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Daylight Resources Trust (TSX:DAY.UN) -
MESSAGE TO UNITHOLDERS
Daylight Resources Trust ("Daylight" or the "Trust") is pleased to report
financial and operating results for the three months ended March 31, 2008 ("Q1
2008").
The Trust continues to build on positive financial and operating momentum
established during the last half of 2007.
DAYLIGHT RESOURCES TRUST - HIGHLIGHTS
Q1 2008 Drilling Program Exceeds Expectations, Drives Current Production to over
22,000 Boe per day
- Daylight drilled 22 gross (8.9 net) wells with a 96% drilling success rate
during Q1 2008 including 6 gross (5.1 net) wells in Elmworth
- Successful Q1 2008 drilling program, regulatory approvals, and continued
success in our production optimization program drives increase in current
production to over 22,000 boe per day
- Initial production results from Elmworth tight gas play exceed expectations
- Current production includes the impact of Daylight's exploration farmouts
which generated 500 boe per day of net production late in Q1 2008
Increased Capital Program and Production Guidance
- Capital program success and strong financial results drive increase in 2008
capital budget to $140 million
- Strong production performance and increased capital program boosts production
guidance to 20,750 - 21,250 boe per day for 2008
Strong Improvement to Financials and Balance Sheet Continues
- Q1 2008 funds from operations up 24% from Q4 2007 and up 37% from Q1 2007 to
$58.7 million
- Q1 2008 operating netback up 25% from Q4 2007 and up 41% from Q1 2007 to
$38.16 per boe
- Balance sheet strengthens as ratio of net debt to annualized funds from
operations falls to 1.4 times
- Daylight's credit facility increased to $350 million from $300 million at year
end based on the success of our capital program
- Funds from operations are anticipated to fully finance our cash distributions
and our increased 2008 capital program of $140 million, at WTI US$95.00/bbl,
AECO Cdn$8.00/mcf, and an exchange rate of US$ to Cdn$ of 1.00 for 2008
Conservative Payout Ratio Continues
- Q1 2008 payout ratio improves to 40% from 49% during Q4 2007 and 80% during Q1
2007
- Payout ratio expected to continue in top quartile, supported by strong
production and commodity prices
FIRST QUARTER FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS
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Financial
(CDN$ thousands, except unit, per unit and Q1 Q4 Q1
operational data) 2008 2007 2007
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Petroleum and natural gas revenues $ 113,986 $ 99,718 $ 91,982
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Operating netback 68,763 57,919 51,965
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Funds from operations 58,667 47,479 42,833
Per unit - Basic 0.75 0.61 0.57
- Diluted 0.66 0.54 0.57
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Cash distributions declared 23,333 23,296 34,114
Per unit 0.30 0.30 0.45
Payout ratio 40% 49% 80%
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Capital expenditures 43,630 29,089 20,677
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Units outstanding (000s)
Basic 77,914 77,657 76,542
Diluted 94,096 93,850 77,597
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Operational
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Average daily production
Natural gas (mcf/d) 67,691 71,187 78,556
Light oil (bbls/d) 5,174 4,964 4,310
Heavy oil (bbls/d) 2,181 2,488 2,504
NGLs (bbls/d) 1,167 1,266 1,449
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Oil & NGLs (bbls/d) 8,522 8,718 8,263
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Combined (boe/d) 19,804 20,583 21,356
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Average prices received
Natural gas ($/mcf) $ 7.92 $ 6.45 $ 7.31
Light oil ($/bbl) 91.40 81.84 61.34
Heavy oil ($/bbl) 71.54 53.50 42.50
NGLs ($/bbl) 74.91 64.99 54.31
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Oil & NGLs ($/bbl) $ 84.06 $ 71.31 $ 54.40
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Combined ($/boe) $ 63.25 $ 52.66 $ 47.86
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Petroleum and natural gas revenues ($/boe) $ 63.25 $ 52.66 $ 47.86
Royalties ($/boe) (12.06) (9.96) (8.45)
Realized gain (loss) on commodity
derivatives ($/boe) - 1.13 0.01
Operating expenses ($/boe) (12.08) (12.18) (11.43)
Transportation ($/boe) (0.95) (1.07) (0.95)
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Operating netback ($/boe) $ 38.16 $ 30.59 $ 27.04
G&A - cash charge ($/boe) (2.04) (1.97) (2.00)
Cash financial charges ($/boe) (3.56) (3.55) (2.75)
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Funds from operations ($/boe) $ 32.56 $ 25.07 $ 22.29
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Per boe amounts may not add exactly due to rounding
Production Update
- Q1 2008 production volumes were 19,804 boe per day while current Trust
production exceeds 22,000 boe per day based on several positive factors
including: stronger than expected results from the Elmworth horizontal tight gas
Cadomin program, regulatory approval of Good Production Practice ("GPP") for the
Cecil Kiskatinaw light oil play and a successful Edmonton Sands recompletion
program in Sylvan Lake.
- Current Trust production was also positively impacted by the startup of the
first wells associated with the farmout of certain exploratory lands. Initial
production of 500 net boe per day came on late in Q1 2008. Additional tie-ins
are anticipated after spring breakup.
- Q1 2008 production volumes were adversely affected by severe cold weather
related production issues in Wildmere and Sylvan Lake and a delay in receiving
GPP approval for Cecil until late in Q1 2008.
Funds from Operations
- Funds from operations for Q1 2008 increased to $58.7 million from $47.5
million for Q4 2007 and $42.8 million for Q1 2007.
- Increased funds from operations for Q1 2008 were primarily attributable to
higher commodity prices more than offsetting slightly lower production levels.
- Average price received for natural gas improved to $7.92/mcf for Q1 2008, a
23% increase over Q4 2007 and a 2% premium to AECO. The natural gas price for Q1
2008 was 8% higher than the price received during Q1 2007.
- Average price received for light oil improved to $91.40/bbl for Q1 2008, a 12%
increase over Q4 2007. The light oil price for Q1 2008 was 49% higher than the
price received during Q1 2007.
- Average price received for heavy oil improved substantially to $71.54/bbl for
Q1 2008, an increase of 34% over Q4 2007 and 68% higher than Q1 2007.
Operating Netback
- Operating netback increased to $38.16/boe for Q1 2008 compared to $30.59/boe
for Q4 2007. Netback also significantly improved compared to the Q1 2007
operating netback of $27.04/boe.
- Operating expenses decreased slightly to $12.08/boe for Q1 2008 from
$12.18/boe for Q4 2007 and increased from Q1 2007 operating expenses of
$11.43/boe. Daylight expects its operating costs to be approximately $12.00 per
boe for the remainder of 2008.
- Overall royalty rates increased slightly to 19.1% of revenue in Q1 2008 from
18.9% of revenue in Q4 2007. This increase in royalties is in line with the
increase in commodity prices during Q1 2008. Total royalty rates for Q1 2008
were higher than the rate of 17.7% recorded in Q1 2007, primarily due to higher
commodity prices per boe, an increased weighting to oil production and
significant Gas Cost Allowance Credits recognized in Q1 2007.
Payout Ratio
- Payout ratio improved to 40% in Q1 2008 from 49% in Q4 2007.
- Continued improvement in Daylight's payout ratio is attributable to increases
in commodity prices, resulting in higher funds from operations.
Balance Sheet and Financial Flexibility
- Subsequent to the end of Q1 2008, Daylight's syndicate of banks increased our
credit facility based on the success of our capital program.
- At March 31, 2008, Daylight had $268 million outstanding on its credit
facilities which, during May 2008, increased from $300 million to $350 million
available under a revolving term credit facility with a syndicate of banks,
subject to semi-annual review by the banking syndicate. The next regularly
scheduled review date is on or prior to November 30, 2008.
Capital Spending
- Capital spending was $43.6 million during Q1 2008. In total, Daylight drilled
22 gross (8.9 net) wells with a 96% drilling success rate including 6 gross (5.1
net) wells in Elmworth.
- Capital spending for the quarter was heavily weighted towards drilling,
completion and tie-in/facility expenditures at our Elmworth property for our
tight gas horizontal drilling program.
- Additional capital was spent in Cecil, preparing for implementation of a
waterflood in our Kiskatinaw light oil play, and in Sylvan Lake on a highly
successful Edmonton Sands recompletion project.
2008 OUTLOOK AND GUIDANCE UPDATE
Capital Expenditures and Farmouts
- 2008 capital expenditure budget has been increased to $140 million to be
invested in our inventory of repeatable, low risk exploitation projects.
- Primary focus on the increased budget will be incremental drilling, completion
and tie-in activity in both Cecil and Elmworth and increased capital
expenditures on follow up drilling locations related to our successful
exploratory farmout program. Additional capital will also be directed to our
Sylvan Lake property pursuing multiple additional recompletion opportunities.
Production Guidance
- Based on the strong performance of Daylight's Q1 2008 drilling and
recompletion program, approval of GPP for the Cecil area, initial production
volumes from our exploration farmouts and our increased capital program,
Daylight increases our 2008 annual production guidance to a range of between
20,750 and 21,250 boe per day.
- Production guidance continues to be weighted 43% to oil and natural gas
liquids and 57% to natural gas.
Balance Sheet and Financial Flexibility
- Continued low payout ratio expected based on forward strip commodity prices.
- Additional bank credit facility capacity allows financial flexibility to
pursue strategic opportunities.
- Daylight continues to target a low payout ratio and the full funding of
distributions and capital expenditures with funds from operations.
Distributions, as previously announced, will be maintained at $0.10/unit through
Q2 2008.
- Funds from operations are anticipated to fully finance our cash distributions
and our increased 2008 capital program of $140 million at WTI US$95.00/bbl, AECO
Cdn$8.00/mcf and an exchange rate of US$ to Cdn$ of 1.00 for 2008.
- Daylight has hedged 47.4 mmcf per day of our summer (April 1, 2008 to October
31, 2008) natural gas production volumes at an average fixed price at AECO of
$7.15/mcf to ensure stable funds from operations. This volume represents 22% of
our expected total production for 2008. Daylight currently has no other hedges
in place.
Tax Pools and Safe Harbour
- Daylight and it subsidiaries have tax pools of over $824 million at March 31,
2008 which are available to shelter significant cash flow from income tax in
current periods and beyond 2011.
- Current safe harbour capacity for the issuance of $700 million of new equity
provides significant flexibility to execute on strategic opportunities.
Daylight's high-end technical team integrates and emphasizes our exploitation,
reservoir engineering, production optimization, geological and geophysical
expertise to identify and capture reserves and production addition opportunities
for the delivery of long term value creation to our Unitholders. Our team has
developed a multi-year inventory of repeatable, low risk exploitation projects
with significant potential reserve additions on assets we currently own and
control. This inventory includes significant near term prospects and medium to
long term opportunities across our high quality asset base.
With recent strength in commodity prices and continued strong results, both
operationally and financially, Daylight expects that our payout ratio will
continue to improve throughout 2008. This provides the Trust with additional
financial flexibility to execute on our capital plan and take advantage of
strategic opportunities as they arise.
Anthony Lambert, President & CEO
May 7, 2008
MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS
This Management's Discussion & Analysis ("MD&A") is dated May 7, 2008 and should
be read in conjunction with the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated
financial statements and notes for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and
2007 as well as the MD&A and audited consolidated financial statements and notes
for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006. The consolidated financial
statements and other financial data presented have been prepared in accordance
with Canadian Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ("GAAP"). The following
MD&A compares the results of the three months ended March 31, 2008 ("Q1 2008")
to the three months ended December 31, 2007 ("Q4 2007") and to the three months
ended March 31, 2007 ("Q1 2007"). All references are to Canadian dollars unless
otherwise indicated.
NON GAAP MEASURES
Daylight Resources Trust ("Daylight" or the "Trust") utilizes the following
terms for measurement within the MD&A that do not have standardized prescribed
meaning under GAAP and these measurements may not be comparable with the
calculation of similar measurements of other entities.
"Funds from operations" and "funds from operations per unit" are terms utilized
by Daylight to evaluate operating performance and assess leverage. Daylight
considers funds from operations to be an important measure of Daylight's ability
to generate the funds necessary to pay distributions, repay debt and to finance
capital expenditures. Funds from operations does not represent net income for
the period nor should it be viewed as an alternative to net income or other
measures of financial performance calculated in accordance with GAAP. All
references to funds from operations throughout the MD&A are based on cash
provided by operating activities before change in non-cash operating working
capital and asset retirement expenditures since Daylight believes the timing of
collection, payment or incurrence of these items involves a high degree of
discretion and as such these items are not useful for evaluating Daylight's
operating performance. A reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities
to funds from operations follows.
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2008 2007 2007
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Cash provided by operating activities $ 43,516 $ 44,824 $ 46,500
Change in non-cash operating working capital 14,088 1,819 (5,507)
Asset retirement expenditures 1,063 836 1,840
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Funds from operations $ 58,667 $ 47,479 $ 42,833
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"Payout ratio" is a term utilized to evaluate financial flexibility and the
relative burden of distributions. Payout ratio is defined on a percentage basis
as distributions declared divided by funds from operations. Daylight believes
that a payout ratio above 100% is a concern as it indicates that no funds from
operations are being retained to finance capital expenditures or to repay debt.
Daylight believes that a lower payout ratio corresponds to greater financial
flexibility since the excess funds from operations can be invested in capital
expenditures for the long term benefit of Daylight or be utilized to repay debt
and reduce the leverage utilized by Daylight.
"Operating netback" is a term utilized by Daylight to evaluate operating
performance of our petroleum and natural gas assets. The term operating netback
is defined as petroleum and natural gas revenues less royalties, realized gain
(loss) on commodity derivatives, operating and transportation expenses.
"boe" is a term utilized by Daylight in relation to reserves or production to
combine the volumetric measures of natural gas, light oil, heavy oil and natural
gas liquids ("NGLs") to a common "barrel of oil equivalent" term of measurement.
Natural gas volumes have been converted at the ratio of 6,000 cubic feet of
natural gas to one boe and this conversion ratio is based upon an energy
equivalent conversion method primarily applicable at the burner tip and does not
represent value equivalence at the wellhead. Light oil, heavy oil and NGLs have
been converted at the ratio of one barrel of these liquids to one boe. Use of
the terms boe and amounts per boe without reference to the underlying commodity
may be misleading.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements contained within this MD&A, and in certain documents
incorporated by reference into this document, constitute forward-looking
statements. These statements relate to future events or our future performance.
All statements other than statements of historical fact may be forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements are often, but not always, identified by
the use of words such as "seek", "anticipate", "budget", "plan", "continue",
"estimate", "expect", "forecast", "may", "will", "project", "predict",
"potential", "targeting", "intend", "could", "might", "should", "believe" and
similar expressions. These statements involve known and unknown risks,
uncertainties and other factors that may cause actual results or events to
differ materially from those anticipated in such forward-looking statements. We
believe the expectations reflected in those forward-looking statements are
reasonable but no assurance can be given that these expectations will prove to
be correct and such forward-looking statements included in, or incorporated by
reference into, this MD&A should not be unduly relied upon. These statements
speak only as of the date of this MD&A or as of the date specified in the
documents incorporated by reference into this MD&A, as the case may be.
In particular, this MD&A, and the documents incorporated by reference, contain
forward-looking statements pertaining to the following:
- the performance characteristics of our oil and natural gas properties;
- the size of our oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas reserves and
production levels;
- estimates of future cash flow and distributions;
- projections of market prices and costs and the related sensitivities to
distributions;
- drilling plans and timing of drilling, recompletion and tie-in of wells;
- weighting of production between different commodities;
- commodity prices, exchange rates and interest rates;
- expected levels of royalty rates, operating costs, general and administrative
costs, costs of services and other costs and expenses;
- capital expenditure programs and other expenditures and the timing and method
of financing thereof;
- supply of and demand for oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas;
- expectations regarding our ability to raise capital and to continually add to
reserves through acquisitions and development;
- the existence, operation and strategy of our commodity price risk management
program;
- the approximate and maximum amount of forward sales and hedging to be employed
by us;
- our acquisition strategy, the criteria to be considered in connection
therewith and the benefits to be derived therefrom;
- our ability to grow or sustain production and reserves through prudent management;
- the emergence of accretive growth opportunities and continued access to
capital markets;
- our future operating and financial results;
- schedules and timing of certain projects and our strategy for future growth; and
- treatment under governmental and other regulatory regimes and tax,
environmental and other laws.
With respect to forward-looking statements contained in this MD&A and the
documents incorporated by reference herein, we have made assumptions regarding,
among other things:
- future oil and natural gas prices and differentials between light, medium and
heavy oil prices;
- the continued availability of capital, undeveloped lands and skilled personnel;
- the costs of expanding our property holdings;
- the ability to obtain equipment in a timely manner to carry out exploration,
development and exploitation activities;
- the ability to obtain financing on acceptable terms;
- the ability to add production and reserves through exploration, development
and exploitation activities; and
- the continuation of the current tax and regulatory regime and other
assumptions contained in this MD&A and the documents incorporated by reference
herein.
The actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these
forward-looking statements as a result of the risk factors set forth below and
elsewhere in this MD&A and the documents incorporated by reference into this
document:
- volatility in market prices for oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas;
- changes or fluctuations in oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas production
levels;
- liabilities inherent in oil and natural gas operations;
- adverse regulatory rulings, orders and decisions;
- attracting, retaining, and motivating skilled personnel;
- uncertainties associated with estimating oil and natural gas reserves;
- competition for, among other things, capital, acquisitions of reserves,
undeveloped lands, and services;
- incorrect assessments of the value of acquisitions and targeted exploration
and development assets;
- fluctuations in foreign exchange or interest rates;
- stock market volatility, market valuations and the market value of the
securities of Daylight;
- failure to realize the anticipated benefits of acquisitions;
- actions by governmental or regulatory authorities including changes in income
tax laws (including those relating to mutual fund trusts or investment
eligibility) or changes in tax laws and incentive programs relating to the oil
and gas industry and income trusts;
- changes in environmental or other legislation applicable to our operations,
and our ability to comply with current and future environmental and other laws;
- geological, technical, drilling and processing problems and other difficulties
in producing oil, natural gas liquids and natural gas reserves; and
- the other factors discussed under "Risks and Uncertainties" in the annual
Management's Discussion and Analysis.
Statements relating to "reserves" or "resources" are by their nature deemed to
be forward-looking statements, as they involve the implied assessment, based on
certain estimates and assumptions, that the resources and reserves described can
be profitably produced in the future.
Readers are cautioned that the foregoing lists of factors are not exhaustive.
The forward-looking statements contained in this MD&A and the documents
incorporated by reference herein are expressly qualified by this cautionary
statement. We do not undertake any obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements except as required by applicable securities law.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Financial
(CDN$ thousands, except unit, per unit and Q1 Q4 Q1
operational data) 2008 2007 2007
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Petroleum and natural gas revenues $ 113,986 $ 99,718 $ 91,982
Royalties (21,733) (18,853) (16,237)
Realized gain (loss) on commodity
derivatives - 2,145 24
Operating expenses (21,769) (23,072) (21,971)
Transportation (1,721) (2,019) (1,833)
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Operating netback 68,763 57,919 51,965
G&A - cash charge (3,679) (3,724) (3,840)
Cash financial charges (6,417) (6,716) (5,292)
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Funds from operations 58,667 47,479 42,833
Per unit - Basic 0.75 0.61 0.57
- Diluted 0.66 0.54 0.57
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Cash provided by operating activities 43,516 44,824 46,500
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Net income (loss) 3,941 (127,381) 5,301
Per unit - Basic 0.05 (1.64) 0.07
- Diluted 0.05 (1.64) 0.07
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Cash distributions declared 23,333 23,296 34,114
Per unit 0.30 0.30 0.45
Payout ratio 40% 49% 80%
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Capital expenditures 43,630 29,089 20,677
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Market value of investments 15,172 13,068 16,673
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Bank debt 268,410 257,342 338,511
Working capital deficiency (1) 29,908 32,088 29,649
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Convertible debentures 120,170 119,792 3,444
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Total assets 949,143 922,344 1,083,695
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Units outstanding (000s)
Basic 77,914 77,657 76,542
Diluted 94,096 93,850 77,597
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Operational
(Per boe amounts may not add exactly due to rounding)
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Average daily production
Natural gas (mcf/d) 67,691 71,187 78,556
Light oil (bbls/d) 5,174 4,964 4,310
Heavy oil (bbls/d) 2,181 2,488 2,504
NGLs (bbls/d) 1,167 1,266 1,449
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Oil & NGLs (bbls/d) 8,522 8,718 8,263
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Combined (boe/d) 19,804 20,583 21,356
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Average prices received
Natural gas ($/mcf) $ 7.92 $ 6.45 $ 7.31
Light oil ($/bbl) 91.40 81.84 61.34
Heavy oil ($/bbl) 71.54 53.50 42.50
NGLs ($/bbl) 74.91 64.99 54.31
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Oil & NGLs ($/bbl) $ 84.06 $ 71.31 $ 54.40
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Combined ($/boe) $ 63.25 $ 52.66 $ 47.86
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Petroleum and natural gas revenues ($/boe) $ 63.25 $ 52.66 $ 47.86
Royalties ($/boe) (12.06) (9.96) (8.45)
Realized gain (loss) on commodity
derivatives ($/boe) - 1.13 0.01
Operating expenses ($/boe) (12.08) (12.18) (11.43)
Transportation ($/boe) (0.95) (1.07) (0.95)
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Operating netback ($/boe) $ 38.16 $ 30.59 $ 27.04
G&A - cash charge ($/boe) (2.04) (1.97) (2.00)
Cash financial charges ($/boe) (3.56) (3.55) (2.75)
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Funds from operations ($/boe) $ 32.56 $ 25.07 $ 22.29
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Wells drilled - gross (net) 22 (8.9) 11 (7.8) 11 (6.0)
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(1) Excludes unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and future income taxes.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Daylight is an oil and natural gas energy trust applying a high end technical
and business execution team to a high quality asset base to provide sustainable
production and reserves levels. Daylight operates in the Western Canadian
Sedimentary Basin. Daylight's trust units, 8.5% Convertible Debentures Series A
and 8.5% Convertible Debenture Series B trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange
("TSX") with the symbols DAY.UN, DAY.DB and DAY.DB.B, respectively.
Production
Daylight's total production volumes for Q1 2008 averaged 19,804 boe per day
which is a decrease of approximately 4% from Q4 2007. Q1 2008 production volumes
decreased due to regulatory delays at our Cecil property, which were resolved in
late March 2008, and extremely cold weather conditions temporarily disrupting
production at several properties during late January and early February 2008. Q1
2008 production was comprised of 67,691 mcf per day of natural gas, 5,174 bbls
per day of light oil, 2,181 bbls per day of heavy oil and 1,167 bbls per day of
NGLs. Production for Q1 2008 decreased 7% from Q1 2007 primarily due to the
previously mentioned factors affecting Q1 2008, reduced capital investment on
our natural gas program during 2007, and significant declines in the production
levels of two natural gas wells.
With the addition of new production volumes during April 2008 from our
significant and successful Q1 2008 capital expenditure program, Daylight expects
to average approximately 20,750 to 21,250 boe per day of production for fiscal
2008 with the investment of approximately $140 million in our 2008 capital
program. Current production as of the date of this MD&A is in excess of 22,000
boe per day.
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2008 2007 2007
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Natural gas (mcf/d) 67,691 71,187 78,556
Light oil (bbls/d) 5,174 4,964 4,310
Heavy oil (bbls/d) 2,181 2,488 2,504
NGLs (bbls/d) 1,167 1,266 1,449
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Combined oil & NGLs (bbls/d) 8,522 8,718 8,263
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Combined all products (boe/d) 19,804 20,583 21,356
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Production replacement activities for the 2008 year are focused on the following:
- Peace River Arch properties of Elmworth and Cecil
- West Central properties of Pine Creek, Kaybob, Sturgeon, Obed and Medicine Lodge
- Eastern and Southern properties of Wildmere and Sylvan Lake
Commodity Prices
Daylight's natural gas prices are influenced by both North American and, more
recently, global supply and demand balance, seasonal changes, storage levels,
the Canadian to US dollar exchange rate and transportation capacity constraints.
Daylight's realized natural gas price has a high correlation to the Alberta
benchmark price ("AECO") which provides pricing for natural gas based on heating
value.
Daylight's oil price is significantly influenced by global supply and demand
conditions. Daylight's realized light oil price has a high correlation to the US
benchmark West Texas Intermediate at Cushing, Oklahoma ("WTI") price and the
Canadian to US dollar exchange rate. Canadian light oil prices correlate to
refinery postings, which includes the Edmonton par price, that adjust WTI for
the Canadian to US dollar exchange rate as well as transportation costs and
quality differentials.
Daylight's realized heavy oil price is lower than its light oil price and the
historical correlation with Edmonton par price and Bow River price, a heavy oil
benchmark, is not overly strong. Heavy oil requires increased refining and other
costs, such as condensate for blending, which reduce the realized price of this
product. During 2007 and so far in 2008, the Edmonton par price and Bow River
price have been very strong which results in an enhanced price realization by
Daylight on its heavy oil production.
NGLs include condensate, pentane, butane and propane. Prices for NGLs have their
own market dynamic with a relatively strong correlation to light oil prices for
condensate and pentane, while butane and propane trade at varying discounts due
to market conditions including supply and demand.
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Market prices Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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AECO ($Cdn/mcf) $ 7.77 $ 6.01 $ 7.26
WTI ($US/bbl) 97.86 90.57 58.09
Edmonton par ($Cdn/bbl) 98.08 86.89 67.61
Bow River ($Cdn/bbl) 77.10 56.40 49.73
Exchange rate ($Cdn/$US) 0.9954 1.0198 0.8534
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Daylight prices realized Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Natural gas ($/mcf) $ 7.92 $ 6.45 $ 7.31
Light oil ($/bbl) 91.40 81.84 61.34
Heavy oil ($/bbl) 71.54 53.50 42.50
NGLs ($/bbl) 74.91 64.99 54.31
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Combined oil & NGLs ($/bbl) 84.06 71.31 54.40
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Combined all products ($/boe) $ 63.25 $ 52.66 $ 47.86
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Daylight's natural gas price during Q1 2008 was $7.92/mcf, a 2% premium to AECO,
which is a 23% increase over the Q4 2007 natural gas price of $6.45/mcf, a 7%
premium to AECO. Daylight's Q1 2008 natural gas price was 8% higher than the Q1
2007 natural gas price of $7.31/mcf, consistent with the 7% increase to AECO
between these two periods. During Q1 2007, the daily AECO pricing for natural
gas ranged from a low of approximately $6.49/mcf to a high of approximately
$10.55/mcf. Daylight has consistently realized a slight premium to AECO on its
natural gas sales as a result of the heating value of its natural gas production
and Daylight expects this to continue throughout the remainder of 2008.
Daylight's Q1 2008 light oil realized $91.40/bbl, 93% of Edmonton par, while Q4
2007 light oil realized $81.84/bbl, 94% of Edmonton par, for an overall increase
of 12% to Daylight's light oil price. Daylight's light oil price for Q1 2008 was
49% higher than the Q1 2007 light oil price of $61.34/bbl, which was 91% of
Edmonton par. Changes in the Canadian dollar to US dollar exchange rate affect
the Canadian dollar Edmonton par and Daylight's realized light oil price
relative to the US dollar WTI, with a higher exchange rate generally reducing
Edmonton par and Daylight's realized light oil price relative to WTI and a lower
exchange rate generally increasing Edmonton par and Daylight's realized light
oil price relative to WTI. The Canadian dollar to US dollar exchange rate for Q1
2008 was 0.9954 which generally put upward pressure on Edmonton par and
Daylight's realized light oil price in the quarter when compared to Q4 2007 with
an exchange rate of 1.0198 and downward pressure compared to Q1 2007 with an
exchange rate of 0.8534.
Daylight's heavy oil production is concentrated at two properties, with Wildmere
producing approximately 80% of our current volumes, and Chipman producing the
remaining 20%. Daylight's Q1 2008 heavy oil price of $71.54/bbl, 93% of Bow
River, is 34% higher than the Q4 2007 heavy oil price of $53.50/bbl, 95% of Bow
River. Daylight's Q1 2008 heavy oil price was 68% higher than the Q1 2007 heavy
oil price of $42.50/bbl, 85% of Bow River.
Daylight's combined oil and NGLs price during Q1 2008 was $84.06/bbl, 18% higher
than Q4 2007 and 55% higher than Q1 2007.
The impact of the commodity derivatives is recorded within Daylight's loss on
financial instruments. As at March 31, 2008, Daylight had commodity derivatives
in place for a portion of natural gas production volumes from April 1, 2008
through October 31, 2008.
Daylight's realized prices are expected to continue to correlate with market
prices during 2008.
Revenue
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2008 2007 2007
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Natural gas $ 48,798 $ 42,212 $ 51,647
Light oil 43,036 37,376 23,794
Heavy oil 14,198 12,245 9,578
NGLs 7,955 7,569 7,083
Other (1) 316 (120)
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Total $ 113,986 $ 99,718 $ 91,982
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The 20% increase in the price on a combined boe basis more than offset the 4%
decrease in production resulting in a 14% increase in total revenue for Q1 2008
to $114.0 million from Q4 2007. Natural gas sales for Q1 2008 were $48.8
million, an increase of 16% from Q4 2007. Light oil sales for Q1 2008 were $43.0
million, up 15% from Q4 2007, heavy oil sales for Q1 2008 were $14.2 million, up
16% from Q4 2007, and NGLs sales for Q1 2008 were $8.0 million, up 5% from Q4
2007. Total revenue increased 24% in Q1 2008 over Q1 2007, consistent with the
production volumes decreasing 7% offset by a 32% increase on the average
realized price on a combined boe basis.
Royalties
Royalty payments are made to the owners of the mineral rights on our leases,
which include provincial governments (Crown) and freehold landowners, as well as
to other third parties by way of contractual overriding royalties.
In Alberta, royalties on natural gas and NGLs are charged by the government
based on an established monthly Reference Price. The Reference Price is meant to
reflect the average price for natural gas and NGLs in Alberta. Gas cost
allowance, custom processing credits and other incentive programs reduce the
effective royalty rate.
Overriding royalties are generally paid to third parties where Daylight has
entered into agreements to earn an interest in their mineral rights by investing
capital in the property.
Oil royalty rates are generally a function of production rates on a per well
basis and prices. They are also subject to certain reductions and incentives.
Oil crown royalties in Alberta are generally satisfied by delivering the
required volume of oil to the Alberta provincial government. Effective September
1, 2007, the Alberta provincial government changed several incentive programs to
cap reductions at a maximum dollar value. Existing wells under the programs that
have exceeded the cap are subject to increased royalties effective September 1,
2007. Daylight has a number of wells under these programs and these changes
resulted in a slight increase to our oil royalty rate.
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Royalties by type Q1 Q4 Q1
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Crown royalties $ 16,862 $ 14,851 $ 13,042
Freehold royalties 2,177 2,048 1,529
Overriding royalties 2,694 1,954 1,666
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Total $ 21,733 $ 18,853 $ 16,237
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$ per boe $ 12.06 $ 9.96 $ 8.45
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% of revenue 19.1 18.9 17.7
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Royalties by commodity (000s) Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Natural gas $ 8,464 $ 5,744 $ 8,233
Oil and NGLs 13,269 13,109 8,004
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Total $ 21,733 $ 18,853 $ 16,237
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Natural gas ($/boe) $ 8.24 $ 5.26 $ 6.99
Oil and NGLs ($/boe) 17.11 16.34 10.76
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Total ($/boe) $ 12.06 $ 9.96 $ 8.45
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Natural gas (% of revenue) 17.3 13.6 15.9
Oil and NGLs (% of revenue) 20.4 22.9 19.8
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Total (% of revenue) 19.1 18.9 17.7
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Overall royalty rates increased to 19.1% of revenue in Q1 2008 from 18.9% of
revenue in Q4 2007. Natural gas royalty rates increased to 17.3% of revenue from
13.6% of revenue in Q4 2007 due to Gas Cost Allowance credits received in Q4
2007 temporarily reducing royalties in that period below normal levels. Oil and
NGLs royalty rates decreased to 20.4% of revenue during Q1 2008 as compared to
22.9% of revenue in Q4 2007. Total royalty rates increased to 19.1% of revenue
for Q1 2008 from 17.7% of revenue for Q1 2007. This is primarily due to higher
commodity prices per boe and an increased weighting to oil production during Q1
2008 as compared to Q1 2007 and Gas Cost Allowance credits offsetting a larger
proportion of the total royalty expense during Q1 2007 compared to Q1 2008.
On October 25, 2007, the Alberta government introduced a proposed New Royalty
Framework which is scheduled to take effect January 1, 2009 and provided
information on further modification to the Framework during April 2008.
Approximately 95% of Daylight's current reserves and production are within the
Province of Alberta and will be subject to the New Royalty Framework. The exact
details and specific regulations are not yet known but Daylight has undertaken a
preliminary internal review of the potential impact on our royalty rates,
operating netback, funds from operations and net present value of our reserves.
Daylight has made assumptions which management considers to be reasonable and
has also engaged multiple service providers to assist in determining reasonable
assumptions and assessing the potential impact on Daylight. Our analysis is
based on our independent reserve evaluation engineer's commodity price forecast
as at January 1, 2008 which includes: an AECO natural gas price of $6.75 per
mmbtu for 2008 and $7.55 per mmbtu for 2009; a WTI crude oil price of US$92.00
per bbl for 2008 and US$88.00 per bbl for 2009 with an forecast exchange rate of
$1 Canadian to $1 US. Based on our internal review, in consultation with
multiple service providers, Daylight estimates that the impact of the New
Royalty Framework on our future royalty rates, operating netback, funds from
operations and the net present value of our reserves in aggregate appears to be
minimal. The impact on certain wells, properties and projects is expected to be
very significant. The estimated negative impact on our light oil properties of
Pembina, Cecil, Sturgeon, Red Earth, Little Horse and Freeman is balanced by the
estimated positive impact on our lower rate heavy oil Wildmere property, our
deep natural gas West Central and Peace River Arch properties as well as our
lower rate shallow natural gas properties located in Central Alberta.
Future reserve and production addition activities are expected to be
significantly impacted by the changes to the royalty system. The Trust's depth
of prospect inventory will allow Daylight to select capital expenditure programs
that provide the greatest value to our unitholders in the context of the
expected change to the royalty system.
Loss on Financial Instruments
Financial instruments comprise accounts receivable, investments, accounts
payable and accrued liabilities, cash distributions payable, bank debt, and
convertible debentures. Unless otherwise noted, carrying values reflect the
current fair value of the Trust's financial instruments due to the short term to
maturity. The Trust's investments held for trading include the shares of Pegasus
Oil & Gas Inc. ("Pegasus") and Trafalgar Energy Ltd. ("Trafalgar") (see
Investments section below). These investments held for trading have a fair value
based on quoted market values of $6.3 million as at March 31, 2008. During Q1
2008 Daylight experienced a $0.1 million unrealized loss on these investments
held for trading. The Trust has an equity investment in Avery Resources Inc.
("Avery") (see Investments section below). This investment has a fair value
based on quoted market value of $8.8 million as at March 31, 2008. At December
31, 2007, it was determined that the decline in value of the investment in Avery
was other than temporary and was written down to its market value. For the three
months ended March 31, 2008 the equity loss on the investment in Avery was $0.4
million.
The Trust's long-term debt bears interest at a floating market rate and
accordingly, the fair market value approximates the carrying value. The
convertible debentures outstanding at March 31, 2008, with a face value of
$128.4 million, had a fair value based on quoted market value of $134.9 million.
The Trust may enter into financial or commodity derivatives to manage commodity
prices, foreign exchange and interest rate risk. The current 12 month forward
strip for AECO natural gas is approximately $10.51 per mcf and WTI oil is
approximately US$121.00 per barrel which is equivalent to approximately $122.00
Canadian per barrel.
As at March 31, 2008, Daylight had the following commodity derivatives in
place:
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Type of Contract Commodity Hedged Volume(2) Hedge Price Hedge Period
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Financial (Swap)(1) Natural gas 20,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.635/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
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Financial (Swap)(1) Natural gas 10,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.700/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
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Financial (Swap)(1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.745/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
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Financial (Swap)(1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.740/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
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Financial (Swap)(1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$7.140/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
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Financial (Swap)(1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$7.170/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
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(1) Swap indicates fixed price.
(2) A GJ converts to a mcf at the rate of 1.055056 GJs per mcf.
Financial or commodity derivatives used to manage risk are subject to periodic
settlements throughout the term of the instruments. Such settlements may result
in a gain or loss which is recognized as a realized derivative gain or loss at
the time of settlement. The mark-to-market value of a derivative outstanding at
the end of a reporting period reflects the value of the derivative based upon
market conditions existing as of that date. Any change in value from that
determined at the end of the prior period is recognized as an unrealized
derivative gain or loss.
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(000s) Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Realized gain on commodity derivatives $ - $ 2,145 $ 24
Unrealized loss on commodity derivatives (22,270) (2,234) (7,784)
Unrealized loss on investments held for
trading (133) (1,120) (1,501)
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Total $ (22,403) $ (1,209) $ (9,261)
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Realized gain on commodity derivatives
($/boe) $ - $ 1.13 $ 0.01
Unrealized loss on commodity derivatives
($/boe) (12.36) (1.18) (4.05)
Unrealized loss on investments held for
trading ($/boe) (0.07) (0.59) (0.78)
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Total ($/boe) $ (12.43) $ (0.64) $ (4.82)
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Daylight experienced a $22.3 million unrealized loss on its commodity
derivatives during Q1 2008 compared to a $7.8 million unrealized loss during the
same period last year. Daylight recognized a realized gain of $2.1 million and
an unrealized loss of $2.2 million on its commodity derivatives during Q4 2007.
For the three months ended March 31, 2008, Daylight recorded a loss on financial
instruments of $22.4 million.
Operating Expenses
Operating expenses include activities in the field required to operate wells and
facilities, lift to surface, gather, process, treat and store production.
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2008 2007 2007
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Operating costs $ 21,769 $ 23,072 $ 21,971
$ per boe $ 12.08 $ 12.18 $ 11.43
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Daylight experienced a slight 1% decrease in operating costs during Q1 2008 to
$12.08 per boe as compared to Q4 2007 at $12.18 per boe and a 6% increase to
operating costs as compared to Q1 2007 at $11.43 per boe. Daylight expects its
operating costs to be approximately $12.00 per boe for the remainder of 2008.
Transportation Expenses
Transportation expenses are defined by the point of legal custody transfer of
the commodity and are influenced by the nature of the production, location,
availability of transportation and the sales point. The cost of delivering
production to the custody transfer point is shown separately as transportation
expense.
Daylight generally sells its light oil and NGLs production at the lease with the
purchaser taking legal custody of the oil and paying a price for the oil at that
delivery point. Daylight's heavy oil, and a small portion of its light oil
production, are delivered to a terminal by truck and as such, bear trucking
charges which are a transportation expense. Natural gas is usually transported
to an established delivery point such as AECO in Alberta and then transferred to
the purchaser. Transportation expense decreased 11% to $0.95 per boe in Q1 2008
compared to $1.07 per boe in Q4 2007 and was consistent with $0.95 per boe in Q1
2007.
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2008 2007 2007
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Transportation costs $ 1,721 $ 2,019 $ 1,833
$ per boe $ 0.95 $ 1.07 $ 0.95
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Operating Netbacks
The following table provides detail regarding Daylight's operating netbacks
on a per boe basis.
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$ per boe Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Revenue $ 63.25 $ 52.66 $ 47.86
Royalties (12.06) (9.96) (8.45)
Realized gain on commodity derivatives - 1.13 0.01
Operating cost (12.08) (12.18) (11.43)
Transportation (0.95) (1.07) (0.95)
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Operating netback $ 38.16 $ 30.59 $ 27.04
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General and Administrative Expenses
The following tables provide detail regarding Daylight's general and
administrative expenses ("G&A") on a total and per boe basis.
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2008 2007 2007
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Gross G&A $ 6,825 $ 6,980 $ 6,573
Operating recoveries (1,541) (1,651) (1,233)
Capitalized costs (1,605) (1,605) (1,500)
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G&A - cash charge 3,679 3,724 3,840
Unit based compensation 2,295 708 1,410
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Net G&A $ 5,974 $ 4,432 $ 5,250
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$ per boe Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Gross G&A $ 3.79 $ 3.69 $ 3.42
Operating recoveries (0.86) (0.87) (0.64)
Capitalized costs (0.89) (0.85) (0.78)
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G&A - cash charge 2.04 1.97 2.00
Unit based compensation 1.27 0.37 0.73
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Net G&A $ 3.31 $ 2.34 $ 2.73
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General and administrative expenses during Q1 2008 were $6.0 million ($3.31 per
boe) including non-cash unit based compensation of $2.3 million ($1.27 per boe).
General and administrative expenses for Q4 2007 were $4.4 million ($2.34 per
boe) including non-cash unit based compensation of $0.7 million ($0.37 per boe).
G&A expenses for Q1 2007 were $5.3 million ($2.73 per boe) including non-cash
unit based compensation of $1.4 million ($0.73 per boe). The Q1 2008 G&A cash
expense per boe was 4% higher than Q4 2007 and 2% higher as compared to Q1 2007.
Daylight and Midnight Oil Exploration Ltd. ("MOX") are considered related, as
Daylight's Chairman is a director and officer of MOX. In addition, Daylight's
Chief Executive Officer and director is also a director of MOX and Daylight's
Corporate Secretary is also MOX's Corporate Secretary. Daylight and MOX are
joint venture partners in certain properties, and as a result, revenues and
costs related to these properties are allocated to each partner under standard
joint venture billing arrangements. Each partner's costs and revenues are based
on the exchange amounts which reflect actual third party costs incurred and
revenue received. All transactions are conducted under standard business terms
and are considered within the normal course of Daylight's business activities
and operations. In addition, certain administrative services which provide
reasonable economy and do not involve competitive issues are provided to MOX by
Daylight Energy on a fixed fee basis negotiated by the parties, which is
considered comparable to the fee an independent third party would charge for the
services, and may be cancelled by either party.
For the three months ended March 31, 2008, Daylight charged MOX $0.4 million
(2007 - $0.3 million) for administrative services and premises costs with a
payable balance, which includes joint venture and commodity marketing amounts of
approximately $2.9 million due to MOX as at March 31, 2008 (December 31, 2007 -
$4.7 million).
Unit based compensation expense is an allocation of the fair value of Restricted
Trust Unit Awards ("RTUs") and Performance Trust Unit Awards ("PTUs") to their
three year vesting period starting at the date of grant. Unit based compensation
expense also includes amounts relating to the Employee Bonus Plan and Employee
Unit Ownership Plan that were settled in units issued from treasury.
Financial Charges
Daylight incurs cash interest expense on its outstanding bank debt and
convertible debentures. Daylight's effective bank debt interest rate was 5.2%
for Q1 2008 as compared to 6.0% for Q4 2007 and 5.8% for Q1 2007. The
convertible debentures have a fixed interest rate of 8.5% for all periods.
Non-cash financial charges relate to amortization of costs incurred to issue
convertible debentures, establish bank credit facilities and accretion of the
convertible debenture discount. Daylight's bank debt interest rate is expected
to continue to correlate with market interest rates during 2008 and the
convertible debentures interest rate is fixed at 8.5%. On October 3, 2007,
Daylight issued $125 million principal amount of 8.5% Convertible Unsecured
Subordinated Debentures, Series B ("Series B Debentures") for net proceeds of
$119.6 million (see Liquidity and Capital Resources section below). The decrease
in total financial charges for Q1 2008 versus Q4 2007 is due to the decrease in
our effective bank debt interest rate. The increase in total financial charges
for Q1 2008 over Q1 2007 is due to the new debenture issuance. Cash financial
charges are influenced by both the interest rate and the level of debt
outstanding.
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2008 2007 2007
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Bank debt interest $ 3,700 $ 4,020 $ 5,217
Convertible debenture interest 2,717 2,696 75
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Cash financial charges 6,417 6,716 5,292
Amortization of financial charges 27 27 28
Accretion of convertible debenture discount 454 445 12
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Total $ 6,898 $ 7,188 $ 5,332
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$ per boe Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Bank debt interest $ 2.05 $ 2.12 $ 2.71
Convertible debenture interest 1.51 1.42 0.04
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Cash financial charges 3.56 3.55 2.75
Amortization of financial charges 0.01 0.01 0.01
Accretion of convertible debenture discount 0.25 0.23 0.01
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Total $ 3.82 $ 3.80 $ 2.77
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Depletion, Depreciation and Accretion
Daylight's depletion, depreciation and accretion for Q1 2008 totalled $35.2
million, which is 3% lower than Q4 2007. Q1 2008 charges decreased 2% from
Q1 2007.
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2008 2007 2007
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Depletion and Depreciation $ 34,513 $ 35,730 $ 35,411
Accretion 662 662 655
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Total $ 35,175 $ 36,392 $ 36,066
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$ per boe
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Depletion and Depreciation $ 19.15 $ 18.87 $ 18.42
Accretion 0.37 0.35 0.34
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Total $ 19.52 $ 19.22 $ 18.76
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Future Taxes
Daylight recorded a future income tax recovery of $6.0 million in Q1 2008, a
future income tax recovery of $6.8 million in Q4 2007, and a future income tax
recovery of $10.7 million in Q1 2007. Daylight is a taxable entity under the
Canadian Income Tax Act and is currently taxable only on income that is not
distributed or distributable to its unitholders.
Daylight does not expect to pay any income taxes until at least 2011 and expects
to continue to recognize recoveries of recorded future tax liability amounts on
the balance sheet until at least 2011 as income is generated and distributions
are paid to unitholders.
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(000s) Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Future Tax $ (5,990) $ (6,754) $ (10,663)
$ per boe $ (3.32) $ (3.57) $ (5.55)
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As at March 31, 2008, Daylight and its subsidiaries have tax pools of
approximately $824 million. These tax pool balances are subject to change as tax
returns are completed, annual claims are made, and reclassification of items
between categories may occur.
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2008 2007
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Canadian exploration expense $ 68,000 $ - $ 68,000 $ 67,000
Canadian development expense 293,000 - 293,000 283,000
Canadian oil and gas property
expense 33,000 82,000 115,000 113,000
Undepreciated capital cost 306,000 - 306,000 302,000
Non-capital losses 29,000 - 29,000 35,000
Share and Unit issue costs 1,000 12,000 13,000 14,000
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Total $ 730,000 $ 94,000 $ 824,000 $ 814,000
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Net Income (Loss), Funds from Operations, and Cash Provided by Operating Activities
As a result of the previously discussed factors, Daylight recognized Q1 2008 net
income of $3.9 million ($2.19/boe, $0.05/unit-basic, $0.05/unit-diluted), funds
from operations of $58.7 million ($32.55/boe, $0.75/unit-basic,
$0.66/unit-diluted) and cash provided by operating activities of $43.5 million.
Daylight recognized a net loss for Q4 2007 due to write downs of goodwill.
Daylight has no remaining goodwill recorded on the balance sheet at March 31,
2008. There has been no impairment to the value of Daylight's petroleum and
natural gas assets and no write down to petroleum and natural gas assets has
been recorded in any period. Results from the comparative periods are presented
below.
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Q1 Q4 Q1
(000s) 2008 2007 2007
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Net income (loss) $ 3,941 $(127,381) $ 5,301
Per boe $ 2.19 $ (67.27) $ 2.76
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Per Unit
Basic $ 0.05 $ (1.64) $ 0.07
Diluted $ 0.05 $ (1.64) $ 0.07
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Funds from operations $ 58,667 $ 47,479 $42,833
Per boe $ 32.55 $ 25.07 $ 22.29
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Per Unit
Basic $ 0.75 $ 0.61 $ 0.57
Diluted $ 0.66 $ 0.54 $ 0.57
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Cash provided by operating activities $ 43,516 $ 44,824 $46,500
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Daylight's funds from operations is significantly influenced by commodity prices
and production volumes.
Daylight's estimated sensitivity to changes in its commodity price, production
volume and exchange rate assumptions for the full year 2008 are estimated as
follows:
- $1.2 million per $0.10 change in natural gas price per mcf.
- $2.3 million per US$1.00 change in the WTI oil price per bbl.
- $1.7 million per 1 mmcf per day change in production.
- $2.2 million per 100 bbl per day change in light oil production.
- $1.6 million per 100 bbl per day change in heavy oil production.
- $1.6 million per 100 bbl per day change in NGLs production.
- $2.2 million per $0.01 change in the United States dollar to Canadian dollar
exchange rate.
Capital Expenditures
Daylight invested $43.6 million on its capital expenditure program during Q1
2008 compared to $29.1 million in Q4 2007 and $20.7 million in Q1 2007. These
expenditures for Q1 2008 and Q4 2007 are also providing significant additions of
new production volumes during April 2008, and Daylight anticipates fiscal 2008
production volumes to average 20,750 to 21,250 boe/d with the investment of
approximately $140 million in our 2008 capital program. During Q1 2008, 8 gross
(2.5 net) wells were drilled under a farmout arrangement which results in
Daylight receiving a net interest in the wells at no cash cost up to and
including the drilling and completion of the welld.
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(000s) Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Land and acquisitions $ 3,331 $ 1,352 $ 631
Geological and geophysical 1,683 1,682 1,512
Drill, complete and recomplete 23,668 13,681 13,582
Equipping and facilities 14,948 12,374 4,952
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Capital Expenditures $ 43,630 $ 29,089 $ 20,677
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In the first three months of 2008, Daylight drilled a total of 22 gross (8.9
net) wells with 96% success. This program provided production and reserve
additions within the following core areas:
- Peace River Arch Properties include Cecil, Elmworth, and Sinclair. In Q1 2008,
Daylight drilled 6 gross (5.1 net) natural gas wells.
- West Central properties including Pine Creek, Kaybob, Pembina, Sturgeon,
Oldman and Windfall. In Q1 2008, Daylight drilled 10 gross (2.4 net) natural gas
wells, 1 gross (0.3 net) oil wells and 1 gross (0.3 net) dry hole.
- Eastern properties include Wildmere, Bon Accord and Chipman. In Q1 2008,
Daylight drilled 2 gross (0.3 net) heavy oil wells.
- Southern properties include Chigwell and Sylvan Lake. In Q1 2008, Daylight
drilled 2 gross (0.5 net) gas wells.
Investments
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Number of Equity or
Symbol Shares Fair Value
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Avery Resources Inc. ARY 21,300,000 $ 6,241
Trafalgar Energy Ltd. TFL 740,240 2,672
Pegasus Oil & Gas Inc. POG.A 2,440,000 3,660
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Balance, March 31, 2008 $ 12,573
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Daylight owns approximately 23% of the basic issued and outstanding common
shares of Avery Resources Inc. ("Avery"), a Calgary-based junior exploration
company actively pursuing opportunities in Australia. This investment is
composed of 21,300,000 common shares and Daylight accounts for this investment
using the equity method. Avery is a public company trading on the TSX under the
symbol ARY. On March 31, 2008, Avery common shares closed at $0.415 per share.
As at March 31, 2008, the market value of this investment was approximately $8.8
million (December 31, 2007 - $6.6 million). At December 31, 2007, it was
determined that the decline in value of the investment in Avery was other than
temporary and the investment was written down to its market value. For the three
months ended March 31, 2008, the equity loss in Avery was $0.4 million (2007 -
$1.4 million).
Daylight owns 740,240 common shares of Trafalgar Energy Ltd. ("Trafalgar"),
which is approximately 6% of the issued and outstanding common shares of
Trafalgar at March 31, 2008. The Trust accounts for its investment in Trafalgar
at fair value based on the quoted market price. Trafalgar is a public company
trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TFL. On March 31, 2008
the Trafalgar common shares closed at $3.61 per share. As at March 31, 2008, the
market value of this investment is approximately $2.7 million (2007 - $3.0
million).
Daylight also owns 2,440,000 Class A common shares of Pegasus Oil & Gas Inc.
("Pegasus"), which is approximately 7% of the issued and outstanding Class A
common shares outstanding at March 31, 2008. The Trust accounts for its
investment in Pegasus at fair value based on the quoted market price. Pegasus is
a public company trading on the TSX Venture Exchange under the symbols POG.A and
POG.B. On March 31, 2008, the class A shares closed at $1.50 per share. As at
March 31, 2008, the market value of this investment is approximately $3.7
million (2007 - $5.4 million).
Daylight continues to consider its equity investments in Avery, Trafalgar and
Pegasus as available for disposition.
Distributions
During Q1 2008, Daylight declared three monthly cash distributions totalling
$23.3 million ($0.30 per Trust Unit) with a resulting payout ratio of 40%.
During Q4 2007, Daylight declared three monthly cash distributions totalling
$23.3 million ($0.30 per Trust Unit) with a resulting payout ratio of 49%.
During Q1 2007, Daylight declared three cash distributions totalling $34.1
million ($0.45 per Trust Unit).
Daylight's management and the Board of Directors continually monitor the
distribution level in relation to forecast funds from operations, debt levels
and capital expenditure programs. Commodity prices and production volumes are
critical variables in determining funds from operations and changes in these two
items have a material impact on funds from operations and Daylight's ability to
fund distributions. Distributions beyond the periods declared are not guaranteed
to occur in the future.
Daylight targets to fully finance its capital expenditures and cash
distributions with funds from operations over the longer term, but may not fully
finance these items within a quarterly or annual period. Daylight's decision to
reduce its monthly cash distribution from $0.15 per unit per month to $0.10 per
unit per month effective for the September 17, 2007 payment date improved
Daylight's ability to fully finance capital expenditures and cash distributions
with funds from operations and has improved Daylight's financial flexibility. To
the extent that capital expenditures are not fully financed by funds from
operations, Daylight may draw upon its available credit facilities or issue new
trust units or debentures.
As discussed in the non GAAP measures section of this MD&A, Daylight utilizes
the non GAAP term "funds from operations" to evaluate operating performance,
assess leverage and considers this term to be an important measure in assessing
Daylight's ability to generate the funds necessary to pay distributions, repay
debt and finance capital expenditures. Funds from operations is also utilized in
the calculation of "payout ratio" which is also a non GAAP measure utilized by
Daylight to evaluate financial flexibility and the relative burden of
distributions. National Policy 41-201 requires certain disclosures comparing
distributions to cash provided by operating activities which is a GAAP measure.
A reconciliation of cash provided by operating activities to funds from
operations is included in the non GAAP measures section of this MD&A. The
disclosures required by National Policy 41-201 are contained in the following
table and paragraphs of this Distributions section of the MD&A.
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(000s) Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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Cash distributions declared
per unit $ 0.30 $ 0.30 $ 0.45
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Cash distributions declared $ 23,333 $ 23,296 $ 34,114
Cash provided by operating
activities $ 43,516 $ 44,824 $ 46,500
Net income (loss) $ 3,941 $ (127,381) $ 5,301
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Excess (shortfall) of the following
items over cash distributions
declared:
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Cash provided by operating
activities $ 20,183 $ 21,528 $ 12,386
Net income (loss) $ (19,392) $ (150,677) $ (28,813)
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Cash provided by operating activities of $43.5 million for Q1 2008 exceeded
Daylight's cash distributions of $23.3 million by $20.2 million. Cash provided
by operating activities of $44.8 million for Q4 2007 exceeded cash distributions
of $23.3 million by $21.5 million. Cash provided by operating activities of
$46.5 million for Q1 2007 exceeded cash distributions of $34.1 million by $12.4
million in the period.
For Q1 2008, Q4 2007 and Q1 2007, the cash distributions declared exceeded the
net income of $3.9 million, the net loss of $127.4 million, and the net income
of $5.3 million respectively by $19.4 million, $150.7 million and $28.8 million
respectively.
Cash distributions declared typically exceed the net income (loss) in these
periods but do not typically exceed cash provided by operating activities and
this relationship is expected to continue for future periods. Daylight has
declared cash distributions in excess of net income since net income includes
several non-cash charges including depletion, depreciation and accretion, unit
based compensation, unrealized (gain) loss on financial instruments, and future
tax, which do not impact the funds available to pay distributions declared. The
depletion, depreciation and accretion charge does not necessarily represent the
cost of maintaining and replacing the volume of reserves produced in the period.
In those periods where cash distributions exceed the net income (loss) of the
period, a portion of the distribution declared may represent an economic return
of capital for unit holders and the distributions declared may be subject to
increases or decreases in future periods depending on future circumstances.
Daylight has a Premium Distribution Reinvestment and Optional Trust Unit
Purchase Plan ("Premium DRIP(TM)") for eligible unitholders. On distribution
payment dates eligible Premium DRIP(TM) unitholders may receive, in lieu of the
cash distribution that unitholders are otherwise entitled to receive in respect
of their units, a cash payment equal to 102% of such amount.
Unitholders may also reinvest their cash distributions in additional trust units
at a price that is 95% of the average market price for the Pricing Period. The
Pricing Period refers to the period beginning on the later of the 21st business
day preceding the distribution payment date and the second business day
following the record date applicable to that distribution payment date, and
ending on the second business day preceding the distribution payment date.
Eligible Premium DRIP(TM) unitholders may also make optional cash payments on
this date to purchase additional trust units at a price that is equal to the
average market price for the Pricing Period. During the three months ended March
31, 2008 Daylight issued no (2007 - 1,891,527) trust units from treasury for the
Premium DRIP(TM) in lieu of cash distributions totalling $nil (2007 - $17.6
million).
Daylight can prorate or suspend requests for the receipt of amounts under the
Premium DRIP(TM) and Daylight has not issued any trust units under the Premium
DRIP(TM) program since August 2007 when the distribution level of $0.10 per
trust unit was announced.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
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March 31, December 31, March 31,
(000s) 2008 2007 2007
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Bank debt $ 268,410 $ 257,342 $ 338,511
Working capital deficiency(1) 29,908 32,088 29,649
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298,318 289,430 368,160
Market value of investments (15,172) (13,068) (16,673)
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283,146 276,362 351,487
Convertible debentures 120,170 119,792 3,444
Capital lease obligation -
long term portion - - 261
Unitholders' equity $ 423,952 $ 440,152 $ 612,197
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(1) Excludes unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and future income taxes.
At March 31, 2008, Daylight had $268 million outstanding on its credit
facilities which provide up to $350 million available under a revolving term
credit facility with a syndicate of banks and are subject to semi-annual review
by the banking syndicate. The next scheduled review date is November 30, 2008.
On October 3, 2007, Daylight issued $125 million principal amount of 8.5%
Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures, Series B for net proceeds of
$119.6 million. The Series B Debentures pay interest semi-annually on October 31
and April 30, commencing with the initial interest payment on April 30, 2008,
and have a maturity date of October 31, 2012. The Series B Debentures are
convertible at the option of the holder to Trust Units at a conversion price of
$8.60 per Trust Unit. The Trust has the option to redeem the Series B Debentures
at a price of $1,050 per Series B Debenture after October 31, 2010 and on or
before October 31, 2011, and at a price of $1,025 per Series B Debenture after
October 31, 2011 and before October 31, 2012.
The market value of Daylight's investments is based on the closing trading value
of the related securities at the end of the periods and Daylight's ability to
realize this value is subject to the changes in trading value of these
securities. Daylight's working capital deficiency, excluding bank debt,
unrealized loss on derivatives, and future income taxes, at March 31, 2008 was
$29.9 million.
Management anticipates that Daylight will continue to have adequate liquidity to
fund future working capital and forecasted capital expenditures during 2008
through a combination of funds from operations, debt and equity. Funds from
operations used to finance these commitments may reduce the amount of funding
available to provide cash distributions to unitholders. Major acquisitions will
require the issuance of new equity in exchange for the equity of acquired
entities.
Trust Unit Information
Daylight's trust units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol
"DAY.UN" and Daylight is a constituent of the S&P/TSX Income Trust Index and
S&P/TSX Composite Index. A summary of Daylight's trading history on the TSX
follows.
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(per unit) Q1 Q4 Q1
2008 2007 2007
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High $ 9.22 $ 7.84 $ 10.65
Low $ 6.81 $ 6.07 $ 8.74
Close $ 8.97 $ 7.23 $ 9.64
Average daily volume 443,188 573,236 349,132
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As at March 31, 2008, Daylight had the following trust units and trust unit
equivalents outstanding:
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Number
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Trust Units 77,913,524
Convertible debentures Series A ($3,576,000 face value) 253,997
Convertible debentures Series B ($124,840,000 face value) 14,516,279
Restricted trust unit awards (1,005,949) 1,207,521
Performance trust unit awards (170,000) 204,676
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Total Diluted 94,095,997
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As at May 7, 2008, Daylight has the following trust units and trust unit
equivalents outstanding:
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Number
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Trust Units 78,682,514
Convertible debentures Series A ($3,576,000 face value) 253,997
Convertible debentures Series B ($120,052,000 face value) 13,959,535
Restricted trust unit awards (1,103,532) 1,143,251
Performance trust unit awards (170,000) 207,018
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Total Diluted 94,246,315
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Commitments
The following is a summary of Daylight's contractual obligations and
commitments, other than bank debt, convertible debentures, and risk
management as at March 31, 2008:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Thereafter
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Capital Lease $ 889 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Operating Leases 7,756 4,629 2,732 1,571 1,264 6,156
Natural gas
transportation 700 532 188 160 44 -
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$ 9,345 $ 5,161 $ 2,920 $ 1,731 $ 1,308 $ 6,156
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Daylight enters into multiple contractual obligations as part of conducting day
to day business. Material contractual obligations include bank debt, leases for
office space, a drilling rig contract and commitments for natural gas
transportation. Daylight has entered into an agreement with a third party
whereby commitments under a certain drilling rig contract, included in the 2008
obligation of $9.3 million, have been assumed by the third party for 2008
totalling $0.8 million.
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by Daylight is accumulated and communicated to
Daylight's management as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding
required disclosure. Daylight's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial
Officer have concluded, based on their evaluation as of the end of the period
covered by the annual and interim filings, that Daylight's disclosure controls
and procedures for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and the year ended
December 31, 2007 are effective to provide reasonable assurance that material
information related to Daylight, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is
made known to them by others within those entities.
Daylight's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer have designed or
caused to be designed under their supervision, internal controls over financial
reporting related to the Trust, including its consolidated subsidiaries, to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Trust's financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in
accordance with Canadian GAAP.
Daylight's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are required to
disclose herein any change in the Trust's internal control over financial
reporting that occurred during the Trust's most recent interim period that has
materially affected, or is reasonably likely to have materially affected, the
Trust's control over financial reporting. During 2006 and 2007, the Trust
engaged external consultants to assist in documenting and assessing the Trust's
design of internal controls over financial reporting. No changes in the Trust's
internal control over financial reporting were identified during the three
months ended March 31, 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably
likely to materially affect, the Trust's internal control over financial
reporting.
It should be noted that while Daylight's Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Financial Officer believe that the Trust's disclosure controls and procedures
provide a reasonable level of assurance that they are effective, they do not
expect that the disclosure controls and procedures will prevent all errors and
fraud. A control system, no matter how well conceived or operated, can provide
only reasonable, not absolute, assurance that the objectives of the control
system are met.
Critical Accounting Estimates
The significant accounting policies used by Daylight are disclosed in note 1 to
the Consolidated Financial Statements for the years ended December 31, 2007 and
2006. Certain accounting policies require that management make appropriate
decisions with respect to the formulation of estimates and assumptions that
affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses.
Management reviews its estimates on a regular basis. The emergence of new
information and changed circumstance may result in actual results or changes to
estimated amounts that differ materially from current estimates.
Changes in Accounting Principles
There are several new standards that are in effect for the annual and interim
financial statements for 2008. The following summarizes these pronouncements:
CICA Handbook section 1535 "Capital Disclosures" establishes guidelines for the
disclosure on an entity's capital and how it is managed, section 3862 "Financial
Instruments - Disclosures" provides revised standards on the disclosure of
financial instruments and non-financial derivatives, section 3863 "Financial
Instruments - Presentation" provides revised standards on the presentation of
financial instruments and non-financial derivatives, and section 1400 was
amended to include new requirements on assessing and disclosing an entity's
ability to continue as a going concern. These new standards did not impact the
amounts reported in the Trust's financial statements, however did increase the
disclosures in the notes to the financial statements.
On February 13, 2008, Canada's Accounting Standard Board confirmed January 1,
2011 as the effective date for complete convergence of Canadian GAAP to
International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). The Canadian Securities
Administrators are in the process of examining changes to securities rules as a
result of this initiative. Daylight will continue to monitor and assess the
impact of the planned convergence of Canadian GAAP with IFRS.
Risks and Uncertainties
Daylight is subject to multiple business risks that are similar to other
entities involved in the conventional energy trust sector. Daylight's financial
position, results of operations, cash flows and distributions to unitholders are
directly impacted by the following factors:
For a detailed discussion of Risks and Uncertainties, refer to the Trust's
Annual Information Form, filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Quarterly Information
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Financial 2008 2007
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(in thousands
of dollars,
except unit,
per unit and
boe data) Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1
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Petroleum and
natural gas
revenues $ 113,986 $ 99,718 $ 82,557 $ 92,699 $ 91,982
Royalties (21,733) (18,853) (14,454) (18,223) (16,237)
Realized gain
(loss) on
commodity
derivatives - 2,145 5,118 (320) 24
Operating
expenses (21,769) (23,072) (21,555) (27,268) (21,971)
Transportation (1,721) (2,019) (1,920) (2,085) (1,833)
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Operating
netback 68,763 57,919 49,746 44,803 51,965
G&A - cash
charge (3,679) (3,724) (3,552) (4,117) (3,840)
Cash financial
charges (6,417) (6,716) (5,851) (5,412) (5,292)
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Funds from
operations 58,667 47,479 40,343 35,274 42,833
Per Unit
- Basic 0.75 0.61 0.52 0.46 0.57
- Diluted 0.66 0.54 0.52 0.46 0.57
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Cash provided
by operating
activities 43,516 44,824 38,850 37,211 46,500
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Net income
(loss) 3,941 (127,381) 7,131 18,682 5,301
Per unit
- Basic 0.05 (1.64) 0.09 0.24 0.07
- Diluted 0.05 (1.64) 0.09 0.24 0.07
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Cash
distributions
declared 23,333 23,296 27,006 34,475 34,114
Per unit 0.30 0.30 0.35 0.45 0.45
Payout ratio 40% 49% 67% 98% 80%
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Capital
expenditures 43,630 29,089 33,727 12,887 20,677
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Market value
of
investments 15,172 13,068 13,336 17,988 16,673
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Bank debt 268,410 257,342 363,153 358,832 338,511
Working
capital
deficiency (2) 29,908 32,088 40,097 25,499 29,649
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Convertible
debentures 120,170 119,792 3,467 3,456 3,444
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Total assets 949,143 922,344 1,065,025 1,072,055 1,083,695
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Units
outstanding
(000s)
Basic 77,914 77,657 77,475 76,652 76,542
Diluted 94,096 93,850 78,983 78,133 77,597
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Operations
Average daily
production
Natural gas
(mcf/d) 67,691 71,187 69,143 74,356 78,556
Light oil
(bbls/d) 5,174 4,964 4,565 4,258 4,310
Heavy oil
(bbls/d) 2,181 2,488 2,382 2,416 2,504
NGLs
(bbls/d) 1,167 1,266 1,129 1,258 1,449
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Oil & NGLs
(bbls/d) 8,522 8,718 8,076 7,932 8,263
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Combined
(boe/d) 19,804 20,583 19,600 20,325 21,356
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Average prices
received
Natural gas
($/mcf) $ 7.92 $ 6.45 $ 5.33 $ 7.24 $ 7.31
Light oil
($/bbl) 91.40 81.84 73.87 67.09 61.34
Heavy oil
($/bbl) 71.54 53.50 51.97 46.05 42.50
NGLs
($/bbl) 74.91 64.99 59.90 53.42 54.31
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Oil & NGLs
($/bbl) $ 84.06 $ 71.31 $ 65.46 $ 58.51 $ 54.40
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Combined
($/boe) $ 63.25 $ 52.66 $ 45.79 $ 50.12 $ 47.86
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Wells drilled
- gross (net) 22 (8.9) 11 (7.8) 18 (9.9) 4 (3.6) 11 (6.0)
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Financial 2006
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(in thousands of dollars, except
unit, per unit and boe data Q4 Q3 Q2
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Petroleum and natural
gas revenues $ 92,715 $ 69,877 $ 68,554
Royalties (17,444) (13,312) (14,040)
Realized gain (loss) on
commodity derivatives 91 (133) -
Operating expenses (21,319) (15,901) (15,286)
Transportation (1,871) (1,959) (1,354)
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Operating netback 52,172 38,572 37,874
G&A - cash charge (4,326) (3,634) (2,625)
Cash financial charges (4,519) (2,695) (2,286)
Cash taxes (54) (1) 222
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Funds from operations 43,273 32,242 33,185
Per unit - Basic 0.59 0.71 0.79
- Diluted 0.59 0.68 0.77
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Cash provided by
operating activities 21,314 31,783 42,119
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Net income (loss) (283,511) (2,140) 15,735
Per unit - Basic (3.88) (0.05) 0.38
- Diluted (3.88) (0.05) 0.38
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Cash distributions
declared 43,008 31,844 26,663
Per unit 0.59 0.62 0.63
Payout ratio 99% n/a (1) 80%
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Capital expenditures 49,761 19,358 21,034
Non-cash capital
divestitures - (21,100) (6,628)
Corporate acquisitions - 527,691 -
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Market value of
investments 22,860 20,500 5,783
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Bank debt 349,336 287,392 165,114
Working capital
deficiency(2) 22,624 50,318 28,931
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Convertible debentures 3,515 3,510 3,973
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Total assets 1,114,085 1,424,236 833,821
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Units outstanding (000s)
Basic 74,322 71,863 42,209
Diluted 75,309 72,117 44,349
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Operations
Average daily production
Natural gas (mcf/d) 80,991 57,926 59,452
Light oil (bbls/d) 4,455 3,172 2,855
Heavy oil (bbls/d) 2,796 2,760 2,579
NGLs (bbls/d) 1,449 756 740
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Oil & NGLs (bbls/d) 8,700 6,688 6,174
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Combined (boe/d) 22,199 16,342 16,083
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Average prices received
Natural gas ($/mcf) $ 6.75 $ 5.74 $ 6.18
Light oil ($/bbl) 60.07 74.23 71.78
Heavy oil ($/bbl) 39.59 51.27 52.01
NGLs ($/bbl) 49.53 67.79 63.05
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Oil & NGLs ($/bbl) $ 51.73 $ 64.03 $ 62.48
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Combined ($/boe) $ 45.40 $ 46.48 $ 46.84
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Wells drilled - gross (net) 9 (1.8) 12 (9.2) 5 (1.0)
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(1) On a proforma basis, if the Sequoia acquisition had been completed on
September 1, 2006, the payout ratio would have been 88% for Q3 2006.
(2) Excludes unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and future income taxes.
Quarterly Information
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Financial 2006 2005
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(in thousands of
dollars, except
unit, per unit
and boe data Q1 Q4 Q3 Q2 Q1
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Petroleum and
natural gas
revenues $ 66,187 $ 85,615 $ 76,445 $ 60,529 $ 53,984
Royalties (12,485) (15,802) (13,242) (10,558) (10,375)
Realized gain
(loss) on
commodity
derivatives - (99) (350) 59 -
Operating expenses (14,848) (13,580) (12,981) (13,184) (12,328)
Transportation (1,309) (1,657) (1,018) (950) (430)
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Operating netback 37,545 54,477 48,854 35,896 30,851
G&A - cash charge (2,596) (3,545) (2,216) (2,108) (1,987)
Cash financial
charges (1,699) (1,862) (2,756) (2,861) (2,584)
Cash taxes (225) (603) (170) (295) (209)
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Funds from
operations 33,025 48,467 43,712 30,632 26,071
Per unit - Basic 0.80 1.33 1.37 1.02 0.95
- Diluted 0.77 1.26 1.23 0.88 0.80
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Cash provided by
operating
activities 17,889 47,285 42,922 24,095 18,917
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Net income 12,093 25,447 20,525 12,201 5,887
Per unit - Basic 0.29 0.70 0.68 0.41 0.21
- Diluted 0.29 0.69 0.63 0.40 0.21
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Cash distributions
declared 26,407 24,316 17,023 16,284 14,962
Per unit 0.63 0.63 0.54 0.54 0.54
Payout ratio 80% 50% 39% 53% 57%
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Capital
expenditures 35,378 20,215 23,851 14,086 14,387
Non-cash capital
divestitures - (14,636) - - -
Corporate
acquisitions - 116,509 - 61,000 -
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Bank debt 162,190 123,455 124,185 131,755 101,850
Working capital
deficiency(1) 17,048 26,575 15,346 9,878 12,256
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Convertible
debentures 6,996 9,219 22,117 72,919 73,083
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Total assets 845,746 841,254 689,297 676,212 610,970
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Units outstanding
(000s)
Basic 41,861 40,806 33,767 30,113 27,904
Diluted 44,110 43,854 37,501 37,334 34,933
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Operations
Average daily
production
Natural gas (mcf/d) 56,012 54,438 54,096 57,890 58,875
Light oil (bbls/d) 2,575 2,368 2,527 2,292 2,721
Heavy oil (bbls/d) 2,701 2,460 2,096 1,937 -
NGLs (bbls/d) 677 814 785 771 892
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Oil & NGLs (bbls/d) 5,953 5,642 5,408 5,000 3,613
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Combined (boe/d) 15,288 14,715 14,424 14,648 13,426
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Average prices
received
Natural gas
($/mcf) $ 7.77 $ 11.91 $ 9.26 $ 7.51 $ 6.86
Light oil ($/bbl) 65.55 63.40 68.98 62.80 56.49
Heavy oil ($/bbl) 34.29 33.06 51.94 23.49 -
NGLs ($/bbl) 60.50 58.79 56.56 52.71 46.35
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Oil & NGLs ($/bbl) $ 50.79 $ 49.52 $ 60.57 $ 46.02 $ 53.99
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Combined ($/boe) $ 48.10 $ 63.24 $ 57.61 $ 45.41 $ 44.68
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Wells drilled -
gross (net) 21 (15.6) 34 (21.7) 15 (6.9) 5 (3.4) 17 (8.6)
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Financial 2004
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(in thousands of dollars, except unit, Oct. 21 to
per unit and boe data) Dec. 31
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Petroleum and natural gas revenues $ 17,377
Royalties (3,674)
Realized gain (loss) on commodity derivatives -
Operating expenses (4,335)
Transportation (153)
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Operating netback 9,215
Interest income 726
G&A - cash charge (987)
Cash financial charges (1,677)
Cash taxes (80)
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Funds from operations 7,197
Per unit - Basic 0.36
- Diluted 0.35
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Cash provided by operating activities 9,392
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Net income 1,045
Per unit - Basic 0.06
- Diluted 0.06
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Cash distributions declared 9,777
Per unit 0.36
Payout ratio 136%
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Capital expenditures 5,057
Non-cash capital divestitures (33,456)
Corporate acquisitions 587,164
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Market value of investments -
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Bank debt 89,220
Working capital deficiency(1) 20,820
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Convertible debentures 77,718
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Total assets 615,486
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Units outstanding (000s)
Basic 27,119
Diluted 34,409
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Operations
Average daily production
Natural gas (mcf/d) 58,264
Light oil (bbls/d) 2,671
Heavy oil (bbls/d) -
NGLs (bbls/d) 846
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Oil & NGLs (bbls/d) 3,517
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Combined (boe/d) 13,228
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Average prices received
Natural gas ($/mcf) $ 6.89
Light oil ($/bbl) 44.29
Heavy oil ($/bbl) -
NGLs ($/bbl) 45.34
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Oil & NGLs ($/bbl) $ 44.54
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Combined ($/boe) $ 42.37
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Wells drilled - gross (net) 4 (2.1)
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(1) Excludes unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and future income taxes.
The 2004 financial results reflect the activities of Daylight from October 21,
2004 to December 31, 2004. Active oil and gas operations commenced subsequent to
the Plan of Arrangement on November 30, 2004 and Operations information above
applies to that one month period.
Annual Information
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Financial
(in thousands of dollars, except
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Petroleum and natural gas revenues $366,956 $297,333 $276,573 $ 17,377
Royalties (67,767) (57,281) (49,977) (3,674)
Realized gain (loss) on commodity
derivatives 6,967 (42) (390) -
Operating expenses (93,866) (67,354) (52,073) (4,335)
Transportation (7,857) (6,493) (4,055) (153)
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Operating netback 204,433 166,163 170,078 9,215
Interest income - - - 726
G&A - cash charge (15,233) (13,181) (9,856) (987)
Cash financial charges (23,271) (11,199) (10,063) (1,677)
Cash taxes - (58) (1,277) (80)
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Funds from operations 165,929 141,725 148,882 7,197
Per unit - Basic 2.16 2.80 4.59 0.36
- Diluted 2.10 2.71 4.20 0.35
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Cash provided by operating
activities 167,385 113,105 133,219 9,392
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Net income (loss) (96,267) (257,823) 64,060 1,045
Per unit - Basic (1.26) (5.09) 2.06 0.06
- Diluted (1.26) (5.09) 1.99 0.06
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Cash distributions declared 118,891 127,922 72,585 9,777
Per unit 1.55 2.47 2.26 0.36
Payout ratio 72% n/a (1) 49% 136%
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Capital expenditures 96,380 125,531 72,539 5,057
Non-cash capital divestitures - (27,728) (14,636) (33,456)
Corporate acquisitions - 527,691 177,509 587,164
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Market value of investments 13,068 22,860 - -
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Bank debt 257,342 349,336 123,455 89,220
Working capital deficiency(2) 32,088 22,624 26,575 20,820
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Convertible debentures 119,792 3,515 9,219 77,718
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Total assets 922,344 1,114,085 841,254 615,486
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Units outstanding (000s)
Basic 77,657 74,322 40,806 27,119
Diluted 93,850 75,309 43,854 34,409
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Operations
Average daily production
Natural gas (mcf/d) 73,279 63,648 56,306 58,264
Light oil (bbls/d) 4,526 3,269 2,476 2,671
Heavy oil (bbls/d) 2,447 2,709 1,631 -
NGLs (bbls/d) 1,275 908 815 846
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Oil & NGLs (bbls/d) 8,248 6,886 4,922 3,517
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Combined (boe/d) 20,461 17,494 14,307 13,228
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Average prices received
Natural gas ($/mcf) $ 6.61 $ 6.61 $ 8.84 $ 6.89
Light oil ($/bbl) 71.54 67.15 62.83 44.29
Heavy oil ($/bbl) 48.52 44.24 36.35 -
NGLs ($/bbl) 57.99 58.09 53.47 45.34
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Oil & NGLs ($/bbl) $ 62.62 $ 56.94 $ 52.51 $ 44.54
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Combined ($/boe) $ 49.14 $ 46.57 $ 52.97 $ 42.37
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Wells drilled - gross (net) 44(27.3) 47(27.6) 71(40.6) 4(2.1)
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(1) On a proforma basis, if the Sequoia acquisition had been completed on
September 1, 2006, the payout ratio would have been 83% for 2006.
(2) Excludes unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and future income taxes.
The 2004 financial results reflect the activities of Daylight from October
21, 2004 to December 31, 2004. Active oil and gas operations commenced
subsequent to the Plan of Arrangement on November 30, 2004 and Operations
information above applies to that one month period.
Dated May 7, 2008
Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands of dollars) (unaudited)
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March 31, December 31,
2008 2007
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Assets
Current assets
Accounts receivable $ 59,096 $ 47,311
Prepaid expenses and deposits 3,170 3,201
Future income taxes 5,621 -
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67,887 50,512
Investments (note 3) 12,573 13,068
Petroleum and natural gas assets (note 4) 864,157 854,464
Deferred financing charges (note 8) 181 208
Future income taxes 4,345 4,092
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$ 949,143 $ 922,344
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Liabilities
Current liabilities
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $ 83,552 $ 73,902
Unrealized loss on derivatives (note 12) 22,270 -
Current portion of capital lease obligations
(note 6) 831 932
Distributions payable 7,791 7,766
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114,444 82,600
Bank debt (note 5) 268,410 257,342
Convertible debentures (note 7) 120,170 119,792
Asset retirement obligations (note 9) 22,167 22,458
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525,191 482,192
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Unitholders' Equity
Unitholders' capital (note 10) 1,085,849 1,083,664
Contributed surplus (note 10) 3,449 2,437
Equity component of convertible debentures
(note 7) 3,719 3,724
Deficit (669,065) (649,673)
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423,952 440,152
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$ 949,143 $ 922,344
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Commitments (note 14)
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
Consolidated Statements of Income, Comprehensive Income and Deficit
Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands of dollars, except per unit amounts) (unaudited)
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2008 2007
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Revenues
Petroleum and natural gas $ 113,986 $ 91,982
Royalties (21,733) (16,237)
Loss on financial instruments (note 12) (22,403) (9,261)
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69,850 66,484
Expenses
Operating 21,769 21,971
Transportation 1,721 1,833
General and administrative 5,974 5,250
Financial charges (note 8) 6,898 5,332
Loss on equity investment (note 3) 362 1,394
Depletion, depreciation and accretion 35,175 36,066
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71,899 71,846
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Loss before taxes (2,049) (5,362)
Taxes
Future taxes reduction (5,990) (10,663)
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Net income and comprehensive income 3,941 5,301
Deficit, beginning of period (649,673) (436,361)
Change in accounting policy - 1,846
Distributions (note 10) (23,333) (34,114)
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Deficit, end of period $ (669,065) $ (463,328)
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Net income per unit (note 10)
Basic $ 0.05 $ 0.07
Diluted $ 0.05 $ 0.07
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See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands of dollars) (unaudited)
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2008 2007
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Cash provided by (used in):
Operating
Net income $ 3,941 $ 5,301
Items not affecting cash:
Depletion, depreciation and accretion 35,175 36,066
Future taxes reduction (5,990) (10,663)
Non-cash financial charges (note 8) 481 40
Unit based compensation 2,295 1,410
Unrealized loss on financial instruments 22,403 9,285
Equity loss on investments 362 1,394
Asset retirement expenditures (note 9) (1,063) (1,840)
Change in non-cash operating working capital
(note 11) (14,088) 5,507
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Cash provided by operating activities 43,516 46,500
Financing
Bank debt 11,068 (10,825)
Convertible debentures issued, net of issue costs 73 -
Issue of trust units, net of issue costs (note 10) 398 288
Cash distribution to unitholders (23,308) (19,476)
Repayments on obligation under capital lease (101) (551)
Change in non-cash financing working capital
(note 11) 2,717 305
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Cash used in financing activities (9,153) (30,259)
Investing
Petroleum and natural gas asset additions (43,630) (20,677)
Change in non-cash investing working capital
(note 11) 9,267 4,436
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Cash used in investing activities (34,363) (16,241)
Change in cash - -
Cash, beginning of period - -
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Cash, end of period $ - $ -
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Cash is defined as cash and cash equivalents.
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements
For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007
(Tabular amounts are stated in thousands of dollars except unit, share, and per
unit amounts) (unaudited)
Daylight Resources Trust ("Daylight" or the "Trust") is an open-ended,
unincorporated investment trust governed by the laws of the Province of Alberta
pursuant to a Trust Indenture. Valiant Trust Company has been appointed trustee
under the Trust Indenture. The beneficiaries of the Trust are the holders of the
Trust units ("unitholders").
The purpose of the Trust is to explore for, develop and hold interests in
petroleum and natural gas properties, through investments in securities of
subsidiaries and royalty interests in oil and natural gas properties. The
business of the Trust is carried on by Daylight Energy Ltd. ("Daylight Energy")
and its subsidiaries. The Trust owns 100% of the common shares of Daylight
Energy. The activities of Daylight Energy are financed through internally
generated funds from operations and third party debt as described in note 5.
Pursuant to the terms of an agreement (the "NPI Agreement"), the Trust is
entitled to a payment from Daylight Energy each month equal to the amount by
which 99% of the gross proceeds from the sale of production exceed 99% of
certain deductible expenditures as defined under the terms of the NPI Agreement.
Deductible expenditures may include amounts, determined on a discretionary
basis, to fund capital expenditures, to repay debt and to provide for working
capital required to carry out the operations of Daylight Energy.
The Trust may declare payable to the unitholders all or any part of the net
income of the Trust earned from the income generated under the NPI Agreement,
and from any dividends paid on the common shares of Daylight Energy, less any
expenses of the Trust, including interest on convertible debentures. The Trust
intends to continue to make cash distributions, however, these distributions
cannot be guaranteed.
Daylight is involved in the exploitation, development and production of
petroleum and natural gas in Alberta, British Columbia and Saskatchewan.
1. Significant Accounting Policies
The interim consolidated financial statements are stated in Canadian dollars,
have been prepared by management, in accordance with Canadian generally accepted
accounting principles ("GAAP") following the same accounting policies and
methods of computation as the audited consolidated financial statements for the
year ended December 31, 2007, except as described below, and include the
accounts of the Trust and its wholly owned subsidiaries. Preparation of the
financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of
the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses for
the period. Actual results may differ materially from those estimates.
Specifically, the amounts recorded for the depletion and depreciation of
petroleum and natural gas assets and for the accretion of asset retirement
obligations are based on estimates. The ceiling test is based on estimates of
reserves, production rates, oil and gas prices, future costs and other relevant
assumptions. The amounts for unit based compensation are based on estimates of
unit price and performance factors, while the fair value estimates for
derivatives are based on expected future oil and gas prices. Future income taxes
are based on estimates as to the timing of the reversal of temporary
differences, and tax rates currently substantively enacted. By their nature,
these estimates are subject to measurement uncertainty and the effect on the
financial statements of changes in such estimates in future periods could be
material.
2. Changes in Accounting Policies
On January 1, 2008, the Trust adopted Section 1535 - Capital Disclosures,
Section 3862 - Financial Instruments Disclosures and Section 3863 - Financial
Instruments Presentations. Section 1535 establishes standards for disclosing
information about an entity's capital and how it is managed. This Section
specifies disclosure about objectives, policies and processes for managing
capital, quantitative data about what the entity regards as capital, whether the
entity has complied with all capital requirements, and if it has not complied,
the consequences of such non-compliance. Sections 3862 and 3863 establish
standards for the presentation and disclosure of information that enable users
to evaluate the significance of financial instruments to the entity's financial
position, and the nature and extent of risks arising from financial instruments
and how the entity manages those risks. The implementation of these new
standards did not impact the Trust's financial results, however did result in
additional disclosures - refer to note 12.
Future Accounting Changes
On February 13, 2008, Canada's Accounting Standard Board confirmed January 1,
2011 as the effective date for complete convergence of Canadian GAAP to
International Financial Reporting Standards ("IFRS"). The Canadian Securities
Administrators are in the process of examining changes to securities rules as a
result of this initiative. Daylight will continue to monitor and assess the
impact of the planned convergence of Canadian GAAP with IFRS.
3. Investments
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March 31, December 31,
2008 2007
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Number of Equity or Fair Equity or Fair
Entity Symbol Shares Value Value
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Avery Resources Inc. ARY 21,300,000 $ 6,241 $ 6,603
Trafalgar Energy Ltd. TFL 740,240 2,672 2,073
Pegasus Oil & Gas Inc. POG.A 2,440,000 3,660 4,392
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Total $ 12,573 $ 13,068
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Daylight owns 21,300,000 common shares of Avery Resources Inc. ("Avery"),
representing a 23% interest, and accounts for the investment using the equity
method. For the three months ended March 31, 2008, the equity loss on the
investment in Avery was $0.4 million (2007 - $1.4 million). As at March 31,
2008, the market value of the investment in Avery was $8.8 million (December 31,
2007 - $6.6 million).
Daylight owns 740,240 common shares of Trafalgar Energy Ltd. ("Trafalgar") with
a value of $2.7 million at March 31, 2008. Daylight accounts for this investment
at fair value based on the quoted market price.
Daylight owns 2,440,000 Class A common shares of Pegasus Oil & Gas Inc.
("Pegasus") with a value of $3.7 million at March 31, 2008. Daylight accounts
for this investment at fair value based on the quoted market price.
Daylight continues to consider its equity investments in Avery, Trafalgar and
Pegasus as available for disposition.
4. Petroleum and Natural Gas Assets
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Accumulated
depletion and Net book
Cost depreciation value
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Petroleum and natural gas
properties $ 1,227,807 $ 366,772 $ 861,035
Other assets 5,747 2,625 3,122
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Balance, March 31, 2008 $ 1,233,554 $ 369,397 $ 864,157
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Accumulated
depletion and Net book
Cost depreciation value
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Petroleum and natural gas
properties $ 1,183,658 $ 332,488 $ 851,170
Other assets 5,690 2,396 3,294
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Balance, December 31, 2007 $ 1,189,348 $ 334,884 $ 854,464
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During the three months ended March 31, 2008, Daylight capitalized $2.1 million
(2007 - $1.8 million) of general and administrative expenses related to
exploration and development activities. Included in this amount is $0.4 million
(2007 - $0.2 million) of non-cash unit-based compensation and the related tax
effect of $0.1 million (2007 - $0.1 million). Future development costs of $80.5
million (2007 - $50.3 million) associated with proven reserves were included in
the depletion and depreciation calculation. Future salvage value of production
equipment and facilities of $33.3 million (2007 - $32.8 million) and a cost of
$33.0 million (2007 - $45.0 million) for unproven properties have been excluded
from the depletion and depreciation calculation.
5. Bank Debt
Daylight has a total of $350 million (2007 - $300 million) available under a
revolving term credit facility with a syndicate of banks of which $268 million
was drawn at March 31, 2008. The effective interest rate for the bank debt was
5.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2008 (2007 - 5.8%). The credit
facility bears interest based on the lenders' prime rate and/or at money market
rates plus a stamping fee. The facility is secured with a demand debenture of
$500 million over the petroleum and natural gas assets and is subject to
semi-annual review where the lenders may re-determine the borrowing base.
Pursuant to the terms of the revolving credit facility dated September 21, 2006,
Daylight may, with the bank's approval, extend the revolving period for a
further 364 day period. If not extended, the revolving facility will
automatically convert to a one year and one day non-revolving term facility with
the entire payment due on the 366th day after commencement of the term period.
The next scheduled review date for the revolving credit facility is on or prior
to November 30, 2008.
6. Capital Leases
Daylight has capital lease agreements for oil and gas equipment. The lease
obligations expire in 2008 with the Trust required to make the remaining minimum
lease payments of $0.9 million consisting of interest of $0.1 million and
principal of $0.8 million.
7. Convertible Debentures
On October 3, 2007, Daylight issued $125 million principal amount of 8.5%
Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures, Series B ("Series B Debentures")
for net proceeds of $119.6 million. The Series B Debentures pay interest
semi-annually on October 31 and April 30, commencing with the initial interest
payment on April 30, 2008 and have a maturity date of October 31, 2012. The
Series B Debentures are convertible at the option of the holder to Trust Units
at a conversion price of $8.60 per Trust Unit. The Trust has the option to
redeem the Series B Debentures at a price of $1,050 per Series B Debenture after
October 31, 2010 and on or before October 31, 2011 and at a price of $1,025 per
Series B Debenture after October 31, 2011 and before October 31, 2012. On
redemption or maturity the Trust may elect to satisfy its obligations to repay
the principal and interest obligations by issuing Daylight Trust Units.
The Series B Debentures were initially recorded at the fair value of the
obligation without the conversion feature. This obligation to make future
payments of principal and interest was determined to be $121.4 million. The
difference between the principal amount of $125 million and the fair value of
the obligation is $3.6 million and has been recorded in unitholders' equity as
the fair value of the conversion feature of the Series B Debentures. The Series
B Debenture liability has been further reduced by $5.4 million for associated
transaction costs.
On October 21, 2004, Daylight issued $80 million principal amount of 8.5%
Convertible Unsecured Subordinated Debentures, Series A ("Series A Debentures")
for net proceeds of $76.8 million. Issue costs of $3.2 million were initially
classified as deferred financing charges. Due to the change in accounting policy
adopted in 2007, the balance of the unamortized costs of $0.1 million were
recorded against the convertible debenture.
The Series A Debentures pay interest semi-annually on June 1 and December 1 and
have a maturity date of December 1, 2009. Series A Debentures are convertible at
the option of the holder to Trust Units at a conversion price of $14.07888 per
Trust Unit. Daylight has the option to redeem the Series A Debentures at a price
of $1,050 per Series A Debenture after December 1, 2007 and on or before
December 1, 2008, at a price of $1,025 per Series A Debenture after December 1,
2008 and on or before December 1, 2009 and on maturity at $1,000 per Series A
Debenture. On redemption or maturity the Trust may elect to satisfy its
obligations to repay the principal and interest obligations by issuing Daylight
Trust Units.
The Series A Debentures were initially recorded at the fair value of the
obligation without the conversion feature. This obligation to make future
payments of principal and interest was determined to be $77.7 million. The
difference between the principal amount of $80 million and the fair value of the
obligation is $2.3 million and has been recorded in unitholders' equity as the
fair value of the conversion feature of the Series A Debentures.
The following table indicates the Convertible Debenture activities, which
include the Series A Debentures and Series B Debentures, for the three months
ended March 31, 2008 and the year ended December 31, 2007:
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Face Debt Equity
Value Component Component
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Balance, December 31, 2006 $ 3,576 $ 3,515 $ 104
Issued, October 3, 2007 125,000 121,380 3,620
Transaction costs on October 3,
2007 issuance - (5,500) -
Transaction costs on change in
accounting policy - (83) -
Accretion and amortization - 480 -
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Balance, December 31, 2007 $ 128,576 $ 119,792 $ 3,724
Transaction costs on October 3,
2007 issuance - 73 -
Converted to Trust Units (160) (149) (5)
Accretion and amortization - 454 -
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Balance, March 31, 2008 $ 128,416 $ 120,170 $ 3,719
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8. Financial Charges
During the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007, Daylight incurred
interest charges on the bank debt and the convertible debentures as well as the
amortization of financial charges and accretion of the convertible debenture
liability as follows:
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2008 2007
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Bank debt interest $ 3,700 $ 5,217
Convertible debenture interest 2,717 75
Amortization of financial charges 27 28
Accretion of convertible debenture liability 454 12
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Total $ 6,898 $ 5,332
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A reconciliation of the deferred financing charges is provided as follows:
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March 31, 2008 December 31, 2007
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Balance, beginning of period $ 208 $ 400
Change in accounting policy - (83)
Amortization (27) (109)
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Balance, end of period $ 181 $ 208
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9. Asset Retirement Obligations
Daylight's asset retirement obligations result from net ownership interests in
petroleum and natural gas assets including well sites, gathering systems and
processing facilities. Daylight estimates the total undiscounted amount of cash
flow required to settle its asset retirement obligations is approximately $107.8
million (2007 - $107.3 million) which will be incurred between 2008 and 2056.
The majority of the costs will be incurred between 2008 and 2031. An inflation
factor of 2% has been applied to the estimated asset retirement cost at March
31, 2008 and December 31, 2007. A credit-adjusted risk-free rate of 8% was used
to calculate the fair value of the asset retirement obligations at March 31,
2008 and December 31, 2007.
A reconciliation of the asset retirement obligations is provided as follows:
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March 31, 2008 December 31, 2007
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Balance, beginning of period $ 22,458 $ 23,294
Liabilities incurred 110 457
Liabilities settled (1,063) (3,929)
Accretion expense 662 2,636
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Balance, end of period $ 22,167 $ 22,458
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10. Unitholders' Equity
The Trust Indenture provides that an unlimited number of trust units may be
authorized and issued. Each trust unit is transferable, carries the right to one
vote and represents an equal undivided beneficial interest in any distributions
from the Trust and in the assets of the Trust in the event of termination or
winding-up of the Trust. All trust units are of the same class with equal rights
and privileges.
a) Trust Units
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Number of
Units Amount
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Trust units:
Balance, December 31, 2006 74,322,268 $ 1,053,317
Issued through Premium DRIP(TM) 2,559,950 23,062
Issued on vesting of unit awards 196,811 1,719
Issued through employee unit ownership plan 200,000 1,845
Issued through employee bonus plan 378,104 3,721
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Balance, December 31, 2007 77,657,133 $ 1,083,664
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Issued on vesting of unit awards 573 -
Issued on conversion of debentures 18,602 154
Issued through employee unit ownership plan 97,749 796
Issued through employee bonus plan 139,467 1,235
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Balance, March 31, 2008 77,913,524 $ 1,085,849
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Premium Distribution Reinvestment and Optional Trust Unit Purchase Plan
("Premium DRIP(TM)")
Daylight has a Premium Distribution Reinvestment and Optional Trust Unit
Purchase Plan ("Premium DRIP(TM)") for eligible unitholders of the Trust. On
distribution payment dates eligible Premium DRIP(TM) unitholders may receive in
lieu of the cash distribution that unitholders are otherwise entitled to receive
in respect of their units, a cash payment equal to 102% of such amount.
Unitholders may also reinvest their cash distributions in additional trust units
at a price that is 95% of the average market price for the Pricing Period. The
Pricing Period refers to the period beginning on the later of the 21st business
day preceding the distribution payment date and the second business day
following the record date applicable to that distribution payment date, and
ending on the second business day preceding the distribution payment date.
Eligible Premium DRIP(TM) unitholders may also make optional cash payments on
this date to purchase additional trust units at a price that is equal to the
average market price for the Pricing Period. During the three months ended March
31, 2008 Daylight issued no (2007 - 2,113,577) trust units from treasury,
related to unitholders electing to receive the 102% of cash distributions
option, in lieu of cash distributions totalling $nil (2007 - $19.0 million).
Daylight also issued no (2007 - 446,373) trust units from treasury, related to
unitholders electing to receive the 95% reinvestment price for additional units
option, in lieu of cash distributions totalling $nil (2007 - $4.1 million) in
the same period. No units were issued through the optional cash purchase plan.
Employee Unit Ownership Plan ("EUOP")
Daylight has an Employee Unit Ownership Plan ("EUOP") whereby the Trust matches
every dollar contributed by each employee, to a maximum of 11% of the employee's
salary. Under the terms of the EUOP, the Trust has the option to acquire units
on behalf of employees through open market purchases or to issue new units from
treasury. During the three months ended March 31, 2008 the Trust elected to
issue 97,749 units ($0.8 million) from treasury in settlement of the EUOP
obligations, representing the employee contributions and the Trust's matching
contributions. During the year ended December 31, 2007 the Trust elected to
issue 200,000 units ($1.8 million) from treasury in settlement of the EUOP
obligations, representing the employee contributions and the Trust's matching
contributions. The price used to determine units issued from treasury on a
monthly basis is the average market price for the period beginning on the second
business day of the month and ending on the second business day preceding the
monthly distribution payment date.
Redemption Right
Unitholders may redeem their trust units for cash at any time, up to a maximum
of $250,000 in any calendar month, by delivering their unit certificates to the
Trustee, together with a properly completed notice of redemption. The redemption
amount per trust unit will be the lesser of 90 percent of the market price of
the trust units on the principal market on which they are traded during the 10
day trading period after the trust units have been validly tendered for the
redemption and the closing market price of the trust units on the principal
market on which they are traded on the date on which they were validly tendered
for redemption, or if there was no trade of the trust units on that date, the
average of the last bid and ask prices of the trust units on that date.
b) Net Income Per Unit
The following table summarizes the weighted average trust units, convertible
debentures, and restricted and performance unit awards used in calculating net
income per trust unit:
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2008 2007
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Basic 77,727,376 75,465,109
Convertible debentures - 253,997
Restricted and Performance unit awards 464,288 103,142
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Diluted 78,191,664 75,822,248
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A total of 14,785,469 units attributable to convertible debentures were excluded
from the calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2008 as they were
anti-dilutive. Diluted net income per unit reflects the add back of interest and
accretion expense on convertible debentures. Interest and accretion for the
three months ended March 31, 2008 was $3.2 million (2007 - $0.1 million).
c) Unit Award Incentive Plan
Daylight has a Unit Award Incentive Plan which allows the Board of Directors to
grant up to 5% of the trust units outstanding, including trust units which may
be issued on exchange of exchangeable shares, as Restricted and/or Performance
Unit Awards to directors, officers, employees and service providers of Daylight
and its affiliates. The Restricted Unit Awards and Performance Unit Awards vest
over a three-year period. The number of units issued under the Performance Unit
Awards granted is also subject to a performance multiplier and is dependent on
the performance of the Trust relative to a peer comparison group of oil and gas
trusts. A holder of a Restricted or Performance Unit Award may elect, subject to
consent of Daylight, to receive cash upon vesting in lieu of the number of units
held. The plan provides for adjustments to the number of units issued based on
the cumulative distributions of the Trust during the period that the Restricted
or Performance Unit Award is outstanding.
The following tables reconcile the number of restricted and performance units
outstanding:
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Restricted Awards Number
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Balance December 31, 2006 557,533
Issued 855,365
Vested and converted to trust units (163,081)
Forfeited (212,397)
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Balance, December 31, 2007 1,037,420
Vested and converted to trust units (514)
Forfeited (30,957)
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Balance, March 31, 2008 1,005,949
Weighted average adjustment factor 1.20038
Trust unit equivalent 1,207,521
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Performance Total
Performance Awards Number Multiplier Number
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Balance, December 31, 2006 135,000 1 135,000
Issued 110,000 - 110,000
Vested (27,500) - (27,500)
Forfeited (47,500) - (47,500)
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Balance, December 31, 2007 and
March 31, 2008 170,000 1 170,000
Weighted average adjustment factor 1.20398
Trust unit equivalent 204,676
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The performance multiplier is calculated on an annual basis for one third of the
performance units originally granted. The performance multiplier may range from
0 to 2 in any given year as determined by the Board of Directors. For the period
ended October 9, 2007, a performance multiplier of 0 was granted on the units.
Daylight has assumed a multiplier of 1 on the performance units for the three
months ended March 31, 2008, although the final multiplier may range anywhere
from 0 to 2.
The fair value of the Unit Awards is determined at the date of grant and
amortized through general and administrative expense over the vesting period as
unit based compensation with a corresponding increase to contributed surplus.
There were no awards granted during the three months ended March 31, 2008. The
weighted average fair value at the date of grant for the Unit Awards granted
during the three months ended March 31, 2007 was $9.85 per Unit Award. During
the three months ended March 31, 2008, $1.0 million (2007 - $0.9 million) was
charged to general and administrative expense in the period.
d) Contributed Surplus
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Amount
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Balance, December 31, 2006 $ 562
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Unit based compensation 3,594
Vested Unit Awards (1,719)
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Balance, December 31, 2007 $ 2,437
Unit based compensation 1,012
Vested Unit Awards -
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Balance, March 31, 2008 $ 3,449
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e) Accumulated Distributions
The table below shows the cumulative distributions and the per unit equivalent
for Daylight Energy Trust (DET) and Daylight Resources Trust:
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per Daylight per DET
Record Date Unit equivalent (i) Unit Amount
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Total 2004 cash distributions $ 0.36 $ 0.24 $ 9,777
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Total 2005 cash distributions $ 2.26 $ 1.50 $ 72,585
Open Range distribution (cost base) 0.47 0.31 15,235
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Total 2005 distributions $ 2.73 $ 1.81 $ 87,820
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Total 2006 cash distributions $ 1.68 $ 1.12 $ 70,901
Trafalgar distribution (cost base) 0.26 0.17 11,202
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Total 2006 distributions $ 1.94 $ 1.29 $ 82,103
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Total distributions since inception $ 5.03 $ 3.34 $ 179,700
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(i) may not add exactly due to rounding.
The table below shows the cumulative distributions and per unit equivalent
for Daylight Resources Trust:
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Record Date Per Unit Amount
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Total 2006 cash distributions $ 0.78 $ 57,021
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January 31, 2007 0.15 11,274
February 28, 2007 0.15 11,358
March 30, 2007 0.15 11,482
April 30, 2007 0.15 11,484
May 31, 2007 0.15 11,493
June 29, 2007 0.15 11,498
July 31, 2007 0.15 11,513
August 31, 2007 0.10 7,745
September 28, 2007 0.10 7,748
October 31, 2007 0.10 7,765
November 30, 2007 0.10 7,765
December 31, 2007 0.10 7,766
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Total 2007 cash distributions $ 1.55 $ 118,891
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January 31, 2008 0.10 7,769
February 29, 2008 0.10 7,773
March 31, 2008 0.10 7,791
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Total 2008 cash distributions $ 0.30 $ 23,333
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Total distributions since inception $ 2.63 $ 199,245
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11. Supplemental Cash Flow Information
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2008 2007
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Changes in non-cash working capital:
Accounts receivable $ (11,785) $ 10,132
Prepaid expenses and deposits 31 (263)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities 9,650 122
Plan of arrangement costs settled with units - 1,988
Working capital acquired on acquisition - (1,731)
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Change in non-cash working capital $ (2,104) $ 10,248
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Relating to:
Operating activities $ (14,088) $ 5,507
Financing activities 2,717 305
Investing activities 9,267 4,436
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Change in non-cash working capital $ (2,104) $ 10,248
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2008 2007
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Interest and taxes paid:
Interest paid $ 3,464 $ 4,830
Taxes paid $ 152 $ -
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12. Financial Risk Management
Overview
The Trust has exposure to the following risks from its use of financial instruments:
- Credit risk
- Liquidity risk
- Market risk
This note presents information about the Trust's exposure to each of the above
risks, the Trust's objectives, policies and processes for measuring and managing
risk, and the Trust's management of capital. Further quantitative disclosures
are included throughout these financial statements.
The Board of Directors has overall responsibility for the establishment and
oversight of the Trust's risk management framework. Daylight's management has
implemented and continues to maintain and monitor risk management procedures for
the benefit of the organization.
The Trust's risk management policies are established to; (i) Identify and
analyze the risks faced by the Trust; (ii) Set appropriate risk limits and
controls; and (iii) Monitor risks and consider the implications of market
conditions in relation to the Trust's activities.
Credit Risk
Credit risk is the risk of financial loss to the Trust if a customer or
counterparty to a financial instrument fails to meet its contractual
obligations, and arises principally from Daylight's receivables from joint
venture partners and petroleum and natural gas marketers. As at March 31, 2008
Daylight's receivables consisted of $10.5 million (December 31, 2007 - $8.3
million) from joint venture partners, $46.3 million (December 31, 2007 - $37.2
million) of receivables from petroleum and natural gas marketers and $2.3
million (December 31, 2007 - $1.8 million) of other trade receivables.
Receivables from petroleum and natural gas marketers are normally collected on
or about the 25th day of the month following production. Daylight's policy to
mitigate credit risk associated with these balances is to maintain marketing
relationships with large, established and reputable purchasers that are
considered to be creditworthy. Historically, Daylight has not experienced any
collection issues with its petroleum and natural gas marketers. Joint venture
receivables are typically collected within one to three months of the joint
venture bill being issued to the partner. Daylight attempts to mitigate the risk
from joint venture receivables by obtaining partner approval of significant
capital expenditures prior to expenditure and in certain circumstances may
require cash deposits in advance of incurring financial obligations on behalf of
joint venture partners.
However, the receivables are from participants in the petroleum and natural gas
sector, and collection of the outstanding balances is dependent on industry
factors such as changes in commodity prices, escalating costs and the risk of
unsuccessful drilling. In addition, further risk exists with joint venture
partners as disagreements occasionally arise that increase the potential for
non-collection. The Trust does not typically obtain collateral from petroleum
and natural gas marketers or joint venture partners; however Daylight does have
the ability to withhold production from joint venture partners in the event of
non-payment or may be able to register security on the assets of joint venture
partners.
The carrying amount of accounts receivable represents the maximum credit
exposure. Daylight does not have an allowance for doubtful accounts as at March
31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 and did not provide for any doubtful accounts nor
was it required to write-off any receivables during the periods ended March 31,
2008 and December 31, 2007.
As at March 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, Daylight considers its receivables
to be fully collectible with receivable ageing as follows:
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March 31, 2008 December 31, 2007
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Current (less than 90 days) $ 54,468 $ 43,344
Past due (more than 90 days) 4,628 3,967
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Total $ 59,096 $ 47,311
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Liquidity Risk
Liquidity risk is the risk that the Trust will not be able to meet its financial
obligations as they are due. Daylight's approach to managing liquidity is to
ensure, as far as possible, that it will have sufficient liquidity to meet its
liabilities when due, under both normal and stressed conditions without
incurring unacceptable losses or risking harm to Daylight's reputation.
Daylight prepares annual capital expenditure budgets, which are regularly
monitored and updated as considered necessary. Further, Daylight utilizes
authorizations for expenditures on both operated and non operated projects to
further manage capital expenditures. To facilitate timing and liquidity
requirements as well as a desirable low cost of capital, Daylight has a
revolving reserve based credit facility, as outlined in note 5, that is reviewed
at least annually by the lender.
The following are the contractual maturities of financial liabilities and
associated interest payments as at March 31, 2008:
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less than
1 Year 1 - 2 Years 2 - 5 Years
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Accounts payable and accrued
liabilities $ 83,552 $ - $ -
Unrealized loss on derivatives 22,270 - -
Distributions payable 7,791 - -
Capital lease obligations 831 - -
Bank debt - principal - 268,410 -
Convertible debentures - principal - 3,576 124,840
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$ 114,444 $ 271,986 $ 124,840
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Market Risk
Market risk is the risk that changes in market prices, such as foreign exchange
rates, commodity prices, and interest rates will affect the Trust's operations,
net earnings or the value of financial instruments. The objective of market risk
management is to manage and control market risk exposures within acceptable
limits, while maximizing long term returns.
The Trust utilizes both financial derivatives and physical delivery sales
contracts to manage market risks. All such transactions are conducted in
accordance with the Trust's established risk management procedures.
Interest Rate Risk:
Interest rate risk is the risk that future cash flows will fluctuate as a result
of changes in market interest rates. The Trust is exposed to interest rate risk
to the extent that changes in market interest rates will impact the Trust's bank
debt which is subject to a floating interest rate. For the three months ended
March 31, 2008, our effective interest rate was 5.2% (2007 - 5.8%). If this rate
had been 4.2% for the three months ended March 31, 2008 (2007 - 4.8%), with all
other variables held constant, net income for the period would have been $0.5
million (2007 - $0.6 million) higher, due to lower interest expense for the
period of $0.7 million (2007 - $0.8 million). An equal and opposite impact would
have occurred to net income and interest expense had interest rates increased
for the three months ended March 31, 2008 to 6.2% (2007 - 6.8%). The sensitivity
to changes is lower in 2008 as compared to 2007 because of a reduction in
outstanding bank debt which averaged $273 million in the first three months of
2008 compared to $349 million for the same period in 2007.
The Trust had no interest rate swap or financial contracts in place as at or
during the period ended March 31, 2008.
Foreign Currency Exchange Rate Risk:
Foreign currency exchange rate risk is the risk that the fair value or future
cash flows will fluctuate as a result of changes in foreign exchange rates.
While substantially all of the Trust's petroleum and natural gas sales are
denominated in Canadian dollars, the underlying market prices in Canada for
petroleum and natural gas are impacted by changes in the exchange rate between
the Canadian and United States dollar.
Daylight had no forward exchange rate contracts in place as at or during the
period ended March 31, 2008.
Commodity Price Risk:
Commodity price risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows will
fluctuate as a result of changes in commodity prices. Commodity prices for
petroleum and natural gas are impacted by not only the relationship between the
Canadian and United States dollar, as outlined above, but also world economic
events that dictate the levels of supply and demand. The Trust has attempted to
mitigate commodity price risk through the use of various financial derivative
and physical delivery sales contracts.
The Trust's policies permit hedging of up to 50% of its petroleum and natural
gas production for up to 12 months in to the future and up to 25% of petroleum
and natural gas production for the period commencing 12 months in to the future
and ending 24 months in to the future. These hedge limits can be changed upon
approval by the Board of Directors.
As at March 31, 2008, the following commodity derivatives were outstanding:
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Hedged Hedge Hedge
Type of Contract Commodity Volume (2) Price Period
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Financial (Swap) (1) Natural gas 20,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.635/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
Financial (Swap) (1) Natural gas 10,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.700/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
Financial (Swap) (1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.745/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
Financial (Swap) (1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$6.740/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
Financial (Swap) (1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$7.140/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
Financial (Swap) (1) Natural gas 5,000 GJ/d Cdn$7.170/GJ Apr 1/08 to
Oct 31/08
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(1) Swap indicates fixed price.
(2) A GJ converts to a mcf at the rate of 1.055056 GJs per mcf.
The following table provides a summary of the gain (loss) on financial
instruments for the three months ended March 31, 2008 and 2007:
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2008 2007
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Realized gain on commodity derivatives $ - $ 24
Unrealized loss on commodity derivatives (22,270) (7,784)
Unrealized loss on investments held for trading
(note 3) (133) (1,501)
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Total $(22,403) $ (9,261)
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The unrealized loss from commodity derivatives has been included on the balance
sheet with changes in the fair value included in loss on financial instruments
on the statement of income. As at March 31, 2008, if the future strip prices for
natural gas were $0.10 per GJ lower, with all other variables held constant, net
income for the period would have been $0.8 million higher, due to the reduction
in the fair value of the financial contracts liability of $1.1 million. An equal
and opposite impact would have occurred to net income and the fair value of the
financial contracts liability had the natural gas prices been $0.10 per GJ
higher. There were no commodity derivative contracts outstanding at December 31,
2007.
Fair Value of Financial Instruments
Financial instruments include accounts receivable, investments, accounts payable
and accrued liabilities, cash distributions payable, bank debt, and convertible
debentures. Unless otherwise noted, carrying values reflect the current fair
value of the Trust's financial instruments due to the short term to maturity.
The Trust's investments held for trading have a fair value based on quoted
market value of $6.3 million that also represents their carrying value. The
equity investment has a fair value based on quoted market value of $8.8 million
that is in excess of its carrying value of $6.2 million. The fair value of
derivative contracts as presented on the balance sheet is determined by
discounting the difference between the contracted price and published forward
price curves as at the balance sheet date, using the remaining contracted
petroleum and natural gas volumes. The Trust's bank debt bears interest at a
floating market rate and accordingly the fair market value approximates the
carrying value. The convertible debentures outstanding at March 31, 2008, with a
face value of $128.4 million (December 31, 2007 - $128.6 million), had a fair
value based on quoted market value of $134.9 million (December 31, 2007 - $124.7
million).
Capital Management
The Trust targets the maintenance of a strong capital base so as to maintain and
potentially increase investor, creditor and market confidence and to sustain the
future development of the business. Daylight targets to fully finance its
capital expenditures and cash distributions with funds from operations over the
longer term, but may not fully finance these items within a quarterly or annual
period.
Daylight manages its capital structure and makes adjustments to its capital
structure in consideration of changes in economic conditions and the risk
characteristics of the underlying petroleum and natural gas assets. The Trust
considers its capital structure to include unitholders' equity, convertible
debentures, bank debt and working capital. In order to maintain or adjust the
capital structure, the Trust may from time to time issue units, issue
convertible debentures, adjust its capital spending or adjust distributions
levels.
The Trust monitors its capital structure with consideration of the ratio of net
debt to annualized funds from operations. This ratio is calculated as net debt,
defined as outstanding bank debt plus or minus working capital, excluding
unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and future income taxes, divided by funds
from operations on an annualized basis, defined as the preceding six month
period times 2. Funds from operations are based on cash provided by operating
activities before change in non-cash operating working capital and asset
retirement expenditures.
The Trust's strategy is to maintain a ratio that is considered reasonable and
prudent in the circumstances. This ratio may increase at certain times. In order
to facilitate the management of this ratio, the Trust prepares annual capital
expenditure budgets, which are updated as necessary depending on varying factors
including current and forecast commodity prices and production levels, success
of capital expenditure program and general industry conditions. The annual and
updated budgets are approved by the Board of Directors. As at March 31, 2008,
Daylight's ratio of net debt to annualized funds from operations, utilizing the
current and prior quarter funds from operations times 2, was 1.4 to 1 compared
to 1.6 to 1 as at December 31, 2007. This decrease is a result of the increase
in funds from operations due to higher production levels and product prices,
partially offset by the higher net debt.
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March 31, 2008 December 31, 2007
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Bank debt $ 268,410 $ 257,342
Working capital deficiency(1) 29,908 32,088
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Net debt $ 298,318 $ 289,430
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Cash provided by operating activities $ 43,516 $ 44,824
Change in non-cash operating working
capital 14,088 1,819
Asset retirement expenditures 1,063 836
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Funds from operations $ 58,667 $ 47,479
Prior quarter funds from operations 47,479 40,343
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$ 106,146 $ 87,822
x 2 x 2
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Annualized funds from operations $ 212,292 $ 175,644
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Ratio of net debt to annualized
funds from operations 1.4 1.6
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(1) Excludes unrealized gain (loss) on derivatives and future income taxes.
The Trust also monitors the payout ratio to evaluate financial flexibility and
the relative burden of distributions. Payout ratio is defined on a percentage
basis as distributions declared divided by funds from operations. Daylight
believes that a payout ratio above 100% is a significant concern as it indicates
that no funds from operations are being retained to finance capital expenditures
or to repay debt. Daylight believes that a lower payout ratio corresponds to
greater financial flexibility since the excess funds from operations can be
invested in capital expenditures for the long term benefit of Daylight or be
utilized to repay debt and reduce the leverage utilized by Daylight. For the
three months ended March 31, 2008, the payout ratio was 40%, compared to 49% for
the three months ended December 31, 2007 due to the higher funds from operations
generated in the 2008 period.
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2008 2007
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Distributions declared $ 23,333 $ 23,296
Funds from operations $ 58,667 $ 47,479
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Payout ratio 40% 49%
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The Trust's unit capital is not subject to external restrictions, however the
bank debt facility is based on petroleum and natural gas reserves (see note 5).
There were no changes in the Trust's approach to capital management during the
three month period ended March 31, 2008.
13. Related Party
Daylight and Midnight Oil Exploration Ltd. ("MOX") are considered related, as
Daylight's Chairman is a director and officer of MOX. In addition, Daylight's
Chief Executive Officer and director is also a director of MOX and Daylight's
Corporate Secretary is also MOX's Corporate Secretary. Daylight and MOX are
joint venture partners in certain properties, and as a result, revenues and
costs related to these properties are allocated to each partner under standard
joint venture billing arrangements. Each partner's costs and revenues are based
on the exchange amounts which reflect actual third party costs incurred and
revenue received. All transactions are conducted under standard business terms
and are considered within the normal course of Daylight's business activities
and operations. In addition, certain administrative services which provide
reasonable economy and do not involve competitive issues continue to be provided
to MOX by Daylight Energy on a fixed fee basis negotiated by the parties, which
is considered comparable to the fee an independent third party would charge for
the services, and may be cancelled by either party.
For the three months ended March 31, 2008, Daylight charged MOX $0.4 million
(2007 - $0.3 million) for administrative services and premises costs with a
payable balance, which includes joint venture and commodity marketing amounts,
of approximately $2.9 million due to MOX as at March 31, 2008 (December 31, 2007
- $4.7 million).
14. Commitments
The following is a summary of Daylight's contractual obligations and
commitments, other than bank debt as disclosed in note 5 and convertible
debentures as disclosed in note 7, as at March 31, 2008:
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 Thereafter
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Capital Lease $ 889 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ -
Operating Leases 7,756 4,629 2,732 1,571 1,264 6,156
Natural gas
transportation 700 532 188 160 44 -
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$ 9,345 $5,161 $2,920 $1,731 $1,308 $ 6,156
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Included in operating leases are obligations related to office space, office
equipment and a drilling rig contract. Daylight has entered into an agreement
with a third party whereby commitments under a certain drilling rig contract,
included in the 2008 obligation of $9.3 million, have been assumed by the third
party for 2008 totalling $0.8 million.
In addition to the above, the Trust has commitments related to its risk
management program (see note 12).
Abbreviations
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/d per day
bbl(s) barrel(s)
mbbls thousand barrels
mmbbls million barrels
mcf thousand cubic feet
mmcf million cubic feet
bcf billion cubic feet
boe barrels of oil equivalent
mmboe million barrels of oil equivalent
mmbtu million British thermal units
mmstb million stock tank barrels of oil
Cdn Canadian
GJ gigajoule
NGLs natural gas liquids
WTI West Texas Intermediate crude oil
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