316 | ||||||
| Maturity of short-term investments | 34,000 | — | ||||||
| Purchase of short-term investments | (33,000 | ) | — | |||||
| Net cash provided by/(used in) investing activities | 1,436 | (18,686 | ) | |||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Borrowings drawdowns | 435,000 | 479,984 | ||||||
| Borrowings repayments | (430,085 | ) | (521,880 | ) | ||||
| Payment of loan issuance costs | (5,185 | ) | (6,914 | ) | ||||
| Proceeds from entering into interest rate swaps | — | 16,056 | ||||||
| Payments for interest rate swaps termination | — | (13,210 | ) | |||||
| Proceeds from issuances of general partner units | 1,996 | — | ||||||
| Repurchases of common units | (20,030 | ) | (996 | ) | ||||
| Payment of offering costs | (1,584 | ) | (119 | ) | ||||
| Cash distribution to GasLog in exchange for contribution of net assets | (93,646 | ) | — | |||||
| Distributions paid | (103,934 | ) | (61,489 | ) | ||||
| Payments for lease liabilities | (403 | ) | (419 | ) | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (217,871 | ) | (108,987 | ) | ||||
| Decrease in cash and cash equivalents | (67,547 | ) | (17,923 | ) | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period | 133,370 | 96,884 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period | 65,823 | 78,961 | ||||||
EXHIBIT II
Non-GAAP Financial Measures:
EBITDA is defined as earnings before financial income and costs, gain/loss on derivatives, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Adjusted EBITDA is defined as EBITDA before impairment loss on vessels and restructuring costs. Adjusted Profit represents earnings before (a) non-cash gain/loss on derivatives that includes unrealized gain/loss on derivatives held for trading, (b) write-off and accelerated amortization of unamortized loan fees, (c) impairment loss on vessels and (d) restructuring costs. Adjusted EPU, represents earnings attributable to unitholders before (a) non-cash gain/loss on derivatives that includes unrealized gain/loss on derivatives held for trading, (b) write-off and accelerated amortization of unamortized loan fees, (c) impairment loss on vessels and (d) restructuring costs. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU, which are non-GAAP financial measures, are used as supplemental financial measures by management and external users of financial statements, such as investors, to assess our financial and operating performance. The Partnership believes that these non-GAAP financial measures assist our management and investors by increasing the comparability of our performance from period to period. The Partnership believes that including EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU assists our management and investors in (i) understanding and analyzing the results of our operating and business performance, (ii) selecting between investing in us and other investment alternatives and (iii) monitoring our ongoing financial and operational strength in assessing whether to purchase and/or to continue to hold our common units. This increased comparability is achieved by excluding the potentially disparate effects between periods of, in the case of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA, financial costs, gain/loss on derivatives, taxes, depreciation and amortization; in the case of Adjusted EBITDA, impairment loss on vessels and restructuring costs and, in the case of Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU, non-cash gain/loss on derivatives, write-off and accelerated amortization of unamortized loan fees, impairment loss on vessels and restructuring costs, which items are affected by various and possibly changing financing methods, financial market conditions, general shipping market conditions, capital structure and historical cost basis and which items may significantly affect results of operations between periods. In the current three-month and nine-month periods, restructuring costs have been excluded from Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU because restructuring costs represent charges reflecting specific actions taken by management to improve the Partnership’s future profitability and therefore are not considered representative of the underlying operations of the Partnership. In the current nine-month period, impairment loss has been excluded from Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU because impairment loss on vessels represents the excess of their carrying amount over the amount that is expected to be recovered from them in the future and therefore is not considered representative of the underlying operations of the Partnership.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU have limitations as analytical tools and should not be considered as alternatives to, or as substitutes for, or superior to, profit, profit from operations, earnings per unit or any other measure of operating performance presented in accordance with IFRS. Some of these limitations include the fact that they do not reflect (i) our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments, (ii) changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs and (iii) the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt. Although depreciation and amortization are non-cash charges, the assets being depreciated and amortized will often have to be replaced in the future and EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect any cash requirements for such replacements. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU are not adjusted for all non-cash income or expense items that are reflected in our statement of cash flows and other companies in our industry may calculate these measures differently to how we do, limiting their usefulness as comparative measures. EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU exclude some, but not all, items that affect profit or loss and these measures may vary among other companies. Therefore, EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU as presented herein may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. The following tables reconcile EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU to Profit, the most directly comparable IFRS financial measure, for the periods presented.
In evaluating EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU you should be aware that in the future we may incur expenses that are the same as or similar to some of the adjustments in this presentation. Our presentation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted Profit and Adjusted EPU should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by the excluded items.
Reconciliation of Profit to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | ||||||||
| September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | ||||||
| Profit for the period | 29,434 | 11,866 | 71,593 | 34,248 | |||||
| Depreciation | 22,819 | 20,577 | 66,826 | 61,850 | |||||
| Financial costs | 17,534 | 12,437 | 55,650 | 41,017 | |||||
| Financial income | (393 | ) | (9 | ) | (1,558 | ) | (285 | ) | |
| Loss on derivatives | 2,385 | 990 | 15,528 | 14,741 | |||||
| EBITDA | 71,779 | 45,861 | 208,039 | 151,571 | |||||
| Impairment loss on vessels | — | — | — | 18,841 | |||||
| Restructuring costs | — | 942 | — | 1,174 | |||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | 71,779 | 46,803 | 208,039 | 171,586 | |||||
Reconciliation of Profit to Adjusted Profit:
(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | ||||||
| September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | ||||
| Profit for the year | 29,434 | 11,866 | 71,593 | 34,248 | |||
| Non-cash loss/(gain) on derivatives | 2,445 | (1,882 | ) | 16,698 | 10,335 | ||
| Write-off and accelerated amortization of unamortized loan fees | — | 1,918 | 988 | 1,918 | |||
| Impairment loss on vessels | — | — | — | 18,841 | |||
| Restructuring costs | — | 942 | — | 1,174 | |||
| Adjusted Profit | 31,879 | 12,844 | 89,279 | 66,516 | |||
Reconciliation of Profit to EPU and Adjusted EPU:
(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||
| September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | |||||
| Profit for the period | 29,434 | 11,866 | 71,593 | 34,248 | ||||
| Less: | ||||||||
| Profit attributable to GasLog’s operations | — | — | (2,650 | ) | — | |||
| Profit attributable to Partnership’s operations | 29,434 | 11,866 | 68,943 | 34,248 | ||||
| Adjustment for: | ||||||||
| Paid and accrued preference unit distributions | (7,582 | ) | (7,582 | ) | (22,746 | ) | (22,746 | ) |
| Partnership’s profit attributable to: | 21,852 | 4,284 | 46,197 | 11,502 | ||||
| Common units | 21,388 | 4,193 | 45,246 | 11,256 | ||||
| General partner units | 464 | 91 | 951 | 246 | ||||
| Incentive distribution rights | N/A | N/A | — | N/A | ||||
| Weighted average units outstanding (basic) | ||||||||
| Common units | 47,325,212 | 47,167,488 | 46,031,861 | 46,882,894 | ||||
| General partner units | 1,021,336 | 1,021,336 | 960,095 | 1,021,336 | ||||
| EPU (basic) | ||||||||
| Common units | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.98 | 0.24 | ||||
| General partner units | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0.99 | 0.24 | ||||
| | ||||||||
| For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||
| September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020 | |||||
| Profit for the period | 29,434 | 11,866 | 71,593 | 34,248 | ||||
| Less: | ||||||||
| Profit attributable to GasLog’s operations | — | — | (2,650 | ) | — | |||
| Profit attributable to Partnership’s operations | 29,434 | 11,866 | 68,943 | 34,248 | ||||
| Adjustment for: | ||||||||
| Paid and accrued preference unit distributions | (7,582 | ) | (7,582 | ) | (22,746 | ) | (22,746 | ) |
| Partnership’s profit used in EPU calculation | 21,852 | 4,284 | 46,197 | 11,502 | ||||
| Non-cash loss/(gain) on derivatives | 2,445 | (1,882 | ) | 16,698 | 10,335 | |||
| Write-off and accelerated amortization of unamortized loan fees | — | 1,918 | 988 | 1,918 | ||||
| Impairment loss on vessels | — | — | — | 18,841 | ||||
| Restructuring costs | — | 942 | — | 1,174 | ||||
| Adjusted Partnership’s profit used in EPU calculation attributable to: | 24,297 | 5,262 | 63,883 | 43,770 | ||||
| Common units | 23,781 | 5,150 | 62,576 | 42,832 | ||||
| General partner units | 516 | 112 | 1,307 | 938 | ||||
| Incentive distribution rights | N/A | N/A | — | N/A | ||||
| Weighted average units outstanding (basic) | ||||||||
| Common units | 47,325,212 | 47,167,488 | 46,031,861 | 46,882,894 | ||||
| General partner units | 1,021,336 | 1,021,336 | 960,095 | 1,021,336 | ||||
| Adjusted EPU (basic) | ||||||||
| Common units | 0.50 | 0.11 | 1.36 | 0.91 | ||||
| General partner units | 0.51 | 0.11 | 1.36 | 0.92 | ||||
Distributable Cash Flow
Distributable cash flow means Adjusted EBITDA, on the basis of the profit attributable to Partnership’s operations(1) (as calculated above), after considering financial costs for the period, including realized loss on derivatives (interest rate swaps and forward foreign exchange contracts) and excluding amortization of loan fees, lease expense, estimated dry-docking and replacement capital reserves established by the Partnership and accrued distributions on preference units, whether or not declared. Estimated dry-docking and replacement capital reserves represent capital expenditures required to renew and maintain over the long-term the operating capacity of, or the revenues generated by, our capital assets. Distributable cash flow, which is a non-GAAP financial measure, is a quantitative standard used by investors in publicly traded partnerships to assess their ability to make quarterly cash distributions. Our calculation of Distributable cash flow may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. Distributable cash flow has limitations as an analytical tool and should not be considered as an alternative to, or substitute for, or superior to, profit or loss, profit or loss from operations, earnings per unit or any other measure of operating performance presented in accordance with IFRS. The table below reconciles Distributable cash flow to Profit for the period.
Reconciliation of Distributable Cash Flow to Profit:
(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
| For the three months ended | For the nine months ended | |||||||
| September 30, 2019 | September 30, 2020(4) | September 30, 2019(1) | September 30, 2020(4) | |||||
| Profit for the period | 29,434 | 11,866 | 71,593 | 34,248 | ||||
| Less: | ||||||||
| Profit attributable to GasLog’s operations | — | — | (2,650 | ) | — | |||
| Profit attributable to Partnership’s operations(1) | 29,434 | 11,866 | 68,943 | 34,248 | ||||
| Depreciation | 22,819 | 20,577 | 65,336 | 61,850 | ||||
| Financial costs | 17,534 | 12,437 | 53,920 | 41,017 | ||||
| Financial income | (393 | ) | (9 | ) | (1,544 | ) | (285 | ) |
| Loss on derivatives | 2,385 | 990 | 15,528 | 14,741 | ||||
| EBITDA | 71,779 | 45,861 | 202,183 | 151,571 | ||||
| Impairment loss on vessels | — | — | — | 18,841 | ||||
| Restructuring costs | — | 942 | — | 1,174 | ||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | 71,779 | 46,803 | 202,183 | 171,586 | ||||
| Financial costs (excluding amortization of loan fees and lease expense) and realized loss on derivatives | (16,021 | ) | (12,097 | ) | (47,471 | ) | (39,208 | ) |
| Dry-docking capital reserve (2) | (4,170 | ) | (4,027 | ) | (12,222 | ) | (12,081 | ) |
| Replacement capital reserve (2) | (9,686 | ) | (10,769 | ) | (28,417 | ) | (32,307 | ) |
| Paid and accrued preferred equity distribution | (7,582 | ) | (7,582 | ) | (22,746 | ) | (22,746 | ) |
| Distributable cash flow | 34,320 | 12,328 | 91,327 | 65,244 | ||||
| Other reserves (3) | (7,883 | ) | (11,843 | ) | (11,339 | ) | (52,770 | ) |
| Cash distribution declared | 26,437 | 485 | 79,988 | 12,474 | ||||
(1) Excludes amounts related to GAS-twelve Ltd., the owner of the GasLog Glasgow for the period prior to its transfer to the Partnership on April 1, 2019. While such amounts are reflected in the Partnership’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements because the transfer to the Partnership was accounted as a reorganization of entities under common control under IFRS, GAS-twelve Ltd. was not owned by the Partnership prior to its respective transfer to the Partnership in April 2019 and accordingly the Partnership was not entitled to the cash or results generated in the period prior to such transfer.
(2) Effective January 1, 2020, the Partnership revised the assumed re-investment rate used in calculating the dry-docking capital reserve and the replacement capital reserve to reflect recent movements in market interest rate forecasts.
(3) Refers to movements in reserves (other than the dry-docking and replacement capital reserves) for the proper conduct of the business of the Partnership and its subsidiaries.
(4) For the three months ended September 30, 2020, the cash distributions declared and the other reserves have been calculated based on the number of units issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2020.
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