SEC Form 8-K filed by Valero Energy Corporation

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 30, 2025

 

VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware		001-13175		74-1828067
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)		(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

One Valero Way San Antonio, Texas		78249
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (210) 345-2000

 

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class		Trading Symbol(s)		Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share		VLO		New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR § 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR § 240.12b-2).

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Item 8.01. Other Events.

On January 30, 2025, Valero Energy Corporation (together with its consolidated subsidiaries, “Valero” or the “Company”) announced the Company’s preliminary financial and operating results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2024.

Presented below are certain preliminary unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024. The Company has not yet finalized its financial information as of or for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2024 and the actual results may vary from the preliminary results presented here as a result of the completion of the Company’s financial closing procedures or any adjustments that may result from the completion of management’s review of the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

The preliminary financial data included below has been prepared by, and is the responsibility of, the Company’s management. KPMG LLP has not audited, reviewed or performed any procedures with respect to the preliminary financial data. Accordingly, KPMG LLP does not express an opinion or any other form of assurance with respect thereto. The Company’s annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024 will include the Company’s audited financial statements for the full year ended December 31, 2024, as well as management’s report on internal control over financial reporting and the Company’s auditors’ audit reports thereon. You should note that additional information on a number of matters will be included in the Company’s annual report on Form 10-K, such as a comprehensive statement of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and footnote disclosures associated with the Company’s final year-end financial results, as well as management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations.

The preliminary unaudited financial results are forward-looking statements and may differ materially from actual results. These estimates should not be viewed as a substitute for the Company’s full interim or annual financial statements prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles. Accordingly, you should not place undue reliance on these preliminary unaudited results. The preliminary unaudited financial results should be read in conjunction with “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and the Company’s historical consolidated financial statements and the notes thereto in its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 and its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31, 2024, June 30, 2024, and September 30, 2024.

The tables below present highlights of the Company’s preliminary unaudited condensed consolidated financial results.

		Three Months Ended December 31,								Year Ended December 31,
		2024				2023				2024				2023
Statement of income data (in millions of dollars, unaudited)
Revenues		$	30,756			$	35,414			$	129,881			$	144,766
Cost of sales:
Cost of materials and other			27,926				31,267				116,516				123,087
Operating expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense reflected below)			1,514				1,594				5,831				6,089
Depreciation and amortization expense			687				679				2,729				2,658
Total cost of sales			30,127				33,540				125,076				131,834
Other operating expenses (a)			4				15				44				33
General and administrative expenses (excluding depreciation and amortization expense reflected below)			266				295				961				998
Depreciation and amortization expense			11				11				45				43
Operating income			348				1,553				3,755				11,858
Other income, net (b)			110				145				499				502
Interest and debt expense, net of capitalized interest			(135	)			(149	)			(556	)			(592	)
Income before income tax expense (benefit)			323				1,549				3,698				11,768
Income tax expense (benefit) (c)			(34	)			331				692				2,619
Net income			357				1,218				3,006				9,149
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests			76				16				236				314
Net income attributable to Valero Energy Corporation stockholders		$	281			$	1,202			$	2,770			$	8,835
Earnings per common share		$	0.89			$	3.55			$	8.58			$	24.93
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (in millions)			315				337				322				353
Earnings per common share – assuming dilution		$	0.88			$	3.55			$	8.58			$	24.92
Weighted-average common shares outstanding – assuming dilution (in millions)			316				338				322				353

 

(a)

In March 2021, the Company announced its participation in a then-proposed large-scale carbon capture and sequestration pipeline system with Navigator Energy Services (“Navigator”). In October 2023, Navigator announced that it decided to cancel this project. Under the terms of the agreements associated with the project, the Company had some rights from and obligations to Navigator, including a portion of the aggregate project costs. As a result, the Company recognized a charge of $29 million in the year ended December 31, 2024 related to its obligation to Navigator.

(b)	“Other income, net” includes a net gain of $11 million in the year ended December 31, 2023 related to the early retirement of $199 million aggregate principal amount of various series of the Company’s senior notes.

(c)

Under current tax law, producers of second-generation biofuels that are registered with the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) are eligible for an income tax credit of up to $1.01 per gallon of qualified biofuel that was produced and sold in the United States (“U.S.”) through December 31, 2024. The benefit of the tax credit is recognized as a reduction of the producer’s income tax expense.

In December 2024, the IRS approved the Company’s application for registration as a producer of second-generation biofuels with respect to the cellulosic ethanol produced at the Company’s ethanol plants. As a result, “income tax expense (benefit)” for the three months and year ended December 31, 2024 includes a current income tax benefit of $79 million for the tax credit attributable to volumes of cellulosic ethanol produced and sold by the Company in the U.S. from 2020 through 2024.

 

		December 31,
		2024				2023
Balance sheet data (in millions of dollars, unaudited)
Current assets		$	23,737			$	26,221
Cash and cash equivalents included in current assets			4,657				5,424
Inventories included in current assets			7,761				7,583
Current liabilities			15,495				16,802
Valero Energy Corporation stockholders’ equity			24,512				26,346
Total equity			27,521				28,524
Debt and finance lease obligations:
Debt –
Current portion of debt (excluding variable interest entities (“VIEs”))		$	441			$	167
Debt, less current portion of debt (excluding VIEs)			7,586				8,021
Total debt (excluding VIEs)			8,027				8,188
Current portion of debt attributable to VIEs			58				1,030
Debt, less current portion of debt attributable to VIEs			—				—
Total debt attributable to VIEs			58				1,030
Total debt			8,085				9,218
Finance lease obligations –
Current portion of finance lease obligations (excluding VIEs)			217				183
Finance lease obligations, less current portion (excluding VIEs)			1,492				1,428
Total finance lease obligations (excluding VIEs)			1,709				1,611
Current portion of finance lease obligations attributable to VIEs			27				26
Finance lease obligations, less current portion attributable to VIEs			642				669
Total finance lease obligations attributable to VIEs			669				695
Total finance lease obligations			2,378				2,306
Total debt and finance lease obligations		$	10,463			$	11,524

Safe Harbor Statement

Statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K that state Valero’s or its management’s expectations or predictions of the future are forward-looking statements intended to be covered by the safe harbor provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K include preliminary unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024. Valero has not yet finalized its financial information as of or for the quarter and year ended December 31, 2024, and Valero’s actual results could differ materially from those projected in such forward-looking statements based on numerous factors, including as a result of the completion of Valero’s financial closing procedures or any adjustments that may result from management’s review of Valero’s consolidated financial statements, and other factors outside of Valero’s control. For more information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ from those expressed, suggested, or forecasted, see Valero’s annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, and other reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

SIGNATURE

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

 

				VALERO ENERGY CORPORATION
Date: January 30, 2025				by:		/s/ Jason W. Fraser
						Jason W. Fraser
						Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer