DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atmos Energy Corporation (NYSE: ATO) today reported consolidated results for its third fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021.

Highlights

• Earnings per diluted share was $4.77 for the nine months ended June 30, 2021; $0.78 per diluted share for the third fiscal quarter.
• Consolidated net income was $616.8 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2021; $102.4 million for the third fiscal quarter.
• Capital expenditures totaled $1,358.0 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2021, with approximately 87 percent of capital spending related to system safety and reliability investments.

Outlook

• Earnings per diluted share for fiscal 2021 is expected to be in the higher end of the previously announced range of $4.90 to $5.10.
• Capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $2.0 billion to $2.2 billion in fiscal 2021.
• The company's Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.625 per common share. The indicated annual dividend for fiscal 2021 is $2.50, which represents an 8.7% increase over fiscal 2020.

“With strong visibility into the remainder of the year, we continue to believe fiscal 2021 earnings will be at the higher end of our earnings guidance range of $4.90 to $5.10 per diluted share,” said Kevin Akers, President and Chief Executive Officer of Atmos Energy, “and our capital expenditures are expected to be in the range of $2.0 billion to $2.2 billion for this fiscal year.”

Results for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2021

Consolidated operating income decreased $5.6 million to $133.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, from $139.0 million in the prior-year quarter. Rate case outcomes in both segments were more than offset by increased depreciation and property tax expenses, timing of system maintenance, the refund of excess deferred income taxes to customers and increased bad debt expense in our distribution segment.

Distribution operating income increased $5.6 million to $68.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, compared with $62.5 million in the prior-year quarter. The increase primarily reflects a net $25.4 million increase in rates, an $8.9 million increase in weather and consumption, partially offset by a $12.7 million increase in bad debt expense, a $9.3 million increase in depreciation and property tax expenses associated with increased capital investments, a $3.2 million increase in pipeline maintenance and other activities and a $2.6 million increase in employee related costs.

Pipeline and storage operating income decreased $11.3 million to $65.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2021, compared with $76.5 million in the prior-year quarter. This decrease is primarily attributable to a $14.4 million increase in rates that was more than offset by a $10.0 million decrease due to the refund of excess deferred income taxes to customers, an $8.4 million increase in system maintenance expenses primarily due to timing, a $3.4 million increase in depreciation and property tax expenses due to increased capital investments, and a $1.7 million decrease in through system revenues.

Results for the Nine Months Ended June 30, 2021

Consolidated operating income increased $90.7 million to $814.0 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2021, compared to $723.3 million in the prior year, which primarily reflects rate outcomes in both segments and customer growth in our distribution segment, partially offset by higher bad debt expense and lower service order revenue in our distribution segment, lower through system revenue in our pipeline and storage segment and increased depreciation and property tax expenses.

Distribution operating income increased $84.6 million to $580.9 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2021, compared with $496.3 million in the prior year. The increase reflects a net $128.1 million increase in rates and customer growth of $15.0 million, partially offset by a $31.3 million increase in depreciation and property tax expenses associated with increased capital investments, increased bad debt expense of $21.5 million and an $8.6 million decrease in service order revenues.

Pipeline and storage operating income increased $6.2 million to $233.1 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2021, compared with $226.9 million in the prior year. This increase is primarily attributable to a $41.9 million increase from our GRIP filings approved in fiscal 2020 and 2021, partially offset by a $14.9 million increase in depreciation and property tax expenses due to increased capital investments, a $16.6 million decrease due to the refund of excess deferred income taxes to customers and a $6.5 million decrease in through system revenues.

Capital expenditures decreased $47.7 million to $1,358.0 million for the nine months ended June 30, 2021, compared with $1,405.7 million in the prior year, primarily as a result of timing of spending.

For the nine months ended June 30, 2021, the company generated negative operating cash flow of $1,158.5 million, a $2,054.0 million decrease compared with the nine months ended June 30, 2020. The year-over-year decrease is primarily the result of gas costs incurred during Winter Storm Uri.

Our equity capitalization ratio at June 30, 2021 was 51.5%, compared with 60.0% at September 30, 2020, due to the issuance of $600 million of 1.50% senior notes in October 2020 and a $2.2 billion debt issuance in March 2021 in order to finance gas costs incurred during Winter Storm Uri. Excluding the $2.2 billion of incremental financing, our equity capitalization ratio would have been 60.2% at June 30, 2021.

Conference Call to be Webcast August 5, 2021

Atmos Energy will host a conference call with financial analysts to discuss the fiscal 2021 third quarter financial results on Thursday, August 5, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time. The domestic telephone number is 877-407-3088 and the international telephone number is 201-389-0927. Kevin Akers, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chris Forsythe, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will participate in the conference call. The conference call will be webcast live on the Atmos Energy website at www.atmosenergy.com. A playback of the call will be available on the website later that day.

Forward-Looking Statements

The matters discussed in this news release may contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. All statements other than statements of historical fact included in this news release are forward-looking statements made in good faith by the company and are intended to qualify for the safe harbor from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this news release or any of the company’s other documents or oral presentations, the words “anticipate”, “believe”, “estimate”, “expect”, “forecast”, “goal”, “intend”, “objective”, “plan”, “projection”, “seek”, “strategy” or similar words are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in this presentation, including the risks relating to regulatory trends and decisions, the company’s ability to continue to access the credit and capital markets, and the other factors discussed in the company’s reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties include the following: federal, state and local regulatory and political trends and decisions, including the impact of rate proceedings before various state regulatory commissions; increased federal regulatory oversight and potential penalties; possible increased federal, state and local regulation of the safety of our operations; the impact of greenhouse gas emissions or other legislation or regulations intended to address climate change; possible significant costs and liabilities resulting from pipeline integrity and other similar programs and related repairs; the inherent hazards and risks involved in distributing, transporting and storing natural gas; the availability and accessibility of contracted gas supplies, interstate pipeline and/or storage services; increased competition from energy suppliers and alternative forms of energy; adverse weather conditions; the impact of climate change; the inability to continue to hire, train and retain operational, technical and managerial personnel; increased dependence on technology that may hinder the Company's business if such technologies fail; the threat of cyber-attacks or acts of cyber-terrorism that could disrupt our business operations and information technology systems or result in the loss or exposure of confidential or sensitive customer, employee or Company information; natural disasters, terrorist activities or other events and other risks and uncertainties discussed herein, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control; the capital-intensive nature of our business; our ability to continue to access the credit and capital markets to execute our business strategy; market risks beyond our control affecting our risk management activities, including commodity price volatility, counterparty performance or creditworthiness and interest rate risk; the concentration of our operations in Texas; the impact of adverse economic conditions on our customers; changes in the availability and price of natural gas; increased costs of providing health care benefits, along with pension and postretirement health care benefits and increased funding requirements; and the outbreak of COVID-19 and its impact on business and economic conditions.

Accordingly, while we believe these forward-looking statements to be reasonable, there can be no assurance that they will approximate actual experience or that the expectations derived from them will be realized. Further, the company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any of our forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Due to the passage of Kansas House Bill 2585 on June 1, 2020, we remeasured our deferred tax liability and updated our state deferred tax rate in the third quarter of fiscal 2020. As a result, we recorded a non-cash income tax benefit of $21.0 million for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2020. Due to the non-recurring nature of this benefit, we believe that net income and diluted net income per share before the non-cash income tax benefit provide a more relevant measure to analyze our financial performance than net income and diluted net income per share in order to allow investors to better analyze our core results and allow the information to be presented on a comparative basis to the prior year. Accordingly, the discussion and analysis of our financial performance herein will reference adjusted net income and adjusted diluted net income per share, non-GAAP measures, which are calculated as follows:

About Atmos Energy

Atmos Energy Corporation, an S&P 500 company headquartered in Dallas, is the country’s largest natural gas-only distributor. We safely deliver reliable, affordable, efficient and abundant natural gas to more than 3 million distribution customers in over 1,400 communities across eight states located primarily in the South. As part of our vision to be the safest provider of natural gas services, we are modernizing our business and infrastructure while continuing to invest in safety, innovation, environmental sustainability and our communities. Atmos Energy manages proprietary pipeline and storage assets, including one of the largest intrastate natural gas pipeline systems in Texas. Find us online at http://www.atmosenergy.com, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and YouTube.

This news release should be read in conjunction with the attached unaudited financial information.

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DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The "Will Gas Be the Game-Changer for Oman's Transition to a Brand New Era?" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering.

This report examines the risks and opportunities linked to Oman's gas, LNG and wider energy fundamentals, be it in terms of supply and demand, policy, upstream & LNG strategy and interplay with other fuels. It looks at the dynamics between macroeconomic fundamentals and trends (taking into account recent COVID impact), the role of gas in Oman's energy mix, including in the power and industrial sectors; the impact of upstream developments and the changes in its LNG portfolio.

The Sultanate of Oman has been going through a remarkable renewal of its gas and LNG industry since the late 2010s. Its gas revival since the start-up of the Khazzan tight gas and condensate field in late 2017, combined with renewed exploration momentum on the upstream front, has opened up new opportunities for its domestic gas market and its role as one of the longest-established LNG exporters in the Gulf region and in the world.

The nation has come a long way. Increased domestic production, combined with improved gas demand management especially in its power sector, has allowed the country to reverse its supply and demand balance at home and revive its LNG business, while a few years ago, Oman had contemplated mothballing some its existing liquefaction capacity.

Today, gas remains at the heart of Oman's strategy to fuel grand plans for economic diversification away from high reliance on oil income, in the prospect of dwindling oil reserves and amid high cost of enhanced oil recovery technologies at ageing fields. The stakes are far-reaching as new downstream and industrial investments are designed to boost in-country value, reduce one of the highest unemployment rates in the Gulf and address deeply entrenched socio-economic vulnerabilities displayed by dramatic protests during the 2011 Arab Spring.

But rapid changes on global oil and gas markets since the coronavirus pandemic, combined with budgetary constraints caused by lower oil prices, mean Oman is having to prove more agile in shaping a gas policy that fits in and supports ongoing efforts to address economic, political and even geopolitical challenges.

This report examines the risks and opportunities linked to its gas and wider energy fundamentals, be it in terms of supply and demand, policy, upstream & LNG strategy and interplay with other fuels.

In the context of the growing energy transition agenda, Oman has also been pushing to boost its renewables energy capacity and is already positioning itself to become a hydrogen producer and exporter.

This coincides with the upcoming expiry of some of its oil-indexed long-term supply LNG contracts which marks the end of an era for Oman as an LNG exporter. Most importantly, this calls for increased commercial flexibility to sustain LNG export revenues considering the cost of developing non-associated gas reserves and limited gas price incentives on the domestic market. In this regard, Oman has yet to create fresh policy signals at home in order to boost gas investments that shape a solid gas value chain and allow authorities to make the most of a window of opportunity for the fuel in a fast-changing energy landscape. This should support the transition to a cleaner energy mix, whilst fostering the development of new revenue streams at home for the interest of Oman's sustainable economic, political and social development for the longer term.

Key Topics Covered:

1 Introduction:

2. What is driving gas demand in Oman?

3. Gas supplies: from pipeline imports to domestic resources

4 What is the role of LNG?

5 Conclusions

Companies Mentioned

• BP
• CEDIGAZ
• Center for Statistics and Information (NCSI)
• Dolphin Energy
• Energy Development Oman (EDO)
• Eni
• Gas Natural Fenosa
• Glasspoint
• Itochu Corp
• KOGAS
• Kuwait Petroleum International (KPI)
• Mitsubishi Corp.
• Occidental Petroleum
• Oman Cement Company
• Oman LNG
• Oman Oil Company
• Oman Oil Company Exploration & Production (OOCEP)
• Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP)
• OQ
• OQ Gas Networks
• ORPIC
• Osaka Gas
• Osaka Gas National
• Partex
• Petroleum Development Oman (PDO)
• Petronas
• PTTEP. EOG
• Qalhat LNG
• Shell
• Sohar Cement and Oman's Raysut Company
• TANFEEDH
• Thethys Oil
• Total

For more information about this report visit https://www.researchandmarkets.com/r/pffnn6

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BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) (“Enviva”) today announced that members of its management team will attend and meet virtually with investors at the upcoming Citi One-on-One Midstream / Energy Infrastructure Conference on Wednesday, August 18, 2021.

To view and download the presentation materials used at this year’s conference, please visit ir.Envivabiomass.com.

About Enviva Partners, LP

Enviva Partners, LP (NYSE: EVA) is a publicly traded master limited partnership that aggregates a natural resource, wood fiber, and processes it into a transportable form, wood pellets. The Partnership sells a significant majority of its wood pellets through long-term, take-or-pay off-take contracts with creditworthy customers in the United Kingdom, Europe, and increasingly in Japan. The Partnership owns and operates ten plants with a combined production capacity of approximately 6.2 million MTPY in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Mississippi. In addition, the Partnership exports wood pellets through its marine terminals at the Port of Chesapeake, Virginia and the Port of Wilmington, North Carolina and from third-party marine terminals in Savannah, Georgia, Mobile, Alabama, and Panama City, Florida.

To learn more about Enviva Partners, LP, please visit our website at www.envivabiomass.com. Follow Enviva on social media @Enviva.

INVESTOR CONTACT:
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OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Enable Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENBL) today announced financial and operating results for second quarter 2021.

Net income attributable to limited partners was $87 million for second quarter 2021, an increase of $43 million compared to $44 million of net income for second quarter 2020. Net income attributable to common units was $79 million for second quarter 2021, an increase of $44 million compared to $35 million of net income for second quarter 2020. Net cash provided by operating activities was $190 million for second quarter 2021, an increase of $79 million compared to $111 million for second quarter 2020. Adjusted EBITDA was $251 million for second quarter 2021, an increase of $27 million compared to $224 million for second quarter 2020. Distributable cash flow (DCF) was $184 million for second quarter 2021, an increase of $36 million compared to $148 million for second quarter 2020.

For second quarter 2021, DCF exceeded declared distributions to common unitholders by $112 million, resulting in a distribution coverage ratio of 2.56x.

For additional information regarding the non-GAAP financial measures Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Adjusted interest expense and distribution coverage ratio, please see “Non-GAAP Financial Measures.”

MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE

“Enable delivered a solid second quarter, and I am proud of our team’s continued efforts,” said Rod Sailor, president and CEO. “We remain focused on developing and building innovative market solutions for our customers. Following FERC approval in June of our Gulf Run Pipeline project, we are moving forward to safely and efficiently construct the pipeline and place it into service as scheduled. We also saw strong customer interest for a recent open season we held for the Supply Diversity Project on our EGT pipeline, a project designed to address the supply and demand disparities seen in February of this year during Winter Storm Uri.”

BUSINESS HIGHLIGHTS

• Achieved higher net income attributable to limited partners, Adjusted EBITDA and DCF for second quarter 2021 compared to second quarter 2020, primarily as a result of higher commodity prices and higher gathering and processing volumes due to production curtailments experienced during the second quarter of 2020 as a result of low crude prices
• Fully funded the partnership’s capital program and distributions for second quarter 2021 while reducing leverage as measured by total debt to Adjusted EBITDA to below 4.0x on a trailing twelve-month basis
• 10 rigs were drilling wells across Enable’s footprint expected to be connected to Enable’s gathering systems as of July 28, 2021, with 6 rigs operating in the Anadarko Basin and 4 rigs operating in the Ark-La-Tex Basin
• Contracted or extended over 300,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of transportation capacity during second quarter 2021 on Enable Gas Transmission, LLC (EGT), Enable Mississippi River Transmission, LLC and Enable Oklahoma Intrastate Transmission, LLC (EOIT)
• Contracted for 100,000 Dth/d of firm service with a utility customer on Enable’s Southeast Supply Header, LLC joint venture
• As previously announced, received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval under section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act to construct and operate the Gulf Run Pipeline project
• Completed a successful open season with significant customer interest for the EGT Supply Diversity Project, which would provide Mid-Continent markets access to supply and storage in and around the Perryville Hub area
• Attained a favorable rate case settlement for EOIT rates governed by section 311 of the Natural Gas Policy Act

ENERGY TRANSFER TRANSACTION UPDATE

Energy Transfer LP’s (NYSE: ET) merger with Enable is subject, among other conditions, to the delivery of written consents representing the affirmative vote or consent of holders of at least a majority of Enable’s outstanding common units, and this consent was obtained through a unitholder vote, which ended May 7, 2021. On May 12, 2021, Enable and Energy Transfer each received a request for additional information and documentary material from the FTC in connection with the FTC’s review of the merger. The effect of the second request is to extend the waiting period imposed by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act. Enable continues to expect the transaction will close in the second half of 2021.

QUARTERLY DISTRIBUTIONS

As previously announced, on July 30, 2021, the board of directors of Enable’s general partner declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.16525 per unit on all outstanding common units for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The distribution is unchanged from the previous quarter and represents Enable’s 29th consecutive quarterly distribution since the partnership’s initial public offering in April 2014. The quarterly cash distribution of $0.16525 per unit on all outstanding common units will be paid August 24, 2021, to unitholders of record at the close of business August 12, 2021.

As also previously announced, the board declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.5439 per unit on all outstanding Series A Preferred Units for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. The quarterly cash distribution of $0.5439 per unit on all outstanding Series A Preferred Units will be paid August 13, 2021, to unitholders of record at the close of business July 30, 2021.

AVAILABLE INFORMATION

Enable files annual, quarterly and other reports and other information with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Enable’s SEC filings are also available at the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov which contains information regarding issuers that file electronically with the SEC. Information about Enable may also be obtained at the offices of the NYSE, 20 Broad Street, New York, New York 10005, or on Enable’s website at https://enablemidstream.com. On the Investor Relations section of Enable’s website, https://investors.enablemidstream.com, Enable makes available free of charge a variety of information to investors. Enable’s goal is to maintain the Investor Relations section of its website as a portal through which investors can easily find or navigate to pertinent information about Enable, including but not limited to:

• Enable’s annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports as soon as reasonably practicable after Enable electronically files that material with or furnishes it to the SEC;
• press releases on quarterly distributions, quarterly earnings and other developments;
• governance information, including Enable’s governance guidelines, committee charters and code of ethics and business conduct;
• information on events and presentations, including an archive of available calls, webcasts and presentations;
• news and other announcements that Enable may post from time to time that investors may find useful or interesting; and
• opportunities to sign up for email alerts and RSS feeds to have information pushed in real time.

ABOUT ENABLE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS

Enable owns, operates and develops strategically located natural gas and crude oil infrastructure assets. Enable’s assets include approximately 14,000 miles of natural gas, crude oil, condensate and produced water gathering pipelines, approximately 2.6 Bcf/d of natural gas processing capacity, approximately 7,800 miles of interstate pipelines (including Southeast Supply Header, LLC of which Enable owns 50%), approximately 2,200 miles of intrastate pipelines and seven natural gas storage facilities comprising 84.5 billion cubic feet of storage capacity. For more information, visit https://enablemidstream.com.

This release is intended to be a qualified notice under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1446-4(b). Brokers and nominees should treat one hundred percent (100%) of Enable’s distributions to foreign investors as being attributable to income that is effectively connected with a United States trade or business. Accordingly, Enable’s distributions to foreign investors are subject to federal income tax withholding at the highest applicable effective tax rate. Brokers and nominees, and not Enable, are treated as the withholding agents responsible for withholding on the distributions received by them on behalf of foreign investors.

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES

Enable has included the non-GAAP financial measures Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Adjusted interest expense and distribution coverage ratio in this press release based on information in its consolidated financial statements.

Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Adjusted interest expense and distribution coverage ratio are supplemental financial measures that management and external users of Enable’s financial statements, such as industry analysts, investors, lenders and rating agencies may use, to assess:

• Enable’s operating performance as compared to those of other publicly traded partnerships in the midstream energy industry, without regard to capital structure or historical cost basis;
• The ability of Enable’s assets to generate sufficient cash flow to make distributions to its partners;
• Enable’s ability to incur and service debt and fund capital expenditures; and
• The viability of acquisitions and other capital expenditure projects and the returns on investment of various investment opportunities.

This press release includes a reconciliation of Gross margin to total revenues, Adjusted EBITDA and DCF to net income attributable to limited partners, Adjusted EBITDA to net cash provided by operating activities and Adjusted interest expense to interest expense, the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures as applicable, for each of the periods indicated. Distribution coverage ratio is a financial performance measure used by management to reflect the relationship between Enable’s financial operating performance and cash distributions. Enable believes that the presentation of Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Adjusted interest expense and distribution coverage ratio provides information useful to investors in assessing its financial condition and results of operations. Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Adjusted interest expense and distribution coverage ratio should not be considered as alternatives to net income, operating income, total revenue, cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP. Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Adjusted interest expense and distribution coverage ratio have important limitations as analytical tools because they exclude some but not all items that affect the most directly comparable GAAP measures. Additionally, because Gross margin, Adjusted EBITDA, DCF, Adjusted interest expense and distribution coverage ratio may be defined differently by other companies in Enable’s industry, its definitions of these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies, thereby diminishing their utility.

FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the information in this press release may contain forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements give our current expectations and contain projections of results of operations or of financial condition, or forecasts of future events. Words such as “could,” “will,” “should,” “may,” “assume,” “forecast,” “position,” “predict,” “strategy,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “project,” “budget,” “potential,” or “continue,” and similar expressions are used to identify forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, forward-looking statements contained in this press release include statements pertaining to our pending merger with Energy Transfer LP and our expectations of plans, strategies, objectives, growth and anticipated financial and operational performance, as updated by this press release. In particular, our statements with respect to continuity plans and preparedness measures we have implemented in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its expected impact on our business, operations, earnings and results are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements can be affected by assumptions used or by known or unknown risks or uncertainties. Consequently, no forward-looking statements can be guaranteed.

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, when considering these forward-looking statements, you should keep in mind the risk factors and other cautionary statements in this press release and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2020 (Annual Report). Those risk factors and other factors noted throughout this press release and in our Annual Report could cause our actual results to differ materially from those disclosed in any forward-looking statement. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements.

Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which such statement is made, and we undertake no obligation to correct or update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

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VALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#Earnings--UGI Corporation (NYSE: UGI) today reported financial results for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2021.

HEADLINES

• Q3 GAAP diluted earnings per share ("EPS") of $0.71 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.13 compared to GAAP diluted EPS of $0.41 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.08 in the prior-year period.
• Year-to-date GAAP diluted EPS of $4.48 and adjusted diluted EPS of $3.30 compared to GAAP diluted EPS of $2.49 and adjusted diluted EPS of $2.81 in the prior-year period.
• Q3 reportable segments earnings before interest expense and income taxes¹ ("EBIT") of $98 million compared to $81 million in the prior-year period.
• Strong results from our diversified business led by increased total margins at UGI International in comparison to the prior-year period and new base rates at UGI Utilities that went into effect on January 1, 2021.
• Completed another key milestone in the regulatory approval process related to the pending Mountaineer acquisition. The process is progressing well and we anticipate that the acquisition could potentially close as early as this fiscal year.

ESG HIGHLIGHTS

• On May 14, 2021, UGI released its third ESG report and announced a commitment to reduce Scope I GHG Emissions by 55% by 2025.
• On May 17, 2021, UGI announced that UGI International and SHV Energy intend to launch a joint venture to advance the production and use of Renewable Dimethyl Ether (“rDME”) in the LPG industry.
• On May 19, 2021, UGI announced that its President and CEO signed the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™ pledge, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
• On August 4, 2021, UGI announced that Energy Services entered into definitive agreements to develop innovative food waste digester projects to produce RNG in Ohio and Kentucky, through its investment in Hamilton RNG.

"UGI delivered strong third quarter results with GAAP diluted EPS of $0.71 and adjusted diluted EPS of $0.13," said Roger Perreault, President and Chief Executive Officer of UGI Corporation. "This performance was driven by higher total margins at UGI International primarily due to significantly colder than prior-year weather, new base rates in our Gas Utility that went into effect on January 1st, and execution on our key priorities, including our growth investments and business transformation initiatives. As a result of the strong year-to-date performance, we now expect the full year adjusted diluted EPS to be at the upper end of our guidance range of $2.90 - $3.00² for this fiscal year.

“Our businesses progressed well on several growth initiatives during the quarter. UGI Utilities continues to see solid customer growth and is on track to deliver compound annual rate base growth in line with historical trends, through the record capital expenditure plan. In connection with the pending acquisition of Mountaineer Gas, the largest gas distribution company in West Virginia, we filed a unanimous settlement before the Public Service Commission of West Virginia ("the Commission"). We provided testimony in a hearing before the Commission and expect to file a Proposed Order by August 10th. While the precise timing of the Commission's approval is uncertain, we have completed several key steps in the regulatory approval process and now expect to close well before the end of the calendar year, and even potentially within this fiscal year. The transaction remains accretive to earnings in the first full year of operation.

“UGI continues to execute on the renewables strategy that we discussed during the June 2021 Investor Day. Today, we announced that UGI Energy Services entered into definitive agreements to produce renewable natural gas in Ohio and Kentucky, through the Hamilton RNG joint venture. This project aligns with our renewables strategy and our goal of providing affordable, reliable and sustainable energy solutions to our customers. Our teams continue to explore an exciting range of renewables opportunities with strong return profiles in the US and Europe.

“We remain focused on execution and are confident that the company is well positioned to deliver another strong year of financial performance. We are excited about the opportunities ahead and are committed to maintaining the proven track record of delivering on our financial and strategic commitments.”

KEY DRIVERS OF THIRD QUARTER RESULTS

• AmeriGas: National accounts volume increased 18%; lower total margin was primarily due to a decrease in cylinder exchange volumes as sales normalized after the higher pandemic volumes seen in Q3 FY20 resulting in slightly lower average retail unit margins
• UGI International: Retail volume increased 21% on weather that was 54.7% colder than the prior-year period; Q3 FY21 EBIT of $41 million compared to $21 million in the prior-year period
• Midstream & Marketing: Higher EBIT reflecting equity income from the investment in Pine Run; Q3 FY21 EBIT of $21 million compared to $20 million in the prior-year period
• UGI Utilities: Higher EBIT largely driven by the increase in base rates, higher margin from large delivery service customers and customer growth

EARNINGS CALL AND WEBCAST

UGI Corporation will hold a live Internet Audio Webcast of its conference call to discuss the quarterly earnings and other current activities at 9:00 AM ET on Thursday, August 5, 2021. Interested parties may listen to the audio webcast both live and in replay on the Internet at https://www.ugicorp.com/investors/financial-reports/presentations or by visiting the company website https://www.ugicorp.com and clicking on Investors and then Presentations. A telephonic replay will be available from 12:00 PM ET on August 5 through 11:59 PM ET August 12. The replay may be accessed toll free at 855-859-2056 and internationally at +1 404-537-3406, conference ID 7457165.

ABOUT UGI

UGI Corporation is a distributor and marketer of energy products and services. Through subsidiaries, UGI operates natural gas and electric utilities in Pennsylvania, distributes LPG both domestically (through AmeriGas) and internationally (through UGI International), manages midstream energy assets in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and West Virginia and electric generation assets in Pennsylvania, and engages in energy marketing, including renewable natural gas, in twelve states and the District of Columbia and internationally in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK.

Comprehensive information about UGI Corporation is available on the Internet at https://www.ugicorp.com.

USE OF NON-GAAP MEASURES

Management uses "adjusted diluted earnings per share," a non-GAAP financial measure, when evaluating UGI's overall performance. Management believes that this non-GAAP measure provides meaningful information to investors about UGI’s performance because it eliminates the impact of (1) gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions and (2) other significant discrete items that can affect the comparison of period-over-period results. Volatility in net income at UGI can occur as a result of gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments not associated with current-period transactions but included in earnings in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles ("GAAP").

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.

Tables on the last page reconcile net income attributable to UGI Corporation, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, to adjusted net income attributable to UGI Corporation, and diluted earnings per share, the most comparable GAAP measure, to adjusted diluted earnings per share, to reflect the adjustments referred to above.

¹ Reportable segments earnings before interest expense and income taxes represents an aggregate of our operating segment level EBIT as determined in accordance with GAAP.

² Because we are unable to predict certain potentially material items affecting diluted earnings per share on a GAAP basis, principally mark-to-market gains and losses on commodity and certain foreign currency derivative instruments we cannot reconcile fiscal year 2021 adjusted diluted earnings per share, a non-GAAP measure, to diluted earnings per share, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, in reliance on the “unreasonable efforts” exception set forth in SEC rules.

USE OF FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This press release contains statements, estimates and projections that are forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended). Management believes that these are reasonable as of today’s date only. Actual results may differ significantly because of risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond management’s control. You should read UGI’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for a more extensive list of factors that could affect results. Among them are adverse weather conditions (including increasingly uncertain weather patterns due to climate change) and the seasonal nature of our business; cost volatility and availability of all energy products, including propane, natural gas, electricity and fuel oil as well as the availability of LPG cylinders; increased customer conservation measures; the impact of pending and future legal or regulatory proceedings, inquiries or investigations, liability for uninsured claims and for claims in excess of insurance coverage; domestic and international political, regulatory and economic conditions in the United States and in foreign countries, including the current conflicts in the Middle East and the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, and foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations (particularly the euro); the timing of development of Marcellus and Utica Shale gas production; the availability, timing and success of our acquisitions, commercial initiatives and investments to grow our business; our ability to successfully integrate acquired businesses and achieve anticipated synergies; the interruption, disruption, failure, malfunction, or breach of our information technology systems, including due to cyber-attack; the inability to complete pending or future energy infrastructure projects; our ability to achieve the operational benefits and cost efficiencies expected from the completion of pending and future transformation initiatives including the impact of customer disruptions resulting in potential customer loss due to the transformation activities; uncertainties related to the global pandemics, including the duration and/or impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and the extent to which we are able to utilize certain tax benefits currently available under the CARES Act and similar tax legislation and whether such benefits will remain available in the future.

SEGMENT RESULTS ($ in millions, except where otherwise indicated)

• Temperatures were 12.3% warmer than the prior-year period.
• Retail gallons sold increased 1% reflecting higher national account volumes, partially offset by lower cylinder exchange volumes compared to the significant increase experienced in the prior-year period, lower residential volumes, structural conservation and other residual volume loss.
• Total margin decreased $14 million primarily due to lower higher-margin residential and cylinder exchange volumes. This was partially offset by an increase in lower-margin national account volumes.
• Operating and administrative expenses increased $3 million largely due to higher vehicle fuel and maintenance expenses, advertising costs and general insurance costs. The effect of these increases were partially offset by LPG transformation savings.
• Operating income and earnings before interest expense and income taxes each decreased $8 million reflecting the lower total margin ($14 million) and higher operating and administrative expenses, slightly offset by higher other income from finance charges and one-time gains on asset sales.

• Retail volume increased 21% largely due to weather that was 54.7% colder than the prior-year period. The increased volume reflects higher bulk and cylinder volumes including the recovery of certain volume decreases due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Average propane wholesale selling prices in northwest Europe were approximately 81% higher than the prior-year period.
• Total margin increased $51 million compared to the prior-year period reflecting increases in volumes and the translation effects of the stronger euro, partially offset by a slight decrease in average LPG unit margins.
• The increase in operating and administrative expenses reflects higher costs attributable to increased volumes, increased compensation and employee benefits-related costs and the translation effects of the stronger euro.
• Operating income increased $23 million compared to the prior-year period reflecting the translation effects of the stronger euro of $4 million.
• Earnings before interest expense and income taxes increased $20 million compared to the prior-year period due to the higher operating income, partially offset by lower pre-tax realized gains on foreign currency exchange contracts ($2 million).

• Temperatures were 18.6% warmer than the prior-year period.
• Total margin increased $1 million primarily reflecting increased margins from capacity management, gas gathering and renewable energy marketing activities compared to the prior-year period. The effect of these increases was partially offset by the absence of margins attributable to HVAC and Conemaugh that were divested in Fiscal 2020.
• Earnings before interest expense and income taxes reflects the increase in total margin and equity income from the investment in Pine Run, in comparison to the prior-year period.

• Gas Utility service territory experienced temperatures that were 16.2% warmer than the prior-year period.
• Core market volumes decreased due to the warmer weather compared to the prior-year period, partially offset by customer growth.
• Total Gas Utility distribution throughput increased 1 bcf reflecting higher large delivery service volumes, partially offset by lower core market volumes.
• Total margin increased $3 million primarily due to increase in base rates that went into effect on January 1, 2021 and higher customer fees, partially offset by the decrease in core market volumes.
• Operating income increased largely reflecting the higher total margin.