PBF Energy Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results, Announces Board Approval for Rail Expa

PBF Energy Reports 2012 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results, Announces Board Approval for Rail Expansion Project, Declares Fourth Quarter 2012 Dividend of $0.30 Per Share and Provides Other Updates

PARSIPPANY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PBF Energy Inc. (NYS: PBF) today reported 2012 fourth quarter operating income of $284.9 million versus an operating loss of $165.6 million for the fourth quarter 2011. Adjusted Pro Forma Net Income for the fourth quarter 2012 was $165.7 million, or $1.70 per share on a fully exchanged, fully diluted basis, as described below, compared to a loss of $111.7 million, or $1.15 per share, for the fourth quarter 2011. Net income attributable to PBF Energy Inc. was $2.0 million, or $0.08 per share, which reflects PBF Energy Inc.'s share of earnings from December 18, 2012, the date of completion of the company's IPO, through December 31, 2012.

Adjusted Pro Forma results assume the exchange of all PBF Holdings LLC Series A Units and dilutive securities into shares of PBF Energy Inc. Class A Common Stock on a one-for-one basis, resulting in the elimination of the noncontrolling interest and a corresponding adjustment to the entity's tax provision. In addition, Adjusted Pro Forma results eliminate certain non-recurring charges relating to the company's initial public offering.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, operating income was $920.4 million, compared to $305.7 million for the corresponding period in 2011. Adjusted Pro Forma net income for the year was $492.5 million, or $5.07 per share on a fully exchanged, fully diluted basis, compared to $146.9 million, or $1.51 per share, for the corresponding period in 2011.

PBF Energy's full-year results include twelve months of operations of the Paulsboro, Toledo, including the impact of a 30-day hydrocracker turnaround, and Delaware City refineries as compared to 2011, which includes twelve months of operations of the Paulsboro refinery, ten months of operations of the Toledo Refinery and activities to reconfigure and restart the Delaware City refinery. Delaware City was fully operational in October of 2011.

Tom Nimbley, PBF Energy's CEO, said, "PBF's fourth quarter and full year results are reflective of our commitment to safety and our ability to run our refineries reliably and efficiently. During the fourth quarter, we were able to take advantage of positive market conditions and, importantly, we began to realize the initial benefits of our crude-by-rail strategy at our east coast refineries."

The company's 70,000 barrel per day double-loop track at Delaware City is fully operational. Initial discharge rates indicate that this facility is capable of operating above its nameplate capacity of 70,000 barrels per day.

The Board of Directors approved the recently announced expansion project to double the company's heavy crude unloading capability to 80,000 barrels per day by the fourth quarter of this year. Upon completion, PBF Energy will be able to deliver more than 150,000 barrels per day of crude-by-rail directly into the Delaware City refinery.

"We believe that increasing PBF's crude-by-rail capacity will allow us to reduce our feedstock costs by displacing waterborne crude oils with cheaper North American crudes as we strive to provide our entire refining system the most economic and cost-advantaged crude slate," continued Mr. Nimbley. "In addition, our Board of Directors authorized the company to continue its activities into establishing a MLP, including the formation of subsidiaries to hold PBF's MLP-qualifying assets."

On January 31, 2013, PBF Energy announced that its Toledo refinery had an operational upset which resulted in the temporary shutdown of the refinery's FCC unit and reduced run rates at the refinery's other processing units. The refinery resumed running at planned rates on February 18, 2013.

PBF Energy Inc. Declares Fourth Quarter 2012 Dividend

The company announced today that it will pay a fourth quarter 2012 dividend of $0.30 per Class A Common Share, and PBF Energy Company LLC Series A Unit, on March 15, 2013 to holders of record as of March 5, 2013.

"In our IPO prospectus we announced our intention to pay a $0.20 per share dividend following the first quarter of 2013. Yesterday, a quarter ahead of schedule, our Board of Directors approved a fourth quarter 2012 dividend of $0.30 per share, 50 percent greater than previously indicated. Returning excess cash to stockholders is a priority for PBF Energy. Our Board of Directors may consider potential increases in the dividend in future quarters based on the financial performance of the company," concluded Mr. Nimbley.

PBF Energy's senior management will hold a conference call at 10:00 a.m. ET, Thursday, February 21, 2013, to discuss its earnings results and provide an update on company operations. A live webcast of the conference call will be available on the company's web site at http://www.pbfenergy.com.

Non-GAAP Measures

This earnings release includes non-GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) measures including Adjusted Pro Forma Net Income (Loss), Adjusted Pro Forma Net Income (Loss) per fully exchanged, fully diluted share, EBITDA (Earnings before Income Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) and Adjusted EBITDA. PBF Energy Inc. believes that non-GAAP financial measures provide useful information about its operating performance and financial results. However, these measures have important limitations as analytical tools and should not be viewed in isolation or considered as alternatives to comparable GAAP financial measures. PBF Energy Inc.'s non-GAAP financial measures may also differ from similarly named measures used by other companies. See the accompanying tables and footnotes in this release for additional information on the non-GAAP measures used in this release and reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this press release relating to future plans, results, performance, expectations, achievements and the like are considered "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors, many of which may be beyond the company's (PBF Energy Inc. and subsidiaries) control, that may cause actual results to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Factors and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ include but are not limited to the risks disclosed in the company's filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. All forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. The company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statements except as may be required by applicable law.

About PBF Energy Inc.

PBF Energy Inc. (NYS: PBF) is one of the largest independent refiners in North America, operating, through its subsidiaries, oil refineries and related facilities in Delaware City, Delaware, Paulsboro, New Jersey and Toledo, Ohio. Our mission is to operate our facilities in a safe, reliable and environmentally sensitive manner, provide employees with a safe and rewarding workplace, become a positive influence in the communities where we do business, and provide superior returns to our investors.

The table below shows our earnings per share based on 1) GAAP net income attributable to PBF Energy Inc. for the period from December 18, 2012, the date of the completion of our IPO, through December 31, 2012, or $1.956 million; and 2) our Pro Forma earnings per share on Pro Forma Adjusted Net Income for the full fourth quarter and full year 2012 of $165.7 million and $492.5 million, respectively,assuming a fully exchanged, fully diluted share count, as shown in the table entitled, "Reconciliation of Amounts Reported Under U.S. GAAP - Adjusted Pro Forma Net income."

⁽¹⁾ Represents the elimination of one-time charges associated with the company's IPO.

⁽²⁾ Represents the elimination of the noncontrolling interest associated with the ownership of existing Series A Unit holders of PBF Energy Company LLC, as if the holders had fully exchanged their Series A Units for shares of the company's Class A common stock.

⁽³⁾ Represents an adjustment to reflect the company's current effective corporate tax rate of approximately 39.46% applied to all periods presented. The adjustment assumes the full exchange of existing PBF Energy Company LLC Series A Units as described in (2) above.

⁽⁴⁾ Represents the weighted-average fully diluted shares outstanding assuming the exchange of all PBF Energy Company LLC Series A Units and common stock equivalents for shares of PBF Energy Inc. Class A common stock.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Adjusted Pro Forma information is presented in the table above as management believes that these Pro Forma measures when presented in conjunction with comparable U.S. GAAP measures, are useful to investors to compare the company's results across the periods presented and facilitates an understanding of the company's operating results. The company also uses this measure to evaluate its operating performance. These measures should not be considered a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The differences between Adjusted Pro Forma and U.S. GAAP results are explained in the footnotes to the table above.