Sinclair Acquisition

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

HEP Transaction

On March 14, 2022, pursuant to the Contribution Agreement, HEP acquired all of the outstanding equity interests of Sinclair Transportation in exchange for 21 million newly issued HEP Units, representing 16.6% of the pro forma outstanding HEP Units with a value of approximately $349 million based on HEP’s fully diluted common limited partner units outstanding and closing unit price on March 11, 2022, and cash consideration equal to $329 million, inclusive of final working capital adjustments pursuant to the Contribution Agreement for an aggregate transaction value of $678 million. On the same date and immediately following the consummation of the HEP Transaction, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, REH Company contributed all of the equity interests of the Target Company to HF Sinclair in exchange for 60,230,036 shares of common stock in HF Sinclair, representing 27% of the pro forma equity of HF Sinclair with a value of approximately $2,149 million based on HF Sinclair’s fully diluted shares of common stock outstanding and closing stock price on March 11, 2022.

On August 2, 2021, in connection with the Contribution Agreement, HEP, Holly Logistics Services, L.L.C., the ultimate general partner of HEP (“HLS”) and Navajo Pipeline Co., L.P., the sole member of HLS (the “Sole Member”), entered into a unitholders agreement (the “Unitholders Agreement”) by and among HEP, HLS, the Sole Member, REH Company and the stockholders of REH Company (each a “Unitholder” and collectively, the “Unitholders,” and along with REH Company and each of their permitted transferees, the “REH Parties”), which became effective on the Closing Date.

Pursuant to the Unitholders Agreement, the REH Parties have the right to nominate, and have nominated, one person to the board of directors of HLS until such time that (x) the REH Parties beneficially own less than 10.5 million HEP Units or (y) the HEP Units beneficially owned by the REH Parties constitute less than 5% of all outstanding HEP Units. The Unitholders Agreement also subjects 15.75 million of the HEP Units issued to the REH Parties (the “Restricted Units”) to a “lock-up” period commencing on the Closing Date, during which the REH Parties are prohibited from selling the Restricted Units, except for certain permitted transfers. One-third of such Restricted Units were released from such restrictions on the date that was six months after the closing, one-third of the Restricted Units will be released from such restrictions on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and the remainder will be released from such restrictions on the date that is 15 months from the Closing Date.

Under the terms of the Contribution Agreement, HEP acquired Sinclair Transportation, which together with its subsidiaries, owned REH Company’s integrated crude and refined products pipelines and terminal assets, including approximately 1,200 miles of integrated crude and refined product pipelines supporting the REH Company refineries and other third-party refineries, eight product terminals and two crude terminals with approximately 4.5 million barrels of operated storage. In addition, HEP acquired Sinclair Transportation’s interests in three pipeline joint ventures for crude gathering and product offtake including: Saddle Butte Pipeline III, LLC (25.06% non-operated interest); Pioneer Pipeline (49.995% non-operated interest); and UNEV Pipeline (the 25% non-operated interest not already owned by HEP, resulting in UNEV Pipeline, LLC becoming a wholly owned subsidiary of HEP).

The HEP Transaction was accounted for as a business combination using the acquisition method of accounting, with the assets acquired and liabilities assumed at their respective acquisition date fair values at the Closing Date, with the excess consideration recorded as goodwill. The preliminary purchase price allocation resulted in the recognition of $119.1 million in goodwill.

The following tables present the purchase consideration and preliminary purchase price allocation to the assets acquired and liabilities assumed on March 14, 2022:


Purchase Consideration (in thousands except for per share amounts)
HEP common units issued	21,000
Closing price per unit of HEP common units(1)	$	16.62
Purchase consideration paid in HEP common units	349,020
Cash consideration paid by HEP	325,000
Working capital adjustment payment by HEP(2)	3,955
Total cash consideration	328,955
Total purchase consideration	$	677,975

(1) Based on the HEP closing unit price on March 11, 2022.

(2) Net of cash acquired


						(In thousands)
Assets Acquired
Accounts receivable						3,005
Prepaid and other current assets						59
Properties and equipment						340,682
Operating lease right-of-use assets						105
Other assets						3,500
Goodwill						119,112
Equity method investments						229,891
Total assets acquired						696,354

Liabilities Assumed
Accounts payable						1,528
Accrued property taxes						973
Other current liabilities						789
Operating lease liabilities						33
Noncurrent operating lease liabilities						72
Other long-term liabilities						14,984
Total liabilities assumed						18,379
Net assets acquired						677,975

The fair value of properties, plants and equipment was based on the combination of the cost and market approaches. Key assumptions in the cost approach include determining the replacement cost by evaluating recently published data and adjusting replacement cost for physical deterioration, functional and economic obsolescence. We used the market approach to measure the value of certain assets through an analysis of recent sales or offerings of comparable properties.

The fair value of the equity method investments were based on a combination of valuation methods including discounted cash flows and the guideline public company method.

The fair values discussed above were based on significant inputs that are not observable in the market and, therefore, represent Level 3 measurements. See Note 6.

The fair values of all other current receivable and payables were equivalent to their carrying values due to their short-term nature.

These fair value estimates are preliminary and, therefore, the final fair values of assets acquired and liabilities assumed and the resulting effect on our financial position may change once all needed information has become available, and we finalize our valuations.

Our consolidated financial and operating results for the year ended December 31, 2022 reflected the Sinclair Transportation operations beginning March 14, 2022. Our results of operations included revenue, interest income from sales-type leases and net income of $28.3 million, $52.0 million and $58.1 million, respectively, for the period from March 14, 2022 through December 31, 2022, related to these operations.

For the year ended December 31, 2022, we incurred $2.4 million in incremental direct acquisition and integration costs that principally relate to legal, advisory and other professional fees and are presented as general and administrative expenses in our statements of operations.

The following unaudited pro forma combined condensed financial data for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 was derived from our historical financial statements giving effect to the HEP Transaction as if it had occurred on January 1, 2021. The below information reflects pro forma adjustments based on available information and certain assumptions that we believe are reasonable, including the depreciation of Sinclair Transportation’s fair-valued properties, plants and equipment.

Additionally, pro forma earnings include certain non-recurring charges, the substantial majority of which consist of transaction costs related to financial advisors, legal advisors, financial advisory and professional accounting services.

The pro forma results of operations do not include any contract adjustments to tariffs made after closing, cost savings or other synergies that may result from the HEP Transaction. The pro forma combined condensed financial data has been included for comparative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results that might have occurred had the HEP Transaction taken place on January 1, 2021 and is not intended to be a projection of future results.


	Years Ended December 31,
	2022	2021

Sales and other revenues	562,242	565,115
Net income attributable to the partners	218,006	240,509

Contemporaneous with the closing of the Sinclair Transactions, HEP and HFC amended certain intercompany agreements, including the master throughput agreement, to include within the scope of such agreements certain of the assets acquired by HEP pursuant to the Contribution Agreement.