DKL-10Q-9.30.14
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
Form 10-Q
(Mark One)
þ
 
QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014
or
o
 
TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
 
 
 
 
For the transition period from                      to                     
Commission file number 001-35721

DELEK LOGISTICS PARTNERS, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware
 
45-5379027
(State or other jurisdiction of
 
(I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization)
 
Identification No.)
 
 
 
7102 Commerce Way
 
 
Brentwood, Tennessee
 
37027
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)
(615) 771-6701
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer o
 
Accelerated filer þ
 
Non-accelerated filer o
 
Smaller reporting company o
 
 
 
 
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
 
 
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes o No þ
At October 31, 2014, there were 12,183,847 common units, 11,999,258 subordinated units, and 493,533 general partner units outstanding.



TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
 
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (Unaudited)
 
 
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Exhibit 31.1
 Exhibit 31.2
 Exhibit 32.1
 Exhibit 32.2
 EX-101 INSTANCE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 SCHEMA DOCUMENT
 EX-101 CALCULATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 LABELS LINKBASE DOCUMENT
 EX-101 PRESENTATION LINKBASE DOCUMENT

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Part I.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Unaudited)
 
 
September 30, 2014
 
December 31, 2013 (1)
 
 
(In thousands)
ASSETS
 
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
733

 
$
924

Accounts receivable
 
39,534

 
28,976

Inventory
 
9,825

 
17,512

Deferred tax assets
 
12

 
12

Other current assets
 
700

 
341

Total current assets
 
50,804

 
47,765

Property, plant and equipment:
 
 
 
 
Property, plant and equipment
 
267,421

 
265,388

Less: accumulated depreciation
 
(49,318
)
 
(39,566
)
Property, plant and equipment, net
 
218,103

 
225,822

Goodwill
 
11,654

 
10,454

Intangible assets, net
 
11,587

 
12,258

Other non-current assets
 
4,024

 
5,045

Total assets
 
$
296,172

 
$
301,344

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
 
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Accounts payable
 
$
23,670

 
$
26,045

Accounts payable to related parties
 
9,486

 
1,513

Fuel and other taxes payable
 
5,562

 
5,700

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
 
7,099

 
6,451

Total current liabilities
 
45,817

 
39,709

Non-current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
Revolving credit facility
 
230,000

 
164,800

Asset retirement obligations
 
3,260

 
3,087

Deferred tax liabilities
 
405

 
324

Other non-current liabilities
 
5,411

 
6,222

Total non-current liabilities
 
239,076

 
174,433

Equity:
 
 
 
 
Predecessor division equity
 

 
25,161

Common unitholders - public; 9,384,589 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2014 (9,353,240 at December 31, 2013)
 
191,479

 
183,839

Common unitholders - Delek; 2,799,258 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2014 (2,799,258 at December 31, 2013)
 
(242,788
)
 
(176,680
)
Subordinated unitholders - Delek; 11,999,258 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2014 (11,999,258 at December 31, 2013)
 
69,243

 
59,386

General partner - Delek; 493,533 units issued and outstanding at September 30, 2014 (492,893 at December 31, 2013)
 
(6,655
)
 
(4,504
)
Total equity
 
11,279

 
87,202

Total liabilities and equity
 
$
296,172

 
$
301,344

 

(1) Includes the historical balances of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets. See Notes 1 and 2 for further discussion.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013 (2)
 
2014 (1)
 
2013 (2)
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Net sales
 
$
228,036

 
$
243,295

 
$
667,906

 
$
684,331

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 
194,133

 
218,222

 
562,916

 
614,048

Operating expenses
 
10,213

 
8,973

 
29,076

 
27,982

General and administrative expenses
 
2,453

 
1,973

 
7,358

 
5,696

Depreciation and amortization
 
3,749

 
3,141

 
10,758

 
9,966

Loss on asset disposals
 

 

 
74

 

Total operating costs and expenses
 
210,548

 
232,309

 
610,182

 
657,692

Operating income
 
17,488

 
10,986

 
57,724

 
26,639

Interest expense, net
 
2,226

 
1,194

 
6,551

 
2,763

Net income before income tax expense
 
15,262

 
9,792

 
51,173

 
23,876

Income tax expense
 
177

 
307

 
605

 
547

Net income
 
15,085

 
9,485

 
50,568

 
23,329

Less: Loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
(3,060
)
 
(943
)
 
(13,176
)
Net income attributable to partners
 
$
15,085

 
$
12,545

 
$
51,511

 
$
36,505

Comprehensive income attributable to partners
 
$
15,085

 
$
12,545

 
$
51,511

 
$
36,505

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Less: General partner's interest in net income, including incentive distribution rights
 
(598
)
 
(250
)
 
(1,511
)
 
(729
)
Limited partners' interest in net income
 
$
14,487

 
$
12,295

 
$
50,000

 
$
35,776

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per limited partner unit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common units - (basic)
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.07

 
$
1.49

Common units - (diluted)
 
$
0.59

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.05

 
$
1.48

Subordinated units - Delek (basic and diluted)
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.07

 
$
1.49

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average limited partner units outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Common units - (basic)
 
12,183,847

 
12,036,821

 
12,165,474

 
12,014,445

  Common units - (diluted)
 
12,327,321

 
12,188,342

 
12,299,963

 
12,152,657

  Subordinated units - Delek (basic and diluted)
 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash distributions per limited partner unit
 
$
0.490

 
$
0.405

 
$
1.390

 
$
1.185

(1) The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado Predecessor. Prior to the El Dorado Acquisition, the El Dorado Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling and storage services.
(2) Adjusted to include the historical results of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets. See Notes 1 and 2 for further discussion.
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2014 (1)
 
2013 (2)
 
 
(In thousands)
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
Net income
 
$
50,568

 
$
23,329

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
 
10,758

 
9,966

Amortization of unfavorable contract liability to revenue
 
(2,002
)
 
(1,956
)
Amortization of deferred financing costs
 
951

 
560

Accretion of asset retirement obligations
 
267

 
169

Deferred income taxes
 
81

 
42

Loss on asset disposals
 
74

 

Unit-based compensation expense
 
196

 
179

Changes in assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
 
 
 
 
Accounts receivable
 
(10,558
)
 
(6,886
)
Inventories and other current assets
 
7,328

 
(7,311
)
Accounts payable and other current liabilities
 
137

 
9,722

Accounts payable - related parties
 
7,973

 
4,760

Non-current assets and liabilities, net
 
(844
)
 
(2,963
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
64,929

 
29,611

Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
 
Business combinations
 

 
(5,722
)
Purchases of property, plant and equipment
 
(2,760
)
 
(9,840
)
Net cash used in investing activities
 
(2,760
)
 
(15,562
)
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
 
Proceeds from issuance of additional units to maintain 2% General Partner interest
 
22

 

Distributions to general partner
 
(837
)
 
(492
)
Distributions to common unitholders - Public
 
(12,391
)
 
(9,252
)
Distributions to common unitholders - Delek
 
(3,681
)
 
(2,810
)
Distributions to subordinated unitholders
 
(15,779
)
 
(12,047
)
Distributions to Delek for contribution of El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
(95,900
)
 
(94,800
)
Proceeds from revolving credit facility
 
395,900

 
138,000

Payments of revolving credit facility
 
(330,700
)
 
(67,000
)
Predecessor division equity contribution
 
1,006

 
17,149

Reimbursement of capital expenditures by Sponsor
 

 
463

Net cash used in financing activities
 
(62,360
)
 
(30,789
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
(191
)
 
(16,740
)
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the period
 
924

 
23,452

Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the period
 
$
733

 
$
6,712

Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:
 
 
 
 
Cash paid during the period for:
 
 
 
 
Interest
 
$
5,799

 
$
1,906

  Taxes
 
$
18

 
$
30

Non-cash financing activities:
 
 

 
 

Working capital retained by Sponsor
 
$

 
$
213

 Sponsor contribution of fixed assets
 
$
873

 
$
105


(1) Includes the historical cash flows of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets. See Notes 1 and 2 for further discussion.

(2) Adjusted to include the historical cash flows of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets. See Notes 1 and 2 for further discussion.

See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements

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Delek Logistics Partners, LP
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
1. Organization and Basis of Presentation
As used in this report, the terms "Delek Logistics Partners, LP," the "Partnership," "we," "us," or "our" may refer to Delek Logistics Partners, LP, one or more of its consolidated subsidiaries or all of them taken as a whole. References in this report to "Delek" refer collectively to Delek US Holdings, Inc. and any of its subsidiaries, other than Delek Logistics Partners, LP, its subsidiaries and its general partner (our "general partner").
The Partnership is a Delaware limited partnership formed in April 2012 by Delek Logistics GP, LLC, a subsidiary of Delek and our general partner.
On July 26, 2013, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary Delek Marketing & Supply, LP, acquired from Delek (i) the refined products terminal (the “Tyler Terminal”) located at Delek's Tyler, Texas refinery (the "Tyler Refinery") and (ii) 96 storage tanks and certain ancillary assets (the "Tyler Tank Assets" and together with the Tyler Terminal, the “Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets”) adjacent to the Tyler Refinery (such transaction, the “Tyler Acquisition”).
On February 10, 2014, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary Delek Logistics Operating, LLC ("OpCo"), acquired from Delek (i) the refined products terminal (the “El Dorado Terminal”) located at Delek's El Dorado, Arkansas refinery (the "El Dorado Refinery") and (ii) 158 storage tanks and certain ancillary assets (the "El Dorado Tank Assets" and together with the El Dorado Terminal, the “El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets”) at and adjacent to the El Dorado Refinery (such transaction, the “El Dorado Acquisition”).
The El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition were accounted for as transfers between entities under common control. As entities under common control with Delek, we record the assets that Delek has contributed to us on our balance sheet at Delek's historical basis instead of fair value. Transfers between entities under common control are accounted for as if the transfer occurred at the beginning of the period, and prior years are retrospectively adjusted to furnish comparative information. Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements and related notes of the Partnership have been retrospectively adjusted to include (i) the historical results of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets, as owned and operated by Delek, for all periods presented through February 10, 2014 (the "El Dorado Predecessor"), and (ii) the historical results of the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets, as owned and operated by Delek, for all periods presented through July 26, 2013 (the "Tyler Predecessor"). We refer to the historical results of the El Dorado and Tyler Predecessors collectively as our "Predecessors." See Note 2 for further information regarding the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition.
The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 include the consolidated financial position, results of operations, cash flows and division equity of our Predecessors. The financial statements of our Predecessors have been prepared from the separate records maintained by Delek and may not necessarily be indicative of the conditions that would have existed or the results of operations if our Predecessors had been operated as unaffiliated entities. For example, our Predecessors did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling or storage services.
Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("U.S. GAAP") have been condensed or omitted, although management believes that the disclosures herein are adequate to make the financial information presented not misleading. Our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis with those of the annual audited financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (our "Annual Report on Form 10-K"), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on March 5, 2014. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and notes thereto for the year ended December 31, 2013 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary for a fair presentation of the financial position and the results of operations for the interim periods presented have been included. All significant intercompany transactions and account balances have been eliminated in the consolidation. Such intercompany transactions do not include those with Delek or our general partner. All adjustments are of a normal, recurring nature. Operating results for the interim period should not be viewed as representative of results that may be expected for any future interim period or for the full year.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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2. Acquisitions
El Dorado Acquisition
On February 10, 2014, the Partnership completed the El Dorado Acquisition and acquired the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets. The purchase price paid for the assets acquired was approximately $95.9 million in cash. The assets acquired consisted of the following:
The El Dorado Terminal. The refined products terminal located at the El Dorado Refinery, which consisted of a truck loading rack with three loading bays supplied by pipelines from storage tanks located at the El Dorado Refinery along with certain ancillary assets. Total throughput capacity for the El Dorado Terminal is approximately 26,700 barrels per day ("bpd").
 
The El Dorado Tank Assets. A total of 158 storage tanks and certain ancillary assets (such as pumps and piping) located at and adjacent to the El Dorado Refinery with an aggregate shell capacity of approximately 2.5 million barrels.
Delek retained any current assets and current liabilities related to the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets as of the date of the El Dorado Acquisition. The only historical balance sheet items that transferred to the Partnership in the El Dorado Acquisition were property, plant and equipment assets, tank inspection liabilities and asset retirement obligations, which were recorded by us at historical cost.
In connection with the El Dorado Acquisition, the Partnership and Delek entered into (i) an asset purchase agreement, (ii) the Second Omnibus Amendment (as defined in Note 13), (iii) a throughput and tankage agreement with respect to the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets, (iv) a lease and access agreement, and (v) a site services agreement. See Note 13 for additional information regarding these agreements.
Tyler Acquisition
On July 26, 2013, the Partnership completed the Tyler Acquisition and acquired the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets. The purchase price paid for the assets acquired was $94.8 million in cash. The assets acquired consisted of the following:
The Tyler Terminal. The refined products terminal located at the Tyler Refinery, which consisted of a truck loading rack with nine loading bays supplied by pipelines from storage tanks located adjacent to the Tyler Refinery, along with certain ancillary assets. Total throughput capacity for the Tyler Terminal is approximately 72,000 bpd.
The Tyler Tank Assets. Ninety-six storage tanks and certain ancillary assets (such as pumps and piping) located adjacent to the Tyler Refinery with an aggregate shell capacity of approximately 2.0 million barrels.
Delek retained any current assets, current liabilities and environmental liabilities related to the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets as of the date of the Tyler Acquisition. The only historical balance sheet items that transferred to the Partnership in the Acquisition were property, plant and equipment assets and asset retirement obligations, which were recorded by us at historical cost.
In connection with the Tyler Acquisition, the Partnership and Delek entered into (i) an asset purchase agreement, (ii) the First Omnibus Amendment (as defined in Note 13), (iii) a throughput and tankage agreement with respect to the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets, (iv) a lease and access agreement, and (v) a site services agreement. See Note 13 for additional information regarding these agreements.
Financial Results of El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets
The acquisitions of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets were considered transfers of businesses between entities under common control. Accordingly, the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition were recorded at amounts based on Delek's historical carrying value as of each respective acquisition date, which were $25.2 million as of February 10, 2014 and $38.3 million as of July 26, 2013. Our historical financial statements have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the results of operations, financial position, cash flows and equity attributable to the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets as if we owned the assets for all periods presented. The results of the El Dorado Terminal and the Tyler Terminal are included in the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment, and the results of the El Dorado Tank Assets and the Tyler Tank Assets are included in the pipelines and transportation segment.

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The following amounts associated with the El Dorado Terminal and Tanks Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets, subsequent to each respective acquisition date, are included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations of the Partnership (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30, 2014
 
September 30, 2014
Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets:
 
 
 
 
   Total operating revenues
 
$
4,486

 
$
13,488

   Net income attributable to the Partnership
 
$
2,341

 
$
7,625

El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets:
 
 
 
 
   Total operating revenues
 
$
4,471

 
$
11,326

   Net income attributable to the Partnership
 
$
3,021

 
$
6,962

   Costs associated with the acquisition
 
$

 
$
186


The results of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets' operations prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition on February 10, 2014 have been included in the El Dorado Predecessor results in the tables below. The results of the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets' operations prior to the completion of the Tyler Acquisition on July 26, 2013 have been included in the Tyler Predecessor results in the tables below. The results of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets subsequent to February 10, 2014, and the results of the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets subsequent to July 26, 2013 have been included in the Partnership's results.
The tables on the following page present our results of operations, the effect of including the results of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets and the adjusted total amounts included in our condensed consolidated financial statements.


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Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of December 31, 2013
 
 
Delek Logistics
 
El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
 
 
 
Partners, LP
 
(El Dorado Predecessor)
 
December 31, 2013
 
 
(In thousands)
ASSETS
Current Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Cash and cash equivalents
 
$
924

 
$

 
$
924

   Accounts receivable
 
28,976

 

 
28,976

   Inventory
 
17,512

 

 
17,512

   Deferred tax assets
 
12

 

 
12

   Other current assets
 
341

 

 
341

     Total current assets
 
47,765

 

 
47,765

Property, plant and equipment:
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Property, plant and equipment
 
235,588

 
29,800

 
265,388

   Less: accumulated depreciation
 
(36,306
)
 
(3,260
)
 
(39,566
)
Property, plant and equipment, net
 
199,282

 
26,540

 
225,822

Goodwill
 
10,454

 

 
10,454

Intangible assets, net
 
12,258

 

 
12,258

Other non-current assets
 
5,045

 

 
5,045

     Total assets
 
$
274,804

 
$
26,540

 
$
301,344

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Accounts payable
 
$
26,045

 
$

 
$
26,045

   Accounts payable to related parties
 
1,513

 

 
1,513

   Fuel and other taxes payable
 
5,700

 

 
5,700

   Accrued expenses and other current liabilities
 
5,776

 
675

 
6,451

     Total current liabilities
 
39,034

 
675


39,709

Non-current liabilities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Revolving credit facility
 
164,800

 

 
164,800

   Asset retirement obligations
 
2,993

 
94

 
3,087

   Deferred tax liabilities
 
324

 

 
324

   Other non-current liabilities
 
5,612

 
610

 
6,222

     Total non-current liabilities
 
173,729

 
704

 
174,433

Equity:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Predecessors division equity
 

 
25,161

 
25,161

Common unitholders - public (9,353,240 units issued and outstanding)
 
183,839

 

 
183,839

Common unitholders - Delek (2,799,258 units issued and outstanding)
 
(176,680
)
 

 
(176,680
)
Subordinated unitholders - Delek (11,999,258 units issued and outstanding)
 
59,386

 

 
59,386

General Partner unitholders - Delek (492,893 units issued and outstanding)
 
(4,504
)
 

 
(4,504
)
Total equity
 
62,041

 
25,161

 
87,202

Total liabilities and equity
 
$
274,804

 
$
26,540

 
$
301,344






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Condensed Combined Statements of Operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
 
 
 
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
 
(El Dorado Predecessor)
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
 
 
(In thousands)
Net sales
 
$
667,906

 
$

 
$
667,906

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Cost of goods sold
 
562,916

 

 
562,916

   Operating expenses
 
28,293

 
783

 
29,076

   General and administrative expenses
 
7,312

 
46

 
7,358

   Depreciation and amortization
 
10,644

 
114

 
10,758

   Loss on asset disposals
 
74

 

 
74

     Total operating costs and expenses
 
609,239

 
943

 
610,182

   Operating income (loss)
 
58,667

 
(943
)
 
57,724

Interest expense, net
 
6,551

 

 
6,551

Net income (loss) before income tax expense
 
52,116

 
(943
)
 
51,173

Income tax expense
 
605

 

 
605

Net income (loss)
 
51,511

 
(943
)
 
50,568

  Less: Loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
(943
)
 
(943
)
Net income attributable to partners
 
$
51,511

 
$

 
$
51,511

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets
 
El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
 
 
 
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
 
(Tyler Predecessor)
 
(El Dorado Predecessor)
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
 
 
(In thousands)
Net Sales
 
$
243,295

 
$

 
$

 
$
243,295

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Cost of goods sold
 
218,222

 

 

 
218,222

   Operating expenses
 
6,645

 
829

 
1,499

 
8,973

   General and administrative expenses
 
1,782

 
86

 
105

 
1,973

   Depreciation and amortization
 
2,600

 
244

 
297

 
3,141

     Total operating costs and expenses
 
229,249

 
1,159

 
1,901

 
232,309

   Operating income (loss)
 
14,046

 
(1,159
)
 
(1,901
)
 
10,986

Interest expense, net
 
1,194

 

 

 
1,194

Net income (loss) before income tax expense
 
12,852

 
(1,159
)
 
(1,901
)
 
9,792

Income tax expense
 
307

 

 

 
307

Net income (loss)
 
12,545

 
(1,159
)
 
(1,901
)
 
9,485

  Less: Loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
(1,159
)
 
(1,901
)
 
(3,060
)
Net income attributable to partners
 
$
12,545

 
$

 
$

 
$
12,545


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Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets
 
El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
 
 
 
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
 
(Tyler Predecessor)
 
(El Dorado Predecessor)
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
 
 
(In thousands)
Net Sales
 
$
684,331

 
$

 
$

 
$
684,331

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Cost of goods sold
 
614,048

 

 

 
614,048

   Operating expenses
 
18,574

 
4,501

 
4,907

 
27,982

   General and administrative expenses
 
4,570

 
602

 
524

 
5,696

   Depreciation and amortization
 
7,324

 
1,750

 
892

 
9,966

     Total operating costs and expenses
 
644,516

 
6,853

 
6,323

 
657,692

   Operating income (loss)
 
39,815

 
(6,853
)
 
(6,323
)
 
26,639

Interest expense, net
 
2,763

 

 

 
2,763

Net income (loss) before income tax expense
 
37,052

 
(6,853
)
 
(6,323
)
 
23,876

Income tax expense
 
547

 

 

 
547

Net income (loss)
 
36,505

 
(6,853
)
 
(6,323
)
 
23,329

  Less: Loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
(6,853
)
 
(6,323
)
 
(13,176
)
Net income attributable to partners
 
$
36,505

 
$

 
$

 
$
36,505

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

North Little Rock Acquisition

On October 24, 2013, we purchased a refined products terminal in North Little Rock, Arkansas from Enterprise Refined Products Company, LLC (the "North Little Rock Terminal"). The North Little Rock Terminal consists of a total of three products tanks with effective capacity of 140,000 barrels and a truck rack with throughput capacity of up to 10,000 bpd. We acquired the North Little Rock Terminal to extend our logistics presence in Arkansas.
During the second quarter of 2014, we finalized our purchase price allocation and adjusted certain of the acquisition-date fair values previously disclosed. The final allocation of the aggregate purchase price of the North Little Rock Terminal as of September 30, 2014 is summarized as follows (in thousands):
Property, plant and equipment
$
4,990

Intangible assets
10

     Total
$
5,000


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North Little Rock Terminalling Agreement
In connection with the acquisition of the North Little Rock Terminal, on October 24, 2013, the Partnership and Delek entered into the North Little Rock Terminalling Agreement, which includes a minimum throughput commitment and a per barrel throughput fee that Delek will pay us for providing terminalling and other services to Delek at the North Little Rock Terminal, and for storing product at the terminal.
Pro Forma Financial Information - North Little Rock Acquisition
We began consolidating the results of operations of the North Little Rock Terminal on October 24, 2013. The North Little Rock Terminal contributed $0.4 million and $1.1 million to net sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.6 million to net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively. Below are the unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations of the Partnership for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, as if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2013
Net sales
 
$
243,673

 
$
685,432

Net income
 
$
9,687

 
$
23,953

Hopewell Acquisition
On July 19, 2013, the Partnership purchased a 13.5-mile pipeline and certain ancillary assets (the "Hopewell Pipeline"), including a related delivery station (the "Hopewell Station") and pumps. The Hopewell Pipeline originates at the Tyler Refinery and terminates at the Hopewell Station, where it effectively connects to the Partnership's 19-mile pipeline (the "Big Sandy Pipeline") that originates at the Hopewell Station and terminates at our light petroleum products terminal located in Big Sandy, Texas. The Hopewell Pipeline and the Big Sandy Pipeline form essentially one pipeline link between the Tyler Refinery and the Big Sandy Terminal (the "Tyler-Big Sandy Pipeline").
During the second quarter of 2014, we finalized our purchase price allocation and adjusted certain of the acquisition-date fair values previously disclosed. The final allocation of the aggregate purchase price of the Hopewell Pipeline as of September 30, 2014 is summarized as follows (in thousands):
Property, plant and equipment
$
3,538

Intangible assets
984

Goodwill
1,200

     Total
$
5,722

Amended and Restated Services Agreement (Big Sandy Terminal and Pipeline)
In connection with the acquisition of the Hopewell Pipeline, on July 25, 2013, the Partnership and Delek entered into the Amended and Restated Services Agreement (Big Sandy Terminal and Pipeline), which amended and restated the Terminalling Services Agreement dated November 7, 2012 for the Big Sandy Terminal to include, among other things, a minimum throughput commitment and a per-barrel throughput fee that Delek will pay us for throughput along the Tyler-Big Sandy Pipeline.

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Pro Forma Financial Information - Hopewell Acquisition
We began consolidating the results of operations of the Hopewell Pipeline on July 19, 2013. Although the Tyler-Big Sandy Pipeline, of which the Hopewell Pipeline is an integral part, was not operational prior to November 2013 due to required maintenance to return it to service, Delek paid to us pipeline fees for the Tyler-Big Sandy Pipeline beginning in July 2013 and through the year ended December 31, 2013. The maintenance required to return the Hopewell Pipeline to service and thereby connect it to the Big Sandy Pipeline was completed in the fourth quarter of 2013. The Tyler-Big Sandy Pipeline contributed $0.4 million and $1.2 million to net sales for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $0.4 million and $0.9 million to net income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively.
Below are the unaudited pro forma consolidated results of operations of the Partnership for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, as if the acquisition had occurred on January 1, 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30, 2013
 
September 30, 2013
Net sales
 
$
243,295

 
$
684,334

Net income
 
$
9,459

 
$
23,047

3. Inventory
Inventories consisted of $9.8 million and $17.5 million of refined petroleum products as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively. Cost of inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market, determined on a first-in, first-out basis.

4. Amended and Restated Credit Agreement

We entered into a $175.0 million senior secured revolving credit agreement on November 7, 2012, with Fifth Third Bank, as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders, which was subsequently amended and restated on July 9, 2013 (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”). Under the terms of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the lender commitments were increased from $175.0 million to $400.0 million and a dual currency borrowing tranche was added that permits draw downs in U.S. or Canadian dollars. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement also contains an accordion feature whereby the Partnership can increase the size of the credit facility to an aggregate of $450.0 million, subject to receiving increased or new commitments from lenders and the satisfaction of certain other conditions precedent. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement matures on November 7, 2017.

Borrowings denominated in U.S. dollars under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest at either a U.S. dollar prime rate, plus an applicable margin, or the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), plus an applicable margin, at the election of the borrowers. Borrowings denominated in Canadian dollars under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest at either a Canadian dollar prime rate, plus an applicable margin, or the Canadian Dealer Offered Rate, plus an applicable margin, at the election of the borrowers. The applicable margin in each case varies based upon the Partnership's most recently reported leverage ratio. At September 30, 2014, the weighted average interest rate was approximately 2.4%. Additionally, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement requires us to pay a leverage ratio dependent quarterly fee on the average unused revolving commitment. As of September 30, 2014, this fee was 0.4% per year.

The obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement remain secured by first priority liens on substantially all of the Partnership's and its subsidiaries' tangible and intangible assets. Additionally, Delek Marketing & Supply, LLC ("Delek Marketing") continues to provide a limited guaranty of the Partnership's obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Delek Marketing's guaranty is (i) limited to an amount equal to the principal amount, plus unpaid and accrued interest, of a promissory note made by Delek US in favor of Delek Marketing (the "Holdings Note"), and (ii) secured by Delek Marketing's pledge of the Holdings Note to our lenders under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2014, the principal amount of the Holdings Note was $102.0 million, plus unpaid interest accrued since the issuance date.
As of September 30, 2014, we had $230.0 million of outstanding borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Additionally, we had in place letters of credit totaling approximately $13.0 million, primarily securing obligations with respect to gasoline and diesel purchases. No amounts were drawn under these letters of credit at September 30, 2014. Amounts available under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement as of September 30, 2014 were approximately $157.0 million.

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5. Income Taxes
For tax purposes, each partner of the Partnership is required to take into account its share of income, gain, loss and deduction in computing its federal and state income tax liabilities, regardless of whether cash distributions are made to such partner by the Partnership. The taxable income reportable to each partner takes into account differences between the tax basis and fair market value of our assets, the acquisition price of such partner's units and the taxable income allocation requirements under our partnership agreement.

6. Net Income Per Unit
We use the two-class method when calculating the net income per unit applicable to limited partners because we have more than one participating class of securities. Our participating securities consist of common units, subordinated units, general partner units and incentive distribution rights. The two-class method is based on the weighted-average number of common units outstanding during the period. Basic net income per unit applicable to limited partners (including subordinated unitholders) is computed by dividing limited partners’ interest in net income, after deducting our general partner’s 2% interest and incentive distribution rights by the weighted-average number of outstanding common and subordinated units. Our net income is allocated to our general partner and limited partners in accordance with their respective partnership percentages after giving effect to priority income allocations for incentive distribution rights to our general partner, which is the holder of the incentive distribution rights pursuant to our partnership agreement, which are declared and paid following the close of each quarter.
Earnings in excess of distributions are allocated to our general partner and limited partners based on their respective ownership interests. Payments made to our unitholders are determined in relation to actual distributions declared and are not based on the net income allocations used in the calculation of net income per unit.
Diluted net income per unit applicable to common limited partners includes the effects of potentially dilutive units on our common units. At present, the only potentially dilutive units outstanding consist of unvested phantom unit awards under the Delek Logistics GP, LLC 2012 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the "LTIP"). Basic and diluted net income per unit applicable to subordinated limited partners are the same because there are no potentially dilutive subordinated units outstanding.

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Our distributions earned with respect to a given period are declared subsequent to quarter end. Therefore, the table below represents total cash distributions applicable to the period in which the distributions are earned. The calculation of net income per unit is as follows (dollars in thousands, except per unit amounts):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Net income attributable to partners
 
$
15,085

 
$
12,545

 
$
51,511

 
$
36,505

Less: General partner's distribution (including IDRs) (1)
 
544

 
198

 
1,177

 
580

Less: Limited partners' distribution
 
5,970

 
4,875

 
16,922

 
14,249

Less: Subordinated partner's distribution
 
5,880

 
4,860

 
16,679

 
14,219

Earnings in excess of distributions
 
$
2,691

 
$
2,612

 
$
16,733

 
$
7,457

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
General partner's earnings:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions (including IDRs) (1)
 
$
544

 
$
198

 
$
1,177

 
$
580

Allocation of earnings in excess of distributions
 
54

 
52

 
334

 
149

Total general partner's earnings
 
$
598

 
$
250

 
$
1,511

 
$
729

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Limited partners' earnings on common units:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions
 
$
5,970

 
$
4,875

 
$
16,922

 
$
14,249

Allocation of earnings in excess of distributions
 
1,328

 
1,282

 
8,259

 
3,658

Total limited partners' earnings on common units
 
$
7,298

 
$
6,157

 
$
25,181

 
$
17,907

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Limited partners' earnings on subordinated units:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions
 
$
5,880

 
$
4,860

 
$
16,679

 
$
14,219

Allocation of earnings in excess of distributions
 
1,309

 
1,278

 
8,140

 
3,650

Total limited partner's earnings on subordinated units
 
$
7,189

 
$
6,138

 
$
24,819

 
$
17,869

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average limited partner units outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common units - (basic)
 
12,183,847

 
12,036,821

 
12,165,474

 
12,014,445

Common units - (diluted)
 
12,327,321

 
12,188,342

 
12,299,963

 
12,152,657

Subordinated units - Delek (basic and diluted)
 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per limited partner unit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common - (basic)
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.07

 
$
1.49

Common - (diluted)
 
$
0.59

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.05

 
$
1.48

Subordinated - (basic and diluted)
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.07

 
$
1.49

            

(1) General partner distributions (including IDRs) consist of the 2% general partner interest and IDRs, which represent the right of the general partner to receive increasing percentages of quarterly distributions of available cash from operating surplus in excess of $0.43125 per unit per quarter. See Note 7 for further discussion related to IDRs.


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7. Equity
We had 9,384,589 common limited partner units held by the public outstanding as of September 30, 2014. Additionally, as of September 30, 2014, Delek owned a 60.0% limited partner interest in us, consisting of 2,799,258 common limited partner units and 11,999,258 subordinated limited partner units as well as a 96.1% interest in our general partner, which owns the entire 2.0% general partner interest consisting of 493,533 general partner units. In accordance with our partnership agreement, Delek's subordinated units may convert to common units once specified distribution targets and other requirements have been met.
Equity Activity
The summarized changes in the carrying amount of our equity are as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Equity of Predecessors
 
Common - Public
 
Common - Delek
 
Subordinated
 
General Partner
 
Total
Balance at December 31, 2013
 
$
25,161

 
$
183,839

 
$
(176,680
)
 
$
59,386

 
$
(4,504
)
 
$
87,202

Sponsor contributions of equity to the El Dorado Predecessor
1,006

 

 

 

 

 
1,006

Loss attributable to the El Dorado Predecessor
(943
)
 

 

 

 

 
(943
)
Allocation of net assets acquired by the unitholders
(25,224
)
 

 
24,720

 

 
504

 

Cash distributions (1)

 
(12,391
)
 
(97,663
)
 
(15,779
)
 
(2,755
)
 
(128,588
)
Sponsorship contribution of fixed assets

 

 
855

 

 
18

 
873

Net income attributable to partners

 
19,579

 
5,845

 
25,057

 
1,030

 
51,511

Unit-based compensation

 
452

 
135

 
579

 
(970
)
 
196

Other

 

 

 

 
22

 
22

Balance at September 30, 2014
 
$

 
$
191,479

 
$
(242,788
)
 
$
69,243

 
$
(6,655
)
 
$
11,279

            

(1) Cash distributions include $95.9 million in cash payments for the El Dorado Acquisition. As an entity under common control with Delek, we record the assets that we acquire from Delek on our balance sheet at Delek's historical book basis instead of fair value. Additionally, any excess of cash paid over the historical book basis of the assets acquired from Delek is recorded within equity. As a result of the El Dorado Acquisition, our equity balance decreased $70.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014. Distributions also include $0.1 million related to distribution equivalents on vested phantom units.

Allocations of Net Income
Our partnership agreement contains provisions for the allocation of net income and loss to our unitholders and our general partner. For purposes of maintaining partner capital accounts, the partnership agreement specifies that items of income and loss shall be allocated among the partners in accordance with their respective percentage interest. Normal allocations according to percentage interests are made after giving effect to priority income allocations, if any, in an amount equal to incentive cash distributions allocated 100% to our general partner.

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The following table presents the allocation of the general partner's interest in net income (in thousands, except percentage of ownership interest):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Net income attributable to partners
 
$
15,085

 
$
12,545

 
$
51,511

 
$
36,505

Less: General partner's IDR's
 
(302
)
 

 
(491
)
 

Net income available to partners
 
$
14,783

 
$
12,545

 
$
51,020

 
$
36,505

General partner's ownership interest
 
2.0
%
 
2.0
%
 
2.0
%
 
2.0
%
General partner's allocated interest in net income
 
$
296

 
$
250

 
$
1,020

 
$
729

General partner's IDRs
 
302

 

 
491

 

Total general partner's interest in net income
 
$
598

 
$
250

 
$
1,511

 
$
729

Incentive Distribution Rights
The following table illustrates the percentage allocations of available cash from operating surplus between our unitholders and our general partner based on the specified target distribution levels. The amounts set forth under “Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions” are the percentage interests of our general partner and our unitholders in any available cash from operating surplus that we distribute up to and including the corresponding amount in the column “Total Quarterly Distribution per Unit Target Amount.” The percentage interests shown for our unitholders and our general partner for the minimum quarterly distribution are also applicable to quarterly distribution amounts that are less than the minimum quarterly distribution. The percentage interests set forth below for our general partner include its 2.0% general partner interest and assume that (i) our general partner has contributed any additional capital necessary to maintain its 2.0% general partner interest, (ii) our general partner has not transferred its incentive distribution rights, and (iii) there are no arrearages on common units.
 
 
 
Target Quarterly Distribution per Unit
 
Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions
 
 
 
Target Amount
 
Unitholders
 
General Partner
Minimum Quarterly Distribution
 
 
$
0.37500

 
98.0
%
 
2.0
%
First Target Distribution
 
above
$
0.37500

 
98.0
%
 
2.0
%
 
 
up to
$
0.43125

 
 
 
 
Second Target Distribution
 
above
$
0.43125

 
85.0
%
 
15.0
%
 
 
up to
$
0.46875

 
 
 
 
Third Target Distribution
 
above
$
0.46875

 
75.0
%
 
25.0
%
 
 
up to
$
0.56250

 
 
 
 
Thereafter
 
thereafter
$
0.56250

 
50.0
%
 
50.0
%
Cash Distributions
Our partnership agreement sets forth the calculation to be used to determine the amount and priority of cash distributions that our common and subordinated unitholders and general partner will receive. Our distributions earned with respect to a given period are declared subsequent to quarter end. The table below summarizes the quarterly distributions related to our quarterly financial results:

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Quarter Ended
 
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit
 
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit, Annualized
 
Total Cash Distribution, including general partner IDRs (in thousands)
 
Date of Distribution
 
Unitholders Record Date
December 31, 2013
 
$
0.415

 
$
1.66

 
$
10,228

 
February 13, 2014
 
February 4, 2014
March 31, 2014
 
$
0.425

 
$
1.70

 
$
10,474

 
May 14, 2014
 
May 6, 2014
June 30, 2014
 
$
0.475

 
$
1.90

 
$
11,910

 
August 14, 2014
 
August 7, 2014
September 30, 2014
 
$
0.490

 
$
1.96

 
$
12,394

 
November 14, 2014 (1)
 
November 6, 2014
            
(1) Expected date of distribution.
The allocation of total quarterly cash distributions expected to be made to general and limited partners for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 is set forth in the table below. Our distributions earned with respect to a given period are declared subsequent to quarter end. Therefore, the table below presents total cash distributions applicable to the period in which the distributions are earned (in thousands, except per unit amounts):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
General partner's distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     General partner's distributions
 
$
242

 
$
198

 
$
686

 
$
580

     General partner's incentive distribution rights
 
302

 

 
491

 

          Total general partner's distributions
 
544

 
198

 
1,177

 
580

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Limited partners' distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Common
 
5,970

 
4,875

 
16,922

 
14,249

     Subordinated
 
5,880

 
4,860

 
16,679

 
14,219

          Total limited partners' distributions
 
11,850

 
9,735

 
33,601

 
28,468

               Total cash distributions
 
$
12,394

 
$
9,933

 
$
34,778

 
$
29,048

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash distributions per limited partner unit
 
$
0.490

 
$
0.405

 
$
1.390

 
$
1.185

8. Equity Based Compensation
We incurred $0.1 million and $0.2 million of unit-based compensation expense related to the Partnership during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $0.1 million and $0.2 million during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively. These amounts are included in general and administrative expenses in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income. The fair value of phantom unit awards under the LTIP is determined based on the closing price of our common limited partner units on the grant date. The estimated fair value of our phantom units is amortized over the vesting period using the straight line method. Awards vest over a five -year service period. As of September 30, 2014, there was $1.0 million of total unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested equity-based compensation arrangements, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.1 years.
9. Segment Data
We report our assets and operating results in two reportable segments: (i) pipelines and transportation and (ii) wholesale marketing and terminalling:
The pipelines and transportation segment provides crude oil gathering, and crude oil, intermediate and finished products transportation and storage services to Delek's refining operations and independent third parties.

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The wholesale marketing and terminalling segment provides marketing and terminalling services to Delek's refining operations and independent third parties.
Our operating segments adhere to the same accounting policies used for our consolidated financial statements. Our operating segments are managed separately because each segment requires different industry knowledge, technology and marketing strategies. Decisions concerning the allocation of resources and assessment of operating performance are made based on this segmentation. Management measures the operating performance of each reportable segment based on segment contribution margin. Segment contribution margin is defined as net sales less cost of sales and operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization.
On February 10, 2014, we acquired the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets from Delek. Our historical financial statements have been retrospectively adjusted to reflect the results of operations attributable to the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets as if we owned the assets for all periods presented. The results of the El Dorado Terminal and the El Dorado Tank Assets are included in the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment and the pipelines and transportation segment, respectively.

























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The following is a summary of business segment operating performance as measured by contribution margin for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013 (1) 
 
2014 (2)
 
2013 (1)
Pipelines and Transportation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net sales
 
$
23,767

 
$
15,743

 
$
65,957

 
$
43,008

     Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Cost of goods sold
 
1,011

 

 
3,267

 

     Operating expenses
 
7,676

 
7,012

 
22,420

 
22,490

     Segment contribution margin
 
$
15,080

 
$
8,731

 
$
40,270

 
$
20,518

 Capital spending (excluding business combinations)
 
$
504

 
$
2,184

 
$
1,654

 
$
8,242

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net sales
 
$
204,269

 
$
227,552

 
$
601,949

 
$
641,323

     Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Cost of goods sold
 
193,122

 
218,222

 
559,649

 
614,048

     Operating expenses
 
2,537

 
1,961

 
6,656

 
5,492

     Segment contribution margin
 
$
8,610

 
$
7,369

 
$
35,644

 
$
21,783

 Capital spending (excluding business combinations)
 
$
323

 
$
517

 
$
1,106

 
$
1,598

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Net sales
 
$
228,036

 
$
243,295

 
$
667,906

 
$
684,331

     Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Cost of goods sold
 
194,133

 
218,222

 
562,916

 
614,048

     Operating expenses
 
10,213

 
8,973

 
29,076

 
27,982

     Contribution margin
 
23,690

 
16,100

 
75,914

 
42,301

     General and administrative expenses
 
2,453

 
1,973

 
7,358

 
5,696

     Depreciation and amortization
 
3,749

 
3,141

 
10,758

 
9,966

     Loss on asset disposals
 

 


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     Operating income
 
$
17,488

 
$
10,986

 
$
57,724

 
$
26,639

 Capital spending (excluding business combinations)
 
$
827

 
$
2,701

 
$
2,760

 
$
9,840

            

(1) Capital spending adjusted to include expenditures incurred in connection with the assets acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition.

(2) Capital spending includes expenditures incurred in connection with the assets acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition.

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The following table summarizes the total assets for each segment as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (in thousands).
 
 
September 30, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Pipelines and Transportation
 
$
221,393

 
$
188,008

Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling
 
74,779

 
113,336

     Total Assets
 
$
296,172

 
$
301,344

Property, plant and equipment, accumulated depreciation and depreciation expense by reporting segment as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Pipelines and Transportation
 
Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling
 
Consolidated
Property, plant and equipment
 
$
248,430

 
$
18,991

 
$
267,421

Less: accumulated depreciation
 
(41,005
)
 
(8,313
)
 
(49,318
)
Property, plant and equipment, net
 
$
207,425

 
$
10,678

 
$
218,103

Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2014
 
$
2,718

 
$
765

 
$
3,483

Depreciation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2014
 
$
7,467

 
$
2,494

 
$
9,961

In accordance with ASC 360, Property, Plant & Equipment, we evaluate the realizability of property, plant and equipment as events occur that might indicate potential impairment.
10. Fair Value Measurements
The fair values of financial instruments are estimated based upon current market conditions and quoted market prices for the same or similar instruments. Management estimates that the carrying value approximates fair value for all of our assets and liabilities that fall under the scope of ASC 825, Financial Instruments.
We apply the provisions of ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements ("ASC 820"), which defines fair value, establishes a framework for its measurement and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. ASC 820 applies to our interest rate and commodity derivatives that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The standard also requires that we assess the impact of nonperformance risk on our derivatives. Nonperformance risk is not considered material at this time.
ASC 820 requires disclosures that categorize assets and liabilities measured at fair value into one of three different levels depending on the observability of the inputs employed in the measurement. Level 1 inputs are quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 inputs are observable inputs other than quoted prices included within Level 1 for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly through market-corroborated inputs. Level 3 inputs are unobservable inputs for the asset or liability reflecting our assumptions about pricing by market participants.
Over the counter commodity swaps, interest rate swaps and caps are generally valued using industry-standard models that consider various assumptions, including quoted forward prices, spot prices, interest rates, time value, volatility factors and contractual prices for the underlying instruments, as well as other relevant economic measures. The degree to which these inputs are observable in the forward markets determines the classification as Level 2 or 3. Our contracts are valued using quotations provided by brokers based on exchange pricing and/or price index developers such as Platts or Argus and are, therefore, classified as Level 2.

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The fair value hierarchy for our financial assets accounted for at fair value on a recurring basis at September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows (in thousands):
 
 
As of September 30, 2014
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate derivatives
 
$

 
$
45

 
$

 
$
45

Commodity derivatives
 

 
168

 

 
168

     Total assets
 

 
213

 

 
213

Liabilities
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


Commodity derivatives
 

 
(45
)
 

 
(45
)
Net assets
 
$

 
$
168

 
$

 
$
168

 
 
As of December 31, 2013
 
 
Level 1
 
Level 2
 
Level 3
 
Total
Assets
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate derivatives
 
$

 
$
116

 
$

 
$
116

The derivative values above are based on analysis of each contract as the fundamental unit of account as required by ASC 820. Derivative assets and liabilities with the same counterparty are not netted where the legal right of offset exists. This differs from the presentation in the financial statements which reflects our policy under the guidance of ASC 815-10-45, Derivatives and Hedging - Other Presentation Matters ("ASC 815-10-45"), wherein we have elected to offset the fair value amounts recognized for multiple derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty where the legal right of offset exists.
Our policy under the guidance of ASC 815-10-45 is to net the fair value amounts recognized for multiple derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty and offset these values against the cash collateral arising from these derivative positions. As of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013, $0.4 million and zero cash collateral, respectively, was held by counterparty brokerage firms.
11. Derivative Instruments
From time to time, we enter into forward fuel contracts to limit the exposure to price fluctuations for physical purchases of finished products in the normal course of business. We use derivatives to reduce normal operating and market risks with a primary objective in derivative instrument use being the reduction of the impact of market price volatility on our results of operations.
Typically, we enter into forward fuel contracts with major financial institutions in which we fix the purchase price of finished grade fuel for a predetermined number of units with fulfillment terms of less than 90 days.
From time to time, we may also enter into interest rate hedging agreements to limit floating interest rate exposure under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Our initial credit facility required us to maintain interest rate hedging arrangements on at least 50% of the amount funded on November 7, 2012 under the credit facility, which was required to be in place for at least a three-year period beginning no later than March 7, 2013. Accordingly, effective February 25, 2013, we entered into interest rate hedges in the form of a LIBOR interest rate cap for a term of three years for a total notional amount of $45.0 million, thereby meeting the requirements in effect at that time. These requirements were eliminated in connection with the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement in July 2013, but the interest rate hedge remains in place in accordance with the terms.

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The tables below present the fair value of our derivative instruments, as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and September 30, 2013, we did not elect hedge treatment for these derivative positions. As a result, all changes in fair value are marked to market in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of income.
(in thousands)
 
 
September 30, 2014
 
December 31, 2013
Derivative Type
Balance Sheet Location
 
Assets
 
Liabilities
 
Assets
 
Liabilities
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate derivatives
Other long term assets
 
$
45

 
$

 
$
116

 
$

Commodity derivatives (1)
Other current assets
 
168

 
(45
)
 

 

Total gross value of derivatives
 
213

 
(45
)
 
116

 

Less: Counterparty netting and cash collateral (2)
 
(352
)
 
(45
)
 

 

Total net fair value of derivatives
 
$
565

 
$

 
$
116

 
$

            

(1) As of September 30, 2014, we had open derivative contracts representing 125,000 barrels of refined petroleum products.

(2) As of September 30, 2014, $0.4 million of cash collateral associated with our commodity derivatives has been netted with the derivative positions with each counterparty.
Recognized gains (losses) associated with derivatives not designated as hedging instruments for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were as follows (in thousands):
 
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
Derivative Type
Income Statement Location
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
Interest rate derivatives
Interest expense
 
$
4

 
$
(88
)
 
$
(71
)
 
$
(63
)
Commodity derivatives
Cost of goods sold
 
1,804

 
(311
)
 
1,500

 
(481
)
 
Total
 
$
1,808

 
$
(399
)
 
$
1,429

 
$
(544
)

12. Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation
In the ordinary conduct of our business, we are from time to time subject to lawsuits, investigations and claims, including environmental claims and employee-related matters. Although we cannot predict with certainty the ultimate resolution of lawsuits, investigations and claims asserted against us, including civil penalties or other enforcement actions, we do not believe that any currently pending legal proceeding or proceedings to which we are a party will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.
Rate Regulation of Petroleum Pipelines
The rates and terms and conditions of service on certain of our pipelines are subject to regulation by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) under the Interstate Commerce Act (“ICA”) and by the state regulatory commissions in the states in which we transport crude oil and refined products, including the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Louisiana Public Service Commission, and the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Certain of our pipeline systems are subject to such regulation and have filed tariffs with the appropriate authorities. We also comply with the reporting requirements for these pipelines. Other of our pipelines have received a waiver from the application of FERC's tariff requirements but comply with other applicable regulatory requirements.
FERC regulates interstate transportation under the ICA, the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and the rules and regulations promulgated under those laws. The ICA and its implementing regulations require that tariff rates for interstate service on oil pipelines, including pipelines that transport crude oil and refined products in interstate commerce (collectively referred to as “petroleum pipelines”), be just and reasonable and non-discriminatory and that such rates and terms and conditions of service be filed with FERC. Under the ICA, shippers may challenge new or existing rates or services. FERC is authorized to suspend the

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effectiveness of a challenged rate for up to seven months, though rates are typically not suspended for the maximum allowable period. Tariff rates are typically contractually subject to increase or decrease on July 1 of each year, by the amount of any change in the FERC oil pipeline index or, in the case of the east Texas marketing agreement and the Tyler Throughput and Tankage Agreement, to other inflation-based indices; provided, however, that in no event will the fees be adjusted below the amount initially set forth in the applicable agreement.
While FERC regulates rates for shipments of crude oil or refined products in interstate commerce, state agencies may regulate rates and service for shipments in intrastate commerce. We own pipeline assets in Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana, and accordingly, such assets may be subject to additional regulation by the applicable governmental authorities in those states.
Environmental Health and Safety
We are subject to various federal, state and local environmental and safety laws enforced by agencies including the United States Environmental Protection Agency, the United States Department of Transportation ("DOT") / Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, the United States Department of Labor / Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the Texas Railroad Commission, the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinating Office, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation, as well as other state and federal agencies. Numerous permits or other authorizations are required under these laws for the operation of our terminals, pipelines, and related operations, and may be subject to revocation, modification and renewal.
These laws and permits raise potential exposure to future claims and lawsuits involving environmental and safety matters, which could include soil and water contamination, air pollution, personal injury and property damage allegedly caused by substances we manufactured, handled, used, released or disposed of, or that relate to pre-existing conditions for which we have assumed responsibility. We believe that our current operations are in substantial compliance with existing environmental and safety requirements. However, there have been and will continue to be ongoing discussions about environmental and safety matters between us and federal and state authorities, including notices of violations, citations and other enforcement actions, some of which have resulted or may result in changes to operating procedures and in capital expenditures. While it is often difficult to quantify future environmental or safety related expenditures, we anticipate that continuing capital investments and changes in operating procedures will be required for the foreseeable future to comply with existing and new requirements as well as evolving interpretations and more strict enforcement of existing laws and regulations.
Crude Oil Releases
Since their acquisition, we have detected several crude oil releases involving our assets, including, but not limited to, a release at our Magnolia Station in March 2013, a release near Macedonia, Arkansas in October 2013 and a release in Haynesville, Louisiana in April 2014. We incurred costs of $0.3 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 related to the release at Magnolia Station and $1.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 related to the release in Haynesville. No costs were incurred related to the release in Haynesville during the three months ended September 30, 2014. We did not incur costs related to the release near Macedonia during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013. As of September 30, 2014, we have accrued $1.3 million for additional expenses expected to be incurred for each of the spills occurring in Macedonia and Haynesville and $0.1 million for the spill occurring at our Magnolia Station. However, we do not believe the total costs associated with these events, whether alone or in the aggregate, including any fines or penalties and net of partial insurance reimbursement, will have a material adverse effect upon our business, financial condition or results of operations, as Delek is required, pursuant to the terms of the Omnibus Agreement (as defined in Note 13), to indemnify certain costs in excess of $0.3 million with respect to the releases at our Magnolia Station and near Macedonia, Arkansas and reimburse us for costs in excess of $1.0 million with respect to the release near Haynesville, Louisiana.

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Contracts and Agreements
The majority of the petroleum products we sell in west Texas are purchased from Noble Petro, Inc. ("Noble Petro"). Under the terms of a supply contract (the "Abilene Contract") with Noble Petro, we have the right to purchase up to 20,350 bpd of petroleum products at the Abilene, Texas terminal, which we own, for sales at the Abilene and San Angelo terminals and to exchange barrels with third parties. We lease the Abilene and San Angelo, Texas terminals to Noble Petro, under a separate Terminal and Pipeline Lease and Operating Agreement, with a term that runs concurrent with that of the Abilene Contract. The Abilene Contract expires on December 31, 2017 and does not include any options for renewal. We also purchase spot barrels from various third parties and from Delek for sale to wholesale customers in west Texas.
Letters of Credit
As of September 30, 2014, we had in place letters of credit totaling approximately $13.0 million under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, primarily securing obligations with respect to gasoline and diesel purchases. No amounts were drawn under these letters of credit at September 30, 2014.
Operating Leases
We lease certain equipment and have surface leases under various operating lease arrangements, most of which provide the option to renew after the current lease term. None of these lease arrangements include fixed rental rate increases. Lease expense for all operating leases totaled $0.2 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, respectively, and $0.2 million and $0.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively.
In connection with the Tyler Acquisition and the El Dorado Acquisition, we and Delek entered into lease and access agreements with respect to the real property on which the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets and the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets are located. Under each agreement, we lease such real property from Delek for a nominal amount paid annually, with an initial term of 50 years with automatic renewal for a maximum of four successive 10-year periods thereafter.
We have a ground lease agreement with Lion Oil Company ("Lion Oil") for approximately seven acres of land on Lion Oil's refinery site, on which an above-ground storage tank and related facilities are located. The tank and related facilities are used for the storage and throughput of crude oil or other hydrocarbon substances or any resulting refined products. The fees paid to Lion Oil were nominal for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014. The term of this agreement is co-terminous with the El Dorado lease and access agreement discussed above.
13. Related Party Transactions
Commercial Agreements
The Partnership has various agreements with Delek, the majority of which are long-term, fee-based commercial agreements with Delek under which we provide crude oil gathering, crude oil and intermediate and refined products transportation and storage services, and marketing and terminalling services to Delek. Each of these agreements include minimum quarterly volume or throughput commitments and have tariffs or fees indexed to inflation, provided that the tariffs or fees will not be decreased below the initial amount. Fees under each agreement are payable to us monthly by Delek or certain third parties to whom Delek has assigned certain of its rights. In most circumstances, if Delek or the applicable third party assignee fails to meet or exceed the minimum volume or throughput commitment during any calendar quarter, Delek, and not any third party assignee, will be required to make a quarterly shortfall payment to us equal to the volume of the shortfall multiplied by the applicable fee.
The tariffs, throughput fees and the storage fees under our agreements with Delek are subject to increase or decrease on July 1 of each year, by the amount of any change in the FERC oil pipeline index or, in the case of the east Texas marketing agreement, to the consumer price index and, in the case of the El Dorado and Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets, to other inflation-based indices; provided, however, that in no event will the fees be adjusted below the amount initially set forth in the applicable agreement.
We believe the terms and conditions under these agreements, as well as our other agreements with Delek described below, are generally no less favorable to the Partnership than those that could have been negotiated with unaffiliated third parties with respect to similar services. See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for a description of certain of our commercial agreements and other agreements with Delek. During the nine months ended September 30, 2014, we entered into the following material commercial agreements with Delek:

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Asset/Operation
 
Initiation Date
 
Initial/Maximum Term (years) (1)
Service
 
Minimum Throughput Commitment (bpd)
 
Fee
El Dorado Throughput and Tankage:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Refined Products Throughput
 
February 2014
 
8 / 16
Dedicated terminalling and storage
 
11,000
 
$0.51/bbl (2)
      Storage
 
February 2014
 
 
 
 
N/A
 
$1,319,641/month (2) 
El Dorado Lease and Access
 
February 2014
 
50
Real property lease
 
N/A
 
$100 annually (3) 
El Dorado Site Services
 
February 2014
 
8 / 16
Shared services
 
N/A
 
$203,178 annually (3) 
            
(1) 
Maximum term gives effect to the extension of the commercial agreement pursuant to the terms thereof.
(2) 
Fees payable to the Partnership by Delek.
(3) 
Fees payable to Delek by the Partnership.

El Dorado Throughput and Tankage Agreement. On February 10, 2014, in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition, Lion Oil, OpCo and, for limited purposes, J. Aron & Company ("J. Aron"), entered into the El Dorado Throughput and Tankage Agreement. Under the El Dorado Throughput and Tankage Agreement, OpCo will provide Lion Oil with throughput and storage services in return for payment of certain throughput and storage fees. The initial term of the El Dorado Throughput and Tankage Agreement is eight years, and Lion Oil, at its sole option, may extend the term for two renewal terms of four years each. Effective February 10, 2014, Lion Oil assigned to J. Aron its rights to use and transport materials through the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets until the expiration of Lion Oil’s amended and restated supply and offtake agreement with J. Aron. Despite the assignment, Lion Oil still retains certain rights and obligations under the El Dorado Throughput and Tankage Agreement.
El Dorado Lease and Access Agreement. In connection with the El Dorado Acquisition, Lion Oil and OpCo entered into the El Dorado Lease and Access Agreement (the "El Dorado Lease"). Under the El Dorado Lease, OpCo leases from Lion Oil the real property on which the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets are located. The El Dorado Lease has an initial term of 50 years with automatic renewal for up to four successive 10-year periods thereafter.
El Dorado Site Services Agreement. In connection with the El Dorado Acquisition, Lion Oil and OpCo also entered into the El Dorado Site Services Agreement. Under the El Dorado Site Services Agreement, Lion Oil provides OpCo with shared use of certain services, materials and facilities that are necessary to operate and maintain the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets as currently operated and maintained. The term of the El Dorado Site Services Agreement is co-terminous with the El Dorado Lease discussed above.
Omnibus Agreement
The Partnership entered into an Omnibus Agreement with Delek, our general partner, OpCo, Lion Oil and certain of the Partnership’s and Delek’s other subsidiaries on November 7, 2012 (the "Omnibus Agreement"). On July 26, 2013, in connection with the Tyler Acquisition, the Partnership and the other parties entered into an amendment and restatement of the Omnibus Agreement (the “First Omnibus Amendment”). On February 10, 2014, in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition, the Partnership and the other parties entered into a second amendment and restatement of the Omnibus Agreement (the “Second Omnibus Amendment”). The Second Omnibus Amendment includes, among other things,: (i) modifications in the reimbursement by Delek and certain of its subsidiaries under the Omnibus Agreement for certain operating expenses and capital expenditures incurred by the Partnership or its subsidiaries, (ii) modifications of the indemnification provisions under the Omnibus Agreement in favor of the Partnership with respect to certain environmental matters, and (iii) an increase in the annual administrative fee payable by us to Delek under the Omnibus Agreement for general corporate and administrative services.
The annual administrative fee payable by the Partnership to Delek for general corporate and administrative services that Delek and its affiliates provide under the Second Omnibus Amendment increased from $3.0 million to $3.3 million, which is prorated and payable monthly.

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Under the Second Omnibus Amendment, Delek has agreed to reimburse us for (i) certain expenses that we incur for inspections, maintenance and repairs to any storage tanks we acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition to cause such storage tanks to comply with applicable regulatory and/or industry standards, (ii) certain expenses that we incur for inspections, maintenance and repairs to most of the storage tanks contributed to us by Delek (subject to a deductible of $0.5 million per year) that are necessary to comply with the DOT pipeline integrity rules and certain American Petroleum Institute storage tank standards for a period of five years, and (iii) certain non-discretionary maintenance capital expenditures with respect to certain of our assets in excess of specified amounts, as disclosed in the full agreement filed as Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.
Predecessors' Transactions
Related-party transactions of the Predecessors were settled through division equity. Revenues from affiliates consist of revenues from gathering, pipeline transportation, storage, wholesale marketing and products terminalling services to Delek and its affiliates based on regulated tariff rates or contractually based fees.
Costs related specifically to us have been identified and included in the accompanying consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income. Prior to the formation of the Partnership and the Tyler and El Dorado Acquisitions, we were not allocating certain corporate costs. These costs were primarily allocated based on a percentage of salaries expense and property, plant and equipment costs. In the opinion of management, the methods for allocating these costs are reasonable. It is not practicable to estimate the costs that would have been incurred by us if we had been operated on a stand-alone basis.
Summary of Transactions
A summary of revenue and expense transactions with Delek, including expenses directly charged and allocated to our Predecessors, are as follows (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
 
$
29,682

 
$
20,127

 
$
83,855

 
$
54,847

Operating and maintenance expenses (1) 
 
$
5,510

 
$
3,063

 
$
16,063

 
$
10,410

General and administrative expenses (2)
 
$
1,335

 
$
1,256

 
$
3,799

 
$
3,542

            
(1) 
Operating and maintenance expenses include costs allocated to the Tyler Predecessor and the El Dorado Predecessor for operating support provided to the Tyler Predecessor by Delek Refining and to the El Dorado Predecessor by Lion Oil, including certain labor related costs, property and liability insurance costs and certain other operating expenses. The costs that were allocated to us by Delek Refining were $0.2 million and $1.7 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively. The costs that were allocated to us by Lion Oil were $0.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $0.3 million and $1.0 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively.
(2) 
General and administrative expenses include costs allocated to the Tyler Predecessor and El Dorado Predecessor for general and administrative support provided to the Tyler Predecessor by Delek Refining and to the El Dorado Predecessor by Lion Oil, including services such as corporate management, risk management, accounting and human resources. The costs that were allocated to us by Delek Refining were $0.1 million and $0.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively. The costs that were allocated to us by Lion Oil were $0.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and $0.1 million and $0.5 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, respectively.
In accordance with our partnership agreement, our common, subordinated and general partner interests are entitled to receive quarterly distributions of available cash. In February, May and August of 2014, we paid quarterly cash distributions, of which $6.3 million, $6.5 million and $7.5 million, respectively, were paid to Delek and our general partner. On October 24, 2014, our general partner's board of directors declared a quarterly cash distribution totaling $12.4 million, based on the available cash as of the end of the third quarter of 2014, payable on November 14, 2014, to unitholders of record on November 6, 2014. The distribution will include $7.8 million paid to both Delek and our general partner, including incentive distribution rights.

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14. Subsequent Events

Distribution Declaration
On October 24, 2014, our general partner's board of directors declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.49 per limited partner unit, based on the available cash as of the third quarter of 2014, payable on November 14, 2014, to unitholders of record on November 6, 2014.

Terminal and Pipeline Acquisition
On October 1, 2014, we purchased (i) a light products terminal in Mount Pleasant, Texas (the "Mount Pleasant Terminal"), (ii) a light products storage facility in Greenville, Texas (the "Greenville Storage Facility") and (iii) a 76-mile pipeline connecting the locations (the "Greenville-Mount Pleasant Pipeline"). The Mount Pleasant Terminal, the Greenville Storage Facility and the Greenville-Mount Pleasant Pipeline are hereinafter collectively referred to as the "Greenville-Mount Pleasant Assets." We acquired the Greenville-Mount Pleasant Assets from an affiliate of Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. to complement our existing assets and provide enhanced logistical capabilities. The Mount Pleasant Terminal consists of approximately 200,000 barrels of light product storage capacity, three truck loading lanes and ethanol blending capability. The Greenville Storage Facility has approximately 325,000 barrels of storage capacity and is connected to the Explorer Pipeline System. The aggregate purchase price was approximately $11.1 million, including approximately $1.1 million in finished product inventory. The acquisition was financed with cash on hand and borrowings under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. The purchase price has been preliminarily allocated to inventory and property, plant and equipment. The property, plant and equipment valuation is subject to change during the purchase price allocation period. As the initial accounting for the acquisition of the Greenville-Mount Pleasant Assets was incomplete at the time the financial statements were available to be issued, there are no pro forma disclosures available for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013.


 


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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this report to "Delek Logistics Partners, LP," the "Partnership," and "we," "our," "us," or like terms, refer to Delek Logistics Partners, LP and its general partner and subsidiaries. Unless the context otherwise requires, references in this report to "Delek" refer collectively to Delek US Holdings, Inc. and any of its subsidiaries, other than Delek Logistics Partners, LP, its subsidiaries and its general partner. Those statements in this section that are not historical in nature should be deemed forward-looking statements that are inherently uncertain. See "Forward-Looking Statements" below for a discussion of the factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in such statements.
On February 10, 2014, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary Delek Logistics Operating, LLC ("OpCo"), acquired from Delek (i) the refined products terminal (the “El Dorado Terminal”) located at Delek's El Dorado, Arkansas refinery (the "El Dorado Refinery") and (ii) 158 storage tanks and certain ancillary assets (the "El Dorado Tank Assets" and together with the El Dorado Terminal, the “El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets”) at and adjacent to the El Dorado Refinery (such transaction, the “El Dorado Acquisition”).
On July 26, 2013, the Partnership, through its wholly owned subsidiary Delek Marketing & Supply, LP, acquired from Delek (i) the refined products terminal (the “Tyler Terminal”) located at Delek's Tyler, Texas Refinery (the "Tyler Refinery") and (ii) 96 storage tanks and certain ancillary assets (the "Tyler Tank Assets" and together with the Tyler Terminal, the “Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets”) adjacent to the Tyler Refinery (such transaction, the “Tyler Acquisition”).
The El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition were accounted for as transfers between entities under common control. As an entity under common control with Delek, we record the assets that Delek has contributed to us on our balance sheet at Delek's historical basis instead of fair value. Transfers between entities under common control are accounted for as if the transfer occurred at the beginning of the period, and prior years are retrospectively adjusted to furnish comparable information. Accordingly, the accompanying financial statements and related notes of the Partnership have been retrospectively adjusted to include (i) the historical results of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets for all periods presented through February 10, 2014 (the "El Dorado Predecessor"), and (ii) the historical results of the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets for all periods presented through July 26, 2013 (the "Tyler Predecessor"). We refer to the historical results of the El Dorado and Tyler Predecessors collectively as our "Predecessors."
You should read the following discussion of our financial condition and results of operations in conjunction with our historical condensed consolidated financial statements and notes thereto.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements reflect our current estimates, expectations and projections about our future results, performance, prospects and opportunities. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, the information concerning our possible future results of operations, business and growth strategies, financing plans, expectations that regulatory developments or other matters will not have a material adverse effect on our business or financial condition, our competitive position and the effects of competition, the projected growth of the industry in which we operate, and the benefits and synergies to be obtained from our completed and any future acquisitions, and statements of management’s goals and objectives, and other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Words such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “predicts,” “potential,” “continue,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “future,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “appears,” “projects” and similar expressions, as well as statements in future tense, identify forward-looking statements.
Forward-looking statements should not be read as a guarantee of future performance or results, and will not necessarily be accurate indications of the times at or by which such performance or results will be achieved. Forward-looking information is based on information available at the time and/or management’s good faith belief with respect to future events, and is subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual performance or results to differ materially from those expressed in the statements. Important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause such differences include, but are not limited to:
our substantial dependence on Delek or its assignees and its ability to pay us under our commercial agreements;
the age of our assets and operating hazards and other risks incidental to transporting, storing and gathering crude oil, intermediate and refined products, including, but not limited to, spills, releases and tank failures;
the timing and extent of changes in commodity prices and demand for Delek’s refined products;

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the suspension, reduction or termination of Delek's or its assignees' or any third party's obligations under our commercial agreements;
disruptions due to acts of God, equipment interruption or failure at our facilities, Delek’s facilities or third-party facilities on which our business is dependent;
our reliance on information technology systems in our day-to-day operations;
changes in general economic conditions;
competitive conditions in our industry;
actions taken by our customers and competitors;
the demand for crude oil, refined products and transportation and storage services;
our ability to successfully implement our business plan;
our ability to complete internal growth projects on time and on budget;
Delek's inability to grow as expected;
natural disasters, weather-related delays, casualty losses and other matters beyond our control;
interest rates;
labor relations;
large customer defaults;
changes in the availability and cost of capital of debt and equity financing;
changes in tax status;
the effects of existing and future laws and governmental regulations, including, but not limited to, the rules and regulations promulgated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission;
changes in insurance markets impacting costs and the level and types of coverage available;
the effects of future litigation; and
other factors discussed elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, our actual results of operations and execution of our business strategy could differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward-looking statements, and you should not place undue reliance upon them. In addition, past financial and/or operating performance is not necessarily a reliable indicator of future performance and you should not use our historical performance to anticipate future period results or trends. There can be no assurance that any of the events anticipated by the forward-looking statements will occur or, if any such events do occur, what impact they will have on our results of operations and financial condition.
Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date the statements are made. We assume no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect actual results, changes in assumptions or changes in other factors affecting forward-looking information except to the extent required by applicable securities laws. If we do update one or more forward-looking statements, no inference should be drawn that we will make additional updates with respect thereto or with respect to other forward-looking statements.
Business Overview
The Partnership primarily owns and operates crude oil and intermediate and refined products logistics and marketing assets. We gather, transport and store crude oil and market, distribute, transport and store refined products in select regions of the southeastern United States and Texas for Delek and third parties, primarily in support of Delek’s Tyler and El Dorado Refineries. A substantial majority of our existing assets are both integral to and dependent on the success of Delek’s refining operations, as most of our assets are contracted exclusively to Delek in support of its Tyler and El Dorado Refineries.

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The Partnership is not a taxable entity for federal income tax purposes or the income taxes of those states that follow the federal income tax treatment of partnerships. Instead, for purposes of these income taxes, each partner of the Partnership is required to take into account its share of items of income, gain, loss and deduction in computing its federal and state income tax liabilities, regardless of whether cash distributions are made to the partner by the Partnership. The taxable income reportable to each partner takes into account differences between the tax basis and the fair market value of our assets and financial reporting bases of assets and liabilities, the acquisition price of their units and the taxable income allocation requirements under our partnership agreement.
Our Reporting Segments and Assets

Our business consists of two operating segments: (i) our pipelines and transportation segment and (ii) our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment.

Our pipelines and transportation segment primarily consists of assets divided into seven operating systems: (i) our Lion Pipeline System, which includes the results of a pipeline for which we lease the capacity from Enterprise TE Products Pipeline Company, LLC, (ii) our SALA Gathering System, (iii) our Paline Pipeline System, (iv) our East Texas Crude Logistics System (including the Nettleton Pipeline and McMurrey Pipeline System), (v) the Tyler-Big Sandy Pipeline, (vi) the Tyler Tank Assets, and (vii) the El Dorado Tank Assets. These assets provide crude oil gathering, crude oil and intermediate and refined products transportation and storage services primarily in support of Delek's refining operations in Tyler, Texas and El Dorado, Arkansas. Additionally, this segment provides crude oil transportation services to certain third parties, including a major integrated oil company. In providing these services, we do not take ownership of the products or crude oil that we transport or store; and, therefore, we are not directly exposed to changes in commodity prices with respect to this operating segment.

Our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment consists primarily of the following assets: (i) refined products terminals in Abilene, Texas and San Angelo, Texas, which we lease to Noble Petro, Inc. (“Noble Petro”), (ii) product pipelines in west Texas connecting the Abilene and San Angelo terminals to the Magellan Orion pipeline, which we also lease to Noble Petro, (iii) refined products terminals in Big Sandy, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, Nashville, Tennessee and North Little Rock, Arkansas, (iv) the Tyler Terminal and (v) the El Dorado Terminal. We generate revenue in our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment by providing marketing services for the refined products output of the Tyler Refinery, engaging in wholesale activity at our Abilene and San Angelo terminals, and at terminals owned by third parties, whereby we purchase light products for sale and exchange to third parties, and by providing terminalling services at our refined product terminals to independent third parties and Delek.

Recent Developments

On July 1, 2014, the tariffs, throughput fees and storage fees under our agreements with Delek that are subject to FERC increased by approximately 3.9%, the amount of the change in the FERC oil pipeline index. In the case of the east Texas marketing agreement and certain of our other agreements, the fees increased by the consumer price index and the producer price index, respectively, or approximately 1.6% for these agreements.

How We Generate Revenue     

The Partnership generates revenue by charging fees for gathering, transporting and storing crude oil and for marketing, distributing, transporting, throughputting and storing intermediate and refined products. A substantial majority of our contribution margin, which we define as net sales less cost of goods sold and operating expenses, is derived from commercial agreements with Delek with initial terms ranging from five to ten years, which we believe enhances the stability of our cash flows. As more fully described below, our commercial agreements with Delek include minimum volume commitments, which we believe will provide a stable revenue stream in the future.

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Commercial Agreements
Commercial Agreements with Delek
The Partnership has various long-term, fee-based commercial agreements with Delek pursuant to which we provide crude oil gathering, crude oil and refined products transportation, and storage services and marketing and terminalling services to Delek, and Delek commits to provide us with minimum monthly throughput volumes of crude oil and refined products. See our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (our "Annual Report on Form 10-K") for a description of certain of our commercial and other agreements with Delek and our material agreements with third parties.
How We Evaluate Our Operations
We use a variety of financial and operating metrics to analyze our segment performance. These metrics are significant factors in assessing our operating results and profitability and include: (i) volumes (including pipeline throughput and terminal throughput and storage and sales volumes); (ii) contribution margin and gross margin per barrel; (iii) operating and maintenance expenses; and (iv) EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow. We define EBITDA and distributable cash flow below.
Volumes. The amount of revenue we generate primarily depends on the volumes of crude oil and refined products that we handle or sell, as the case may be, in our pipeline, transportation, terminalling and marketing operations. These volumes are primarily affected by the supply of, and the demand for, crude oil and refined products in the markets served directly or indirectly by us or our assets. Although Delek has committed to minimum volumes under our commercial agreements, our results of operations will be impacted by:
Delek’s utilization of our assets in excess of its minimum volume commitments;
our ability to identify and execute acquisitions and organic expansion projects, and capture incremental Delek or third-party volumes;
our ability to increase throughput volumes or sales at our refined products terminals and provide additional ancillary services at those terminals, such as ethanol blending and additives injection;
our ability to identify and serve new customers in our marketing operations; and
our ability to make connections to third-party facilities and pipelines.
Contribution Margin and Gross Margin per Barrel. Because we do not allocate general and administrative expenses by segment, we measure the performance of our segments by the amount of contribution margin generated in operations. Contribution margin is calculated as net sales less cost of sales and operating expenses.
For our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment, we also measure gross margin per barrel. The gross margin per barrel reflects the gross margin (net sales less cost of sales) of the wholesale marketing operations divided by the number of barrels of refined products sold during the measurement period. Both contribution margin and gross margin per barrel can be affected by fluctuations in the prices of gasoline, distillate fuel and Renewable Identification Numbers ("RINs"). Historically, the profitability of our wholesale marketing operations has been affected by commodity price volatility, specifically as it relates to changes in the price of refined products between the time we purchase such products from our suppliers and the time we sell the products to our wholesale customers, and the fluctuation in the value of RINs.
Operating and Maintenance Expenses. We seek to maximize the profitability of our operations by effectively managing operating and maintenance expenses. These expenses are comprised primarily of labor expenses, lease costs, utility costs, insurance premiums, repairs and maintenance expenses and property taxes. These expenses generally remain relatively stable across broad ranges of throughput volumes but can fluctuate from period to period depending on the mix of activities performed during that period and the timing of these expenses. We will seek to manage our maintenance expenditures on our pipelines and terminals by scheduling maintenance over time to avoid significant variability in our maintenance expenditures and minimize their impact on our cash flow.
Our operating and maintenance expenses will also be affected by the imbalance gain and loss provisions in our commercial agreements with Delek. Under our commercial agreements with Delek relating to our Lion Pipeline System and our East Texas Crude Logistics System, we will bear any crude oil and refined product volume losses on each of our pipelines in excess of 0.25%. Under our commercial agreements with Delek relating to our Memphis and Big Sandy Terminals, we will bear any refined product volume losses in each of our terminals in excess of 0.25%. The value of any crude oil or refined product imbalance gains or losses resulting from these contractual provisions is determined by reference to the monthly average reference price for the applicable commodity. Any gains and losses under these provisions will reduce or increase, respectively, our operating and maintenance expenses in the period in which they are realized.
EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow. We define EBITDA as net income (loss) before net interest expense, income tax expense, depreciation and amortization expense. We define distributable cash flow as EBITDA less net cash paid for interest,

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maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures and income taxes. Distributable cash flow will not reflect changes in working capital balances. Distributable cash flow and EBITDA are not presentations made in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States ("U.S. GAAP").
EBITDA and distributable cash flow are non-U.S. GAAP supplemental financial measures that management and external users of our condensed consolidated financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies may use to assess:
our operating performance as compared to other publicly traded partnerships in the midstream energy industry, without regard to historical cost basis or, in the case of EBITDA, financing methods;
the ability of our assets to generate sufficient cash flow to make distributions to our unitholders;
our ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures; and
the viability of acquisitions and other capital expenditure projects and the returns on investment of various investment opportunities.
We believe that the presentation of EBITDA and distributable cash flow provides useful information to investors in assessing our financial condition and results of operations. EBITDA and distributable cash flow should not be considered alternatives to net income, operating income, cash from operations or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. EBITDA and distributable cash flow have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some but not all items that affect net income and net cash provided by operating activities. Additionally, because EBITDA and distributable cash flow may be defined differently by other companies in our industry, our definition of EBITDA may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing its utility. For a reconciliation of EBITDA to its most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP, please refer to "Results of Operations—Statement of Operations Data" below.
Factors Affecting the Comparability of Our Financial Results
Our future results of operations may not be comparable to our historical results of operations for the reasons described below:
Revenues. There are differences between the way the Predecessors recorded revenues and the way the Partnership records revenues after the acquisitions of our Predecessors' assets. Because our assets, including the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets, were historically a part of the integrated operations of Delek, the Predecessors generally recognized the costs and most revenue associated with the gathering, pipeline, transportation, terminalling and storage services provided to Delek on an intercompany basis or charged low throughput fees for transportation. Accordingly, the revenues in the Predecessors' condensed consolidated financial statements are different than those reflected in the Partnership's condensed consolidated financial statements as the Predecessors' amounts relate primarily to amounts received from third parties while the Partnership's revenues will reflect amounts associated with our commercial agreements with Delek in addition to amounts received from third parties.
The Partnership's revenues are generated from the commercial agreements that we entered into with Delek and from agreements and arrangements with third parties pursuant to which we receive fees for gathering, transporting and storing crude oil and marketing, transporting, storing and terminalling intermediate and refined products. Certain of these contracts contain minimum volume commitments and fees that are indexed for inflation. In addition, the tariff rates for our assets that are subject to inflation indexing will be adjusted annually on July 1 of each year. We expect to generate revenue from ancillary services, such as ethanol blending and additive injection, and from transportation and terminalling fees on our pipeline systems and terminals for volumes in excess of the minimum volume committed under our agreements with Delek.
General and Administrative Expenses. The Predecessor's general and administrative expenses included direct monthly charges for the management and operation of our logistics assets and certain expenses allocated by Delek for general corporate services, such as treasury, accounting and legal services. These expenses were charged or allocated to the Predecessors based on the nature of the expenses and our proportionate share of employee time and headcount.
Delek continues to charge the Partnership for the management and operation of our logistics assets, including an annual fee of $3.3 million for the provision of various centralized corporate services. Additionally, the Partnership will reimburse Delek for direct or allocated costs and expenses incurred by Delek or our general partner on behalf of the Partnership. The Partnership also incurs additional incremental annual general and administrative expense as a result of being a publicly traded partnership.
Financing. The Partnership has declared its intent to make a cash distribution to its unitholders at a distribution rate of $0.490 per limited partner unit for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 ($1.96 per unit on an annualized basis). Our partnership agreement requires that the Partnership distribute to its unitholders quarterly all of its available cash as defined in the partnership agreement. As a result, the Partnership expects to fund future capital expenditures primarily from operating cash flows, borrowings under our amended and restated senior secured revolving credit agreement (the "Amended and Restated Credit Agreement") and any future issuances of equity and debt securities.

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Market Trends. Our results of operations are impacted by our ability to utilize our existing assets to fulfill the long-term fee-based agreements we have entered into with Delek and with third parties. Overall demand for gathering and terminalling services in a particular area is generally driven by crude oil production in the area, refining economics and access to alternate delivery and transportation infrastructure. Any of these factors is subject to change over time. As part of our overall business strategy, management considers aspects such as location, acquisition and expansion opportunities and factors impacting the utilization of the refineries, and therefore throughput volumes, which may impact our performance in the market.
Seasonality and Customer Maintenance Programs
The volume and throughput of crude oil and refined products transported through our pipelines and sold through our terminals and to third parties is directly affected by the level of supply and demand for all of such products in the markets served directly or indirectly by our assets. Supply and demand for such products fluctuates during the calendar year. Demand for gasoline, for example, is generally higher during the summer months than during the winter months due to seasonal increases in motor vehicle traffic. Demand for asphalt products, which is a substantial product of the El Dorado Refinery, is also lower in the winter months. In addition, our refining customers, such as Delek, occasionally reduce or suspend operations to perform planned maintenance during the winter, when demand for their products is lower. Accordingly, these factors can affect the need for crude oil or finished products by our customers and therefore limit our volumes or throughput during these periods, and our operating results will generally be lower during the first and fourth quarters of the year. We believe, however, that many of the potential effects of seasonality on our revenues and contribution margin will be substantially mitigated due to our commercial agreements with Delek that include minimum volume and throughput commitments.
Contractual Obligations
There have been no material changes to our contractual obligations and commercial commitments during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 from those disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of our condensed consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. The Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") has defined critical accounting policies as those that are both most important to the portrayal of our financial condition and results of operations and require our most difficult, complex or subjective judgments or estimates. Based on this definition and as further described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K, we believe our critical accounting policies include the following: (i) evaluating impairment for property, plant and equipment and definite life intangibles, (ii) valuing goodwill and potential impairment, and (iii) estimating environmental expenditures. For all financial statement periods presented, there have been no material modifications to the application of these critical accounting policies or estimates since our Annual Report on Form 10-K.


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Results of Operations
A discussion and analysis of the factors contributing to our results of operations is presented below. The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes of the Partnership have been retrospectively adjusted to include the historical results of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets for all periods presented through February 10, 2014 and the historical results of the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets for all periods presented through July 26, 2013. The financial statements, together with the following information, are intended to provide investors with a reasonable basis for assessing our historical operations, but should not serve as the only criteria for predicting our future performance.
The following table and discussion present a summary of our consolidated results of operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, including a reconciliation of EBITDA to net income and net cash provided by (used in) operating activities and distributable cash flow to net income (in thousands, except unit and per unit amounts). Our financial results may not be comparable as our Predecessors recorded revenues, general and administrative expenses and financed operations differently than the Partnership. See "Factors Affecting the Comparability of Our Financial Results" in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for additional information.

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Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013 (2)
 
2014 (1) 
 
2013 (2)
Statement of Operations Data:
 
(In thousands, except per unit amounts)
Net sales:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Pipelines and transportation
 
$
23,767

 
$
15,743

 
$
65,957

 
$
43,008

Wholesale marketing and terminalling
 
204,269

 
227,552

 
601,949

 
641,323

Total
 
228,036

 
243,295

 
667,906

 
684,331

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 
194,133

 
218,222

 
562,916

 
614,048

Operating expenses
 
10,213

 
8,973

 
29,076

 
27,982

General and administrative expenses
 
2,453

 
1,973

 
7,358

 
5,696

Depreciation and amortization
 
3,749

 
3,141

 
10,758

 
9,966

Loss on asset disposals
 

 

 
74

 

Total operating costs and expenses
 
210,548

 
232,309

 
610,182

 
657,692

Operating income
 
17,488

 
10,986

 
57,724

 
26,639

Interest expense, net
 
2,226

 
1,194

 
6,551

 
2,763

Net income before income tax expense
 
15,262

 
9,792

 
51,173

 
23,876

Income tax expense
 
177

 
307

 
605

 
547

Net income
 
15,085

 
9,485

 
50,568

 
23,329

Less: Loss attributable to Predecessors
 

 
(3,060
)
 
(943
)
 
(13,176
)
Net income attributable to partners
 
$
15,085

 
$
12,545

 
$
51,511

 
$
36,505

Comprehensive income attributable to partners
 
$
15,085

 
$
12,545

 
$
51,511

 
$
36,505

EBITDA(3)
 
$
21,237

 
$
14,127

 
$
68,482

 
$
36,605

 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
Less: General partner's interest in net income (2%), including incentive distribution rights
 
(598
)
 
(250
)
 
(1,511
)
 
(729
)
Limited partners' interest in net income
 
$
14,487

 
$
12,295

 
$
50,000

 
$
35,776

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income per limited partner unit:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common units - (basic)
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.07

 
$
1.49

Common units - (diluted)
 
$
0.59

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.05

 
$
1.48

Subordinated units - Delek (basic and diluted)
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.51

 
$
2.07

 
$
1.49

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average limited partner units outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Common units - (basic)
 
12,183,847

 
12,036,821

 
12,165,474

 
12,014,445

Common units - (diluted)
 
12,327,321

 
12,188,342

 
12,299,963

 
12,152,657

Subordinated units - Delek (basic and diluted)
 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
11,999,258

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Distributable Cash Flow (3)
 
$
17,654

 
$
9,480

 
57,481

 
$
22,547


(1) The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado Predecessor. Prior to the El Dorado Acquisition, the El Dorado Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling and storage services.  

(2) The information presented includes the results of operations of our Predecessors. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition, our Predecessors did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling and storage services.

(3) For a definition of EBITDA and distributable cash flow, please see "How We Evaluate Our Operations—EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow" above.

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Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013 (2)
 
2014 (1)
 
2013 (2)
 
 
(In thousands)
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
15,085

 
$
9,485

 
$
50,568

 
$
23,329

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
 
177

 
307

 
605

 
547

Depreciation and amortization
 
3,749

 
3,141

 
10,758

 
9,966

Interest expense, net
 
2,226

 
1,194

 
6,551

 
2,763

EBITDA(3)
 
$
21,237

 
$
14,127

 
$
68,482

 
$
36,605

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
 
$
20,129

 
$
17,397

 
$
64,929

 
$
29,611

  Amortization of unfavorable contract liability to revenue
 
668

 
622

 
2,002

 
1,956

Amortization of deferred financing costs
 
(317
)
 
(187
)
 
(951
)
 
(560
)
Accretion of asset retirement obligations
 
(58
)
 
(20
)
 
(267
)
 
(169
)
Deferred taxes
 
(29
)
 
(59
)
 
(81
)
 
(42
)
Loss on asset disposals
 

 

 
(74
)
 

Unit-based compensation expense
 
(75
)
 
(68
)
 
(196
)
 
(179
)
Changes in assets and liabilities
 
(1,484
)
 
(5,059
)
 
(4,036
)
 
2,678

Income tax expense
 
177

 
307

 
605

 
547

Interest expense, net
 
2,226

 
1,194

 
6,551

 
2,763

EBITDA(3)
 
$
21,237

 
$
14,127

 
$
68,482

 
$
36,605

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of distributable cash flow to EBITDA:
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
EBITDA (3)
 
$
21,237

 
$
14,127

 
$
68,482

 
$
36,605

Less: Cash interest expense, net (4)
 
1,909

 
1,008

 
5,600

 
2,203

Less: Maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures (5) 
 
477

 
2,280

 
2,074

 
7,526

Less: Capital improvement expenditures (6)
 
350

 
421

 
686

 
2,314

Add: Reimbursement from Delek for capital expenditures (6)
 

 

 

 
463

Less: Income tax expense
 
177

 
307

 
605

 
547

Add: Non-cash unit based compensation expense
 
75

 
68

 
196

 
179

Less: Amortization of deferred revenue
 
77

 
77

 
230

 
154

Less: Amortization of unfavorable contract liability
 
668

 
622

 
2,002

 
1,956

Distributable cash flow (3)
 
$
17,654

 
$
9,480

 
$
57,481

 
$
22,547

            

(1) The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado Predecessor. Prior to the El Dorado Acquisition, the El Dorado Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling and storage services.

(2) The information presented includes the results of operations of our Predecessors. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition, our Predecessors did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling and storage services.

(3) For a definition of EBITDA and distributable cash flow, please see "How We Evaluate Our Operations—EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow" above.

(4) Cash interest expense, net excludes the amortization of debt issuance costs.

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(5) Maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures represent cash expenditures (including expenditures for the addition or improvement to, or the replacement of, our capital assets, and for the acquisition of existing, or the construction or development of new, capital assets) made to maintain our long-term operating income or operating capacity. Examples of maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures are expenditures for the repair, refurbishment and replacement of pipelines and terminals, to maintain equipment reliability, integrity and safety and to address environmental laws and regulations.

(6) For the three and nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, Delek reimbursed us for certain capital expenditures pursuant to the terms of the Omnibus Agreement.

The following tables include reconciliations of EBITDA and distributable cash flow to net income and EBITDA to net cash from operating activities for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, disaggregated to present the results of operations of the Partnership, the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets (in thousands):


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Delek Logistics Partners, LP
 
El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014
 
 
 
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net (loss) income:
 
 
 
 
 

Net income (loss)
 
$
51,511

 
$
(943
)
 
$
50,568

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
 
605

 

 
605

Depreciation and amortization
 
10,644

 
114

 
10,758

Interest expense, net
 
6,551

 

 
6,551

EBITDA(1)
 
$
69,311

 
$
(829
)
 
$
68,482

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 
$
65,758

 
$
(829
)
 
$
64,929

Amortization of unfavorable contract liability to revenue
 
2,002

 

 
2,002

Amortization of deferred financing costs
 
(951
)
 

 
(951
)
Accretion of asset retirement obligations
 
(273
)
 
6

 
(267
)
Deferred taxes
 
(81
)
 

 
(81
)
Loss on asset disposals
 
(74
)
 

 
(74
)
Unit-based compensation expense
 
(196
)
 

 
(196
)
Changes in assets and liabilities
 
(4,030
)
 
(6
)
 
(4,036
)
Income tax expense
 
605

 

 
605

Interest expense, net
 
6,551

 

 
6,551

EBITDA(1)
 
$
69,311

 
$
(829
)
 
$
68,482

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of distributable cash flow to EBITDA:
 
 
 
 
 
 
EBITDA (1)
 
$
69,311

 
$
(829
)
 
$
68,482

Less: Cash interest expense, net (2)
 
5,600

 

 
5,600

Less: Maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures (3) 
 
1,990

 
84

 
2,074

Less: Capital improvement expenditures
 
593

 
93

 
686

Less: Income tax expense
 
605

 

 
605

Add: Non-cash unit based compensation expense
 
196

 

 
196

Less: Amortization of deferred revenue
 
230

 

 
230

Less: Amortization of unfavorable contract liability
 
2,002

 

 
2,002

Distributable cash flow (1)
 
$
58,487

 
$
(1,006
)
 
$
57,481

            

(1) For a definition of EBITDA and distributable cash flow, please see "How We Evaluate Our Operations—EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow" above.

(2) Cash interest expense, net excludes the amortization of debt issuance costs.

(3) Maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures represent cash expenditures (including expenditures for the addition or improvement to, or the replacement of, our capital assets, and for the acquisition of existing, or the construction or development of new, capital assets) made to maintain our long-term operating income or operating capacity. Examples of maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures are expenditures for the repair, refurbishment and replacement of pipelines and terminals, to maintain equipment reliability, integrity and safety and to address environmental laws and regulations.

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Delek Logistics Partners, LP
 
Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets
 
El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
Tyler Predecessor
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net (loss) income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
12,545

 
$
(1,159
)
 
$
(1,901
)
 
$
9,485

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Income tax expense
 
307

 

 

 
307

Depreciation and amortization
 
2,600

 
244

 
297

 
3,141

Interest expense, net
 
1,194

 

 

 
1,194

EBITDA(1)
 
$
16,646

 
$
(915
)
 
$
(1,604
)
 
$
14,127

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 
$
19,907

 
$
(908
)
 
$
(1,602
)
 
$
17,397

  Amortization of unfavorable contract liability to revenue
 
622

 

 

 
622

Amortization of deferred financing costs
 
(187
)
 

 

 
(187
)
Accretion of asset retirement obligations
 
(10
)
 
(8
)
 
(2
)
 
(20
)
Deferred taxes
 
(59
)
 

 

 
(59
)
Unit-based compensation expense
 
(68
)
 

 

 
(68
)
Changes in assets and liabilities
 
(5,060
)
 
1

 

 
(5,059
)
Income tax expense
 
307

 

 

 
307

Interest expense, net
 
1,194

 

 

 
1,194

EBITDA(1)
 
$
16,646

 
$
(915
)
 
$
(1,604
)
 
$
14,127

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of distributable cash flow to EBITDA:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EBITDA (1)
 
$
16,646

 
$
(915
)
 
$
(1,604
)
 
$
14,127

Less: Cash interest expense, net (2)
 
1,008

 

 

 
1,008

Less: Maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures (3) 
 
1,195

 
227

 
858

 
2,280

Less: Capital improvement expenditures
 
93

 
66

 
262

 
421

Less: Income tax expense
 
307

 

 

 
307

Add: Non-cash unit based compensation expense
 
68

 

 

 
68

Less: Amortization of deferred revenue
 
77

 

 

 
77

Less: Amortization of unfavorable contract liability
 
622

 

 

 
622

Distributable cash flow (1)
 
$
13,412

 
$
(1,208
)
 
$
(2,724
)
 
$
9,480




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Delek Logistics Partners, LP
 
Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets
 
El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
Tyler Predecessor
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net (loss) income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income (loss)
 
$
36,505

 
$
(6,853
)
 
$
(6,323
)
 
$
23,329

Add:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income tax expense
 
547

 

 

 
547

Depreciation and amortization
 
7,324

 
1,750

 
892

 
9,966

Interest expense, net
 
2,763

 

 

 
2,763

EBITDA(1)
 
$
47,139

 
$
(5,103
)
 
$
(5,431
)
 
$
36,605

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of EBITDA to net cash from operating activities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities
 
$
40,540

 
$
(5,056
)
 
$
(5,873
)
 
$
29,611

  Amortization of unfavorable contract liability to revenue
 
1,956

 

 

 
1,956

Amortization of deferred financing costs
 
(560
)
 

 

 
(560
)
Accretion of asset retirement obligations
 
(108
)
 
(55
)
 
(6
)
 
(169
)
Deferred taxes
 
(42
)
 

 

 
(42
)
Unit-based compensation expense
 
(179
)
 

 

 
(179
)
Changes in assets and liabilities
 
2,222

 
8

 
448

 
2,678

Income tax expense
 
547

 

 

 
547

Interest expense, net
 
2,763

 

 

 
2,763

EBITDA(1)
 
$
47,139

 
$
(5,103
)
 
$
(5,431
)
 
$
36,605

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation of distributable cash flow to EBITDA:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
EBITDA (1)
 
$
47,139

 
$
(5,103
)
 
$
(5,431
)
 
$
36,605

Less: Cash interest expense, net (2)
 
2,203

 

 

 
2,203

Less: Maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures (3) 
 
2,988

 
3,132

 
1,406

 
7,526

Less: Capital improvement expenditures (4)
 
630

 
1,130

 
554

 
2,314

Add: Reimbursement from Delek for capital expenditures (4)
 
463

 

 

 
463

Less: Income tax expense
 
547

 

 

 
547

Add: Non-cash unit based compensation expense
 
179

 

 

 
179

Less: Amortization of deferred revenue
 
154

 

 

 
154

Less: Amortization of unfavorable contract liability
 
1,956

 

 

 
1,956

Distributable cash flow (1)
 
$
39,303

 
$
(9,365
)
 
$
(7,391
)
 
$
22,547

            

(1) For a definition of EBITDA and distributable cash flow, please see "How We Evaluate Our Operations—EBITDA and Distributable Cash Flow" above.

(2) Cash interest expense, net excludes the amortization of debt issuance costs.

(3) Maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures represent cash expenditures (including expenditures for the addition or improvement to, or the replacement of, our capital assets, and for the acquisition of existing, or the construction or development

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of new, capital assets) made to maintain our long-term operating income or operating capacity. Examples of maintenance and regulatory capital expenditures are expenditures for the repair, refurbishment and replacement of pipelines and terminals, to maintain equipment reliability, integrity and safety and to address environmental laws and regulations.

(4) For the three and nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, Delek reimbursed us for certain capital expenditures pursuant to the terms of the Omnibus Agreement.

Segment Data:

The following is a summary of business segment capital expenditures for the periods indicated (in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
September 30,
 
September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013 (1)
 
2014 (2)
 
2013 (1)
 Capital spending (excluding business combinations)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     Pipelines and Transportation
 
$
504

 
$
2,184

 
$
1,654

 
$
8,242

    Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling
 
$
323

 
$
517

 
$
1,106

 
$
1,598

            

(1) Capital spending includes expenditures incurred in connection with the assets acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition.

(2) Capital spending includes expenditures incurred in connection with the assets acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition


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Consolidated Results of Operations — Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 versus the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
Contribution margin for the third quarter of 2014 was $23.7 million compared to $16.1 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $7.6 million, or 47.1%. The increase in contribution margin was primarily attributable to higher margins achieved in our operations in west Texas as a result of favorable supply/demand balance during the third quarter of 2014 as compared to the third quarter of 2013. Also contributing to the increase were increases in net sales in the pipelines and transportation segment during the third quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter of 2013, as a result of the effect of the throughput and tankage agreements we entered into with Delek in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition.
For the third quarters of 2014 and 2013, we generated net sales of $228.0 million and $243.3 million, respectively, a decrease of $15.3 million, or 6.3%. The decrease is attributable to decreases in the average sales prices per gallon of gasoline and diesel and to decreases in sales volume in our west Texas operations. The average sales price per gallon of gasoline decreased $0.11 per gallon during the third quarter 2014, to $2.68 per gallon, from $2.79 per gallon in the third quarter 2013. The average sales price per gallon of diesel decreased $0.20 per gallon during the third quarter 2014, to $2.91 per gallon, from $3.11 per gallon in the third quarter 2013. Partially offsetting the decreases, was the effect of the new throughput and tankage agreements for the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets, which contributed $4.5 million to net sales in the third quarter of 2014.
Cost of goods sold was $194.1 million for the third quarter of 2014 compared to $218.2 million for the third quarter of 2013, a decrease of $24.1 million, or 11.0%. The decrease in cost of goods sold is attributable to decreases in sales volumes and in the average cost per barrel sold in our west Texas marketing operations. The average cost per barrel sold decreased $7.83 per barrel in the third quarter 2014, to $117.24 per barrel from $125.07 per barrel in the third quarter 2013.
Operating expenses were $10.2 million for the third quarter of 2014 compared to $9.0 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $1.2 million, or 13.8%. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increases in labor costs in the third quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter of 2013.
General and administrative expenses were $2.5 million and $2.0 million for the third quarter of 2014 and 2013, respectively, an increase of $0.5 million, or 24.3%. The increase in general and administrative expense was primarily due to increases in professional services fees incurred in connection with the acquisition of a storage facility in Greenville, Texas, a terminal in Mount Pleasant, Texas and a pipeline connecting the locations.
Depreciation and amortization was $3.7 million for the third quarter of 2014 compared to $3.1 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $0.6 million, or 19.4%. The increase in depreciation and amortization was primarily due to the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets and the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets.
Interest expense was $2.2 million for the third quarter of 2014 compared to $1.2 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $1.0 million, or 86.4%. This increase is primarily attributable to increases in interest costs and deferred financing charges as a result of borrowings incurred, and the debt refinancing completed, in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition.
Income tax expense was $0.2 million for the third quarter of 2014, compared to $0.3 million for the third quarter of 2013. Our effective tax rate was 1.2% for the third quarter 2014, compared to 3.1% for the third quarter 2013. The Partnership is not subject to federal income taxes as a limited partnership. Accordingly, our taxable income or loss is included in the federal and state income tax returns of our partners.
Consolidated Results of Operations — Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 versus the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Contribution margin for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $75.9 million compared to $42.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $33.6 million or 79.5%. The increase in contribution margin was attributable to increases in net sales in the pipelines and transportation segment during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2013, as a result of the effect of the throughput and tankage agreements we entered into with Delek in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition. Further contributing to the increase in contribution margin were higher margins achieved in our operations in west Texas during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013 as a result of a favorable supply/demand balance due to downtime at refineries in the region during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, we generated net sales of $667.9 million and $684.3 million, respectively, a decrease of $16.4 million, or 2.4%. The decrease was primarily attributable to decreases in sales volumes in our west Texas operations due to reduced supply and to the fact that our Abilene terminal was not operational for a portion of the first

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quarter of 2014 due to required maintenance. Also contributing to the decrease were decreases in the average sales prices per gallon of gasoline and diesel. The average sales price per gallon of gasoline decreased $0.04 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, to $2.76 per gallon, from $2.80 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The average sales price per gallon of diesel decreased $0.05 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, to $3.04 per gallon, from $3.09 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. These decreases were partially offset by increases in net sales attributable to the effect of the new throughput and tankage agreements that went into effect in connection with the acquisition of the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets. The new throughput and tankage agreements for the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets and the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets contributed $11.3 million and $13.5 million, respectively, to net sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Cost of goods sold was $562.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to $614.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $51.1 million, or 8.3%. The decrease in cost of goods sold is primarily attributable to decreases in sales volumes and in the average cost per barrel sold in our west Texas marketing operations. The average cost per barrel sold decreased $3.83 per barrel for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, to $119.71 per barrel from $123.54 per barrel in the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Operating expenses were $29.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to $28.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $1.1 million, or 3.9%. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increases in insurance allocations.
General and administrative expenses were $7.4 million and $5.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013, respectively, a decrease of $1.7 million, or 29.2%. The increase in general and administrative expense was primarily due to increases in professional services fees incurred in connection with audit services and costs of the El Dorado Acquisition during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Depreciation and amortization was $10.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to $10.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $0.8 million, or 7.9%. The increase in depreciation and amortization was primarily due to the Tyler Terminal and Tank Assets and the El Dorado Terminal and Tank Assets.
Interest expense was $6.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to $2.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $3.8 million, or 137.1%. This increase is primarily attributable to increases in interest costs and deferred financing charges as a result of borrowings incurred, and the debt refinancing completed, in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition.
Income tax expense was $0.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $0.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Our effective tax rate was 1.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to 2.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The Partnership is not subject to federal income taxes as a limited partnership. Accordingly, our taxable income or loss is included in the federal and state income tax returns of our partners.
Operating Segments
We review operating results in two reportable segments: (i) pipelines and transportation segment and (ii) wholesale marketing and terminalling. Decisions concerning the allocation of resources and assessment of operating performance are made based on this segmentation. Management measures the operating performance of each reportable segment based on the segment contribution margin. Segment contribution margin is defined as net sales less cost of sales and operating expenses, excluding depreciation and amortization. Segment reporting is more fully discussed in Note 9 to our accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.
Pipelines and Transportation Segment
The pipelines and transportation segment includes our Lion Pipeline System, our SALA Gathering System, our Paline Pipeline System, our East Texas Crude Logistics System, the El Dorado Tank Assets and the Tyler Tank Assets.

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The following table and discussion is an explanation of the results of operations of the pipelines and transportation segment, including the historical results of the El Dorado Tank Assets, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (dollars in thousands):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013 (2)
 
2014 (1)
 
2013 (2)
Net sales
 
$
23,767

 
$
15,743

 
$
65,957

 
$
43,008

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 
1,011

 

 
3,267

 

Operating expenses
 
7,676

 
7,012

 
22,420

 
22,490

Segment contribution margin
 
$
15,080

 
$
8,731

 
$
40,270

 
$
20,518

Throughputs (average bpd)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lion Pipeline System:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
          Crude pipelines (non-gathered)
 
57,254

 
47,675

 
47,098

 
47,331

          Refined products pipelines to Enterprise Systems
 
65,439

 
52,301

 
52,490

 
47,691

SALA Gathering System 
 
22,258

 
21,921

 
22,221

 
22,236

East Texas Crude Logistics System
 
4,361

 
10,148

 
6,181

 
24,104

            
(1) 
The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado Predecessor. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition, the Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany storage services.
(2) 
The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado and Tyler Predecessors. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition, the Predecessors did not record revenues for intercompany storage services.
The following tables include the results of operations of the pipelines and transportation segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, disaggregated to present the results of operations of the Partnership and the El Dorado Tank Assets through February 10, 2014 (in thousands):

 
 
Delek Logistics
 
El Dorado
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
Partners, LP
 
Tank Assets (1)
 
September 30, 2014
 
 
 
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Net sales
 
$
65,957

 
$

 
$
65,957

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 
3,267

 

 
3,267

Operating expenses
 
$
21,739

 
681

 
22,420

Segment contribution margin
 
$
40,951

 
$
(681
)
 
$
40,270

Throughputs (average bpd)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lion Pipeline System:
 
 
 
 
 

          Crude pipelines (non-gathered)
 
47,098

 

 
47,098

          Refined products pipelines to Enterprise Systems
 
52,490

 

 
52,490

SALA Gathering System 
 
22,221

 

 
22,221

East Texas Crude Logistics System
 
6,181

 

 
6,181

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
            
(1) 
The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado Predecessor. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition, the Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany storage services.


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Delek Logistics
 
Tyler Tank
 
El Dorado
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
Partners, LP
 
Assets (1)
 
Tank Assets (1)
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
Tyler Predecessor
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Net sales
 
$
15,743

 
$

 
$

 
$
15,743

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 

 

 

 

Operating expenses
 
4,984

 
676

 
1,352

 
7,012

Segment contribution margin
 
$
10,759

 
$
(676
)
 
$
(1,352
)
 
$
8,731

Throughputs (average bpd)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lion Pipeline System:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
          Crude pipelines (non-gathered)
 
47,675

 

 

 
47,675

          Refined products pipelines to Enterprise Systems
 
52,301

 

 

 
52,301

SALA Gathering System 
 
21,921

 

 

 
21,921

East Texas Crude Logistics System
 
10,148

 

 

 
10,148

 
 
Delek Logistics
 
Tyler Tank
 
El Dorado
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
Partners, LP
 
Assets (1)
 
Tank Assets (1)
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
Tyler Predecessor
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Net sales
 
$
43,008

 
$

 
$

 
$
43,008

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 

 

 

 

Operating expenses
 
14,332

 
3,861

 
4,297

 
22,490

Segment contribution margin
 
$
28,676

 
$
(3,861
)
 
$
(4,297
)
 
$
20,518

Throughputs (average bpd)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lion Pipeline System:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
          Crude pipelines (non-gathered)
 
47,331

 

 

 
47,331

          Refined products pipelines to Enterprise Systems
 
47,691

 

 

 
47,691

SALA Gathering System 
 
22,236

 

 

 
22,236

East Texas Crude Logistics System
 
24,104

 

 

 
24,104

            
(1) 
The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado and Tyler Predecessors. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition, the Predecessors did not record revenues for intercompany storage services.
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 versus the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
Contribution margin for the pipelines and transportation segment in the third quarter of 2014 was $15.1 million, or 63.7% of our consolidated segment contribution margin, compared to $8.7 million, or 54.2% of our consolidated segment contribution margin in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $6.4 million, or 72.7%. The increase in the pipelines and transportation segment contribution margin was primarily attributable to increases in net sales as a result of the effect of the throughput and tankage agreements we entered into with Delek in connection with the acquisition of the El Dorado Tank Assets.
Net sales for the pipelines and transportation segment were $23.8 million for the third quarter of 2014 compared to $15.7 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $8.1 million, or 51.0%. The increase was primarily attributable to the effect of the new throughput and tankage agreements that went into effect in connection with the acquisition of the El Dorado Tank

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Assets. The new throughput and tankage agreements for the El Dorado Tank Assets contributed $4.0 million to net sales in the third quarter of 2014. Also contributing to the increase were volume increases on our Lion Pipeline System assets and our SALA Gathering System.
Operating expenses were $7.7 million for the third quarter of 2014 compared to $7.0 million for the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $0.7 million, or 9.5%. The increase in operating expense was primarily due to increases in maintenance costs in the third quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter of 2013.
Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 versus the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Contribution margin for the pipelines and transportation segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $40.3 million, or 53.0% of our consolidated segment contribution margin, compared to $20.5 million, or 48.5% of our combined segment contribution margin, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $19.8 million, or 96.3%. The increase in the pipelines and transportation segment contribution margin was primarily attributable to increases in net sales as a result of the effect of the throughput and tankage agreements we entered into with Delek in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition.
Net sales for the pipelines and transportation segment were $66.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to $43.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $23.0 million, or 53.4%. The increase in net sales was primarily attributable to the effect of the new throughput and tankage agreements that went into effect in connection with the acquisitions of the El Dorado Tank Assets and the Tyler Tank Assets. The new throughput and tankage agreements for the El Dorado Tank Assets and the Tyler Tank Assets contributed $10.0 million and $7.6 million, respectively, to net sales during the nine months ended September 30, 2014.
Operating expenses were $22.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to $22.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, a decrease of $0.1 million, or 0.3%. The decrease in operating expense was due primarily to decreases in maintenance costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the same period in 2013.
Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling Segment
We use our wholesale marketing and terminalling assets to generate revenue by providing wholesale marketing and terminalling services to Delek’s refining operations and to independent third parties.
The table and discussion below is an explanation of the results of operations of the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (dollars in thousands, except for per barrel figures):
 
 
Three Months Ended September 30,
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013 (2) 
 
2014 (1) 
 
2013 (2)
Net Sales
 
$
204,269

 
$
227,552

 
$
601,949

 
$
641,323

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of Goods Sold
 
193,122

 
218,222

 
559,649

 
614,048

Operating expenses
 
2,537

 
1,961

 
6,656

 
5,492

Segment Contribution Margin
 
$
8,610

 
$
7,369

 
$
35,644

 
$
21,783

Operating Information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     East Texas - Tyler Refinery sales volumes (average bpd) 
 
59,659

 
61,698

 
61,097

 
55,988

     West Texas marketing throughputs (average bpd)
 
17,923

 
18,966

 
17,132

 
18,206

     West Texas marketing margin per barrel
 
$
2.20

 
$
1.63

 
$
4.09

 
$
2.41

     Terminalling throughputs (average bpd) 
 
95,024

 
74,024

 
94,656

 
73,996


(1) 
The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado Predecessor. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition, the El Dorado Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling services.
(2) 
The information presented, excluding throughputs, includes the results of operations of our Predecessors. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition, our Predecessors did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling services.

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The following tables include the results of operations of the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, disaggregated to present the results of operations of the Partnership and the El Dorado Terminal through February 10, 2014 (in thousands):
 
 
Delek Logistics
 
El Dorado
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
Partners, LP
 
Terminal (1)
 
September 30, 2014
 
 
 
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Net sales
 
$
601,949

 
$

 
$
601,949

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 
559,649

 

 
559,649

Operating expenses
 
6,554

 
102

 
6,656

Segment contribution margin
 
$
35,746

 
$
(102
)
 
$
35,644

Operating Information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
     East Texas - Tyler Refinery sales volumes (average bpd) 
 
61,097

 

 
61,097

     West Texas marketing throughputs (average bpd)
 
17,132

 

 
17,132

     West Texas marketing margin per barrel
 
$
4.09

 
$

 
$
4.09

     Terminalling throughputs (average bpd) (2)
 
95,016

 
7,298

 
94,656

            
(1)
The information presented includes the results of operations of the El Dorado Predecessor. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition, the El Dorado Predecessor did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling services.
(2) 
Consists of terminalling throughputs at our Memphis and Nashville, Tennessee terminals, the North Little Rock Terminal, our Tyler Terminal and our El Dorado Terminal. Throughputs for the El Dorado Predecessor are for the 41 days prior to our acquisition of the terminal. Throughputs subsequent to the El Dorado Acquisition are included in the results of Delek Logistics Partners, LP.
 
 
Delek Logistics
 
Tyler
 
El Dorado
 
Three Months Ended
 
 
Partners, LP
 
Terminal (1)
 
Terminal (1) 
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
Tyler Predecessor
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Net sales
 
$
227,552

 
$

 
$

 
$
227,552

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 
218,222

 

 

 
218,222

Operating expenses
 
1,661

 
153

 
147

 
1,961

Segment contribution margin
 
$
7,669

 
$
(153
)
 
$
(147
)
 
$
7,369

Operating Information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     East Texas - Tyler Refinery sales volumes (average bpd) 
 
61,698

 

 

 
61,698

     West Texas marketing throughputs (average bpd)
 
18,966

 

 

 
18,966

     West Texas marketing margin per barrel
 
$
1.63

 
$

 
$

 
$
1.63

     Terminalling throughputs (average bpd) 
 
74,024

 

 

 
74,024



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Delek Logistics
 
Tyler
 
El Dorado
 
Nine Months Ended
 
 
Partners, LP
 
Terminal (1)
 
Terminal (1) 
 
September 30, 2013
 
 
 
 
Tyler Predecessor
 
El Dorado Predecessor
 
 
Net sales
 
$
641,323

 
$

 
$

 
$
641,323

Operating costs and expenses:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cost of goods sold
 
614,048

 

 

 
614,048

Operating expenses
 
4,242

 
640

 
610

 
5,492

Segment contribution margin
 
$
23,033

 
$
(640
)
 
$
(610
)
 
$
21,783

Operating Information:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     East Texas - Tyler Refinery sales volumes (average bpd) 
 
55,988

 

 

 
55,988

     West Texas marketing throughputs (average bpd)
 
18,206

 

 

 
18,206

     West Texas marketing margin per barrel
 
$
2.41

 

 

 
$
2.41

     Terminalling throughputs (average bpd) 
 
73,996

 

 

 
73,996

            
(1) 
The information presented, excluding throughputs, includes the results of operations of our Predecessors. Prior to the completion of the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition, our Predecessors did not record revenues for intercompany terminalling services.
Comparison of the Three Months Ended September 30, 2014 versus the Three Months Ended September 30, 2013
Contribution margin for the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment amounted to $8.6 million, or 36.3% of our consolidated contribution margin, in the third quarter of 2014, versus $7.4 million, or 45.8% of our combined contribution margin, in the third quarter of 2013, an increase of $1.2 million, or 16.8%. The increase in contribution margin was primarily attributable to higher margins achieved in our operations in west Texas as a result of a favorable supply/demand balance during the third quarter of 2014 as compared to the third quarter of 2013. Also contributing to the increase were increases in net sales during the third quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter of 2013 as a result of the effect of the throughput and tankage agreements we entered into with Delek in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition.
Net sales for our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment in the third quarter of 2014 decreased $23.3 million or 10.2%, to $204.3 million from $227.6 million in the third quarter of 2013. The decrease is attributable to decreases in the average sales prices per gallon of gasoline and diesel and to decreases in sales volume in our west Texas operations. The average sales price per gallon of gasoline decreased $0.11 per gallon during the third quarter 2014, to $2.68 per gallon, from $2.79 per gallon in the third quarter 2013. The average sales price per gallon of diesel decreased $0.20 per gallon during the third quarter 2014, to $2.91 per gallon, from $3.11 per gallon in the third quarter 2013.
Cost of goods sold for our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment decreased $25.1 million, or 11.5%, to $193.1 million in the third quarter of 2014, as compared to cost of goods sold of $218.2 million in the third quarter of 2013. The decrease in cost of goods sold is primarily attributable to decreases in sales volumes and the average cost per barrel sold in our west Texas marketing operations. The average cost per barrel sold decreased $7.83 per barrel in the third quarter 2014, to $117.24 per barrel from $125.07 per barrel in the third quarter 2013.
Operating expenses were $2.5 million in the third quarter of 2014, an increase of $0.5 million, or 29.4%, as compared to operating expenses of $2.0 million in the third quarter of 2013. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increases in labor costs in the third quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter of 2013.

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Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014 versus the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2013
Contribution margin for the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment amounted to $35.6 million, or 47.0% of our consolidated contribution margin, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, versus $21.8 million, or 51.5% of our combined contribution margin, for the nine months ended September 30, 2013, an increase of $13.8 million, or 63.6%. This increase was primarily attributable to higher margins achieved in our operations in West Texas as a result of a favorable supply/demand balance due to downtime at refineries in the region during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, as compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Additionally, the new throughput and tankage agreements that went into effect in connection with the acquisitions of the El Dorado Terminal and the Tyler Terminal contributed to the increase in contribution margin as cost of goods sold is not incurred on these assets, resulting in inherently higher margins.
Net sales for our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 decreased $39.4 million, or 6.1%, to $601.9 million from $641.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease is primarily attributable to decreases in sales volumes in our west Texas operations due to reduced supply and to the fact that our Abilene terminal was not operational for a portion of the first quarter due to required maintenance. Further contributing to the decrease was a decrease in the average sales prices per gallon of gasoline and diesel. The average sales price per gallon of gasoline decreased $0.04 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, to $2.76 per gallon, from $2.80 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The average sales price per gallon of diesel decreased $0.05 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, to $3.04 per gallon, from $3.09 per gallon during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. These decreases were partially offset by the effect of the new throughput and tankage agreements that went into effect in connection with the acquisitions of the El Dorado Terminal and the Tyler Terminal. The new throughput and tankage agreements for the El Dorado Terminal and the Tyler Terminal contributed $1.3 million and $5.9 million to net sales, respectively, in the third quarter of 2014.
Cost of goods sold for our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment decreased $54.4 million, or 8.9%, to $559.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, as compared to cost of goods sold of $614.0 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The decrease in cost of goods sold was primarily attributable to decreases in sales volumes and a decrease in the average cost per barrel sold in our west Texas operations. The average cost per barrel sold decreased $3.83 to $119.71 per barrel for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $123.54 per barrel for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Operating expenses were $6.7 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014, an increase of $1.2 million, or 21.2%, as compared to operating expenses of $5.5 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2013. The increase in operating expenses was primarily due to increases in insurance costs during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We expect our ongoing sources of liquidity to include cash generated from operations, borrowings under our senior secured revolving credit agreement with Fifth Third Bank, as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders, (the “Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) and issuances of additional debt and equity securities. We believe that cash generated from these sources will be sufficient to satisfy the anticipated cash requirements associated with our existing operations, including minimum quarterly cash distributions, for at least the next 12 months.
The table below summarizes the quarterly distributions related to our quarterly financial results:
Quarter Ended
 
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit
 
Total Quarterly Distribution Per Limited Partner Unit, Annualized
 
Total Cash Distribution, including general partner IDRs (in thousands)
 
Date of Distribution
 
Unitholders Record Date
December 31, 2013
 
$
0.415

 
$
1.66

 
$
10,228

 
February 13, 2014
 
February 4, 2014
March 31, 2014
 
$
0.425

 
$
1.70

 
$
10,474

 
May 14, 2014
 
May 6, 2014
June 30, 2014
 
$
0.475

 
$
1.90

 
$
11,910

 
August 14, 2014
 
August 7, 2014
September 30, 2014
 
$
0.490

 
$
1.96

 
$
12,394

 
November 14, 2014 (1)
 
November 6, 2014
            

(1) Expected date of distribution.

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Cash Flows
The following table sets forth a summary of our consolidated cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (in thousands):
 
 
Nine Months Ended September 30,
 
 
2014
 
2013
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flow Data:
 
 
 
 
Cash flows provided by operating activities
 
$
64,929

 
$
29,611

Cash flows used in investing activities
 
(2,760
)
 
(15,562
)
Cash flows used in financing activities
 
(62,360
)
 
(30,789
)
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
 
$
(191
)
 
$
(16,740
)
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Net cash provided by operating activities was $64.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to net cash of $29.6 million provided for the comparable period of 2013. The increase in cash flows provided by operations in the first nine months of 2014 from the same period in 2013, was primarily due to higher revenues as a result of our commercial agreements executed concurrent with the El Dorado Acquisition and the Tyler Acquisition. Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 was $50.6 million, compared to $23.3 million in the same period of 2013.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash used in investing activities was $2.8 million for the first nine months of 2014, compared to $15.6 million used in the comparable period of 2013. Capital expenditures made during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 amounted to $2.8 million, of which $1.7 million was spent on projects in the pipelines and transportation segment and $1.1 million was spent in the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment. This compares to capital expenditures made during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 of $9.8 million. Of the total expenditures made during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, $1.1 million relates to our terminalling assets and another $1.1 million relates to our Lion Pipeline System. Capital expenditures made during the nine months ended September 30, 2013 relate primarily to the Tyler Acquisition, the El Dorado Acquisition and our Lion Pipeline System, which accounted for approximately $4.3 million, $2.0 million and $1.6 million, respectively, of total capital expenditures. No amounts were spent on business combinations during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $5.7 million spent on the acquisition of a 13.5-mile pipeline and certain ancillary assets during the nine months ended September 30, 2013.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $62.4 million in the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to net cash used of $30.8 million in the comparable period of 2013. We paid quarterly cash distributions totaling $32.6 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to distributions totaling $24.6 million paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Additionally, we paid $95.9 million in exchange for assets included in the El Dorado Acquisition during the nine months ended September 30, 2014, compared to $94.8 million paid in exchange for assets included in the Tyler Acquisition during the nine months ended September 30, 2013. Partially offsetting the cash used in financing activities during the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 were net proceeds of $65.2 million and $71.0 million, respectively, under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
Cash Position and Indebtedness
As of September 30, 2014, our total cash and cash equivalents were $0.7 million and we had total indebtedness of $230.0 million. Borrowing availability under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement was approximately $157.0 million and we had letters of credit issued of $13.0 million. We believe we were in compliance with our covenants in our debt facility as of September 30, 2014.
We and each of our existing subsidiaries are borrowers under the credit facility. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains an accordion feature whereby we can increase the size of the credit facility to an aggregate of $450.0 million, subject to receiving increased or new commitments from lenders and the satisfaction of certain other conditions precedent.

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The credit facility is generally available to fund working capital, finance acquisitions and other capital expenditures, fund certain future distributions and for other general Partnership purposes. We borrowed $90.0 million under the prior credit facility in November 2012 in order to fund a cash distribution to Delek Marketing & Supply, LLC ("Delek Marketing") in partial consideration of the contribution of assets to us and in part for reimbursement of capital expenditures associated with our assets. In connection with our cash distribution to Delek Marketing, we agreed to retain at least $90.0 million in outstanding debt, either under our credit facility or as a result of certain refinancings thereof, until November 2015.
The obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement remain secured by first priority liens on substantially all of the Partnership's and its U.S. subsidiaries' tangible and intangible assets. Additionally, Delek Marketing provides a limited guaranty of the Partnership's obligations under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. Delek Marketing's guaranty is (i) limited to an amount equal to the principal amount, plus unpaid and accrued interest, of a promissory note made by Delek in favor of Delek Marketing (the "Holdings Note") and (ii) secured by Delek Marketing's pledge of the Holdings Note to our lenders under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement. As of September 30, 2014, the principal amount of the Holdings Note was $102.0 million, plus unpaid interest accrued since the issuance date.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains various covenants and restrictive provisions customary for credit facilities of this nature. Financial covenants include an interest coverage ratio defined as the ratio of consolidated EBITDA (as defined in the agreement) to cash interest expense, and a leverage ratio defined as total funded debt to consolidated EBITDA, each tested quarterly.
Borrowings denominated in U.S. dollars under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest at either a U.S. dollar prime rate, plus an applicable margin, or the London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR"), plus an applicable margin, at the election of the borrowers. Borrowings denominated in Canadian dollars under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement bear interest at either a Canadian dollar prime rate, plus an applicable margin, or a CDOR (Canadian Dealer Offered Rate), plus an applicable margin, at the election of the borrowers. The applicable margin in each case varies based upon the Partnership's most recently reported leverage ratio. Additionally, the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement requires us to pay a leverage ratio dependent quarterly fee on the average unused revolving commitment.
The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains events of default customary for credit facilities of this nature. They include, but are not limited to, the failure to pay any principal, interest or fees when due, failure to satisfy any covenant, untrue representations or warranties, impairment of liens, events of default under any other loan document under the credit facility, default under any other material debt agreements, insolvency, certain bankruptcy proceedings, change of control (which will occur if, among other things, (i) Delek ceases to own and control legally and beneficially at least 51% of the equity interests of our general partner, (ii) Delek Logistics GP, LLC ceases to be our sole general partner or (iii) the Partnership fails to own and control legally and beneficially 100% of the equity interests of any other borrower under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, unless otherwise permitted thereunder) and material litigation resulting in a final judgment against any borrower or guarantor that remains undischarged or unstayed. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an event of default under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, the lenders may, among other things, accelerate and declare the outstanding loans to be immediately due and payable and exercise remedies against the Partnership, its subsidiaries and the collateral as may be available to the lenders under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and other loan documents.
Agreements Governing Certain Indebtedness of Delek
Although we are not contractually bound by and are not liable for Delek’s debt under its credit arrangements, we are indirectly affected by certain prohibitions and limitations contained therein. Specifically, under the terms of certain of Delek's credit arrangements, we expect that Delek will be in default if we incur any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $300.0 million at any time outstanding, which amount is subject to increase for (i) certain acquisitions of additional or newly constructed assets and for growth capital expenditures, in each case, net of asset sales, and for (ii) certain types of debt, such as debt obligations owed under hedge agreements, intercompany debt of the Partnership and our subsidiaries and debt under certain types of contingent obligations. These arrangements also require that Delek meets certain minimum levels for (i) consolidated shareholders’ equity and (ii) a ratio of consolidated shareholders’ equity to adjusted total assets. We cannot assure you that such covenants will not impact our ability to use the full capacity available under our revolving credit facility in the future. Delek, due to its majority ownership and control of our general partner, has the ability to prevent us from taking actions that would cause Delek to violate any covenant in its credit arrangements or otherwise be in default under any of its credit arrangements.
Capital Spending
A key component of our long-term strategy is our capital expenditure program. Our capital expenditures, excluding capital expenditures related to the assets acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition prior to February 10, 2014, for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 were $2.6 million, of which approximately $1.4 million was spent in our pipelines and transportation segment

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and $1.1 million was spent in our wholesale marketing and terminalling segment. Our capital expenditure forecast is approximately $9.9 million for 2014.
The following table summarizes our actual capital expenditures for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and planned capital expenditures for the full year 2014 by operating segment and major category (in thousands):
 
 
Full Year
2014 Forecast
(3)
 
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2014(3)
Pipelines and Transportation:
 
 
 
 
Regulatory
 
$
933

 
$
513

Maintenance (1)
 
4,353

 
702

Discretionary projects (2)
 
1,566

 
226

Pipeline and transportation segment total
 
6,852

 
1,441

Wholesale Marketing and Terminalling:
 
 
 
 
Regulatory
 
80

 

Maintenance (1)
 
821

 
775

Discretionary projects (2)
 
2,144

 
367

Wholesale marketing and terminalling segment total
 
3,045

 
1,142

Total capital spending
 
$
9,897

 
$
2,583

            

(1) 
Maintenance capital expenditures represent cash expenditures (including expenditures for the addition or improvement to, or the replacement of, our capital assets, and for the acquisition of existing, or the construction or development of new, capital assets) made to maintain our long-term operating income or operating capacity. Examples of maintenance capital expenditures are expenditures for the repair, refurbishment and replacement of pipelines and terminals, to maintain equipment reliability, integrity and safety and to address environmental laws and regulations. Delek has agreed to reimburse us with respect to assets it has transferred to us for all non-discretionary maintenance capital expenditures, other than those required to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations, in excess of specified dollar amounts for a period of five years.
(2) 
Delek has agreed to reimburse us for capital expenditures in connection with certain capital improvements that were in progress as of November 7, 2012.
(3) 
The actual and forecasted capital spending does not include capital expenditures prior to February 10, 2014 of $0.2 million related to the assets acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition.
In the third quarter of 2014, we decreased our total capital spending forecast for 2014 to $9.9 million, down from the prior forecast of $13.1 million. We decreased our forecast due primarily to the fact that the expansion of the North Little Rock Terminal and the replacement of certain of our El Dorado Tank Assets and Tyler Tank Assets have been delayed and are expected to take place in 2015. For the full year 2014, we plan to spend approximately $6.9 million in the pipelines and transportation segment. The majority of these capital expenditures will be spent on maintenance and discretionary projects, with $4.4 million and $1.6 million budgeted on these projects, respectively, for the pipelines and transportation segment. The majority of the amount budgeted for this segment is related to tank projects. Of the $3.0 million in capital expenditures budgeted for the wholesale marketing and terminalling segment, $2.1 million is allocated to discretionary projects and $0.8 million is allocated to maintenance projects. The majority of the amount budgeted for this segment is related to the expansion of the Tyler Terminal.
On February 10, 2014, in connection with the El Dorado Acquisition, the Partnership entered into the Second Omnibus Amendment. The Second Omnibus Amendment includes, among other things,: (i) modifications in the reimbursement by Delek and certain of its subsidiaries under the Omnibus Agreement for certain operating expenses and capital expenditures incurred by the Partnership or its subsidiaries, (ii) modifications of the indemnification provisions under the Omnibus Agreement in favor of the Partnership with respect to certain environmental matters, and (iii) an increase in the annual administrative fee payable by us to Delek under the Omnibus Agreement for general corporate and administrative services.
Under the Second Omnibus Amendment, Delek has agreed to reimburse us for (i) certain expenses that we incur for inspections, maintenance and repairs to any storage tanks we acquired in the El Dorado Acquisition to cause such storage tanks to comply with applicable regulatory and/or industry standards, (ii) certain expenses that we incur for inspections, maintenance and repairs to any of the storage tanks contributed to us by Delek (subject to a deductible of $0.5 million per year) that are necessary to comply with

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the United States Department of Transportation pipeline integrity rules and certain American Petroleum Institute storage tank standards for a period of five years, and (iii) for all non-discretionary maintenance capital expenditures with respect to certain of our assets in excess of specified amounts, as disclosed in the full agreement filed as Exhibit 10.2 to our Current Report on Form 8-K, filed with the SEC on February 14, 2014.
The amount of our capital expenditure budget is subject to change due to unanticipated increases in the cost, scope and completion time for our capital projects. For example, we may experience increases in the cost of and/or timing to obtain necessary equipment required for our continued compliance with government regulations or to complete improvement projects. Additionally, the scope and cost of employee or contractor labor expense related to installation of that equipment could increase from our projections. We rely primarily upon external financing sources, including borrowings under our revolving credit facility and the issuance of debt and equity securities, to fund significant capital expenditures.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We have no off-balance sheet arrangements through the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.



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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Commodity Price Risk. Market risk is the risk of loss arising from adverse changes in market rates and prices. As we do not take title to any of the crude oil that we handle, and we take title to only limited volumes of light products in our marketing business, we have limited direct exposure to risks associated with fluctuating commodity prices. However, from time to time, we enter into Gulf Coast product swap arrangements with respect to the products we purchase to hedge our exposure to fluctuations in commodity prices for the period between our purchase of products and subsequent sales to our customers. At September 30, 2014, we held no outstanding swap contracts. Please read Note 11 to our accompanying consolidated financial statements for additional detail related to our derivative instruments. In addition, the Partnership's commercial agreements with Delek are indexed to inflation.
Interest Rate Risk. Debt that we incur under our revolving credit facility bears interest at floating rates and will expose us to interest rate risk. From time to time, we may use certain derivative instruments to hedge our exposure to floating interest rates. Additionally, our prior revolving credit facility required us to maintain interest rate hedging arrangements with respect to at least 50% of the amount funded on November 7, 2012 under the credit facility, which was required to be in place for at least a three-year period beginning no later than March 7, 2013. Effective February 25, 2013, and as of September 30, 2014, we had in place an interest rate hedge in the form of a LIBOR interest rate cap with a term of three years, maturing February 25, 2016, for a total notional amount of $45.0 million, thereby meeting the requirements at that time.
ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Our management has evaluated, with the participation of our principal executive and principal financial officers, the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) as of the end of the period covered by this report, and has, based on this evaluation, concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to provide reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission's rules and forms including, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

(b) Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
There has been no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that occurred during our last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.


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PART II.
OTHER INFORMATION

ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Although we may, from time to time, be involved in litigation and claims, whether regulatory or other, arising out of our operations in the normal course of business, we do not believe that we are a party to any litigation that will have a material adverse impact on our financial condition, results of operations or cash flows. We are not aware of any significant legal or governmental proceedings against us, or contemplated to be brought against us.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

There have been no significant changes from the risk factors previously disclosed in Item 1A of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013.



ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
 
Exhibit No.
 
Description
31.1

§
 
Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act.
31.2

§
 
Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act.
32.1

§
 
Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2

§
 
Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
101

 
 
The following materials from Delek Logistics Partners, LP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014 formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (Unaudited), (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (Unaudited), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (Unaudited), and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).

§
 
Filed herewith

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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Delek Logistics Partners, LP
By:
Delek Logistics GP, LLC
 
Its General Partner
By:  
/s/ Ezra Uzi Yemin  
 
Ezra Uzi Yemin 
 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer) 
 
 
By:  
/s/ Assaf Ginzburg
 
Assaf Ginzburg
 
Director, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) 
Dated: November 6, 2014

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Description
31.1

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Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act.
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Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a)/15(d)-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act.
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Certification by Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32.2

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Certification by Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
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The following materials from Delek Logistics Partners, LP’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2014, formatted in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of September 30, 2014 and December 31, 2013 (Unaudited), (ii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (Unaudited), (iii) Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2014 and 2013 (Unaudited), and (iv) Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited).


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