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Press Release
February 26, 2013

HollyFrontier Corporation Reports Quarterly Net Income

Dallas, Texas, February 26, 2013 ‑‑ HollyFrontier Corporation (NYSE-HFC) (“HollyFrontier” or the “Company”) today reported fourth quarter net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders of $391.6 million or $1.92 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2012, compared to $223.4 million or $1.06 per diluted share for the quarter ended December 31, 2011. For the year ended December 31, 2012, net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders totaled $1,727.2 million or $8.38 per diluted share compared to $1,023.4 million or $6.42 per diluted share for the year ended December 31, 2011.

For the fourth quarter, net income attributable to our stockholders increased by $168.2 million, or 75% compared to the same period of 2011, principally reflecting higher fourth quarter refining margins. Refinery gross margins were $24.00 per produced barrel, a 57% increase compared to $15.32 for the fourth quarter of 2011. Production levels averaged approximately 447,000 barrels per day (“BPD”) and crude oil charges averaged approximately 408,000 BPD for the current quarter, compared to expected crude throughput of 424,000 BPD. Lower crude oil charges in the quarter resulted from a combination of unplanned downtime and turnaround activity extending longer than planned. Operating expenses for the quarter were $296.8 million or $6.29 per barrel compared to $246.1 million or $5.22 per barrel for the fourth quarter of last year.

HollyFrontier’s President & CEO, Mike Jennings, commented, “We are extremely pleased with our solid fourth quarter results and the record year for HollyFrontier. For the fourth quarter, strength in inland to coastal crude oil differentials continued to contribute to attractive refined product margins, particularly considering the effects of lower seasonal demand that have historically yielded tighter margins. Looking to 2013, we believe that the structural crude advantages currently driving our operating margins will positively impact our operating income, allowing us to continue to pay both regular and special dividends. We remain committed to increasing total shareholder return while maintaining a strong balance sheet.”

For the fourth quarter of 2012, net cash provided by operations totaled $490.9 million. During the period, we paid dividends to shareholders of $275.5 million, which includes our $0.20 regular and a $0.50 special dividend declared in the fourth quarter. At December 31, 2012, our combined balance of cash and short-term investments totaled $2.4 billion and our consolidated debt was $1.3 billion. Our debt, exclusive of Holly Energy Partners' debt which is nonrecourse to HollyFrontier, was $471.6 million at December 31, 2012. We had no cash borrowings or outstanding principal under our credit facility during the quarter.

Included in our fourth quarter 2012 results were charges totaling $21.6 million or $0.11 per share after-tax, related to increased environmental accruals and the partial write-off of a previously capitalized project.

The Company has scheduled a webcast conference call for today, February 26, 2013, at 11:00 AM Eastern Time to discuss fourth quarter financial results. This webcast may be accessed at: https://event.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1012528. An audio archive of this webcast will be available using the above noted link through March 12, 2013.


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HollyFrontier Corporation, headquartered in Dallas, Texas, is an independent petroleum refiner and marketer that produces high-value light products such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel and other specialty products. HollyFrontier operates through its subsidiaries a 135,000 barrels per stream day (“bpsd”) refinery located in El Dorado, Kansas, two refinery facilities with a combined capacity of 125,000 bpsd located in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a 100,000 bpsd refinery located in Artesia, New Mexico, a 52,000 bpsd refinery located in Cheyenne, Wyoming and a 31,000 bpsd refinery in Woods Cross, Utah. HollyFrontier markets its refined products principally in the Southwest U.S., the Rocky Mountains extending into the Pacific Northwest and in other neighboring Plains states. A subsidiary of HollyFrontier also owns a 44% interest (including the general partner interest) in Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

The following is a “safe harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: The statements in this press release relating to matters that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” based on management’s beliefs and assumptions using currently available information and expectations as of the date hereof, are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain risks and uncertainties, including those contained in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Although we believe that the expectations reflected in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, we cannot assure you that our expectations will prove correct. Therefore, actual outcomes and results could materially differ from what is expressed, implied or forecast in such statements. Any differences could be caused by a number of factors, including, but not limited to, risks and uncertainties with respect to the actions of actual or potential competitive suppliers of refined petroleum products in the Company’s markets, the demand for and supply of crude oil and refined products, the spread between market prices for refined products and market prices for crude oil, the possibility of constraints on the transportation of refined products, the possibility of inefficiencies, curtailments or shutdowns in refinery operations or pipelines, effects of governmental and environmental regulations and policies, the availability and cost of financing to the Company, the effectiveness of the Company’s capital investments and marketing strategies, the Company’s efficiency in carrying out construction projects, the ability of the Company to acquire refined product operations or pipeline and terminal operations on acceptable terms and to integrate any future acquired operations, the possibility of terrorist attacks and the consequences of any such attacks, general economic conditions and other financial, operational and legal risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings. The forward-looking statements speak only as of the date made and, other than as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Financial Data (all information in this release is unaudited)
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Change from 2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
Change
 
Percent
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues
$
5,147,507

 
$
4,972,412

 
$
175,095

 
3.5
 %
Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
4,073,226

 
4,258,439

 
(185,213
)
 
(4.3
)
Operating expenses
296,754

 
246,110

 
50,644

 
20.6

General and administrative expenses
39,680

 
41,473

 
(1,793
)
 
(4.3
)
Depreciation and amortization
64,706

 
53,327

 
11,379

 
21.3

Total operating costs and expenses
4,474,366

 
4,599,349

 
(124,983
)
 
(2.7
)
Income from operations
673,141

 
373,063

 
300,078

 
80.4

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings of equity method investments
468

 
561

 
(93
)
 
(16.6
)
Interest income
1,426

 
338

 
1,088

 
321.9

Interest expense
(22,826
)
 
(21,852
)
 
(974
)
 
4.5

 
(20,932
)
 
(20,953
)
 
21

 
(0.1
)
Income before income taxes
652,209

 
352,110

 
300,099

 
85.2

Income tax provision
252,216

 
116,261

 
135,955

 
116.9

Net income
399,993

 
235,849

 
164,144

 
69.6

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
8,389

 
12,469

 
(4,080
)
 
(32.7
)
Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
$
391,604

 
$
223,380

 
$
168,224

 
75.3
 %
Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
1.92

 
$
1.07

 
$
0.85

 
79.4
 %
Diluted
$
1.92

 
$
1.06

 
$
0.86

 
81.1
 %
Cash dividends declared per common share
$
0.70

 
$
0.60

 
$
0.10

 
16.7
 %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
203,458

 
209,319

 
(5,861
)
 
(2.8
)%
Diluted
204,453

 
210,159

 
(5,706
)
 
(2.7
)%
EBITDA
$
729,926

 
$
414,482

 
$
315,444

 
76.1
 %


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Years Ended December 31,
 
Change from 2011
 
2012
 
2011(1)
 
Change
 
Percent
 
(In thousands, except per share data)
Sales and other revenues
$
20,090,724

 
$
15,439,528

 
$
4,651,196

 
30.1
 %
Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of products sold
15,840,643

 
12,680,078

 
3,160,565

 
24.9

Operating expenses
994,966

 
748,081

 
246,885

 
33.0

General and administrative expenses
128,101

 
120,114

 
7,987

 
6.6

Depreciation and amortization
242,868

 
159,707

 
83,161

 
52.1

Total operating costs and expenses
17,206,578

 
13,707,980

 
3,498,598

 
25.5

Income from operations
2,884,146

 
1,731,548

 
1,152,598

 
66.6

Other income (expense):
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings of equity method investments
2,923

 
2,300

 
623

 
27.1

Interest income
4,786

 
1,284

 
3,502

 
272.7

Interest expense
(104,186
)
 
(78,323
)
 
(25,863
)
 
33.0

Gain on sale of marketable securities
326

 

 
326

 

Merger transaction costs

 
(15,114
)
 
15,114

 
(100.0
)
 
(96,151
)
 
(89,853
)
 
(6,298
)
 
7.0

Income before income taxes
2,787,995

 
1,641,695

 
1,146,300

 
69.8

Income tax provision
1,027,962

 
581,991

 
445,971

 
76.6

Net income
1,760,033

 
1,059,704

 
700,329

 
66.1

Less net income attributable to noncontrolling interest
32,861

 
36,307

 
(3,446
)
 
(9.5
)
Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
$
1,727,172

 
$
1,023,397

 
$
703,775

 
68.8
 %
Earnings per share attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
$
8.41

 
$
6.46

 
$
1.95

 
30.2
 %
Diluted
$
8.38

 
$
6.42

 
$
1.96

 
30.5
 %
Cash dividends declared per common share
$
3.10

 
$
1.34

 
$
1.76

 
131.3
 %
Average number of common shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
205,289

 
158,486

 
46,803

 
29.5
 %
Diluted
206,184

 
159,294

 
46,890

 
29.4
 %
EBITDA
$
3,097,402

 
$
1,842,134

 
$
1,255,268

 
68.1
 %
(1) Our consolidated financial and operating results reflect the operations of the merged Frontier businesses beginning July 1, 2011.

Balance Sheet Data
 
December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
(In thousands)
Cash, cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities
$
2,393,401

 
$
1,840,610

Working capital
$
2,815,821

 
$
2,030,063

Total assets
$
10,328,997

 
$
9,576,243

Long-term debt
$
1,336,238

 
$
1,214,742

Total equity
$
6,642,658

 
$
5,835,900


Segment Information

Our operations are organized into two reportable segments, Refining and HEP. Our operations that are not included in the Refining and HEP segments are included in Corporate and Other. Intersegment transactions are eliminated in our consolidated financial statements and are included in Consolidations and Eliminations. The Refining segment includes the operations of our El Dorado, Tulsa, Navajo, Cheyenne and Woods Cross refineries and NK Asphalt and involves the purchase and refining of crude oil and wholesale and branded marketing of refined products, such as gasoline, diesel fuel, jet fuel, specialty lubricant products, and specialty and modified asphalt. The petroleum products are primarily marketed in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States and northern Mexico. Additionally, specialty lubricant products produced at our Tulsa West facility are marketed throughout North America and are distributed in Central and South America. NK Asphalt manufactures and markets asphalt and asphalt products in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, Texas and northern Mexico.

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The HEP segment involves all of the operations of HEP, a consolidated variable interest entity, which owns and operates logistics assets consisting of petroleum product and crude oil pipelines and terminal, tankage and loading rack facilities in the Mid-Continent, Southwest and Rocky Mountain regions of the United States. Revenues are generated by charging tariffs for transporting petroleum products and crude oil through its pipelines and by charging fees for terminalling petroleum products and other hydrocarbons, and storing and providing other services at its storage tanks and terminals. The HEP segment also includes a 75% interest in the UNEV Pipeline (an HEP consolidated subsidiary) and a 25% interest in the SLC Pipeline. Revenues from the HEP segment are earned through transactions with unaffiliated parties for pipeline transportation, rental and terminalling operations as well as revenues relating to pipeline transportation services provided for our refining operations.
 
Refining (1)
 
HEP
 
Corporate and Other
 
Consolidations and Eliminations
 
Consolidated Total
 
(In thousands)
Three Months Ended December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
5,135,106

 
$
81,251

 
$
136

 
$
(68,986
)
 
$
5,147,507

Depreciation and amortization
$
48,160

 
$
15,500

 
$
1,253

 
$
(207
)
 
$
64,706

Income (loss) from operations
$
677,735

 
$
32,880

 
$
(36,941
)
 
$
(533
)
 
$
673,141

Capital expenditures
$
106,840

 
$
15,627

 
$
5,259

 
$

 
$
127,726

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
4,960,008

 
$
68,079

 
$

 
$
(55,675
)
 
$
4,972,412

Depreciation and amortization
$
41,623

 
$
10,881

 
$
1,030

 
$
(207
)
 
$
53,327

Income (loss) from operations
$
378,566

 
$
34,402

 
$
(41,225
)
 
$
1,320

 
$
373,063

Capital expenditures
$
56,621

 
$
40,420

 
$
2,977

 
$

 
$
100,018

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
20,042,955

 
$
288,501

 
$
1,048

 
$
(241,780
)
 
$
20,090,724

Depreciation and amortization
$
181,247

 
$
57,789

 
$
4,660

 
$
(828
)
 
$
242,868

Income (loss) from operations
$
2,879,383

 
$
133,723

 
$
(126,840
)
 
$
(2,120
)
 
$
2,884,146

Capital expenditures
$
278,705

 
$
44,929

 
$
11,629

 
$

 
$
335,263

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year Ended December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales and other revenues
$
15,392,430

 
$
212,995

 
$
1,098

 
$
(166,995
)
 
$
15,439,528

Depreciation and amortization
$
122,437

 
$
33,288

 
$
4,810

 
$
(828
)
 
$
159,707

Income (loss) from operations
$
1,739,068

 
$
110,102

 
$
(117,677
)
 
$
55

 
$
1,731,548

Capital expenditures
$
148,699

 
$
216,215

 
$
9,327

 
$

 
$
374,241

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2012
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities
$
2,101

 
$
5,237

 
$
2,386,063

 
$

 
$
2,393,401

Total assets
$
6,702,872

 
$
1,426,800

 
$
2,531,967

 
$
(332,642
)
 
$
10,328,997

Long-term debt
$

 
$
864,673

 
$
471,565

 
$

 
$
1,336,238

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
December 31, 2011
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash, cash equivalents and investments in marketable securities
$

 
$
6,369

 
$
1,834,241

 
$

 
$
1,840,610

Total assets
$
6,576,966

 
$
1,418,660

 
$
1,997,600

 
$
(416,983
)
 
$
9,576,243

Long-term debt
$

 
$
598,761

 
$
688,881

 
$
(72,900
)
 
$
1,214,742


(1) The Refining segment reflects the operations of the El Dorado and Cheyenne Refineries beginning July 1, 2011 (date of Holly-Frontier merger).


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Refining Operating Data

The following tables set forth information, including non-GAAP performance measures about our refinery operations. The cost of products and refinery gross margin do not include the effect of depreciation and amortization. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011 (10)

Mid-Continent Region (El Dorado and Tulsa Refineries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
237,190

 
250,840

 
248,360

 
183,070

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
267,970

 
271,940

 
269,760

 
194,310

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
264,740

 
265,480

 
263,310

 
188,760

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
269,350

 
273,460

 
254,350

 
188,020

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
272,790

 
275,210

 
258,020

 
190,340

Refinery utilization (5)
91.2
%
 
96.5
%
 
95.5
%
 
94.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
$
116.42

 
$
113.94

 
$
119.19

 
$
119.51

Cost of products (7)
93.77

 
99.23

 
95.77

 
99.92

Refinery gross margin
22.65

 
14.71

 
23.42

 
19.59

Refinery operating expenses (8)
5.12

 
4.94

 
4.83

 
5.04

Net operating margin
$
17.53

 
$
9.77

 
$
18.59

 
$
14.55

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
5.15

 
$
4.97

 
$
4.55

 
$
4.88

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
70
%
 
77
%
 
70
%
 
82
%
Sour crude oil
6
%
 
5
%
 
8
%
 
4
%
Heavy sour crude oil
13
%
 
10
%
 
14
%
 
8
%
Other feedstocks and blends
11
%
 
8
%
 
8
%
 
6
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
51
%
 
49
%
 
48
%
 
44
%
Diesel fuels
30
%
 
29
%
 
29
%
 
32
%
Jet fuels
8
%
 
7
%
 
9
%
 
7
%
Fuel oil
1
%
 
%
 
1
%
 
%
Asphalt
3
%
 
4
%
 
2
%
 
4
%
Lubricants
3
%
 
4
%
 
5
%
 
6
%
Gas oil/intermediates
%
 
2
%
 
%
 
3
%
LPG and other
4
%
 
5
%
 
6
%
 
4
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%



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Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011 (10)

Southwest Region (Navajo Refinery)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
99,610

 
86,190

 
93,830

 
83,700

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
110,740

 
99,310

 
103,120

 
93,260

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
106,280

 
96,490

 
100,810

 
91,810

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
104,220

 
101,780

 
99,160

 
93,950

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
111,100

 
106,140

 
104,620

 
98,540

Refinery utilization (5)
99.6
%
 
86.2
%
 
93.8
%
 
83.7
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
$
119.77

 
$
115.90

 
$
122.62

 
$
118.76

Cost of products (7)
91.06

 
101.14

 
95.70

 
98.40

Refinery gross margin
28.71

 
14.76

 
26.92

 
20.36

Refinery operating expenses (8)
7.48

 
5.14

 
6.07

 
5.44

Net operating margin
$
21.23

 
$
9.62

 
$
20.85

 
$
14.92

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
7.04

 
$
5.27

 
$
5.84

 
$
5.48

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
3
%
 
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
Sour crude oil
72
%
 
86
%
 
77
%
 
75
%
Heavy sour crude oil
15
%
 
1
%
 
12
%
 
11
%
Other feedstocks and blends
10
%
 
13
%
 
9
%
 
11
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
51
%
 
56
%
 
51
%
 
52
%
Diesel fuels
39
%
 
33
%
 
38
%
 
34
%
Jet fuels
%
 
1
%
 
%
 
1
%
Fuel oil
6
%
 
4
%
 
6
%
 
6
%
Asphalt
1
%
 
4
%
 
2
%
 
4
%
LPG and other
3
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
 
3
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
71,100

 
69,500

 
73,020

 
48,230

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
78,830

 
77,210

 
80,860

 
52,630

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
75,500

 
75,950

 
78,610

 
51,320

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
72,130

 
75,570

 
77,550

 
50,750

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
79,150

 
77,430

 
80,980

 
51,750

Refinery utilization (5)
85.7
%
 
83.7
%
 
88.0
%
 
84.3
%


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Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011 (10)

Rocky Mountain Region (Cheyenne and Woods Cross Refineries)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
$
112.94

 
$
111.88

 
$
116.44

 
$
116.37

Cost of products (7)
90.69

 
93.55

 
89.29

 
91.33

Refinery gross margin
22.25

 
18.33

 
27.15

 
25.04

Refinery operating expenses (8)
8.92

 
6.34

 
6.91

 
6.41

Net operating margin
$
13.33

 
$
11.99

 
$
20.24

 
$
18.63

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
8.16

 
$
6.21

 
$
6.63

 
$
6.18

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
49
%
 
48
%
 
47
%
 
52
%
Sour crude oil
1
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
 
1
%
Heavy sour crude oil
31
%
 
30
%
 
31
%
 
24
%
Black wax crude oil
9
%
 
11
%
 
11
%
 
15
%
Other feedstocks and blends
10
%
 
10
%
 
10
%
 
8
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
53
%
 
58
%
 
55
%
 
56
%
Diesel fuels
36
%
 
30
%
 
32
%
 
31
%
Jet fuels
%
 
1
%
 
%
 
1
%
Fuel oil
2
%
 
1
%
 
2
%
 
1
%
Asphalt
3
%
 
5
%
 
5
%
 
6
%
LPG and other
6
%
 
5
%
 
6
%
 
5
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Crude charge (BPD) (1)
407,900

 
406,530

 
415,210

 
315,000

Refinery throughput (BPD) (2)
457,540

 
448,460

 
453,740

 
340,200

Refinery production (BPD) (3)
446,520

 
437,920

 
442,730

 
331,890

Sales of produced refined products (BPD)
445,700

 
450,810

 
431,060

 
332,720

Sales of refined products (BPD) (4)
463,040

 
458,780

 
443,620

 
340,630

Refinery utilization (5)
92.1
%
 
91.8
%
 
93.7
%
 
89.9
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average per produced barrel (6)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net sales
$
116.64

 
$
114.03

 
$
119.48

 
$
118.82

Cost of products (7)
92.64

 
98.71

 
94.59

 
98.18

Refinery gross margin
24.00

 
15.32

 
24.89

 
20.64

Refinery operating expenses (8)
6.29

 
5.22

 
5.49

 
5.36

Net operating margin
$
17.71

 
$
10.10

 
$
19.40

 
$
15.28

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Refinery operating expenses per throughput barrel (9)
$
6.12

 
$
5.25

 
$
5.22

 
$
5.24

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Feedstocks:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sweet crude oil
50
%
 
55
%
 
51
%
 
56
%
Sour crude oil
21
%
 
22
%
 
22
%
 
23
%
Heavy sour crude oil
16
%
 
12
%
 
17
%
 
12
%
Black wax crude oil
2
%
 
2
%
 
2
%
 
2
%
Other feedstocks and blends
11
%
 
9
%
 
8
%
 
7
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%


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Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011 (10)

Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Sales of produced refined products:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gasolines
51
%
 
52
%
 
50
%
 
48
%
Diesel fuels
33
%
 
31
%
 
31
%
 
32
%
Jet fuels
5
%
 
5
%
 
6
%
 
5
%
Fuel oil
2
%
 
1
%
 
2
%
 
2
%
Asphalt
3
%
 
4
%
 
3
%
 
4
%
Lubricants
2
%
 
2
%
 
3
%
 
3
%
Gas oil / intermediates
%
 
1
%
 
%
 
2
%
LPG and other
4
%
 
4
%
 
5
%
 
4
%
Total
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%
 
100
%

(1)
Crude charge represents the barrels per day of crude oil processed at our refineries.
(2)
Refinery throughput represents the barrels per day of crude and other refinery feedstocks input to the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(3)
Refinery production represents the barrels per day of refined products yielded from processing crude and other refinery feedstocks through the crude units and other conversion units at our refineries.
(4)
Includes refined products purchased for resale.
(5)
Represents crude charge divided by total crude capacity (BPSD). As a result of our merger effective July 1, 2011, our consolidated crude capacity increased from 256,000 BPSD to 443,000 BPSD.
(6)
Represents average per barrel amount for produced refined products sold, which is a non-GAAP measure. Reconciliations to amounts reported under GAAP are provided under “Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” below.
(7)
Transportation, terminal and refinery storage costs billed from HEP are included in cost of products.
(8)
Represents operating expenses of our refineries, exclusive of depreciation and amortization.
(9)
Represents refinery operating expenses, exclusive of depreciation and amortization divided by refinery throughput.
(10)
We merged with Frontier effective July 1, 2011. Refining operating data for the year ended December 31, 2011 include crude oil processed and products yielded from the El Dorado and Cheyenne Refineries for the period from July 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011 only, and averaged over the 365 days in the year ended December 31, 2011.



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Reconciliations to Amounts Reported Under Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

Reconciliations of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) to amounts reported under generally accepted accounting principles in financial statements.

Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, which we refer to as EBITDA, is calculated as net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders plus (i) interest expense, net of interest income, (ii) income tax provision, and (iii) depreciation and amortization. EBITDA is not a calculation provided for under accounting principles generally accepted in the United States; however, the amounts included in the EBITDA calculation are derived from amounts included in our consolidated financial statements. EBITDA should not be considered as an alternative to net income or operating income as an indication of our operating performance or as an alternative to operating cash flow as a measure of liquidity. EBITDA is not necessarily comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. EBITDA is presented here because it is a widely used financial indicator used by investors and analysts to measure performance. EBITDA is also used by our management for internal analysis and as a basis for financial covenants.

Set forth below is our calculation of EBITDA.
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income attributable to HollyFrontier stockholders
$
391,604

 
$
223,380

 
$
1,727,172

 
$
1,023,397

    Add income tax provision
252,216

 
116,261

 
1,027,962

 
581,991

    Add interest expense
22,826

 
21,852

 
104,186

 
78,323

    Subtract interest income
(1,426
)
 
(338
)
 
(4,786
)
 
(1,284
)
    Add depreciation and amortization
64,706

 
53,327

 
242,868

 
159,707

EBITDA
$
729,926

 
$
414,482

 
$
3,097,402

 
$
1,842,134


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

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

Refinery gross margin per barrel is the difference between average net sales price and average cost of products per barrel of produced refined products. Net operating margin per barrel is the difference between refinery gross margin and refinery operating expenses per barrel of produced refined products. These two margins do not include the effect of depreciation and amortization. Each of these component performance measures can be reconciled directly to our consolidated statements of income.

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

Refinery Gross and Net Operating Margins

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


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Reconciliations of refined product sales from produced products sold to total sales and other revenues
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average sales price per produced barrel sold
$
116.64

 
$
114.03

 
$
119.48

 
$
118.82

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
445,700

 
450,810

 
431,060

 
332,720

Times number of days in period
92

 
92

 
366

 
365

Refined product sales from produced products sold
$
4,782,753

 
$
4,729,340

 
$
18,850,116

 
$
14,429,833

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total refined product sales
$
4,782,753

 
$
4,729,340

 
$
18,850,116

 
$
14,429,833

Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)    
194,364

 
84,132

 
572,206

 
350,843

Total refined product sales
4,977,117

 
4,813,472

 
19,422,322

 
14,780,676

Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
127,935

 
135,965

 
505,971

 
558,855

Add other refining segment revenue (3)    
30,054

 
10,571

 
114,662

 
52,899

Total refining segment revenue
5,135,106

 
4,960,008

 
20,042,955

 
15,392,430

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues
81,251

 
68,079

 
288,501

 
212,995

Add corporate and other revenues
136

 

 
1,048

 
1,098

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(68,986
)
 
(55,675
)
 
(241,780
)
 
(166,995
)
Sales and other revenues
$
5,147,507

 
$
4,972,412

 
$
20,090,724

 
$
15,439,528


Reconciliation of average cost of products per produced barrel sold to total cost of products sold
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average cost of products per produced barrel sold
$
92.64

 
$
98.71

 
$
94.59

 
$
98.18

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
445,700

 
450,810

 
431,060

 
332,720

Times number of days in period
92

 
92

 
366

 
365

Cost of products for produced products sold
$
3,798,648

 
$
4,093,950

 
$
14,923,271

 
$
11,923,254

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total cost of products for produced products sold
$
3,798,648

 
$
4,093,950

 
$
14,923,271

 
$
11,923,254

Add refined product costs from purchased products sold and rounding (1)    
194,459

 
83,012

 
572,755

 
351,788

Total cost of refined products sold
3,993,107

 
4,176,962

 
15,496,026

 
12,275,042

Add crude oil cost of direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
124,995

 
134,535

 
492,790

 
550,619

Add other refining segment cost of products sold (4)    
23,011

 
1,478

 
90,132

 
18,672

Total refining segment cost of products sold
4,141,113

 
4,312,975

 
16,078,948

 
12,844,333

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(67,887
)
 
(54,536
)
 
(238,305
)
 
(164,255
)
Costs of products sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
$
4,073,226

 
$
4,258,439

 
$
15,840,643

 
$
12,680,078



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Reconciliation of average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold to total operating expenses
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel sold
$
6.29

 
$
5.22

 
$
5.49

 
$
5.36

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
445,700

 
450,810

 
431,060

 
332,720

Times number of days in period
92

 
92

 
366

 
365

Refinery operating expenses for produced products sold
$
257,918

 
$
216,497

 
$
866,146

 
$
650,933

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total refinery operating expenses for produced products sold
$
257,918

 
$
216,497

 
$
866,146

 
$
650,933

Add other refining segment operating expenses and rounding (5)    
10,180

 
10,347

 
37,231

 
35,659

Total refining segment operating expenses
268,098

 
226,844

 
903,377

 
686,592

Add HEP segment operating expenses
27,596

 
21,208

 
89,395

 
63,029

Add corporate and other costs
1,419

 
310

 
2,721

 
427

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(359
)
 
(2,252
)
 
(527
)
 
(1,967
)
Operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization)
$
296,754

 
$
246,110

 
$
994,966

 
$
748,081


Reconciliation of net operating margin per barrel to refinery gross margin per barrel to total sales and other revenues
 
Three Months Ended December 31,
 
Years Ended December 31,
 
2012
 
2011
 
2012
 
2011
 
(Dollars in thousands, except per barrel amounts)
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net operating margin per barrel
$
17.71

 
$
10.10

 
$
19.40

 
$
15.28

Add average refinery operating expenses per produced barrel
6.29

 
5.22

 
5.49

 
5.36

Refinery gross margin per barrel
24.00

 
15.32

 
24.89

 
20.64

Add average cost of products per produced barrel sold
92.64

 
98.71

 
94.59

 
98.18

Average sales price per produced barrel sold
$
116.64

 
$
114.03

 
$
119.48

 
$
118.82

Times sales of produced refined products (BPD)
445,700

 
450,810

 
431,060

 
332,720

Times number of days in period
92

 
92

 
366

 
365

Refined product sales from produced products sold
$
4,782,753

 
$
4,729,340

 
$
18,850,116

 
$
14,429,833

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total refined product sales from produced products sold
$
4,782,753

 
$
4,729,340

 
$
18,850,116

 
$
14,429,833

Add refined product sales from purchased products and rounding (1)    
194,364

 
84,132

 
572,206

 
350,843

Total refined product sales
4,977,117

 
4,813,472

 
19,422,322

 
14,780,676

Add direct sales of excess crude oil (2)    
127,935

 
135,965

 
505,971

 
558,855

Add other refining segment revenue (3)    
30,054

 
10,571

 
114,662

 
52,899

Total refining segment revenue
5,135,106

 
4,960,008

 
20,042,955

 
15,392,430

Add HEP segment sales and other revenues
81,251

 
68,079

 
288,501

 
212,995

Add corporate and other revenues
136

 

 
1,048

 
1,098

Subtract consolidations and eliminations
(68,986
)
 
(55,675
)
 
(241,780
)
 
(166,995
)
Sales and other revenues
$
5,147,507

 
$
4,972,412

 
$
20,090,724

 
$
15,439,528

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

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, Contact:

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


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