TSX: CHE.UN) 2020 Q4 and Year End resultsChemtrade Logistics Income Fund Reports Full Year and Fourth Quarter 2020 Results | Seeking Alpha TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund (CGIFF) (TSX: CHE.UN) today announced results for the three months and year ended December 31, 2020. The financial statements and MD&A will be available on Chemtrade’s website at www.chemtradelogistics.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Mark Davis, President and CEO said, “Due to COVID-19 and other broad issues, 2020 was a very challenging year, not just for Chemtrade, but for everyone. While we were not totally free from COVID-19, the Chemtrade team was generally able to keep itself healthy while continuing to keep our plants operating and meet customer’s needs. I am confident that the team that could deliver results in the face of unique 2020 issues is well able to meet the challenges of the future.”
Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2020 was $319.4 million, a decrease of $35.9 million from 2019. The decrease in revenue for the fourth quarter is primarily due to lower sales volumes and lower selling prices for caustic soda and hydrochloric acid (“HCl”) and lower sales volumes of sodium chlorate in the Electrochemicals (“EC”) segment and lower sales volumes of regen acid and merchant sulphuric acid in the Sulphur Products and Performance Chemicals (“SPPC”) segment.
Net loss for the fourth quarter of 2020 was $25.8 million, compared with a net loss of $12.6 million in 2019. The increase is primarily due to lower Adjusted EBITDA(1) (“EBITDA”) and higher net finance costs. The increase in net finance costs is primarily due to a loss of $3.6 million during the fourth quarter of 2020, compared with a gain of $13.0 million during the same period of 2019 related to a change in the fair value of convertible unsecured subordinated debentures ("Debentures"). This was partially offset by $4.5 million relating to transaction costs on the issuance of Debentures in 2019.
EBITDA for the fourth quarter of 2020 was $44.2 million compared with $70.3 million in the fourth quarter of 2019, a decline of $26.1 million. The decline was primarily attributable to the EC segment and to higher long term incentive plan (“LTIP”) accruals resulting from an increase in the value of Chemtrade’s units towards the end of 2020. Weaker results in the SPPC segment were largely offset by stronger results reported by the Water Solutions and Specialty Chemicals (“WSSC”) segment.
Cash flows from operating activities were $73.2 million compared with $60.7 million during the fourth quarter of 2019. Adjusted cash flow from operating activities(1) was $10.9 million compared with $38.3 million generated during the fourth quarter of 2019. Distributable Cash after maintenance capital expenditures(1) for the fourth quarter of 2020 was negative $23.0 million, or negative $0.25 per unit compared with $1.4 million or $0.02 per unit in 2019. Maintenance Capex for the fourth quarter was $34.0 million, or 37-cents per unit. Maintenance Capex during the fourth quarter was unusually high and represented almost half of the amount spent in the whole year, as projects had been deferred from earlier in the year due to COVID-19 restrictions.
For the full year 2020, Distributable Cash after maintenance capital expenditures was $59.0 million, or $0.64 per unit compared with $82.1 million, or $0.89 per unit in 2019. Results for 2019 included a litigation reserve of $40.0 million. Distributable Cash after maintenance capital expenditures and before the litigation reserve for 2019 was $122.1 million, or $1.32 per unit.