Teekay Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and Annual 2015 Results
Highlights - Generated consolidated cash flow from vessel operations of $401.4 million and $1.4 billion in the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015, respectively, increases of 30 percent and 35 percent from the same periods of the prior year. - Generated adjusted net income attributable to shareholders of $29.8 million, or $0.41 per share, and $68.1 million, or $0.94 per share, in the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015, respectively, compared to $30.7 million, or $0.42 per share, and $1.5 million, or $0.02 per share, in the same periods of the prior year. - Declared fourth quarter 2015 cash dividend of $0.055 per share.
(firmenpresse) - HAMILTON, BERMUDA -- (Marketwired) -- 02/18/16 -- Teekay Corporation (Teekay or the Company) (NYSE: TK) today reported financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015. These results include the Company''s three publicly-listed subsidiaries (Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore) (NYSE: TOO), Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG) (NYSE: TGP), and Teekay Tankers Ltd. (Teekay Tankers) (NYSE: TNK)) (collectively, the Daughter Entities), all of which are consolidated in the Company''s financial statements, and all remaining subsidiaries of the Company are referred to in this release as Teekay Parent. Please refer to the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 earnings releases of Teekay LNG, Teekay Offshore and Teekay Tankers, which are available on the Company''s website at , for additional information on their respective results.
Summary Financial Information
CEO Commentary
"Despite the challenging macro energy environment affecting our customers, the Teekay Group generated strong cash flow growth during the fourth quarter and fiscal year of 2015 and recorded the highest fiscal year adjusted earnings since 2008, highlighting our diversified business model and our integral role in our customers'' oil and gas production logistics chains," commented Peter Evensen, Teekay Corporation''s President and Chief Executive Officer. "The strong cash flow growth and earnings were driven mainly by the delivery and acquisition of various growth projects during 2015, including our largest FPSO project to date, the Knarr FPSO, tanker fleet growth and the highest spot tanker rates in seven years."
Mr. Evensen added "Teekay Offshore and Teekay LNG continue to operate with high fleet utilization, generating stable cash flows supported by large portfolios of fee-based contracts with high quality counterparties, while Teekay Tankers recorded one of its strongest years ever and implemented a new variable dividend policy."
"The decision in December to temporarily reduce Teekay Corporation''s dividend was a direct result of temporary cash distribution reductions by our two MLPs, Teekay Offshore and Teekay LNG. It was a difficult decision and was caused by the inability of both MLPs to access competitively priced capital in the current negative capital market environment and was not caused by a shortfall in the cash flows of our operating businesses," Mr. Evensen continued. "We believe the reductions are in the best interests of long-term investors as the reallocation of a significant portion of our internally generated cash flows will be used to fund our profitable growth projects scheduled to deliver over the next several years and which we expect will result in higher available distributable cash flow per unitholder at each MLP."
"Looking ahead to 2016, despite the anticipated redelivery of Teekay Offshore''s Varg FPSO after operating on the Varg field for almost 18 years, the Teekay Group''s operating cash flows are expected to remain relatively strong supported by high fleet utilization, the delivery of various growth projects in 2016 and the continued strength in the conventional tanker market. In addition, we are focusing on project execution, operational efficiencies and securing required financings for our two MLPs."
Business Outlook for 2016 and 2017
The Company plans to host a conference call on Thursday, February 18, at 2:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss the results contained in this news release as well as its business outlook, which includes additional forecasted cash flows for the Company''s two master limited partnerships for 2016 and 2017. A copy of the Fourth Quarter 2015 Earnings and Business Outlook Presentation, which will be discussed during this conference call, is available at .
Summary of Results
Teekay Corporation Consolidated
The Company''s consolidated cash flow from vessel operations (CFVO) increased to $401.4 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, compared to $308.2 million for the same period of the prior year, primarily due to higher cash flows from Teekay Offshore related to the charter contract commencements for the Petrojarl Knarr (Knarr) FPSO unit and the Arendal Spirit Unit for Maintenance and Safety (UMS), the acquisition of six long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels in 2015 and a production bonus recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015 relating to the Voyageur Spirit FPSO unit. In addition, cash flows from Teekay Tankers increased as a result of its acquisition of 17 modern conventional tankers in 2015, the expansion of its chartered-in tanker portfolio in 2014 and 2015, and higher spot tanker rates.
The Company''s consolidated adjusted net income attributable to shareholders decreased slightly to $29.8 million, or $0.41 per share, during the quarter ended December 31, 2015, compared to $30.7 million, or $0.42 per share, for the same period of the prior year.
On a GAAP basis, the Company''s consolidated net income was $38.2 million, or $0.53 per share, for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, compared to net loss of $13.7 million, or $0.19 per share, for the same period of the prior year.
Teekay Parent
Teekay Parent GPCO Cash Flow, which includes distributions and dividends received by Teekay Parent from Teekay''s publicly-listed subsidiaries in the following quarter less Teekay Parent''s corporate general and administrative expenses was $8.9 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, compared to $41.5 million for the same period of the prior year. The distributions and dividends received from Teekay''s publicly-listed subsidiaries for the quarter ended December 31, 2015 decreased to $13.0 million, compared to $45.3 million for the same period of the prior year, primarily due to the reductions in quarterly general partner and limited partner cash distributions received from Teekay Offshore and Teekay LNG as a result of the temporary reduction in cash distributions on Teekay Offshore''s and Teekay LNG''s common units, partially offset by an increase in cash dividends received from Teekay Tankers as a result of the implementation of its new variable dividend policy whereby Teekay Tankers intends to pay out 30 to 50 percent of its quarterly adjusted net income. For the fourth quarter of 2015, Teekay Tankers declared and paid a dividend of $0.12 per share, an increase of 300 percent from the previous quarter.
Teekay Parent OPCO Cash Flow, which includes cash flow attributable to assets directly-owned by, or chartered-in to, Teekay Parent, net of interest expense and drydock expenditures, decreased to approximately breakeven for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, from $3.5 million for the same period of the prior year. The decrease is primarily due to the timing of drydocking expenditures for the Shoshone Spirit Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) and two chartered-in shuttle tankers, the Petronordic and Petroatlantic, and lower annual incentive-based revenues recognized as a result of lower oil prices relating to the Hummingbird Spirit and Foinaven floating production, storage and offloading (FPSO) units, partially offset by lower operating costs as a result of the sale of the Petrojarl I FPSO unit to Teekay Offshore in December 2014.
Total Teekay Parent Free Cash Flow, which is the total of GPCO and OPCO cash flows, was $8.9 million during the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to $45.0 million for the same period of the prior year. Please refer to Page 8 of this release for additional information about Teekay Parent Free Cash Flow.
On January 20, 2016, the Company declared a cash dividend on its common stock of $0.055 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. The cash dividend is payable on February 18, 2016 to all shareholders of record on February 5, 2016.
Summary Results of Daughter Entities
Teekay Offshore Partners
Teekay Offshore''s distributable cash flow(1) increased during the quarter ended December 31, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year, primarily due to the acquisition of the Knarr FPSO unit in July 2015, the acquisition of six long-distance towing and offshore installation vessels during the first seven months of 2015, the commencement of the Arendal Spirit UMS charter contract in early-June 2015 and the Voyageur Spirit FPSO unit''s production bonus recorded in the fourth quarter of 2015. These increases were partially offset by the expiration of two shuttle tanker contracts in the second quarter of 2015 and the sale of two conventional tankers in the fourth quarter of 2015. Please refer to Teekay Offshore''s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 earnings release for additional information on the financial results for this entity.
Teekay LNG Partners
Teekay LNG''s distributable cash flow(1) decreased during the quarter ended December 31, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year, primarily due to the termination of the charter contract for Teekay LNG''s 52 percent-owned Magellan Spirit liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier in March 2015 (which termination Teekay LNG''s joint venture with Marubeni Corporation is currently disputing), the scheduled expiration of the charter contract for Teekay LNG''s 52 percent-owned Methane Spirit LNG carrier in March 2015, and lower capitalized distributions relating to equity financing of newbuildings as a result of the temporary reduction in cash distributions on its common units. These decreases were partially offset by the lower interest expense resulting from the December 2014 termination of capital leases for, and the subsequent refinancing of, three 70 percent-owned LNG carriers (the RasGas II LNG Carriers), higher cash flows from Teekay LNG''s Exmar LPG BVBA joint venture and higher revenue from the Teide Spirit Suezmax tanker. Please refer to Teekay LNG''s fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 earnings release for additional information on the financial results for this entity.
Teekay Tankers
Teekay Tankers'' free cash flow(2) increased during the quarter ended December 31, 2015 compared to the same period of the prior year, primarily due to higher average spot tanker rates earned and an increase in fleet size related to the acquisition of 17 modern conventional tankers in 2015 and expansion of its chartered-in tanker portfolio in 2014 and 2015. Please refer to Teekay Tankers'' fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 earnings release for additional information on the financial results for this entity.
Recent Transactions
Teekay Parent
During the fourth quarter of 2015, Teekay Parent secured a 12 month charter-out contract for the Shoshone Spirit VLCC at $49,000 per day, which expires in December 2016.
Teekay Offshore
Teekay Offshore completed the sale of two conventional tankers and has entered into an agreement to sell its remaining two conventional tankers for aggregate sales proceeds of approximately $130 million. The first two conventional tankers, the SPT Explorer and Navigator Spirit, were sold to Teekay Tankers in mid-December 2015 and the two remaining conventional tankers, the Kilimanjaro Spirit and Fuji Spirit, are expected to be delivered to a third party in March 2016. After repaying existing debt secured by these assets and the novation of an existing $50 million revolving credit facility to Teekay Tankers, these transactions are expected to add approximately $60 million to Teekay Offshore''s liquidity position.
In November 2015, Teekay Offshore received a termination notice for the Petrojarl Varg (Varg) FPSO charter contract from the charterer Repsol S.A. (Repsol), formerly Talisman Energy, based on a termination right that is specific to the Varg FPSO contract. Following discussions with the charterer, Teekay Offshore currently expects the Varg FPSO to be redelivered to Teekay Offshore in August 2016. Teekay Offshore is currently pursuing various redeployment opportunities for the Varg FPSO, a unit which meets the strict Norwegian petroleum industry (NORSOK) standards.
Teekay LNG
In December 2015, a joint venture consisting of Teekay LNG, Samsung C&T (Samsung) and Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) finalized a 20-year contract with the Government of the Kingdom of Bahrain to develop an LNG receiving and regasification terminal in Bahrain for start-up in mid-2018. The project will include a floating storage unit (FSU), an offshore LNG receiving jetty and breakwater, an adjacent regasification platform, subsea gas pipelines from the platform to shore, an onshore gas receiving facility and an onshore nitrogen production facility. The project is expected to have a capacity of 800 million standard cubic feet per day and will be owned and operated through a new joint venture owned by National Oil & Gas Authority (30%), Teekay LNG (30%), Samsung (20%) and GIC (20%). Teekay LNG will provide the project with the FSU, modifying one of its previously unchartered MEGI LNG carrier newbuildings, under a 20-year charter contract to the joint venture. The project, not including the FSU to be time chartered from Teekay LNG, project management and development, financing and other costs, is expected to cost the joint venture approximately $655 million, which is expected to be funded through a combination of equity capital and project finance through a consortium of regional and international banks.
During the fourth quarter of 2015, Teekay LNG''s first MEGI LNG carrier newbuilding completed sea trials with the second vessel scheduled to commence sea trials late in the first quarter of 2016. These vessels will commence their respective five-year fee-based charter contracts with Cheniere Energy in March and the third quarter of 2016, respectively, and are expected to earn total annual cash flow from vessel operations and distributable cash flow of $50 million and $30 million. In early-February 2016, Teekay LNG secured a 10-year, $360 million long-term lease facility to finance these two LNG carriers.
Teekay LNG owns two 52 percent-owned LNG carriers, the Marib Spirit and Arwa Spirit, through its joint venture with Marubeni Corporation that are currently on long-term charters expiring in 2029 to the Yemen LNG project (YLNG), a consortium led by Total SA. Due to the political situation in Yemen, YLNG decided to temporarily close the LNG plant in 2015. As a result of a possible extended plant closing, Teekay LNG''s joint venture agreed to a temporary deferral of a significant portion of the charter payments for the two LNG carriers during 2016. Upon future resumption of the LNG plant in Yemen, it is expected that YLNG will repay the deferred amounts in full over a period of time to be agreed upon.
In February 2016, Teekay LNG''s Exmar LPG joint venture took delivery of the sixth of its 12 LPG carrier newbuildings, which will commence a five-year charter with Statoil ASA.
Teekay Tankers
During the fourth quarter of 2015, Teekay Tankers built on its recent ship-to-ship transfer acquisition of SPT Inc. and expanded its U.S. Gulf presence through the acquisition and chartering-in of three purpose-built Lightering Aframax tankers. On December 18, 2015, Teekay Tankers acquired two Lightering Aframax tankers, the SPT Explorer and Navigator Spirit, from Teekay Offshore for an aggregate purchase price of $80 million and chartered-in the third Lightering Aframax tanker for a firm contract period of five years, which is scheduled to deliver between February and March 2016.
In January 2016, Teekay Tankers completed a new five-year $900 million long-term debt facility, which was 1.4 times oversubscribed. The new facility includes term loan and revolving credit facility components which were used to refinance 36 of Teekay Tankers'' existing vessels, including 17 vessels acquired during 2015 that were secured by Teekay Tankers'' two bridge loan facilities that matured in early-2016, and Teekay Tankers'' main corporate revolving credit facility which would have otherwise expired in 2017. This new facility extends Teekay Tankers'' debt maturity profile and provides financial flexibility in the future.
Liquidity
As at December 31, 2015, Teekay Parent had total liquidity of $234.5 million (consisting of $221.0 million of cash and cash equivalents and $13.5 million of undrawn revolving credit facilities) and, on a consolidated basis, Teekay Corporation had total liquidity of approximately $860.7 million (consisting of $678.4 million of cash and cash equivalents and $182.3 million of undrawn revolving credit facilities).
Definitions and Non-GAAP Measures
This release includes various financial measures that are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These non-GAAP financial measures, which include Cash Flow From Vessel Operations, Adjusted Net Income Attributable to Shareholders, Teekay Parent Free Cash Flow, and Net Interest Expense, are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these measures do not have standardized meanings, and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. The Company believes that certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company''s financial performance.
Teekay Parent Financial Measures
Teekay Parent Free Cash Flow represents the sum of (a) distributions received as a result of ownership interests in its publicly-traded subsidiaries (Teekay LNG, Teekay Offshore, and Teekay Tankers) net of Teekay Parent''s corporate general and administrative expenditures in the respective period (collectively, Teekay Parent GPCO Cash Flow) plus (b) CFVO attributed to Teekay Parent''s directly-owned and chartered-in assets, less Teekay Parent''s net interest expense and drydock expenditures in the respective period (collectively, Teekay Parent OPCO Cash Flow). Net interest expense includes interest expense, interest income and realized gains and losses on interest rate swaps. Please refer to Page 8 and Appendices B, C and D of this release for further details and reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures reflected in the Company''s consolidated financial statements.
Consolidated Financial Measures
Cash flow from vessel operations (CFVO) represents income from vessel operations before depreciation and amortization expense, amortization of in-process revenue contracts, vessel write-downs, gains or losses on the sale of vessels and adjustments for direct financing leases to a cash basis, but includes realized gains or losses on the settlement of foreign currency forward contracts and a derivative charter contract. CFVO - Consolidated represents CFVO from vessels that are consolidated on the Company''s financial statements. CFVO - Equity Investments represents the Company''s proportionate share of CFVO from its equity-accounted vessels and other investments. CFVO is a non-GAAP financial measure used by certain investors to measure the financial performance of companies. Please refer to Appendices C and D of this release for reconciliations of these non-GAAP measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measures reflected in the Company''s consolidated financial statements.
Adjusted net income attributable to shareholders excludes from net income items of income or loss that are typically excluded by securities analysts in their published estimates of the Company''s financial results. The Company believes that certain investors use this information to evaluate the Company''s financial performance. Please refer to Appendix A of this release for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP measure to the most directly comparable GAAP measure reflected in the Company''s consolidated financial statements.
Conference Call
The Company plans to host a conference call on Thursday, February 18, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. (ET) to discuss its results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2015 as well as its business outlook. An accompanying investor presentation will be available on Teekay''s website at prior to the start of the call. All shareholders and interested parties are invited to listen to the live conference call by choosing from the following options:
The conference call will be recorded and available until Thursday, March 3, 2016. This recording can be accessed following the live call by dialing (888) 203-1112 or (647) 436-0148, if outside North America, and entering access code 6610943.
About Teekay
Teekay Corporation operates in the marine midstream space through its ownership of the general partners and a portion of the outstanding limited partner interests in Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE: TGP) and Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (NYSE: TOO). The general partners own all of the outstanding incentive distribution rights of these entities. In addition, Teekay has a controlling ownership interest in Teekay Tankers Ltd. (NYSE: TNK) and directly owns a fleet of vessels. The combined Teekay entities manage and operate consolidated assets of over $13 billion, comprised of approximately 220 liquefied gas, offshore, and conventional tanker assets. With offices in 15 countries and approximately 7,700 seagoing and shore-based employees, Teekay provides a comprehensive set of marine services to the world''s leading oil and gas companies.
Teekay''s common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange where it trades under the symbol "TK".
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) which reflect management''s current views with respect to certain future events and performance, including statements regarding: Teekay Offshore''s and Teekay LNG''s use of internally generated cash flow to contribute to the funding of growth projects, including the impact on their future available distributable cash flow per unit; the potential for future dividend and distribution changes by Teekay Parent or any of the Daughter Entities; the impact of growth projects on Teekay Group''s future cash flows; future tanker market fundamentals; the Teekay Group''s focus on project execution, driving operating efficiencies, securing required financings for Teekay Offshore and Teekay LNG, and redeploying its existing assets rather than on new growth projects; the pending sale of Teekay Offshore''s two conventional tankers, including the impact on future liquidity; the expected redelivery date and potential redeployment of the Varg FPSO; the timing of newbuilding deliveries and the Bahrain project start-up and timing of commencement of related contracts; the capacity, total cost and financing for the Bahrain project; the outcome of Teekay LNG''s dispute over the Magellan Spirit charter contract termination; the expected annual CFVO and distributable cash flow from Teekay LNG''s two MEGI LNG carriers for Cheniere Energy; any recovery of deferred charter amounts relating to Teekay LNG''s two 52 percent owned LNG carriers on charter to the Yemen LNG project, and any recommencement of such project; Teekay Tankers'' future dividend payout ratio; and the impact on Teekay Tankers'' debt maturity profile and financial flexibility as a result of the new $900 million long-term debt facility. The following factors are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, and that should be considered in evaluating any such statement: changes in production of, or demand for oil, petroleum products, LNG and LPG, either generally or in particular regions; greater or less than anticipated levels of newbuilding orders or greater or less than anticipated rates of vessel scrapping; changes in trading patterns significantly affecting overall vessel tonnage requirements; changes in applicable industry laws and regulations and the timing of implementation of new laws and regulations; changes in the typical seasonal variations in tanker charter rates; changes in the offshore production of oil or demand for shuttle tankers, FSOs, FPSOs, UMS, and towage vessels; changes in oil production and the impact on the Company''s tankers and offshore units;
fluctuations in global oil prices; trends in prevailing charter rates for the Company''s vessels and offshore unit contract renewals; the potential for early termination of long-term contracts and inability of the Company to renew or replace long-term contracts; the inability of charterers to make future charter payments; potential shipyard and project construction delays, newbuilding specification changes or cost overruns; costs relating to projects; potential delays in the sale of Teekay Offshore''s two conventional tankers; failure by Teekay Offshore to secure a contract for the Varg FPSO; delays in commencement of operations of FPSO and FSO units at designated fields; changes in the Company''s expenses; factors affecting the outcome of Teekay LNG''s dispute over the Magellan Spirit; factors affecting the resumption of the LNG plant in Yemen; the inability of Teekay LNG to collect the deferred charter payments from the Yemen LNG project; the Company and its publicly-traded subsidiaries'' ability to raise adequate financing for existing growth projects, to refinance future debt maturities and for other financing requirements; the amount of future cash distributions by the Company''s Daughter Entities to the Company, including any failure of the respective Board of Directors of the general partners of Teekay Offshore and Teekay LNG to approve future cash distribution increases; failure by the Company''s Board of Directors to approve future dividend increases; Teekay Tankers actual dividend payout ratio determined by its Board of Directors; conditions in the United States capital markets; and other factors discussed in Teekay''s filings from time to time with the SEC, including its Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 and Form 6-K for the quarters ended March 31, 2015, June 30, 2015 and September 30, 2015. The Company expressly disclaims any obligation or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company''s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.
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