Dynagas LNG Partners LP Reports Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

Dynagas LNG Partners LP Reports Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

ATHENS, Greece, June 17, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Dynagas LNG Partners LP (NYSE: “DLNG”) (“Dynagas Partners” or the “Partnership”), an owner and operator of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) carriers, today announced its results for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

Quarter Highlights:

  • Net income and earnings per common unit of $15.9 million and $0.36, respectively;
  • Adjusted Net Income(1) and Adjusted EBITDA(1) of $10.6 million and $23.9 million, respectively;
  • 100% fleet utilization(2);
  • Declared and paid cash distribution of $0.5625 per unit on its Series A Preferred Units (NYSE: “DLNG PR A”) for the period from November 12, 2020 to February 11, 2021 and $0.546875 per unit on the Series B Preferred Units (NYSE: “DLNG PR B”) for the period from November 22, 2020 to February 21, 2021; and
  • Sold $1.32 million of common units at an average price per unit of $2.9800 pursuant to the Partnership’s Amended & Restated Sales Agreement, which has $28.7 million of remaining availability as of March 31, 2021.

Subsequent Events:

  • Declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.5625 on the Partnership’s Series A Preferred Units for the period from February 12, 2021 to May 11, 2021, which was paid on May 12, 2021;
  • Declared a quarterly cash distribution of $0.546875 on the Partnership’s Series B Preferred Units for the period from February 22, 2021 to May 21, 2021, which was paid on May 24, 2021;
  • Sold $2.15 million of common units at an average price per unit of $2.8769 pursuant to the Partnership’s Amended & Restated Sales Agreement, which has $26.5 million of remaining availability; and
  • Entered into a new time charter party agreement with Equinor ASA (“Equinor”) for the employment of our LNG carrier Arctic Aurora. Under the new time charter agreement, the Arctic Aurora is expected to be delivered to Equinor in September 2021 in direct continuation of the current charter party with Equinor, meaning there will be no lapse of time between the current and the new time charter. The term ‘in direct continuation’ does not refer to the contracted income.

(1) Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized measures under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B of this press release for the definitions and reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP and other related information.
(2) Please refer to Appendix B.

CEO Commentary:

We are pleased to report the results for the three months ended March 31, 2021.

All six LNG carriers in our fleet are operating under their respective long-term charters with international gas producers with an average remaining contract term of 7.7 years. As of March 31, 2021, our estimated contracted revenue backlog is approximately $1.12 billion.

After securing a new two year charter for the Arctic Aurora with Equinor, and barring any unforeseen events, the earliest contracted re-delivery date for any of our six LNG carriers is in the third quarter of 2023 (the Arctic Aurora), with the next carrier (the Clean Energy) becoming available for re-chartering in the first quarter of 2026.

For the first quarter of 2021, we reported Net Income of $15.9 million, earnings per common unit of $0.36, Adjusted Net Income of $10.6 million and Adjusted EBITDA of $23.9 million.

Despite the ongoing operational challenges the industry is facing as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak, we are pleased to report 100% utilization for our fleet for the first quarter of 2021.

Going forward, we intend to continue our strategy of using our cash flow generation to deleverage our balance sheet and reinforce our liquidity so as to build equity value over time. This, we believe, will enhance our ability to pursue future growth initiatives.

Financial Results Overview:

  Three Months Ended 
(U.S. dollars in thousands, except per unit data)   March 31,
2021
(unaudited)
  March 31,
2020
(unaudited)
Voyage revenues $ 33,448 $ 34,471
Net Income $ 15,865 $ 6,967
Adjusted Net Income (1) $ 10,564 $ 7,074
Operating income $ 15,763 $ 15,712
Adjusted EBITDA(1) $ 23,860 $ 23,740
Earnings per common unit $ 0.36 $ 0.11
Adjusted Earnings per common unit (1) $ 0.21 $ 0.12

(1) Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Earnings per common unit are not recognized measures under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B of this press release for the definitions and reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 Financial Results

Net Income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $15.9 million as compared to a Net Income of $7.0 million for the corresponding period of 2020, which represents an increase of $8.9 million, or 127.1%. The increase in net income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was mainly attributable to the decrease in finance costs as well as to the increase in gain on our interest rate swap transaction entered into in May 2020 compared to the corresponding period of 2020.

Adjusted Net Income for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $10.6 million compared to $7.1 million for the corresponding period of 2020, which represents a net increase of $3.5 million or 49.3%, mainly due to decreased finance costs.

Voyage revenues for the three months ended March 31, 2021 were $33.4 million as compared to $34.5 million for the corresponding period of 2020, which represents a decrease of $1.1 million, mainly as a result of the lower variable hire revenues earned on the Lena River in the three months ended March 31, 2021 compared to the corresponding period in 2020.

The Partnership reported average daily hire gross of commissions(1) of approximately $62,250 per day per vessel in the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, compared to approximately $63,100 per day per vessel for the corresponding period of 2020. During the three-month periods ended March 31, 2021 and March 31, 2020, the Partnership’s vessels operated at 100% and 99.0% utilization, respectively.

Vessel operating expenses were $6.9 million, which corresponds to a daily rate per vessel of $12,739 in the three-month period ended March 31, 2021, as compared to $7.6 million, or a daily rate per vessel of $13,872 in the corresponding period of 2020. This decrease is mainly attributable to lower planned engine maintenance on the Lena River during the first quarter of 2021 compared to the first quarter of 2020.

Adjusted EBITDA for the three months ended March 31, 2021 was $23.9 million, as compared to $23.7 million for the corresponding period of 2020. The increase of $0.2 million, or 0.8%, was mainly due to the net effect of the decrease in revenues and decrease in the vessels’ operating expenses as explained above.

Interest and finance costs, net were $5.5 million in the three months ended March 31, 2021 as compared to $8.8 million in the corresponding period of 2020, which represents a decrease of $3.3 million, or 37.5% due to the (i) lower weighted average interest and (ii) the reduction in interest bearing debt as compared to the corresponding period of 2020.

For the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Partnership reported basic and diluted Earnings per common unit and Adjusted Earnings per common unit, of $0.36 and $0.21 respectively, after taking into account the distributions relating to the Series A Preferred Units and the Series B Preferred Units on the Partnership’s Net income/Adjusted Net Income. Earnings per common unit and Adjusted Earnings per common unit, basic and diluted, are calculated on the basis of a weighted average number of 35,735,752 common units outstanding during the period and in the case of Adjusted Earnings per common unit after reflecting the impact of the non-cash items presented in Appendix B of this press release.

Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Earnings per common unit are not recognized measures under U.S. GAAP. Please refer to Appendix B of this press release for the definitions and reconciliation of these measures to the most directly comparable financial measures calculated and presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

Amounts relating to variations in period–on–period comparisons shown in this section are derived from the condensed financials presented below.

(1) Average daily hire gross of commissions represents voyage revenue excluding the non-cash time charter deferred revenue amortization, divided by the Available Days in the Partnership’s fleet as described in Appendix B.

Liquidity/ Financing/ Cash Flow Coverage

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Partnership generated net cash from operating activities of $22.9 million as compared to $18.7 million in the corresponding period of 2020, which represents an increase of $4.2 million, or 22.5%.

As of March 31, 2021, the Partnership reported total cash of $84.1 million (including $50.0 million of restricted cash). The Partnership’s outstanding indebtedness as of March 31, 2021 under the $675.0 Million Credit Facility amounted to $603.0 million, gross of unamortized deferred loan fees and including $48.0 million, which was repayable within one year.

During the three months ended March 31, 2021, the Partnership sold $1.32 million of common units at an average price per unit of $2.9800 pursuant to the amended and restated ATM Sales Agreement entered into in August 2020, for the offer and sale of common units representing limited partnership interests, having an aggregate offering amount of up to $30.0 million (the “Current ATM Program”). Following these sales, the Current ATM Program has $28.7 million of remaining availability and the Partnership has 36,054,214 units issued and outstanding.

As of March 31, 2021, the Partnership had unused availability of $30.0 million under its interest free $30.0 million revolving credit facility with its Sponsor, or the $30.0 Million Revolving Credit Facility, which was extended on November 14, 2018, and is available to the Partnership at any time until November 2023.

Vessel Employment

As of June 17, 2021, the Partnership had estimated contracted time charter coverage(1) for 100% of its fleet estimated Available Days (as defined in Appendix B) for 2021, 100% of its fleet estimated Available Days for 2022 and 94% of its fleet estimated Available Days for 2023.

As of the same date, the Partnership’s estimated contracted revenue backlog estimate (2) (3) was $1.12 billion, with an average remaining contract term of 7.7 years.

(1) Time charter coverage for the Partnership’s fleet is calculated by dividing the fleet contracted days on the basis of the earliest estimated delivery and redelivery dates prescribed in the Partnership’s current time charter contracts, net of scheduled class survey repairs by the number of expected Available Days during that period.

(2) The Partnership calculates its estimated contracted revenue backlog by multiplying the contractual daily hire rate by the expected number of days committed under the contracts (assuming earliest delivery and redelivery and excluding options to extend), assuming full utilization. The actual amount of revenues earned and the actual periods during which revenues are earned may differ from the amounts and periods disclosed due to, for example, dry-docking and/or special survey downtime, maintenance projects, off-hire downtime and other factors that result in lower revenues than the Partnership’s average contract backlog per day.

(3) $0.15 billion of the revenue backlog estimate relates to the estimated portion of the hire contained in certain time charter contracts with Yamal which represents the operating expenses of the respective vessels and is subject to yearly adjustments on the basis of the actual operating costs incurred within each year. The actual amount of revenues earned in respect of such variable hire rate may therefore differ from the amounts included in the revenue backlog estimate due to the yearly variations in the respective vessels’ operating costs.

Conference Call and Webcast:

As announced, the Partnership’s management team will host a conference call on June 18, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Partnership’s financial results.

Conference Call details:

Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time using the following numbers: 1(877)553-9962 (US Toll Free Dial In), +44(0)2071928592 (Standard International Dial In) or 0(808) 238-0669 (UK Toll Free Dial In). Please quote “Dynagas.”

To listen to the archived audio file, visit our website http://www.dynagaspartners.com and click on Webcasts under our Investor Relations page. The audio replay of the conference call will remain available until Thursday, June 24, 2021.

Audio Webcast – Slides Presentation:

There will be a live and then archived audio webcast of the conference call, via the internet through the Dynagas LNG Partners website www.dynagaspartners.com. Participants to the live webcast should register on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast.

The slide presentation on the first quarter ended March 31, 2021 financial results will be available in PDF format 10 minutes prior to the conference call and webcast, accessible on the company’s website www.dynagaspartners.com on the webcast page. Participants to the webcast can download the PDF presentation. None of the information contained in or that forms a part of the Partnership’s conference calls, website or audio webcasts is part of this release.

About Dynagas LNG Partners LP

Dynagas LNG Partners LP. (NYSE: DLNG) is a master limited partnership which owns and operates liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers employed on multi-year charters. The Partnership’s current fleet consists of six LNG carriers, with aggregate carrying capacity of approximately 914,000 cubic meters.

Visit the Partnership’s website at www.dynagaspartners.com. The Partnership’s website and its contents are not incorporated into and do not form a part of this release.

Contact Information:
Dynagas LNG Partners LP
Attention: Michael Gregos
Tel. +30 210 8917960
Email: management@dynagaspartners.com

Investor Relations / Financial Media:
Nicolas Bornozis
Markella Kara
Capital Link, Inc.
230 Park Avenue, Suite 1536
New York, NY 10169
Tel. (212) 661-7566
E-mail: dynagas@capitallink.com

Forward-Looking Statements

Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.

The Partnership desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe,” “anticipate,” “intends,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “potential,” “project”, “will”, “may,” “should,” “expect,” “expected,” “pending” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking are not intended to give any assurance as to future results and should not be relied upon.

The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions and estimates, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, examination by the Partnership’s management of historical operating trends, data contained in its records and other data available from third parties. Although the Partnership believes that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond the Partnership’s control, the Partnership cannot assure you that it will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.

In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in the Partnership’s view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed, expressed or implied, in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the strength of world economies and fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates, ownership days, and vessel values, changes in supply and demand for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) shipping capacity, changes in the Partnership’s operating expenses, including dry-docking, crewing and insurance costs, bunker prices and fuel prices, the market for the Partnership’s vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, including the implementation of new environmental regulations, economic, regulatory, political and governmental conditions that affect the shipping and the LNG industry, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, political events, public health threats, pandemics, international hostilities and instability, piracy, acts by terrorists or events, including “trade wars,” vessel breakdowns, instances of off-hires, the length and severity of the COVID-19 outbreak, the impact of public health threats and outbreaks of other highly communicable diseases, the impact of the expected discontinuance of LIBOR after 2021 on interest rates of our debt that reference LIBOR, the amount of cash available for distribution, and other factors. Please see the Partnership’s filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. The information set forth herein speaks only as of the date hereof, and the Partnership disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this communication.

APPENDIX A

 
DYNAGAS LNG PARTNERS LP
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income
 
(In thousands of U.S. dollars except units and per unit data)   Three Months Ended
March 31,
    2021
(unaudited)
  2020
(unaudited)
REVENUES        
Voyage revenues $ 33,448   $ 34,471  
EXPENSES        
Voyage expenses (including related party)   (681 )   (901 )
Vessel operating expenses   (6,879 )   (7,574 )
General and administrative expenses (including related party)   (821 )   (699 )
Management fees -related party   (1,485 )   (1,679 )
Depreciation   (7,819 )   (7,906 )
Operating income   15,763     15,712  
Interest and finance costs, net   (5,477 )   (8,760 )
Gain on derivative instruments   5,563      
Other, net   16     15  
         
Net income $ 15,865   $ 6,967  
Earnings per common unit (basic and diluted)

$

0.36   $ 0.11  
Weighted average number of units outstanding, basic and diluted:        
Common units   35,735,752     35,490,000  

 
DYNAGAS LNG PARTNERS LP
Consolidated Condensed Balance Sheets
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars—except for unit data)
 
    March 31,
2021
(unaudited)
  December 31,
2020
(audited)
ASSETS:        
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash (current and non-current) $ 84,078 $ 74,979  
Derivative financial instrument (current and non-current)   4,320    
Due from related party (current and non-current)   1,350   1,350  
Other current assets   2,131   2,141  
Vessels, net   877,081   884,900  
Other non-current assets   2,212   2,467  
Total assets $ 971,172 $ 965,837  
         
LIABILITIES        
Total long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs $ 596,266 $ 607,681  
Total other current liabilities   18,420   14,092  
Derivative financial instrument (current and non-current)   1,176   2,666  
Due to related party (current and non-current)   1,344   1,706  
Total other non-current liabilities   3,206   3,199  
Total liabilities $ 620,412 $ 629,344  
         
PARTNERS’ EQUITY        
General partner (35,526 units issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020)   8   (5 )
Common unitholders (36,054,214 and 35,612,580 units issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020)   224,038   209,784  
Series A Preferred unitholders: (3,000,000 units issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020)   73,216   73,216  
Series B Preferred unitholders: (2,200,000 units issued and outstanding as at March 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020)   53,498   53,498  
Total partners’ equity $ 350,760 $ 336,493  
         
Total liabilities and partners’ equity $ 971,172 $ 965,837  

         
DYNAGAS LNG PARTNERS LP
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
         
    Three Months Ended March 31,
    2021   2020
Cash flows from Operating Activities:        
Net income: $ 15,865   $ 6,967  
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation   7,819     7,906  
Amortization and write-off of deferred financing fees   585     651  
Deferred revenue amortization   164     52  
Amortization and write off of deferred charges   98     55  
Gain on derivative financial instrument   (5,563 )    
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Trade accounts receivable   287     (929 )
Prepayments and other assets   (221 )   (750 )
Inventories   (56 )   (52 )
Due from/ to related parties   (362 )   1,249  
Trade accounts payable   1,227     527  
Accrued liabilities   (111 )   (133 )
Unearned revenue   3,210     3,192  
Net cash from Operating Activities   22,942     18,735  
         
Cash flows from Investing Activities        
Net cash used in Investing Activities        
         
Cash flows from Financing Activities:        
Issuance of common units, net of issuance costs   1,293      
Payment of securities registration and other filing costs        
Distributions declared and paid   (2,891 )   (2,891 )
Repayment of long-term debt   (12,000 )   (12,000 )
Payment of derivative instruments   (245 )    
Net cash used in Financing Activities   (13,843 )   (14,891 )
         
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash   9,099     3,844  
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at beginning of the year   74,979     66,206  
Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at end of the period $ 84,078   $ 70,050  
             

APPENDIX B

Fleet statistics

    Three Months Ended
March 31,
(expressed in United states dollars except for operational data)   2021    2020 
Number of vessels at the end of period   6   6
Average number of vessels in the period (1)   6   6
Calendar Days (2)   540.0   546.0
Available Days (3)   540.0   546.0
Revenue earning days (4)   540.0   540.7
Time Charter Equivalent (5) $ 60,680 $ 61,484
Fleet Utilization (4)   100.0%   99.0%
Vessel daily operating expenses (6) $ 12,739 $ 13,872

(1)   Represents the number of vessels that constituted the Partnership’s fleet for the relevant period, as measured by the sum of the number of days that each vessel was a part of the Partnership’s fleet during the period divided by the number of Calendar Days (defined below) in the period.
(2)   “Calendar Days” are the total days that the Partnership possessed the vessels in its fleet for the relevant period.
(3)   “Available Days” are the total number of Calendar Days that the Partnership’s vessels were in its possession during a period, less the total number of scheduled off-hire days during the period associated with major repairs, or dry-dockings.
(4)   The Partnership calculates fleet utilization by dividing the number of its Revenue earning days, which are the total number of Available Days of the Partnership’s vessels net of unscheduled off-hire days (which do not include positioning/ repositioning days for which compensation has been received) during a period by the number of Available Days. The shipping industry uses fleet utilization to measure a company’s efficiency in finding employment for its vessels and minimizing the amount of days that its vessels are off-hire for reasons such as unscheduled repairs but excluding scheduled off-hires for vessel upgrades, dry-dockings or special or intermediate surveys.
(5)   Time charter equivalent rate (“TCE rate”), is a measure of the average daily revenue performance of a vessel. For time charters, this is calculated by dividing total voyage revenues, less any voyage expenses, by the number of Available Days during that period. Under a time charter, the charterer pays substantially all vessel voyage related expenses. However, the Partnership may incur voyage related expenses when positioning or repositioning vessels before or after the period of a time charter, during periods of commercial waiting time or while off-hire during dry-docking or due to other unforeseen circumstances. The TCE rate is not a measure of financial performance under U.S. GAAP (non-GAAP measure), and should not be considered as an alternative to voyage revenues, the most directly comparable GAAP measure, or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. However, the TCE rate is a standard shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare period-to-period changes in a company’s performance and to assist the Partnership’s management in making decisions regarding the deployment and use of the Partnership’s vessels and in evaluating their financial performance. The Partnership’s calculation of TCE rates may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. The following table reflects the calculation of the Partnership’s TCE rates for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 (amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for TCE rates, which are expressed in U.S. dollars, and Available Days):

    Three Months Ended
March 31,
    2021   2020
(In thousands of U.S. dollars, except for Available Days and TCE rate)        
Voyage revenues $ 33,448   $ 34,471  
Voyage Expenses *   (681 )   (901 )
Time Charter equivalent revenues $ 32,767   $ 33,570  
Available Days   540.0     546.0  
Time charter equivalent (TCE) rate $ 60,680   $ 61,484  

*Voyage expenses include commissions of 1.25% paid to Dynagas Ltd., the Partnership’s Manager, and third-party ship brokers, when defined in the charter parties, bunkers, port expenses and other minor voyage expenses.

(6)   Daily vessel operating expenses, which include crew costs, provisions, deck and engine stores, lubricating oil, insurance, spares and repairs and flag taxes, are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by fleet Calendar Days for the relevant time period.
     

Reconciliation of U.S. GAAP Financial Information to Non-GAAP Financial Information

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted EBITDA

    Three Months Ended
March 31,
(In thousands of U.S. dollars)   2021       2020
Net income $ 15,865     $ 6,967
Net interest and finance costs (1)   5,477       8,760
Gain on derivative instruments   (5,563 )    
Depreciation   7,819       7,906
Amortization of deferred revenue   164       52
Amortization and write- off of deferred charges   98       55
Adjusted EBITDA $ 23,860     $ 23,740

(1) Includes interest and finance costs and interest income, if any.

The Partnership defines Adjusted EBITDA as earnings before interest and finance costs, net of interest income (if any), gains/losses on derivative financial instruments, taxes (when incurred), depreciation and amortization (when incurred), class survey costs and significant non-recurring items (if any). Adjusted EBITDA is used as a supplemental financial measure by management and external users of financial statements, such as investors, to assess the Partnership’s operating performance.

The Partnership believes that Adjusted EBITDA assists its management and investors by providing useful information that increases the ability to compare the Partnership’s operating performance from period to period and against that of other companies in its industry that provide Adjusted EBITDA information. This increased comparability is achieved by excluding the potentially disparate effects between periods or against companies of interest, other financial items, depreciation and amortization and taxes, which items are affected by various and possible changes in financing methods, capital structure and historical cost basis and which items may significantly affect net income between periods. The Partnership believes that including Adjusted EBITDA as a measure of operating performance benefits investors in (a) selecting between investing in the Partnership and other investment alternatives and (b) monitoring the Partnership’s ongoing financial and operational strength.

Adjusted EBITDA is not intended to and does not purport to represent cash flows for the period, nor is it presented as an alternative to operating income. Further, Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of financial performance under U.S. GAAP and does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative to net income, operating income, cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA excludes some, but not all, items that affect net income and these measures may vary among other companies. Therefore, Adjusted EBITDA, as presented above, may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other businesses because they may be defined differently by those other businesses. It should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for a measure of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. Any Non-GAAP measures should be viewed as supplemental to, and should not be considered as alternatives to, GAAP measures including, but not limited to net earnings (loss), operating profit (loss), cash flow from operating, investing and financing activities, or any other measure of financial performance or liquidity presented in accordance with GAAP.

Reconciliation of Net Income to Adjusted Net Income available to common unitholders and Adjusted Earnings per common unit

  Three Months Ended
March 31,
(In thousands of U.S. dollars except for units and per unit data)   2021       2020  
Net Income $ 15,865     $ 6,967  
Amortization of deferred revenue   164       52  
Amortization and write-off of deferred charges   98       55  
Gain on derivative financial instrument   (5,563 )      
Adjusted Net Income $ 10,564     $ 7,074  
Less: Adjusted Net Income attributable to preferred unitholders and general partner   (2,898 )     (2,895 )
Common unitholders’ interest in Adjusted Net Income $ 7,666     $ 4,179  
Weighted average number of common units outstanding, basic and diluted:   35,735,752       35,490,000  
Adjusted Earnings per common unit, basic and diluted $ 0.21     $ 0.12  

Adjusted Net Income represents net income before non-recurring expenses (if any), charter hire amortization related to time charters with escalating time charter rates and changes in the fair value of derivative financial instruments. Adjusted Net Income available to common unitholders represents the common unitholders interest in Adjusted Net Income for each period presented. Adjusted Earnings per common unit represents Adjusted Net Income attributable to common unitholders divided by the weighted average common units outstanding during each period presented.

Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income per common unit and Adjusted Earnings per common unit, basic and diluted, are not recognized measures under U.S. GAAP and should not be regarded as substitutes for net income and earnings per unit, basic and diluted. The Partnership’s definitions of Adjusted Net Income, Adjusted Net Income per common unit and Adjusted Earnings per common unit, basic and diluted, may not be the same at those reported by other companies in the shipping industry or other industries. The Partnership believes that the presentation of Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Earnings per unit available to common unitholders are useful to investors because these measures facilitate the comparability and the evaluation of companies in the Partnership’s industry. In addition, the Partnership believes that Adjusted Net Income is useful in evaluating its operating performance compared to that of other companies in the Partnership’s industry because the calculation of Adjusted Net Income generally eliminates the accounting effects of items which may vary for different companies for reasons unrelated to overall operating performance. The Partnership’s presentation of Adjusted Net Income available to common unitholders and Adjusted Earnings per common unit does not imply, and should not be construed as an inference, that its future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for a measure of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

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When someone visits our websites, we use a third party service, Google Analytics, to collect standard internet log information (such as IP address and type of browser they’re using) and details of visitor behavior patterns. We do this to allow us to keep track of the number of visitors to the various parts of the sites and understand how our website is used. We do not make any attempt to find out the identities or nature of those visiting our websites. We won’t share your information with any other organizations for marketing, market research or commercial purposes and we don’t pass on your details to other websites.

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