PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC. - Quarter Report: 2021 December (Form 10-Q)

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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 Commission File Number: 001-36605

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PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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904-396-5733

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PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC.

FORM 10-Q

QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021

CONTENTS

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Preliminary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.

Certain matters discussed in this report contain forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements.

These forward-looking statements relate to, among other things, capital expenditures, liquidity, capital resources and competition and may be indicated by words or phrases such as “anticipate”, “estimate”, “plans”, “projects”, “continuing”, “ongoing”, “expects”, “management believes”, “the Company believes”, “the Company intends” and similar words or phrases. The following factors and others discussed in the Company’s periodic reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission are among the principal factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements: freight demand for petroleum products including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and “stay home” orders, as well as increased vehicle fuel efficiency, other impacts on the COVID-19 pandemic on our operations and financial results; the increased popularity of electric vehicles; recessionary and terrorist impacts on travel in the Company’s markets; fuel costs and the Company’s ability to recover fuel surcharges; accident severity and frequency; risk insurance markets; driver availability and cost; the impact of future regulations, including regulations regarding the transportation industry and regulations intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions; cyber-attacks; availability and terms of financing; competition in our markets; interest rates, and inflation and general economic conditions. However, this list is not a complete statement of all potential risks or uncertainties.

These forward-looking statements are made as of the date hereof based on management’s current expectations, and the Company does not undertake an obligation to update such statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Additional information regarding these and other risk factors may be found in the Company’s other filings made from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION, ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME & COMPREHENSIVE INCOME

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

See notes to consolidated financial statements.

PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

THREE MONTHS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021 AND 2020

(In thousands)

(Unaudited)

PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONDENSED NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2021

(Unaudited)

(1) Description of Business and Basis of Presentation.

Description of Business

Company’s Business. The business of the Company, conducted through our wholly owned subsidiary, Florida Rock & Tank Lines, Inc., is to transport petroleum and other liquids and dry bulk commodities. We do not own any of the products we haul; rather, we act as a third party carrier to deliver our customers’ products from point A to point B, using predominantly Company employees driving Company owned tractors and tank trailers. Approximately 85% of our business consists of hauling liquid petroleum products (mostly gas and diesel fuel) from large scale fuel storage facilities to our customers’ retail outlets (e.g., convenience stores, truck stops and fuel depots) where we off-load the product into our customers’ fuel storage tanks for ultimate sale to the retail consumer. The remaining 15% of our business consists of hauling dry bulk commodities such as cement, lime and various industrial powder products, water and liquid chemicals. In December, 2021, we employed 333 revenue-producing drivers who operated our fleet of 281 Company tractors, 25 owner operators and 431 trailers from our 18 terminals and 6 satellite locations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee.

Basis of Presentation

These statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for interim financial information and the instructions to Form 10-Q and do not include all the information and footnotes required by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America for complete financial statements. In the opinion of management, all adjustments (primarily consisting of normal recurring accruals) considered necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods have been included. Operating results for the three months ended December 31, 2021 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. The accompanying consolidated financial statements and the information included under the heading "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes for the year ended September 30, 2021.

Operating Revenues

Our revenues are primarily based on a set rate per volume of product hauled to arrive at a desired rate per mile traveled. The rate also incorporates the cost of fuel at an assumed price plus fuel surcharges to address the fluctuation in fuel prices. Over time, the fuel surcharge tables in the industry have become so numerous and varied, both by carriers and customers, that they have simply become a part of the overall rating structure to arrive at that desired price per mile by market. We consider fuel surcharge revenue to be revenue from services rather than other revenues. As a result, the Company determined there is no reason to report fuel surcharges as a separate revenue line item and fuel surcharges are reported as part of Operating revenues.

(2) Recently Issued Accounting Standards. None.

(3) Related Party Agreements. The Company provides FRP Holdings, Inc. (FRP) certain services including the services of certain shared executive officers. FRP may be considered a related party due to common significant shareholder ownership and shared common officers. A written agreement exists outlining the terms of such services and the boards of the respective companies amended and extended this agreement for one year effective April 1, 2021.

The consolidated statements of income reflect charges and/or allocation to FRP Holdings, Inc. for these services of $253,000 and $435,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively. These charges to FRP are reflected as a reduction to the Company’s corporate expenses.

We employ an allocation method to allocate said expenses and thus we believe that the allocations to FRP are a reasonable approximation of the costs related to FRP’s operations, but any such related-party transactions cannot be presumed to be carried out on an arm’s-length basis.

(4) Long-Term debt. The Company had no long-term debt outstanding at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021. On July 6, 2021, Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. (the “Company”) entered into the 2021 Amended and Restated Credit Agreement (the “The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”) with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. (“Wells Fargo”). The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement modifies the Company's prior Credit Agreement with Wells Fargo, dated January 30, 2015, as amended by that certain First Amendment dated December 28, 2018. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement establishes a five-year revolving credit facility with a maximum facility amount of $15 million, with a separate sublimit for standby letters of credit. The credit facility limit may be increased to $25 million upon request by the Company, subject to the lender's discretion and the satisfaction of certain conditions. The interest rate under the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement is 1.10% over the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”). A commitment fee of 0.12% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment. The Amended and Restated Credit Agreement contains certain conditions, affirmative financial covenants and negative covenants including a minimum tangible net worth of $25 million. As of December 31, 2021, we had no outstanding debt borrowed on this revolver, $1,461,000 in commitments under letters of credit and $13,539,000 available for additional borrowings. The letter of credit fee is 1% and the applicable interest rate for borrowings would have been 1.15% on December 31, 2021.

This credit agreement contains certain conditions, affirmative financial covenants and negative covenants including a minimum tangible net worth. The Company was in compliance with all of its loan covenants as of December 31, 2021. As of December 31, 2021, the tangible net worth covenant would have limited our ability to pay dividends or repurchase stock with borrowed funds to a maximum of $566,000 combined.

(5) Earnings per share. Basic earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the periods. Diluted earnings per common share are based on the weighted average number of common shares and potential dilution of securities that could share in earnings. The differences between basic and diluted shares used for the calculation are the effect of employee and director stock options.

The following details the computations of the basic and diluted Earnings per Common Share (dollars and shares in thousands, except per share amounts):

For the three months ended December 31, 2021, no shares attributable to outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. For the three months ended December 31, 2020, 617,502 shares attributable to outstanding stock options were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.

(6) Stock-Based Compensation Plans.

Participation in FRP Plans

Prior to the Company’s spin-off from FRP Holdings, Inc. (FRP) in January 2015, the Company's directors, officers and key employees previously were eligible to participate in FRP's 2000 Stock Option Plan and the 2006 Stock Option Plan under which options for shares of common stock were granted to directors, officers and key employees.

Post Spin-Off Patriot Incentive Stock Plan

As part of the spin-off transaction, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the Patriot Transportation Holding, Inc. Incentive Stock Plan (“Patriot Plan”) in January, 2015. In exchange for all outstanding FRP options held on January 30, 2015, existing Company directors, officers and key employees holding option grants in the FRP Stock Option Plan(s) were issued new grants in the Patriot and FRP Plans based upon the relative value of Patriot and FRP immediately following the completion of the spin-off with the same remaining terms. All related compensation expense has been allocated to the Company (rather than FRP) and included in corporate expenses. The number of common shares available for future issuance in the Patriot Plan was 57,795 at December 31, 2021.

On November 15, 2021, the Company paid an extraordinary dividend of $3.75 per share to all

shareholders of record. In accordance with Section 4.2 of the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, Section 11 of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Company has adjusted the terms of all stock option grants outstanding and the stock appreciation rights as of the close of business on November 15, 2021.

On December 30, 2020, the Company paid an extraordinary dividend of $3.00 per share to all shareholders of record. In accordance with Section 4.2 of the 2006 Stock Incentive Plan, Section 11 of the 2014 Equity Incentive Plan, and Section 409A of the Internal Revenue Code, the Company has adjusted the terms of all stock option grants outstanding and the stock appreciation rights as of the close of business on December 30, 2020.

In December 2016, the Company approved and issued a long-term performance incentive to an officer in the form of stock appreciation rights. As adjusted for the extraordinary dividend the Company granted 257,009 stock appreciation rights. The adjusted market price of the grant was $8.66, and the executive will get a cash award at age 65 based upon the stock price at that date compared to the adjusted market price of $8.66 but in no event will the award be less than $500,000. The Company is expensing the fair value of the award over the 9.1 year vesting period to the officer’s attainment of age 65, with periodic adjustments to the liability estimate based upon changes in the assumptions used to calculate the liability. The accrued liability under this plan as of December 31, 2021 and 2020 was $379,000 and $350,000, respectively.

The Company recorded the following Stock Compensation Expense in its consolidated statements of income (in thousands):

A summary of Company stock options is presented below (in thousands, except share and per share amounts):

Summary of Stock Options

The aggregate intrinsic value of exercisable Company options was $341,000 and the aggregate intrinsic value of all outstanding in-the-money options was $768,000 based on the Company’s market closing price of $8.07 on December 31, 2021 less exercise prices.

The realized tax benefit from option exercises during the three months ended December 31, 2021 was $7,000. The unrecognized compensation expense of Patriot options granted as of December 31, 2021 was $510,000, which is expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.0 years.

(7) Fair Value Measurements. Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. Level 1 means the use of quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities. Level 2 means the use of values that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data. Level 3 means the use of inputs are those that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

At December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021, the carrying amount reported in the consolidated balance sheets for cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and other financial instruments approximate their fair value based upon the short-term nature of these items.

(8) Contingent liabilities. The Company is involved in litigation on a number of matters and is subject to certain claims which arise in the normal course of business. The Company has retained certain self-insurance risks with respect to losses for third party liability and property damage. There is a reasonable possibility that the Company’s estimate of vehicle and workers’ compensation liability may be understated or overstated but the possible range cannot be estimated. The liability at any point in time depends upon the relative ages and amounts of the individual open claims. In the opinion of management none of these matters are expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

(9) Concentrations.

Market: The Company primarily serves customers in the petroleum industry in the Southeastern U.S. Significant economic disruption or downturn in this geographic region or within these industries could have an adverse effect on our financial statements.

Customers: During the first three months of fiscal 2022, the Company’s ten largest customers accounted for approximately 58.1% of our revenue and one of these customers accounted for 18.9% of our revenue. Accounts receivable from the ten largest customers was $2,548,000 and $2,843,000 at December 31, 2021 and September 30, 2021 respectively. The loss of any one of these customers could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s revenues and income.

Deposits: Cash and cash equivalents are comprised of cash and an FDIC insured investment

account at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. The balance in the cash account may exceed FDIC limits.

(10) Unusual or Infrequent Items Impacting Results. On October 18, 2021, we completed the disposition of the Company’s terminal located in Tampa, Florida to Amazon.com Services LLC for a sale price of $9,600,000. The Company reported an after-tax gain of $6,281,000 on the sale. The $6.3 million net income from this sale increased our ability to pay dividends under our credit agreement’s tangible net worth covenant to approximately $13 million.

ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL

CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited consolidated financial statements and related notes in Item 1 and with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in our annual report on Form 10-K. The statements in this discussion regarding industry outlook, our expectations regarding our future performance, liquidity and capital resources and other non-historical statements in this discussion are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the risks and uncertainties described in “Forward-Looking Statements” below and “Risk Factors” on page 7 of our annual report on Form 10-K. Our actual results may differ materially from those contained in or implied by any forward-looking statements. We assume no obligation to revise or publicly release any revision to any forward-looking statements contained in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, unless required by law.

Overview

The business of the Company, conducted through our wholly owned subsidiary, Florida Rock & Tank Lines, Inc., is to transport petroleum and other liquids and dry bulk commodities. We do not own any of the products we haul, rather, we act as a third party carrier to deliver our customers’ products from point A to point B predominately using Company employees driving Company owned tractors and tank trailers. Approximately 85% of our business consists of hauling liquid petroleum products (mostly gas and diesel fuel) from large scale fuel storage facilities to our customers’ retail outlets (e.g., convenience stores, truck stops and fuel depots) where we off-load the product into our customers’ fuel storage tanks for ultimate sale to the retail consumer. The remaining 15% of our business consists of hauling dry bulk commodities such as cement, lime and various industrial powder products, water and liquid chemicals. In December, 2021, we employed 333 revenue-producing drivers who operated our fleet of 281 Company tractors, 25 owner operators and 431 trailers from our 18 terminals and 6 satellite locations in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee. We experience increased seasonal demand in Florida in the spring and in most of our other locations during the summer months.

Our industry is characterized by such barriers to entry as the time and cost required to develop the capabilities necessary to handle hazardous material, the resources required to recruit, train and retain drivers, substantial industry regulatory and insurance requirements and the significant capital

investments required to build a fleet of equipment, establish a network of terminals and, in recent years, the cost to build and maintain sufficient information technology resources to allow us to interface with and assist our customers in the day-to-day management of their product inventories.

Our industry is experiencing a severe shortage of qualified professional drivers with a tenured safe driving career. The trend we are seeing is that more and more of the applicants are drivers with little to no experience in the tank truck business, short driving careers in other lines of trucking, poor safety records and a pattern of job instability in their work history. As a result, in many markets we serve it is difficult to grow the driver count and, in some cases, to even maintain our historical or desired driver counts.

The Company’s operations are influenced by a number of external and internal factors. External factors include levels of economic and industrial activity in the United States and the Southeast, driver availability and cost, government regulations regarding driver qualifications and limitations on the hours drivers can work, petroleum product demand in the Southeast which is driven in part by tourism and commercial aviation, and fuel costs. Internal factors include revenue mix, equipment utilization, Company imposed restrictions on hiring drivers under the age of 21 or drivers without at least one year of driving experience, auto and workers’ compensation accident frequencies and severity, administrative costs, and group health claims experience.

To measure our performance, management focuses primarily on revenue growth, revenue miles, operating revenue per mile, our preventable accident frequency rate (“PAFR”), our operating ratio (defined as our operating expenses as a percentage of our operating revenue), turnover rate (excluding drivers related to terminal closures) and average driver count (defined as average number of revenue producing drivers including owner operators under employment over the specified time period) as compared to the same period in the prior year.

First Quarter Highlights

Comparative Results of Operations for the Three Months ended December 31, 2021 and 2020

The Company reported net income of $6,439,000, or $1.74 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2021, compared to a net loss of $(222,000), or $(.07) per share, in the same quarter last year. Net income this quarter included $6,281,000, or $1.70 per share, from gains on real estate sales net of income taxes.

Revenue miles were down 993,000, or 15%, over the same quarter last year due to reduction in driver count due from turnover and the driver shortage (down ~70 drivers from the 1st quarter of last year). Operating revenues for the quarter were $20,571,000, up $343,000 from the same quarter last year. The reduction in miles was offset by improved freight rates negotiated to more than offset driver pay increases, higher fuel costs and other cost increases. Operating revenue per mile was up $.63, or 20.1% due rate increases and an improved business mix.

Compensation and benefits increased $33,000, mainly due to the increased driver compensation package mostly offset by a lower driver count and non-driver personnel reductions. Gross fuel expense increased $620,000 as a result of higher cost per gallon. Insurance and losses decreased $312,000, primarily from lower health care claims this year versus the prior year first quarter which included higher costs from two significant product mixes and a sizeable wreck repair. Depreciation expense was down $268,000 in the quarter as we continue to reduce our fleet size. SG&A expense was higher by $329,000 mainly due to a one-time transaction bonus following the sale of the Tampa property for certain members of the management team ($312,000 in SG&A and $82,000 in Corporate for a total of $394,000) and higher legal fees. Gain on the sale of land was $8,330,000 due to the sale of our former terminal location in Tampa, FL. Gain on the sale of assets was $360,000 versus a loss of $(86,000) in the same quarter last year.

As a result, operating profit this quarter was $8,541,000 compared to an operating loss of $(301,000) in the same quarter last year. Operating ratio was 58.5 this quarter versus 101.5 the same quarter last year. Excluding the gain on sale of terminal sites and the one-time transaction bonus, adjusted operating profit for the first quarter was $605,000 and adjusted operating ratio was 97.1.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

To supplement the financial results presented in accordance with GAAP, Patriot presents certain non-GAAP financial measures within the meaning of Regulation G promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Patriot uses these non-GAAP financial measures to analyze its continuing operations and to monitor, assess, and identify meaningful trends in its operating and financial performance. These measures are not, and should not be viewed as, substitutes for GAAP financial measures.

Adjusted Operating Profit

Adjusted operating profit excludes the impact of the gain on sale of terminal sites and the one-time transaction bonus related to the sale. Adjusted operating profit is presented to provide additional perspective on underlying trends in Patriot’s core operating results. A reconciliation between operating profit and adjusted operating profit is as follows:

Adjusted Operating Ratio

Adjusted operating ratio excludes the impact of the gain on sale of terminal sites and the one-time transaction bonus related to the sale. Adjusted operating ratio is presented to provide additional perspective on underlying trends in Patriot’s core operating results. A reconciliation between operating ratio and adjusted operating ratio is as follows:

Liquidity and Capital Resources. The Company maintains its operating accounts with Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. and these accounts directly sweep overnight against the Wells Fargo revolver. As of December 31, 2021, we had no debt outstanding on this revolver, $1,461,000 letters of credit and $13,539,000 available for additional borrowings. The Company expects our fiscal year 2022 cash generation to cover the cost of our operations and our budgeted capital expenditures

Cash Flows - The following table summarizes our cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for each of the periods presented (in thousands of dollars):

Operating Activities - Net cash provided by operating activities (as set forth in the cash flow statement) was $1,605,000 for the three months ended December 31, 2021, compared to $1,939,000 in the same period last year. The total of net income plus depreciation and amortization and less gains on sales of property and equipment decreased $2,395,000 versus the same period last year. These changes are described above under "Comparative Results of Operations." These changes comprise the majority of the decrease in net cash provided by operating activities.

Investing Activities – Investing activities include the purchase of property and equipment, any business acquisitions and proceeds from sales of property and equipment upon retirement. For the three months ended December 31, 2021, cash provided by investing activities was $8,892,000 which included the proceeds from retirements net of the purchase of plant, property and equipment. For the three months ended December 31, 2020, we spent $275,000 on investing activities for the purchase of plant, property and equipment net of proceeds from retirements.

Financing Activities – Financing activities primarily include net changes to our outstanding revolving debt, proceeds from the sale of shares of common stock through employee equity incentive plans and dividends. For the three months ended December 31, 2021, cash used in financing activities was $12,696,000 due to dividends paid. For the three months ended December 31, 2020, cash used in financing activities was $10,132,000 due to dividends paid. We had no outstanding long-term debt on December 31, 2021 or December 31, 2020.

Credit Facilities - The Company has a five-year credit agreement with Wells Fargo Bank N.A. which provides a $15 million revolving line of credit with a $10 million sublimit for stand-by letters of credit. The amounts outstanding under the credit agreement bear interest at a rate of 1.1% over the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), which may change quarterly based on the Company’s ratio of consolidated total debt to consolidated total capital. A commitment fee of 0.12% per annum is payable quarterly on the unused portion of the commitment. The credit agreement contains certain conditions

and financial covenants, including a minimum tangible net worth. As of December 31, 2021, the tangible net worth covenant would have limited our ability to pay dividends or repurchase stock with borrowed funds to a maximum of $566,000 combined.

Cash Requirements - The Company currently expects its fiscal 2022 capital expenditures to be approximately $6.0 million for replacement equipment which we expect to be fully funded by our cash generated from our operations. The amount of capital expenditures through December 31, 2021 were $948,000.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to have some impact on demand for oil and petroleum products in certain markets but that impact was far less in this quarter than had been experienced since the beginning of the pandemic. As an essential business, we have continued to operate throughout the pandemic in accordance with CDC guidance and orders issued by state and local authorities.

Summary and Outlook. This first quarter we continued to see our driver count remain fairly flat as we had seen in the prior 2 quarters following the announcement of the driver pay increase in April, 2021. During this first quarter of 2022 we announced additional driver pay increases in all of our markets, some of which went into effect during the quarter with the majority set to go into effect on February 4, 2022. We also successfully negotiated additional rate increases with our customers, most of which went into effect during the quarter with some set to begin in Q2. These additional rate increases will more than offset the additional driver pay increases announced during this first quarter.

We are in the early stages of implementing our new Quality Customer Service department to help us better serve our customers and provide additional resources to our dispatchers in the field. All of these jobs were filled with existing employees. We downsized a few management jobs in the quarter, including the retirement of our VP of Operations, and the elimination of two terminal manager jobs. We do not plan to replace those jobs. We continue to focus on growing the dry bulk and water business.

The supply chain challenges continue to make the news weekly. We continue to be creative in our approach to attracting, hiring and retaining drivers, including our recent completion of the Department of Labor Registered Apprenticeship application to become part of the Federal program. We are optimistic that we will see the benefit of these strategies and pay increases on reducing our turnover and our ability to add drivers to the fleet during the remainder of fiscal 2022.

The dividend paid in November reduced our cash balance by $12,800,000 and the sale of the Tampa property generated $6,300,000 of cash after taxes. Following these two events and a positive operating quarter, our balance sheet remained solid with $8.7 million of cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2021, and no outstanding debt. The Company was in compliance with all of our covenants under the Wells Fargo revolver as of December 31, 2021. We started replacing tractors in the first quarter of this fiscal year with plans to buy 30 replacement tractors and a handful of trailers putting our current planned capital expenditures at ~$6,000,000 for fiscal year 2022.

ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISKS

Interest Rate Risk - We are exposed to the impact of interest rate changes through our variable-rate borrowings under the credit agreement. Under the Wells Fargo revolving credit line, the applicable spread for borrowings at December 31, 2021 was 1.1% over SOFR.

Commodity Price Risk - The price and availability of diesel fuel are subject to fluctuations due to changes in the level of global oil production, seasonality, weather, global politics and other market factors. Historically, we have been able to recover a significant portion of fuel price increases from our customers in the form of fuel surcharges. The typical fuel surcharge table provides some margin contribution at higher diesel fuel prices but also results in some margin erosion at the lower diesel fuel prices. The price and availability of diesel fuel can be unpredictable as well as the extent to which fuel surcharges can be collected to offset such increases.

ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) and Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”), as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

The Company also maintains a system of internal accounting controls over financial reporting that are designed to provide reasonable assurance to the Company’s management and Board of Directors regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements.

All control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.

As of December 31, 2021, the Company, under the supervision and with the participation of the Company's management, including the CEO, CFO and CAO, carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, the Company’s CEO, CFO and CAO concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures are effective in alerting them in a timely manner to material information required to be included in periodic SEC filings.

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting during our most recent fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

In addition to the other information set forth in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2021, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K are not the only risks facing our Company. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition and/or operating results.

Item 2. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER

Item 6. EXHIBITS

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.

PATRIOT TRANSPORTATION HOLDING, INC.

FORM 10-Q FOR THE QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2021

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