Press Release
CALGARY, AB, May 14, 2026 – Keyera Corp. (TSX: KEY) (“Keyera”) today announced its results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2026. To view Management’s Discussion and Analysis (the “MD&A”) and financial statements, visit either Keyera’s website or its filings on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.
“Keyera’s first quarter results reflect continued execution of our strategy to extend our integrated value chain,” said Dean Setoguchi, President and CEO. “Our fee-for-service business delivered strong performance, including record contributions from our Gathering and Processing segment, highlighting the competitiveness of our assets and the ongoing demand for our integrated services. Following the quarter, we also successfully closed the acquisition of Plains’ Canadian NGL business, a significant milestone that expands our platform and enhances our ability to deliver greater connectivity, market access and reliability for our customers. We are now focused on disciplined integration and delivering on the strategic and financial commitments we outlined at announcement.”
First Quarter Highlights
Major Growth Projects Update
Reaffirming 2026 Stand-Alone Guidance Update (Pre-Plains Acquisition Closing)
Closing of Plains’ Canadian NGL Business Acquisition
Subsequent to quarter-end, Keyera successfully closed its acquisition of Plains’ Canadian NGL business. The transaction materially expands Keyera’s integrated NGL platform, enhancing connectivity across the basin and providing customers with improved access to markets, greater flexibility and increased reliability.
As previously disclosed, the Commissioner of Competition has filed an application with the Competition Tribunal in connection with the transaction. Keyera disagrees with the Commissioner’s characterization of the Transaction and remains highly confident that the combined platform adds more value for customers through a more efficient Canadian-based NGL network. The Company also remains highly confident in the strategic and financial merits of the Transaction.
The Company is now focused on integration activities and capturing identified operational and commercial synergies.
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Summary of Key Measures |
Three months ended March 31, |
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(Thousands of Canadian dollars, except where noted) |
2026 |
2025 |
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Net (loss) earnings |
(121,970) |
130,335 |
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Per share ($/share) – basic |
(0.53) |
0.57 |
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Cash flow from operating activities |
322,022 |
165,325 |
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Funds from operations1 |
143,211 |
222,237 |
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Distributable cash flow1 |
101,164 |
189,579 |
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Per share ($/share)1 |
0.44 |
0.83 |
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Distributable cash flow1 (adjusted for acquisition-related items) |
133,328 |
189,579 |
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Per share ($/share)1 |
0.58 |
0.83 |
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Dividends declared |
123,818 |
119,160 |
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Per share ($/share) |
0.54 |
0.52 |
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Payout ratio %1 |
122 % |
63 % |
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Payout ratio %1 (adjusted for acquisition-related items) |
93 % |
63 % |
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Adjusted EBITDA1 |
202,904 |
298,430 |
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Adjusted EBITDA1 (adjusted for acquisition-related items) |
231,563 |
298,430 |
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Operating margin |
99,937 |
351,590 |
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Realized margin1 |
272,061 |
340,110 |
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Gathering and Processing |
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Operating margin |
112,916 |
112,140 |
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Realized margin1 |
117,911 |
109,306 |
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Gross processing throughput3 (MMcf/d) |
1,752 |
1,587 |
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Net processing throughput3 (MMcf/d) |
1,545 |
1,435 |
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Liquids Infrastructure |
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Operating margin |
136,845 |
155,512 |
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Realized margin1 |
141,144 |
152,447 |
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Gross processing throughput4 (Mbbl/d) |
186 |
196 |
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Net processing throughput4 (Mbbl/d) |
105 |
113 |
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AEF iso-octane production volumes (Mbbl/d) |
1 |
12 |
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Marketing |
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Operating margin |
(149,803) |
84,009 |
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Realized margin1 |
13,027 |
78,428 |
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Inventory value |
217,684 |
271,186 |
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Sales volumes (Bbl/d) |
214,800 |
220,800 |
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Acquisitions |
— |
— |
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Growth capital expenditures |
92,387 |
13,416 |
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Maintenance capital expenditures |
28,328 |
16,039 |
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Total capital expenditures |
120,715 |
29,455 |
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Weighted average number of shares outstanding – basic and diluted |
229,287 |
229,153 |
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As at March 31, |
2026 |
2025 |
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Long-term debt5 |
5,918,980 |
3,379,853 |
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Credit facility |
— |
— |
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Working capital surplus (current assets less current liabilities) |
(2,088,976) |
(6,855) |
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Net debt |
3,830,004 |
3,372,998 |
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Common shares outstanding – end of period |
229,292 |
229,153 |
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CEO’s Message to Shareholders
We recently completed a transformative step forward. Two days ago, we announced the successful completion of the acquisition of Plains’ Canadian NGL assets. This transaction expands our platform, enhances connectivity across our system and improves our ability to efficiently process, transport and market products across Canada.
For our customers, it provides greater access to key demand markets, improved reliability and more optionality across the value chain. For shareholders, it enhances the efficiency of our platform, supporting long-term growth and value creation. The transaction also brings critical energy infrastructure under Canadian ownership and supports the development of a more integrated national NGL network.
We were well prepared for the possibility of this matter proceeding before the Competition Tribunal and remain confident in the strength of our case and the long-term strategic rationale for the transaction. Our focus is now on disciplined integration and capturing expected synergies.
We are delivering on our strategy. Over the past year, we have sanctioned three major growth projects, including the KFS Frac II debottleneck, the Frac III expansion and KAPS Zone 4, all of which are highly contracted and directly aligned with our strategy. We also entered into a commercial export agreement with AltaGas to provide customers with improved access to international pricing, further strengthening our service offering.
At the same time, we have continued to optimize our asset base. We completed the sale of our non-core Wildhorse asset and redeployed that capital into an interest in two gas plants in the Simonette area, strengthening our position in a core growth region. Across our North region, we continue to fill available capacity at Wapiti and Simonette, driving increased utilization and contributing to record performance in Gathering and Processing. These actions reflect our disciplined approach to capital allocation and our focus on building a more efficient and competitive platform.
We are enabling Canada’s energy to reach global markets. The need for reliable, secure and responsibly produced Canadian energy has never been stronger, reinforced by recent geopolitical developments. Keyera plays an important role in enabling that growth by efficiently connecting customers to the markets that need their products, helping them maximize value for their production.
Our integrated system is designed to support this outcome, and the Plains acquisition further strengthens our ability to deliver it. With a more connected platform, we are better positioned to enable continued growth in the basin and improve market access for Canadian energy. This supports ongoing investment, economic activity and job creation across the country.
We are focused on improving the reliability of AEF. While the reliability of the asset has been below expectations, we recognize the importance of AEF to our business and the value it delivers. During the recent outage and turnaround, we completed a comprehensive review of the facility and its operating plan.
As a result, we expect to enhance our maintenance strategy by supplementing the existing four-year major turnaround cycle with a smaller planned outage between major turnarounds. Our objective is to maximize long-term production and reliability while ensuring safe and efficient operations, with the goal of maximizing iso-octane production over each four-year operating cycle. We remain confident in our go-forward plan and long-term value the asset can deliver.
We are well positioned to build on this momentum. We will remain focused on executing our strategy, strengthening our integrated value chain and delivering value for our customers and shareholders. On behalf of our Board and management team, we would like to thank our employees, customers, shareholders, Indigenous rights holders and other stakeholders for their continued support.
Dean Setoguchi
President and Chief Executive Officer
Keyera Corp.
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Notes: |
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Keyera uses certain non-Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (“GAAP”) and other financial measures such as EBITDA, adjusted EBITDA, funds from operations, distributable cash flow, distributable cash flow per share, payout ratio, realized margin, fee-for-service realized margin and compound annual growth rate (“CAGR”) for fee-based adjusted EBITDA. Since these measures are not standard measures under GAAP, they may not be comparable to similar measures reported by other entities. For additional information, and where applicable, for a reconciliation of the historical non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP measure, refer to the section of this news release titled “Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures”. For the assumptions associated with the base and 2025 realized margin guidance for the Marketing segment, refer to the sections titled “Segmented Results of Operations: Marketing”, “Non-GAAP and Other Financial Measures” and “Forward-Looking Statements” of Management’s Discussion and Analysis for the period ended March 31, 2026. |
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Ratio is calculated in accordance with the covenant test calculations related to the company’s credit facility and senior note agreements and excludes hybrid notes. |
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Includes gas volumes and the conversion of liquids volumes handled through the processing facilities to a gas volume equivalent. Net processing throughput refers to Keyera’s share of raw gas processed at its processing facilities. |
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Fractionation throughput in the Liquids Infrastructure segment is the aggregation of volumes processed through the fractionators and the de-ethanizers at the Keyera and Dow Fort Saskatchewan facilities. |
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Long-term debt includes the total value of Keyera’s hybrid notes which receive 50% equity treatment by Keyera’s rating agencies. The hybrid notes are also excluded from Keyera’s covenant test calculations related to the company’s credit facility and senior note agreements. |
First Quarter 2026 Results Conference Call and Webcast
Keyera will be conducting a conference call and webcast for investors, analysts, brokers and media representatives to discuss the financial results for the first quarter of 2026 at 8:00 a.m. Mountain Time (10:00 a.m. Eastern Time) on Thursday, May 14, 2026. Callers may participate by dialing 1-888-510-2154 or 1-437-900-0527. A recording of the conference call will be available for replay until 10:00 PM Mountain Time on May 28, 2026 (12:00 AM Eastern Time on May 29, 2026), by dialing 888-660-6345 or 289-819-1450 and entering passcode 30975.
To join the conference call without operator assistance, you may register and enter your phone number here to receive an instant automated call back. This link will be active on Thursday, May 14, 2026, at 7:00 AM Mountain Time (9:00 AM Eastern Time).
A live webcast of the conference call can be accessed here or through Keyera’s website at Events & Presentations – Keyera. Shortly after the call, an audio archive will be posted on the website for 90 days.
2026 Annual and Special Meeting of Shareholders
Keyera’s Annual Meeting will be held in-person and virtually. The in-person meeting will take place at the Lumi Experience Studio located at Suite 1410, 225 6 Ave SW in Calgary, AB and shareholders wishing to attend virtually can do so via live audio webcast. The webcast link can be found here or on Keyera’s website at https://www.keyera.com under Investors, Annual meeting.
Additional Information
For more information about Keyera Corp., please visit our website at www.keyera.com or contact:
Dan Cuthbertson, General Manager, Investor Relations
Tyler Monzingo, Senior Specialist, Investor Relations
Email: ir@keyera.com
Telephone: 403-205-7670
Toll free: 888-699-4853
For media inquiries, please contact:
Amanda Condie, Manager, Corporate Communications
Email: media@keyera.com
Telephone: 1-855-797-0036
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