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Exhibit 99.1

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

Dakota Plains HOLDINGS, INC. Reports first

Quarter 2013 Financial Results

 

Positive Earnings as Crude Oil Volumes Grow Across All Segments

 

Expansion of Pioneer Crude By Rail Terminal on Schedule

 

 

WAYZATA, Minnesota, (May 9, 2013) Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. (“Dakota Plains” and “DAKP”), (OTC: DAKP), a provider of crude oil midstream services that include marketing, transloading and trucking in the Bakken region, today announced financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2013.

 

First Quarter 2013 Operational and Financial Highlights

 

·Net Income was $0.6 million compared to a loss of $(15.9) million for the same period in 2012.
·Adjusted EBITDA was $2.4 million compared sequentially to $1.8 million and $2.4 million for the same period in 2012.
·JV transloading volumes were 2.4 million barrels of oil, an increase of 15% sequentially and 45% compared to the same period in 2012.
·JV marketing volumes were 2.6 million barrels of oil, an increase of 30% sequentially and 75% compared to the same period in 2012.
·JV trucking volumes, which commenced in the fourth quarter of 2012, were 1.1 million barrels of oil.
·The Pioneer Terminal expansion commenced on March 25 and will increase the throughput capacity to 80,000 barrels per day by year-end 2013.
·Restricted cash totals $29 million, a portion of which will be utilized for funding of the Pioneer Terminal expansion.

 

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Craig McKenzie, said, “Demand for the Company’s three business segments continues to exceed our expectations. The first quarter operational performance was our best to date, and our fifth consecutive quarter of growth. Our trucking segment continues to build scale with our fleet expanding in the quarter to 14 trucks. Profit contribution for transloading and trucking met expectations, while marketing was below our historic average. With Pioneer on track for year-end, we will expand throughput capacity by 2014 and be well-positioned for additional lines of business at the terminal.”

 

 
 

 

 

First Quarter 2013 Financial Results

The Company experienced net income of $0.6 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to a net loss of $(15.9) million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Net income for the first quarter was driven by an increase in throughput crude oil volumes. The net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2012 was primarily due to higher interest expense related to the change in fair value of the additional payment provision in the Company’s outstanding promissory notes.

 

General and administrative expenses were $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $0.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase was primarily due to additional staff hired and related expenses. Of the $1.4 million expense, non-cash and one-time provisions represent approximately $0.5 million.

 

Income from the Company's investment in the transloading joint venture was $1.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $1.1 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The transloading joint venture experienced an increase in volume, as first quarter volume was 2.4 million barrels of oil compared to 1.7 million barrels of oil for the three months ended March 31, 2012, a 45% increase. Cost of revenue was higher due to the increased volume and the higher fee per barrel by the Company's new contractor, however this was offset by the reduction in general and administrative expenses, in particular professional fees. Income from the Company’s investment in the marketing joint venture was $1.8 million for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $1.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2012. Volumes for the marketing joint venture increased, as first quarter volume was 2.6 million barrels of oil compared to 1.5 million barrels of oil for the three months ended March 31, 2012, a 75% increase, but margins contracted. Income from the Company’s investment in the trucking joint venture was $62,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, with 1.1 million of barrels hauled. The trucking joint venture increased its trucking fleet to 14 trucks for the three months ended March 31, 2013. The trucking joint venture was not operational during the first quarter of 2012.

 

The Company recognized rental income of $95,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2013, compared to $80,279 for the three months ended March 31, 2012. The increase in rental income is due to the June 2012 and January 2013 renegotiations of the lease agreement with Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC.

 

Adjusted EBITDA for the first quarter ended March 31, 2013 was $2.4 million compared to $2.4 million for the first quarter of 2012.

 

Adjusted EBITDA

Adjusted EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure. A reconciliation of this measure to its most directly comparable GAAP measure is included in the accompanying financial tables found later in this release. Management believes the use of this non-GAAP financial measure provides useful information to investors to gain an overall understanding of current financial performance. Specifically, management believes the non-GAAP results included herein provide useful information to both management and investors by excluding certain expenses and gains and losses on the extinguishment of debt that management believes are not indicative of Dakota Plains’ core operating results. In addition, this non-GAAP financial measure is used by management for budgeting and forecasting as well as subsequently measuring Dakota Plains’ performance, and management believes it is providing investors with a financial measure that most closely aligns to its internal measurement processes.

 

 

 
 

 

 

About Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc.

Dakota Plains Holdings, Inc. (“Dakota Plains”) (OTC: DAKP) is an integrated midstream energy company, which competes through its 50/50 joint ventures with affiliates of World Fuel Services Corporation (NYSE: INT) and Prairie Field Services, LLC, to provide customers with crude oil off take services that include marketing, transloading and trucking of crude oil and related products. Direct and indirect company assets include a proprietary trucking fleet, a transloading facility located in Mountrail County, North Dakota, which is centrally located within the Bakken formation, and 1,104 railroad tank cars.

 

Dakota Plains is uniquely positioned to exploit crude oil ‘export’ opportunities within the Williston Basin of North Dakota and Montana, which is the largest onshore oil production source in North America, where the lack of available pipeline capacity provides a long-term and increasing surplus of crude oil available for core business of the company.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This announcement contains forward-looking statements that reflect the current views of Dakota Plains, including, but not limited to, statements regarding our future growth and plans for our business and operations. We do not undertake to update our forward-looking statements. These statements involve risks and uncertainties. Our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of lack of diversification, dependency upon strategic relationships, dependency on a limited number of major customers, competition for the loading, marketing and transporting of crude oil and related products, difficulty in obtaining additional capital that will be needed to implement business plans, difficulties in attracting and retaining talented personnel, risks associated with building and operating a transloading facility, changes in commodity prices and the demand for crude oil and natural gas, competition from other energy sources, inability to obtain necessary facilities, difficulty in obtaining crude oil to transport, increases in our operating expenses, an economic downturn or change in government policy that negatively impacts demand for our services, penalties we may incur, costs imposed by environmental laws and regulations, inability to obtain or maintain necessary licenses, challenges to our properties, technological unavailability or obsolescence, and future acts of terrorism or war, as well as the threat of war and other factors described from time to time in the company’s reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including our annual report on Form 10-K, filed March 14, 2013, as may be amended and supplemented by subsequent reports from time to time.

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Company Contact Investor Contact
Tim Brady, CFO Peter Seltzberg, Hayden IR
tbrady@dakotaplains.com peter@haydenir.com
Phone: 952.473.9950 Phone: 646.415.8972
www.dakotaplains.com www.haydenir.com

 

- TABLES FOLLOW -

  

 

 

 
 

 

DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
AS OF MARCH 31, 2013, AND DECEMBER 31, 2012

ASSETS

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2013     2012  
 CURRENT ASSETS                
 Cash and Cash Equivalents   $ 658,396     $ 2,340,083  
 Accounts Receivable     42,883        
 Prepaid Expenses     326,714       30,632  
 Due from Related Party     61,742       81,175  
 Deferred Tax Asset     1,334,000       1,414,000  
 Total Current Assets     2,423,735       3,865,890  
                 
 PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT                
 Land     3,166,849       3,166,849  
 Site Development     2,308,114       2,329,660  
 Other Property and Equipment     103,520       45,292  
 Total Property and Equipment     5,578,483       5,541,801  
 Less - Accumulated Depreciation     465,817       424,833  
 Total Property and Equipment, Net     5,112,666       5,116,968  
                 
 PREFERRED DIVIDEND RECEIVABLE     941,096       819,178  
                 
 INVESTMENT IN DPTS MARKETING LLC     23,550,442       21,905,797  
                 
 INVESTMENT IN DAKOTA PETROLEUM TRANSPORT SOLUTIONS, LLC     6,712,683       5,331,599  
                 
 INVESTMENT IN DAKOTA PLAINS SERVICES, LLC     62,055        
                 
 FINANCE COSTS, NET     167,970       184,225  
                 
 DEFERRED TAX ASSET     2,264,000       2,441,000  
                 
 Total Assets   $ 41,234,647     $ 39,664,657  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
 CURRENT LIABILITIES                
 Accounts Payable   $ 571,235     $ 239,674  
 Accounts Payable - Related Party     21,546        
 Accrued Expenses     156,243       232,905  
 Income Taxes Payable     1,110,000       1,028,000  
 Deferred Rental Income     19,785       20,679  
 Promissory Notes     4,605,300        
 Total Current Liabilities     6,484,109       1,521,258  
                 
 LONG-TERM LIABILITIES                
 Promissory Notes, Net of Debt Discount     21,096,791       25,614,683  
 Deferred Rental Income     154,932       165,434  
 Deferred Tax Liability            
 Total Long-Term Liabilities     21,251,723       25,780,117  
 Total Liabilities     27,735,832       27,301,375  
                 
 STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY                
 Preferred Stock - Par Value $.001; 10,000,000 Shares Authorized; None Issued or Outstanding            
 Common Stock - Par Value $.001; 100,000,000 Shares Authorized; 42,378,496 and 41,839,433 Issued and Outstanding, Respectively     42,378       41,839  
 Additional Paid-In Capital     17,979,001       17,432,904  
 Accumulated Deficit     (4,522,564 )     (5,111,461 )
 Total Stockholders' Equity     13,498,815       12,363,282  
                 
 Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity   $ 41,234,647     $ 39,664,657  

 

 
 

 

 

DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013, AND 2012

 

    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2013     2012  
 REVENUES                
 Rental Income - Related Party   $ 95,199     $ 80,279  
                 
 OPERATING EXPENSES                
 General and Administrative Expenses     1,444,391       759,452  
 Depreciation and Amortization     40,984       41,217  
 Total Operating Expenses     1,485,375       800,669  
                 
 LOSS FROM OPERATIONS     (1,390,176 )     (720,390 )
                 
 OTHER INCOME (EXPENSE)                
 Income from Investment in Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC     1,414,260       1,066,632  
 Income from Investment in DPTS Marketing LLC     1,766,563       1,888,727  
 Income from Investment in Dakota Plains Services, LLC     62,055        
 Interest Expense (Net of Interest Income)     (890,805 )     (27,580,244 )
 Total Other Income (Expense)     2,352,073       (24,624,885 )
                 
 INCOME (LOSS) BEFORE  TAXES     961,897       (25,345,275 )
                 
 INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)     373,000       (9,475,400 )
                 
 NET INCOME (LOSS)   $ 588,897     $ (15,869,875 )
                 
 Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share – Basic   $ 0.01     $ (0.43 )
                 
 Net Income (Loss) Per Common Share – Diluted   $ 0.01     $ (0.43 )
                 
 Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - Basic     41,418,606       37,237,143  
                 
 Weighted Average Shares Outstanding - Diluted     42,827,077       37,237,143  

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013, AND 2012

 

    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2013     2012  
 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES                
 Net Income (Loss)   $ 588,897     $ (15,869,875 )
 Adjustments to Reconcile Net Income (Loss) to Net Cash Used in Operating Activities                
 Depreciation and Amortization     40,984       41,217  
 Amortization of Debt Discount     87,408        
 Amortization of Finance Costs     16,255        
 Loss on Derivative Liability           27,311,800  
 Deferred Income Taxes     257,000       (9,478,000 )
 Share-Based Consulting Fees     130,769        
 Increase in Deferred Rental Income     (21,273 )     (31,290 )
 Income from Investment in Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC     (1,414,260 )     (1,066,632 )
 Income from Investment in DPTS Marketing LLC     (1,766,563 )     (1,888,727 )
 Income for Investment in Dakota Plains Services, LLC     (62,055 )      
 Non-Cash Rental Income     (3,875 )     (20,247 )
 Share-Based Compensation     420,890       81,638  
 Changes in Working Capital and Other Items:                
 Increase in Accounts Receivable     (42,883 )      
 Increase in Prepaid Expenses     (201,105 )     (122,942 )
 Decrease in Due from Related Party     19,433        
 Increase in Accounts Payable     362,361       450,338  
 Increase in Accounts Payable - Related Party     21,546        
 Increase in Income Taxes Payable     82,000        
 Decrease in Accrued Expenses     (176,662 )     (70,331 )
 Decrease in Deferred Rental Income     (894 )      
 Net Cash Used In Operating Activities     (1,662,027 )     (663,051 )
                 
 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES                
 Purchases of Property and Equipment     (67,482 )     (3,199 )
 Cash Received from Dakota Petroleum Transport Solutions, LLC     47,822       982,718  
 Net Cash Used In Investing Activities     (19,660 )     979,519  
                 
 NET INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS     (1,681,687 )     316,468  
                 
 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS – BEGINNING OF PERIOD     2,340,083       1,753,665  
                 
 CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS – END OF PERIOD   $ 658,396     $ 2,070,133  
                 
 Supplemental Disclosure of Cash Flow Information                
 Cash Paid During the Period for Interest   $ 787,225     $ 268,515  
 Cash Paid During the Period for Income Taxes   $ 34,000     $ 2,600  
                 
 Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities:                
 Purchase of Property and Equipment Paid Subsequent to Period End   $     $ 32,846  
 Fair Value of Warrants Issued for Consulting Fees   $ 208,663     $  
 Preferred Dividend Receivable   $ 121,918     $ 124,658  

 

 
 

 

 

DAKOTA PLAINS HOLDINGS, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2013, AND THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2012

 

                      Retained        
                Additional     Earnings     Total  
    Common Stock     Paid-In     (Accumulated     Stockholders'  
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit)     Equity  
                               
Balance - December 31, 2011     37,014,018     $ 37,014     $ 10,158,044     $ (3,110,791 )   $ 7,084,267  
                                         
Acquisition of MCT Holding Corporation     640,200       640       (640 )            
                                         
Issuance of Common Shares Pursuant to Exercise of Warrants     2,386,578       2,387       (2,387 )            
                                         
Share-Based Compensation                 477,604             477,604  
                                         
Issuance of Restricted Common Shares     38,437       38       (38 )            
                                         
Issuance of Common Shares Pursuant to Debt Restructure     1,757,075       1,757       6,130,435             6,132,192  
                                         
Issuance of Common Shares to Board of Directors     3,125       3       24,997             25,000  
                                         
Warrants Issued Included in Debt Discount                 644,889             644,889  
                                         
Net Loss                       (2,000,670 )     (2,000,670 )
                                         
Balance - December 31, 2012     41,839,433       41,839       17,432,904       (5,111,461 )     12,363,282  
                                         
Share-Based Compensation                 287,973             287,973  
                                         
Issuance of Restricted Common Shares     526,563       527       (527 )            
                                         
Issuance of Shares to Executive     12,500       12       49,988             50,000  
                                         
Issuance of Warrants Pursuant to Consulting Agreements                 208,663             208,663  
                                         
Net Income                       588,897       588,897  
                                         
Balance - March 31, 2013     42,378,496     $ 42,378     $ 17,979,001     $ (4,522,564 )   $ 13,498,815  

 

 

 

 
 

 

 

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

ADJUSTED EBITDA

 

    Three Months Ended  
    March 31,  
    2013     2012  
Net Income (Loss)   $ 588,897     $ (15,869,875 )
Add Back:                
Income Tax Provision (Benefit)     373,000       (9,475,400 )
Depreciation and Amortization     40,984       41,217  
Share Based Compensation - Employees and Directors     420,890       81,638  
Share Based Compensation - Consultants     130,769        
Interest Expense     890,805       27,580,244  
Adjusted EBITDA   $ 2,445,345     $ 2,357,824