Renewable Diesel Driving Low Carbon Results
Non-GAAP Disclosures
Renewable Diesel Adjusted EBITDA per Gallon
Renewable diesel adjusted EBITDA is defined as DGD's operating income adjusted to reflect the blender's tax credit and excluding
depreciation and amortization expense. Operating income is adjusted to reflect the blender's tax credit in the proper period. The
blender's tax benefit recognized in 2019 is attributable to volumes blended during 2019 and 2018 and was recognized in December
2019 because the U.S legislation authorizing the credit was passed and signed into law in that month. The benefit recognized in 2018 is
attributable to volumes blended during 2017 and was recognized in February 2018 because the U.S. legislation authorizing the credit
was passed and signed into law in that month. VLO believes adjusting for these items provides improved comparability between
periods. Renewable diesel EBITDA per gallon is renewable diesel adjusted EBITDA divided by DGD's renewable diesel sales volume for
the period. Sales volumes are calculated by multiplying sales volumes per day by the number of days in the applicable period.
Free Cash Flow
VLO defines free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures, deferred turnaround and catalyst cost
expenditures, investments in joint ventures, and changes in current assets and liabilities. VLO believes that the presentation of free cash
flow provides useful information to investors in assessing VLO's ability to cover ongoing costs and VLO's ability to generate cash returns
to stockholders. The GAAP measures most directly comparable to free cash flow are net cash provided by operating activities and net
cash used in investing activities.
Adjusted Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
Defined as net cash provided by operating activities excluding the items noted below. VLO believes adjusted net cash provided by
operating activities is an important measure of its ongoing financial performance to better assess its ability to generate cash to fund
VLO's investing and financing activities. The basis for VLO's belief with respect to each excluded item is provided below.
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Changes in current assets and current liabilities - Current assets net of current liabilities represents VLO's operating liquidity. VLO
believes that the change in its operating liquidity from period to period does not represent cash generated by VLO's operations that
is available to fund VLO's investing and financing activities.
DGD's adjusted net cash provided by operating activities attributable to VLO's joint venture partner's ownership interest in DGD -
VLO is a 50/50 joint venture partner in DGD and consolidate DGD's financial statements; as a result, all of DGD's net cash provided
by operating activities (or operating cash flow) is included in VLO's consolidated net cash provided by operating activities. DGD's
partners use DGD's operating cash flow (excluding changes in its current assets and current liabilities) to fund its capital investments
rather than distribute all of that cash to themselves. Nevertheless, DGD's operating cash flow is effectively attributable to each
partner and only 50 percent of DGD's operating cash flow should be attributed to VLO's net cash provided by operating activities.
Therefore, net cash provided by operating activities has been adjusted for the portion of DGD's operating cash flow attributable to
VLO's joint venture partner's ownership interest because VLO believes that it more accurately reflects the operating cash flow
available to VLO to fund VLO's investing and financing activities.
INVESTOR PRESENTATION | JUNE 2021
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