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DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2013
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DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS | DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS With respect to dividends and distributions paid during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, PBF Holding paid $186,684 in distributions to PBF LLC. PBF LLC used $86,936 of this amount in total to make three separate non-tax distributions of $0.30 per unit ($0.90 per unit in total) to its members, of which $26,042 was distributed to PBF Energy and the balance was distributed to its other members on March 15, 2013, June 7, 2013 and August 21, 2013. PBF Energy used this $26,042 to pay three separate cash dividends of $0.30 per share of Class A common stock on March 15, 2013, June 7, 2013 and August 21, 2013. PBF LLC used the remaining $99,748 from PBF Holding's distribution to make tax distributions to its members during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, with $20,185 distributed to PBF Energy, of which $1,065 was paid by PBF LLC directly to the applicable taxing authorities on behalf of PBF Energy.

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