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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 6-K
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Report of Foreign Private Issuer
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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Date of Report: February 21, 2019

Commission file number 1-32479
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TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L.P.
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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4th Floor, Belvedere Building
69 Pitts Bay Road
Hamilton, HM 08 Bermuda
(Address of principal executive office)
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Item 1 — Information Contained in this Form 6-K Report

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 
TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS L.P.
 
 
 
By:
 
Teekay GP L.L.C., its general partner
Date: February 21, 2019
By:
 
/s/ Edith Robinson
 
 
 
Edith Robinson
Secretary



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TEEKAY LNG PARTNERS REPORTS
FOURTH QUARTER 2018 AND ANNUAL 2018 RESULTS

Highlights
GAAP net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders of $6.6 million, GAAP net income per common unit of $0.00 and income from vessel operations of $65.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2018; and $28.4 million, $0.03 per common unit and $147.8 million, respectively, for fiscal 2018.
Adjusted net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders(1) of $32.6 million and adjusted net income per common unit(1) of $0.32 in the fourth quarter of 2018 (excluding items listed in Appendix A to this release); and $87.7 million and $0.76 per common unit, respectively, for fiscal 2018.
Generated total cash flow from vessel operations(1) (CFVO) of $150.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2018 and $515.3 million for fiscal 2018.
Since late-December 2018, repurchased over 1.1 million common units at an average price of $11.38 per unit for a total cost of approximately $13 million.
Completed the financing of the Yamal Spirit LNG carrier newbuilding, which delivered and commenced its 15-year charter on January 31, 2019.
Estimated fiscal 2019 guidance(2) for adjusted net income per common unit(1) of approximately $1.85 to $2.20(2) and total CFVO(1) of $635 million to $660 million.
Hamilton, Bermuda, February 21, 2019 - Teekay GP L.L.C., the general partner of Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (Teekay LNG or the Partnership) (NYSE: TGP), today reported the Partnership’s results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2018.
Consolidated Financial Summary

Three Months Ended
Year Ended
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars except per unit data)
December 31, 2018
September 30, 2018
December 31, 2017
December 31, 2018
December 31, 2017
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
GAAP FINANCIAL COMPARISON
 
 
 
 
 
Voyage revenues
149,805

123,336

126,307

510,762

432,676

Income from vessel operations
65,164

46,998

62,378

147,809

148,649

Equity income
949

14,679

2,992

53,546

9,789

Net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders
6,579

25,950

39,877

28,369

33,965

Limited partners’ interest in net income per common unit
0.00

0.24

0.42

0.03

0.25

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL COMPARISON
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders (1)
32,636

19,474

33,972

87,703

93,850

Limited partners’ interest in adjusted net income per common unit
0.32

0.16

0.35

0.76

0.98

Total cash flow from vessel operations (CFVO) (1)
150,099

132,593

126,833

515,292

449,550

Distributable cash flow (DCF) (1)
51,211

41,214

52,054

158,882

176,128

(1) These are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to “Definitions and Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the Appendices to this release for definitions of these terms and reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures as used in this release to the most directly comparable financial measures under United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
(2) All estimates are as of the date hereof, are approximations and based on current information (including the number of outstanding common units). Actual results may differ materially from these estimates, and the Partnership expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such estimates, including to reflect any change in the Partnership’s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such estimates are based.

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. Investor Relations Tel: +1 604 844-6654 www.teekaylng.com
4th Floor, Belvedere Building, 69 Pitts Bay Road, Hamilton, HM 08, Bermuda
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Fourth Quarter of 2018 Compared to Fourth Quarter of 2017

GAAP net income and non-GAAP adjusted net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders for the three months ended December 31, 2018, compared to the same quarter in the prior year, were positively impacted by an increase in earnings due to the deliveries of 12 liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier newbuildings in the Partnership’s consolidated fleet and equity-accounted joint ventures between October 2017 and December 2018, and higher earnings from the Magellan Spirit, which was chartered-in from the Partnership’s 52 percent-owned joint venture with Marubeni Corporation (the Teekay LNG-Marubeni Joint Venture) commencing in September 2018. These increases were partially offset by a decrease in earnings in 2018 on seven multi-gas carriers following the termination of their previous charter contracts, the sale of three conventional crude oil tankers during 2018, an increase in off-hire days during 2018 for certain of the Partnership’s vessels due to repairs, and an increase in general and administrative expenses, a portion of which is non-recurring.

In addition, GAAP net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders was negatively impacted in the three months ended December 31, 2018, compared to the same quarter of the prior year, by various items, including unrealized losses on non-designated and designated derivative instruments and unrealized foreign currency exchange losses.

CEO Commentary

“Once again this quarter, our cash flows and adjusted earnings were up significantly over the prior quarter as the Partnership’s LNG segment grew and certain existing vessels commenced new contracts at firm rates,” commented Mark Kremin, President and Chief Executive Officer of Teekay Gas Group Ltd. “This segment continued its expansion in early-2019 with the delivery of two additional newbuilding LNG carriers, including the Yamal Spirit, which delivered on January 31, 2019, soon after finalizing its dedicated financing facility.” Mr. Kremin continued, “With this latest financing facility now in place, we have completed all of the necessary financings to take delivery of our entire newbuilding orderbook which, at its peak, amounted to approximately $3 billion."

“We expect our LNG segment results to be significantly higher in 2019 primarily due to the delivery of 15 newbuilding LNG carriers during 2018 and throughout 2019 as well as the start-up of the Bahrain LNG regasification terminal in 2019. Collectively, the cash flow associated with these deliveries will allow the Partnership to execute on its balanced capital allocation strategy which will see the Partnership meaningfully delever its balance sheet over the next few years while simultaneously return significant cash flow to unitholders in the form of common unit repurchases and common unit distributions, which will increase by 36 percent commencing this upcoming quarter.” Mr. Kremin continued, “Today, we announced fiscal 2019 financial guidance that would represent increases in adjusted net income per common unit and total CFVO ranging from 143 percent to 190 percent and 23 percent to 28 percent, respectively, compared to our fiscal 2018 results.”


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2019 Guidance

Today, the Partnership is providing the below supplementary information relating to the outlook for the Partnership’s estimated fiscal 2019 results which are expected to be significantly higher than fiscal 2018 primarily due to newbuilding deliveries and higher charter rates earned from the vessels trading on short-term contracts:

(in millions of U.S. Dollars except per unit data and percentages)
Fiscal 2018
Fiscal 2019E (2)
Percentage Increase over 2018
Adjusted net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders (1)
87.7
170 to 200
94% to 128%
Limited partners' interest in adjusted net income per common unit (1)
$0.76
$1.85 to $2.20
143% to 190%
CFVO from consolidated vessels (1)
333.6
420 to 440
26% to 32%
Total CFVO (including share of equity-accounted JVs) (1)
515.3
635 to 660
23% to 28%
(1) These are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to “Definitions and Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the Appendices to this release for definitions of these terms and reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures as used in this release to the most directly comparable financial measures under GAAP.
(2) All estimates are as of the date hereof, are approximations, are based on current information (including the number of outstanding common units). Actual results may differ materially from these estimates, and the Partnership expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any such estimates, including to reflect any change in the Partnership’s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such estimates are based.

Summary of Recent Events

Torben Spirit Charter
The Torben Spirit LNG Carrier commenced its minimum three-year charter on January 1, 2019 at a charter rate in excess of $100,000 per day for the duration of the contract.

LNG Carrier Newbuilding Deliveries

In December 2018, the Partnership took delivery of one M-Type, Electronically Controlled, Gas Injection (MEGI) LNG carrier newbuilding, the Sean Spirit, which immediately commenced its seven-year charter contract with BP Gas Marketing Limited.

In January 2019, the Partnership’s 20 percent-owned joint venture with China LNG Shipping (Holdings) Limited (China LNG), CETS Investment Management (HK) Co. Ltd. (an affiliate of China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC)) and BW LNG Investments Pte. Ltd. (the Pan Union Joint Venture), took delivery of one LNG carrier newbuilding, the Pan Africa, which immediately commenced its 20-year charter contract with Royal Dutch Shell (Shell).

In January 2019, the Partnership took delivery of one MEGI LNG carrier newbuilding, the Yamal Spirit, which immediately commenced its 15-year charter with Yamal Trade Pte Ltd. Concurrent with the delivery, the Partnership entered into a $159 million, 15-year sale-leaseback financing arrangement with a lessor, which added approximately $30 million of liquidity to Teekay LNG.

Crude Oil Tanker Dispositions

In January 2019, the Todelo Spirit, a Suezmax tanker that was chartered-in by the Partnership under a capital lease from the charterer, was sold to a third party. Upon the sale of the vessel, the Partnership's charter contract for this vessel was terminated and the remaining capital lease obligation was extinguished. During 2018, the Partnership completed similar transactions for three other Suezmax tankers, the Teide Spirit in February 2018, the African Spirit in October 2018, and the European Spirit in November 2018.

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Operating Results
The following table highlights certain financial information for Teekay LNG’s three segments: the Liquefied Natural Gas Segment, the Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment and the Conventional Tanker Segment (please refer to the “Teekay LNG’s Fleet” section of this release below and Appendices C through E for further details). During 2018, the Partnership’s Teekay Multi-Gas Pool, including its seven directly-owned multi-gas carriers, commenced operations. As part of this initiative, the Partnership completed an internal reorganization and revised its internal reporting, as these changes resulted in management viewing the gas fleet and its components separately. Consequently, it was determined that there had been a change in reportable segments whereby the Partnership’s LPG and multi-gas carriers are reported in a separate segment apart from its LNG carriers. All segment information for comparative periods has been retroactively adjusted to conform with the change in segment presentation adopted in 2018.

 
Three Months Ended
 
December 31, 2018
December 31, 2017
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)

Liquefied Natural Gas Segment
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment
Conventional Tanker Segment
Total
Liquefied Natural Gas Segment
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment
Conventional Tanker Segment
Total
GAAP FINANCIAL COMPARISON
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Voyage revenues
135,777

7,253

6,775

149,805

100,066

14,539

11,702

126,307

Income (loss) from vessel operations
68,924

(5,367
)
1,607

65,164

51,576

8,819

1,983

62,378

Equity income (loss)
4,252

(3,303
)

949

9,090

(6,098
)

2,992

NON-GAAP FINANCIAL COMPARISON
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
CFVO from consolidated vessels(i)
99,981

(2,781
)
2,099

99,299

75,731

10,936

4,122

90,789

CFVO from equity-accounted vessels(i)
43,893

6,907


50,800

29,201

6,843


36,044

 Total CFVO(i)
143,874

4,126

2,099

150,099

104,932

17,779

4,122

126,833

(i)
These are non-GAAP financial measures. Please refer to “Definitions and Non-GAAP Financial Measures” and the Appendices to this release for definitions of these terms and reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures as used in this release to the most directly comparable financial measures under GAAP.

Liquefied Natural Gas Segment

Income from vessel operations and CFVO from consolidated vessels for the liquefied natural gas segment for the three months ended December 31, 2018, compared to the same quarter of the prior year, were positively impacted primarily by: the deliveries of seven LNG carrier newbuildings (the Macoma, Murex, Magdala, Myrina, Megara, Bahrain Spirit and Sean Spirit) between October 2017 and December 2018; and earnings from the Magellan Spirit chartered-in from the Teekay LNG-Marubeni Joint Venture commencing in September 2018. These increases were partially offset by an increase in off-hire days during 2018 for certain of the Partnership’s LNG carriers due to repairs; and an increase in general and administrative expenses attributable to this segment.

Equity income and CFVO from equity-accounted vessels for the liquified natural gas segment for the three months ended December 31, 2018, compared to the same quarter of the prior year, were positively impacted by: deliveries of two ARC7 LNG carrier newbuildings between January 2018 and September 2018 in the Partnership's 50-percent owned Yamal LNG Joint Venture, the deliveries of three LNG carriers between October 2017 and July 2018 in the Partnership’s Pan Union Joint Venture, with the Partnership's ownership interest in these vessels ranging from 20 to 30 percent, and higher fleet utilization in the Teekay LNG-Marubeni Joint Venture during the three months ended December 31, 2018 as certain of the joint venture’s vessels commenced short-term charter contracts at higher rates compared to the previous period. In addition, GAAP equity income was negatively impacted by unrealized losses on non-designated and designated derivative instruments in the Partnership's equity-accounted investments.

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Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment

Loss from vessel operations and CFVO from consolidated vessels for the liquefied petroleum gas segment for the three months ended December 31, 2018, compared to the same quarter of the prior year, were negatively impacted by lower earnings on seven of the Partnership's multi-gas carriers following the Partnership's termination of their charter contracts in the fourth quarter of 2017 due to non-payment by the charterer, which includes recognition of prepaid lease payments of $10.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2017 received from the previous charterer in prior periods.

GAAP equity loss for the liquified petroleum gas segment for the three months ended December 31, 2018, compared to the same quarter of the prior year, was positively impacted by vessel write-downs in the Exmar LPG Joint Venture during the three months ended December 31, 2017, partially offset by unrealized losses on non-designated derivative instruments in the Partnership's equity-accounted investments. CFVO from equity-accounted vessels for the liquefied petroleum gas segment for the three months ended December 31, 2018, was comparable to the same quarter of the prior year.

Conventional Tanker Segment

Income from vessel operations and CFVO from consolidated vessels for the conventional tanker segment for the three months ended December 31, 2018, compared to the same quarter of the prior year, were negatively impacted by the sales of the Teide Spirit, African Spirit and European Spirit conventional tankers during 2018.

Teekay LNG's Fleet
The following table summarizes the Partnership’s fleet as of February 1, 2019. The Partnership also has a 30 percent interest in the Bahrain regasification terminal which is under construction and is expected to commence operations in the summer of 2019.

Number of Vessels

Owned and In-Chartered Vessels(i)
Newbuildings
Total
LNG Carrier Fleet
45(ii)
4(iii)
49
LPG/Multi-gas Carrier Fleet
29(iV)
29
Conventional Tanker Fleet
1
1
Total
75
4
79
(i)
Includes vessels accounted for as vessels related to capital leases under which the Partnership is the lessee.
(ii)
The Partnership’s ownership interests in these vessels and newbuildings range from 20 percent to 100 percent.
(iii)
The Partnership’s ownership interests in these newbuildings is 50 percent.
(iv)
The Partnership’s ownership interests in these vessels range from 50 percent to 99 percent.

Liquidity

As of December 31, 2018, the Partnership had total liquidity of $324.6 million (comprised of $149.0 million in cash and cash equivalents and $175.6 million in undrawn credit facilities).





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Conference Call
The Partnership plans to host a conference call on Thursday, February 21, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss the results for the fourth quarter and year-ended December 31, 2018. All unitholders and interested parties are invited to listen to the live conference call by choosing from the following options:

By dialing (800) 263-0877 or (647) 794-1827, if outside North America, and quoting conference ID code 3163252.
By accessing the webcast, which will be available on Teekay LNG’s website at www.teekay.com (the archive will remain on the website for a period of one year).

An accompanying Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2018 Earnings Presentation will also be available at www.teekay.com in advance of the conference call start time.
About Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Teekay LNG Partners is one of the world's largest independent owners and operators of LNG carriers, providing LNG, LPG and crude oil marine transportation services primarily under long-term, fee-based charter contracts through its interests in 49 LNG carriers (including four newbuildings), 22 mid-size LPG carriers, seven multi-gas carriers, and one conventional tanker. The Partnership's ownership interests in these vessels range from 20 to 100 percent. In addition, the Partnership owns a 30 percent interest in a regasification terminal, which is currently under construction. Teekay LNG Partners is a publicly-traded master limited partnership formed by Teekay Corporation (NYSE: TK) as part of its strategy to expand its operations in the LNG and LPG shipping sectors.
Teekay LNG Partners’ common units and preferred units trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbols “TGP”, “TGP PR A” and “TGP PR B”, respectively.
For Investor Relations
enquiries contact:

Ryan Hamilton
Tel: +1 (604) 609-2963
Website: www.teekay.com


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Definitions and Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This release includes various financial measures that are non-GAAP financial measures as defined under the rules of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. These non-GAAP financial measures, which include Cash Flow from Vessel Operations, Adjusted Net Income Attributable to the Partners and Preferred Unitholders, and Distributable Cash Flow, are intended to provide additional information and should not be considered a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with GAAP. In addition, these measures do not have standardized meanings across companies, and therefore may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. These non-GAAP measures are used by management, and the Partnership believes that these supplementary metrics assist investors and other users of its financial reports in comparing financial and operating performance of the Partnership across reporting periods and with other companies.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

Cash Flow from Vessel Operations (CFVO) represents income (loss) from vessel operations before depreciation and amortization expense, amortization of in-process revenue contracts, vessel write-downs, goodwill write-downs, gain and losses on the sales of vessels and adjustments for direct financing leases to a cash basis, but includes realized gains or losses on a derivative charter contract. CFVO from Consolidated Vessels represents CFVO from vessels that are consolidated on the Partnership’s financial statements. CFVO from Equity-Accounted Vessels represents the Partnership’s proportionate share of CFVO from its equity-accounted vessels. The Partnership does not control its equity-accounted vessels and as a result, the Partnership does not have the unilateral ability to determine whether the cash generated by its equity-accounted vessels is retained within the entities in which the Partnership holds the equity-accounted investments or distributed to the Partnership and other owners from equity-accounted investments. In addition, the Partnership does not control the timing of such distributions to the Partnership and other owners. Consequently, readers are cautioned when using total CFVO as a liquidity measure as the amount contributed from CFVO from Equity-Accounted Vessels may not be available to the Partnership in the periods such CFVO is generated by its equity-accounted vessels. CFVO is a non-GAAP financial measure used by certain investors and management to measure the operational financial performance of companies. Please refer to Appendices D and E of this release for reconciliations of these non-GAAP financial measures to income (loss) from vessel operations and income from vessel operations of equity-accounted vessels, respectively, the most directly comparable GAAP measures reflected in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements included in this release.

Adjusted Net Income Attributable to the Partners and Preferred Unitholders excludes items of income or loss from GAAP net income that are typically excluded by securities analysts in their published estimates of the Partnership’s financial results. The Partnership believes that certain investors use this information to evaluate the Partnership’s financial performance, as does management. Please refer to Appendix A of this release for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to net income, and refer to footnote (4) of the Consolidated Statements of Income for a reconciliation of adjusted equity income to equity income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure reflected in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements included in this release.

Distributable Cash Flow (DCF) represents GAAP net income adjusted for write-down of vessels, depreciation and amortization expense, deferred income tax and other non-cash items, estimated maintenance capital expenditures, unrealized gains and losses from non-designated derivative instruments, ineffectiveness for derivative instruments designated as hedges for accounting purposes, distributions relating to equity financing of newbuilding installments, distributions relating to preferred units, adjustments for direct financing leases to a cash basis and foreign exchange related items, including the Partnership’s proportionate share of such items in equity-accounted for investments. Maintenance capital expenditures represent those capital expenditures required to maintain over the long-term the operating capacity of, or the revenue generated by, the Partnership’s capital assets. DCF is a quantitative standard used in the publicly-traded partnership investment community and by management to assist in evaluating financial performance. Please refer to Appendix B of this release for a reconciliation of this non-GAAP financial measure to net income, the most directly comparable GAAP measure reflected in the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements included in this release.

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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Consolidated Statements of Income
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except unit and per unit data)
 
Three Months Ended
Year End
 
December 31,
September 30,
December 31,
December 31,
December 31,
2018
2018
2017
2018
2017
 
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
Voyage revenues
149,805

123,336

126,307

510,762

432,676

 
 
 
 
 
 
Voyage expenses
(6,529
)
(7,956
)
(4,303
)
(28,237
)
(8,202
)
Vessel operating expenses(1)
(30,454
)
(25,993
)
(27,676
)
(117,658
)
(101,539
)
Time-charter hire expense
(5,980
)
(1,690
)

(7,670
)

Depreciation and amortization
(33,079
)
(32,238
)
(27,651
)
(124,378
)
(105,545
)
General and administrative expenses(1)
(7,809
)
(5,811
)
(4,299
)
(28,512
)
(18,141
)
Write-down of goodwill and vessels(2)
(790
)
(2,201
)

(54,653
)
(50,600
)
Restructuring charges(3)

(449
)

(1,845
)

Income from vessel operations
65,164

46,998

62,378

147,809

148,649


 
 
 
 
 
Equity income(4)
949

14,679

2,992

53,546

9,789

Interest expense
(39,551
)
(35,875
)
(23,333
)
(128,303
)
(80,937
)
Interest income
964

980

880

3,760

2,915

Realized and unrealized (loss) gain on non-designated derivative instruments(5)
(11,540
)
2,515

3,066

3,278

(5,309
)
Foreign currency exchange (loss) gain(6)
(7,244
)
1,445

(2,436
)
1,371

(26,933
)
Other income (expense)(7)
545

314

424

(51,373
)
1,561

Net income (loss) before tax expense
9,287

31,056

43,971

30,088

49,735

Income tax (expense) recovery
(42
)
(1,549
)
319

(3,213
)
(824
)
Net income
9,245

29,507

44,290

26,875

48,911

 
 
 
 
 
 
Non-controlling interest in net income (loss)
2,666

3,557

4,413

(1,494
)
14,946

Preferred unitholders' interest in net income
6,425

6,425

5,541

25,701

13,979

General partner's interest in net income
2

391

687

53

400

Limited partners’ interest in net income
152

19,134

33,649

2,615

19,586

Limited partners' interest in net income per common unit:
 
 
 
 
 
• Basic
0.00

0.24

0.42

0.03

0.25

• Diluted
0.00

0.24

0.42

0.03

0.25

Weighted-average number of common units outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
• Basic
79,676,541

79,687,499

79,626,819

79,672,435

79,617,778

• Diluted
79,843,339

79,859,471

79,839,231

79,842,328

79,791,041

Total number of common units outstanding at end of period
79,360,719

79,687,499

79,626,819

79,360,719

79,626,819


(1)
The comparative figures for vessel operating expenses and general and administrative expenses have been reclassified to conform to the presentation adopted in the current period relating to the classification of certain related party transactions which had the effect of (decreasing) increasing vessel operating expenses by ($1.6) million, $0.7 million and ($1.6) million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, December 31, 2017 and year ended December 31, 2017, respectively, and an offsetting effect for general and administrative expenses in each respective period. There is no impact on income from vessel operations or net income as a result of these reclassifications.

(2)
The African Spirit and European Spirit conventional tankers were classified as vessels held for sale upon the expiration of their time-charter contracts in 2017. The Partnership recorded aggregate write-downs of $2.2 million and $7.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2018, and year ended December 31, 2018, respectively, on these two conventional tankers as the estimated fair values of these vessels had decreased. In June 2018, the carrying values for four of the Partnership's seven wholly-owned multi-gas carriers (the Napa Spirit, Pan Spirit, Camilla Spirit and Cathinka Spirit) were written down to their estimated fair values, using appraised values, as a result of the Partnership's evaluation of alternative strategies for these assets, combined with the then current charter rate environment and the outlook for charter rates for these vessels. The total impairment charge of $33.0 million related to these four multi-gas carriers is included in write-down of goodwill and

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vessels for the year ended December 31, 2018. In addition, the Partnership recorded a write-down of $13.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2018 relating to the Alexander Spirit conventional tanker to its estimated fair value, using an appraised value. This was a result of changes in the Partnership's expectations of the vessel's future opportunities after its current contract ends in 2019. The write-down of vessels of $50.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, relates to the combined write-downs of the African Spirit and European Spirit of $25.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2017, upon the Partnership marketing the vessels for sale in 2017; and the aggregate write-downs of the Teide Spirit and Toledo Spirit conventional tankers of $25.5 million for the year ended December 31, 2017 upon the charterer notifying the Partnership of its intention to sell the Teide Spirit in 2017 (sold February 2018) and the Partnership's expectation that the charterer would sell the Toledo Spirit in 2018 (sold January 2019).

Included in write-down of goodwill and vessels for the three months and year ended December 31, 2018 is an impairment change of $0.8 million relating to the Partnership's goodwill attributable to its LPG segment.

(3)
In February 2018, the Teide Spirit conventional tanker was sold and as a result of this sale, the Partnership recorded restructuring charges of $0.4 million and $1.8 million relating to seafarer severance costs for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and year ended December 31, 2018, respectively.

(4)
The Partnership’s proportionate share of items within equity income as identified in Appendix A of this release is detailed in the table below. By excluding these items from equity income, the Partnership believes the resulting adjusted equity income is a normalized amount that can be used to better evaluate the financial performance of the Partnership’s equity-accounted investments. Adjusted equity income is a non-GAAP financial measure.
 
Three Months Ended
Year Ended
 
December 31,
September 30,
December 31,
December 31,
December 31,
 
2018
2018
2017
2018
2017
Equity income
949

14,679

2,992

53,546

9,789

Proportionate share of unrealized loss (gain) on non-designated interest rate swaps
4,736

(2,614
)
(4,404
)
(9,076
)
(7,491
)
Proportionate share of ineffective portion of hedge-accounted interest rate swaps
4,831

(105
)
566

(342
)
5,100

Proportionate share of write-down and loss on sale of vessels


5,500

257

5,500

Gain on sale of equity-accounted investment



(5,563
)

Proportionate share of other items
181

(185
)
191

(4
)
651

Equity income adjusted for items in Appendix A
10,697

11,775

4,845

38,818

13,549


(5)
The realized (losses) gains on non-designated derivative instruments relate to the amounts the Partnership actually paid or received to settle non-designated derivative instruments and the unrealized (losses) gains on non-designated derivative instruments relate to the change in fair value of such non-designated derivative instruments, as detailed in the table below:

Three Months Ended
Year Ended

December 31,
September 30,
December 31,
December 31,
December 31,

2018
2018
2017
2018
2017
Realized (losses) gains relating to:
 

 

 

 
 
Interest rate swap agreements
(2,804
)
(3,062
)
(5,012
)
(14,654
)
(18,825
)
Interest rate swap and swaption agreements termination

(13,681
)

(13,681
)
(610
)
Toledo Spirit time-charter derivative contract
(668
)
1,689

152

1,480

678

 
(3,472
)
(15,054
)
(4,860
)
(26,855
)
(18,757
)
Unrealized (losses) gains relating to:
 
 
 
 
 
Interest rate swap agreements
(7,637
)
19,278

8,182

31,061

12,393

Interest rate swaption agreements


518

2

945

Toledo Spirit time-charter derivative contract
(431
)
(1,709
)
(774
)
(930
)
110

 
(8,068
)
17,569

7,926

30,133

13,448

Total realized and unrealized (losses) gains on non-designated derivative instruments
(11,540
)
2,515

3,066

3,278

(5,309
)


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(6)
For accounting purposes, the Partnership is required to revalue all foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities based on the prevailing exchange rates at the end of each reporting period. This revaluation does not affect the Partnership’s cash flows or the calculation of distributable cash flow, but results in the recognition of unrealized foreign currency translation gains or losses in the Consolidated Statements of Income.

Foreign currency exchange (loss) gain includes realized losses relating to the amounts the Partnership paid to settle the Partnership’s non-designated cross-currency swaps that were entered into as economic hedges in relation to the Partnership’s Norwegian Kroner (NOK) denominated unsecured bonds. Foreign currency exchange gain (loss) also includes unrealized gains relating to the change in fair value of such derivative instruments, partially offset by unrealized (losses) gains on the revaluation of the NOK bonds as detailed in the table below:

Three Months Ended
Year Ended

December 31,
September 30,
December 31,
December 31,
December 31,

2018
2018
2017
2018
2017
Realized losses on cross-currency swaps
(1,607
)
(1,744
)
(2,125
)
(6,533
)
(9,344
)
Realized losses on cross-currency swaps termination

(42,271
)

(42,271
)
(25,733
)
Realized gains on repurchase of NOK bonds

42,271


42,271

25,733

Unrealized (losses) gains on cross-currency swaps
(28,494
)
43,966

(9,081
)
21,240

49,047

Unrealized gains (losses) on revaluation of NOK bonds
21,066

(41,549
)
7,760

(23,118
)
(47,076
)

(7) Following the termination of the capital lease arrangements for the three LNG carriers in Teekay Nakilat Corporation (the Teekay Nakilat Joint Venture), the lessor made a determination that additional rentals were due under the leases following a challenge by the UK taxing authority. As a result, for the year ended December 31, 2018, the Teekay Nakilat Joint Venture recognized an additional liability of $53.0 million, which was included as part of other income (expense) in the Consolidated Statements of Income, and paid this liability by releasing a $7.0 million cash deposit it had made with the lessor and making a $56.0 million cash payment for the balance, which was based on the GBP/USD foreign currency exchange rates at the time the payments were made.


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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Consolidated Balance Sheets  
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 
As at December 31,
September 30,
As at December 31,
 
2018
2018
2017
 
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
ASSETS
  
 
 
Current
  
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
149,014

139,854

244,241

Restricted cash – current
38,329

36,429

22,326

Accounts receivable
20,795

25,732

24,054

Prepaid expenses
8,076

9,277

6,539

Vessels held for sale

28,482

33,671

Current portion of derivative assets
835

1,453

1,078

Current portion of net investments in direct financing leases
12,635

12,273

9,884

Current portion of advances to equity-accounted joint ventures
79,108



Advances to affiliates
8,229

5,163

7,300

Other current assets
2,306

4,400


Total current assets
319,327

263,063

349,093

 
 

 

 
Restricted cash – long-term
35,521

30,159

72,868

Vessels and equipment
 

 

 
At cost, less accumulated depreciation
1,657,338

1,463,438

1,416,381

Vessels related to capital leases, at cost, less accumulated depreciation
1,585,243

1,597,418

1,044,838

Advances on newbuilding contracts
86,942

172,248

444,493

Total vessels and equipment
3,329,523

3,233,104

2,905,712

Investment in and advances to equity-accounted joint ventures
1,037,025

1,118,361

1,094,596

Net investments in direct financing leases
562,528

565,423

486,106

Derivative assets
2,362

19,164

8,043

Other assets
11,432

9,148

6,172

Intangible assets – net
52,222

54,436

61,078

Goodwill
34,841

35,631

35,631

Total assets
5,384,781

5,328,489

5,019,299

LIABILITIES AND EQUITY
  

 

 
Current
 

 

 
Accounts payable
3,830

4,158

3,509

Accrued liabilities
74,753

67,977

45,757

Unearned revenue
30,108

23,080

25,873

Current portion of long-term debt
135,901

155,261

552,404

Current obligations related to capital leases
81,219

81,149

106,946

In-process contracts

1,803

7,946

Current portion of derivative liabilities
11,604

12,224

79,139

Advances from affiliates
14,731

20,061

12,140

Total current liabilities
352,146

365,713

833,714

Long-term debt
1,833,875

1,744,961

1,245,588

Long-term obligations related to capital leases
1,217,337

1,231,839

904,603

Other long-term liabilities
43,788

41,930

58,174

Derivative liabilities
55,038

30,877

45,797

Total liabilities
3,502,184

3,415,320

3,087,876

Equity
 
   
 
Limited partners – common units
1,496,107

1,510,650

1,539,248

Limited partners – preferred units
285,159

285,159

285,159

General partner
49,271

49,570

50,152

Accumulated other comprehensive income
2,717

18,158

4,479

Partners' equity
1,833,254

1,863,537

1,879,038

Non-controlling interest
49,343

49,632

52,385

Total equity
1,882,597

1,913,169

1,931,423

Total liabilities and total equity
5,384,781

5,328,489

5,019,299


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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 
Year Ended
 
December 31,
December 31,
 
2018
2017
 
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash provided by (used for)
 
 
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
 
 
Net income
26,875

48,911

Non-cash and non-operating items:
 

 

   Unrealized gain on non-designated derivative instruments
(30,133
)
(13,448
)
   Depreciation and amortization
124,378

105,545

   Write-down of goodwill and vessels
54,653

50,600

   Unrealized foreign currency exchange (gain) loss including the effect of the termination of cross-currency swaps
(7,525
)
23,153

   Equity income, net of dividends received of $14,421 (2017 - $42,692)
(39,125
)
32,903

   Ineffective portion on qualifying cash flow hedging instruments included in interest expense
(740
)
740

   Other non-cash items
(1,035
)
(5,616
)
Change in operating assets and liabilities
19,218

(2,396
)
Expenditures for dry docking
(15,368
)
(21,642
)
Net operating cash flow
131,198

218,750

FINANCING ACTIVITIES
 

 

Proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
1,135,304

362,527

Scheduled repayments of long-term debt and settlement of related swaps
(506,437
)
(194,237
)
Prepayments of long-term debt
(465,122
)
(236,474
)
Financing issuance costs
(11,932
)
(8,361
)
Proceeds from financing related to sales and leaseback of vessels
370,050

656,935

Scheduled repayments of obligations related to capital leases
(59,722
)
(42,000
)
Proceeds from equity offerings, net of offering costs

164,411

Repurchase of common units
(3,786
)

Cash distributions paid
(70,345
)
(56,650
)
Dividends paid to non-controlling interest
(2,925
)
(1,595
)
Other

(605
)
Net financing cash flow
385,085

643,951

INVESTING ACTIVITIES
 

 

Expenditures for vessels and equipment
(686,148
)
(708,608
)
Capital contributions and advances to equity-accounted joint ventures
(40,544
)
(183,874
)
Return of capital and repayment of advances from equity-accounted joint ventures

92,320

Proceeds from sale of equity-accounted joint venture
54,438


Receipts from direct financing leases
10,882

13,143

Proceeds from sales of vessels
28,518

20,580

Net investing cash flow
(632,854
)
(766,439
)
(Decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash
(116,571
)
96,262

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of the year
339,435

243,173

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of the year
222,864

339,435



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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Appendix A - Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Adjusted Net Income
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 
Three Months Ended
Year Ended
December 31,
December 31,
2018
2017
2018
2017
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
Net income – GAAP basis
9,245

44,290

26,875

48,911

Less: Net (income) loss attributable to non-controlling interests
(2,666
)
(4,413
)
1,494

(14,946
)
Net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders
6,579

39,877

28,369

33,965

Add (subtract) specific items affecting net income:
 
 
 
 
Write-down of goodwill and vessels(1)
790


54,653

50,600

Restructuring charges(2)


1,845


Unrealized foreign currency exchange losses (gains)(3)
5,604

58

(8,717
)
17,493

Unrealized losses (gains) on non-designated and designated derivative instruments and other items from equity–accounted investees(4)
9,748

1,853

(14,728
)
3,760

Unrealized losses (gains) on non-designated derivative instruments(5)
8,068

(7,926
)
(30,133
)
(13,448
)
Realized loss on interest rate swap termination


13,681


Other items(6)
2,447

(941
)
56,431

424

Non-controlling interests’ share of items above(7)
(600
)
1,051

(13,698
)
1,056

Total adjustments
26,057

(5,905
)
59,334

59,885

Adjusted net income attributable to the partners and preferred unitholders
32,636

33,972

87,703

93,850






 
 
Preferred unitholders' interest in adjusted net income
6,425

5,541

25,701

13,979

General partner's interest in adjusted net income
524

569

1,240

1,597

Limited partners’ interest in adjusted net income
25,687

27,862

60,762

78,274

Limited partners’ interest in adjusted net income per common unit, basic
0.32

0.35

0.76

0.98

Weighted-average number of common units outstanding, basic
79,676,541

79,626,819

79,672,435

79,617,778

(1)
See Note 2 to the Consolidated Statements of Income included in this release for further details.
(2)
See Note 3 to the Consolidated Statements of Income included in this release for further details.
(3)
Unrealized foreign currency exchange losses (gains) primarily relate to the Partnership’s revaluation of all foreign currency-denominated monetary assets and liabilities based on the prevailing exchange rate at the end of each reporting period and unrealized (gains) losses on the cross-currency swaps economically hedging the Partnership’s NOK bonds. This amount excludes the realized losses relating to the cross-currency swaps for the NOK bonds. See Note 6 to the Consolidated Statements of Income included in this release for further details.
(4)
Reflects the unrealized losses (gains) due to changes in the mark-to-market value of derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes and any ineffectiveness for derivative instruments designated as hedges for accounting purposes within the Partnership’s equity-accounted investments. See Note 4 to the Consolidated Statements of Income included in this release for further details.
(5)
Reflects the unrealized losses (gains) due to changes in the mark-to-market value of derivative instruments that are not designated as hedges for accounting purposes. See Note 5 to the Consolidated Statements of Income included in this release for further details.
(6)
Included in other items for the year ended December 31, 2018 is the additional tax indemnification guarantee liability of $53 million, as described in Note 7 to the Consolidated Statements of Income included in this release.
(7)
Items affecting net income include items from the Partnership’s consolidated non-wholly-owned subsidiaries. The specific items affecting net income are analyzed to determine whether any of the amounts originated from a consolidated non-wholly-owned subsidiary. Each amount that originates from a consolidated non-wholly-owned subsidiary is multiplied by the non-controlling interests’ percentage share in this subsidiary to arrive at the non-controlling interests’ share of the amount. The amount identified as “non-controlling interests’ share of items listed above” in the table above is the cumulative amount of the non-controlling interests’ proportionate share of the other specific items affecting net income listed in the table.

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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Appendix B - Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Distributable Cash Flow (DCF)
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except units outstanding and per unit data)
 
Three Months Ended
Year Ended
December 31,
December 31,
2018
2017
2018
2017
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
 
 
 

 

 
 
Net income:
9,245

44,290

26,875

48,911

Add:
 
 
 
 
Depreciation and amortization
33,079

27,651

124,378

105,545

Partnership’s share of equity–accounted joint ventures' DCF net of estimated maintenance capital expenditures(1)
19,282

13,719

72,546

48,616

Unrealized loss (gain) on non-designated derivative instruments
8,068

(7,926
)
(30,133
)
(13,448
)
Unrealized foreign currency exchange loss (gain)
5,604

58

(8,717
)
17,493

Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized and other adjustments
2,475

2,142

11,082

14,326

Distributions relating to equity financing of newbuildings
1,962

3,844

9,012

8,676

Write-down of goodwill and vessels
790


54,653

50,600

Deferred income tax and other non-cash items
363

(4,061
)
2,561

(6,463
)
Additional tax indemnification guarantee liability


53,000


Realized loss on interest rate swap termination


13,681


Less:








Equity income
(949
)
(2,992
)
(53,546
)
(9,789
)
Distributions relating to preferred units
(6,425
)
(5,541
)
(25,701
)
(13,979
)
Estimated maintenance capital expenditures
(16,794
)
(14,265
)
(64,186
)
(53,315
)
Ineffective portion on qualifying cash flow hedging instruments included in interest expense

(15
)
(740
)
740

Portion of additional tax indemnification guarantee liability previously recognized in DCF


(3,849
)

Distributable Cash Flow before Non-controlling interest
56,700

56,904

180,916

197,913

Non-controlling interests’ share of DCF before estimated maintenance capital expenditures
(5,489
)
(4,850
)
(22,034
)
(21,785
)
Distributable Cash Flow
51,211

52,054

158,882

176,128

Amount of cash distributions attributable to the general partner
(227
)
(226
)
(911
)
(909
)
Limited partners' Distributable Cash Flow
50,984

51,828

157,971

175,219

Weighted-average number of common units outstanding
79,676,541

79,626,819

79,672,435

79,617,778

Distributable Cash Flow per limited partner common unit
0.64

0.65

1.98

2.20

 
(1)
The estimated maintenance capital expenditures relating to the Partnership’s share of equity-accounted joint ventures were $10.3 million and $8.4 million for the three months ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, and $36.4 million and $32.5 million for the years ended for December 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.


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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Appendix C - Supplemental Segment Information
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2018
 
(unaudited)
 
Liquefied Natural Gas Segment
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment
Conventional Tanker Segment
Total
Voyage revenues
135,777

7,253

6,775

149,805

Voyage expenses
(1,099
)
(4,574
)
(856
)
(6,529
)
Vessel operating expenses
(22,859
)
(4,863
)
(2,732
)
(30,454
)
Time-charter hire expense
(5,980
)


(5,980
)
Depreciation and amortization
(30,121
)
(1,796
)
(1,162
)
(33,079
)
General and administrative expenses
(6,794
)
(597
)
(418
)
(7,809
)
Write-down of goodwill

(790
)

(790
)
Income (loss) from vessel operations
68,924

(5,367
)
1,607

65,164

 
 



 
 

 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
 
(unaudited)
 
Liquefied Natural Gas Segment
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment
Conventional Tanker Segment
Total
Voyage revenues
100,066

14,539

11,702

126,307

Voyage expenses
(138
)
(1,218
)
(2,947
)
(4,303
)
Vessel operating expenses
(21,459
)
(1,908
)
(4,309
)
(27,676
)
Depreciation and amortization
(23,269
)
(2,117
)
(2,265
)
(27,651
)
General and administrative expenses
(3,624
)
(477
)
(198
)
(4,299
)
Income from vessel operations
51,576

8,819

1,983

62,378




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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Appendix D - Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Cash Flow from Vessel Operations from Consolidated Vessels
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2018
Year Ended December 31, 2018
 
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
 
Liquefied Natural Gas Segment
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment
Conventional Tanker Segment
Total
Total
Income (loss) from vessel operations (See Appendix C)
68,924

(5,367
)
1,607

65,164

147,809

Depreciation and amortization
30,121

1,796

1,162

33,079

124,378

Write-down of goodwill and vessels

790


790

54,653

Amortization of in-process contracts included in voyage revenues
(1,539
)

(2
)
(1,541
)
(5,756
)
Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized and other adjustments
2,475



2,475

11,082

Realized (loss) gain on Toledo Spirit derivative contract


(668
)
(668
)
1,480

Cash flow from vessel operations from consolidated vessels
99,981

(2,781
)
2,099

99,299

333,646

 
 

 
 
 

 
 
Three Months Ended December 31, 2017
Year Ended December 31, 2017
 
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
 
Liquefied Natural Gas Segment
Liquefied Petroleum Gas Segment
Conventional Tanker Segment
Total
Total
Income from vessel operations (See Appendix C)
51,576

8,819

1,983

62,378

148,649

Depreciation and amortization
23,269

2,117

2,265

27,651

105,545

Write-down of vessels




50,600

Amortization of in-process contracts included in voyage revenues
(1,256
)

(278
)
(1,534
)
(3,785
)
Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized and other adjustments
2,142



2,142

14,326

Realized gain on Toledo Spirit derivative contract


152

152

678

Cash flow from vessel operations from consolidated vessels
75,731

10,936

4,122

90,789

316,013





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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Appendix E - Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures
Cash Flow from Vessel Operations from Equity-Accounted Vessels
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)
 
Three Months Ended
 
December 31, 2018
December 31, 2017
 
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
 
At
Partnership's
At
Partnership's
100%
Portion(1)
100%
Portion(1)
Voyage revenues
176,177

75,886

129,526

57,493

Voyage expenses
(3,885
)
(1,962
)
(3,653
)
(1,862
)
Vessel operating expenses, time-charter hire expense and general and administrative expenses
(61,634
)
(27,291
)
(48,617
)
(22,372
)
Depreciation and amortization
(30,471
)
(14,643
)
(27,950
)
(13,984
)
Write-down and loss on sales of vessels


(11,000
)
(5,500
)
Income from vessel operations of equity-accounted vessels
80,187

31,990

38,306

13,775

Other items, including interest expense, realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments
(76,794
)
(31,041
)
(23,690
)
(10,783
)
Net income / equity income of equity-accounted vessels
3,393

949

14,616

2,992

Net income / equity income of equity-accounted LNG vessels
9,837

4,252

26,657

9,090

Net loss / equity loss of equity-accounted LPG vessels
(6,444
)
(3,303
)
(12,041
)
(6,098
)
 
 
 
 
 
Income from vessel operations of equity-accounted vessels
80,187

31,990

38,306

13,775

Depreciation and amortization
30,471

14,643

27,950

13,984

Write-down and loss on sales of vessels


11,000

5,500

Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized and other adjustments
14,525

5,132

10,621

3,802

Amortization of in-process contracts
(1,804
)
(965
)
(1,950
)
(1,017
)
Cash flow from vessel operations from equity-accounted vessels
123,379

50,800

85,927

36,044

Cash flow from vessel operations from equity-accounted LNG vessels
109,564

43,893

72,241

29,201

Cash flow from vessel operations from equity-accounted LPG vessels
13,815

6,907

13,686

6,843



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Year Ended
 
December 31, 2018
December 31, 2017
 
(unaudited)
(unaudited)
 
At
Partnership's
At
Partnership's
100%
Portion(1)
100%
Portion(1)
Voyage revenues
612,857

266,388

478,908

213,574

Voyage expenses
(12,058
)
(6,071
)
(16,689
)
(8,534
)
Vessel operating expenses and general and administrative expenses
(208,686
)
(93,277
)
(175,898
)
(81,416
)
Depreciation and amortization
(107,116
)
(52,883
)
(109,135
)
(54,453
)
Write-down and loss on sales of vessels
(514
)
(257
)
(11,000
)
(5,500
)
Income from vessel operations of equity-accounted vessels
284,483

113,900

166,186

63,671

Other items, including interest expense and realized and unrealized gain (loss) on derivative instruments
(147,230
)
(65,917
)
(124,342
)
(53,882
)
Gain on sale of equity-accounted investment

5,563



Net income / equity income of equity-accounted vessels
137,253

53,546

41,844

9,789

Net income / equity income of equity-accounted LNG vessels
149,981

60,228

56,980

17,652

Net loss / equity loss of equity-accounted LPG vessels
(12,728
)
(6,682
)
(15,136
)
(7,863
)
 
 
 
 
 
Income from vessel operations of equity-accounted vessels
284,483

113,900

166,186

63,671

Depreciation and amortization
107,116

52,883

109,135

54,453

Write-down and loss on sales of vessels
514

257

11,000

5,500

Direct finance lease payments received in excess of revenue recognized
51,329

18,453

39,368

14,220

Amortization of in-process contracts
(7,242
)
(3,847
)
(8,327
)
(4,307
)
Cash flow from vessel operations from equity-accounted vessels
436,200

181,646

317,362

133,537

Cash flow from vessel operations from equity-accounted LNG vessels
382,514

154,803

263,998

106,854

Cash flow from vessel operations from equity-accounted LPG vessels
53,686

26,843

53,364

26,683


(1)
The Partnership's equity-accounted vessels for the three months and year ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 include: the Partnership’s 40 percent ownership interest in Teekay Nakilat (III) Corporation, which owns four LNG carriers; the Partnership’s 49 percent ownership interest in the Partnership’s joint venture with Exmar NV (the Excalibur Joint Venture), which owns one LNG carrier; the Partnership's 50 percent ownership interest up to January 2018 in the Excelsior Joint Venture, which owns one regasification unit; the Partnership’s 33 percent ownership interest in four LNG carriers servicing the Angola LNG project; the Partnership’s 52 percent ownership interest in the Teekay LNG-Marubeni Joint Venture, which owns six LNG carriers; the Partnership’s 50 percent ownership interest in Exmar LPG BVBA, which owns and in-charters 22 LPG carriers as at December 31, 2018, compared to 23 owned and in-chartered LPG carriers, including three LPG carrier newbuildings, as at December 31, 2017; the Partnership’s ownership interest ranging from 20 to 30 percent in three LNG carriers and one LNG carrier newbuilding as at December 31, 2018 for Shell, compared to one LNG carrier and three LNG carrier newbuildings as at December 31, 2017; the Partnership’s 50 percent ownership interest in two ARC7 LNG carriers and four ARC7 LNG carrier newbuildings in the Yamal LNG Joint Venture as at December 31, 2018, compared to six ARC7 LNG carrier newbuildings as at December 31, 2017; and the Partnership's 30 percent ownership interest in the Bahrain LNG Joint Venture, which owns an LNG receiving and regasification terminal under construction in Bahrain.


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Teekay LNG Partners L.P.
Appendix F - Summarized Financial Information of Equity-Accounted Joint Ventures
(in thousands of U.S. Dollars)

As at December 31, 2018
As at December 31, 2017

(unaudited)
(unaudited)

At
Partnership's
At
Partnership's
100%
Portion(1)
100%
Portion(1)
Cash and restricted cash, current and non-current
386,320

162,947

295,148

128,004

Current portion of derivative assets
4,840

2,225

1,594

785

Other current assets
88,924

32,429

53,068

22,661

Vessels and equipment, including vessels related to capital leases and right of use assets
2,327,971

1,141,364

2,202,418

1,133,804

Advances on newbuilding contracts
1,321,284

494,486

1,211,210

450,523

Net investments in direct financing leases, current and non-current
3,089,375

1,163,980

2,013,759

722,408

Derivative assets
10,660

3,977

4,602

2,259

Other non-current assets
50,625

37,690

86,167

54,060

Total assets
7,279,999

3,039,098

5,867,966

2,514,504










Current portion of long-term debt and obligations related to capital leases
547,094

205,093

162,915

73,975

Current portion of derivative liabilities
12,695

4,420

21,973

7,217

Other current liabilities
127,266

53,874

98,657

43,193

Long-term debt and obligations related to capital leases
3,939,801

1,601,877

3,023,713

1,231,433

Shareholders' loans, current and non-current
367,475

131,386

368,937

131,685

Derivative liabilities
61,814

23,149

73,454

24,235

Other long-term liabilities
67,793

34,552

77,297

39,855

Equity
2,156,061

984,747

2,041,020

962,911

Total liabilities and equity
7,279,999

3,039,098

5,867,966

2,514,504










Investments in equity-accounted joint ventures


984,747



962,911

Advances to equity-accounted joint ventures


131,386



131,685

Investments in and advances to equity-accounted joint ventures, current and non-current portions
 
1,116,133

 
1,094,596


(1)
The Partnership's equity-accounted vessels as at ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017 include: the Partnership’s 40 percent ownership interest in Teekay Nakilat (III) Corporation, which owns four LNG carriers; the Partnership’s 49 percent ownership interest in the the Excalibur Joint Venture, which owns one LNG carrier; the Partnership's 50 percent ownership interest up to January 2018 in the Excelsior Joint Venture, which owns one regasification unit; the Partnership’s 33 percent ownership interest in four LNG carriers servicing the Angola LNG project; the Partnership’s 52 percent ownership interest in the Teekay LNG-Marubeni Joint Venture, which owns six LNG carriers; the Partnership’s 50 percent ownership interest in Exmar LPG BVBA, which owns and in-charters 22 LPG carriers as at December 31, 2018, compared to 23 owned and in-chartered LPG carriers, including three LPG carrier newbuildings, as at December 31, 2017; the Partnership’s ownership interest ranging from 20 to 30 percent in three LNG carriers and one LNG carrier newbuilding as at December 31, 2018 for Shell, compared to one LNG carrier and three LNG carrier newbuildings as at December 31, 2017; the Partnership’s 50 percent ownership interest in two ARC7 LNG carriers and four ARC7 LNG carrier newbuildings in the Yamal LNG Joint Venture as at December 31, 2018, compared to six ARC7 LNG carrier newbuildings as at December 31, 2017; and the Partnership's 30 percent ownership interest in the Bahrain LNG Joint Venture, which owns an LNG receiving and regasification terminal under construction in Bahrain.


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Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) which reflect management’s current views with respect to certain future events and performance, including statements, among other things, regarding: estimated guidance for 2019 for the non-GAAP measures of adjusted net income attributable to partners and preferred unitholders, limited partners' interest in adjusted net income per common unit, cash flow from vessels operations from consolidated vessels and total cash flow from vessel operations; the expected timing of newbuilding vessel deliveries and completion of the Bahrain regasification facility, and the commencement of related contracts; the effects of future newbuilding deliveries and commencement of operations at the regasification facility on the Partnership’s 2019 operating results; future delevering of the Partnership’s balance sheet; further potential repurchases under the Partnership’s common unit repurchase program; and the timing and amount of increases to quarterly distributions on the Partnership’s common units. The following factors are among those that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, which involve risks and uncertainties, and that should be considered in evaluating any such statement: potential shipyard and project construction delays; newbuilding specification changes or cost overruns; changes in production of LNG or LPG, either generally or in particular regions; changes in trading patterns or timing of start-up of new LNG liquefaction and regasification projects significantly affecting overall vessel tonnage requirements; changes in the size of the global LNG or LPG fleets; changes in applicable industry laws and regulations and the timing of implementation of new laws and regulations; the potential for early termination of long-term contracts of existing vessels in the Partnership's fleet; higher than expected costs and expenses; changes in the number of the Partnership’s outstanding common units; actual levels of quarterly distributions approved by the general partner’s Board of Directors; the inability of charterers to make future charter payments; the inability of the Partnership to renew or replace long-term contracts on existing vessels, including new charters at higher rates; allocations of cash to repay indebtedness or to repurchase common units; the trading price of the Partnership’s common units; the Partnership’s or the Partnership’s joint ventures’ ability to secure or draw on financings for its vessels; and other factors discussed in Teekay LNG Partners’ filings from time to time with the SEC, including its Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017. The Partnership expressly disclaims any obligation to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Partnership’s expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

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