CorEnergy Infrastructure Trust, Inc. Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Fair Value

Fair Value

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Valuation Techniques and Unobservable Inputs

The Company's other equity securities, which have been sold or fully liquidated in prior years, represented securities issued by private companies and were classified as Level 3 assets. The Company elected to report the other equity securities at fair value under the fair value option. Significant judgment was required in selecting the assumptions used to determine the fair values of these investments.

Lightfoot

The Company's Lightfoot investment consisted of a 6.6 percent and 1.5 percent equity interest in Lightfoot LP and Lightfoot GP, respectively. During the fourth quarter of 2017, a significant portion of the Lightfoot investment was acquired in connection with Zenith's acquisition of Arc Logistics. Subsequent to the acquisition, Lightfoot's only material asset consisted of its remaining investment in Gulf LNG, a receiving, storage and regasification terminal in Pascagoula, Mississippi.

On March 1, 2016, an affiliate of Gulf LNG received a Notice of Disagreement and Disputed Statements and a Notice of Arbitration from Eni USA, one of the two companies that had entered into a terminal use agreement for capacity of the liquefied natural gas facility owned by Gulf LNG and its subsidiaries. On June 29, 2018, the arbitration panel delivered its award, and the panel's ruling calls for the termination of the agreement and Eni USA's payment of compensation to Gulf LNG. On September 25, 2018, Gulf LNG filed a lawsuit against Eni USA in the Delaware Court of Chancery to enforce the award. Further, on September 28, 2018, Gulf LNG filed a lawsuit against Eni S.p.A. in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in New York County to enforce a guarantee agreement entered by Eni S.p.A. in connection with the terminal use agreement.

During the third quarter of 2018, the fair value of the Lightfoot investment was reduced to zero due to additional market information. In the fourth quarter of 2018, the Company received a distribution representing a return of capital totaling approximately $667 thousand due to the disposition of the remaining asset interest. The Company recognized a realized loss of $1.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2018. The loss is recorded in net realized and unrealized loss on other equity securities in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the fourth quarter of 2019, Lightfoot LP and Lightfoot GP were fully liquidated.

Joliet

On December 21, 2018, the Company sold its 0.6 percent interest in Joliet, along with the Portland Terminal Facility, to Zenith Terminals for approximately $446 thousand. The sale resulted in a realized loss on other equity securities of approximately $715 thousand included in net realized and unrealized loss on other equity securities in the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2018.

The following section describes the valuation methodologies used by the Company for estimating fair value for financial instruments not recorded at fair value, but fair value is included for disclosure purposes only, as required under disclosure guidance related to the fair value of financial instruments.

Cash and Cash Equivalents — The carrying value of cash, amounts due from banks, federal funds sold and securities purchased under resale agreements approximates fair value.

Financing Notes Receivable — The financing notes receivable are valued on a non-recurring basis. The financing notes receivable are reviewed for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of such assets may not be recoverable. Financing notes with carrying values that are not expected to be recovered through future cash flows are written-down to their estimated net realizable value. Estimates of realizable value are determined based on unobservable inputs, including estimates of future cash flow generation and value of collateral underlying the notes.

Secured Credit Facilities — The fair value of the Company's long-term variable-rate and fixed-rate debt under its secured credit facilities approximates carrying value.

Unsecured Convertible Senior Notes — The fair value of the unsecured convertible senior notes is estimated using quoted market prices from either active (Level 1) or generally active (Level 2) markets.


Carrying and Fair Value Amounts
	Level within Fair Value Hierarchy	December 31, 2020				December 31, 2019
		Carrying Amount (1)		Fair Value		Carrying Amount (1)		Fair Value
Financial Assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	Level 1	$	99,596,907	$	99,596,907	$	120,863,643	$	120,863,643

Financing notes receivable (Note 5)	Level 3	1,209,736		1,209,736		1,235,000		1,235,000

Financial Liabilities:
Secured credit facilities	Level 2	$	—	$	—	$	33,785,930	$	33,785,930
7.00% Unsecured convertible senior notes	Level 1	—		—		2,084,178		2,820,832
5.875% Unsecured convertible senior notes	Level 2	115,008,130		84,409,292		116,239,318		122,508,000
(1) The carrying value of debt balances are presented net of unamortized original issuance discount and debt issuance costs.

- Definition

The entire disclosure for the fair value of financial instruments (as defined), including financial assets and financial liabilities (collectively, as defined), and the measurements of those instruments as well as disclosures related to the fair value of non-financial assets and liabilities. Such disclosures about the financial instruments, assets, and liabilities would include: (1) the fair value of the required items together with their carrying amounts (as appropriate); (2) for items for which it is not practicable to estimate fair value, disclosure would include: (a) information pertinent to estimating fair value (including, carrying amount, effective interest rate, and maturity, and (b) the reasons why it is not practicable to estimate fair value; (3) significant concentrations of credit risk including: (a) information about the activity, region, or economic characteristics identifying a concentration, (b) the maximum amount of loss the entity is exposed to based on the gross fair value of the related item, (c) policy for requiring collateral or other security and information as to accessing such collateral or security, and (d) the nature and brief description of such collateral or security; (4) quantitative information about market risks and how such risks are managed; (5) for items measured on both a recurring and nonrecurring basis information regarding the inputs used to develop the fair value measurement; and (6) for items presented in the financial statement for which fair value measurement is elected: (a) information necessary to understand the reasons for the election, (b) discussion of the effect of fair value changes on earnings, (c) a description of [similar groups] items for which the election is made and the relation thereof to the balance sheet, the aggregate carrying value of items included in the balance sheet that are not eligible for the election; (7) all other required (as defined) and desired information.

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