UGI CORP /PA/ - Quarter Report: 2023 June (Form 10-Q)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ | QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023
OR
☐ | 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 1-11071
UGI CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Pennsylvania | 23-2668356 | |||||||
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
500 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
(610) 337-1000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
460 North Gulph Road, King of Prussia, PA 19406
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class: | Trading Symbol(s): | Name of each exchange on which registered: | ||||||
Common Stock, without par value | UGI | New York Stock Exchange | ||||||
Corporate Units | UGIC | New York Stock Exchange |
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 ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ý No ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer | ý | Accelerated filer | ☐ | Non-accelerated filer | ☐ | ||||||||||||||||||
Smaller reporting company | ☐ | Emerging growth company | ☐ |
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ¨
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ý
At July 31, 2023, there were 209,478,774 shares of UGI Corporation Common Stock, without par value, outstanding.
UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item 1. Legal Proceedings | |||||
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
Terms and abbreviations used in this Form 10-Q are defined below:
UGI Corporation and Related Entities
AmeriGas Finance Corp. - A wholly owned subsidiary of AmeriGas Partners
AmeriGas OLP - AmeriGas Propane, L.P., the principal operating subsidiary of AmeriGas Partners
AmeriGas Partners - AmeriGas Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership and an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGI; also referred to, together with its consolidated subsidiaries, as the “Partnership”
AmeriGas Propane - Reportable segment comprising AmeriGas Propane, Inc. and its subsidiaries, including AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas OLP
AmeriGas Propane, Inc. - A wholly owned second-tier subsidiary of UGI and the general partner of AmeriGas Partners
AvantiGas - AvantiGas Limited, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGI International, LLC
Company - UGI and its consolidated subsidiaries collectively
DVEP - DVEP Investeringen B.V., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGI International, LLC
Electric Utility - UGI Utilities’ regulated electric distribution utility
Energy Services - UGI Energy Services, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprises
Enterprises - UGI Enterprises, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of UGI
ESFC - Energy Services Funding Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Services
Flaga - Flaga GmbH, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGI International, LLC
Gas Utility - UGI’s regulated natural gas businesses, inclusive of PA Gas Utility and WV Gas Utility
MBL Bioenergy - MBL Bioenergy, LLC
Midstream & Marketing - Reportable segment comprising Energy Services and UGID
Mountaineer - Mountaineer Gas Company, a natural gas distribution company in West Virginia and a wholly owned subsidiary of Mountaintop Energy Holdings, LLC
Mountaintop Energy Holdings, LLC - Parent company of Mountaineer and wholly owned subsidiary of UGI, acquired on September 1, 2021
PA Gas Utility - UGI Utilities’ regulated natural gas distribution business, primarily located in Pennsylvania
Partnership - AmeriGas Partners and its consolidated subsidiaries, including AmeriGas OLP; also referred to as “AmeriGas Partners”
Pennant - Pennant Midstream, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Services
Pine Run - Pine Run Gathering, LLC
Stonehenge - Stonehenge Appalachia, LLC, a midstream natural gas gathering business
UGI - UGI Corporation or, collectively, UGI Corporation and its consolidated subsidiaries
UGI France - UGI France SAS (a Société par actions simplifiée), an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGI International, LLC
UGI International - Reportable segment principally comprising UGI’s foreign operations
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UGI International, LLC - UGI International, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enterprises
UGI Moraine East - UGI Moraine East Gathering LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary comprising the assets acquired in the Stonehenge Acquisition
UGI Utilities - UGI Utilities, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UGI comprising PA Gas Utility and Electric Utility
UGID - UGI Development Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Energy Services
UniverGas - UniverGas Italia S.r.l, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of UGI International, LLC
Utilities - Reportable segment comprising UGI Utilities and Mountaintop Energy Holdings, LLC
WV Gas Utility - Mountaineer’s regulated natural gas distribution business, located in West Virginia
Other Terms and Abbreviations
5.625% Senior Notes - An underwritten public offering of $675 million aggregate principal amount of notes due May 2024, issued by AmeriGas Partners. Pursuant to the tender offer, dated May 22, 2023, AmeriGas Partners, in June 2023, redeemed all outstanding 5.625% Senior Notes due May 2024 and in so doing was released from the obligations with respect to the indenture for the 5.625% Senior Notes
9.375% Senior Notes - An underwritten private offering of $500 million aggregate principal amount of notes due May 2028, co-issued by AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas Finance Corp.
2022 Annual Report - UGI Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022
2022 nine-month period - Nine months ended June 30, 2022
2022 three-month period - Three months ended June 30, 2022
2023 nine-month period - Nine months ended June 30, 2023
2023 three-month period - Three months ended June 30, 2023
2024 Purchase Contract - A forward stock purchase contract issued by the Company as a part of the issuance of Equity Units which obligates holders to purchase a number of shares of UGI Common Stock from the Company on June 1, 2024
2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement - Entered into by AmeriGas OLP providing for borrowings of up to $600 million, with the option to increase to a maximum principal amount of $900 million assuming certain conditions are met, including a letter of credit subfacility of up to $100 million
AOCI - Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
ASC - Accounting Standards Codification
ASC 606 - ASC 606, “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”
ASU - Accounting Standards Update
Bcf - Billions of cubic feet
COA - Consent Order and Agreement
CODM - Chief Operating Decision Maker as defined in ASC 280, “Segment Reporting”
Common Stock - Shares of UGI common stock
Convertible Preferred Stock - Preferred stock of UGI titled 0.125% series A cumulative perpetual convertible preferred stock without par value and having a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share
COVID-19 - A novel strain of coronavirus disease discovered in 2019
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DS - Default service
DSIC - Distribution System Improvement Charge
Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement - The first amendment to the Energy Services Term Loan Credit Agreement, entered into on February 23, 2023, comprising an $800 million variable-rate term loan with a final maturity of February 2030
Energy Services Term Loan Credit Agreement - A seven-year $700 million variable rate senior secured term loan agreement entered into on August 13, 2019 by Energy Services and amended on February 23, 2023
Equity Unit - A corporate unit consisting of a 2024 Purchase Contract and 1/10th or 10% undivided interest in one share of Convertible Preferred Stock
Exchange Act - Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
FDIC - Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FERC - Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Fiscal 2021 - The fiscal year ended September 30, 2021
Fiscal 2022 - The fiscal year ended September 30, 2022
Fiscal 2023 - The fiscal year ending September 30, 2023
Fiscal 2024 - The fiscal year ending September 30, 2024
GAAP - U.S. generally accepted accounting principles
Gwh - Millions of kilowatt hours
ICE - Intercontinental Exchange
IREP - Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Plan
IRPA - Interest rate protection agreement
LIBOR - London Inter-Bank Offered Rate
LNG - Liquefied natural gas
LPG - Liquefied petroleum gas
MDPSC - Maryland Public Service Commission
MGP - Manufactured gas plant
Mountaineer Acquisition - Acquisition of Mountaintop Energy Holdings LLC, which closed on September 1, 2021
Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement - Third amendment to the third amended and restated credit agreement entered into by Mountaineer, as borrower, providing for borrowings up to $150 million, with the option to increase to a maximum principal amount of $250 million assuming certain conditions are met, including a letter of credit subfacility of up to $20 million, scheduled to expire in November 2024, with an option to extend the maturity date
NOAA - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
NPNS - Normal purchase and normal sale
NTSB - National Transportation Safety Board
NYDEC - New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
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NYMEX - New York Mercantile Exchange
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
PADEP - Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
PAPUC - Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
Pennant Acquisition - Energy Services’ Fiscal 2022 acquisition of the remaining 53% equity interest in Pennant
PGA - Purchased gas adjustment
PGC - Purchased gas costs
PRP - Potentially responsible party
Purchase Contracts - Forward stock purchase contracts issued by UGI Corporation in May 2021, which obligate holders to purchase a number of shares of UGI common stock from the Company on June 1, 2024
Receivables Facility - A receivables purchase facility of Energy Services with an issuer of receivables-backed commercial paper
Retail core-market - Comprises firm residential, commercial and industrial customers to whom Utilities has a statutory obligation to provide service that purchase their natural gas from Utilities
RNG - Renewable natural gas
ROD - Record of Decision
SEC - U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Stonehenge Acquisition - Acquisition of Stonehenge Appalachia, LLC, which closed January 27, 2022
Term SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate
U.K. - United Kingdom
U.S. - United States of America
UGI Corporation Credit Agreement - An amended and restated unsecured senior credit facilities agreement entered into by UGI Corporation on May 4, 2021, comprising (1) a $250 million term loan facility maturing in August 2024, (2) a $300 million term loan facility maturing in May 2025, (3) a $300 million delayed draw term loan facility maturing in May 2025, and (4) a $300 million revolving credit facility maturing in August 2024 (including a $10 million sublimit for letters of credit). On May 12, 2023, the Company entered into the second amendment to the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement to replace the reference rate from LIBOR with Term SOFR.
UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement - A five-year unsecured revolving credit agreement entered into by Energy Services on March 6, 2020, providing for borrowings up to $260 million, including a letter of credit subfacility of up to $50 million, scheduled to expire in March 2025. On May 12, 2023, Energy Services entered into the second amendment to the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement to replace the reference rate from LIBOR with Term SOFR.
UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement – A five-year unsecured senior facilities agreement entered into in March 2023 comprising a €300 million variable-rate term loan facility and a €500 million multicurrency revolving credit facility scheduled to expire in March 2028
UGI International 3.25% Senior Notes - An underwritten private placement of €350 million principal amount of senior unsecured notes originally due November 1, 2025, issued by UGI International, LLC. The UGI International 3.25% Senior Notes were repaid in December 2021.
UGI International Credit Facilities Agreement - A five-year unsecured senior facilities agreement entered into in October 2018, by UGI International, LLC comprising a €300 million term loan facility and a €300 million revolving credit facility,
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scheduled to expire in October 2023, repaid in full and terminated concurrently with the execution of the UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement
UGI Utilities Credit Agreement - A five-year unsecured revolving credit agreement entered into by UGI Utilities on June 27, 2019 providing for borrowings up to $350 million, including a letter of credit subfacility of up to $100 million, scheduled to expire in June 2024. On December 13, 2022, UGI Utilities entered into an amendment to UGI Utilities Credit Agreement, providing for borrowings up to $425 million and to replace the reference rate from LIBOR with Term SOFR
USD - U.S. dollar
WVPSC - Public Service Commission of West Virginia
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
PART I FINANCIAL INFORMATION
ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
June 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 260 | $ | 405 | $ | 670 | ||||||||||||||
Restricted cash | 78 | 64 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable (less allowances for doubtful accounts of $87, $64 and $66, respectively) | 955 | 1,127 | 1,234 | |||||||||||||||||
Accrued utility revenues | 29 | 23 | 19 | |||||||||||||||||
Income taxes receivable | 36 | 128 | 127 | |||||||||||||||||
Inventories | 410 | 665 | 496 | |||||||||||||||||
Derivative instruments | 31 | 865 | 773 | |||||||||||||||||
Held for sale assets | 64 | 295 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Prepaid expenses and other current assets | 172 | 230 | 176 | |||||||||||||||||
Total current assets | 2,035 | 3,802 | 3,509 | |||||||||||||||||
Property, plant and equipment, (less accumulated depreciation of $4,536, $4,166 and $4,160, respectively) | 8,394 | 8,040 | 7,839 | |||||||||||||||||
Goodwill | 3,060 | 3,612 | 3,671 | |||||||||||||||||
Intangible assets, net | 460 | 500 | 523 | |||||||||||||||||
Utility regulatory assets | 310 | 301 | 352 | |||||||||||||||||
Derivative instruments | 59 | 565 | 410 | |||||||||||||||||
Other assets | 925 | 755 | 807 | |||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 15,243 | $ | 17,575 | $ | 17,111 | ||||||||||||||
LIABILITIES AND EQUITY | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Current maturities of long-term debt | $ | 56 | $ | 149 | $ | 47 | ||||||||||||||
Short-term borrowings | 481 | 368 | 276 | |||||||||||||||||
Accounts payable | 541 | 891 | 843 | |||||||||||||||||
Derivative instruments | 120 | 144 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
Held for sale liabilities | 37 | 19 | — | |||||||||||||||||
Other current liabilities | 848 | 873 | 832 | |||||||||||||||||
Total current liabilities | 2,083 | 2,444 | 2,068 | |||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt | 6,579 | 6,483 | 6,399 | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred income taxes | 905 | 1,305 | 1,291 | |||||||||||||||||
Derivative instruments | 47 | 50 | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
Other noncurrent liabilities | 1,256 | 1,219 | 1,294 | |||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities | 10,870 | 11,501 | 11,106 | |||||||||||||||||
Commitments and contingencies (Note 9) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Equity: | ||||||||||||||||||||
UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock, without par value (authorized – 5,000,000 shares; issued – 220,000, 220,000 and 220,000 Series A shares, respectively) | 167 | 162 | 162 | |||||||||||||||||
UGI Common Stock, without par value (authorized — 450,000,000 shares; issued — 210,882,552, 210,560,494 and 210,378,881 shares, respectively) | 1,500 | 1,483 | 1,474 | |||||||||||||||||
Retained earnings | 2,974 | 4,841 | 4,674 | |||||||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive loss | (222) | (380) | (273) | |||||||||||||||||
Treasury stock, at cost | (55) | (40) | (41) | |||||||||||||||||
Total UGI Corporation stockholders’ equity | 4,364 | 6,066 | 5,996 | |||||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests | 9 | 8 | 9 | |||||||||||||||||
Total equity | 4,373 | 6,074 | 6,005 | |||||||||||||||||
Total liabilities and equity | $ | 15,243 | $ | 17,575 | $ | 17,111 |
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Nine Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 1,659 | $ | 2,033 | $ | 7,524 | $ | 8,172 | ||||||||||||||||||
Costs and expenses: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales (excluding depreciation and amortization shown below) | 1,104 | 1,361 | 6,358 | 4,951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses | 523 | 465 | 1,639 | 1,532 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 134 | 130 | 397 | 387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill | 656 | — | 656 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on disposal of U.K. energy marketing business | — | — | 215 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other operating income, net | (26) | (22) | (60) | (61) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2,391 | 1,934 | 9,205 | 6,809 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating (loss) income | (732) | 99 | (1,681) | 1,363 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity investees | 1 | (45) | 2 | (32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishments of debt | (9) | — | (9) | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-operating income (expense), net | 1 | 20 | (25) | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (96) | (82) | (281) | (245) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes | (835) | (8) | (1,994) | 1,116 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Income tax benefit (expense) | 46 | 1 | 361 | (285) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income including noncontrolling interests | (789) | (7) | (1,633) | 831 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Deduct net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to UGI Corporation | $ | (789) | $ | (7) | $ | (1,633) | $ | 829 | ||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) earnings per common share attributable to UGI Corporation stockholders: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic | $ | (3.76) | $ | (0.03) | $ | (7.78) | $ | 3.95 | ||||||||||||||||||
Diluted | $ | (3.76) | $ | (0.03) | $ | (7.78) | $ | 3.84 | ||||||||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (thousands): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic | 209,706 | 210,190 | 209,811 | 209,992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted | 209,706 | 210,190 | 209,811 | 215,965 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Nine Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income including noncontrolling interests | $ | (789) | $ | (7) | $ | (1,633) | $ | 831 | |||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss): | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains on derivative instruments (net of tax of $(10), $(3), $(5) and $(17), respectively) | 22 | 8 | 10 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||
Reclassifications of net (gains) losses on derivative instruments (net of tax of $4, $(1), $8 and $(4), respectively) | (10) | 3 | (20) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency adjustments (net of tax of $2, $(17), $31 and $(30), respectively) | 8 | (106) | 169 | (191) | |||||||||||||||||||
Benefit plans (net of tax of $1, $0, $1 and $(1), respectively) | (1) | — | (1) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) | 19 | (95) | 158 | (133) | |||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive (loss) income including noncontrolling interests | (770) | (102) | (1,475) | 698 | |||||||||||||||||||
Deduct comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to UGI Corporation | $ | (770) | $ | (102) | $ | (1,475) | $ | 696 |
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars)
Nine Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income including noncontrolling interests | $ | (1,633) | $ | 831 | ||||||||||
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income including noncontrolling interests to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | 397 | 387 | ||||||||||||
Deferred income tax (benefit) expense, net | (418) | 142 | ||||||||||||
Provision for uncollectible accounts | 56 | 46 | ||||||||||||
Changes in unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments | 1,866 | (372) | ||||||||||||
Loss on disposal of U.K. energy marketing business | 215 | — | ||||||||||||
Impairment of assets | 19 | — | ||||||||||||
Impairment of goodwill | 656 | — | ||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishments of debt | 9 | 11 | ||||||||||||
(Income) loss from equity investees | (2) | 32 | ||||||||||||
Settlement of Energy Services interest rate swap | 32 | — | ||||||||||||
Amortization of settled Energy Services interest rate swap | (8) | — | ||||||||||||
Other, net | 20 | 37 | ||||||||||||
Net change in: | ||||||||||||||
Accounts receivable and accrued utility revenues | 139 | (486) | ||||||||||||
Income taxes receivable | 91 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Inventories | 275 | (42) | ||||||||||||
Utility deferred fuel and power costs, net of changes in unsettled derivatives | 73 | (7) | ||||||||||||
Accounts payable | (365) | 50 | ||||||||||||
Derivative instruments collateral deposits (paid) received | (489) | 181 | ||||||||||||
Other current assets | (22) | 93 | ||||||||||||
Other current liabilities | (54) | (56) | ||||||||||||
Net cash provided by operating activities | 857 | 848 | ||||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||||||||
Expenditures for property, plant and equipment | (670) | (551) | ||||||||||||
Acquisitions of businesses and assets, net of cash acquired | (9) | (188) | ||||||||||||
Investments in equity method investees | (101) | (41) | ||||||||||||
Settlements of net investment hedges | 22 | 26 | ||||||||||||
Other, net | (3) | 37 | ||||||||||||
Net cash used by investing activities | (761) | (717) | ||||||||||||
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES | ||||||||||||||
Dividends on UGI Common Stock | (230) | (220) | ||||||||||||
Issuances of long-term debt, net of discount and issuance costs | 1,867 | 863 | ||||||||||||
Repayments of long-term debt and finance leases, including redemption premiums | (1,953) | (806) | ||||||||||||
Increase (decrease) in short-term borrowings | 49 | (91) | ||||||||||||
Receivables Facility net borrowings | 45 | — | ||||||||||||
Payments on Purchase Contracts | (12) | (12) | ||||||||||||
Issuances of UGI Common Stock | 12 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Repurchases of UGI Common Stock | (22) | (38) | ||||||||||||
Net cash used by financing activities | (244) | (290) | ||||||||||||
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | 17 | (34) | ||||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash decrease | $ | (131) | $ | (193) | ||||||||||
CASH, CASH EQUIVALENTS AND RESTRICTED CASH | ||||||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of period | $ | 338 | $ | 684 | ||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of period | 469 | 877 | ||||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash decrease | $ | (131) | $ | (193) |
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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UGI CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
(unaudited)
(Millions of dollars, except per share amounts)
Three Months Ended June 30, | Nine Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Preferred stock, without par value | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 167 | $ | 161 | $ | 162 | $ | 213 | |||||||||||||||
— | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Other | — | — | — | (52) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | 167 | $ | 162 | $ | 167 | $ | 162 | |||||||||||||||
Common stock, without par value | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 1,492 | $ | 1,465 | $ | 1,483 | $ | 1,394 | |||||||||||||||
Common Stock issued in connection with employee and director plans, net of tax withheld | 3 | 5 | 9 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Equity-based compensation expense | 5 | 4 | 14 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cumulative effect of change in accounting - ASU 2020-06 (Note 3) | — | — | (6) | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Other | — | — | — | 53 | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | 1,500 | $ | 1,474 | $ | 1,500 | $ | 1,474 | |||||||||||||||
Retained earnings | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 3,842 | $ | 4,757 | $ | 4,841 | $ | 4,081 | |||||||||||||||
Cumulative effect of change in accounting - ASU 2020-06 (Note 3) | — | (1) | 1 | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
Losses on common stock transactions in connection with employee and director plans | — | — | (5) | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to UGI Corporation | (789) | (7) | (1,633) | 829 | |||||||||||||||||||
Cash dividends on UGI Common Stock ($0.375, $0.36, $1.095 and $1.05, respectively) | (79) | (75) | (230) | (220) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | 2,974 | $ | 4,674 | $ | 2,974 | $ | 4,674 | |||||||||||||||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | (241) | $ | (178) | $ | (380) | $ | (140) | |||||||||||||||
Net gains on derivative instruments | 22 | 8 | 10 | 42 | |||||||||||||||||||
Reclassification of net (gains) losses on derivative instruments | (10) | 3 | (20) | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||
Benefit plans | (1) | — | (1) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency adjustments | 8 | (106) | 169 | (191) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | (222) | $ | (273) | $ | (222) | $ | (273) | |||||||||||||||
Treasury stock | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | (55) | $ | (5) | $ | (40) | $ | (26) | |||||||||||||||
Common Stock issued in connection with employee and director plans, net of tax withheld | — | 3 | 7 | 33 | |||||||||||||||||||
Repurchases of UGI Common Stock | — | (38) | (22) | (38) | |||||||||||||||||||
Reacquired UGI Common Stock - employee and director plans | — | (1) | — | (10) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | (55) | $ | (41) | $ | (55) | $ | (41) | |||||||||||||||
Total UGI stockholders’ equity | $ | 4,364 | $ | 5,996 | $ | 4,364 | $ | 5,996 | |||||||||||||||
Noncontrolling interests | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, beginning of period | $ | 9 | $ | 10 | $ | 8 | $ | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests | — | — | — | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
Other | — | (1) | 1 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||
Balance, end of period | $ | 9 | $ | 9 | $ | 9 | $ | 9 | |||||||||||||||
Total equity | $ | 4,373 | $ | 6,005 | $ | 4,373 | $ | 6,005 |
See accompanying notes to condensed consolidated financial statements.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Note 1 — Nature of Operations
UGI is a holding company that, through subsidiaries and affiliates, distributes, stores, transports and markets energy products and related services. In the U.S., we own and operate (1) a retail propane marketing and distribution business; (2) natural gas and electric distribution utilities; and (3) energy marketing, midstream infrastructure, storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas production, electricity generation and energy services businesses. In Europe, we market and distribute propane and other LPG, and market other energy products and services.
We conduct a domestic propane marketing and distribution business through AmeriGas Partners. AmeriGas Partners conducts its propane marketing and distribution business through its principal operating subsidiary, AmeriGas OLP.
UGI International, LLC, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, conducts (1) an LPG distribution business throughout much of Europe and (2) an energy marketing business in France, Belgium, and the Netherlands. These businesses are conducted principally through our subsidiaries, UGI France, Flaga, AvantiGas, DVEP and UniverGas. See Note 5 for additional information regarding the UGI International energy marketing businesses.
Energy Services conducts, directly and through subsidiaries and affiliates, energy marketing, including RNG, midstream transmission, LNG storage, natural gas gathering and processing, natural gas and RNG production, electricity generation and energy services businesses primarily in the eastern region of the U.S., eastern Ohio, the panhandle of West Virginia and California. UGID owns electricity generation facilities principally located in Pennsylvania. Energy Services and its subsidiaries’ storage, LNG and portions of its midstream transmission operations are subject to regulation by the FERC.
Our Utilities segment includes UGI Utilities and Mountaineer. PA Gas Utility serves customers in eastern and central Pennsylvania and in portions of one Maryland county, and Mountaineer serves customers in West Virginia. Electric Utility serves customers in portions of Luzerne and Wyoming counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. PA Gas Utility is subject to regulation by the PAPUC and FERC and, with respect to its customers in Maryland, the MDPSC. Mountaineer is subject to regulation by the WVPSC and FERC. Electric Utility is subject to regulation by the PAPUC and FERC.
Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with the rules and regulations of the SEC. They include all adjustments that we consider necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim periods presented. Such adjustments consisted only of normal recurring items unless otherwise disclosed. The September 30, 2022, Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet was derived from audited financial statements but does not include all footnote disclosures from the annual financial statements.
These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and related notes included in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report. Due to the seasonal nature of our businesses, the results of operations for interim periods are not necessarily indicative of the results to be expected for a full year.
Restricted Cash. Restricted cash principally represents those cash balances in our commodity futures brokerage accounts that are restricted from withdrawal. The following table provides a reconciliation of the total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets to the corresponding amounts reported on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
June 30, 2023 | June 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||
Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 260 | $ | 670 | ||||||||||
Restricted cash | 78 | 14 | ||||||||||||
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 338 | $ | 684 |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Earnings Per Common Share. Basic earnings per share attributable to UGI stockholders reflect the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share attributable to UGI stockholders include the effects of dilutive stock options, common stock awards and Equity Units. Shares used in computing basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows:
Three Months Ended June 30, | Nine Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Denominator (thousands of shares): | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding — basic | 209,706 | 210,190 | 209,811 | 209,992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Incremental shares issuable for stock options, common stock awards and Equity Units (a) | — | — | — | 5,973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weighted-average common shares outstanding — diluted | 209,706 | 210,190 | 209,811 | 215,965 |
(a)For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 and for the nine months ended June 30, 2023, 5,972, 5,668, and 6,222, of such shares, respectively, have been excluded as such incremental shares would be antidilutive due to the net losses for the periods. For the nine months ended June 30, 2022, 5,718 shares associated with outstanding stock option awards were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect was antidilutive.
Equity Method Investments. We account for privately held equity securities of entities without readily determinable fair values in which we do not have control, but have significant influence over operating and financial policies, under the equity method. These are included in "Other assets" on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Equity method earnings are included in "Income (loss) from equity investees" on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Our equity method investments primarily comprise MBL Bioenergy, Pine Run and other equity method investments in biomass and other renewable energy projects.
MBL Bioenergy. The Company has an approximate 99.99% interest in MBL Bioenergy, a company jointly owned by UGI Dakota, LLC, Sevana Bioenergy and a subsidiary of California Bioenergy. The sole purpose of MBL Bioenergy is the development of RNG projects in South Dakota comprising three dairy waste anaerobic digester systems. MBL Bioenergy is a variable interest entity whereby the Company has determined that it is not the primary beneficiary since it does not direct the activities that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance. The carrying value of our investment in MBL Bioenergy totaled $93 and $0 at June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Pine Run. The Company has an approximately 49% interest in Pine Run, a company jointly owned by Stonehenge Energy Resources and UGI Pine Run LLC. Pine Run owns Pine Run Midstream, which operates dry gas gathering pipelines and compression assets in western Pennsylvania. The carrying value of our investment in Pine Run totaled $75 and $67 at June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
Pennant. At June 30, 2022, the carrying value of our investment in Pennant was $49. In connection with negotiations related to the acquisition of a controlling financial interest in Pennant, as of June 30, 2022, the Company recognized an other-than-temporary pre-tax impairment charge of $50 related to its then 47% membership interest, which was recorded in “Income (loss) from equity investees” in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. During the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2022, UGI, through Energy Services, completed the Pennant Acquisition in which Energy Services acquired the remaining 53% of the equity interests in Pennant. The acquisition of the remaining interests was accounted for as an acquisition of assets, and the purchase price of approximately $61 was primarily allocated to property, plant and equipment.
Other Equity Method Investments. The carrying values of our other equity method investments totaled $84 and $44 at June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and principally comprise a number of investments in biomass and other renewable energy projects at Midstream & Marketing and a renewable energy joint venture at UGI International. Our maximum exposure to loss related to these investments is limited to the amount invested.
Derivative Instruments. Derivative instruments are reported on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at their fair values, unless the NPNS exception is elected. The accounting for changes in fair value depends upon the purpose of the derivative instrument, whether it is subject to regulatory ratemaking mechanisms or if it qualifies and is designated as a hedge for accounting purposes.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Certain of our derivative instruments qualify and are designated as cash flow hedges. For cash flow hedges, changes in the fair values of the derivative instruments are recorded in AOCI, to the extent effective at offsetting changes in the hedged item, until earnings are affected by the hedged item. We discontinue cash flow hedge accounting if occurrence of the forecasted transaction is determined to be no longer probable. Hedge accounting is also discontinued for derivatives that cease to be highly effective. We do not designate our commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments as hedges under GAAP. Changes in the fair values of these derivative instruments are reflected in net income. Gains and losses on substantially all of the commodity derivative instruments used by Utilities are included in regulatory assets or liabilities because it is probable such gains or losses will be recoverable from, or refundable to, customers. From time to time, we also enter into net investment hedges. Gains and losses on net investment hedges that relate to our foreign operations are included in the cumulative translation adjustment component in AOCI until such foreign net investment is substantially sold or liquidated.
Cash flows from derivative instruments, other than certain cross-currency swaps and net investment hedges, if any, are included in cash flows from operating activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. Cash flows from the interest portion of our cross-currency hedges, if any, are included in cash flows from operating activities while cash flows from the currency portion of such hedges, if any, are included in cash flows from financing activities. Cash flows from net investment hedges, if any, are included in cash flows from investing activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
For a more detailed description of the derivative instruments we use, our accounting for derivatives, our objectives for using them and other information, see Note 12.
Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses and costs. These estimates are based on management’s knowledge of current events, historical experience and various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Accordingly, actual results may be different from these estimates and assumptions.
Goodwill. We do not amortize goodwill, but test it at least annually for impairment at the reporting unit level. A reporting unit is an operating segment, or one level below an operating segment (a component) if it constitutes a business for which discrete financial information is available and regularly reviewed by segment management. Components are aggregated into a single reporting unit if they have similar economic characteristics. Each of our reporting units with goodwill is required to perform impairment tests annually or whenever events or circumstances indicate that the value of goodwill may be impaired.
During the quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Company identified interim impairment indicators related to goodwill within the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit: (1) AmeriGas Partners issued $500 of Senior Notes at an interest rate of 9.375%, which was significantly higher than the interest rates on the other AmeriGas Propane debt obligations; and (2) financial projections for the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit were reduced significantly compared to previous forecasts following declines in gross margins and customer retention and higher operating expenses. The Company concluded that these events constituted triggering events that indicate that the AmeriGas Propane goodwill may be impaired and, as such, performed an interim impairment test of its goodwill as of May 31, 2023.
Using level 3 inputs, we performed a quantitative assessment of the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit using a weighting of the income and market approaches to determine its fair value. With respect to the income approach, management used a discounted cash flow (“DCF”) method, using unobservable inputs. The significant assumptions in our DCF model include projected gross margin, terminal growth rates, and a discount rate (and estimates in the discount rate inputs). With respect to the market approach, management used recent transaction market multiples for similar companies in the U.S. The resulting estimates of fair value from the income approach and the market approach were then weighted equally in determining the overall estimated fair value of AmeriGas Propane.
Based on our evaluation, the estimated fair value of the reporting unit was determined to be less than its carrying value. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $656, included in “Impairment of goodwill” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income, to reduce the carrying value of AmeriGas Propane to its fair value. The Company calculated the deferred tax effect using the simultaneous equation method.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
The performance of the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit and the potential for future developments in the global economic environment, including the prospect of higher interest rates, introduces a heightened risk for additional impairment in the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit. If there is continued deterioration in the results of operations, a portion or all of the remaining recorded goodwill for the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit, which was $1.3 billion as of June 30, 2023, could be subject to further impairment.
Impairment testing for long-lived assets (or an asset group) and definite lived intangible assets is required when circumstances indicate that such assets may be impaired. The impairment of AmeriGas Propane’s goodwill during the quarter ended June 30, 2023, was determined to be a triggering event requiring an interim impairment analysis of AmeriGas Propane’s long-lived and definite lived intangible assets. Accordingly, the Company performed a recoverability test of AmeriGas Propane’s long-lived assets, including right-of-use (“ROU”) assets and definite lived intangible assets, as of May 31, 2023, using estimated undiscounted cash flow projections expected to be generated over the remaining useful life of the primary asset of the asset group at the lowest level with identifiable cash flows that are independent of other assets. Based on the recoverability test performed, we determined that (1) AmeriGas Propane’s long-lived assets, including ROU assets and definite lived intangible assets, were recoverable and, as such, no impairment charges were recorded; and (2) no adjustments to the remaining useful lives were necessary.
Note 3 — Accounting Changes
New Accounting Standard Adopted in Fiscal 2023
Debt and Derivatives and Hedging. Effective October 1, 2022, the Company adopted ASU 2020-06, “Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40).” The amendments in this ASU affect entities that issue convertible instruments and/or contracts indexed to and potentially settled in an entity’s own equity. This ASU reduces the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible preferred stock, expands disclosure requirements for convertible instruments, and simplifies the related earnings per share guidance. We adopted this ASU using the modified retrospective transition method and applied the new guidance to applicable features of our Equity Units. Periods prior to October 1, 2022 have not been restated.
Upon adoption, we reclassified $6 from Common Stock to Preferred Stock associated with the previously separated equity-classified beneficial conversion feature, which was accounted for as a deemed dividend. The increase to Preferred Stock was partially offset by an increase of $1 to opening retained earnings for the previously recognized non-cash amortization of the beneficial conversion feature. The ASU 2020-06 also removes the presumption of cash settlement for contracts that may be settled in cash or shares. In accordance with the new guidance, we included the dilutive impact of the quarterly contract adjustment payment liability associated with the 2024 Purchase Contracts, which may be settled in cash or shares, in our computation of weighted average diluted common shares outstanding. The adoption of the new guidance did not, and is not expected to, have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Note 4 — Revenue from Contracts with Customers
The Company recognizes revenue when control of promised goods or services is transferred to customers in an amount that reflects the consideration to which we expect to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. See Note 4 in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report for additional information on our revenues from contracts with customers.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Revenue Disaggregation
The following tables present our disaggregated revenues by reportable segment:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Total | Eliminations (a) | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from contracts with customers: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Market: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential | $ | 151 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 151 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial & Industrial | 60 | — | — | — | — | 60 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large delivery service | 39 | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Off-system sales and capacity releases | 7 | (7) | — | — | — | 14 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 8 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Utility | 265 | (7) | — | — | — | 272 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-Utility: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LPG: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retail | 799 | — | 423 | 376 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wholesale | 76 | — | 24 | 52 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy Marketing | 336 | (14) | — | 156 | 194 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Midstream: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipeline | 58 | — | — | — | 58 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peaking | 1 | (5) | — | — | 6 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 3 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electricity Generation | 17 | — | — | — | 17 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 65 | — | 47 | 18 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Non-Utility | 1,355 | (19) | 494 | 602 | 278 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues from contracts with customers | 1,620 | (26) | 494 | 602 | 278 | 272 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenues (b)(c) | 39 | 1 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 1,659 | $ | (25) | $ | 514 | $ | 611 | $ | 279 | $ | 278 | $ | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Total | Eliminations (a) | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from contracts with customers: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Market: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential | $ | 140 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 140 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial & Industrial | 57 | — | — | — | — | 57 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large delivery service | 38 | — | — | — | — | 38 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Off-system sales and capacity releases | 9 | (24) | — | — | — | 33 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 5 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Utility | 249 | (24) | — | — | — | 273 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-Utility: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LPG: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retail | 880 | — | 478 | 402 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wholesale | 107 | — | 48 | 59 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy Marketing | 631 | (70) | — | 246 | 455 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Midstream: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipeline | 53 | — | — | — | 53 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peaking | 9 | (5) | — | — | 14 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electricity Generation | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 72 | — | 51 | 21 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Non-Utility | 1,755 | (75) | 577 | 728 | 525 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues from contracts with customers | 2,004 | (99) | 577 | 728 | 525 | 273 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenues (b) | 29 | — | 20 | 10 | — | 1 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 2,033 | $ | (99) | $ | 597 | $ | 738 | $ | 525 | $ | 274 | $ | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Total | Eliminations (a) | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from contracts with customers: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Market: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential | $ | 911 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 911 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial & Industrial | 369 | — | — | — | — | 369 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large delivery service | 139 | — | — | — | — | 139 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Off-system sales and capacity releases | 84 | (68) | — | — | — | 152 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 34 | (1) | — | — | — | 35 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Utility | 1,537 | (69) | — | — | — | 1,606 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-Utility: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LPG: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retail | 3,243 | — | 1,812 | 1,431 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wholesale | 287 | — | 120 | 167 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy Marketing | 1,854 | (130) | — | 755 | 1,229 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Midstream: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pipeline | 189 | — | — | — | 189 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peaking | 28 | (102) | — | — | 130 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 10 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electricity Generation | 27 | — | — | — | 27 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 207 | — | 151 | 56 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Non-Utility | 5,845 | (232) | 2,083 | 2,409 | 1,585 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues from contracts with customers | 7,382 | (301) | 2,083 | 2,409 | 1,585 | 1,606 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenues (b)(c) | 142 | (1) | 64 | 27 | 1 | 38 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 7,524 | $ | (302) | $ | 2,147 | $ | 2,436 | $ | 1,586 | $ | 1,644 | $ | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Total | Eliminations (a) | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from contracts with customers: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utility: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core Market: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residential | $ | 774 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 774 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commercial & Industrial | 318 | — | — | — | — | 318 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Large delivery service | 135 | — | — | — | — | 135 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Off-system sales and capacity releases | 65 | (86) | — | — | — | 151 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 17 | (1) | — | — | — | 18 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Utility | 1,309 | (87) | — | — | — | 1,396 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Retail | 3,684 | — | 2,032 | 1,652 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wholesale | 401 | — | 172 | 229 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Energy Marketing | 2,254 | (206) | — | 1,045 | 1,415 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pipeline | 149 | — | — | — | 149 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Peaking | 38 | (101) | — | — | 139 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 6 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electricity Generation | 20 | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other | 221 | — | 163 | 58 | — | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total Non-Utility | 6,773 | (307) | 2,367 | 2,984 | 1,729 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues from contracts with customers | 8,082 | (394) | 2,367 | 2,984 | 1,729 | 1,396 | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other revenues (b) | 90 | (2) | 56 | 27 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total revenues | $ | 8,172 | $ | (396) | $ | 2,423 | $ | 3,011 | $ | 1,731 | $ | 1,400 | $ | 3 |
(a)Includes intersegment revenues principally among Midstream & Marketing, Utilities and AmeriGas Propane.
(b)Primarily represents revenues from tank rentals at AmeriGas Propane and UGI International, revenues from certain gathering assets at Midstream & Marketing, revenues from alternative revenue programs at Utilities and gains and losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions reflected in Corporate & Other, none of which are within the scope of ASC 606 and are accounted for in accordance with other GAAP.
(c)Includes the impact of the weather normalization adjustment rider, a five-year pilot program beginning on November 1, 2022 for PA Gas Utility. See Note 7 for additional information.
Contract Balances
The timing of revenue recognition may differ from the timing of invoicing to customers or cash receipts. Contract assets represent our right to consideration after the performance obligations have been satisfied when such right is conditioned on something other than the passage of time. Contract assets were not material for all periods presented. Substantially all of our receivables are unconditional rights to consideration and are included in “Accounts receivable” and, in the case of Utilities, “Accrued utility revenues” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. Amounts billed are generally due within the following month.
Contract liabilities arise when payment from a customer is received before the performance obligations have been satisfied and represent the Company’s obligations to transfer goods or services to a customer for which we have received consideration. The balances of contract liabilities were $133, $164 and $128 at June 30, 2023, September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, respectively, and are included in “Other current liabilities” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Revenues recognized for the nine months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, from the amounts included in contract liabilities at September 30, 2022 and 2021, were $118 and $117, respectively.
Remaining Performance Obligations
The Company excludes disclosures related to the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to certain performance obligations that are unsatisfied as of the end of the reporting period because these contracts have an initial expected term of one year or less, or we have a right to bill the customer in an amount that corresponds directly with the value of services provided to the customer to date. Certain contracts with customers at Midstream & Marketing and Utilities contain minimum future performance obligations through 2047 and 2053, respectively. At June 30, 2023, Midstream & Marketing and Utilities expect to record approximately $2.2 billion and $0.2 billion of revenues, respectively, related to the minimum future performance obligations over the remaining terms of the related contracts.
Note 5 — Dispositions and Acquisition
UGI International Energy Marketing Businesses
Sale of U.K. Energy Marketing Business. On October 21, 2022, UGI International, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, sold its natural gas marketing business located in the U.K. for a net cash payment of $19 which includes certain working capital adjustments. In conjunction with the sale, during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023, the Company recorded a pre-tax loss of $215 ($151 after-tax) substantially all of which loss was due to the non-cash transfer of commodity derivative instruments associated with the business. At the date of closing of the sale, these commodity derivative instruments had a net carrying value of $206 which is attributable to net unrealized gains on such instruments. At September 30, 2022, these derivative instruments were classified as held for sale assets and liabilities on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet and had a net carrying value of $276. The change in the carrying value of these derivative instruments between September 30, 2022 and October 21, 2022 resulted from changes in their fair values during that period.
Other UGI International Energy Marketing Businesses. In November 2022, the Company announced that it expected to sign a definitive agreement during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023 to sell its energy marketing business in France. In December 2022, the Company announced that it no longer expected to sign such agreement as extended negotiations with the potential buyer had been discontinued.
During the first quarter of Fiscal 2023, the Company recorded a $19 pre-tax impairment charge to reduce the carrying values of certain assets associated with its energy marketing business in the Netherlands, comprising property, plant and equipment and intangible assets. The impairment charge is reflected in “Operating and administrative expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income and included in the UGI International reportable segment.
On July 8, 2023, UGI International, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a definitive agreement to sell a substantial portion of its energy marketing business located in Belgium, principally comprising customer contracts and prepaid broker fees. The assets associated with the pending sale were not material at June 30, 2023 and have been classified as “Held for sale assets” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2023. The initially estimated cash proceeds, less a payment to the buyer, on or subsequent to the closing date, pursuant to the definitive agreement is not expected to be material. The cash payment to buyer is equal to an agreed upon portion of the fair value, as of the closing date, of associated derivative commodity hedge contracts currently held by UGI International. The closing of the pending sale is subject to regulatory and other third-party approvals and is expected to occur during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2023.
On August 1, 2023, UGI International, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a definitive agreement to sell a substantial portion of its energy marketing business located in France, principally comprising customer contracts, energy certificates and substantially all of its derivative commodity hedge contracts, for an initially estimated net cash payment to the buyer of €23. This initially estimated closing date payment is subject to adjustments relating to, among other things, the actual date of closing, the fair value of derivative commodity hedge contracts currently held by the Company but not subject to transfer to the buyer, and conditions associated with certain customer contracts. The effects of these adjustments will be settled on, or subsequent to, the closing date. The closing of the pending sale is subject to regulatory and other third-party approvals and is expected to occur during the first quarter of Fiscal 2024.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
The assets and liabilities associated with the energy marketing business in France, principally comprising the fair values of substantially all of its derivative commodity hedge contracts, have been classified as “Held for sale assets” and “Held for sale liabilities” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2023. The net fair value of these derivative commodity hedge contracts at June 30, 2023 was an asset of $10.
The amount of the gain or loss to be recognized upon the closing of these transactions will depend, in large part, on the fair values of the associated derivative commodity hedge contracts as of the respective dates of closing. The Company’s policy for the recognition of impairment charges is limited to the disposal group’s long-lived assets related to held for sale. The Company did not recognize any such impairment for the period ended June 30, 2023.
The Company continues to pursue the wind-down of its energy marketing business located in the Netherlands and its remaining natural gas marketing business in France. On July 21, 2023, DVEP signed a definitive agreement to sell a substantial portion of its power purchase agreement portfolio for a net cash payment to the buyer. Such payment is not expected to be material. The closing of the pending sale is subject to regulatory and other third-party approvals and is expected to occur during the first half of Fiscal 2024.
Acquisition of Assets
Stonehenge. On January 27, 2022, UGI, through Energy Services, completed the Stonehenge Acquisition in which Energy Services acquired all of the equity interests in Stonehenge for total cash consideration of approximately $190. The Stonehenge business includes a natural gas gathering system, located in western Pennsylvania, with more than 47 miles of pipeline and associated compression assets. The Stonehenge Acquisition is consistent with our growth strategies, including expanding our midstream natural gas gathering assets within the Appalachian basin production region. The Stonehenge Acquisition was funded using available cash. This transaction has been accounted for as an acquisition of assets, and the purchase price has been primarily allocated to property, plant and equipment. We refer to Stonehenge and its assets as “UGI Moraine East.”
Note 6 — Inventories
Inventories comprise the following:
June 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-utility LPG and natural gas | $ | 189 | $ | 335 | $ | 261 | ||||||||||||||
Gas Utility natural gas | 37 | 166 | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
Energy certificates | 68 | 70 | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
Materials, supplies and other | 116 | 94 | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
Total inventories | $ | 410 | $ | 665 | $ | 496 |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Note 7 — Utility Regulatory Assets and Liabilities and Regulatory Matters
For a description of the Company’s regulatory assets and liabilities, other than those described below, see Note 9 in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report. Other than removal costs, Utilities currently does not recover a rate of return on its regulatory assets listed below. The following regulatory assets and liabilities associated with Utilities are included on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets:
June 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Income taxes recoverable | $ | 95 | $ | 83 | $ | 151 | ||||||||||||||
Underfunded pension plans | 118 | 114 | 103 | |||||||||||||||||
Environmental costs | 28 | 37 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
Deferred fuel and power costs | 30 | 32 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
Removal costs, net | 22 | 22 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||
Other | 57 | 52 | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
Total regulatory assets | $ | 350 | $ | 340 | $ | 371 | ||||||||||||||
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Postretirement benefit overcollections | $ | 10 | $ | 11 | $ | 12 | ||||||||||||||
Deferred fuel and power refunds | 63 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
State tax benefits — distribution system repairs | 40 | 38 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||
Excess federal deferred income taxes | 260 | 279 | 281 | |||||||||||||||||
Other | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||||||||||
Total regulatory liabilities | $ | 376 | $ | 335 | $ | 336 |
(a)Current regulatory assets are included in “Prepaid expenses and other current assets” and regulatory liabilities are included in “Other current liabilities” and “Other noncurrent liabilities” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Deferred fuel and power - costs and refunds. Utilities’ tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of all prudently incurred purchased gas and power costs through the application of PGC rates, PGA rates and DS tariffs. These clauses provide for periodic adjustments to PGC, PGA and DS rates for differences between the total amount of purchased gas and electric generation supply costs collected from customers and recoverable costs incurred. Net undercollected costs are classified as a regulatory asset and net overcollections are classified as a regulatory liability.
The WVPSC, in an effort to mitigate the impact of WV Gas Utility’s 2022 PGA rate increase to customers, delayed the effective date in 2022 from November 1 to December 1 and deferred $12 of unrecovered gas costs in determining the rates to be charged to the various customer classes effective December 1, 2022. Additionally, in order to lower winter bills for residential customers, the WVPSC removed transportation and storage costs from the volumetric rate and created a fixed monthly pipeline demand charge applicable only to residential customers. On April 12, 2023, the WVPSC issued a final Order that increased the PGA rate, which included the unrecovered gas cost balance initially deferred in the interim order, and continued the fixed monthly demand charge for residential customers.
PA Gas Utility uses derivative instruments to reduce volatility in the cost of gas it purchases for retail core-market customers. Realized and unrealized gains or losses on natural gas derivative instruments are included in deferred fuel and power costs or refunds. Net unrealized (losses) gains on such contracts at June 30, 2023, September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022 were $(7), $5 and $7, respectively.
Other Regulatory Matters
UGI Utilities. On January 27, 2023, Electric Utility filed a request with the PAPUC to increase its annual base distribution revenues by $11. The increased revenues would fund ongoing system improvements and operations necessary to maintain safe and reliable electric service. Electric Utility requested that the new electric rates become effective March 28, 2023. The PAPUC issued an order on March 2, 2023, suspending the effective date for the rate increase to allow for investigation and public hearings. On July 14, 2023, a Joint Petition for Approval of Settlement of all issues supported by all active parties was filed
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
with the PAPUC providing for a $9 annual base distribution rate increase for Electric Utility. The Joint Petition is subject to receipt of a recommended decision and a final order of the PAPUC approving the settlement. In accordance with the terms of the Joint Petition, the proposed rate increase will become effective on or before October 1, 2023, or as directed by the PAPUC in the final order. The Company cannot predict the timing or the ultimate outcome of the rate case review process.
On January 28, 2022, PA Gas Utility filed a request with the PAPUC to increase its base operating revenues for residential, commercial and industrial customers by $83 annually. On September 15, 2022, the PAPUC issued a final order approving a settlement providing for a $49 annual base distribution rate increase for PA Gas Utility, through a phased approach, with $38 beginning October 29, 2022 and an additional $11 beginning October 1, 2023. In accordance with the terms of the final order, PA Gas Utility will not be permitted to file a rate case prior to January 1, 2024. Also in accordance with the terms of the final order, PA Gas Utility was authorized to implement a weather normalization adjustment rider as a five-year pilot program beginning on November 1, 2022. Under this rider, when weather deviates from normal by more than 3%, residential and small commercial customer billings for distribution services are adjusted monthly for weather related impacts exceeding the 3% threshold. Additionally, under the terms of the final order, PA Gas Utility was authorized to implement a DSIC once its total property, plant and equipment less accumulated depreciation reached $3,368 (which threshold was achieved in September 2022).
On February 8, 2021, Electric Utility filed a request with the PAPUC to increase its annual base distribution revenues by $9. On October 28, 2021, the PAPUC issued a final Order approving a settlement that permitted Electric Utility, effective November 9, 2021, to increase its base distribution revenues by $6.
Mountaineer. On July 31, 2023, Mountaineer submitted its 2023 IREP filing to the WVPSC requesting recovery of $10 for costs associated with capital investments after December 31, 2022, that total $131, including $67 in calendar year 2024. With new base rates expected to be effective January 1, 2024, revenues from IREP rates would decrease by $12. The filing included capital investments totaling $383 over the 2024 - 2028 period.
On July 28, 2023, Mountaineer submitted its annual PGA filing with the WVPSC. This filing allows the WVPSC to review the prudence of Mountaineer’s incurred gas costs, to review the computation of any over or under collection of gas costs, and to establish a PGA billing rate for the upcoming year. The new PGA billing rate is intended to settle past over or under collections and allows Mountaineer to recover its projected gas costs for the upcoming year.
On March 6, 2023, Mountaineer submitted a base rate case filing with the WVPSC seeking a net revenue increase of $20, which consists of an increase in base rates of $38 and a decrease in the IREP rates of $18 annually to be effective on April 5, 2023. On March 31, 2023, the WVPSC suspended the effective date of the requested rate change increase until January 1, 2024 to allow for a full review of the filing.
On July 29, 2022, Mountaineer submitted its 2022 IREP filing to the WVPSC requesting recovery of costs associated with capital investments totaling $354 over the 2023 - 2027 period, including $64 in calendar year 2023. On November 16, 2022, Mountaineer and the intervening parties submitted a Joint Stipulation and Agreement for Settlement to the WVPSC requesting approval of 2023 IREP revenue of $22 to be charged effective January 1, 2023, which includes the recovery of a $1 under-recovery of 2021 IREP revenue. On December 21, 2022, the WVPSC issued an order approving the Joint Stipulation and Agreement for Settlement as filed.
Note 8 — Debt
AmeriGas Partners Senior Notes. On May 31, 2023, AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas Finance Corp. issued $500 principal amount of 9.375% Senior Notes due May 2028. The 9.375% Senior Notes rank equally with AmeriGas Partners’ existing and future outstanding senior notes. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 9.375% Senior Notes, together with cash on hand, a $150 cash contribution from the Company and other sources of liquidity, were used for the early repayment, pursuant to a tender offer and notice of redemption, of all AmeriGas Partners 5.625% Senior Notes having an aggregate principal balance of $675, plus tender premiums and accrued and unpaid interest. In conjunction with the early repayment of the 5.625% Senior Notes, in June 2023 the Partnership recognized a pre-tax loss of $9 primarily comprising tender premiums and the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs, which is reflected in “Loss on extinguishments of debt” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
The 9.375% Senior Notes are redeemable at the issuers’ option prior to June 2025 at a make whole premium or, on or after June 2025, at a call premium that declines from 4.688% to 0% depending on the year of redemption.
The 9.375% Senior Notes indenture contains customary covenants and default provisions that limit AmeriGas Partners’ ability to, among other things: incur additional indebtedness; create or incur liens; engage in transactions with affiliates; engage in mergers or consolidations or sell all or substantially all of the issuers’ assets; make restricted payments, loans and investments; enter into business combinations and sell assets; and engage in other lines of business.
2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement. Under the 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement, AmeriGas OLP, as borrower, is required to comply with financial covenants related to leverage and interest coverage measured at the Partnership and at AmeriGas OLP. The 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement contains an equity cure provision, which allows AmeriGas OLP’s direct or indirect parent, including UGI and its other subsidiaries, to fund capital contributions to eliminate any EBITDA (as defined in the 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement) shortfalls that would otherwise result in non-compliance with these financial covenants. Each equity cure is eligible to eliminate such EBITDA shortfalls up to four quarters after contribution. We are permitted to use the equity cure provision five times over the course of the Credit Agreement, twice during any rolling four-quarter period, and not in consecutive quarters.
As of March 31, 2023, AmeriGas OLP was in breach of the leverage ratio debt covenant and interest coverage ratio, which it cured with the funds received from UGI. UGI made capital contributions to AmeriGas OLP of $20 and $11 on March 31, 2023 and April 24, 2023, respectively, which in aggregate represented one equity cure in accordance with the 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement. As a result of these capital contributions, AmeriGas OLP and the Partnership were in compliance with all financial covenants after consideration of the equity cure provision as of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023.
UGI also provided an irrevocable letter of support whereby UGI has committed to fund any such EBITDA shortfalls and debt service, if any. Based on the support and the projected EBITDA, AmeriGas OLP is expected to remain in compliance with its financial debt covenants for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, in May 2023, the Company contributed $52 in an equity contribution principally to fund debt service on the senior notes.
UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement. On March 7, 2023, UGI International, LLC and its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, UGI International Holdings B.V., entered into the UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement, a five-year unsecured senior facilities agreement, maturing March 7, 2028, with a consortium of banks. The UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement consists of (1) a €300 variable-rate term loan facility ("Facility A") and (2) a €500 multicurrency revolving credit facility, including a €100 sublimit for swingline loans ("Facility B"). We have designated borrowings under Facility A as a net investment hedge. In connection with the entering into of the UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement, UGI International, LLC paid off in full and terminated the UGI International Credit Facilities Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2018. The net proceeds from the UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement were used to refinance the UGI International Credit Facilities Agreement. Borrowings under the multicurrency revolving credit facility may be used to finance the working capital needs of UGI International, LLC and its subsidiaries and for general corporate purposes.
Borrowings under Facility A bear interest at the euro interbank offered rate plus the applicable margin and borrowings under Facility B bear interest at the daily non-cumulative compounded Reference Rate Terms, as defined in the Agreement, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin for Facility A ranges from 1.70% to 3.35%, and for Facility B from 1.35% to 3.35%, and are dependent on the total net leverage ratio of UGI International, LLC and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis. UGI International, LLC entered into an interest rate swap, effective March 31, 2023, that fixes the underlying market-based interest rate on Facility A at 3.10% through March 2026.
The UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement requires UGI International, LLC to maintain a consolidated net leverage ratio of not more than 3.85 to 1.00, provided the maximum ratio permitted may be increased to 4.25 to 1.00 for two consecutive testing dates following a permitted acquisition.
UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement. On May 12, 2023, Energy Services entered into the second amendment to the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement, which provides that the Term SOFR rate (as defined in the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement) shall replace LIBOR as a reference rate. After giving effect to the second amendment, the UGI Energy Services
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Credit Agreement shall bear interest at a floating rate of, at Energy Services’ option, either (i) Term SOFR plus the Applicable Rate (as defined in the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement) plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10%, or (ii) the base rate plus the applicable margin that is based on the leverage of Energy Services.
Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement. On February 23, 2023, Energy Services entered into the Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement, the first amendment to the Energy Services Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated August 13, 2019. The Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement provides, among other items, that (i) the outstanding principal amount of the loans will be increased by $125 to $800, (ii) the maturity date of the loans shall be extended to February 22, 2030, (iii) Term SOFR (as defined in the Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement) shall replace LIBOR as a reference rate and (iv) borrowings under the Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement shall bear interest at a floating rate of, at Energy Services’ option, either (x) Term SOFR plus the applicable margin plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% or (y) the base rate, as defined in the Agreement, plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin shall be 3.25% per annum for Term SOFR loans and 2.25% per annum for base rate loans. Borrowings under the Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement are payable in equal quarterly installments of $2, commencing in March 2023, with the balance of the principal being due and payable in full at maturity.
The Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement contains customary covenants and default provisions and requires compliance with certain financial covenants including a minimum debt service coverage ratio as defined in the Agreement.
On March 1, 2023, in connection with the Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement, Energy Services terminated and settled its existing interest rate swap derivative instrument associated with the Energy Services Term Loan Credit Agreement at a $32 gain. This gain has been deferred in AOCI and is being amortized to interest expense over the remaining term of the initial interest rate swap ending July 2024. Energy Services entered into a new interest rate swap, effective March 31, 2023, that fixes the underlying market-based interest rate on this variable-rate term loan at 4.53% through September 2026.
UGI Utilities Credit Agreement. On December 13, 2022, UGI Utilities entered into an amendment to the UGI Utilities Credit Agreement, providing for borrowings up to $425 and to replace the use of LIBOR with Term SOFR. Borrowings under the amended UGI Utilities Credit Agreement can be used to finance the working capital needs of UGI Utilities and for general corporate purposes. The UGI Utilities Credit Agreement is scheduled to expire June 2024.
Borrowings under the amended UGI Utilities Credit Agreement bear interest, subject to our election, at a floating rate of either (i) Term SOFR plus the applicable margin plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10% or (ii) the base rate plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin remains unchanged from the original credit agreement.
Mountaineer Credit Agreement. On October 20, 2022, Mountaineer entered into the Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement, with a group of lenders. The Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement amends and restates a previous credit agreement and provides for borrowings up to $150, including a $20 sublimit for letters of credit. Mountaineer may request an increase in the amount of loan commitments to a maximum aggregate amount of $250, subject to certain terms and conditions. Borrowings under the Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement can be used to finance the working capital needs of Mountaineer and for general corporate purposes. The Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement is scheduled to expire in November 2024, with an option to extend the maturity date.
Borrowings under the Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement bear interest, subject to our election, at either (i) the base rate, defined as the highest of (a) the prime rate, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50% and (c) the adjusted Term SOFR rate for a one-month tenor plus 1%, in each case, plus the applicable margin or (ii) the adjusted Term SOFR rate plus the applicable margin. The applicable margin for base rate loans ranges from 0% to 1.25%, and for Term SOFR loans from 1.00% to 2.25%, depending on the debt rating of Mountaineer. The adjusted Term SOFR rate is defined as the Term SOFR reference rate for the selected interest period, plus 0.10% per annum for a one-month interest period, 0.15% per annum for a three-month interest period, or 0.25% per annum for a six-month interest period. The Mountaineer Credit Agreement contains customary covenants and default provisions and requires compliance with certain financial covenants including a maximum leverage ratio and a minimum interest coverage ratio as defined in the agreement.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
UGI Corporation Credit Agreement. On May 12, 2023, the Company entered into the second amendment to the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement, which provides that the Term SOFR rate (as defined in the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement) shall replace LIBOR as a reference rate. After giving effect to the second amendment, the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement shall bear interest at a floating rate of, at the Company’s option, either (i) Term SOFR plus the Applicable Rate (as defined in the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement) plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10%, or (ii) the base rate plus the applicable margin that will be based on the leverage of the Company or credit ratings assigned to certain indebtedness of the Company.
The Company is pursuing the refinancing of the UGI Corporation revolving credit facility, which matures August 1, 2024. The UGI Corporation revolving credit facility contains a leverage ratio debt covenant which the Company was in compliance with as of June 30, 2023, and expects to maintain compliance through the August 1, 2024 maturity date. The Company has other sources of liquidity currently available which would be sufficient to repay the maturing credit facility should a refinancing not be successful.
Note 9 — Commitments and Contingencies
Environmental Matters
UGI Utilities
From the late 1800s through the mid-1900s, UGI Utilities and its former subsidiaries owned and operated a number of MGPs prior to the general availability of natural gas. Some constituents of coal tars and other residues of the manufactured gas process are today considered hazardous substances under the Superfund Law and may be present on the sites of former MGPs. Between 1882 and 1953, UGI Utilities owned the stock of subsidiary gas companies in Pennsylvania and elsewhere and also operated the businesses of some gas companies under agreement. By the early 1950s, UGI Utilities divested all of its utility operations other than certain gas and electric operations. Beginning in 2006 and 2008, UGI Utilities also owned and operated two acquired subsidiaries, with similar histories of owning, and in some cases operating, MGPs in Pennsylvania.
UGI Utilities is subject to a COA with the PADEP to address the remediation of specified former MGP sites in Pennsylvania, which is scheduled to terminate at the end of 2031. In accordance with the COA, UGI Utilities is required to either obtain a certain number of points per calendar year based on defined eligible environmental investigatory and/or remedial activities at the MGPs, or make expenditures for such activities in an amount equal to an annual environmental minimum expenditure threshold. The annual minimum expenditure threshold of the COA is $5. At June 30, 2023, September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, our aggregate estimated accrued liabilities for environmental investigation and remediation costs related to the COA totaled $52, $53 and $51, respectively.
We do not expect the costs for investigation and remediation of hazardous substances at Pennsylvania MGP sites to be material to UGI Utilities’ results of operations because UGI Utilities receives ratemaking recovery of actual environmental investigation and remediation costs associated with the sites covered by the COA. This ratemaking recognition reconciles the accumulated difference between historical costs and rate recoveries with an estimate of future costs associated with the sites. As such, UGI Utilities has recorded an associated regulatory asset for these costs because recovery of these costs from customers is probable (see Note 7).
From time to time, UGI Utilities is notified of sites outside Pennsylvania on which private parties allege MGPs were formerly owned or operated by UGI Utilities or owned or operated by a former subsidiary. Such parties generally investigate the extent of environmental contamination or perform environmental remediation. Management believes that under applicable law, UGI Utilities should not be liable in those instances in which a former subsidiary owned or operated an MGP. There could be, however, significant future costs of an uncertain amount associated with environmental damage caused by MGPs outside Pennsylvania that UGI Utilities directly operated, or that were owned or operated by a former subsidiary of UGI Utilities if a court were to conclude that (1) the subsidiary’s separate corporate form should be disregarded, or (2) UGI Utilities should be considered to have been an operator because of its conduct with respect to its subsidiary’s MGP. Neither the undiscounted nor the accrued liability for environmental investigation and cleanup costs for UGI Utilities’ MGP sites outside Pennsylvania were material for all periods presented.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
AmeriGas Propane
AmeriGas OLP Saranac Lake. In 2008, the NYDEC notified AmeriGas OLP that the NYDEC had placed property purportedly owned by AmeriGas OLP in Saranac Lake, New York on the New York State Registry of Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites. A site characterization study performed by the NYDEC disclosed contamination related to a former MGP. AmeriGas OLP responded to the NYDEC in 2009 to dispute the contention it was a PRP as it did not operate the MGP and appeared to only own a portion of the site. In 2017, the NYDEC communicated to AmeriGas OLP that the NYDEC had previously issued three RODs related to remediation of the site totaling approximately $28 and requested additional information regarding AmeriGas OLP’s purported ownership. AmeriGas OLP renewed its challenge to designation as a PRP and identified potential defenses. The NYDEC subsequently identified a third party PRP with respect to the site.
The NYDEC commenced implementation of the remediation plan in the spring of 2018. Based on our evaluation of the available information as of June 30, 2023, the Partnership has an undiscounted environmental remediation liability of $8 related to the site. Our share of the actual remediation costs could be significantly more or less than the accrued amount.
Other Matters
West Reading, Pennsylvania Explosion. On March 24, 2023, an explosion occurred in West Reading, Pennsylvania which resulted in seven fatalities, significant injuries to eleven others, and extensive property damage to buildings owned by R.M. Palmer, a local chocolate manufacturer, and other neighboring structures. The NTSB, OSHA and the PAPUC are investigating the West Reading incident. On July 18, 2023, the NTSB issued an Investigative Update in its ongoing investigation. That report identifies a fracture in a retired UGI gas service tee and a fracture in a nearby steam system, but it does not address causation of the fractures or the explosion. The NTSB investigative team includes representatives from the Company, the PAPUC, the local fire department and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The Company is cooperating with the investigation. The NTSB may invite other parties to participate.
While the investigation into this incident is still underway and the cause of the explosion has not been determined, the Company has received claims as a result of the explosion and is involved in lawsuits relative to the incident. The Company maintains liability insurance for personal injury, property and casualty damages and believes that third-party claims associated with the explosion, in excess of the Company’s deductible, are recoverable through the Company’s insurance. The Company cannot predict the result of these pending or future claims and legal actions at this time.
In addition to the matters described above, there are other pending claims and legal actions arising in the normal course of our businesses. Although we cannot predict the final results of these pending claims and legal actions, including those described above, we believe, after consultation with counsel, that the final outcome of these matters will not have a material effect on our financial statements.
Note 10 — Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement Plans
The Company maintains defined benefit pension plans and other postretirement plans for certain current and former employees. The service cost component of our pension and other postretirement plans, net of amounts capitalized, is reflected in “Operating and administrative expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. The non-service cost components, net of amounts capitalized by Utilities as a regulatory asset, are reflected in “Other non-operating income (expense), net” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income. Other postretirement benefit cost was not material for all periods presented.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Net periodic pension benefit includes the following components:
Pension Benefits | ||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
Service cost | $ | 2 | $ | 4 | ||||||||||
Interest cost | 9 | 6 | ||||||||||||
Expected return on assets | (11) | (12) | ||||||||||||
Amortization of: | ||||||||||||||
Actuarial (gain) loss | (1) | 2 | ||||||||||||
Net benefit | $ | (1) | $ | — | ||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
Service cost | $ | 7 | $ | 12 | ||||||||||
Interest cost | 26 | 19 | ||||||||||||
Expected return on plan assets | (34) | (37) | ||||||||||||
Amortization of: | ||||||||||||||
Actuarial (gain) loss | (2) | 6 | ||||||||||||
Net benefit | $ | (3) | $ | — |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Note 11 — Fair Value Measurements
Recurring Fair Value Measurements
The following table presents, on a gross basis, our financial assets and liabilities, including both current and noncurrent portions, that are measured at fair value on a recurring basis within the fair value hierarchy:
Asset (Liability) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2023: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts (c) | $ | 146 | $ | 111 | $ | — | $ | 257 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | — | $ | 18 | $ | — | $ | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | — | $ | 30 | $ | — | $ | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts (c) | $ | (242) | $ | (224) | $ | — | $ | (466) | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | — | $ | (4) | $ | — | $ | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | — | $ | (4) | $ | — | $ | (4) | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a) | $ | 40 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
September 30, 2022: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts (b) | $ | 938 | $ | 1,268 | $ | 27 | $ | 2,233 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | — | $ | 119 | $ | — | $ | 119 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | — | $ | 66 | $ | — | $ | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts (b) | $ | (377) | $ | (136) | $ | — | $ | (513) | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | — | $ | (2) | $ | — | $ | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a) | $ | 43 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
June 30, 2022: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivative instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | $ | 816 | $ | 1,149 | $ | — | $ | 1,965 | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | — | $ | 59 | $ | — | $ | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | — | $ | 44 | $ | — | $ | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
Liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | $ | (324) | $ | (37) | $ | — | $ | (361) | ||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | — | $ | (2) | $ | — | $ | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||
Non-qualified supplemental postretirement grantor trust investments (a) | $ | 46 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 46 |
(a)Consists primarily of mutual fund investments held in grantor trusts associated with non-qualified supplemental retirement plans.
(b)Includes derivative assets and liabilities associated with the October 2022 sale of the U.K. energy marketing business classified as held for sale (see Note 5).
(c)Includes derivative assets and liabilities associated with certain UGI International energy marketing businesses classified as held for sale (see Note 5).
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
The fair values of our Level 1 exchange-traded commodity futures and option contracts and non-exchange-traded commodity futures and forward contracts are based upon actively quoted market prices for identical assets and liabilities. Substantially all of the remaining derivative instruments are designated as Level 2. The fair values of certain non-exchange-traded commodity derivatives designated as Level 2 are based upon indicative price quotations available through brokers, industry price publications or recent market transactions and related market indicators. The fair values of our Level 2 interest rate contracts and foreign currency contracts are based upon third-party quotes or indicative values based on recent market transactions. The fair values of our Level 3 natural gas commodity contracts at September 30, 2022 attributable to our UGI International operations have been determined using unobservable inputs in an illiquid market and ranged from $7 to $27 given the available inputs considered. The fair values of investments held in grantor trusts are derived from quoted market prices as substantially all of the investments in these trusts have active markets.
Nonrecurring Fair Value Measurements
During the quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Company performed an interim goodwill impairment test for its AmeriGas Propane reporting unit, which resulted in a non-cash pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $656 to reduce the carrying value of AmeriGas Propane to its fair value as of May 31, 2023. See Note 2 for further information on the results of the impairment test including the key assumptions used to determine the fair value of the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit.
Other Financial Instruments
The carrying amounts of other financial instruments included in current assets and current liabilities (except for current maturities of long-term debt) approximate their fair values because of their short-term nature. We estimate the fair value of long-term debt by using current market rates and by discounting future cash flows using rates available for similar type debt (Level 2). The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our long-term debt (including current maturities but excluding unamortized debt issuance costs) were as follows:
June 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Carrying amount | $ | 6,682 | $ | 6,665 | $ | 6,483 | |||||||||||
Estimated fair value | $ | 6,318 | $ | 6,189 | $ | 6,145 |
Financial instruments other than derivative instruments, such as short-term investments and trade accounts receivable, could expose us to concentrations of credit risk. We limit credit risk from short-term investments by investing only in investment-grade commercial paper, money market mutual funds, securities guaranteed by the U.S. Government or its agencies and FDIC insured bank deposits. The credit risk arising from concentrations of trade accounts receivable is limited because we have a large customer base that extends across many different U.S. markets and a number of foreign countries. For information regarding concentrations of credit risk associated with our derivative instruments, see Note 12.
Note 12 — Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities
We are exposed to certain market risks related to our ongoing business operations. Management uses derivative financial and commodity instruments, among other things, to manage: (1) commodity price risk; (2) interest rate risk; and (3) foreign currency exchange rate risk. Although we use derivative financial and commodity instruments to reduce market risk associated with forecasted transactions, we do not use derivative financial and commodity instruments for speculative or trading purposes. The use of derivative instruments is controlled by our risk management and credit policies, which govern, among other things, the derivative instruments we can use, counterparty credit limits and contract authorization limits. Although our commodity derivative instruments extend over a number of years, a significant portion of our commodity derivative instruments economically hedge commodity price risk during the next twelve months. For information on the accounting for our derivative instruments, see Note 2.
The following sections summarize the types of derivative instruments used by the Company to manage these market risks.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Commodity Price Risk
Regulated Utility Operations
Natural Gas
PA Gas Utility’s tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of all prudently incurred costs of natural gas it sells to retail core-market customers, including the cost of financial instruments used to hedge purchased gas costs. As permitted and agreed to by the PAPUC pursuant to PA Gas Utility’s annual PGC filings, PA Gas Utility currently uses NYMEX natural gas futures and option contracts to reduce commodity price volatility associated with a portion of the natural gas it purchases for its retail core-market customers. See Note 7 for further information on the regulatory accounting treatment for these derivative instruments.
Non-utility Operations
LPG
In order to manage market price risk associated with the Partnership’s fixed-price programs and to reduce the effects of short-term commodity price volatility, the Partnership uses over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments, principally price swap contracts. In addition, the Partnership and our UGI International operations also use over-the-counter price swap and option contracts to reduce commodity price volatility associated with a portion of their forecasted LPG purchases.
Natural Gas
In order to manage market price risk relating to fixed-price sales contracts for physical natural gas, Midstream & Marketing enters into NYMEX and over-the-counter natural gas futures and over-the-counter and ICE natural gas basis swap contracts. In addition, Midstream & Marketing uses NYMEX and over-the-counter futures and options contracts to economically hedge price volatility associated with the gross margin derived from the purchase and anticipated later near-term sale of natural gas storage inventories. Outside of the financial market, Midstream & Marketing also uses ICE and over-the-counter forward physical contracts. UGI International also uses natural gas futures and forward contracts to economically hedge market price risk associated with a substantial portion of anticipated volumes under fixed-price sales contracts with its customers.
Electricity
In order to manage market price risk relating to fixed-price sales contracts for electricity, Midstream & Marketing enters into electricity futures and forward contracts. Midstream & Marketing also uses NYMEX and over-the-counter electricity futures contracts to economically hedge the price of a portion of its anticipated future sales of electricity from its electric generation facilities. UGI International also uses electricity futures and forward contracts to economically hedge market price risk associated with fixed-price sales and purchase contracts for electricity.
Interest Rate Risk
Certain of our long-term debt agreements have interest rates that are generally indexed to short-term market interest rates. In order to fix the underlying short-term market interest rates, we may enter into pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swap agreements and designate such swaps as cash flow hedges.
The remainder of our long-term debt is typically issued at fixed rates of interest. As this long-term debt matures, we typically refinance such debt with new debt having interest rates reflecting then-current market conditions. In order to reduce market rate risk on the underlying benchmark rate of interest associated with near- to medium-term forecasted issuances of fixed-rate debt, from time to time, we enter into IRPAs. We account for IRPAs as cash flow hedges. There were no unsettled IRPAs during any of the periods presented. At June 30, 2023, the amount of pre-tax net gains associated with interest rate hedges expected to be reclassified into earnings during the next twelve months is $49.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
Forward Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts
In order to reduce the volatility in net income associated with our foreign operations, principally as a result of changes in the USD exchange rate to the euro and British pound sterling, we enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. We layer in these foreign currency exchange contracts over multi-year periods to eventually equal approximately 90% of anticipated UGI International foreign currency earnings before income taxes. Because these contracts are not designated as hedging instruments, realized and unrealized gains and losses on these contracts are recorded in “Other non-operating income (expense), net,” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
Net Investment Hedges
From time to time, we also enter into certain forward foreign currency exchange contracts to reduce the volatility of the USD value of a portion of our UGI International euro-denominated net investments, including anticipated foreign currency denominated dividends. We account for these foreign currency exchange contracts as net investment hedges and all changes in the fair value of these contracts are reported in the cumulative translation adjustment component in AOCI. We use the spot rate method to measure ineffectiveness of our net investment hedges.
Concurrent with the repayment of UGI International’s 3.25% Senior Notes on December 7, 2021, we settled an associated net investment hedge having a notional value of €93. Additionally, in May 2022, we restructured certain net investment hedges associated with anticipated foreign currency denominated dividends. Cash flows from these settlements are included in cash flows from investing activities on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows.
Our euro-denominated long-term debt has also been designated as net investment hedges, representing a portion of our UGI International euro-denominated net investment. We recognized pre-tax (losses) gains associated with these net investment hedges in the cumulative translation adjustment component in AOCI of $(7) and $41 during the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively, and $(80) and $75 during the nine months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Quantitative Disclosures Related to Derivative Instruments
The following table summarizes by derivative type the gross notional amounts related to open derivative contracts at June 30, 2023, September 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022, and the final settlement dates of the Company's open derivative contracts as of June 30, 2023, but excluding those derivatives that qualified for the NPNS exception:
Notional Amounts (in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Type | Units | Settlements Extending Through | June 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity Price Risk: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regulated Utility Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PA Gas Utility NYMEX natural gas futures and option contracts | Dekatherms | February 2024 | 24 | 19 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Non-utility Operations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
LPG swaps | Gallons | September 2025 | 734 | 874 | 669 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Natural gas futures, forward, basis swap, options and pipeline contracts (a) | Dekatherms | October 2027 | 357 | 363 | 353 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Electricity forward and futures contracts | Kilowatt hours | December 2026 | 1,586 | 2,446 | 2,621 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest Rate Risk: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps | Euro | March 2026 | € | 300 | € | 300 | € | 300 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate swaps | USD | September 2026 | $ | 1,274 | $ | 1,358 | $ | 1,411 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Forward foreign currency exchange contracts | USD | September 2026 | $ | 434 | $ | 465 | $ | 435 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment hedge forward foreign exchange contracts | Euro | December 2026 | € | 256 | € | 411 | € | 411 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a)Amounts at June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 include contracts associated with certain UGI International energy marketing businesses classified as held for sale (see Note 5).
Derivative Instrument Credit Risk
We are exposed to risk of loss in the event of nonperformance by our derivative instrument counterparties. Our derivative instrument counterparties principally comprise large energy companies and major U.S. and international financial institutions. We maintain credit policies with regard to our counterparties that we believe reduce overall credit risk. These policies include evaluating and monitoring our counterparties’ financial condition, including their credit ratings, and entering into agreements with counterparties that govern credit limits or entering into netting agreements that allow for offsetting counterparty receivable and payable balances for certain financial transactions, as deemed appropriate.
We have concentrations of credit risk associated with derivative instruments and we evaluate the creditworthiness of our derivative counterparties on an ongoing basis. As of June 30, 2023, the maximum amount of loss, based upon the gross fair values of the derivative instruments, we would incur if these counterparties failed to perform according to the terms of their contracts was $305. In general, many of our over-the-counter derivative instruments and all exchange contracts call for the posting of collateral by the counterparty or by the Company in the forms of letters of credit, parental guarantees or cash. At June 30, 2023, we had received cash collateral from derivative instrument counterparties totaling $36. In addition, we may have offsetting derivative liabilities and certain accounts payable balances with certain of these counterparties, which further mitigates the previously mentioned maximum amount of losses. Certain of the Partnership’s derivative contracts have credit-risk-related contingent features that may require the posting of additional collateral in the event of a downgrade of the
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Partnership’s debt rating. At June 30, 2023, if the credit-risk-related contingent features were triggered, the amount of collateral required to be posted would not be material.
Offsetting Derivative Assets and Liabilities
Derivative assets and liabilities are presented net by counterparty on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets if the right of offset exists. We offset amounts recognized for the right to reclaim cash collateral or the obligation to return cash collateral against amounts recognized for derivative instruments executed with the same counterparty. Our derivative instruments include both those that are executed on an exchange through brokers and centrally cleared and over-the-counter transactions. Exchange contracts utilize a financial intermediary, exchange or clearinghouse to enter, execute or clear the transactions. Over-the-counter contracts are bilateral contracts that are transacted directly with a third party. Certain over-the-counter and exchange contracts contain contractual rights of offset through master netting arrangements, derivative clearing agreements and contract default provisions. In addition, the contracts are subject to conditional rights of offset through counterparty nonperformance, insolvency or other conditions.
In general, many of our over-the-counter transactions and all exchange contracts are subject to collateral requirements. Types of collateral generally include cash or letters of credit. Cash collateral paid by us to our over-the-counter derivative counterparties, if any, is reflected in the table below to offset derivative liabilities. Cash collateral received by us from our over-the-counter derivative counterparties, if any, is reflected in the table below to offset derivative assets. Certain other accounts receivable and accounts payable balances recognized on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets with our derivative counterparties are not included in the table below but could reduce our net exposure to such counterparties because such balances are subject to master netting or similar arrangements.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
The following table presents the Company’s derivative assets and liabilities by type, as well as the effects of offsetting:
June 30, 2023 | September 30, 2022 | June 30, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
Derivative assets: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | 6 | $ | 57 | $ | 28 | ||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | 30 | 66 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
36 | 123 | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives subject to PGC and DS mechanisms: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | 11 | 31 | 30 | |||||||||||||||||
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts (a) | 246 | 2,202 | 1,935 | |||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | 12 | 62 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||
258 | 2,264 | 1,966 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total derivative assets — gross | 305 | 2,418 | 2,068 | |||||||||||||||||
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheet | (134) | (295) | (226) | |||||||||||||||||
Cash collateral received | (36) | (398) | (659) | |||||||||||||||||
Total derivative assets — net | $ | 135 | $ | 1,725 | $ | 1,183 | ||||||||||||||
Derivative liabilities: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | (4) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||
Derivatives subject to PGC and DS mechanisms: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | (18) | (26) | (23) | |||||||||||||||||
Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts (a) | (448) | (487) | (338) | |||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | (4) | (2) | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
(452) | (489) | (340) | ||||||||||||||||||
Total derivative liabilities — gross | (474) | (515) | (363) | |||||||||||||||||
Gross amounts offset in the balance sheet | 134 | 295 | 226 | |||||||||||||||||
Cash collateral pledged | 137 | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||||||||
Total derivative liabilities — net | $ | (203) | $ | (213) | $ | (124) |
(a)Amounts at June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022 include contracts associated with certain UGI International energy marketing businesses classified as held for sale (see Note 5).
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Effects of Derivative Instruments
The following tables provide information on the effects of derivative instruments on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income and changes in AOCI:
Three Months Ended June 30,: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI | Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income | Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash Flow Hedges: | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | 32 | $ | 11 | $ | 14 | $ | (4) | Interest expense | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Investment Hedges: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | (5) | $ | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: | 2023 | 2022 | Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | $ | 1 | $ | (6) | Revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | (224) | 466 | Cost of sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | (10) | 6 | Other operating income, net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | (2) | 17 | Other non-operating income (expense), net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | (235) | $ | 483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30,: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain (Loss) Recognized in AOCI | Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income | Location of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from AOCI into Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cash Flow Hedges: | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest rate contracts | $ | 15 | $ | 59 | $ | 28 | $ | (17) | Interest expense | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Net Investment Hedges: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | $ | (28) | $ | 34 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivatives Not Designated as Hedging Instruments: | 2023 | 2022 | Location of Gain (Loss) Recognized in Income | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | $ | 11 | $ | (5) | Revenues | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | (1,893) | 792 | Cost of sales | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commodity contracts | (5) | 6 | Other operating income, net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency contracts | (36) | 32 | Other non-operating income (expense), net | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | (1,923) | $ | 825 |
We are also a party to a number of other contracts that have elements of a derivative instrument. However, these contracts qualify for NPNS exception accounting because they provide for the delivery of products or services in quantities that are expected to be used in the normal course of operating our business and the price in these contracts are based on an underlying that is directly associated with the price of the product or service being purchased or sold. These contracts include, among others, binding purchase orders, contracts that provide for the purchase and delivery, or sale, of energy products, and service contracts that require the counterparty to provide commodity storage, transportation or capacity service to meet our normal sales commitments.
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Note 13 — Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
The tables below present changes in AOCI, net of tax:
Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Postretirement Benefit Plans | Derivative Instruments | Foreign Currency | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — March 31, 2023 | $ | 14 | $ | 15 | $ | (270) | $ | (241) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income before reclassification adjustments | — | 22 | 8 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI | (1) | (10) | — | (11) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income attributable to UGI | (1) | 12 | 8 | 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — June 30, 2023 | $ | 13 | $ | 27 | $ | (262) | $ | (222) | ||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Postretirement Benefit Plans | Derivative Instruments | Foreign Currency | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — March 31, 2022 | $ | (14) | $ | 11 | $ | (175) | $ | (178) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments | — | 8 | (106) | (98) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI | — | 3 | — | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to UGI | — | 11 | (106) | (95) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — June 30, 2022 | $ | (14) | $ | 22 | $ | (281) | $ | (273) | ||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Postretirement Benefit Plans | Derivative Instruments | Foreign Currency | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — September 30, 2022 | $ | 14 | $ | 37 | $ | (431) | $ | (380) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income before reclassification adjustments | — | 10 | 169 | 179 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI | (1) | (20) | — | (21) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive (loss) income attributable to UGI | (1) | (10) | 169 | 158 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — June 30, 2023 | $ | 13 | $ | 27 | $ | (262) | $ | (222) | ||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Postretirement Benefit Plans | Derivative Instruments | Foreign Currency | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — September 30, 2021 | $ | (17) | $ | (33) | $ | (90) | $ | (140) | ||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification adjustments | — | 42 | (191) | (149) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Amounts reclassified from AOCI | 3 | 13 | — | 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) attributable to UGI | 3 | 55 | (191) | (133) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AOCI — June 30, 2022 | $ | (14) | $ | 22 | $ | (281) | $ | (273) |
Note 14 — Segment Information
Our operations comprise four reportable segments generally based upon products or services sold, geographic location and regulatory environment: (1) AmeriGas Propane; (2) UGI International; (3) Midstream & Marketing; and (4) Utilities.
Corporate & Other includes certain items that are excluded from our CODM’s assessment of segment performance (see below for further details on these items). Corporate & Other also includes the net expenses of UGI’s captive general liability insurance company, UGI’s corporate headquarters facility and UGI’s unallocated corporate and general expenses as well as interest
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
expense on UGI debt that is not allocated. Corporate & Other assets principally comprise cash and cash equivalents of UGI and its captive insurance company, and UGI corporate headquarters’ assets. The accounting policies of our reportable segments are the same as those described in Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report.
Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Total | Eliminations | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other (a) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from external customers | $ | 1,659 | $ | — | $ | 514 | $ | 611 | $ | 260 | $ | 270 | $ | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | $ | — | $ | (25) | (b) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 19 | $ | 8 | $ | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | $ | 1,104 | $ | (26) | (b) | $ | 251 | $ | 418 | $ | 192 | $ | 118 | $ | 151 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating (loss) income | $ | (732) | $ | — | $ | (8) | $ | 21 | $ | 40 | $ | 32 | $ | (817) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income from equity investees | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (9) | — | — | — | — | — | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-operating income (expense), net | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) earnings before interest expense and income taxes | (739) | — | (8) | 22 | 41 | 34 | (828) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (96) | — | (40) | (10) | (11) | (20) | (15) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes | $ | (835) | $ | — | $ | (48) | $ | 12 | $ | 30 | $ | 14 | $ | (843) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 134 | $ | — | $ | 43 | $ | 30 | $ | 22 | $ | 38 | $ | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures (including the effects of accruals) | $ | 255 | $ | — | $ | 42 | $ | 27 | $ | 40 | $ | 146 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Total | Eliminations | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other (a) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from external customers | $ | 2,033 | $ | — | $ | 597 | $ | 738 | $ | 450 | $ | 250 | $ | (2) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | $ | — | $ | (99) | (b) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 75 | $ | 24 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | $ | 1,361 | $ | (99) | (b) | $ | 370 | $ | 544 | $ | 436 | $ | 121 | $ | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income (loss) | $ | 99 | $ | — | $ | (10) | $ | 22 | $ | 38 | $ | 38 | $ | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from equity investees | (45) | — | — | — | 6 | — | (51) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-operating income, net | 20 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | 14 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings (loss) before interest expense and income taxes | 74 | — | (10) | 26 | 44 | 40 | (26) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (82) | — | (41) | (7) | (11) | (15) | (8) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes | $ | (8) | $ | — | $ | (51) | $ | 19 | $ | 33 | $ | 25 | $ | (34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 130 | $ | — | $ | 44 | $ | 29 | $ | 20 | $ | 37 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures (including the effects of accruals) | $ | 201 | $ | — | $ | 28 | $ | 25 | $ | 9 | $ | 139 | $ | — |
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Total | Eliminations | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other (a) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from external customers | $ | 7,524 | $ | — | $ | 2,147 | $ | 2,436 | $ | 1,354 | $ | 1,575 | $ | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | $ | — | $ | (302) | (b) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 232 | $ | 69 | $ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | $ | 6,358 | $ | (301) | (b) | $ | 1,067 | $ | 1,713 | $ | 1,185 | $ | 873 | $ | 1,821 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating (loss) income | $ | (1,681) | $ | — | $ | 240 | $ | 197 | $ | 249 | $ | 361 | $ | (2,728) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income (loss) from equity investees | 2 | — | — | (2) | 4 | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | (9) | — | — | — | — | — | (9) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-operating (loss) income, net | (25) | — | — | 21 | — | 6 | (52) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) earnings before interest expense and income taxes | (1,713) | — | 240 | 216 | 253 | 367 | (2,789) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (281) | — | (122) | (26) | (33) | (62) | (38) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income before income taxes | $ | (1,994) | $ | — | $ | 118 | $ | 190 | $ | 220 | $ | 305 | $ | (2,827) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 397 | $ | — | $ | 132 | $ | 86 | $ | 65 | $ | 112 | $ | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures (including the effects of accruals) | $ | 647 | $ | — | $ | 93 | $ | 84 | $ | 74 | $ | 396 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of June 30, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 15,243 | $ | (182) | $ | 3,443 | $ | 3,179 | $ | 3,050 | $ | 5,560 | $ | 193 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Total | Eliminations | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corporate & Other (a) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues from external customers | $ | 8,172 | $ | — | $ | 2,423 | $ | 3,011 | $ | 1,424 | $ | 1,313 | $ | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Intersegment revenues | $ | — | $ | (396) | (b) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 307 | $ | 87 | $ | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cost of sales | $ | 4,951 | $ | (394) | (b) | $ | 1,333 | $ | 2,267 | $ | 1,389 | $ | 701 | $ | (345) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 1,363 | $ | — | $ | 303 | $ | 211 | $ | 197 | $ | 325 | $ | 327 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Loss) income from equity investees | (32) | — | — | — | 19 | — | (51) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishments of debt | (11) | — | — | — | — | — | (11) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other non-operating income, net | 41 | — | — | 17 | — | 7 | 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes | 1,361 | — | 303 | 228 | 216 | 332 | 282 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Interest expense | (245) | — | (120) | (22) | (31) | (47) | (25) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Income before income taxes | $ | 1,116 | $ | — | $ | 183 | $ | 206 | $ | 185 | $ | 285 | $ | 257 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization | $ | 387 | $ | — | $ | 132 | $ | 89 | $ | 57 | $ | 108 | $ | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Capital expenditures (including the effects of accruals) | $ | 546 | $ | — | $ | 99 | $ | 71 | $ | 25 | $ | 351 | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
As of June 30, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total assets | $ | 17,111 | $ | (182) | $ | 4,365 | $ | 4,410 | $ | 3,198 | $ | 5,146 | $ | 174 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
(a)Corporate & Other includes specific items attributable to our reportable segments that are not included in the segment profit measures used by our CODM in assessing our reportable segments’ performance or allocating resources. The following table presents such pre-tax gains (losses) which have been included in Corporate & Other, and the reportable segments to which they relate:
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Location on Income Statement | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Revenues | $ | — | $ | 1 | $ | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Cost of sales | $ | (51) | $ | (87) | $ | (14) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Other operating income, net | $ | — | $ | (1) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
AmeriGas operations enhancement for growth project | Operating and administrative expenses | $ | (6) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | Loss on extinguishments of debt | $ | (9) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses on foreign currency derivative instruments | Other non-operating income (expense), net | $ | — | $ | (2) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Loss associated with impairment of AmeriGas Propane goodwill | Impairment of goodwill | $ | (656) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Three Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Location on Income Statement | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains (losses) on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Revenues | $ | — | $ | 2 | $ | (4) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net (losses) gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Cost of sales | $ | (46) | $ | 110 | $ | (51) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Other operating income, net | $ | — | $ | 6 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring costs | Operating and administrative expenses | $ | (1) | $ | (2) | $ | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized gains on foreign currency derivative instruments | Other non-operating income (expense), net | $ | — | $ | 14 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Impairments associated with certain equity method investments | Income (loss) from equity investees | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (50) | |||||||||||||||||||
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2023 | Location on Income Statement | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Revenues | $ | — | $ | 4 | $ | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||
Net losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Cost of sales | $ | (55) | $ | (1,491) | $ | (275) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net losses on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Other operating income, net | $ | — | $ | (4) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | Loss on extinguishments of debt | $ | (9) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses on foreign currency derivative instruments | Other non-operating income (expense), net | $ | — | $ | (52) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
AmeriGas operations enhancement for growth project | Operating and administrative expenses | $ | (19) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Loss on disposal of U.K. energy marketing business | Loss on disposal of U.K. energy marketing business | $ | — | $ | (215) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of assets | Operating and administrative expenses | $ | — | $ | (19) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Loss associated with impairment of AmeriGas Propane goodwill | Impairment of goodwill | $ | (656) | $ | — | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
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Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(unaudited)
(Currency in millions, except per share amounts and where indicated otherwise)
Nine Months Ended June 30, 2022 | Location on Income Statement | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net gains (losses) on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Revenues | $ | — | $ | 7 | $ | (6) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net (losses) gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Cost of sales | $ | (83) | $ | 458 | $ | (29) | |||||||||||||||||||
Net gains on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions | Other operating income, net | $ | — | $ | 6 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring costs | Operating and administrative expenses | $ | (15) | $ | (4) | $ | (1) | |||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishment of debt | Loss on extinguishment of debt | $ | — | $ | (11) | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized gain on foreign currency derivative instruments | Other non-operating income (expense), net | $ | — | $ | 19 | $ | — | |||||||||||||||||||
Impairments associated with certain equity method investments | Income (loss) from equity investees | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (50) |
(b)Represents the elimination of intersegment transactions principally among Midstream & Marketing, Utilities and AmeriGas Propane.
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ITEM 2. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Forward-Looking Statements
Information contained in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Such statements use forward-looking words such as “believe,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “continue,” “estimate,” “expect,” “may,” or other similar words and terms of similar meaning, although not all forward-looking statements contain such words. These statements discuss plans, strategies, events or developments that we expect or anticipate will or may occur in the future. All forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q rely upon the safe harbor protections provided under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
A forward-looking statement may include a statement of the assumptions or bases underlying the forward-looking statement. We believe that we have chosen these assumptions or bases in good faith and that they are reasonable. However, we caution you against relying on any forward-looking statement as these statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to vary from assumed facts or bases, and the differences between actual results and assumed facts or bases can be material, depending on the circumstances. When considering forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind those factors set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report and in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022 as well as the following important factors that could affect our future results and could cause those results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements: (1) weather conditions, including increasingly uncertain weather patterns due to climate change, resulting in reduced demand, the seasonal nature of our business, and disruptions in our operations and supply chain; (2) cost volatility and availability of energy products, including propane and other LPG, electricity, and natural gas, as well as the availability of LPG cylinders, and the capacity to transport product to our customers; (3) changes in domestic and foreign laws and regulations, including safety, health, tax, transportation, consumer protection, data privacy, accounting, and environmental matters, such as regulatory responses to climate change; (4) inability to timely recover costs through utility rate proceedings; (5) the impact of pending and future legal or regulatory proceedings, inquiries or investigations; (6) competitive pressures from the same and alternative energy sources; (7) failure to acquire new customers or retain current customers thereby reducing or limiting any increase in revenues; (8) liability for environmental claims; (9) increased customer conservation measures due to high energy prices and improvements in energy efficiency and technology resulting in reduced demand; (10) adverse labor relations and our ability to address existing or potential workforce shortages; (11) customer, counterparty, supplier, or vendor defaults; (12) liability for uninsured claims and for claims in excess of insurance coverage, including those for personal injury and property damage arising from explosions, acts of war, terrorism, natural disasters, pandemics, and other catastrophic events that may result from operating hazards and risks incidental to generating and distributing electricity and transporting, storing and distributing natural gas and LPG in all forms; (13) transmission or distribution system service interruptions; (14) political, regulatory and economic conditions in the United States, Europe and other foreign countries, including uncertainties related to the war between Russia and Ukraine, the European energy crisis, and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations, particularly the euro; (15) credit and capital market conditions, including reduced access to capital markets and interest rate fluctuations; (16) changes in commodity market prices resulting in significantly higher cash collateral requirements; (17) impacts of our indebtedness and the restrictive covenants in our debt agreements; (18) reduced distributions from subsidiaries impacting the ability to pay dividends or service debt; (19) changes in Marcellus and Utica Shale gas production; (20) the availability, timing and success of our acquisitions, commercial initiatives and investments to grow our businesses; (21) our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and achieve anticipated synergies; (22) the interruption, disruption, failure, malfunction, or breach of our information technology systems, and those of our third-party vendors or service providers, including due to cyber attack; (23) the inability to complete pending or future energy infrastructure projects; (24) our ability to achieve the operational benefits and cost efficiencies expected from the completion of pending and future business transformation initiatives, including the impact of customer service disruptions resulting in potential customer loss due to the transformation activities; (25) our ability to attract, develop, retain and engage key employees; (26) uncertainties related to global pandemics; (27) the impact of proposed or future tax legislation; (28) the impact of declines in the stock market or bond market, and a low interest rate environment, on our pension liability; (29) our ability to protect our intellectual property; and (30) our ability to overcome supply chain issues that may result in delays or shortages in, as well as increased costs of, equipment, materials or other resources that are critical to our business operations.
These factors, and those factors set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in this report and those factors set forth in Item 1A. Risk Factors in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022, are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in any of our forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which such statement is made. We undertake no obligation (and expressly disclaim any obligation) to update publicly any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information or future events, except as required by the federal securities laws.
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ANALYSIS OF RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following analyses compare the Company’s results of operations for the 2023 three-month period with the 2022 three-month period and the 2023 nine-month period with the 2022 nine-month period. Our analysis of results of operations should be read in conjunction with the segment information included in Note 14 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
Because most of our businesses sell or distribute energy products used in large part for heating purposes, our results are significantly influenced by temperatures in our service territories, particularly during the heating-season months of October through March. As a result, our operating results, excluding the effects of gains and losses on derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions as further discussed below, are significantly higher in our first and second fiscal quarters.
Non-GAAP Financial Measures
UGI management uses “adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation” and “adjusted diluted earnings per share,” both of which are non-GAAP financial measures, when evaluating UGI’s overall performance. Management believes that these non-GAAP measures provide meaningful information to investors about UGI’s performance because they eliminate gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions and other significant discrete items that can affect the comparison of period-over-period results.
UGI does not designate its commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments as hedges under GAAP. Volatility in net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation can occur as a result of gains and losses on such derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions. These gains and losses result principally from recording changes in unrealized gains and losses on unsettled commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments and, to a much lesser extent, certain realized gains and losses on settled commodity derivative instruments that are not associated with current-period transactions. However, because these derivative instruments economically hedge anticipated future purchases or sales of energy commodities, or in the case of certain foreign currency derivatives reduce volatility in anticipated future earnings associated with our foreign operations, we expect that such gains or losses will be largely offset by gains or losses on anticipated future energy commodity transactions or mitigate volatility in anticipated future earnings. Non-GAAP financial measures are not in accordance with, or an alternative to, GAAP and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, the comparable GAAP measures.
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The following tables reflect the adjustments referred to above and reconcile net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to adjusted net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation, and reconcile diluted earnings (loss) per share, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to adjusted diluted earnings (loss) per share:
Adjusted net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation | Three Months Ended June 30, | Nine Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in millions) | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AmeriGas Propane | $ | (35) | $ | (37) | $ | 87 | $ | 135 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI International | 13 | 15 | 150 | 161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Midstream & Marketing | 22 | 23 | 165 | 132 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Utilities | 10 | 19 | 234 | 216 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate & Other (a) | (799) | (27) | (2,269) | 185 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net (loss) income attributable to UGI Corporation | (789) | (7) | (1,633) | 829 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net losses (gains) on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions (net of tax of $(36), $5, $(465) and $98, respectively) | 115 | (12) | 1,349 | (255) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses (gains) on foreign currency derivative instruments (net of tax of $(1), $4, $(15) and $5, respectively) | 1 | (10) | 37 | (14) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss associated with impairment of AmeriGas Propane goodwill (net of tax of $4, $0, $4 and $0, respectively) | 660 | — | 660 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishments of debt (net of tax of $(2), $0, $(2) and $(3), respectively) | 7 | — | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition and integration expenses associated with the Mountaineer Acquisition (net of tax of $0, $0, $0 and $0, respectively) | — | — | — | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Business transformation expenses (net of tax of $(1), $(1), $(2) and $(2), respectively) | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AmeriGas operations enhancement for growth project (net of tax of $(2), $0, $(5) and $0, respectively) | 4 | — | 14 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairments associated with certain equity method investments (net of tax of $0, $(14), $0 and $(14), respectively) | — | 36 | — | 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring costs (net of tax of $0, $(1), $0 and $(6), respectively) | — | 4 | — | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on disposal of U.K. energy marketing business (net of tax of $0, $0, $(64) and $0, respectively) | — | — | 151 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of assets (net of tax of $0, $0, $0, and $0, respectively) | — | — | 19 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total adjustments (a) (b) | 788 | 19 | 2,241 | (203) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted net (loss) income attributable to UGI Corporation | $ | (1) | $ | 12 | $ | 608 | $ | 626 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Three Months Ended June 30, | Nine Months Ended June 30, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted diluted earnings per share | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AmeriGas Propane | $ | (0.17) | $ | (0.17) | $ | 0.40 | $ | 0.63 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI International | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.69 | 0.75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Midstream & Marketing | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.76 | 0.61 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Utilities | 0.05 | 0.08 | 1.08 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate & Other (a) | (3.80) | (0.12) | (10.71) | 0.85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Diluted (loss) earnings per share (c) | (3.76) | (0.03) | (7.78) | 3.84 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net losses (gains) on commodity derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions (c) | 0.55 | (0.06) | 6.34 | (1.18) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized losses (gains) on foreign currency derivative instruments | 0.01 | (0.05) | 0.18 | (0.06) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss associated with impairment of AmeriGas Propane goodwill | 3.14 | — | 3.14 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on extinguishments of debt | 0.03 | — | 0.03 | 0.03 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Acquisition and integration expenses associated with the Mountaineer Acquisition | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Business transformation expenses | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
AmeriGas operations enhancement for growth project | 0.02 | — | 0.07 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairments associated with certain equity method investments | — | 0.17 | — | 0.17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Restructuring costs | — | 0.02 | — | 0.08 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss on disposal of U.K. energy marketing business | — | — | 0.72 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Impairment of assets | — | — | 0.09 | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total adjustments (a) | 3.76 | 0.09 | 10.59 | (0.94) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted diluted earnings per share (c) | $ | — | $ | 0.06 | $ | 2.81 | $ | 2.90 |
(a)Corporate & Other includes certain adjustments made to our reporting segments in arriving at net income (loss) attributable to UGI Corporation. These adjustments have been excluded from the segment results to align with the measure used by our CODM in assessing segment performance and allocating resources. See Note 14 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information related to these adjustments, as well as other items included within Corporate & Other.
(b)Income taxes associated with pre-tax adjustments determined using statutory business unit tax rates.
(c)The loss per share for the three months ended June 30, 2022, was determined excluding the effect of 5.67 million dilutive shares as the impact of such shares would have been antidilutive due to the net loss for the period, while the adjusted earnings per share for the three months ended June 30, 2022, was determined based upon fully diluted shares of 215.89 million. The loss per share for the nine months ended June 30, 2023, was determined excluding the effect of 6.22 million dilutive shares as the impact of such shares would have been antidilutive due to the net loss for the period, while the adjusted earnings per share for the nine months ended June 30, 2023, was determined based upon fully diluted shares of 216.03 million.
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EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW
Recent Developments
Impairment of Goodwill. During the quarter ended June 30, 2023, the Company identified interim impairment indicators related to goodwill within the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit: (1) AmeriGas Partners issued $500 million of Senior Notes at an interest rate of 9.375%, which was significantly higher than the interest rates on the other AmeriGas Propane debt obligations; and (2) financial projections for the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit were reduced significantly compared to previous forecasts following declines in gross margins and customer retention and higher operating expenses. The Company concluded that these events constituted triggering events that indicate that the AmeriGas Propane goodwill may be impaired and, as such, performed an interim impairment test of its goodwill as of May 31, 2023.
We performed a quantitative assessment of the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit using a weighting of the income and market approaches to determine its fair value. Based on our evaluation, the estimated fair value of the reporting unit was determined to be less than its carrying value. As a result, the Company recorded a non-cash pre-tax goodwill impairment charge of $656 million, included in “Impairment of goodwill” on the Condensed Consolidated Statement of Income, to reduce the carrying value of AmeriGas Propane to its fair value. The Company calculated the deferred tax effect using the simultaneous equation method.
The performance of the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit and the potential for future developments in the global economic environment, including the prospect of higher interest rates, introduces a heightened risk for additional impairment in the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit. If there is continued deterioration in the results of operations, a portion or all of the remaining recorded goodwill for the AmeriGas Propane reporting unit, which was $1.3 billion as of June 30, 2023, could be subject to further impairment.
See Note 2 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Sale of U.K. Energy Marketing Business. On October 21, 2022, UGI International, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, sold its natural gas marketing business located in the U.K. for a net cash payment of $19 million which includes certain working capital adjustments. In conjunction with the sale, during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023, the Company recorded a pre-tax loss of $215 million ($151 million after-tax) substantially all of which loss was due to the non-cash transfer of commodity derivative instruments associated with the business. At the date of closing of the sale, these commodity derivative instruments had a net carrying value of $206 million which is attributable to net unrealized gains on such instruments. At September 30, 2022, these derivative instruments had a net carrying value of $276 million. The change in the carrying amount of these derivative instruments between September 30, 2022 and October 21, 2022 resulted from changes in their fair value during that period.
Other UGI International Energy Marketing Businesses. In November 2022, the Company announced that it expected to sign a definitive agreement during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023 to sell its energy marketing business in France. In December 2022, the Company announced that it no longer expected to sign a such agreement as extended negotiations with the potential buyer had been discontinued.
During the first quarter of Fiscal 2023, the Company recorded a $19 million pre-tax impairment charge to reduce the carrying values of certain assets associated with its energy marketing business in the Netherlands, comprising property, plant and equipment and intangible assets.
On July 8, 2023, UGI International, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a definitive agreement to sell a substantial portion of its energy marketing business located in Belgium, principally comprising customer contracts and prepaid broker fees. The assets associated with the pending sale were not material at June 30, 2023 and have been classified as “Held for sale assets” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2023. The initially estimated cash proceeds, less a payment to the buyer, on or subsequent to the closing date, pursuant to the definitive agreement is not expected to be material. The cash payment to buyer is equal to an agreed upon portion of the fair value, as of the closing date, of associated derivative commodity hedge contracts currently held by UGI International. The closing of the pending sale is subject to regulatory and other third-party approvals and is expected to occur during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2023.
On August 1, 2023, UGI International, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, entered into a definitive agreement to sell a substantial portion of its energy marketing business located in France, principally comprising customer contracts, energy certificates and substantially all of its derivative commodity hedge contracts, for an initially estimated net cash payment to the buyer of €23 million. This initially estimated closing date payment is subject to adjustments relating to, among other things, the
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actual date of closing, the fair value of derivative commodity hedge contracts currently held by the Company but not subject to transfer to the buyer, and conditions associated with certain customer contracts. The effects of these adjustments will be settled on, or subsequent to, the closing date. The closing of the pending sale is subject to regulatory and other third-party approvals and is expected to occur during the first quarter of Fiscal 2024.
The Company continues to pursue the wind-down of its energy marketing business located in the Netherlands and its remaining natural gas marketing business in France. On July 21, 2023, DVEP signed a definitive agreement to sell a substantial portion of its power purchase agreement portfolio for a net cash payment to the buyer. Such payment is not expected to be material. The closing of the pending sale is subject to regulatory and other third-party approvals and is expected to occur during the first half of Fiscal 2024.
See Note 5 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information.
Global Macroeconomic Conditions. Beginning in Fiscal 2021 and continuing into Fiscal 2023, global commodity and labor markets have experienced significant inflationary pressures attributable to various economic and political factors, including, among others: the economic recovery and evolving consumer patterns associated with the COVID-19 pandemic; supply chain issues including those associated with labor shortages; significant increases and volatility in energy commodity prices; and political and regulatory conditions resulting from the war between Russia and Ukraine. These factors have contributed to inflationary pressures as evidenced by recent increases in various consumer price indices. In response to these inflationary pressures, central banks in the U.S. and Europe began increasing interest rates during Fiscal 2022. In addition, during the last several years, we have experienced significant volatility in energy commodity prices, particularly in LPG, natural gas and electricity prices, which have resulted in substantial fluctuations in the fair values of our commodity derivative instruments. These inflationary pressures and commodity price fluctuations have resulted in, among other things, increases in inventory and certain operating and distribution expenses across all of our businesses. Commodity price fluctuations have also significantly affected the cash collateral deposit requirements of our derivative instrument counterparties and the restricted cash required to be held in our derivative broker and clearing institution accounts. We cannot predict the duration or total magnitude of these conditions and the effects such conditions may have on our future business, financial results, financial position, and liquidity and cash flows. However, we continue to monitor and respond to these global economic and political conditions and remain focused on managing our financial condition and liquidity as these conditions continue to evolve.
2023 three-month period compared with 2022 three-month period
Discussion. Net loss attributable to UGI Corporation for the 2023 three-month period was $789 million (equal to $3.76 loss per diluted share) compared to $7 million (equal to $0.03 loss per diluted share) for the 2022 three-month period. These results include net (losses) gains from changes in unrealized commodity derivative instruments and certain foreign currency derivative instruments of $(116) million and $22 million during the 2023 and 2022 three-month periods, respectively. The higher losses from changes in commodity derivative instruments during the 2023 three-month period principally reflects significant declines in commodity energy prices in Europe following unprecedented increases in such prices during Fiscal 2022.
Net loss attributable to UGI Corporation during the 2023 three-month period also includes (1) a $660 million loss associated with impairment of AmeriGas Propane goodwill; (2) loss on extinguishment of debt of $7 million at AmeriGas Propane; (3) external advisory fees of $4 million associated with AmeriGas operations enhancement for growth project; and (4) business transformation expenses of $1 million associated with corporate support functions.
Net loss attributable to UGI Corporation during the 2022 three-month period also includes (1) impairments of $36 million associated with certain equity method investments; (2) restructuring costs of $4 million largely attributable to a reduction in workforce and related costs; and (3) business transformation expenses of $1 million associated with corporate support functions.
Adjusted net loss attributable to UGI Corporation for the 2023 three-month period was $1 million (equal to $0.00 per diluted share) compared to adjusted net income of $12 million (equal to $0.06 per diluted share) for the 2022 three-month period. The increase in adjusted net loss attributable to UGI Corporation during the 2023 three-month period reflects a lower earnings contribution from Utilities, UGI International and Midstream & Marketing business segments, partially offset by a slightly higher earnings contribution from the AmeriGas Propane business segment. During the 2023 three-month period, temperatures in all of our business segments, except for our UGI International business segment, were warmer than the prior-year period.
AmeriGas Propane’s adjusted net loss attributable to UGI Corporation decreased $2 million in the 2023 three-month period. This decrease principally reflects higher total margin primarily resulting from the benefit of higher average retail propane unit margin in the 2023 three-month period, partially offset by lower volumes sold and higher operating and administrative
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expenses. The higher operating and administrative expenses primarily reflect, among other things, higher overtime and other employee-related costs associated with distribution activity and the effects of continuing inflationary pressures.
UGI International’s adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation decreased $2 million in the 2023 three-month period, notwithstanding slightly higher retail LPG gallons sold, principally reflecting lower total margin from our energy marketing business, substantially offset by higher average unit margin from our LPG business attributable to strong margin management efforts and colder weather. This decrease also reflects higher operating and administrative expenses primarily reflecting the impact of inflationary increases.
Midstream & Marketing’s adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation decreased $1 million in the 2023 three-month period primarily attributable to lower total margin from natural gas marketing activities, partially offset by the impact of incremental natural gas gathering activities reflecting in large part the Fiscal 2022 acquisition of Pennant.
Utilities’ adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation decreased $9 million in the 2023 three-month period compared to the prior-year period. The decrease was largely attributable to the higher operating expenses, including higher uncollectible accounts expenses and higher contractor labor and personnel-related expenses. This decrease was partially offset by the increase in total margin due in large part to the increase in base rates and the implementation of the weather normalization adjustment at PA Gas Utility, both of which became effective during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023.
2023 nine-month period compared with 2022 nine-month period
Discussion. Net loss attributable to UGI Corporation for the 2023 nine-month period was $1,633 million (equal to $7.78 loss per diluted share) compared to net income attributable to UGI Corporation of $829 million (equal to $3.84 per diluted share) for the 2022 nine-month period. These results include net (losses) gains from changes in unrealized commodity derivative instruments and certain foreign currency derivative instruments of $(1,386) million and $269 million during the 2023 and 2022 nine-month periods, respectively. The higher losses from changes in commodity derivative instruments during the 2023 nine-month period, principally reflects significant declines in commodity energy prices in Europe following unprecedented increases in such prices during Fiscal 2022.
Net loss attributable to UGI Corporation during the 2023 nine-month period also includes (1) a $660 million loss associated with impairment of AmeriGas Propane goodwill; (2) a $151 million loss on the sale of our energy marketing business in the U.K., principally reflecting the impact of the transfer of derivative hedge contracts; (3) an impairment of assets of $19 million; (4) external advisory fees of $14 million associated with AmeriGas operations enhancement for growth project; (5) loss on extinguishment of debt of $7 million at AmeriGas Propane; and (6) business transformation expenses of $4 million associated with corporate support functions.
Net income attributable to UGI Corporation during the 2022 nine-month period also includes (1) impairments of $36 million associated with certain equity method investments; (2) restructuring costs of $17 million largely attributable to a reduction in workforce and related costs; (3) loss on extinguishment of debt of $8 million at UGI International; (4) business transformation expenses of $4 million associated with corporate support functions; and (5) acquisition and integration expenses of $1 million associated with the Mountaineer Acquisition.
Adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation for the 2023 nine-month period was $608 million (equal to $2.81 per diluted share) compared to $626 million (equal to $2.90 per diluted share) for the 2022 nine-month period. The decrease in adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation for the 2023 nine-month period reflects lower earnings contributions from our AmeriGas Propane and UGI International business segments, partially offset by higher earnings contributions from our Midstream & Marketing and Utilities business segments. During the 2023 nine-month period, temperatures in all of our business units, except for our AmeriGas Propane business segment, were warmer than the prior-year period.
AmeriGas Propane’s adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation decreased $48 million in the 2023 nine-month period. This decrease principally reflects higher operating and administrative expenses reflecting, among other things, higher overtime and other employee-related costs associated with distribution activity, the effects of continuing inflationary pressures and lower total margin largely attributable to the lower retail propane volumes sold, substantially offset by the benefit of higher average retail propane unit margins in the 2023 nine-month period.
UGI International’s adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation decreased $11 million in the 2023 nine-month period, mainly reflecting the translation effects of weaker foreign currencies. UGI International operating results reflect lower total LPG margin principally due to the effects of the lower LPG retail volumes sold attributable to the warmer weather and lower residential LPG consumption resulting from energy conservation measures in Europe due in large part to the war between
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Ukraine and Russia. These decreases were partially offset by higher margin from natural gas energy marketing activities and higher retail LPG average unit margins attributable to strong margin management efforts and lower commodity prices.
Midstream & Marketing’s adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation increased $33 million in the 2023 nine-month period. The increase in adjusted net income is primarily attributable to higher margins related to natural gas marketing activities and incremental earnings contributions from UGI Moraine East and Pennant.
Utilities’ adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation increased $18 million in the 2023 nine-month period. The increase was largely related to the increase in base rates and the implementation of the weather normalization adjustment at PA Gas Utility, both of which became effective during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023. The increase in total margin was partially offset by higher operating and administrative expenses.
SEGMENT RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
2023 Three-Month Period Compared with the 2022 Three-Month Period
AmeriGas Propane
For the three months ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(Dollars in millions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenues | $ | 514 | $ | 597 | $ | (83) | (14) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 263 | $ | 227 | $ | 36 | 16 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses | $ | 236 | $ | 204 | $ | 32 | 16 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating loss/loss before interest expense and income taxes | $ | (8) | $ | (10) | $ | 2 | (20) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Retail gallons sold (millions) | 163 | 173 | (10) | (6) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Heating degree days—% colder than normal (b) | 4.2 | % | 16.5 | % | — | — |
(a)Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
(b)Deviation from average heating degree days is determined on a rolling 10-year period utilizing volume-weighted weather data based on weather statistics provided by NOAA for 344 regions in the United States, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
Average temperatures during the 2023 three-month period were 4.2% colder than normal and 9.2% warmer than the prior-year period. Total retail gallons sold decreased 6% during the 2023 three-month period due to effects of continuing customer attrition and structural conservation.
Average daily wholesale propane commodity prices during the 2023 three-month period at Mont Belvieu, Texas, one of the major supply points in the U.S., were approximately 46% lower than such prices during the 2022 three-month period. Total revenues decreased $83 million during the 2023 three-month period largely reflecting lower retail propane revenues ($55 million) on the lower retail volumes sold ($28 million) and the effects of lower average retail propane selling prices ($27 million), and lower wholesale revenues ($24 million).
Total cost of sales decreased $119 million during the 2023 three-month period largely reflecting the lower retail propane product costs ($71 million), the lower average retail propane volumes sold ($17 million), and lower wholesale cost of sales ($28 million). Total margin increased $36 million in the 2023 three-month period largely attributable to higher average retail unit margins ($44 million) and slightly higher wholesale margins ($4 million), partially offset by the effects on total margin from the lower retail propane volumes sold ($11 million).
Operating loss and loss before interest expense and income taxes decreased $2 million during the 2023 three-month period primarily reflecting the increase in total margin ($36 million), largely offset by higher operating and administrative expenses ($32 million) compared to the prior-year period. The increase in operating and administrative expenses reflects, among other things, higher salaries and benefits expenses, higher overtime, higher advertising expenses and higher vehicle expenses.
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UGI International
For the three months ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | (Decrease) Increase | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenues | $ | 611 | $ | 738 | $ | (127) | (17) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 193 | $ | 194 | $ | (1) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses | $ | 157 | $ | 143 | $ | 14 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 21 | $ | 22 | $ | (1) | (5) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes | $ | 22 | $ | 26 | $ | (4) | (15) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
LPG retail gallons sold (millions) | 158 | 155 | 3 | 2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Heating degree days—% (warmer) than normal (b) | (9.8) | % | (9.1) | % | — | — |
(a)Total margin represents revenues less cost of sales.
(b)Deviation from average heating degree days is determined on a rolling 10-year period utilizing volume-weighted weather data at locations in our UGI International service territories.
Average temperatures during the 2023 three-month period were 9.8% warmer than normal and 5.1% colder than the prior-year period. Total LPG retail gallons sold during the 2023 three-month period were 2% higher than the prior-year period due in large part to the colder weather than the prior-year period, substantially offset by lower consumption, principally from residential customers, primarily resulting from the European conservation measures due in large part to high global energy prices and the war between Russia and Ukraine.
UGI International base-currency results are translated into USD based upon exchange rates experienced during the reporting periods. The functional currency of a significant portion of our UGI International results is the euro and, to a much lesser extent, the British pound sterling. During the 2023 and 2022 three-month periods, the average unweighted euro-to-USD translation rates were approximately $1.09 and $1.06, respectively, and the average unweighted British pound sterling-to-USD translation rates were approximately $1.25 and $1.26, respectively. Fluctuations in these foreign currency exchange rates can have a significant impact on the individual financial statement components discussed below. The Company uses forward foreign currency exchange contracts entered into over multi-year periods to reduce the volatility in earnings that may result from such changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Realized gains (losses) on these foreign exchange contracts did not have a material impact on either of the three-month periods.
UGI International revenues and cost of sales decreased $127 million and $126 million, respectively, during the 2023 three-month period compared to the prior-year period. Average wholesale prices for propane and butane during the 2023 three-month period in northwest Europe were approximately 41% and 50% lower, respectively, compared with the prior-year period. The decrease in revenues and cost of sales principally reflects the impact from lower LPG sales prices and lower LPG costs, partially offset by slightly higher LPG retail volumes sold and the translation effects of the stronger foreign currencies (approximately $10 million and $6 million, respectively).
UGI International total margin decreased $1 million during the 2023 three-month period primarily reflecting lower total margin from our energy marketing businesses, substantially offset by higher margins from our LPG business attributable to strong unit margin management efforts and colder weather than the prior-year period and the translation effects of stronger foreign currencies (approximately $4 million).
UGI International operating income and earnings before interest expense and income taxes decreased $1 million and $4 million, respectively, during the 2023 three-month period compared to the prior-year period. The decrease in operating income principally reflects higher operating and administrative expenses ($14 million), partially offset by higher other income ($8 million). The higher operating and administrative expenses during the 2023 three-month period primarily reflects the effect of inflationary increases, higher uncollectible accounts expenses from energy marketing businesses and the translation effects of the stronger foreign currencies (approximately $3 million). The decrease in earnings before interest expense and income taxes in the 2023 three-month period largely reflects the decrease in operating income and slightly lower realized gains on foreign currency exchange contracts entered into in order to reduce volatility in UGI International earnings resulting from the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates.
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Midstream & Marketing
For the three months ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenues | $ | 279 | $ | 525 | $ | (246) | (47) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 87 | $ | 89 | $ | (2) | (2) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses | $ | 31 | $ | 29 | $ | 2 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 40 | $ | 38 | $ | 2 | 5 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes | $ | 41 | $ | 44 | $ | (3) | (7) | % |
(a)Total margin represents revenues less cost of sales.
Average temperatures across Midstream & Marketing’s energy marketing territory during the 2023 three-month period were 6.8% warmer than normal and 3.0% warmer than the prior-year period.
Midstream & Marketing revenues decreased $246 million during the 2023 three-month period compared to the prior-year period, primarily reflecting lower revenues from natural gas marketing activities ($255 million), including the effects of peaking and capacity management activities, that were primarily impacted by significantly lower natural gas prices and, to a lesser extent, lower volumes from the warmer weather partially offset by higher retail power marketing revenues.
Midstream & Marketing cost of sales decreased $244 million during the 2023 three-month period compared to the prior-year period, largely driven by the lower natural gas costs related to the previously mentioned natural gas marketing activities, partially offset by higher cost of sales related to retail power marketing activities.
Midstream & Marketing total margin decreased $2 million during the 2023 three-month period largely reflecting lower margins from natural gas marketing activities ($10 million), including the effects of peaking and capacity management activities, partially offset by incremental natural gas gathering and processing activities ($7 million), primarily from the prior-year acquisition of Pennant.
Midstream & Marketing operating income during the 2023 three-month period increased $2 million, largely attributable to higher other income, partially offset by the previously mentioned decrease in total margin, higher operating and administrative expenses ($2 million) and higher depreciation and amortization ($2 million). The decrease in earnings before interest expense and income taxes of $3 million principally reflects lower income from equity investees following the acquisition of the remaining 53% ownership interest in Pennant during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2022, partially offset by the increase in operating income.
Utilities
For the three months ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenues | $ | 278 | $ | 274 | $ | 4 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 156 | $ | 151 | $ | 5 | 3 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses (a) | $ | 87 | $ | 79 | $ | 8 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 32 | $ | 38 | $ | (6) | (16) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes | $ | 34 | $ | 40 | $ | (6) | (15) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
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Core market | 12 | 13 | (1) | (8) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 77 | 74 | 3 | 4 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Electric Utility distribution sales - gwh | 209 | 220 | (11) | (5) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Natural gas heating degree days—% (warmer) than normal (b) | (11.2) | % | (3.0) | % | — | — |
(a)Total margin represents revenues less cost of sales and revenue-related taxes (i.e., gross receipts and business and occupation taxes) of $4 million and $2 million, respectively, during the 2023 and 2022 three-month periods. For financial statement purposes, revenue-related taxes are included in “Operating and administrative expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (but are excluded from operating and administrative expenses presented above).
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(b)Deviation from average heating degree days is determined on a 10-year period utilizing volume-weighted weather data based on weather statistics provided by NOAA for airports located within Gas Utility’s service territories.
Temperatures in Gas Utility’s service territories during the 2023 three-month period were 11.2% warmer than normal and 7.9% warmer than the prior-year period. The decrease in Gas Utility core market volumes during the 2023 three-month period is largely related to the significantly warmer weather, partially offset by growth in the core market customers. The decrease in Electric Utility distribution sales volumes is primarily attributable to warmer weather during the current-year period.
Utilities revenues increased $4 million in the 2023 three-month period. The increase in Gas Utility revenues ($4 million) is principally the result of the effects of the increase in base rates and the impact of the weather normalization adjustments for PA Gas Utility that went into effect during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023. These increases were partially offset by the lower core market volumes due to the warmer weather and lower off-system sales. Electric Utility revenues during the 2023 three-month period were comparable to the prior-year period.
Utilities cost of sales during the 2023 three-month period were comparable to the prior-year period for both Gas Utility and Electric Utility.
Utilities total margin increased $5 million during the 2023 three-month period largely reflecting higher Gas Utility total margin ($5 million), mainly reflecting the effects of the increase in base rates and weather normalization adjustments for PA Gas Utility that went into effect during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023, partially offset by the effects on core market volumes of the warmer weather. Electric Utility margin was comparable to the prior-year period.
Utilities operating income and earnings before interest expense and income taxes each decreased $6 million during the 2023 three-month period. These decreases largely reflect higher operating and administrative expenses ($8 million) compared to the prior-year period partially offset by the previously mentioned increase in total margin. The higher operating and administrative expenses reflects, among other things, higher uncollectible accounts expenses, contract labor costs and personnel-related expenses.
Interest Expense and Income Taxes
Our consolidated interest expense during the 2023 three-month period was $96 million compared to $82 million during the 2022 three-month period. This increase largely reflects higher credit agreement interest rates and borrowings and higher long-term debt outstanding principally at Midstream & Marketing and Utilities.
The higher effective income tax rate for the 2023 three-month period reflects the impact of the tax benefit of the goodwill impairment at AmeriGas Propane which includes a gross-up component in the associated deferred tax asset. This benefit was slightly offset by a valuation allowance adjustment and by a lower concentration of pretax loss in higher tax rate jurisdictions resulting from losses on derivative instruments.
The Company continues to evaluate the elections available under current regulations and pending legislation. Accordingly, the impacts on the Company’s income tax provisions and taxes payable or refundable related to these items are subject to change.
2023 Nine-Month Period Compared with the 2022 Nine-Month Period
AmeriGas Propane
For the nine months ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenues | $ | 2,147 | $ | 2,423 | $ | (276) | (11) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 1,080 | $ | 1,090 | $ | (10) | (1) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses | $ | 734 | $ | 684 | $ | 50 | 7 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income/earnings before interest expense and income taxes | $ | 240 | $ | 303 | $ | (63) | (21) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Retail gallons sold (millions) | 678 | 743 | (65) | (9) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Heating degree days—% colder (warmer) than normal (b) | 0.5 | % | (0.8) | % | — | — |
(a)Total margin represents total revenues less total cost of sales.
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(b)Deviation from average heating degree days is determined on a rolling 10-year period utilizing volume-weighted weather data based on weather statistics provided by NOAA for 344 regions in the U.S., excluding Alaska and Hawaii.
Average temperatures during the 2023 nine-month period were 0.5% colder than normal and 1.9% colder than the prior-year period. Total retail gallons sold decreased 9% during the 2023 nine-month period due to the effects of driver staffing shortages (which also limited growth), continuing customer attrition and structural conservation.
Average daily wholesale propane commodity prices during the 2023 nine-month period at Mont Belvieu, Texas, one of the major supply points in the U.S., were approximately 40% lower than such prices during the 2022 nine-month period. Total revenues decreased $276 million during the 2023 nine-month period largely reflecting lower retail propane revenues ($220 million) primarily on the lower retail volumes sold ($178 million) and, to a much lesser extent, lower wholesale revenues ($52 million) and the effects of lower average retail propane selling prices ($42 million).
Total cost of sales decreased $266 million during the 2023 nine-month period largely reflecting the lower retail propane product costs ($112 million), the lower retail propane volumes sold ($95 million) and lower wholesale cost of sales ($53 million). Total margin decreased $10 million in the 2023 nine-month period largely attributable to the lower retail propane volumes sold ($83 million), largely offset by higher average retail propane unit margins ($70 million).
Operating income and earnings before interest expense and income taxes each decreased $63 million during the 2023 nine-month period primarily reflecting the decrease in total margin ($10 million) and higher operating and administrative expenses ($50 million). The increase in operating and administrative expenses reflects, among other things, the higher overtime and other employee-related costs associated with distribution activity, higher vehicle expenses, higher advertising expenses and higher uncollectible accounts expenses, partially offset by lower salaries and benefits expenses, including the carryover impact from the workforce reductions made during Fiscal 2022.
UGI International
For the nine months ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenues | $ | 2,436 | $ | 3,011 | $ | (575) | (19) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 723 | $ | 744 | $ | (21) | (3) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses | $ | 471 | $ | 466 | $ | 5 | 1 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 197 | $ | 211 | $ | (14) | (7) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes | $ | 216 | $ | 228 | $ | (12) | (5) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
LPG retail gallons sold (millions) | 585 | 651 | (66) | (10) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Heating degree days—% (warmer) than normal (b) | (9.1) | % | (2.3) | % | — | — |
(a)Total margin represents revenues less cost of sales.
(b)Deviation from average heating degree days is determined on a rolling 10-year period utilizing volume-weighted weather data at locations in our UGI International service territories.
Average temperatures during the 2023 nine-month period were 9.1% warmer than normal and 7.1% warmer than the prior-year period. Total LPG retail gallons sold during the 2023 nine-month period were 10% lower than the prior-year period largely attributable to the significantly warmer weather, lower consumption, principally from residential customers, primarily resulting from the European conservation measures due in large part to high global energy prices and the war between Russia and Ukraine, lower cylinder volumes and reduced crop drying campaigns, partially offset by the growth due to natural gas conversion.
UGI International base-currency results are translated into USD based upon exchange rates experienced during the reporting periods. The functional currency of a significant portion of our UGI International results is the euro and, to a much lesser extent, the British pound sterling. During the 2023 and 2022 nine-month periods, the average unweighted euro-to-USD translation rates were approximately $1.06 and $1.11, respectively, and the average unweighted British pound sterling-to-USD translation rates were approximately $1.21 and $1.32, respectively. Fluctuations in these foreign currency exchange rates can have a significant impact on the individual financial statement components discussed below. The Company uses forward foreign currency exchange contracts entered into over multi-year periods to reduce the volatility in earnings that may result from such changes in foreign currency exchange rates. These forward foreign currency exchange contracts resulted in realized net gains of $16 million and $12 million in the 2023 and 2022 nine-month periods, respectively.
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UGI International revenues and cost of sales decreased $575 million and $554 million, respectively, during the 2023 nine-month period compared to the prior-year period. Average wholesale prices for propane and butane during the 2023 nine-month period in northwest Europe were approximately 25% and 28% lower, respectively, compared with the prior-year period. The decrease in revenues and cost of sales principally reflects the impact from lower LPG retail volumes sold and the translation effects of the weaker foreign currencies (approximately $153 million and $112 million, respectively), partially offset by the impact from the LPG price increases. Energy marketing businesses also contributed to the decrease in revenues and cost of sales during the 2023 nine-month period primarily due to lower volumes sold, partially offset by the impact from price increases.
UGI International total margin decreased $21 million during the 2023 nine-month period primarily reflecting the effects of the lower LPG retail volumes sold ($83 million) and the translation effects of the weaker foreign currencies (approximately $41 million). These factors were partially offset by higher average unit margins from our LPG business attributable to strong margin management efforts and lower commodity prices. The decrease in UGI International total margin was partially offset by higher total margin from our energy marketing businesses ($42 million) during the 2023 nine-month period.
UGI International operating income and earnings before interest expense and income taxes decreased $14 million and $12 million, respectively, during the 2023 nine-month period. The decrease in operating income principally reflects the previously mentioned $21 million decrease in total margin, lower gains associated with sales of assets ($11 million) and higher operating and administrative expenses ($5 million). These decreases were partially offset by higher foreign currency transaction gains ($11 million), higher other operating income ($7 million) and lower depreciation and amortization expenses ($3 million). The higher operating and administrative expenses in the 2023 nine-month period primarily reflects the effects of inflationary increases, largely offset by the translation effects of the weaker foreign currencies (approximately $25 million). The decrease in earnings before interest expense and income taxes in the 2023 nine-month period largely reflects the $14 million decrease in operating income partially offset by higher realized gains on foreign currency exchange contracts entered into in order to reduce volatility in UGI International earnings resulting from the effects of changes in foreign currency exchange rates ($4 million).
Midstream & Marketing
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Revenues | $ | 1,586 | $ | 1,731 | $ | (145) | (8) | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 401 | $ | 342 | $ | 59 | 17 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses | $ | 95 | $ | 88 | $ | 7 | 8 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 249 | $ | 197 | $ | 52 | 26 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes | $ | 253 | $ | 216 | $ | 37 | 17 | % |
(a)Total margin represents revenues less cost of sales.
Average temperatures across Midstream & Marketing’s energy marketing territory during the 2023 nine-month period were 11.0% warmer than normal and 5.8% warmer than the prior-year period.
Midstream & Marketing revenues decreased $145 million compared to the prior-year period, primarily reflecting lower revenues from natural gas marketing activities ($213 million), including the effects of peaking and capacity management activities, that were primarily impacted by lower natural gas prices and lower volumes from the warmer weather. This decrease was partially offset by higher natural gas gathering and processing activities ($40 million), primarily due to the impact on revenues from the prior-year acquisitions of UGI Moraine East and Pennant and higher retail power marketing revenues ($26 million).
Midstream & Marketing cost of sales decreased $204 million compared to the prior-year period, primarily reflecting the lower natural gas costs ($233 million) related to the previously mentioned natural gas marketing activities partially offset by higher cost of sales related to retail power marketing activities.
Midstream & Marketing total margin increased $59 million in the 2023 nine-month period reflecting incremental natural gas gathering and processing activities ($43 million), primarily from the prior year acquisitions of UGI Moraine East and Pennant; and higher margins from natural gas marketing activities ($20 million), including the effects of peaking and capacity management activities that benefited from extremely cold weather in late December.
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Midstream & Marketing operating income and earnings before interest expense and income taxes during the 2023 nine-month period increased $52 million and $37 million, respectively, compared to the prior-year period. The increase in operating income is largely attributable to the previously mentioned $59 million increase in total margin and higher other income ($7 million), partially offset by higher operating and administrative expense ($7 million) and higher depreciation and amortization ($8 million). The increase in earnings before interest expense and income taxes principally reflects the increase in operating income, partially offset by lower income from equity investees following the acquisition of the remaining 53% ownership interest in Pennant during the fourth quarter of Fiscal 2022.
Utilities
For the nine months ended June 30, | 2023 | 2022 | Increase (Decrease) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Revenues | $ | 1,644 | $ | 1,400 | $ | 244 | 17 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Total margin (a) | $ | 750 | $ | 681 | $ | 69 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating and administrative expenses (a) | $ | 275 | $ | 250 | $ | 25 | 10 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Operating income | $ | 361 | $ | 325 | $ | 36 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Earnings before interest expense and income taxes | $ | 367 | $ | 332 | $ | 35 | 11 | % | ||||||||||||||||||
Gas Utility system throughput—bcf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Core market | 90 | 94 | (4) | (4) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Total | 296 | 290 | 6 | 2 | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Electric Utility distribution sales - gwh | 712 | 746 | (34) | (5) | % | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gas Utility heating degree days—% (warmer) than normal (b) | (11.6) | % | (7.6) | % | — | — |
(a)Total margin represents revenues less cost of sales and revenue-related taxes (i.e., gross receipts and business and occupation taxes) of $21 million and $18 million, respectively, during the 2023 and 2022 nine-month periods. For financial statement purposes, revenue-related taxes are included in “Operating and administrative expenses” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (but are excluded from operating and administrative expenses presented above).
(b)Deviation from average heating degree days is determined on a 10-year period utilizing volume-weighted weather data based on weather statistics provided by NOAA for airports located within Gas Utility’s service territories.
Temperatures in Gas Utility’s service territories during the 2023 nine-month period were 11.6% warmer than normal and 4.6% warmer than the prior-year period. The decrease in Gas Utility core market volumes during the 2023 nine-month period is largely related to the warmer weather partially offset by growth in the core market customers. The decrease in Electric Utility distribution sales volumes is primarily attributable to warmer weather during the 2023 nine-month period.
Utilities revenues increased $244 million in the 2023 nine-month period reflecting a $230 million increase in Gas Utility revenues and a $14 million increase in Electric Utility revenues. The increase in Gas Utility revenues was largely driven by higher PGC and PGA rates reflecting higher natural gas costs; the effects of the increase in base rates and weather normalization adjustments for PA Gas Utility that went into effect during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023; higher off-system sales; and higher other revenues. These increases were partially offset by the effects on core market volumes of the warmer weather. The increase in Electric Utility revenues was largely driven by higher DS rates reflecting higher power costs.
Utilities cost of sales increased $175 million in the 2023 nine-month period primarily attributable to Gas Utility ($159 million) mainly reflecting higher PGC and PGA rates, higher cost of sales associated with off-system sales and higher other cost of sales. Electric Utility cost of sales increased $16 million during the 2023 nine-month period largely reflecting the higher DS rates.
Utilities total margin increased $69 million during the 2023 nine-month period primarily attributable to higher Gas Utility total margin ($71 million) mainly reflecting the effects of the increase in base rates and weather normalization adjustments for PA Gas Utility that went into effect during the first quarter of Fiscal 2023 and, to a much lesser extent, impacts from growth in the core market customers and higher other revenues. Electric Utility margin was comparable to the prior-year period.
Utilities operating income and earnings before interest expense and income taxes increased $36 million and $35 million, respectively, during the 2023 nine-month period. These increases largely reflect the previously mentioned increase in total margin partially offset by higher operating and administrative expenses ($25 million) and higher depreciation expense ($4
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million). The higher operating and administrative expenses reflect, among other things, higher uncollectible accounts expenses, contract labor costs and personnel-related expenses. The higher depreciation expense compared to the prior-year period reflects the effects of continued distribution system capital expenditure activity.
Interest Expense and Income Taxes
Our consolidated interest expense during the 2023 nine-month period was $281 million compared to $245 million during the 2022 nine-month period. This increase largely reflects higher credit agreement interest rates and borrowings and higher long-term debt outstanding principally at Midstream & Marketing and Utilities.
The lower effective income tax rate for the 2023 nine-month period reflects the impact of the tax benefit of the goodwill impairment at AmeriGas Propane which includes a gross-up component in the associated deferred tax asset. The current year income tax rate also includes the projected availability of investment tax credits in Fiscal 2023 following enactment of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. These benefits were slightly offset by a greater concentration of pretax loss in higher tax rate jurisdictions resulting from losses on derivative instruments and adjustments to deferred tax valuation allowances.
The Company continues to evaluate the elections available under current regulations and pending legislation. Accordingly, the impacts on the Company’s income tax provisions and taxes payable or refundable related to these items are subject to change.
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND LIQUIDITY
The Company expects to have sufficient liquidity, including cash on hand and available borrowing capacity, to continue to support long-term commitments and ongoing operations despite uncertainties associated with ongoing global macroeconomic conditions including, among others, changes in consumer behavior resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, the inflationary cost environment and ongoing energy commodity price volatility. Our total available liquidity balance, comprising cash and cash equivalents and available borrowing capacity on our revolving credit facilities, totaled approximately $1.8 billion and $1.7 billion at June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, respectively. Our total available liquidity at June 30, 2023 increased due to higher available borrowing capacity on our revolving credit facilities, partially offset by the impact of cash collateral payments associated with a significant decline in commodity prices during the 2023 nine-month period and increases in restricted cash margin requirements in commodity futures brokerage accounts, principally at UGI International. The Company does not have any senior note or term loan maturities in the next twelve months. The Company cannot predict the duration or total magnitude of the uncertain economic factors mentioned above and the total effects they will have on its liquidity, debt covenants, financial condition or the timing of capital expenditures. UGI and its subsidiaries were in compliance with all debt covenants as of June 30, 2023. See Note 8 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on the equity cure provision.
We depend on both internal and external sources of liquidity to provide funds for working capital and to fund capital requirements. Our short-term cash requirements not met by cash from operations are generally satisfied with borrowings under credit facilities and, in the case of Midstream & Marketing, also from a Receivables Facility. Long-term cash requirements are generally met through the issuance of long-term debt or equity securities. We believe that each of our business units has sufficient liquidity in the forms of cash and cash equivalents on hand; cash expected to be generated from operations; credit facility and Receivables Facility borrowing capacity; and the ability to obtain long-term financing to meet anticipated contractual and projected cash commitments. Issuances of debt and equity securities in the capital markets and additional credit facilities may not, however, be available to us on acceptable terms.
The primary sources of UGI’s cash and cash equivalents are the dividends and other cash payments made to UGI or its corporate subsidiaries by its principal business units. Our cash and cash equivalents totaled $260 million at June 30, 2023, compared with $405 million at September 30, 2022. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents since September 30, 2022 is primarily attributable to commodity price volatility experienced in the 2023 nine-month period and the seasonality of our business as further described in “Cash Flows” below. Excluding cash and cash equivalents that reside at UGI’s operating subsidiaries, at June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, UGI had $35 million and $140 million of cash and cash equivalents, respectively. Such cash is available to pay dividends on UGI Common Stock and for investment purposes.
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Long-term Debt and Credit Facilities
Long-term Debt
The Company’s debt outstanding at June 30, 2023 and September 30, 2022, comprises the following:
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(Millions of dollars) | AmeriGas Propane | UGI International | Midstream & Marketing | Utilities | Corp & Other | Total | Total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short-term borrowings | $ | — | $ | 245 | $ | 70 | $ | 166 | $ | — | $ | 481 | $ | 368 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Long-term debt (including current maturities): | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Senior notes | $ | 2,400 | $ | 437 | $ | — | $ | 1,505 | $ | — | $ | 4,342 | $ | 4,472 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Term loans | — | 327 | 796 | 130 | 738 | 1,991 | 1,871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Other long-term debt | — | 4 | 41 | 21 | 283 | 349 | 322 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unamortized debt issuance costs | (16) | (8) | (15) | (6) | (2) | (47) | (33) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total long-term debt | $ | 2,384 | $ | 760 | $ | 822 | $ | 1,650 | $ | 1,019 | $ | 6,635 | $ | 6,632 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Total debt | $ | 2,384 | $ | 1,005 | $ | 892 | $ | 1,816 | $ | 1,019 | $ | 7,116 | $ | 7,000 |
Credit Facilities
Additional information related to the Company’s credit agreements can be found in Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and Note 8 to Consolidated Financial Statements in the Company’s 2022 Annual Report.
Information about the Company’s principal credit agreements (excluding the Receivables Facility discussed below) as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, is presented in the table below.
(Currency in millions) | Total Capacity | Borrowings Outstanding | Letters of Credit and Guarantees Outstanding | Available Borrowing Capacity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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AmeriGas OLP | $ | 600 | $ | — | $ | 2 | $ | 598 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI International, LLC (a) | € | 500 | € | 225 | € | — | € | 275 | ||||||||||||||||||
Energy Services | $ | 260 | $ | 25 | $ | — | $ | 235 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI Utilities | $ | 425 | $ | 108 | $ | — | $ | 317 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mountaineer | $ | 150 | $ | 58 | $ | — | $ | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI Corporation (b) | $ | 300 | $ | 283 | $ | — | $ | 17 | ||||||||||||||||||
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AmeriGas OLP | $ | 600 | $ | 50 | $ | 3 | $ | 547 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI International, LLC (a) | € | 300 | € | — | € | — | € | 300 | ||||||||||||||||||
Energy Services | $ | 260 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 260 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI Utilities | $ | 350 | $ | 170 | $ | — | $ | 180 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mountaineer | $ | 100 | $ | 55 | $ | — | $ | 45 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI Corporation (b) | $ | 300 | $ | 230 | $ | — | $ | 70 |
(a)Permits UGI International, LLC to borrow in euros or USD. At June 30, 2023, the amount borrowed consisted of euro-denominated borrowings equivalent to $245 million.
(b)Borrowings outstanding have been classified as “Long-term debt” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets.
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The average daily and peak short-term borrowings under the Company’s principal credit agreements are as follows:
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AmeriGas OLP | $ | 105 | $ | 242 | $ | 203 | $ | 388 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI International, LLC | € | 194 | € | 300 | € | 100 | € | 250 | ||||||||||||||||||
Energy Services | $ | 9 | $ | 82 | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI Utilities | $ | 202 | $ | 340 | $ | 178 | $ | 270 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mountaineer | $ | 74 | $ | 101 | $ | 49 | $ | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
UGI Corporation | $ | 239 | $ | 292 | $ | 181 | $ | 288 |
Receivables Facility. Energy Services has a Receivables Facility with an issuer of receivables-backed commercial paper currently scheduled to expire in October 2023. The Receivables Facility provides Energy Services with the ability to borrow up to $150 million of eligible receivables during the period October 21, 2022 to April 30, 2023, and up to $75 million of eligible receivables during the period May 1, 2023 to October 20, 2023. Energy Services uses the Receivables Facility to fund working capital, margin calls under commodity futures contracts, capital expenditures, dividends and for general corporate purposes.
Under the Receivables Facility, Energy Services transfers, on an ongoing basis and without recourse, its trade accounts receivable to its wholly owned, special purpose subsidiary, ESFC, which is consolidated for financial statement purposes. ESFC, in turn, has sold and, subject to certain conditions, may from time to time sell, an undivided interest in some or all of the receivables to a major bank. Amounts sold to the bank are reflected as “Short-term borrowings” on the Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets. ESFC was created and has been structured to isolate its assets from creditors of Energy Services and its affiliates, including UGI. Trade receivables sold to the bank remain on the Company’s balance sheet and the Company reflects a liability equal to the amount advanced by the bank. The Company records interest expense on amounts owed to the bank. Energy Services continues to service, administer and collect trade receivables on behalf of the bank, as applicable.
At June 30, 2023, the outstanding balance of ESFC trade receivables was $62 million, $45 million of which were sold to the bank. At June 30, 2022, the outstanding balance of ESFC trade receivables was $88 million, none of which was sold to the bank. During the nine months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, peak sales of receivables were $150 million and $98 million, respectively, and average daily amounts sold were $44 million and $2 million, respectively.
Significant Financing Activities
The following significant financing activities occurred during the 2023 nine-month period. See Note 8 to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for additional information on these transactions.
AmeriGas Partners Senior Notes. On May 31, 2023, AmeriGas Partners and AmeriGas Finance Corp. issued $500 million principal amount of 9.375% Senior Notes due May 2028. The 9.375% Senior Notes rank equally with AmeriGas Partners’ existing and future outstanding senior notes. The net proceeds from the issuance of the 9.375% Senior Notes, together with cash on hand, a $150 million cash contribution from the Company and other sources of liquidity, were used for the early repayment, pursuant to a tender offer and notice of redemption, of all AmeriGas Partners 5.625% Senior Notes having an aggregate principal balance of $675 million, plus tender premiums and accrued and unpaid interest. In conjunction with the early repayment of the 5.625% Senior Notes, in June 2023 the Partnership recognized a pre-tax loss of $9 million primarily comprising tender premiums and the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs, which is reflected in “Loss on extinguishments of debt” on the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income.
2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement. Under the 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement, AmeriGas OLP, as borrower, is required to comply with financial covenants related to leverage and interest coverage measured at the Partnership and at AmeriGas OLP. The 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement contains an equity cure provision, which allows AmeriGas OLP’s direct or indirect parent, including UGI and its other subsidiaries, to fund capital contributions to eliminate any EBITDA (as defined in the 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement) shortfalls that would otherwise result in non-compliance with these financial covenants. Each equity cure is eligible to eliminate such EBITDA shortfalls up to four quarters after contribution. We are permitted to use the equity cure provision five times over the course of the Credit Agreement, twice during any rolling four-quarter period, and not in consecutive quarters.
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As of March 31, 2023, AmeriGas OLP was in breach of the leverage ratio debt covenant and interest coverage ratio, which it cured with the funds received from UGI. UGI made capital contributions to AmeriGas OLP of $20 million and $11 million on March 31, 2023 and April 24, 2023, respectively, which in aggregate represented one equity cure in accordance with the 2022 AmeriGas OLP Credit Agreement. As a result of these capital contributions, AmeriGas OLP and the Partnership were in compliance with all financial covenants after consideration of the equity cure provision as of June 30, 2023 and March 31, 2023.
UGI also provided an irrevocable letter of support whereby UGI has committed to fund any such EBITDA shortfalls and debt service, if any. Based on the support and the projected EBITDA, AmeriGas OLP is expected to remain in compliance with its financial debt covenants for the succeeding twelve-month period. In addition, in May 2023, the Company contributed $52 million in an equity contribution principally to fund debt service on the senior notes.
UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement. On March 7, 2023, UGI International, LLC and its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, UGI International Holdings B.V., entered into the UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement, a five-year unsecured senior facilities agreement, maturing March 7, 2028, with a consortium of banks. The UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement consists of (1) a €300 million variable-rate term loan facility ("Facility A") and (2) a €500 million multicurrency revolving credit facility, including a €100 million sublimit for swingline loans ("Facility B"). We have designated borrowings under Facility A as a net investment hedge. In connection with the entering into of the UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement, UGI International, LLC paid off in full and terminated the UGI International Credit Facilities Agreement, dated as of October 18, 2018. The net proceeds from the UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement were used to refinance the UGI International Credit Facilities Agreement. Borrowings under the multicurrency revolving credit facility may be used to finance the working capital needs of UGI International, LLC and its subsidiaries and for general corporate purposes.
UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement. On May 12, 2023, Energy Services entered into the second amendment to the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement, which provides that the Term SOFR rate (as defined in the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement) shall replace LIBOR as a reference rate. After giving effect to the second amendment, the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement shall bear interest at a floating rate of, at Energy Services’ option, either (i) Term SOFR plus the Applicable Rate (as defined in the UGI Energy Services Credit Agreement) plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10%, or (ii) the base rate plus the Applicable Rate. The Applicable Rate will be based on the leverage of Energy Services.
Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement. On February 23, 2023, Energy Services entered into the Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement, the first amendment to the Energy Services Term Loan Credit Agreement, dated August 13, 2019. The Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement provides, among other items, that (i) the outstanding principal amount of the loans will be increased by $125 million to $800 million, (ii) the maturity date of the loans shall be extended to February 22, 2030, and (iii) Term SOFR (as defined in the Energy Services Amended Term Loan Credit Agreement) shall replace LIBOR as a reference rate.
UGI Utilities Credit Agreement. On December 13, 2022, UGI Utilities entered into an amendment to the UGI Utilities Credit Agreement, providing for borrowings up to $425 million and to replace the use of LIBOR with Term SOFR. Borrowings under the amended UGI Utilities Credit Agreement can be used to finance the working capital needs of UGI Utilities and for general corporate purposes. The UGI Utilities Credit Agreement is scheduled to expire June 2024.
Mountaineer Credit Agreement. On October 20, 2022, Mountaineer entered into the Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement, with a group of lenders. The Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement amends and restates a previous credit agreement and provides for borrowings up to $150 million, including a $20 million sublimit for letters of credit. Mountaineer may request an increase in the amount of loan commitments to a maximum aggregate amount of $250 million, subject to certain terms and conditions. Borrowings under the Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement can be used to finance the working capital needs of Mountaineer and for general corporate purposes. The Mountaineer 2023 Credit Agreement is scheduled to expire in November 2024, with an option to extend the maturity date.
UGI Corporation Credit Agreement. On May 12, 2023, the Company entered into the second amendment to the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement, which provides that the Term SOFR rate (as defined in the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement) shall replace LIBOR as a reference rate. After giving effect to the second amendment, the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement shall bear interest at a floating rate of, at the Company’s option, either (i) Term SOFR plus the Applicable Rate (as defined in the UGI Corporation Credit Agreement) plus a credit spread adjustment of 0.10%, or (ii) the base rate plus the applicable margin that will be based on the leverage of the Company or credit ratings assigned to certain indebtedness of the Company.
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The Company is pursuing the refinancing of the UGI Corporation revolving credit facility, which matures August 1, 2024. The UGI Corporation revolving credit facility contains a leverage ratio debt covenant which the Company was in compliance with as of June 30, 2023, and expects to maintain compliance through the August 1, 2024 maturity date. The Company has other sources of liquidity currently available which would be sufficient to repay the maturing credit facility should a refinancing not be successful.
Dividends and Repurchases of Common Stock
On November 17, 2022, UGI’s Board of Directors declared a cash dividend equal to $0.36 per common share. The dividend was paid on January 1, 2023, to shareholders of record on December 15, 2022. On February 1, 2023, UGI’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.36 per common share. The dividend was paid on April 1, 2023, to shareholders of record on March 15, 2023. On May 3, 2023, UGI’s Board of Directors approved an increase in the quarterly dividend rate on UGI Common Stock to $0.375 per common share, or $1.50 on an annual basis. The new dividend rate reflects an approximate 4.2% increase from the previous quarterly rate of $0.36. The dividend was paid on July 1, 2023, to shareholders of record on June 15, 2023. On August 2, 2023, UGI’s Board of Directors declared a quarterly dividend of $0.375 per common share. The dividend is payable October 1, 2023, to shareholders of record on September 15, 2023.
On February 2, 2022, UGI’s Board of Directors authorized an extension of an existing share repurchase program for up to 8 million shares of UGI Common Stock for an additional four-year period, expiring in February 2026. Pursuant to such authorization, during the nine months ended June 30, 2023, the Company purchased 0.6 million shares on the open market at a total purchase price of approximately $22 million. The Company did not repurchase any shares during the third quarter of Fiscal 2023.
Cash Flows
Due to the seasonal nature of the Company’s businesses, cash flows from operating activities are generally strongest during the second and third fiscal quarters when customers pay for natural gas, LPG, electricity and other energy products and services consumed during the peak heating season months. Conversely, operating cash flows are generally at their lowest levels during the fourth and first fiscal quarters when the Company’s investment in working capital, principally inventories and accounts receivable, is generally greatest.
Operating Activities. Year-to-year variations in our cash flows from operating activities can be significantly affected by changes in operating working capital, especially during periods with significant changes in energy commodity prices. Cash flow provided by operating activities was $857 million in the 2023 nine-month period compared to $848 million in the 2022 nine-month period. Cash flow from operating activities before changes in operating working capital was $1,209 million in the 2023 nine-month period compared to $1,114 million in the 2022 nine-month period. Cash used to fund changes in operating working capital totaled $352 million in the 2023 nine-month period compared to $266 million in the 2022 nine-month period. The increase in cash used to fund operating working capital changes in the 2023 nine-month period principally reflects a significant increase in collateral payments on derivative instruments during the 2023 nine-month period and greater cash required to fund changes in accounts payable. These increases in cash used to fund changes in operating working capital were offset in large part by greater 2023 nine-month period cash from changes in accounts receivable and inventories. These changes in working capital items largely reflect the impacts of the previously mentioned significant decrease in commodity energy prices during the 2023 nine-month period, principally at our UGI International operations.
Investing Activities. Investing activity cash flow is principally affected by cash expenditures for property, plant and equipment; cash paid for acquisitions of businesses and assets; investments in equity method investees; and cash proceeds from sales and retirements of property, plant and equipment. Cash flow used by investing activities was $761 million in the 2023 nine-month period compared to $717 million in the 2022 nine-month period. Cash expenditures for property, plant and equipment were $670 million in the 2023 nine-month period compared with $551 million in the 2022 nine-month period principally reflecting higher cash capital expenditures in our Utilities segment and, to a lesser extent, Midstream & Marketing. Cash flows from investing activities include cash received from the settlement of certain forward foreign currency contracts previously designated as net investment hedges of $22 million in the 2023 nine-month period compared to $26 million in the 2022 nine-month period. Investments in equity method investments during the 2023 nine-month period include our continuing investments in renewable energy projects principally at Midstream & Marketing. Prior-year cash flows from investing activities include cash used for the Stonehenge Acquisition.
Financing Activities. Changes in cash flow from financing activities are primarily due to issuances and repayments of long-term debt; net short-term borrowings; dividends on UGI Common Stock; quarterly payments on outstanding Purchase Contracts; and issuances and repurchases of equity instruments.
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Cash flow used by financing activities was $244 million in the 2023 nine-month period compared to $290 million in the 2022 nine-month period. The 2023 nine-month period includes the cash flow effects from entering into the previously mentioned UGI International 2023 Credit Facilities Agreement and the concurrent repayment of borrowings under the UGI International Credit Facilities Agreement (a predecessor agreement). The 2023 nine-month period cash flows from financing activities also includes the cash proceeds from the previously mentioned Energy Services Amended Term Loan Agreement entered into in February 2023 and the concurrent repayment of amounts outstanding under the Energy Services variable rate term loan, and the May 2023 AmeriGas Partners issuance of the $500 million principal amount of 9.375% Senior Notes and the repayment of the $675 million aggregate principal balance of the 5.625% Senior Notes. Cash flow from financing activities in the prior-year period includes the cash flow effects of the refinancing of senior notes at UGI International.
UTILITY REGULATORY MATTERS
UGI Utilities. On January 27, 2023, Electric Utility filed a request with the PAPUC to increase its annual base distribution revenues by $11 million. The increased revenues would fund ongoing system improvements and operations necessary to maintain safe and reliable electric service. Electric Utility requested that the new electric rates become effective March 28, 2023. The PAPUC issued an order on March 2, 2023, suspending the effective date for the rate increase to allow for investigation and public hearings. On July 14, 2023, a Joint Petition for Approval of Settlement of all issues supported by all active parties was filed with the PAPUC providing for a $9 million annual base distribution rate increase for Electric Utility. The Joint Petition is subject to receipt of a recommended decision and a final order of the PAPUC approving the settlement. In accordance with the terms of the Joint Petition, the proposed rate increase will become effective on or before October 1, 2023, or as directed by the PAPUC in the final order. The Company cannot predict the timing or the ultimate outcome of the rate case review process.
On January 28, 2022, PA Gas Utility filed a request with the PAPUC to increase its base operating revenues for residential, commercial and industrial customers by $83 million annually. On September 15, 2022, the PAPUC issued a final order approving a settlement providing for a $49 million annual base distribution rate increase for PA Gas Utility, through a phased approach, with $38 million beginning October 29, 2022 and an additional $11 million beginning October 1, 2023. In accordance with the terms of the final order, PA Gas Utility will not be permitted to file a rate case prior to January 1, 2024. Also in accordance with the terms of the final order, PA Gas Utility was authorized to implement a weather normalization adjustment rider as a five-year pilot program beginning on November 1, 2022. Under this rider, when weather deviates from normal by more than 3%, residential and small commercial customer billings for distribution services are adjusted monthly for weather related impacts exceeding the 3% threshold. Additionally, under the terms of the final order, PA Gas Utility was authorized to implement a DSIC once its total property, plant and equipment less accumulated depreciation reached $3,368 million (which threshold was achieved in September 2022).
On February 8, 2021, Electric Utility filed a request with the PAPUC to increase its annual base distribution revenues by $9 million. On October 28, 2021, the PAPUC issued a final Order approving a settlement that permitted Electric Utility, effective November 9, 2021, to increase its base distribution revenues by $6 million.
Mountaineer. On July 31, 2023, Mountaineer submitted its 2023 IREP filing to the WVPSC requesting recovery of $10 million for costs associated with capital investments after December 31, 2022, that total $131 million, including $67 million in calendar year 2024. With new base rates expected to be effective January 1, 2024, revenues from IREP rates would decrease by $12 million. The filing included capital investments totaling $383 million over the 2024 - 2028 period.
On July 28, 2023, Mountaineer submitted its annual PGA filing with the WVPSC. This filing allows the WVPSC to review the prudence of Mountaineer’s incurred gas costs, to review the computation of any over or under collection of gas costs, and to establish a PGA billing rate for the upcoming year. The new PGA billing rate is intended to settle past over or under collections and allows Mountaineer to recover its projected gas costs for the upcoming year.
On March 6, 2023, Mountaineer submitted a base rate case filing with the WVPSC seeking a net revenue increase of $20 million, which consists of an increase in base rates of $38 million and a decrease in the IREP rates of $18 million annually to be effective on April 5, 2023. On March 31, 2023 the WVPSC suspended the effective date of the requested rate change increase until January 1, 2024 to allow for a full review of the filing.
On July 29, 2022, Mountaineer submitted its 2022 IREP filing to the WVPSC requesting recovery of costs associated with capital investments totaling $354 million over the 2023 - 2027 period, including $64 million in calendar year 2023. On November 16, 2022, Mountaineer and the intervening parties submitted a Joint Stipulation and Agreement for Settlement to the
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WVPSC requesting approval of 2023 IREP revenue of $22 million to be charged effective January 1, 2023, which includes the recovery of a $1 million under-recovery of 2021 IREP revenue. On December 21, 2022, the WVPSC issued an order approving the Joint Stipulation and Agreement for Settlement as filed.
OTHER MATTERS
West Reading, Pennsylvania Explosion. On March 24, 2023, an explosion occurred in West Reading, Pennsylvania which resulted in seven fatalities, significant injuries to eleven others, and extensive property damage to buildings owned by R.M. Palmer, a local chocolate manufacturer, and other neighboring structures. The NTSB, OSHA and the PAPUC are investigating the West Reading incident. On July 18, 2023, the NTSB issued an Investigative Update in its ongoing investigation. The report identifies a fracture in a retired UGI gas service tee and a fracture in a nearby steam system, but it does not address causation of the fractures or the explosion. The NTSB investigative team includes representatives from the Company, the PAPUC, the local fire department and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration. The Company is cooperating with the investigation. The NTSB may invite other parties to participate.
While the investigation into this incident is still underway and the cause of the explosion has not been determined, the Company has received claims as a result of the explosion and is involved in lawsuits relative to the incident. The Company maintains liability insurance for personal injury, property and casualty damages and believes that third-party claims associated with the explosion, in excess of the Company’s deductible, are recoverable through the Company’s insurance. The Company cannot predict the result of these pending or future claims and legal actions at this time.
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ITEM 3. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
Our primary market risk exposures are (1) commodity price risk; (2) interest rate risk; and (3) foreign currency exchange rate risk. Although we use derivative financial and commodity instruments to reduce market price risk associated with forecasted transactions, we do not use derivative financial and commodity instruments for speculative or trading purposes.
Commodity Price Risk
The risk associated with fluctuations in the prices the Partnership and our UGI International operations pay for LPG is principally a result of market forces reflecting changes in supply and demand for LPG and other energy commodities. Their profitability is sensitive to changes in LPG supply costs. Increases in supply costs are generally passed on to customers. The Partnership and UGI International may not, however, always be able to pass through product cost increases fully or on a timely basis, particularly when product costs rise rapidly. In order to reduce the volatility of LPG market price risk, the Partnership uses contracts for the forward purchase or sale of propane, propane fixed-price supply agreements and over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments including price swap and option contracts. Our UGI International operations use over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments and may from time to time enter into other derivative contracts, similar to those used by the Partnership, to reduce market risk associated with a portion of their LPG purchases. Over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments used to economically hedge forecasted purchases of LPG are generally settled at expiration of the contract.
Utilities’ tariffs contain clauses that permit recovery of all prudently incurred costs of natural gas it sells to its retail core-market customers, including the cost of financial instruments used to hedge purchased gas costs. The recovery clauses provide for periodic adjustments for the difference between the total amounts actually billed to customers through PGC and PGA rates and the recoverable costs incurred. Because of this ratemaking mechanism, there is limited commodity price risk associated with our Utilities operations. PA Gas Utility uses derivative financial instruments, including natural gas futures and option contracts traded on the NYMEX, to reduce volatility in the cost of gas it purchases for its retail core-market customers. The cost of these derivative financial instruments, net of any associated gains or losses, is included in PA Gas Utility's PGC recovery mechanism.
In order to manage market price risk relating to substantially all of Midstream & Marketing’s fixed-price sale contracts for physical natural gas and electricity, Midstream & Marketing enters into NYMEX, ICE and over-the-counter natural gas and electricity futures and option contracts, and natural gas basis swap contracts or enters into fixed-price supply arrangements. Midstream & Marketing also uses NYMEX and over-the-counter electricity futures contracts to economically hedge a portion of its anticipated sales of electricity from its electricity generation facilities. Although Midstream & Marketing’s fixed-price supply arrangements mitigate most risks associated with its fixed-price sales contracts, should any of the suppliers under these arrangements fail to perform, increases, if any, in the cost of replacement natural gas or electricity would adversely impact Midstream & Marketing’s results. In order to reduce this risk of supplier nonperformance, Midstream & Marketing has diversified its purchases across a number of suppliers. UGI International’s natural gas and electricity marketing businesses also use natural gas and electricity futures and forward contracts to economically hedge market risk associated with a substantial portion of anticipated volumes under fixed-price sales and purchase contracts.
Midstream & Marketing has entered into fixed-price sales agreements for a portion of the electricity expected to be generated by its electric generation assets. In the event that these generation assets would not be able to produce all of the electricity needed to supply electricity under these agreements, Midstream & Marketing would be required to purchase electricity on the spot market or under contract with other electricity suppliers. Accordingly, increases in the cost of replacement power could negatively impact Midstream & Marketing’s results.
Interest Rate Risk
We have both fixed-rate and variable-rate debt. Changes in interest rates impact the cash flows of variable-rate debt but generally do not impact their fair value. Conversely, changes in interest rates impact the fair value of fixed-rate debt but do not impact their cash flows.
Our variable-rate debt at June 30, 2023, includes revolving credit facility borrowings and variable-rate term loans at UGI International, Utilities, Energy Services and UGI Corporation. These debt agreements have interest rates that are generally indexed to short-term market interest rates. We have entered into pay-fixed, receive-variable interest rate swap agreements on a significant portion of the term loans’ principal balances and a significant portion of the term loans’ tenor. We have designated these interest rate swaps as cash flow hedges. At June 30, 2023, combined borrowings outstanding under variable-rate debt agreements, excluding the previously mentioned effectively fixed-rate debt, totaled $1,115 million.
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Long-term debt associated with our domestic businesses is typically issued at fixed rates of interest based upon market rates for debt with similar terms and credit ratings. As these long-term debt issues mature, we may refinance such debt with new debt having interest rates reflecting then-current market conditions. In order to reduce interest rate risk associated with near- to medium-term forecasted issuances of fixed rate debt, from time to time we enter into IRPAs.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk
Our primary currency exchange rate risk is associated with the USD versus the euro and, to a lesser extent, the USD versus the British pound sterling. The USD value of our foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities will fluctuate with changes in the associated foreign currency exchange rates. From time to time, we use derivative instruments to hedge portions of our net investments in foreign subsidiaries, including anticipated foreign currency denominated dividends. Gains or losses on these net investment hedges remain in AOCI until such foreign operations are sold or liquidated. With respect to our net investments in our UGI International operations, a 10% decline in the value of the associated foreign currencies versus the USD would reduce their aggregate net book value at June 30, 2023, by approximately $70 million, which amount would be reflected in other comprehensive income. We have designated certain euro-denominated borrowings as net investment hedges.
In order to reduce the volatility in net income associated with our foreign operations, principally as a result of changes in the USD exchange rate between the euro and British pound sterling, we enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts. We layer in these foreign currency exchange contracts over a multi-year period to eventually equal approximately 90% of anticipated UGI International foreign currency earnings before income taxes.
Derivative Instrument Credit Risk
We are exposed to risk of loss in the event of nonperformance by our derivative instrument counterparties. Our derivative instrument counterparties principally comprise large energy companies and major U.S. and international financial institutions. We maintain credit policies with regard to our counterparties that we believe reduce overall credit risk. These policies include evaluating and monitoring our counterparties’ financial condition, including their credit ratings, and entering into agreements with counterparties that govern credit limits or entering into netting agreements that allow for offsetting counterparty receivable and payable balances for certain financial transactions, as deemed appropriate.
We have concentrations of credit risk associated with derivative instruments and we evaluate the creditworthiness of our derivative counterparties on an ongoing basis. As of June 30, 2023, the maximum amount of loss, based upon the gross fair values of the derivative instruments, we would incur if these counterparties failed to perform according to the terms of their contracts was $305 million. In general, many of our over-the-counter derivative instruments and all exchange contracts call for the posting of collateral by the counterparty or by the Company in the forms of letters of credit, parental guarantees or cash. At June 30, 2023, we had received cash collateral from derivative instrument counterparties totaling $36 million. In addition, we may have offsetting derivative liabilities and certain accounts payable balances with certain of these counterparties, which further mitigates the previously mentioned maximum amount of losses. Certain of the Partnership’s derivative contracts have credit-risk-related contingent features that may require the posting of additional collateral in the event of a downgrade of the Partnership’s debt rating. At June 30, 2023, if the credit-risk-related contingent features were triggered, the amount of collateral required to be posted would not be material.
The following table summarizes the fair values of unsettled market risk sensitive derivative instrument assets (liabilities) held at June 30, 2023 and changes in their fair values due to market risks. Certain of UGI Utilities’ commodity derivative instruments are excluded from the table below because any associated net gains or losses are refundable to or recoverable from customers in accordance with UGI Utilities ratemaking.
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Commodity price risk (1) | $ | (202) | $ | (161) | ||||||||||
Interest rate risk (2) | $ | 26 | $ | (18) | ||||||||||
Foreign currency exchange rate risk (3) | $ | 14 | $ | (49) |
(1) Change in fair value represents a 10% adverse change in the market prices of certain commodities.
(2) Change in fair value represents a 50 basis point adverse change in prevailing market interest rates.
(3) Change in fair value represents a 10% adverse change in the value of the Euro and the British pound sterling versus the USD.
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ITEM 4. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
(a)Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures
The Company's disclosure controls and procedures are designed to provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the Company in reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is (i) recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and (ii) accumulated and communicated to our management, including the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Company's management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, evaluated the effectiveness of the Company's disclosure controls and procedures as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Company's disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report, were effective at the reasonable assurance level.
(b)Change in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
No change in the Company’s internal control over financial reporting occurred during the Company’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.
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PART II OTHER INFORMATION
ITEM 1. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
The information set forth in Note 9, Commitments and Contingencies to our Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of Part I of this report, is incorporated herein by reference.
ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS
In addition to the information presented in this report, you should carefully consider the factors discussed in Part I, “Item 1A. Risk Factors” in our 2022 Annual Report and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022, which could materially affect our business, financial condition or future results. The risks described below and in our 2022 Annual Report and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2022, are not the only risks facing the Company. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results.
Our energy marketing business in Europe may continue to be disrupted by extreme prices and volatility in the natural gas and power markets in Europe, which have resulted in, and may continue to result in, a material negative impact on our financial results. Our natural gas and power marketing businesses have traditionally relied upon relative pricing and periods of market stability. Since the end of 2021, the European energy markets have been in an unprecedented state of volatility. The war between Russia and Ukraine and the resulting substantial reduction of natural gas imports from Russia to Europe have led to significant uncertainty in supply, including price volatility of both wholesale gas and power, and have created new risks that we have experienced and expect to continue to experience within our European energy marketing business. These risks include: (i) the ability to economically support the traditional fixed price and full requirement contracts of customers due to the significant increased cost to adjust for shifting volumes due to excess or shortage of consumption expectations; (ii) the ability to service typical portfolio needs with standard trading activities due to the limitations on purchasing cost effective services in the market; (iii) the ability to pass increased and volume deviation costs, including balancing costs, onto customers due, among other things, to timing, regulatory and contractual constraints, and (iv) the ability to maintain sourcing services to customers due to the margining and liquidity constraints as well as maximum trading limits implemented by both clearing banks and wholesale counterparties on energy suppliers, and (v) the ability to economically support fixed and variable price products while offering competitive services in the market. As a result, UGI is considering all scenarios with respect to the future of its energy marketing business in Europe, including exit and wind down. In Fiscal 2023, UGI announced the sale of its energy marketing business in the United Kingdom and that UGI has entered into definitive agreements to divest of substantially all of its energy marketing businesses in France and Belgium. Further, UGI continues to make progress on the wind-down of its energy marketing business in the Netherlands. The risks identified with respect to our energy marketing business in Europe have resulted in and may continue to have a material negative impact on our financial results.
ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS
The following table sets forth information with respect to the Company’s repurchases of its common stock during the quarter ended June 30, 2023.
Period | (a) Total Number of Shares Purchased | (b) Average Price Paid per Share | (c) Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plans or Programs (1) | (d) Maximum Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
April 1, 2023 to April 30, 2023 | — | $0.00 | — | 6.50 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||
May 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023 | — | $0.00 | — | 6.50 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||
June 1, 2023 to June 30, 2023 | — | $0.00 | — | 6.50 million | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Total | — | — |
(1) Shares of UGI Common Stock are repurchased through an extension of a previous share repurchase program announced by the Company on February 2, 2022. The UGI Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 8 million shares of UGI Common Stock over a four-year period expiring in February 2026.
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ITEM 5. OTHER INFORMATION
Insider Trading Arrangements
During the three months ended June 30, 2023, no director or officer of the Company adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term is defined in Item 408(a) of Regulation-S-K.
ITEM 6. EXHIBITS
The exhibits filed as part of this report are as follows (exhibits incorporated by reference are set forth with the name of the registrant, the type of report and last date of the period for which it was filed, and the exhibit number in such filing):
Incorporation by Reference
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3.1 | UGI | Form 8-K (5/3/23) | 3.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
4.1 | UGI | Form 8-K (5/31/23) | 4.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10.1 | UGI | Form 8-K (5/12/23) | 10.1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
10.2 | UGI | Form 8-K (5/12/23) | 10.2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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31.2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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EXHIBIT INDEX
31.1 | ||||||||
31.2 | ||||||||
32 | ||||||||
101.INS | Inline XBRL Instance - the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document | |||||||
101.SCH | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema | |||||||
101.CAL | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase | |||||||
101.DEF | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase | |||||||
101.LAB | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase | |||||||
101.PRE | Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase | |||||||
104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101) |
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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.
UGI Corporation | |||||||||||
(Registrant) | |||||||||||
Date: | August 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Sean P. O’Brien | ||||||||
Sean P. O’Brien | |||||||||||
Chief Financial Officer | |||||||||||
Date: | August 8, 2023 | By: | /s/ Jean Felix Tematio Dontsop | ||||||||
Jean Felix Tematio Dontsop | |||||||||||
Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer | |||||||||||
and Corporate Controller |
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