Republic
of the Marshall Islands
|
4412
|
N/A
|
(State
or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
(Primary
Standard Industrial
Classification Code Number) |
(I.R.S.
Employer Identification No.)
|
Euroseas
Ltd.
Aethrion
Center
40
Ag. Konstantinou Street
151
24 Maroussi, Greece
011
30 211 1804005
|
Seward
& Kissel LLP
Attn:
Lawrence Rutkowski, Esq.
One
Battery Park Plaza
New
York, New York 10004
(212)
574-1200
|
|
(Address
and telephone number of
Registrant’s principal executive offices) |
(Name,
address and telephone
number of agent for service) |
|
Copies
to:
|
||
Lawrence
Rutkowski, Esq.
Seward
& Kissel LLP
One
Battery Park Plaza
New
York, New York 10004
(212)
574-1200
(telephone number)
(212)
480-8421
(facsimile number)
|
Stephen
P. Farrell, Esq.
Morgan,
Lewis & Bockius LLP
101
Park Avenue
New
York, New York 10178
(212)
309-6000
(telephone number)
(212)
309-6001
(facsimile number)
|
Title
of Each Class of Securities to be Registered
|
Amount
to be Registered(1)
|
Proposed
Maximum Offering Price Per Security(2)
|
Proposed
Maximum Aggregate Offering Price(2)
|
Amount
of Registration
Fee(3)
|
|||||||||
Common Stock, par value $0.03 per share | 5,750,000 shares | $ | 7.02 | $ | 40,365,000 | $ | 4,320 |
(1) | Includes shares of common stock, if any that may be sold to cover the exercise of an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters. |
(2) | Estimated solely for the purpose of calculating the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457 under the Securities Act of 1933, based on the average of the high and low prices for our common stock as reported on the Over the Counter Bulletin Board on January 8, 2007. |
(3) | $5,213.63 has been previously paid. |
Per
Share
|
Total
|
||||||
Public
Offering Price
|
$
|
$
|
|
||||
Underwriting
Discounts and Commissions(1)
|
$
|
$
|
|
||||
Proceeds,
Before Expenses, To Us
|
$ |
$
|
(1) | Excludes: (i) a financial advisory fee of 0.5% of the gross proceeds of this offering payable to Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. and (ii) $50,000 non-accountable expense allowance payable to the underwriters for the reimbursement of certain out of pocket expenses. |
Oppenheimer & Co. | |||
Ferris,
Baker Watts
|
|||
Incorporated
|
|||
Cantor Fitzgerald & Co.
|
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Fortis
Securities LLC
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Page
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ENFORCEABILITY
OF CIVIL LIABILITIES
|
ii
|
|
INTERNATIONAL
DRYBULK AND CONTAINER SHIPPING INDUSTRY DATA
|
ii
|
|
CURRENCY
TRANSLATION
|
ii
|
|
PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY
|
1
|
|
FORWARD-LOOKING
STATEMENTS
|
12
|
|
RISK
FACTORS
|
13
|
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PRICE
RANGE OF COMMON STOCK
|
31
|
|
DIVIDEND
POLICY
|
32
|
|
USE
OF PROCEEDS
|
33
|
|
CAPITALIZATION
|
34
|
|
DILUTION
|
35
|
|
SELECTED
HISTORICAL FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND DATA
|
36
|
|
MANAGEMENT’S
DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF
OPERATIONS
|
39
|
|
THE
INTERNATIONAL DRYBULK AND CONTAINER SHIPPING INDUSTRY
|
59
|
|
BUSINESS
|
94
|
|
MANAGEMENT
|
107
|
|
PRINCIPAL
SHAREHOLDERS
|
112
|
|
CERTAIN
RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
114
|
|
SHARES
ELIGIBLE FOR FUTURE SALE
|
115
|
|
DESCRIPTION
OF CAPITAL STOCK
|
117
|
|
REGISTRAR
AND TRANSFER AGENT
|
120
|
|
MARSHALL
ISLANDS COMPANY CONSIDERATIONS
|
121
|
|
TAX
CONSEQUENCES
|
124
|
|
OTHER
EXPENSES OF ISSUANCE AND DISTRIBUTION
|
132
|
|
UNDERWRITING
|
133
|
|
LEGAL
MATTERS
|
136
|
|
EXPERTS
|
137
|
|
WHERE
YOU CAN FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
|
138
|
|
GLOSSARY
OF SHIPPING TERMS
|
139
|
|
INDEX
TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
F-1
|
Size
|
Year
|
Charter Rate
|
|||||||||||||||||
Vessel Name |
Type
|
DWT
|
TEU
|
Built
|
Employment
|
($
per day) (*)
|
|||||||||||||
Drybulk
Carriers
|
|||||||||||||||||||
ARISTIDES
N.P.
|
Panamax
|
69,268
|
—
|
1993
|
Period Charter
until
Jan. 2008
|
|
$29,000
|
||||||||||||
IRINI
|
Panamax
|
69,734
|
—
|
1988
|
Baumarine
Pool
until
end 2008
|
|
$17,000
to $20,000 (**)
|
|
|||||||||||
NIKOLAOS
P.
|
Handysize
|
34,750
|
—
|
1984
|
Spot
Charter
until
Jan. 2007
|
|
$17,000
|
||||||||||||
ARIEL
(***)
|
Handysize
|
33,712
|
—
|
1977
|
Spot Charter
until Jan. 2007 |
|
$15,000
|
||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
Drybulk Carriers
|
4
|
207,464
|
|
||||||||||||||||
Container
Ships
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Period
Charter
|
|||||||||||||||||||
YM
XINGANG I
|
Handysize
|
23,596
|
1,599
|
1993
|
until July
2009
|
$26,650
|
|||||||||||||
Period
Charter
|
|
|
|||||||||||||||||
KUO
HSIUNG
|
Feeder
|
18,154
|
1,269
|
1993
|
until
Nov. 2007
|
|
$12,000
|
||||||||||||
YM
QINGDAO I
|
Feeder
|
18,253
|
1,269
|
1990
|
Period
Charter
until Mar. 2007 |
|
$11,900
|
||||||||||||
ARTEMIS
|
Intermediate
|
29,693
|
2,098
|
1987
|
Period
Charter
until
Dec. 2008
|
|
$19,000
|
||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
Container Ships
|
4
|
89,696
|
6,235
|
|
|||||||||||||||
Multipurpose
Vessels
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
TASMAN
TRADER
|
Multipurpose
|
22,568
|
950
|
1990
|
Period
Charter
until
Mar. 2012
|
$8,850
until Dec. 2008;
$9,950
until Dec. 2010;
$9,000
until Mar. 2012
|
|||||||||||||
Total Multipurpose Vessels |
1
|
22,568
|
950
|
||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
FLEET
|
9
|
319,728
|
7,185
|
·
|
Experienced
Management Team.
Our management team has significant experience in all aspects of
commercial, technical, operational and financial areas of our business.
Aristides J. Pittas, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
holds a
dual graduate degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering
and
Ocean Systems Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
He has worked in various technical, shipyard and ship management
capacities and since 1991 has focused on the ownership and operation
of
vessels carrying dry cargoes. Dr. Anastasios Aslidis, our Chief
Financial
Officer, holds a Ph.D. in Ocean Systems Management also from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and has over 19 years of experience, primarily
as
a partner at a Boston based international consulting firm focusing
on
investment and risk management in the maritime industry.
|
·
|
Cost
Effective Vessel Operations.
We believe that because of the efficiencies afforded to us through
Eurobulk, the strength of our management team and the quality of
our
fleet, we are, and will continue to be, a reliable, low cost vessel
operator, without compromising our high standards of performance,
reliability and safety. Despite the average age of our fleet being
approximately 18.5 years, our total vessel operating expenses,
including
management fees and general and administrative expenses were $4,632
per
day for the nine month period ended September 30, 2006. We consider
this amount to be among the lowest of the publicly listed drybulk
shipping
companies in the U.S. Our technical and operating expertise allows
us to
efficiently manage and transport a wide range of cargoes with a
flexible
trade route profile, which helps reduce ballast time between voyages
and
minimize off-hire days. Our professional, well-trained masters,
officers
and on board crews further help us to control costs and ensure
consistent
vessel operating performance. We actively manage our fleet and
strive to
maximize utilization and minimize maintenance expenditures. For
the nine
month period ended September 30, 2006, our fleet utilization was
98.7% and
since 2002 our utilization rate has averaged in excess of
99.0%.
|
·
|
Strong
Relationships with Customers and Financial Institutions.
We believe Eurobulk and the Pittas family have developed strong industry
relationships and have gained acceptance with charterers, lenders
and
insurers because of their long-standing reputation for safe and reliable
service and financial responsibility through various shipping cycles.
Through Eurobulk, we offer reliable service and cargo carrying flexibility
that enables us to attract customers and obtain repeat business.
We also
believe that the established customer base and reputation of Eurobulk
and
the Pittas family helps us to secure favorable employment for our
vessels
with well known charterers.
|
·
|
Renew
and Expand our Fleet.
We expect to grow our fleet in a disciplined manner through timely
and
selective acquisitions of quality vessels. We perform in-depth technical
review and financial analysis of each potential acquisition and only
purchase vessels as market conditions and developments present themselves.
We will be initially focused on purchasing well-maintained, secondhand
vessels, which should provide a significant value proposition given
the
strong charter rates that exist currently. However, we will also
consider
purchasing younger vessels or newbuildings if the value proposition
exists
at the time. Furthermore, as part of our fleet renewal, we will continue
to sell certain vessels when we believe it is in the best interests
of the
Company and our shareholders.
|
·
|
Maintain
Balanced Employment.
We intend to strategically employ our fleet between period and
spot
charters. We actively pursue period charters to obtain adequate
cash flow
to cover our fleet’s fixed costs, consisting of vessel operating expenses,
management fees, general and administrative expenses, interest
expense and
drydocking costs for the upcoming 12-month period. We look to deploy
the
remainder of our fleet through period charters, spot charters,
shipping
pools or contracts of affreightment depending on our view of the
direction
of the markets and other tactical or strategic considerations.
We believe
this balanced employment strategy will provide us with more predictable
operating cash flows and sufficient downside protection, while
allowing us
to participate in the potential upside of the spot market during
periods
of rising charter rates. On the basis of our existing contracts,
our
current period charter coverage for 2007 (assuming m/v Ariel is
sold on February 15, 2007) is 75% and for 2008 is 42%, which will
help
protect us from market fluctuations, enable us to make significant
principal and interest payments on our debt and pay dividends to
our
shareholders.
|
·
|
Operate
a Fleet in Two Sectors.
While remaining focused on the dry cargo segment of the shipping
industry,
we intend to continue to develop a diversified fleet of drybulk carriers
and container ships of up to Panamax size. A diversified drybulk
fleet
profile will allow us to better serve our customers in both major
and
minor bulk trades, as well as to reduce any dependency on any one
cargo,
trade route or customer. We will remain focused on the smaller size
ship
segment of the container market, which has not experienced the same
level
of expansion in vessel supply that has occurred with larger container
ships. A diversified fleet, in addition to enhancing the stability
of our
cash flows, will also help us to reduce our exposure to unfavorable
developments in any one shipping sector and to benefit from upswings
in
any one shipping sector experiencing rising charter
rates.
|
·
|
Optimize
Use of Financial Leverage.
We will use bank debt to partly fund our vessel acquisitions and
increase
financial returns for our shareholders. We actively assess the
level of
debt we incur in light of our ability to repay that debt based
on the
level of cash flow generated from our balanced chartering strategy
and
efficient operating cost structure. Our debt repayment schedule
as of
December 31, 2006 calls for a reduction of more than 40% of our then
outstanding debt by the end of 2008. We expect this will increase
our
ability to borrow funds to make additional vessel acquisitions
in order to
grow our fleet and pay consistent and possibly higher dividends
to our
shareholders.
|
·
|
Shipyards
where new ships are constructed are fully booked through 2008,
limiting
the number of new drybulk carriers that will enter the market in
coming
years. In 2006 the drybulk fleet was estimated to increase by 7%
while in 2007 and 2008, it is expected to increase by 5% and 4.4%,
respectively (assuming a low scrapping rate of 1% for those three
years);
and
|
·
|
Port
congestion worldwide as a result of increased shipping activity and
the
implementation of stringent security measures has increased the number
of
days vessels are waiting to load or discharge their cargo, effectively
reducing the supply of drybulk carriers that are available for hire
at any
particular time.
|
·
|
In
general, the effects of the expansion of world trade and increasing
global production and consumption have driven the strong demand
for ships;
and
|
·
|
China
and India have helped drive demand for drybulk carriers as they continue
to expand iron ore imports and steel production, become net importers
of
coal, and increase their grain
inventories.
|
·
|
Overall
container ship capacity expanded at an annual average of 10% in
the period
2003−2005. As of December 1, 2006, scheduled deliveries through the
end of 2008 for large container ships (3,000 + teu) represented
43% of the
existing fleet, while intermediate, handysize and feeder (500-2,999
teu)
container ships represented 24% of the existing fleet;
and
|
·
|
The
greatest portion of the capacity growth has been and is expected
to be
provided by the large container ship sectors of the fleet operating
in the
transpacific and Europe to Far East routes. Capacity growth in
intermediate and feeder container ships that operate in separate
intermediate and intra−regional container trades has and is expected to be
more restrained.
|
·
|
In
the last three years demand for container shipping has accelerated
strongly. Estimated global container trade increased at a compound
average
annual growth rate of 12% in the period 2003−2005. This growth has been
relatively rapid in comparison with other major shipping sectors,
such as
tankers and bulk carriers; and
|
·
|
In
recent years, container volumes to, from and within Asia have driven
most
of the increase in container trade largely influenced by the growth
of the
Chinese economy. Other recent growth areas include trade out of
Brazil, as
well as trade in and out of Russia and the
Baltic.
|
Common
stock offered by us
|
5,000,000
shares
|
Underwriters’
over-allotment option
|
Up
to 750,000 shares
|
Common
stock outstanding immediately after this
offering
(1)
|
17,620,114
shares
|
Use
of proceeds
|
We
estimate that we will receive net proceeds of approximately
$ million from this offering assuming an
offering price of $ per share of common
stock, after deducting underwriting discounts and commissions,
offering
expenses and the financial advisory fee payable to Cantor Fitzgerald
and
Co., and assuming the underwriter’s over-allotment option is not
exercised. We intend to use approximately $7.0 million of the
net proceeds
to repay a portion of the debt that was used to acquire m/v
YM
Xingang I,
with the remaining proceeds being used to acquire additional
vessels. Any
amounts not so used will be applied to general corporate
purposes.
|
Current
OTCBB Symbol listing
|
EUSEF.OB
|
Proposed
NASDAQ Global Market Symbol
|
ESEA
|
Current
Dividend Rate
|
$0.22
per share on a quarterly basis. We expect to declare our next
dividend in
May 2007, subject to the approval of our Board of Directors.
On
January 8, 2007, we declared our quarterly dividend for the
quarter ended
December 31, 2006 in the amount of $0.22 per share. The record
date of our
dividend attributable to the fourth quarter 2006 is expected
to be January
29, 2007 and it will precede the closing of this offering.
Accordingly,
you will not be entitled to receive a dividend attributable
to the fourth
quarter 2006. We believe we will generate sufficient cash flow
from
operations to enable us to pay at least the full amount of the
current quarterly dividend of $0.22 on all shares for each
quarter through
December 31, 2007, or $0.88 per share on an annualized basis.
|
Risk
Factors
|
Investing
in our common stock involves substantial risk. You should carefully
consider all the information in this prospectus prior to investing
in our
common stock. In particular, we urge you to consider carefully
the factors
set forth in the section of this prospectus entitled “Risk Factors”
beginning on page 13. Some of these risk factors relate principally
to the
industry in which we operate and our business in general. Other
risks
relate to the securities market for and ownership of our common
stock. Any
of these risk factors could significantly and negatively affect
our
business, financial condition, operating results and common stock
price.
|
·
|
600,000
shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise
of stock
options or other stock awards that may be granted under our stock
incentive plan;
|
·
|
585,581
shares of common stock reserved for issuance upon the exercise
of
outstanding warrants, with an exercise price of $10.80 per
share; and
|
·
|
750,000
shares that may be issued pursuant to the underwriters’ over-allotment
option.
|
Year
Ended
December 31, |
Nine Months
Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
Income
Statement Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Voyage
revenues
|
$
|
25,951,023
|
$
|
45,718,006
|
$
|
44,523,401
|
$
|
34,091,505
|
$
|
29,701,945
|
||||||
Commissions
|
(906,017
|
)
|
(2,215,197
|
)
|
(2,388,349
|
)
|
(1,847,900
|
)
|
(1,280,405
|
)
|
||||||
Voyage
expenses
|
(436,935
|
)
|
(370,345
|
)
|
(670,551
|
)
|
(136,224
|
)
|
(1,014,383
|
)
|
||||||
Vessel
operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization
expenses
shown separately below)
|
(8,775,730
|
)
|
(8,906,252
|
)
|
(8,610,279
|
)
|
(6,322,677
|
)
|
(7,599,948
|
)
|
||||||
Management
fees
|
(1,722,800
|
)
|
(1,972,252
|
)
|
(1,911,856
|
)
|
(1,430,464
|
)
|
(1,643,142
|
)
|
||||||
General and
administrative expenses
|
-
|
-
|
(420,755
|
)
|
(130,864
|
) |
(758,281
|
)
|
||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization (1)
|
(4,757,933
|
)
|
(3,461,678
|
)
|
(4,208,252
|
)
|
(2,806,348
|
)
|
(4,989,757
|
)
|
||||||
Net
gain on sale of vessel
|
-
|
2,315,477
|
-
|
-
|
4,445,856
|
|||||||||||
Interest and
finance cost, net
|
(756,873
|
)
|
(521,215
|
)
|
(1,035,414
|
)
|
(860,562
|
)
|
(1,538,399
|
)
|
||||||
Other
income/(expenses), net
|
(690
|
)
|
25,221
|
(99,491
|
)
|
(99,490
|
)
|
(1,064
|
)
|
|||||||
Equity
in net gain (loss) of an associate
|
(167,433
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Net
income for period
|
$
|
8,426,612
|
$
|
30,611,765
|
$
|
25,178,454
|
$
|
20,456,976
|
$
|
15,322,422
|
||||||
Earnings
per share, basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.85
|
$
|
3.09
|
$
|
2.34
|
$
|
1.99
|
$
|
1.23
|
||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding during period
|
9,918,056
|
9,918,056
|
10,739,476
|
10,273,853
|
12,506,793
|
|||||||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
$
|
9,409,339
|
$
|
16,461,159
|
$
|
25,350,707
|
$
|
31,820,381
|
$
|
17,815,377
|
||||||
Vessels,
net
|
41,096,067
|
34,171,164
|
52,334,897
|
32,382,377
|
79,955,698
|
|||||||||||
Total
assets
|
51,458,019
|
52,837,501
|
79,541,433
|
66,166,056
|
99,250,519
|
|||||||||||
Total
current liabilities, including current portion of long term
debt
|
8,481,773
|
13,764,846
|
18,414,877
|
16,365,753
|
18,815,621
|
|||||||||||
Long
term debt, including current portion
|
20,595,000
|
13,990,000
|
48,560,000
|
37,230,000
|
58,910,000
|
|||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
23,971,773
|
21,724,846
|
52,544,877
|
40,740,755
|
63,335,621
|
|||||||||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
$
|
27,486,246
|
$
|
31,112,655
|
$
|
26,996,556
|
$
|
25,425,301
|
$
|
35,914,898
|
||||||
Other
Financial Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA (2)
|
$
|
13,941,418
|
$
|
34,594,658
|
$
|
30,422,120
|
$
|
24,123,886
|
$
|
21,480,772
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
10,956,132
|
34,208,693
|
20,594,782
|
(7,390,892
|
) |
15,715,298
|
||||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
214,832
|
6,756,242
|
(21,833,616
|
)
|
(1,097,848
|
)
|
(25,549,210
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(4,778,000
|
)
|
(33,567,500
|
)
|
6,188,653
|
(1,765,130
|
)
|
3,443,891
|
|
|||||||
Cash
paid for purchase of vessel
|
-
|
-
|
(20,821,647
|
)
|
-
|
(34,427,573
|
)
|
|||||||||
Drydocking
expenses paid
|
(972,671
|
)
|
(2,270,418
|
)
|
(1,076,233
|
)
|
(689,339
|
)
|
(821,198
|
)
|
||||||
Dividends declared | 1,276,000 | 25,435,501 | 30,175,223 | 27,525,000 | 6,814,859 | |||||||||||
Cash
paid for dividends/return of capital (3)
|
1,200,000
|
26,962,500
|
46,875,223
|
44,225,000
|
6,814,859
|
|||||||||||
Cash
paid for dividends/return of capital, per common share
|
0.12
|
2.72
|
4.36
|
4.30
|
0.54
|
Year
Ended
December 31, |
Nine
Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Fleet
Data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
number of vessels
|
8.00
|
7.31
|
7.10
|
7.00
|
7.91
|
|||||||||||
Calendar
days
|
2,920
|
2,677
|
2,591
|
1,911
|
2,159
|
|||||||||||
Available
days
|
2,867
|
2,554
|
2,546
|
1,886
|
2,112
|
|||||||||||
Voyage
days
|
2,846
|
2,542
|
2,508
|
1,848
|
2,084
|
|||||||||||
Utilization
rate
|
99.3
|
%
|
99.5
|
%
|
98.5
|
%
|
98.0
|
%
|
98.7
|
%
|
||||||
Average
Daily Statistics
|
||||||||||||||||
Average
TCE rate (4)
|
$
|
8,965
|
$
|
17,839
|
$
|
17,485
|
$
|
18,374
|
$
|
13,766
|
||||||
Operating
expenses
|
3,005
|
3,327
|
3,323
|
3,309
|
3,520
|
|||||||||||
Management
fees
|
590
|
737
|
738
|
749
|
761
|
|||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
-
|
-
|
162
|
68
|
351
|
|||||||||||
Total
vessel operating expenses
|
3,595
|
4,064
|
4,223
|
4,126
|
4,632
|
(1)
|
In
2004, the estimated scrap value of the vessels was increased from
$170 to
$300 per lightweight ton to better reflect market price developments
in
the scrap metal market. The effect of this change in estimate was
to
reduce 2004 depreciation expense by $1,400,010 and increase 2004
net
income by the same amount. The m/v Widar
was sold in April 2004. Depreciation expenses for the m/v Widar
for 2004 amounted to $136,384 compared to $409,149 for 2003. The
m/v
Pantelis
P
was sold in May 2006. Depreciation expenses for the m/v Pantelis
P
for the nine month period ended September 30, 2006 amounted to
$107,587
compared to $193,656 in the same period in 2005. The
m/v John
P
was sold in July 2006. Depreciation expenses for the m/v John
P
for the nine month period ended September 30, 2006 amounted to
$60,697
(the vessel was classified as an asset held for sale after March
31, 2006)
compared to $182,093 in the same period in
2005.
|
(2)
|
We
consider Adjusted EBITDA to represent net earnings before interest,
taxes,
depreciation and amortization including the amortization of deferred
revenue from below market period charters when we acquired m/v
Tasman
Trader and m/v Aristides N.P.
Adjusted EBITDA does not represent and should not be considered
as an
alternative to net income or cash flow from operations, as determined
by
United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S.
GAAP, and
our calculation of Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to that
reported
by other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is included herein because
it is a
basis upon which we assess our liquidity position and because we
believe
that it presents useful information to investors regarding a company’s
ability to service and/or incur indebtedness. The Company’s definition of
Adjusted EBITDA may not be the same as that used by other companies
in the
shipping or other industries.
|
Year
Ended
December 31, |
Nine
Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
8,426,612
|
$
|
30,611,765
|
$
|
25,178,454
|
$
|
20,456,976
|
$
|
15,322,422
|
||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
4,757,933
|
3,461,678
|
4,208,252
|
2,806,348
|
4,989,757
|
|||||||||||
Interest
and finance cost, net
|
756,873
|
521,215
|
1,035,414
|
860,562
|
1,538,399
|
|||||||||||
Deferred
revenue amortization
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(369,806
|
)
|
||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
$
|
13,941,418
|
$
|
34,594,658
|
$
|
30,422,120
|
$
|
24,123,886
|
$
|
21,480,772
|
|
Year
Ended
December 31, |
Nine
Months Ended
September 30, |
|||||||||||||||
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Cash
flow from operations
|
$
|
10,956,132
|
$
|
34,208,693
|
$
|
20,594,782
|
$
|
(7,390,892
|
)
|
$
|
15,715,298
|
|||||
Net
increase/(decrease) in operating asset/liabilities
|
2,466,840
|
(2,427,953
|
)
|
8,975,697
|
30,825,404
|
(159,999
|
)
|
|||||||||
Loss
on derivative
|
-
|
-
|
(100,029
|
)
|
(100,029
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||
Gain/(loss)
from vessel sales
|
-
|
2,315,477
|
-
|
-
|
4,445,856
|
|||||||||||
Investment
in associate / provision for doubtful accounts
|
(171,025
|
)
|
27,907
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||
Interest,
net
|
689,471
|
470,534
|
951,670
|
789,403
|
1,479,617
|
|||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
$
|
13,941,418
|
$
|
34,594,658
|
$
|
30,422,120
|
$
|
24,123,886
|
$
|
21,480,772
|
(3)
|
The
dividend amounts for 2005 and, for the nine months ended September
30,
2005, reflect aggregate dividends of $30,175,223 and $27,525,000,
respectively, and a return of capital in the amount of $16,700,000.
The
total payment to shareholders made in 2005 is in excess of previously
retained earnings because the Company decided to distribute to
its
original shareholders in advance of going public most of the profits
relating to the Company’s operations up to that time and to recapitalize
the Company. This one-time dividend should not be considered indicative
of
future dividend payments and the Company refers you to the other
sections
in this prospectus for further information on the Company’s dividend
policy. The dividends declared for 2003 and 2004 include a $76,000
and
$22,856 non-cash dividend from minority interest holdings. Cash
paid for
dividends/return of capital in 2004 includes a $1,549,855 return
of
capital due to the sale of m/v
Widar.
|
(4)
|
The
average TCE rate calculation shown above is based on the actual
number of
available and voyage days. In the above table, the number of available
voyage days was rounded to the nearest number of full
days.
|
|
·
|
our
future operating or financial
results;
|
|
·
|
future,
pending or recent acquisitions, business strategy, areas of possible
expansion, and expected capital spending or operating
expenses;
|
|
·
|
drybulk
and container shipping industry trends, including charter rates and
factors affecting vessel supply and
demand;
|
|
·
|
our
financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to obtain
additional financing in the future to fund capital expenditures,
acquisitions and other general corporate
activities;
|
|
·
|
availability
of crew, number of off-hire days, drydocking requirements and insurance
costs;
|
|
·
|
our
expectations about the availability of vessels to purchase or the
useful
lives of our vessels;
|
|
·
|
our
expectations relating to dividend payments and our ability to make
such
payments;
|
|
·
|
our
ability to leverage to our advantage our manager’s relationships and
reputations in the drybulk and container shipping
industry;
|
|
·
|
changes
in seaborne and other transportation
patterns;
|
|
·
|
changes
in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory
authorities;
|
|
·
|
potential
liability from future litigation;
|
|
·
|
global
and regional political conditions;
|
|
·
|
acts
of terrorism and other hostilities; and
|
|
·
|
other
factors discussed in the section titled “Risk
Factors.”
|
·
|
general
economic and market conditions affecting the shipping
industry;
|
·
|
supply
of drybulk, container and multipurpose
vessels;
|
·
|
demand
for drybulk, container and multipurpose
vessels;
|
·
|
types
and sizes of vessels;
|
·
|
other
modes of transportation;
|
·
|
cost
of newbuildings;
|
·
|
new
regulatory requirements from governments or self-regulated organizations;
and
|
·
|
prevailing
level of charter rates.
|
·
|
supply
and demand for drybulk and container ship commodities, and separately
for
containerized cargo;
|
·
|
global
and regional economic and political
conditions;
|
·
|
the
distance drybulk and containerized commodities are to be moved by
sea;
|
·
|
environmental
and other regulatory developments;
|
·
|
currency
exchange rates;
|
·
|
changes
in global production and manufacturing distribution patterns of finished
goods that utilize drybulk and other containerized commodities;
and
|
·
|
changes
in seaborne and other transportation
patterns.
|
·
|
the
number of newbuilding deliveries;
|
·
|
the
scrapping rate of older vessels;
|
·
|
the
price of steel and other materials;
|
·
|
port
congestion;
|
·
|
changes
in environmental and other regulations that may limit the useful
life of
vessels; and
|
·
|
the
number of vessels that are out of
service.
|
·
|
locating
and acquiring suitable vessels;
|
·
|
identifying
and consummating acquisitions or joint
ventures;
|
·
|
integrating
any acquired business successfully with our existing
operations;
|
·
|
enhancing
our customer base;
|
·
|
managing
our expansion; and
|
·
|
obtaining
required financing on acceptable
terms.
|
·
|
incur
additional indebtedness;
|
·
|
create
liens on our assets;
|
·
|
sell
capital stock of our subsidiaries;
|
·
|
make
investments;
|
·
|
engage
in mergers or acquisitions;
|
·
|
pay
dividends;
|
·
|
make
capital expenditures;
|
·
|
change
the management of our vessels or terminate or materially amend the
management agreement relating to each vessel;
and
|
·
|
sell
our vessels.
|
·
|
marine
disaster;
|
·
|
piracy;
|
·
|
environmental
accidents;
|
·
|
grounding,
fire, explosions and collisions;
|
·
|
cargo
and property losses or damage;
|
·
|
business
interruptions caused by mechanical failure, human error, war, terrorism,
political action in various countries, labor strikes or adverse weather
conditions; and
|
·
|
work
stoppages or other labor problems with crew members serving on our
vessels, substantially all of whom are unionized and covered by collective
bargaining agreements.
|
·
|
quarterly
variations in our results of operations;
|
·
|
changes
in sales or earnings estimates or publication of research reports
by
analysts;
|
·
|
speculation
in the press or investment community about our business or the
shipping
industry generally;
|
·
|
changes
in market valuations of similar companies and stock market price
and
volume fluctuations generally;
|
·
|
strategic
actions by us or our competitors such as acquisitions or restructurings;
|
·
|
regulatory
developments;
|
·
|
additions
or departures of key personnel;
|
·
|
general
market conditions; and
|
·
|
domestic
and international economic, market and currency factors unrelated
to our
performance.
|
·
|
actual
or anticipated fluctuations in quarterly and annual
results;
|
·
|
mergers
and strategic alliances in the shipping
industry;
|
·
|
market
conditions in the industry;
|
·
|
changes
in government regulation;
|
·
|
fluctuations
in our quarterly revenues and earnings and those of our publicly
held
competitors;
|
·
|
payment
of dividends;
|
·
|
shortfalls
in our operating results from levels forecasted by securities
analysts;
|
·
|
announcements
concerning us or our competitors;
and
|
·
|
the
general state of the securities
markets.
|
For
the period:
|
Low
|
High
|
|||||
Quarterly
for 2006:
|
|||||||
Second
Quarter (from May 5, 2006)
|
$
|
8.82
|
$
|
18.24
|
|||
Third
Quarter
|
$
|
8.55
|
|
$
|
9.15
|
||
Fourth
Quarter
|
|||||||
Monthly
for 2006:
|
|||||||
May
(from May 5, 2006)
|
$
|
9.39
|
|
$
|
18.24
|
||
June
|
$
|
8.82
|
|
$
|
10.14
|
||
July
|
$
|
8.97
|
$
|
9.12
|
|||
August
|
$
|
8.82
|
$
|
9.00
|
|||
September
|
$
|
8.55
|
$
|
9.15
|
|||
October
|
$
|
8.37
|
$
|
9.00
|
|||
November
|
$ | 5.60 | $ | 9.00 | |||
December
|
$ | 6.70 | $ | 7.50 | |||
Quarterly
for 2007:
|
|||||||
First
Quarter (through January 8, 2007)
|
$ | 7.00 | $ | 7.05 | |||
Monthly
for 2007:
|
|||||||
January
(through January 8, 2007)
|
$ | 7.00 | $ | 7.05 | |||
·
|
on
a historical basis without any adjustment to reflect subsequent or
anticipated events;
|
·
|
as
adjusted for certain subsequent
events:
|
(a) |
cash
dividend of $2,650,232 declared on November 9, 2006 and paid on or
about December 15, 2006;
|
(b) |
new
loan to
finance the acquisition of m/v YM Xingang I of $20,000,000 which
was drawn on November 15, 2006 and repayments for loans outstanding
at
September 30, 2006
amounting to $3,960,000;
|
(c) |
cash
dividend of $2,776,433 declared on January 8, 2007 to be paid on or
about February 15,
2007;
|
·
|
on
an as further adjusted basis for the sale of 5,000,000 shares at
an offering price of $ per share after the
underwriters’ discounts and commissions, offering expenses, payment of
a financial advisory fee and after receipt and application of net
proceeds as outlined in "Use of
Proceeds."
|
Actual
As
of
September 30,
2006
|
As
Adjusted
|
As
Further Adjusted
|
||||||||
Debt:
|
||||||||||
Current
portion of long term debt
|
$
|
14,390,000
|
$
|
18,040,000
|
$
|
16,690,000
|
||||
Total
long term debt, net of current portion
|
44,520,000
|
56,910,000
|
51,310,000
|
|||||||
Total
debt
|
58,910,000
|
74,950,000
|
67,950,000
|
|||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
||||||||||
Common
stock, $.03 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized on an actual
and as
adjusted basis; 12,620,114 shares issued and outstanding on an
actual and
as adjusted basis; 17,620,114 shares issued and outstanding on
an as further adjusted basis
|
378,603
|
378,603
|
528,603
|
|||||||
Preferred
stock, $0.01 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized on an actual
and
adjusted basis; 0 shares issued and outstanding
|
–
|
|||||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
18,283,769
|
18,283,769
|
|
|||||||
Retained
earnings
|
17,252,526
|
17,252,526
|
17,252,526
|
|||||||
Dividends
declared on November 9, 2006 and January 8, 2007
|
—
|
(5,426,655
|
)
|
(5,426,655
|
)
|
|||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
35,914,898
|
30,488,243
|
|
|||||||
Total
capitalization
|
$
|
94,824,898
|
$
|
105,438,243
|
$
|
|
Initial
offering price per share in this offering
|
$
|
|
||
Net
tangible book value per share as of September 30,
2006
|
|
2.85
|
||
Increase
in net tangible book value attributable to the existing
shareholders
|
|
|
||
Proforma
net tangible book value per share after giving effect to this
offering
|
|
|
||
Dilution
per share to the new investors
|
$
|
|
|
Pro
Forma Shares
|
|
|
|||||||||||||
|
Outstanding
|
Total
Consideration
|
Average
Price
|
|||||||||||||
|
Number
|
Percent
|
Amount
|
Percent
|
per
Share
|
|||||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Existing
shareholders
|
12,620,114
|
71.6%
|
|
$
|
35,914,898
|
%
|
|
$
|
|
|||||||
New
investors
|
5,000,000
|
28.4%
|
|
$
|
|
%
|
|
$
|
|
|||||||
Total
|
17,620,114
|
100.0%
|
|
$
|
|
100.0%
|
|
$
|
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2002(1)
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
Income
Statement Data:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Voyage
revenues
|
$
|
15,291,761
|
$
|
25,951,023
|
$
|
45,718,006
|
$
|
44,523,401
|
$
|
34,091,505
|
$
|
29,701,945
|
|||||||
Commissions
|
(420,959
|
)
|
(906,017
|
)
|
(2,215,197
|
)
|
(2,388,349
|
)
|
(1,847,900
|
)
|
(1,280,405
|
)
|
|||||||
Voyage
expenses
|
(531,936
|
)
|
(436,935
|
)
|
(370,345
|
)
|
(670,551
|
)
|
(136,224
|
)
|
(1,014,383
|
)
|
|||||||
Vessel
operating expenses (exclusive of depreciation and amortization
expenses
shown separately below)
|
(7,164,271
|
)
|
(8,775,730
|
)
|
(8,906,252
|
)
|
(8,610,279
|
)
|
(6,322,677
|
)
|
(7,599,948
|
)
|
|||||||
Management
fees
|
(1,469,690
|
)
|
(1,722,800
|
)
|
(1,972,252
|
)
|
(1,911,856
|
)
|
(1,430,464
|
)
|
(1,643,142
|
)
|
|||||||
General and
administrative expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(420,755
|
)
|
(130,864
|
) |
(758,281
|
)
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
and amortization (2)
|
(4,053,049
|
)
|
(4,757,933
|
)
|
(3,461,678
|
)
|
(4,208,252
|
)
|
(2,806,348
|
)
|
(4,989,757
|
)
|
|||||||
Net
gain on sale of vessel
|
-
|
-
|
2,315,477
|
-
|
-
|
4,445,856
|
|||||||||||||
Interest and
finance cost, net
|
(793,732
|
)
|
(756,873
|
)
|
(521,215
|
)
|
(1,035,414
|
)
|
(860,562
|
)
|
(1,538,399
|
)
|
|||||||
Other
income/(expenses), net
|
2,849
|
(690
|
)
|
25,221
|
(99,491
|
)
|
(99,490
|
)
|
(1,064
|
)
|
|||||||||
Equity
in net gain (loss) of an associate
|
30,655
|
(167,433
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Net
income for period
|
$
|
891,628
|
$
|
8,426,612
|
$
|
30,611,765
|
$
|
25,178,454
|
$
|
20,456,976
|
$
|
15,322,422
|
|||||||
Earnings
per share, basic and diluted
|
$
|
0.09
|
$
|
0.85
|
$
|
3.09
|
$
|
2.34
|
$
|
1.99
|
$
|
1.23
|
|||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding during period
|
9,918,056
|
9,918,056
|
9,918,056
|
10,739,476
|
10,273,853
|
12,506,793
|
|||||||||||||
Balance
Sheet Data:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Total
current assets
|
$
|
3,192,345
|
$
|
9,409,339
|
$
|
16,461,159
|
$
|
25,350,707
|
$
|
31,820,381
|
$
|
17,815,377
|
|||||||
Vessels,
net
|
45,254,226
|
41,096,067
|
34,171,164
|
52,334,897
|
32,382,377
|
79,955,698
|
|||||||||||||
Total
assets
|
50,259,121
|
51,458,019
|
52,837,501
|
79,541,433
|
66,166,056
|
99,250,519
|
|||||||||||||
Total
current liabilities, including current portion of long term
debt
|
10,878,488
|
8,481,773
|
13,764,846
|
18,414,877
|
16,365,753
|
18,815,621
|
|||||||||||||
Long
term debt, including current portion
|
23,845,000
|
20,595,000
|
13,990,000
|
48,560,000
|
37,230,000
|
58,910,000
|
|||||||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
28,973,488
|
23,971,773
|
21,724,846
|
52,544,877
|
40,740,755
|
63,335,621
|
|||||||||||||
Total
Shareholders’ Equity
|
$
|
21,285,634
|
$
|
27,486,246
|
$
|
31,112,655
|
$
|
26,996,556
|
$
|
25,425,301
|
$
|
35,914,898
|
|||||||
Other
Financial Data:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA (3)
|
$
|
5,738,409
|
$
|
13,941,418
|
$
|
34,594,658
|
$
|
30,422,120
|
$
|
24,123,886
|
$
|
21,480,772
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) operating activities
|
5,631,343
|
10,956,132
|
34,208,693
|
20,594,782
|
(7,390,892
|
) |
15,715,298
|
||||||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) from investing activities
|
(17,036,079
|
)
|
214,832
|
6,756,242
|
(21,833,616
|
)
|
(1,097,848
|
)
|
(25,549,210
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
12,247,355
|
(4,778,000
|
)
|
(33,567,500
|
)
|
6,188,653
|
(1,765,130
|
)
|
3,443,891
|
|
|||||||||
Cash
paid for purchase of vessel
|
(16,993,811
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
(20,821,647
|
)
|
-
|
(34,427,573
|
)
|
||||||||||
Drydocking
expenses paid
|
-
|
(972,671
|
)
|
(2,270,418
|
)
|
(1,076,233
|
)
|
(689,339
|
)
|
(821,198
|
)
|
||||||||
Dividends declared | 687,500 | 1,276,000 | 25,435,501 | 30,175,223 | 27,525,000 | 6,814,859 | |||||||||||||
Cash
paid for dividends/return of capital (4)
|
687,500
|
1,200,000
|
26,962,500
|
46,875,223
|
44,225,000
|
6,814,859
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
paid for dividends/return of capital, per common share
|
0.07
|
0.12
|
2.72
|
4.36
|
4.30
|
0.54
|
Fleet
Data:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Average
number of vessels
|
6.82
|
8.00
|
7.31
|
7.10
|
7.00
|
7.91
|
|||||||||||||
Calendar
days
|
2,490
|
2,920
|
2,677
|
2,591
|
1,911
|
2,159
|
|||||||||||||
Available
days
|
2,448
|
2,867
|
2,554
|
2,546
|
1,886
|
2,112
|
|||||||||||||
Voyage
days
|
2,440
|
2,846
|
2,542
|
2,508
|
1,848
|
2,084
|
|||||||||||||
Utilization
rate
|
99.7
|
%
|
99.3
|
%
|
99.5
|
%
|
98.5
|
%
|
98.0
|
%
|
98.7
|
%
|
|||||||
Average
Daily Statistics:
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Average
TCE rate (5)
|
$
|
6,049
|
$
|
8,965
|
$
|
17,839
|
$
|
17,485
|
$
|
18,374
|
$
|
13,766
|
|||||||
Operating
expenses
|
2,877
|
3,005
|
3,327
|
3,323
|
3,309
|
3,520
|
|||||||||||||
Management
fees
|
590
|
590
|
737
|
738
|
749
|
761
|
|||||||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
162
|
68
|
351
|
|||||||||||||
Total
vessel operating expenses
|
3,467
|
3,595
|
4,064
|
4,223
|
4,126
|
4,632
|
(1)
|
We
have not included financial data for the year ended 2001 since we
were
only formed in May 2005 and incurred significant expense in the
preparation of our consolidated financial statements for 2002, 2003,
2004
and 2005 in connection with the filing of registration statements
with the
SEC for our public offering. We believe that it would constitute
“unreasonable effort or expense” for us to include 2001 financials. The
Company’s predecessors (which are the separate shipowning entities that
became wholly-owned by the Company subsequent to its formation) prepared
financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2001 on a basis
different from the financial statements included in this prospectus
and
the effort and cost involved in converting such financial statements
into
a basis similar to those financial statements included herein would
be
unreasonably burdensome.
|
(2)
|
In
2004, the estimated scrap value of the vessels was increased from
$170 to
$300 per lightweight ton to better reflect market price developments
in
the scrap metal market. The effect of this change in estimate was
to
reduce 2004 depreciation expense by $1,400,010 and increase 2004
net
income by the same amount. The m/v Widar
was sold in April 2004. Depreciation expenses for the m/v Widar
for 2004 amounted to $136,384 compared to $409,149 for 2003. The
m/v
Pantelis
P
was sold in May 2006. Depreciation expenses for the m/v Pantelis
P
for the nine month period ended September 30, 2006 amounted to
$107,587 compared to $193,656 in the same period in 2005. The
m/v John
P
was sold in July 2006. Depreciation expenses for the m/v John
P
for the nine month period ended September 30, 2006 amounted to
$60,697
(the vessel was classified as an asset held for sale after March
31, 2006)
compared to $182,093 in the same period in
2005.
|
(3)
|
We
consider Adjusted EBITDA
to represent net earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation
and
amortization including the amortization of deferred revenue from
below market period charters when we acquired m/v Tasman
Trader and m/v Aristides N.P.
Adjusted EBITDA
does not represent and should not be considered as an alternative
to net
income or cash flow from operations, as determined by United States
generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, and our
calculation of Adjusted EBITDA
may not be comparable to that reported by other companies. Adjusted
EBITDA
is included herein because it is a basis upon which we assess our
liquidity position and because we believe that it presents useful
information to investors regarding a company’s ability to service and/or
incur indebtedness. The Company’s definition of Adjusted EBITDA
may not be the same as that used by other companies in the shipping
or
other industries.
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2006
|
||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
891,628
|
$
|
8,426,612
|
$
|
30,611,765
|
$
|
25,178,454
|
$
|
20,456,976
|
$
|
15,322,422
|
|||||||
Depreciation
and amortization
|
4,053,049
|
4,757,933
|
3,461,678
|
4,208,252
|
2,806,348
|
4,989,757
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
and finance cost
|
793,732
|
756,873
|
521,215
|
1,035,414
|
860,562
|
1,538,399
|
|||||||||||||
Deferred
revenue amortization
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(369,806
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
$
|
5,738,409
|
$
|
13,941,418
|
$
|
34,594,658
|
$
|
30,422,120
|
$
|
24,123,886
|
$
|
21,480,772
|
Year
Ended December 31,
|
Nine
Months Ended
September
30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||||
Cash
flow from operations
|
$
|
5,631,343
|
$
|
10,956,132
|
$
|
34,208,693
|
$
|
20,594,782
|
$
|
(7,390,892
|
)
|
$
|
15,715,298
|
||||||
Net
increase/(decrease) in operating asset/liabilities
|
(661,824
|
)
|
2,466,840
|
(2,427,953
|
)
|
8,975,697
|
30,825,404
|
(159,999
|
)
|
||||||||||
Loss
on derivative
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(100,029
|
)
|
(100,029
|
)
|
-
|
|||||||||||
Gain/(loss)
from vessel sales
|
-
|
-
|
2,315,477
|
-
|
-
|
4,445,856
|
|||||||||||||
Investment
in associate / provision for doubtful accounts
|
30,655
|
(171,025
|
)
|
27,907
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||||||
Interest,
net
|
738,235
|
689,471
|
470,534
|
951,670
|
789,403
|
1,479,617
|
|||||||||||||
Adjusted
EBITDA
|
$
|
5,738,409
|
$
|
13,941,418
|
$
|
34,594,658
|
$
|
30,422,120
|
$
|
24,123,886
|
$
|
21,480,772
|
(4)
|
The
dividend amounts for 2005 and for the nine months ended September
30, 2005
reflect aggregate dividends of $30,175,223 and $27,525,000, respectively,
and a return of capital in the amount of $16,700,000. The total
payment to
shareholders made in 2005 is in excess of previously retained earnings
because the Company decided to distribute to its original shareholders
in
advance of going public most of the profits relating to the Company’s
operations up to that time and to recapitalize the Company. This
one-time
dividend should not be considered indicative of future dividend
payments
and the Company refers you to the other sections in this prospectus
for
further information on the Company’s dividend policy. The dividends
declared for 2003 and 2004 include a $76,000 and $22,856 non-cash
dividend
from minority interest holdings. Cash paid for dividends/return
of capital
in 2004 includes a $1,549,855 return of capital due to the sale
of m/v
Widar.
|
(5)
|
The
average TCE rate calculation shown above is based on the actual
number of
available and voyage days. In the above table, the number of available
voyage days was rounded to the nearest number of full
days.
|
Drybulk
Carriers
|
Container
Ships
|
Multipurpose
Carriers
|
Total
|
||||||||||
Average
number of vessels
|
4.33
|
3.00
|
0.58
|
7.91
|
|||||||||
Number
of vessels at end of period
|
4.00
|
3.00
|
1.00
|
8.00
|
|||||||||
Dwt
capacity at end of period
|
207,464
|
- |
22,600
|
230,064
|
|||||||||
TEU
capacity at end of period
|
- |
4,636
|
950
|
5,586
|
(1)
|
After the acquisition of m/v YM Xingang I, on November 15, 2006, a 1,599 TEU, 1993-built container ship, and the sale of m/v Ariel on or about February 15, 2007, a 33,712 dwt 1977-built drybulk carrier, the average age of our drybulk carriers will be approximately 18.5 years and of the entire fleet about 17 years. |
·
|
obtain
the charterer’s consent to us as the new owner;
|
·
|
obtain
the charterer’s consent to a new technical manager;
|
·
|
obtain
the charterer’s consent to a new flag for the vessel;
|
·
|
arrange
for a new crew for the vessel;
|
·
|
replace
all hired equipment on board, such as gas cylinders and communication
equipment;
|
·
|
negotiate
and enter into new insurance contracts for the vessel through our
own
insurance brokers;
|
·
|
register
the vessel under a flag state and perform the related inspections
in order
to obtain new trading certificates from the flag state;
|
·
|
implement
a new planned maintenance program for the vessel; and
|
·
|
ensure
that the new technical manager obtains new certificates for compliance
with the safety and vessel security regulations of the flag state.
|
(In
thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Total
|
|
Less
Than
One
Year
|
|
One
to Three Years
|
|
Three
to
Five
Years
|
|
More
Than
Five
Years
|
|||||||
Bank
debt
|
$
|
74,950
|
$
|
18,040
|
$
|
26,345
|
$
|
14,820
|
$
|
15,745
|
||||||
Interest
Payment (1)
|
$
|
14,466
|
$
|
4,469
|
$
|
5,604
|
$
|
3,016
|
$
|
1,377
|
||||||
Management
fees, vessels (2)
|
$
|
12,283
|
$
|
2,441
|
$
|
5,065
|
$
|
4,777
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Management fees, executive services (3) | 2,670 | 527 | 1,109 | 1,034 | - |
(In
thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Total
|
|
Less
Than
One
Year
|
|
One
to Three Years
|
|
Three
to
Five
Years
|
|
More
Than
Five
Years
|
|||||||
Bank
debt
|
$
|
58,910
|
$
|
14,390
|
$
|
21,590
|
$
|
13,920
|
$
|
9,010
|
||||||
Interest
Payment (1)
|
$
|
11,002
|
$
|
3,569
|
$
|
4,429
|
$
|
2,271
|
$
|
734
|
||||||
Management
fees, vessels (2)
|
$
|
12,785
|
$
|
2,384
|
$
|
5,022
|
$
|
5,379
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Management fees, executive services (3) | 2,799 | 522 | 1,100 | 1,178 | - |
(In
thousands of U.S. dollars)
|
Total
|
|
Less
Than
One
Year
|
|
One
to Three Years
|
|
Three
to
Five
Years
|
|
More
Than
Five
Years
|
|||||||
Bank
debt
|
$
|
48,560
|
$
|
14,430
|
$
|
23,630
|
$
|
8,600
|
$
|
1,900
|
||||||
Interest
Payment (1)
|
$
|
7,242
|
$
|
2,910
|
$
|
3,215
|
$
|
1,061
|
$
|
57
|
||||||
Management
fees, vessels (2)
|
$
|
10,645
|
$
|
2,405
|
$
|
5,065
|
$
|
3,175
|
-
|
|||||||
Management fees, executive services (3) | 2,431 | 509 | 1,072 | 851 | - |
Twelve
Months Ended September 30,
|
Amount
(thousand
US$)
|
|||
2007
|
$
|
507
|
||
2008
|
399
|
|||
2009
|
277
|
|||
2010
|
211
|
|||
2011
and thereafter
|
253
|
Commodity
|
Seaborne
Trade 2005
(million
tons)
|
Percent
of Seaborne
Drybulk
Trade
|
Typical
Drybulk Carrier Segment Carried by
|
|||
Iron
Ore
|
710
|
32.1%
|
Capesize,
Panamax
|
|||
Metallurgical
Coal
|
199
|
9.0%
|
Capesize,
Panamax
|
|||
Thermal
Coal
|
500
|
22.6%
|
Capesize,
Panamax
|
|||
Grains
|
292
|
13.2%
|
Panamax,
Handymax, Handysize
|
|||
Minor
Bulks
|
511
|
23.1%
|
Handymax,
Handysize
|
|||
Total
|
2,212
|
100.0%
|
2000
|
|
2001
|
|
2002
|
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
||||||||||
North
America
|
135
|
120
|
123
|
126
|
134
|
126
|
-1.4
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Western
Europe
|
163
|
158
|
159
|
160
|
168
|
164
|
0.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Former
Soviet Union
|
99
|
100
|
102
|
107
|
143
|
112
|
2.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
China
|
127
|
151
|
182
|
222
|
272
|
339
|
21.7
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Japan
|
106
|
103
|
108
|
111
|
113
|
112
|
1.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Other
Asia
|
98
|
100
|
105
|
109
|
116
|
122
|
4.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Rest
of World
|
118
|
118
|
126
|
133
|
142
|
143
|
3.9
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Total
|
846
|
850
|
905
|
968
|
1,088
|
1,118
|
5.7
|
%
|
2000
|
|
2001
|
|
2002
|
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
||||||||||
Western
Europe
|
151
|
131
|
136
|
135
|
150
|
140
|
-1.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
China
|
70
|
92
|
111
|
148
|
208
|
275
|
31.5
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Japan
|
131
|
125
|
132
|
132
|
135
|
132
|
0.1
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Other
Asia
|
74
|
79
|
78
|
79
|
80
|
85
|
2.8
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Rest
of the World
|
75
|
64
|
71
|
82
|
80
|
80
|
1.2
|
%
|
||||||||||||||
Total
|
501
|
491
|
528
|
576
|
653
|
712
|
|
7.3
|
%
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
||||||||||||||||
Australia
|
165
|
175
|
174
|
197
|
221
|
239
|
7.7%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Brazil
|
160
|
156
|
170
|
184
|
201
|
223
|
6.9%
|
|
||||||||||||||
India
|
33
|
41
|
55
|
57
|
63
|
81
|
19.7%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Africa
|
33
|
34
|
35
|
34
|
36
|
38
|
2.9%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Rest
of the World
|
115
|
102
|
110
|
123
|
123
|
135
|
3.3%
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
|
506
|
508
|
544
|
595
|
644
|
716
|
7.2%
|
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
Western
Europe
|
184
|
198
|
190
|
206
|
226
|
252
|
6.5%
|
|||||||||||||||
Japan
|
145
|
156
|
159
|
166
|
179
|
181
|
4.5%
|
|||||||||||||||
Other
Asia
|
21
|
25
|
39
|
45
|
53
|
39
|
13.2%
|
|||||||||||||||
Rest
of the World
|
256
|
272
|
278
|
302
|
314
|
329
|
5.1%
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
|
606
|
651
|
666
|
719
|
772
|
801
|
5.7%
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
North
America
|
84
|
73
|
60
|
64
|
70
|
70
|
-3.6%
|
|||||||||||||||
Colombia
|
36
|
38
|
35
|
44
|
51
|
55
|
8.9%
|
|||||||||||||||
South
Africa
|
70
|
69
|
70
|
71
|
68
|
72
|
0.6%
|
|||||||||||||||
China
|
55
|
91
|
84
|
94
|
87
|
66
|
3.7%
|
|||||||||||||||
Indonesia
|
57
|
66
|
73
|
89
|
105
|
119
|
15.9%
|
|||||||||||||||
Australia
|
187
|
194
|
204
|
215
|
225
|
234
|
4.6%
|
|||||||||||||||
Rest
of World
|
97
|
98
|
116
|
123
|
149
|
167
|
11.5%
|
|||||||||||||||
Total
|
586
|
629
|
642
|
700
|
755
|
783
|
6.0%
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
Latin
America
|
41
|
37
|
35
|
34
|
34
|
34
|
-3.7%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Europe/Former
Soviet Union
|
21
|
26
|
32
|
30
|
19
|
17
|
-4.1%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Africa
|
39
|
39
|
40
|
35
|
44
|
42
|
1.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Middle
East
|
28
|
28
|
26
|
23
|
27
|
28
|
-0.3%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Japan
|
26
|
26
|
26
|
26
|
25
|
25
|
-0.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Other
Asia
|
34
|
34
|
35
|
35
|
34
|
34
|
0.2%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Rest
of World
|
15
|
19
|
18
|
19
|
26
|
21
|
7.0%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Total
|
204
|
209
|
212
|
202
|
209
|
201
|
-0.3%
|
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
North
America
|
104
|
99
|
80
|
105
|
98
|
108
|
0.8%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Latin
America
|
30
|
26
|
24
|
27
|
30
|
20
|
-7.8%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Europe/Former
Soviet Union
|
37
|
47
|
67
|
29
|
48
|
52
|
7.0%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Oceania
|
22
|
22
|
13
|
22
|
21
|
22
|
0.4%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Rest
of World
|
15
|
19
|
29
|
24
|
20
|
17
|
2.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Total
|
208
|
213
|
213
|
207
|
216
|
219
|
1.0%
|
|
2000
|
2001
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
Compound
Annual Growth
2000-2005
|
Steel
Scrap
|
35
|
35
|
40
|
49
|
56
|
58
|
10.6%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Steel
Products
|
184
|
193
|
205
|
211
|
234
|
241
|
5.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Cement
|
46
|
46
|
45
|
47
|
60
|
60
|
5.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Bauxite
|
53
|
51
|
55
|
63
|
67
|
69
|
5.4%
|
|
||||||||||||||
Total
Minor Bulks
|
318
|
325
|
345
|
370
|
417
|
428
|
6.1%
|
|
Number
of
Vessels
|
Deadweight
Capacity
|
|||||||||
Segment
|
Size
Range (Dwt)
|
Total
|
Share
(%)
|
Total
(MnDwt)
|
Share
(%)
|
|||||
Capesize
|
80,000
and above
|
833
|
13.9%
|
131.2
|
36.8%
|
|||||
Panamax
|
60,000
to 79,999
|
1,292
|
21.5%
|
92.1
|
25.8%
|
|||||
Handymax
|
40,000
to 59,999
|
1,355
|
22.5%
|
65.1
|
18.2%
|
|||||
Handysize
|
10,000
to 39,000
|
2,517
|
42.0%
|
68.1
|
19.1%
|
|||||
Total
|
10,000
and above
|
5,997
|
100%
|
356.5
|
100%
|
Load
Region
|
1995
|
2000
|
2005
|
Average
Growth Per
Annum (%) |
|||||||||
N.America
|
17,896
|
23,878
|
33,472
|
6.5
|
%
|
||||||||
Latin
America
|
6,829
|
11,903
|
20,177
|
11.4
|
%
|
||||||||
W.Europe
|
26,141
|
41,845
|
61,662
|
9.0
|
%
|
||||||||
E.Europe
|
592
|
851
|
3,578
|
19.7
|
%
|
||||||||
Africa
|
3,400
|
5,217
|
8,912
|
10.1
|
%
|
||||||||
Middle
East
|
4,950
|
8,118
|
17,080
|
13.2
|
%
|
||||||||
Indian
SubCont
|
2,673
|
4,591
|
7,728
|
11.2
|
%
|
||||||||
S.E.Asia
|
18,509
|
28,067
|
45,289
|
9.4
|
%
|
||||||||
P.R.China
|
15,083
|
29,717
|
76,291
|
17.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Other
Asia
|
19,589
|
27,470
|
37,260
|
6.6
|
%
|
||||||||
Oceania
|
2,770
|
3,985
|
5,750
|
7.6
|
%
|
||||||||
World
|
118,432
|
185,642
|
317,199
|
10.4
|
%
|
2002
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||||
Mn
|
%
|
Mn
|
%
|
Mn
|
%
|
Mn
|
%
|
Mn
|
%
|
||||||
Vessel
Type
|
TEU
|
Share
|
TEU
|
Share
|
TEU
|
Share
|
TEU
|
Share
|
TEU
|
Share
|
|||||
FCC
|
6.08
|
74%
|
6.62
|
75%
|
7.26
|
77%
|
8.19
|
78%
|
9.32
|
80%
|
|||||
Dry
Cargo
|
1.44
|
17%
|
1.46
|
17%
|
1.49
|
16%
|
1.52
|
15%
|
1.54
|
13%
|
|||||
RoRo
|
0.33
|
4%
|
0.33
|
4%
|
0.33
|
4%
|
0.33
|
3%
|
0.34
|
3%
|
|||||
Other
|
0.39
|
5%
|
0.39
|
4%
|
0.40
|
4%
|
0.40
|
4%
|
0.41
|
4%
|
|||||
Total
|
8.24
|
100%
|
8.80
|
100%
|
9.48
|
100%
|
10.44
|
100%
|
11.61
|
100%
|
Route
|
1,500-
1,999
|
|
2,000-
2,499 |
|
2,500-
3,299
|
|
3,300-5,100PX
|
|
PPX
|
|
Total
|
||||||||
East-West
Trades
|
36
|
60
|
185
|
395
|
404
|
1,080
|
|||||||||||||
North-
South Trades
|
215
|
251
|
102
|
81
|
15
|
664
|
|||||||||||||
Intra-regional
|
168
|
55
|
58
|
11
|
14
|
306
|
|||||||||||||
South-south
Trades
|
24
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
28
|
|||||||||||||
Inactive
*
|
13
|
9
|
14
|
11
|
8
|
55
|
|||||||||||||
Total
|
456
|
379
|
359
|
498
|
441
|
2,133
|
Size
|
Year
|
||||||||||||||||||
Vessel
Name
|
Type
|
DWT
|
TEU
|
Built
|
Employment
|
Charter
Rate ($ per day) (*)
|
|||||||||||||
Drybulk
Carriers
|
|||||||||||||||||||
ARISTIDES
N.P.
|
Panamax
|
69,268
|
—
|
1993
|
Period Charter
until Jan. 2008 |
$
|
29,000
|
||||||||||||
IRINI
|
Panamax
|
69,734
|
—
|
1988
|
Baumarine
Pool
until end 2008 |
$
|
17,000
to $20,000 (**)
|
|
|||||||||||
NIKOLAOS
P.
|
Handysize
|
34,750
|
—
|
1984
|
Spot
Charter
until
Jan. 2007
|
$
|
19,000
|
||||||||||||
ARIEL
(***)
|
Handysize
|
33,712
|
—
|
1977
|
Spot Charter
until Jan. 2007 |
$
|
15,000
|
||||||||||||
Total
Drybulk Carriers
|
4
|
207,464
|
|||||||||||||||||
Container
Ships
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Period
Charter
|
|||||||||||||||||||
YM XINGANG
I
|
Handysize
|
23,596 | 1,599 |
1993
|
until July
2009
|
$ |
26,650
|
||||||||||||
Period
Charter
|
|
||||||||||||||||||
KUO
HSIUNG
|
Feeder
|
18,154
|
1,269
|
1993
|
until
Nov. 2007
|
$
|
12,000
|
||||||||||||
YM
QINGDAO I
|
Feeder
|
18,253
|
1,269
|
1990
|
Period
Charter
until Mar. 2007 |
$
|
11,900
|
||||||||||||
ARTEMIS
|
Intermediate
|
29,693
|
2,098
|
1987
|
Period
Charter
until Dec. 2008 |
$
|
19,000
|
||||||||||||
Total
Container Ships
|
4
|
89,696
|
6,235
|
Multipurpose
Vessels
|
|||||||||||||||||||
$ |
8,850
until Dec. 2008;
|
||||||||||||||||||
Period
Charter
|
$ |
9,950
until Dec. 2010;
|
|||||||||||||||||
TASMAN
TRADER
|
Multipurpose
|
22,568
|
950
|
1990
|
until
Mar. 2012
|
$
|
9,000
until Mar. 2012
|
||||||||||||
Total
Multipurpose Vessels
|
1
|
22,568
|
950
|
||||||||||||||||
TOTAL
FLEET
|
9
|
319,728
|
7,185
|
·
|
Experienced
Management Team.
Our management team has significant experience in all aspects
of
commercial, technical, operational and financial areas of our
business.
Aristides J. Pittas, our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer,
holds a
dual graduate degree in Navel Architecture and Marine Engineering
and
Ocean Systems Management from the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology.
He has worked in various technical, shipyard and ship management
capacities and since 1991 has focused in the ownership and operation
of
vessels carrying dry cargoes. Dr. Anastasios Aslidis, our Chief
Financial
Officer, holds a Ph.D. in Ocean Systems Management from Massachusetts
Institute of Technology and has over 19 years of experience,
primarily as
a partner at a Boston based international consulting firm focusing
on
investment and risk management in the maritime
industry.
|
·
|
Cost
Effective Vessel Operations.
We believe that because of the efficiencies afforded to us through
Eurobulk, the strength of our management team and the quality
of our
fleet, we are, and will continue to be, a reliable, low cost
vessel
operator, and without compromising our high standards of performance,
reliability and safety. Despite the average age of our fleet
being
approximately 18.5 years, our total vessel operating expenses,
including
management fees and general and administrative expenses were
$4,632 per
day for the nine month period ended September 30, 2006. We consider
this
amount to be among the lowest of the publicly listed drybulk
shipping
companies in the U.S. Our technical and operating expertise allows
us to
efficiently manage and transport a wide range of cargoes with
a flexible
trade route profile, which helps reduce ballast time between
voyages and
minimize off-hire days. Our professional, well-trained masters,
officers
and on board crews further help us to control costs and ensure
consistent
vessel operating performance. We actively manage our fleet and
strive to
maximize utilization and minimize maintenance expenditures. For
the nine month period ended September 30, 2006, our fleet utilization
was 98.7% and since 2002 our utilization rate has averaged in
excess of
99.0%.
|
·
|
Strong
Relationships with Customers and Financial Institutions.
We believe Eurobulk and the Pittas family have developed strong
industry
relationships and have gained acceptance with charterers, lenders
and
insurers because of their long-standing reputation for safe and
reliable
service and financial responsibility through various shipping cycles.
Through Eurobulk, we offer reliable service and cargo carrying
flexibility
that enables us to attract customers and obtain repeat business.
We also
believe that the established customer base and reputation of Eurobulk
and
the Pittas family helps us to secure favorable employment for our
vessels
with well known charterers.
|
·
|
Renew
and Expand our Fleet.
We expect to grow our fleet in a disciplined manner through timely
and
selective acquisitions of quality vessels. We perform in-depth
technical
review and financial analysis of each potential acquisition and
only
purchase vessels as market conditions and developments present
themselves.
We will be initially focused on purchasing well-maintained, secondhand
vessels, which should provide a significant value proposition given
the
strong charter rates that exist currently. However, we will also
consider
purchasing younger vessels or newbuildings if the value proposition
exists
at the time. Furthermore, as part of our fleet renewal, we will
continue
to sell certain vessels when we believe it is in the best interests
of the
Company and our shareholders.
|
·
|
Maintain
Balanced Employment.
We intend to strategically employ our fleet between period and
spot
charters. We actively pursue period charters to obtain adequate
cash flow
to cover our fleet’s fixed costs, consisting of vessel operating expenses,
management fees, general and administrative expenses, interest
expense and
drydocking costs for the upcoming 12-month period. We look to
deploy the
remainder of our fleet through period charters, spot charters,
shipping
pools or contracts of affreightment depending on our view of
the direction
of the markets and other tactical or strategic considerations.
We believe
this balanced employment strategy will provide us with more predictable
operating cash flows and sufficient downside protection, while
allowing us
to participate in the potential upside of the spot market during
periods
of rising charter rates. On the basis of our existing contracts,
our
current period charter coverage for 2007 (assuming that m/v Ariel
is sold on February 15, 2007) is 75% and for 2008 is 42%,
which will help protect us from market fluctuations, enable us
to make
significant principal and interest payments on our debt and pay
dividends
to our shareholders.
|
·
|
Operate
a Fleet in Two Sectors.
While remaining focused on the dry cargo segment of the shipping
industry,
we intend to continue to develop a diversified fleet of drybulk
carriers
and container ships of up to Panamax size. A diversified drybulk
fleet
profile will allow us to better serve our customers in both major
and
minor bulk trades, as well as to reduce any dependency on any one
cargo,
trade route or customer. We will remain focused on the smaller
size ship
segment of the container market, which has not experienced the
same level
of expansion in vessel supply that has occurred with larger container
ships. A diversified fleet, in addition to enhancing the stability
of our
cash flows, will also help us to reduce our exposure to unfavorable
developments in any one shipping sector and to benefit from upswings
in
any one shipping sector experiencing rising charter
rates.
|
·
|
Optimize
Use of Financial Leverage.
We will use bank debt to partly fund our vessel acquisitions
and increase
financial returns for our shareholders. We actively assess the
level of
debt we incur in light of our ability to repay that debt based
on the
level of cash flow generated from our balanced chartering strategy
and
efficient operating cost structure. Our debt repayment schedule
as of
December 31, 2006 calls for a reduction of more than 40% of our
then
outstanding debt by the end of 2008. We expect this will increase
our
ability to borrow funds to make additional vessel acquisitions
to grow our
fleet and pay consistent and possibly higher dividends to our
shareholders.
|
·
|
Vessel
m/v YM Xingang I: Indonesia,
Philippines, Hong Kong, China
|
·
|
Vessel
m/v YM Qingdao I:
Japan (Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama), Taiwan (Kaohsiung, Keelung,
Taichung), Hong Kong, China (Tianjin, Dalian), Vietnam (Ho Chi
Mingh)
|
·
|
Vessel
m/v Kuo Hsiung:
Japan (Tokyo, Kobe, Osaka, Yokohama), Taiwan (Kaohsiung, Keelung,
Taichung), Hong Kong, Thailand (Bangkok, Laem
Chabang)
|
·
|
Vessel
m/v Artemis:
Australia (Brisbane), South Korea (Pusan), China (Shanghai),
Hong Kong,
Taiwan (Taichung)
|
·
|
Far
East:
all major Chinese ports, Taiwan, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia
(various ports), Malaysia (Port Kelang), Bangladesh, all major
Indian
ports, Philippines (Manila)
|
·
|
Australia:
Newcastle, Port Lincoln
|
·
|
Middle
East:
UAE (Dubai, Fujairah), Saudi Arabia, Jordan (Aqaba), Turkey (Eregli,
Istanbul, Izmir)
|
·
|
Europe:
all seaport nations, mostly Italy, Spain, France, Greece, UK, Netherlands,
Belgium, Germany, Poland, Scandinavian countries, Russia, Ukraine,
Romania, etc.
|
·
|
Africa:
South Africa, Egypt, Morocco.
|
·
|
on-board
installation of automatic information systems (“AIS”), to enhance
vessel-to-vessel and vessel-to-shore
communications;
|
·
|
on-board
installation of ship security alert
systems;
|
·
|
the
development of vessel security plans;
and
|
·
|
compliance
with flag state security certification
requirements.
|
Vessel
|
Next
|
Type
|
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TASMAN
TRADER
|
February
2007
|
Drydocking
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YM
QUINGDAO I
|
April
2007
|
Drydocking
|
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ARTEMIS
|
May
2007
|
Special
Survey
|
||
ARIEL
(1)
|
September
2007
|
Drydocking
|
||
YM XINGANG
I (2)
|
December
2007
|
Drydocking
|
||
ARISTIDES
N.P.
|
January
2008
|
Special
Survey
|
||
KUO
HSIUNG (3)
|
April
2008
|
Special
Survey
|
||
IRINI
|
June
2008
|
Special
Survey
|
||
NIKOLAOS
P (3)
|
January
2009
|
Special
Survey
|
(1)
|
m/v
Ariel
has been contracted for sale with delivery expected
to take place on
or about February 15, 2007, subject to customary terms
and
conditions.
|
(2)
|
We
expect to drydock the vessel during the first six months
of
2007.
|
(3)
|
m/v
Nikolaos
P and
m/v Kuo
Hsiung
each underwent drydocking in
2006.
|
|
|
|
Name
|
Age
|
Position
|
||
Aristides
J. Pittas
|
47
|
Chairman,
President and Chief Executive Officer; Class A Director
|
||
Dr.
Anastasios Aslidis
|
46
|
Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer; Class A Director
|
||
Aristides
P. Pittas
|
54
|
Vice
Chairman; Class A Director
|
||
Stephania
Karmiri
|
38
|
Secretary
|
||
Panagiotis
Kyriakopoulos
|
45
|
Class
B Director
|
||
George
Skarvelis
|
45
|
Class
B Director
|
||
George
Taniskidis
|
45
|
Class
C Director
|
||
Gerald
Turner
|
58
|
Class
C Director
|
·
|
We
are not required under Marshall Islands law to maintain a board
of
directors with a majority of independent directors, and we
cannot
guarantee that we will always in the future maintain a board
of directors
with a majority of independent
directors.
|
·
|
In
lieu of a compensation committee comprised of independent directors,
our
Board of Directors will be responsible for establishing the
executive
officers’ compensation and benefits. Under Marshall Islands law,
compensation of the executive officers is not required to be
determined by
an independent committee.
|
·
|
In
lieu of a nomination committee comprised of independent directors,
our
Board of Directors will be responsible for identifying and
recommending
potential candidates to become board members and recommending
directors
for appointment to board committees. Shareholders may also
identify and
recommend potential candidates to become candidates to become
board
members in writing. No formal written charter has been prepared
or adopted
because this process is outlined in our
bylaws.
|
·
|
In
lieu of obtaining an independent review of related party transactions
for
conflicts of interests, consistent with Marshall Islands law
requirements,
a related party transaction will be permitted if: (i) the material
facts
as to his or her relationship or interest and as to the contract
or
transaction are disclosed or are known to the Board of Directors
and the
Board of Directors in good faith authorizes the contract or
transaction by
the affirmative votes of a majority of the disinterested directors,
or, if
the votes of the disinterested directors are insufficient to
constitute an
act of the Board of Directors as defined in Section 55 of the
Marshall
Islands Business Corporations Act, by unanimous vote of the
disinterested
directors; or (ii) the material facts as to his relationship
or interest
are disclosed and the shareholders are entitled to vote thereon,
and the
contract or transaction is specifically approved in good faith
by a simple
majority vote of the shareholders; or (iii) the contract or
transaction is
fair as to the Company as of the time it is authorized, approved
or
ratified, by the Board of Directors, a committee thereof or
the
shareholders. Common or interested directors may be counted
in determining
the presence of a quorum at a meeting of the Board of Directors
or of a
committee which authorizes the contract or
transaction.
|
·
|
As
a foreign private issuer, we are not required to solicit proxies
or
provide proxy statements to NASDAQ pursuant to NASDAQ corporate
governance
rules or Marshall Islands law. Consistent with Marshall Islands
law, we
will notify our shareholders of meetings between 15 and 60
days before the
meeting. This notification will contain, among other things,
information
regarding business to be transacted at the meeting. In addition,
our
bylaws provide that shareholders must give us advance notice
to properly
introduce any business at a meeting of the shareholders. Our
bylaws also
provide that shareholders may designate in writing a proxy
to act on their
behalf.
|
·
|
In
lieu of holding regular meetings at which only independent
directors are
present, our entire board of directors, a majority of whom
are
independent, will hold regular meetings as is consistent with
the laws of
the Republic of the Marshall
Islands.
|
Name
of Beneficial Owner(1)
|
Number
of Shares
of
Voting Stock
Beneficially
Owned
|
Percent
of
Voting Stock before Offering |
Percent
of
Voting Stock after Offering** |
|||||||||
Friends
Investment Company Inc.(2)
|
9,918,056
|
78.6
|
%
|
56.3
|
%
|
|||||||
Aristides
J. Pittas(3)
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
George
Skarvelis(4)
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
George
Taniskidis(5)
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
Gerald
Turner(6)
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
Panagiotis
Kyriakopoulos (7)
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
Aristides
P. Pittas(8)
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
Anastasios
Aslidis
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
Stephania
Karmiri(9)
|
-
|
*
|
*
|
|||||||||
All
directors and officers and 5% owners as a group
|
9,918,056
|
78.6
|
%
|
56.3
|
%
|
*
|
Indicates
less than 1.0%.
|
**
|
Assumes
underwriters do not exercise their over-allotment
option.
|
(1)
|
Beneficial
ownership is determined in accordance with the Rule 13d-3(a)
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and generally includes
voting
or investment power with respect to securities. Except as subject
to
community property laws, where applicable, the person named above
has sole
voting and investment power with respect to all shares of common
stock
shown as beneficially owned by
him/her.
|
(2)
|
Includes
9,918,056 shares of common stock held of record by Friends.
A majority of
the shareholders of Friends are members of the Pittas family.
Investment
power and voting control by Friends resides in its Board of
Directors
which consists of five directors, a majority of whom are members
of the
Pittas family. Actions by Friends may be taken by a majority
of the
members on its Board of
Directors.
|
(3)
|
Does
not include 1,190,167 shares of common stock held of record by
Friends, by
virtue of Mr. Pittas’ ownership interest in Friends. Also does not include
40,000 shares of common stock held of record by Eurobulk Marine
Holdings,
Inc. (“Eurobulk Marine”) and 10,000 shares of common stock issuable upon
the exercise of warrants by Eurobulk Marine, by virtue of Mr.
Pittas’
ownership interest in Eurobulk Marine. Eurobulk Marine was an
investor in
our Private Placement in August 2005. Friends and Eurobulk Marine
are each
controlled by members of the Pittas family. Mr. Pittas disclaims
beneficial ownership except to the extent of his pecuniary
interest.
|
(4)
|
Does
not include 525,657 shares of common stock held of record by
Friends, by
virtue of Mr. Skarvelis’ ownership interest in Friends. Also does not
include 17,667 shares of common stock held of record by Eurobulk
Marine
and 4,417 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of
warrants by
Eurobulk Marine, by virtue of Mr. Skarvelis’ ownership interest in
Eurobulk Marine. Eurobulk Marine was an investor in our Private
Placement
in August 2005. Friends and Eurobulk Marine are each controlled
by members
of the Pittas family. Mr. Skarvelis disclaims beneficial ownership
except
to the extent of his pecuniary
interest.
|
(5)
|
Does
not include 9,918 shares of common stock held of record by Friends,
by
virtue of Mr. Taniskidis’ ownership in Friends. Also does not include 333
shares of common stock held of record by Eurobulk Marine and
83 shares of
common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants by Eurobulk
Marine, by
virtue of Mr. Taniskidis’ ownership interest in Eurobulk Marine. Eurobulk
Marine was an investor in our Private Placement in August 2005.
Friends
and Eurobulk Marine are each controlled by members of the Pittas
family.
Mr. Taniskidis disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent
of his
pecuniary interest.
|
(6)
|
Does
not include 140,836 shares of common stock held of record by
Friends, by
virtue of Mr. Turner’s ownership interest in Friends. Also does not
include 4,733 shares of common stock held of record by Eurobulk
Marine and
1,183 shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants
by
Eurobulk Marine, by virtue of Mr. Turner’s ownership interest in Eurobulk
Marine. Eurobulk Marine was an investor in our Private Placement
in August
2005. Friends and Eurobulk Marine are each controlled by members
of the
Pittas family. Mr. Turner disclaims beneficial ownership except
to the
extent of his pecuniary interest.
|
(7)
|
Does
not include 59,508 shares of common stock held of record by Friends,
by
virtue of Mr. Kyriakopoulos’ ownership in Friends. Also does not include
2,000 shares of common stock held of record by Eurobulk Marine
and 500
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants
by Eurobulk
Marine, by virtue of Mr. Kyriakopoulos’ ownership interest in Eurobulk
Marine. Eurobulk Marine was an investor in our Private Placement
in August
2005. Friends and Eurobulk Marine are each controlled by members
of the
Pittas family. Mr. Kyriakopoulos disclaims beneficial ownership
except to
the extent of his pecuniary
interest.
|
(8)
|
Does
not include 813,281 shares of common stock held of record by
Friends, by
virtue of Mr. Pittas’ ownership interest in Friends. Also does not include
27,333 shares of common stock held of record by Eurobulk Marine
and 6,833
shares of common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants
by Eurobulk
Marine, by virtue of Mr. Pittas’ ownership interest in Eurobulk Marine.
Eurobulk Marine was an investor in our Private Placement in August
2005.
Friends and Eurobulk Marine are each controlled by members of
the Pittas
family. Mr. Pittas disclaims beneficial ownership except to the
extent of
his pecuniary interest.
|
(9)
|
Does
not include 1,984 shares of common stock held of records by Friends,
by
virtue of Mrs. Karmiri’s ownership in Friends. Also does not include 67
shares of common stock held of record by Eurobulk Marine and
17 shares of
common stock issuable upon the exercise of warrants by Eurobulk
Marine, by
virtue of Mrs. Karmiri’s ownership interest in Eurobulk Marine. Eurobulk
Marine was an investor in our Private Placement in August 2005.
Friends
and Eurobulk Marine are each controlled by members of the Pittas
family.
Mrs. Karmiri disclaims beneficial ownership except to the extent
of her
pecuniary interest.
|
Days
After the Date of this Prospectus
|
|
Number
of Shares
Eligible
for Sale
|
|
Comment
|
Date
of prospectus
|
|
896,503 |
|
Shares
not locked up and eligible for sale freely or under Rule
144
|
90
days
|
|
1,472,222 |
|
Lock-up
for certain other large, non-affiliated shareholders released;
shares eligible for sale under Rule 144
|
180
days
|
10,251,389 |
Lock-up
for Friends, Eurobulk Marine, officers and directors released;
shares
eligible for sale under Rule
144
|
·
|
prior
to such time, the Board of Directors approved either the
Business
Combination or the transaction which resulted in the shareholder
becoming
an Interested Shareholder; or
|
·
|
upon
consummation of the transaction which resulted in the shareholder
becoming
an Interested Shareholder, the Interested Shareholder owned
at least 85%
of the voting stock of Euroseas outstanding at the time
the transaction
commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number
of shares
outstanding those shares owned (i) by persons who are directors
and also
officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee
participants do
not have the right to determine confidentially whether
shares held subject
to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer;
or
|
·
|
at
or subsequent to such time, the Business Combination is
approved by the
Board of Directors and authorized at an annual or special
meeting of
shareholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative
vote of at
least 51% of the outstanding voting stock that is not owned
by the
Interested Shareholder; or
|
·
|
the
shareholder became an Interested Shareholder prior to the
consummation of
the initial public offering of Euroseas’ common stock under the Securities
Act.
|
·
|
A
shareholder becomes an Interested Shareholder inadvertently
and (i) as
soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient
shares so
that the shareholder ceases to be an Interested Shareholder;
and (ii)
would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately
prior to a
Business Combination between Euroseas and such shareholder,
have been an
Interested Shareholder but for the inadvertent acquisition
of ownership;
or
|
·
|
The
Business Combination is proposed prior to the consummation
or abandonment
of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement
or the notice
required hereunder of a proposed transaction which (i)
constitutes one of
the transactions described in the following sentence;
(ii) is with or by a
person who either was not an Interested Shareholder during
the previous
three years or who became an Interested Shareholder with
the approval of
the Board; and (iii) is approved or not opposed by a
majority of the
members of the Board then in office (but not less than
one) who were
Directors prior to any person becoming an Interested
Shareholder during
the previous three years or were recommended for election
or elected to
succeed such Directors by a majority of such Directors.
The proposed
transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are
limited
to:
|
·
|
Any
merger or consolidation of Euroseas or any direct or
indirect majority
-owned subsidiary of Euroseas with (i) the Interested
Shareholder or any
of its affiliates, or (ii) with any other corporation,
partnership,
unincoporated association or other entity if the merger
or consolidation
is caused by the Interested
Shareholder;
|
·
|
Any
sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or
other disposition (in
one transaction or a series of transactions), except
proportionately as a
shareholder of Euroseas, to or with the Interested Shareholder,
whether as
part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of Euroseas
or of any direct
or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Euroseas which
assets have an
aggregate market value equal to 10% or more of either
the aggregate market
value of all the assets of Euroseas determined on a consolidated
basis or
the aggregate market value of all the outstanding
shares;
|
·
|
Any
transaction which results in the issuance or transfer
by Euroseas or by
any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of Euroseas
of any
shares, or any share of such subsidiary, to the Interested
Shareholder,
except: (i) pursuant to the exercise, exchange or conversion
of securities
exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into
shares, or shares of
any subsidiary, which securities were outstanding prior
to the time that
the Interested Shareholder become such; (ii) pursuant
to a merger with a
direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Euroseas
solely for purposes
of forming a holding company; (iii) pursuant to a dividend
or distribution
paid or made, or the exercise, exchange or conversion
of securities
exercisable for, exchangeable for or convertible into
shares, or shares of
any such subsidiary, which security is distributed, pro
rata to all
holders of a class or series of shares subsequent to
the time the
Interested Shareholder became such; (iv) pursuant to
an exchange offer by
Euroseas to purchase shares made on the same terms to
all holders of said
shares; or (v) any issuance or transfer of shares by
Euroseas; provided
however, that in no case under items (iii)-(v) of this
subparagraph shall
there be an increase in the Interested Shareholder’s proportionate share
of the any class or series of
shares;
|
·
|
Any
transaction involving Euroseas or any direct or indirect
majority-owned
subsidiary of Euroseas which has the effect, directly
or indirectly, of
increasing the proportionate share of any class or series
of shares, or
securities convertible into any class or series of shares,
or shares of
any such subsidiary, or securities convertible into such
shares, which is
owned by the Interested Shareholder, except as a result
of immaterial
changes due to fractional share adjustments or as a result
of any purchase
or redemption of any shares not caused, directly or indirectly,
by the
Interested Shareholder; or
|
·
|
Any
receipt by the Interested Shareholder of the benefit,
directly or
indirectly (except proportionately as a shareholder of
Euroseas), of any
loans, advances, guarantees, pledges or other financial
benefits (other
that those expressly permitted above) provided by or
through Euroseas or
any direct or indirect majority-owned
subsidiary.
|
·
|
is
the owner of 15% or more of the outstanding voting shares
of Euroseas;
or
|
·
|
is
an affiliate of Euroseas and was the owner of 15% or
more of the
outstanding voting shares of Euroseas at any time within
the three-year
period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought
to be
determined whether such person is an Interested Shareholder;
and the
affiliates and associates of such person; provided, however,
that the term
“Interested Shareholder” shall not include any person whose ownership of
shares in excess of the 15% limitation set forth herein
is the result of
action taken solely by Euroseas; provided that such person
shall be an
Interested Shareholder if thereafter such person acquires
additional
shares of voting shares of Euroseas, except as a result
of further Company
action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such
person.
|
Marshall
Islands
|
Delaware
|
|||||||||
Stockholder
Meetings
|
||||||||||
·
|
Held
at a time and place as designated in the bylaws.
|
·
|
May
be held at such time or place as designated in the certificate
of
incorporation or the bylaws, or if not so designated, as
determined by the
Board of Directors.
|
|||||||
·
|
May
be held within or without the Marshall Islands.
|
·
|
May
be held within or without Delaware.
|
|||||||
·
|
Notice:
|
·
|
Notice:
|
|||||||
·
|
Whenever
stockholders are required to take action at a meeting, written
notice
shall state the place, date and hour of the meeting and indicate
that it
is being issued by or at the direction of the person calling
the
meeting.
|
·
|
Whenever
stockholders are required to take any action at a meeting,
a written
notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the
place, if any,
date and hour of the meeting, and the means of remote communication,
if
any.
|
|||||||
·
|
A
copy of the notice of any meeting shall be given personally
or sent by
mail not less than 15 nor more than 60 days before the
meeting.
|
·
|
Written
notice shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days
before the
meeting.
|
|||||||
Stockholder’s
Voting Rights
|
||||||||||
·
|
Any
action required to be taken by meeting of stockholders may
be taken
without meeting if consent is in writing and is signed by
all the
stockholders entitled to vote.
|
·
|
Stockholders
may act by written consent to elect directors.
|
|||||||
·
|
Any
person authorized to vote may authorize another person to
act for him by
proxy.
|
·
|
Any
person authorized to vote may authorize another person or
persons to act
for him by proxy.
|
|||||||
·
|
Unless
otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a majority
of shares
entitled to vote constitutes a quorum. In no event shall
a quorum consist
of fewer than one third of the shares entitled to vote at
a
meeting.
|
·
|
For
non-stock companies, certificate of incorporation or bylaws
may specify
the number of members to constitute a quorum. In the absence
of this,
one-third of the members shall constitute a quorum.
|
|||||||
·
|
When
a quorum is once present to organize a meeting, it is not
broken by the
subsequent withdrawal of any stockholders.
|
·
|
For
stock corporations, certificate of incorporation or bylaws
may specify the
number to constitute a quorum but in no event shall a quorum
consist of
less than one-third of shares entitled to vote at a meeting.
In the
absence of such specifications, a majority of shares entitled
to vote
shall constitute a quorum.
|
|||||||
·
|
The
articles of incorporation may provide for cumulative voting
in the
election of directors.
|
·
|
The
certificate of incorporation may provide for cumulative
voting.
|
|||||||
·
|
Any
two or more domestic corporations may merge into a single
corporation if
approved by the board and if authorized by a majority vote
of the holders
of outstanding shares at a stockholder meeting.
|
·
|
Any
two or more corporations existing under the laws of the state
may merge
into a single corporation pursuant to a board resolution
and upon the
majority vote by stockholders of each constituent corporation
at an annual
or special
meeting.
|
·
|
Any sale, lease, exchange or other disposition of all or substantially all the assets of a corporation, if not made in the corporation’s usual or regular course of business, once approved by the board, shall be authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the shares of those entitled to vote at a stockholder meeting. |
·
|
Every corporation may at any meeting of the board sell, lease or exchange all or substantially all of its property and assets as its board deems expedient and for the best interests of the corporation when so authorized by a resolution adopted by the holders of a majority of the outstanding stock of a corporation entitled to vote. | |||||||||
·
|
Any domestic corporation owning at least 90% of the outstanding shares of each class of another domestic corporation may merge such other corporation into itself without the authorization of the stockholders of any corporation. |
·
|
Any corporation owning at least 90% of the outstanding shares of each class of another corporation may merge the other corporation into itself and assume all of its obligations without the vote or consent of stockholders; however, in case the parent corporation is not the surviving corporation, the proposed merger shall be approved by a majority of the outstanding stock of the parent corporation entitled to vote at a duly called stockholder meeting. | |||||||||
·
|
Any mortgage, pledge of or creation of a security interest in all or any part of the corporate property may be authorized without the vote or consent of the stockholders, unless otherwise provided for in the articles of incorporation. |
·
|
Any mortgage or pledge of a corporation’s property and assets may be authorized without the vote or consent of stockholders, except to the extent that the certificate of incorporation otherwise provides. | |||||||||
Directors
|
||||||||||||
· | Board must consist of at least one member. |
·
|
Board must consist of at least one member. | |||||||||
·
|
Number of members can be changed by an amendment to the bylaws, by the stockholders, or by action of the board. |
·
|
Number of board members shall be fixed by the bylaws, unless the certificate of incorporation fixes the number of directors. | |||||||||
·
|
If the board is authorized to change the number of directors, it can only do so by a majority of the entire board and so long as no decrease in the number shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. |
·
|
If the number of directors is fixed by the certificate of incorporation, a change in the number shall be made only by an amendment of the certificate. | |||||||||
·
|
Removal: |
·
|
Removal: | |||||||||
|
·
|
Any
or all of the directors may be removed for cause by vote of the
stockholders.
|
|
·
|
Any
or all of the directors may be removed, with or without cause,
by the
holders of a majority of the shares entitled to vote unless the
certificate of incorporation otherwise provides.
|
|||||||
·
|
If
the articles of incorporation or the bylaws so provide, any or
all of the
directors may be removed without cause by vote of the
stockholders.
|
|
·
|
In
the case of a classified board, stockholders may effect removal
of any or
all directors only for cause.
|
||||||||
Dissenter’s
Rights of Appraisal
|
||||||||||||
·
|
Stockholders have a right to dissent from a merger or sale of all or substantially all assets not made in the usual course of business, and receive payment of the fair value of their shares. |
·
|
With
limited exceptions, appraisal rights are available for the shares
of any
class or series of stock of a corporation in a merger or
consolidation.
|
|||||||||
·
|
A holder of any adversely affected shares who does not vote on or consent in writing to an amendment to the articles of incorporation has the right to dissent and to receive payment for such shares if the amendment: | |||||||||||
·
|
alters
or abolishes any preferential right of any outstanding shares having
preference; or
|
·
|
creates,
alters, or abolishes any provision or right in respect to the
redemption
of any outstanding shares; or
|
|||||||||||
·
|
alters
or abolishes any preemptive right of such holder to acquire shares
or
other securities; or
|
|||||||||||
·
|
excludes
or limits the right of such holder to vote on any matter, except
as such
right may be limited by the voting rights given to new shares then
being
authorized of any existing or new class.
|
|||||||||||
Stockholder’s
Derivative Actions
|
||||||||||||
·
|
An action may be brought in the right of a corporation to procure a judgment in its favor, by a holder of shares or of voting trust certificates or of a beneficial interest in such shares or certificates. It shall be made to appear that the plaintiff is such a holder at the time of bringing the action and that he was such a holder at the time of the transaction of which he complains, or that his shares or his interest therein devolved upon him by operation of law. |
·
|
In any derivative suit instituted by a stockholder of a corporation, it shall be averred in the complaint that the plaintiff was a stockholder of the corporation at the time of the transaction of which he complains or that such stockholder’s stock thereafter devolved upon such stockholder by operation of law. | |||||||||
·
|
Complaint
shall set forth with particularity the efforts of the plaintiff
to secure
the initiation of such action by the board or the reasons for not
making
such effort.
|
|||||||||||
· |
Such
action shall not be discontinued, compromised or settled, without
the
approval of the High Court of the Republic.
|
|||||||||||
·
|
Reasonable
expenses including attorney’s fees may be awarded if the action is
successful.
|
|||||||||||
·
|
Corporation
may require a plaintiff bringing a derivative suit to give security
for
reasonable expenses if the plaintiff owns less than 5% of any class
of
stock and the shares have a value of less than $50,000.
|
·
|
we
are organized in a foreign country (our “country of organization”) that
grants an “equivalent exemption” to corporations organized in the United
States; and
|
·
|
more
than 50% of the value of our stock is owned, directly or indirectly,
by
“qualified stockholders,” individuals (i) who are “residents” of our
country of organization or of another foreign country that grants
an
“equivalent exemption” to corporations organized in the United States and
(ii) who comply with certain documentation requirements, which
we refer to
as the “50% Ownership Test,” or
|
·
|
our
stock is primarily and regularly traded on one or
more established securities markets in our country of organization,
in another country that grants an “equivalent exemption” to United States
corporations, or in the United States, which we refer to as the
“Publicly-Traded Test.”
|
·
|
We
have, or are considered to have, a fixed place of business in the
United
States involved in the earning of shipping income;
and
|
·
|
substantially
all of our U.S.-source shipping income is attributable to regularly
scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that
follows a
published schedule with repeated sailings at regular intervals
between the
same points for voyages that begin or end in the United
States.
|
·
|
at
least 75% of our gross income for such taxable year consists of
passive
income (e.g., dividends, interest, capital gains and rents derived
other
than in the active conduct of a rental business);
or
|
·
|
at
least 50% of the average value of the assets held by the corporation
during such taxable year produce, or are held for the production
of,
passive income.
|
·
|
the
excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the
Non-Electing Holders’ aggregate holding period for the common
stock;
|
·
|
the
amount allocated to the current taxable year and any taxable year
before
we became a passive foreign investment company would be taxed as
ordinary
income; and
|
·
|
the
amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject
to
tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class
of
taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral
benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable
to
each such other taxable year.
|
·
|
the
gain is effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a
trade or business in the United States. If the Non-U.S. Holder
is entitled
to the benefits of an income tax treaty with respect to that gain,
that
gain is taxable only if it is attributable to a permanent establishment
maintained by the Non-U.S. Holder in the United States;
or
|
·
|
the
Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present in the United States
for
183 days or more during the taxable year of disposition and other
conditions are met.
|
·
|
fail
to provide an accurate taxpayer identification
number;
|
·
|
are
notified by the Internal Revenue Service that you have failed to
report
all interest or dividends required to be shown on your federal
income tax
returns; or
|
·
|
in
certain circumstances, fail to comply with applicable certification
requirements.
|
SEC
Registration Fee
|
$
|
10,000
|
||
Printing
and Engraving Expenses
|
$
|
100,000
|
||
Legal
Fees and Expenses
|
$
|
350,000
|
||
Accountants’
Fees and Expenses
|
$
|
200,000
|
||
NASDAQ
Entry Fee
|
$
|
100,000
|
||
NASD
Fee
|
$
|
15,000
|
||
Transfer
Agent’s Fees and Expenses
|
$
|
10,000
|
||
Miscellaneous
Costs
|
$
|
240,000
|
||
Total
|
$
|
1,025,000
|
Underwriters
|
Number
of Shares
|
|
Oppenheimer
& Co. Inc.(1)
|
||
Ferris,
Baker Watts, Incorporated(2)
|
||
Cantor
Fitzgerald & Co.(3)
|
|
|
Fortis
Securities LLC(4)
|
||
Total
|
5,000,000
|
(1) |
125
Broad Street, New York, NY
10004
|
(2)
|
100
Light Street, Baltimore, MD
21202
|
(3)
|
110
East 59th Street, New York, NY
10022
|
(4) |
520
Madison Avenue, New York, NY
10022
|
No
Exercise
|
Full
Exercise
|
|||
Per
Share
|
||||
Total
|
·
|
Over-allotment
involves sales by the underwriters of shares in excess of the number
of
shares the underwriters are obligated to purchase, which creates
a
syndicate short position. The short position may be either a covered
short
position or a naked short position. In a covered short position,
the
number of shares over-allotted by the underwriters is not greater
than the
number of shares that they may purchase in the over-allotment option.
In a
naked short position, the number of shares involved is greater
than the
number of shares in the over-allotment option. The underwriters
may close
out any short position by either exercising their over-allotment
option
and/or purchasing shares in the open
market;
|
·
|
Stabilizing
transactions permit bids to purchase our common stock so long as the
stabilizing bids do not exceed a specified
maximum;
|
·
|
Syndicate
covering transactions involve purchases of our common stock in
the open
market after the distribution has been completed in order to
cover
syndicate short positions. In determining the source of shares
to close
out the short position, the underwriters will consider, among
other
things, the price of shares available for purchase in the open
market as
compared to the price at which they may purchase shares through
the
over-allotment option. If the underwriters sell more shares than
could be
covered by the over-allotment option, which is called a naked
short
position, the position can only be closed out by buying shares
in the open
market. A naked short position is more likely to be created if
the
underwriters are concerned that there could be downward pressure
on the
price of the shares in the open market after pricing that could
adversely
affect investors who purchase shares in this offering;
and
|
·
|
Penalty
bids permit the underwriters to reclaim a selling concession
from a
syndicate member when the common
stock originally sold by the syndicate member is purchased
in a
stabilizing or syndicate covering transaction to cover syndicate
short
positions.
|
Pages
|
||
Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2005
and
September
30, 2006
|
F-2
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the nine
month periods
ended September 30, 2005 and 2006 |
F-3
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
for the nine
month period ended September 30, 2006 |
F-4
|
|
Unaudited
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine month
periods ended
September 30, 2005 and 2006 |
F-5
|
|
Notes
to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial
Statements
|
F-6
|
|
Report
of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
|
F-25
|
|
Consolidated
Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2004 and 2005
|
F-26
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Income for the Years ended December
31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 |
F-27
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Shareholders’ Equity for the Years ended December
31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 |
F-28
|
|
Consolidated
Statements of Cash Flows for the Years ended December
31, 2003, 2004 and 2005 |
F-29
|
|
Notes
to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
F-30
|
Notes
|
December
31,
2005
|
September
30,
2006
|
|||||||
Assets
|
|||||||||
Current
assets
|
|||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
20,447,301
|
14,057,280
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
46,118
|
11,557
|
|||||||
Claims
and other receivables
|
306,303
|
238,907
|
|||||||
Due
from related company
|
7
|
3,012,720
|
1,159,220
|
||||||
Inventories
|
3
|
371,691
|
561,390
|
||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
85,625
|
431,943
|
|||||||
Restricted
cash
|
1,080,949
|
1,355,080
|
|||||||
Total
current assets
|
25,350,707
|
17,815,377
|
|||||||
Fixed
assets
|
|||||||||
Vessels,
net
|
52,334,897
|
79,955,698
|
|||||||
Other
long-term assets
|
|||||||||
Deferred
charges, net
|
1,855,829
|
1,479,444
|
|||||||
Total
long-term assets
|
54,190,726
|
81,435,142
|
|||||||
Total
assets
|
79,541,433
|
99,250,519
|
|||||||
Liabilities
and shareholders’ equity
|
|||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
|||||||||
Long-term
debt, current portion
|
8
|
14,430,000
|
14,390,000
|
||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
837,182
|
1,325,267
|
|||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
6
|
1,777,637
|
844,877
|
||||||
Deferred
revenues
|
4
|
1,370,058
|
975,711
|
||||||
Fair
value of below market time charters acquired
|
5
|
-
|
1,279,766
|
||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
18,414,877
|
18,815,621
|
|||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
|||||||||
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
8
|
34,130,000
|
44,520,000
|
||||||
Total
long-term liabilities
|
34,130,000
|
44,520,000
|
|||||||
Total
liabilities
|
52,544,877
|
63,335,621
|
|||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
|||||||||
Common
stock (par value $0.03, 100,000,000 shares authorized,
12,260,386 and
12,620,114 issued and outstanding)
|
12
|
367,812
|
378,603
|
||||||
Preferred
stock (par value $0.01, 20,000,000 shares authorized, no
shares issued or
outstanding)
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
13
|
17,883,781
|
18,283,769
|
||||||
Retained
earnings
|
8,744,963
|
17,252,526
|
|||||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
26,996,556
|
35,914,898
|
|||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
79,541,433
|
99,250,519
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
|||||||||
Notes
|
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||
Revenues
|
|||||||||
Voyage
revenue
|
4
|
34,091,505
|
29,701,945
|
||||||
Commissions
|
7
|
(1,847,900
|
)
|
(1,280,405
|
)
|
||||
Net
revenue
|
32,243,605
|
28,421,540
|
|||||||
|
|||||||||
Operating
expenses
|
|||||||||
Voyage
expenses
|
136,224
|
1,014,383
|
|||||||
Vessel
operating expenses
|
6,322,677
|
7,599,948
|
|||||||
Management
fees
|
7
|
1,430,464
|
1,643,142
|
||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
130,864
|
758,281
|
|||||||
Amortization
and depreciation
|
10
|
2,806,348
|
4,989,757
|
||||||
Net
gain on sale of vessels
|
10
|
0
|
(4,445,856
|
)
|
|||||
Total
operating expenses
|
10,826,577
|
11,559,655
|
|||||||
Operating
income
|
21,417,028
|
16,861,885
|
|||||||
Other
income/(expenses)
|
|||||||||
Interest
and finance cost
|
(1,109,262
|
)
|
(2,258,950
|
)
|
|||||
Derivative
loss
|
9
|
(100,029
|
)
|
0
|
|||||
Foreign
exchange gain/(loss)
|
539
|
(1,064
|
)
|
||||||
Interest
income
|
248,700
|
720,551
|
|||||||
Other
income (expenses), net
|
(960,052
|
)
|
(1,539,463
|
)
|
|||||
Net
income
|
20,456,976
|
15,322,422
|
|||||||
Earnings
per share - basic and diluted
|
12,
13
|
1.99
|
1.23
|
||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding during the year
-
basic and diluted
|
12,
13
|
10,273,853
|
12,506,793
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
Common
Shares Outstanding
|
Preferred
Shares
Outstanding
|
Common
Stock
|
Preferred
Stock
|
Paid
- in
Capital
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||||
Balance
December
31, 2005
|
12,260,386
|
367,812
|
-
|
17,883,781
|
8,744,963
|
26,996,556
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
15,322,422
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
15,322,422
|
15,322,422
|
||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares
|
359,728
|
10,791
|
-
|
(791
|
)
|
-
|
10,000
|
||||||||||||||||||
Reversal
of unutilized accrued offering expenses
|
400,779
|
400,779
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Dividends
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(6,814,859
|
)
|
(6,814,859
|
)
|
|||||||||||||||||
Balance
September
30, 2006
|
12,620,114
|
378,603
|
-
|
18,283,769
|
17,252,526
|
35,914,898
|
Nine
months ended
September
30,
|
||||||||||
2005
|
2006
|
|||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
20,456,976
|
15,322,422
|
||||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
of vessels
|
1,788,788
|
4,196,029
|
||||||||
Amortization
of deferred drydock expenses
|
1,017,560
|
793,728
|
||||||||
Amortization
of deferred finance cost
|
71,159
|
58,782
|
||||||||
Amortisation
of time charter fair value
|
-
|
(369,806
|
)
|
|||||||
Gain
on sale of vessels
|
-
|
(4,445,856
|
)
|
|||||||
Loss
on derivative
|
100,029
|
-
|
||||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
(Increase)/decrease
in:
|
||||||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
170,338
|
34,561
|
||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
40,991
|
(346,318
|
)
|
|||||||
Claims
and other receivables
|
(385,185
|
)
|
67,396
|
|||||||
Inventories
|
(2,530
|
)
|
(189,699
|
)
|
||||||
Due
from related company
|
(29,064,948
|
)
|
1,853,500
|
|||||||
Increase/(decrease)
in:
|
||||||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
1,705
|
488,085
|
||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
(52,464
|
)
|
(531,981
|
)
|
||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
(843,972
|
)
|
(394,347
|
)
|
||||||
Dry-docking
expenses paid
|
(689,339
|
)
|
(821,198
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash (used in)/provided by operating activities
|
(7,390,892
|
)
|
15,715,298
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Purchase
of vessel
|
-
|
(34,427,573
|
)
|
|||||||
Drawings
from the cash retention accounts
|
(1,097,848
|
)
|
(274,131
|
)
|
||||||
Net
proceeds from sale of vessels
|
-
|
9,152,494
|
||||||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(1,097,848
|
)
|
(25,549,210
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Issuance
of share capital
|
70,270
|
10,000
|
||||||||
Net
proceeds from shares issued in a private placement
|
19,307,099
|
-
|
||||||||
Dividends
paid/return of capital
|
(44,225,000
|
)
|
(6,814,859
|
)
|
||||||
Loan
arrangement fees paid, capitalized
|
(157,500
|
)
|
(101,250
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds
from long-term debts
|
37,700,000
|
23,750,000
|
||||||||
Repayment
of long-term debts
|
(14,459,999
|
)
|
(13,400,000
|
)
|
||||||
Net
cash provided by (used) in financing activities
|
(1,765,130
|
)
|
3,443,891
|
|||||||
Net
decrease in cash and cash equivalents
|
(10,253,780
|
)
|
(6,390,021
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of period
|
15,497,482
|
20,447,301
|
||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of period
|
5,243,612
|
14,057,280
|
||||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
942,620
|
2,189,009
|
||||||||
Non-cash
item:
|
||||||||||
Reversal
of unutilized accrued offering expenses
|
-
|
400,779
|
·
|
Searoute
Maritime Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on May 20, 1992, owner
of the Cyprus
flag 33,712 DWT bulk carrier motor vessel “Ariel”, which was built in 1977
and acquired on March 5, 1993.
|
·
|
Oceanopera
Shipping Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on June 26, 1995, owner
of the Cyprus
flag 34,750 DWT bulk carrier motor vessel “Nikolaos P”, which was built in
1984 and acquired on July 22, 1996.
|
·
|
Oceanpride
Shipping Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on March 7, 1998, owner
of the Cyprus
flag 26,354 DWT bulk carrier motor vessel “John P”, which was built in
1981 and acquired on March 7, 1998.
|
·
|
Alcinoe
Shipping Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on March 20, 1997, owner
of the
Cyprus flag 26,354 DWT bulk carrier motor vessel “Pantelis P”, which was
built in 1981 and acquired on June 4,
1997.
|
·
|
Alterwall
Business Inc. incorporated in Panama on January 15, 2001, owner
of the
Panama flag 18,253 DWT container carrier motor vessel “HM Qingdao1” (ex
Kuo Jane), which was built in 1990 and acquired on February
16,
2001.
|
·
|
Allendale
Investment S.A. incorporated in Panama on January 22, 2002,
owner of the
Panama flag 18,154 DWT container carrier motor vessel “Kuo Hsiung”, which
was built in 1993 and acquired on May 13,
2002.
|
·
|
Diana
Trading Ltd. incorporated in the Marshall Islands on September
25, 2002,
owner of the Marshall Islands flag 69,734 DWT bulk carrier
motor vessel
“Irini”, which was built in 1988 and acquired on October 15,
2002.
|
·
|
Salina
Shipholding Corp., incorporated in the Marshall Islands on
October 20,
2005, owner of the Marshall Islands flag 29,693 DWT container
carrier
motor vessel “Artemis”, which was built in 1987 and acquired on November
25, 2005.
|
·
|
Xenia
International Corp., incorporated in the Marshall Islands on
April 6,
2006, owner of the Marshall Islands flag 22,568 DWT / 950 TEU
multipurpose
motor vessel “Tasman Trader”, which was built in 1990 and acquired on
April 27, 2006.
|
·
|
Prospero
Maritime Inc., incorporated in the Marshall Islands on July
21, 2006,
owner of the Marshall Islands flag 69,268 DWT dry bulk motor
vessel
“Aristides N.P.”, which was built in 1993 and acquired on September 4,
2006.
|
December
31,
2005
|
September
30,
2006
|
||||||
Lubricants
|
312,390
|
503,299
|
|||||
Victualling
|
59,301
|
58,091
|
|||||
Total
|
371,691
|
561,390
|
December
31,
2006
|
September
30,
2006
|
||||||
Accrued
offering expenses
|
1,121,397
|
200,000
|
|||||
Accrued
payroll expenses
|
31,928
|
23,825
|
|||||
Accrued
interest
|
139,536
|
150,325
|
|||||
Accrued
general and administrative expenses
|
269,666
|
173,614
|
|||||
Other
accrued expenses
|
215,110
|
297,113
|
|||||
Total
|
1,777,637
|
844,877
|
Borrower
|
December
31,
2005
|
September
30,
2006
|
||||||||
Diana
Trading Limited
|
(a
|
)
|
$
|
6,560,000
|
$
|
4,700,000
|
||||
Alcinoe
Shipping Limited/
Oceanpride
Shipping Limited/
Searoute
Maritime Ltd/
Oceanopera
Shipping Ltd
|
(b
|
)
|
9,500,000
|
4,100,000
|
||||||
Alterwall
Business Inc./
Allendale
Investments S.A
|
(c
|
)
|
17,000,000
|
12,875,000
|
||||||
Salina
Shipholding Corp.
|
(d
|
)
|
15,500,000
|
13,750,000
|
||||||
Xenia
International Corp
|
(e
|
)
|
-
|
7,985,000
|
||||||
Prospero
Maritime Inc.
|
(f
|
)
|
-
|
15,500,000
|
||||||
48,560,000
|
58,910,000
|
|||||||||
Less:
Current portion
|
(14,430,000
|
)
|
(14,390,000
|
)
|
||||||
Long-term
portion
|
$
|
34,130,000
|
$
|
44,520,000
|
To
September 30
|
||||
2007
|
14,390,000
|
|||
2008
|
13,840,000
|
|||
2009
|
7,750,000
|
|||
2010
|
5,810,000
|
|||
Thereafter
|
17,120,000
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
58,910,000
|
(a)
|
This
consisted of loan amounting to $4,900,000 and $1,000,000
drawn on October
16, 2002 and on December 2, 2002, respectively. The loan
is payable in
twenty-four consecutive quarterly installments of $220,000
each, and a
balloon payment of $620,000 payable together with the final
quarterly
installment due in October 2008. The interest is based on
LIBOR plus 1.6%
per annum.
An
additional loan of $4,200,000 was drawn on May 9, 2005.
The loan is
payable in twelve consecutive quarterly installments consisting
of four
installments of $450,000 each, and eight installments of
$300,000 each
with the final installment due in May 2008. The interest
is based on LIBOR
plus 1.25% per annum.
|
(b)
|
Alcinoe
Shipping Ltd., Oceanpride Shipping Ltd., Searoute Maritime
Ltd. and
Oceanopera Shipping Ltd. drew
$13,500,000 against a loan facility for which they are jointly
and
severally liable. Prior to obtaining the loan, an amount of
$1,400,000 was
paid in settlement of the outstanding loans as at June 30,
2005 for
Alcinoe Shipping Ltd. and Oceanpride Shipping Ltd. The loan
is payable in
twelve consecutive quarterly installments consisting of two
installments
of $2,000,000 each, one installment of $1,500,000, nine installments
of
$600,000 each and a balloon payment of $2,600,000 payable with
the final
installment due in May 2008. Interest is based on LIBOR plus
1.5% per
annum.
|
(c)
|
Allendale
Investments S.A. and Alterwall Business Inc. drew $20,000,000
on May 26,
2005 against a loan facility for which they are jointly and
severally
liable. The outstanding amount of their existing loans from
the same
creditor bank was $7,800,000 and was repaid in full. The loan
is payable
in twenty-four unequal consecutive quarterly installments of
$1,500,000
each in the first year, $1,125,000 each in the second year,
$775,000 each
in the third year, $450,000 each in the fourth through sixth
years and a
balloon payment of $1,000,000 payable with the final installment
due in
May 2011. The interest is based on LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum
as long as
the outstanding loan amount remains below 60% of the fair market
value
(FMV) of m/v HM Qingdao I and m/v Kuo Hsiung and 1.375%
if the outstanding loan amount is above 60% of the FMV of such
vessels.
|
(d)
|
|
This
is a $15,500,000 loan drawn by Salina Shipholding Corp. on
December 30,
2005. The loan is payable in ten consecutive semi-annual installments
starting in June 2006 consisting of six installments of $1,750,000
each and four installments of $650,000 each and a balloon payment
of
$2,400,000 payable with the final installment in December 2010.
The
interest is based on LIBOR plus a margin that ranges between
0.9-1.1%,
depending on the asset cover ratio. The loan is secured with
the
following: (i) first priority mortgage over m/v Artemis, (ii)
first assignment of earnings and insurance of m/v Artemis, (iii)
a corporate guarantee of Euroseas Ltd., and (iv) a minimum
cash balance
equal to an amount of no less than $300,000 in an account Salina
Shipholding Corp. maintains with the bank, and, overall liquidity
(cash
and cash equivalents) of $300,000 for each of the Company’s vessels
throughout the life of the facility.
|
(e)
|
|
This
is a $8,250,000 loan drawn by Xenia International Corp. on
June 30, 2006.
The loan is payable in twenty three consecutive quarterly installments
consisting of $265,000 each and a balloon payment of $2,155,000
payable
with the final installment in March 2012. The first installment
is due in
September 2006. The interest is based on LIBOR plus a margin
of 0.95%. The
loan is secured with the following: (i) first priority mortgage
over m/v
Tasman Trader, (ii) first assignment of earnings and insurance
of
m/v Tasman Trader, (iii) a corporate guarantee of Euroseas Ltd.,
and (iv) a minimum cash balance equal to an amount of no less
than
$300,000 in an account Xenia International Corp. maintained
with the bank,
and, overall liquidity (cash and cash equivalents) of $300,000
for each of
the Company’s vessels throughout the life of the facility.
|
(f)
|
|
This
is a $15,500,000 loan drawn by Prospero Maritime Inc. on September
4,
2006. The loan is payable in fourteen consecutive semi-annual
installments
consisting of two installments of $1,200,000 each, one installment
of
$1,000,000 each and eleven installments of $825,000 each and
a balloon
payment of $3,025,000 payable with the final installment in
September
2013. The first installment is due in March 2007. The interest
is based on
LIBOR plus a margin that ranges between 0.9-0.95%, depending
on the asset
cover ratio. The loan is secured with the following: (i) first
priority
mortgage over m/v Aristides N.P., (ii) first assignment of
earnings and insurance of m/v Aristides N.P., (iii) a corporate
guarantee of Euroseas Ltd., and (iv) a minimum cash balance
equal to an
amount of no less than $300,000 in an account Prospero Maritime
Inc.
maintains with the bank, and, overall liquidity (cash and cash
equivalents) of $300,000 for each of the Company’s vessels throughout the
life of the facility.
|
·
|
first
priority mortgage over the respective vessels on a joint and
several
basis.
|
·
|
first
assignment of earnings and
insurance.
|
·
|
a
personal guarantee of one
shareholder.
|
·
|
a
corporate guarantee of Eurobulk Ltd. and/or Euroseas
Ltd.
|
·
|
a
pledge of all the issued shares of each borrower.
|
Nine
months ended
September
30, 2005
|
Nine
months ended
September
30, 2006
|
||||||
Income:
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
20,456,976
|
15,322,422
|
|||||
Basic
and Diluted earnings per share:
|
|||||||
Weighted
average common shares -
Outstanding
as adjusted for the 1 for 3 reverse split on October 6,
2006
|
10,273,853
|
12,506,793
|
|||||
Basic
earnings per share
|
1.99
|
1.23
|
(a)
|
On
October 12, 2006, the Company purchased a 1,599 TEU containership
(m/v
YM Xingang I), built in 1993, for $27.25 million. The vessel
was
delivered to the Company on November 15, 2006 with a period
time charter
until July/September 2009 to Yang Ming at the gross charter
rate of
$26,650 per day. The acquisition was financed with approximately
$7.25
million from the Company’s cash reserves and a bank loan of $20.0 million.
The loan will be repaid in eight consecutive quarterly installments
of
$1.0 million each, the first of which is due in February 2007,
followed by
four consecutive quarterly installments of $750,000 each, followed
by
sixteen consecutive installments of $250,000 each and a balloon
payment of
$5.0 million payable with the last installment in November
2013. The first
installment is due in February 2007. The interest is based
on LIBOR plus a
margin of 0.935%. The Company has the option to prepay $7.0
million during
the first year following the drawdown, in which case the remaining
repayment installment during the first three years may be reduced
by a
maximum of 35% each with the balance of the prepayment amount
to be setoff
against the balloon. In the use of the prepayment the margin
will become
0.90%. The loan is secured with the following: (i) first priority
mortgage
over the vessel, (ii) first assignment of earnings and insurance,
(iii) a
corporate guarantee of Euroseas Ltd. and (iv) a third mortgage
on the
Company vessel m/v Irini also financed by the same bank. The loan
agreement contains ship finance covenants including restrictions
as to
changes in management and ownership of the vessel, distribution
of
dividends or any other distribution of profits and assets,
additional
indebtedness and mortgaging of the vessel without the lender’s prior
consent, the sale of the vessel, minimum requirements regarding
the hull
ratio cover and minimum cash retention
account.
|
(b)
|
On
November 9, 2006, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend
of $0.21
per Euroseas Ltd. common share payable on or about December
15, 2006 to
the holders of record of Euroseas Ltd. common shares as of
December 8,
2006.
|
(c)
|
On
December 19, 2006, Searoute Maritime Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary
of
the Company which owns m/v Ariel signed a memorandum of agreement
to sell the vessel for $5.35 million with delivery on or about
February
15, 2007. The Company expects to receive about $5.3 million
in net sale
proceeds and realize a gain from the sale of approximately
$3.4 million. No arrangements have been made regarding any repayment
of a portion of the loan jointly secured by m/v Ariel and m/v
Nikolaos P with an outstanding balance of $3.8 million as of
December 31, 2006.
|
(d)
|
On
January 8, 2007, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend
of $0.22
per Euroseas Ltd. common share payable on or about February 15, 2007
to the holders of record of Euroseas Ltd. common shares as
of January 29,
2007.
|
Notes
|
2004
|
2005
|
||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||
Current
assets
|
||||||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents
|
15,497,482
|
20,447,301
|
||||||||
Trade
accounts receivable, net
|
245,885
|
46,118
|
||||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
207,551
|
85,625
|
||||||||
Claims
and other receivables
|
137,783
|
306,303
|
||||||||
Due
from related company
|
8
|
-
|
3,012,720
|
|||||||
Inventories
|
3
|
303,478
|
371,691
|
|||||||
Restricted
cash
|
68,980
|
1,080,949
|
||||||||
Total
current assets
|
16,461,159
|
25,350,707
|
||||||||
Fixed
assets
|
||||||||||
Vessels,
net
|
4
|
34,171,164
|
52,334,897
|
|||||||
Long-term
assets
|
||||||||||
Deferred
charges, net
|
5
|
2,205,178
|
1,855,829
|
|||||||
Total
long-term assets
|
36,376,342
|
54,190,726
|
||||||||
Total
assets
|
52,837,501
|
79,541,433
|
||||||||
Liabilities
and shareholders’ equity
|
||||||||||
Current
liabilities
|
||||||||||
Long-term
debt, current portion
|
9
|
6,030,000
|
14,430,000
|
|||||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
879,541
|
837,182
|
||||||||
Accrued
expenses
|
7
|
321,056
|
1,777,637
|
|||||||
Deferred
revenues
|
1,908,189
|
1,370,058
|
||||||||
Due
to related company
|
8
|
4,626,060
|
-
|
|||||||
Total
current liabilities
|
13,764,846
|
18,414,877
|
||||||||
Long-term
liabilities
|
||||||||||
Long-term
debt, net of current portion
|
9
|
7,960,000
|
34,130,000
|
|||||||
Total
long-term liabilities
|
7,960,000
|
34,130,000
|
||||||||
Total
liabilities
|
21,724,846
|
52,544,877
|
||||||||
Commitments
and contingencies
|
11
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Shareholders’
equity
|
||||||||||
Common
stock (par value $0.03, 100,000,000 shares authorized, 9,918,056
issued
and 12,260,386 outstanding respectively)
|
12
|
297,542
|
367,812
|
|||||||
Preferred
shares (par value $0.01, 20,000,000 shares authorized, no shares
issued
and outstanding)
|
-
|
-
|
Additional
paid-in capital
|
12
|
17,073,381
|
17,883,781
|
|||||||
Retained
earnings
|
13,741,732
|
8,744,963
|
||||||||
Total
shareholders’ equity
|
31,112,655
|
26,996,556
|
||||||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders’ equity
|
52,837,501
|
79,541,433
|
Notes
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
||||||||||
Revenues
|
|||||||||||||
Voyage
revenue
|
25,951,023
|
45,718,006
|
44,523,401
|
||||||||||
Commissions
|
8
|
(906,017
|
)
|
(2,215,197
|
)
|
(2,388,349
|
)
|
||||||
Net
revenue
|
25,045,006
|
43,502,809
|
42,135,052
|
||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Operating
(income)/expenses
|
|||||||||||||
Voyage
expenses
|
13
|
436,935
|
370,345
|
670,551
|
|||||||||
Vessel
operating expenses
|
13
|
8,775,730
|
8,906,252
|
8,610,279
|
|||||||||
Management
fees
|
8
|
1,722,800
|
1,972,252
|
1,911,856
|
|||||||||
General
and administrative expenses
|
-
|
-
|
420,755
|
||||||||||
Amortization
and depreciation
|
4,
5
|
4,757,933
|
3,461,678
|
4,208,252
|
|||||||||
Net
gain on sale of vessel
|
4
|
-
|
(2,315,477
|
)
|
-
|
||||||||
Total
operating expenses
|
|
15,693,398
|
12,395,050
|
15,821,693
|
|||||||||
Operating
income
|
9,351,608
|
31,107,759
|
26,313,359
|
||||||||||
Other
income/(expenses)
|
|||||||||||||
Interest
and finance cost
|
(793,257
|
)
|
(708,284
|
)
|
(1,495,871
|
)
|
|||||||
Derivative
gain/(loss)
|
-
|
27,029
|
(100,029
|
)
|
|||||||||
Foreign
exchange gain/(loss)
|
(690
|
)
|
(1,808
|
)
|
538
|
||||||||
Interest
income
|
36,384
|
187,069
|
460,457
|
||||||||||
Other
income (expenses), net
|
(757,563
|
)
|
(495,994
|
)
|
(1,134,905
|
)
|
|||||||
Equity
in net loss of an associate
|
6
|
(167,433
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||||
Net
income
|
8,426,612
|
30,611,765
|
25,178,454
|
||||||||||
Earnings
per share - basic and diluted
|
0.85
|
3.09
|
2.34
|
||||||||||
Weighted
average number of shares outstanding during the year -
basic and diluted
|
9,918,056
|
9,918,056
|
10,739,476
|
Comprehensive
Income
|
Number
of
Shares
(Note
12)
|
Common
Stock
Amount
(Note
12)
|
Preferred
Shares
Amount
(Note
12)
|
Paid
- in
Capital
(Note
12)
|
Retained
Earnings
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||||
Balance,
December
31, 2002
|
-
|
9,918,056
|
297,542
|
-
|
19,573,236
|
1,414,856
|
21,285,634
|
|||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
8,426,612
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
8,426,612
|
8,426,612
|
|||||||||||||||
Dividends
paid/return of capital
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(950,000
|
)
|
(1,276,000
|
)
|
(2,226,000
|
)
|
|||||||||||||
Balance,
December
31, 2003
|
9,918,056
|
297,542
|
-
|
18,623,236
|
8,565,468
|
27,486,246
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
30,611,765
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
30,611,765
|
30,611,765
|
|||||||||||||||
Dividends
paid/return of capital
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(1,549,855
|
)
|
(25,435,501
|
)
|
(26,985,356
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Balance,
December
31, 2004
|
9,918,056
|
297,542
|
-
|
17,073,381
|
13,741,732
|
31,112,655
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
income
|
25,178,454
|
25,178,454
|
25,178,454
|
|||||||||||||||||||
Issuance
of shares, net of issuance costs
|
2,342,331
|
70,270
|
-
|
17,510,400
|
-
|
17,580,670
|
||||||||||||||||
Dividends
paid/return of capital
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
(16,700,000
|
)
|
(30,175,223
|
)
|
(46,875,223
|
)
|
||||||||||||
Balance,
December
31, 2005
|
12,260,386
|
367,812
|
-
|
17,883,781
|
8,744,963
|
26,996,556
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
||||||||
Cash
flows from operating activities:
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
8,426,612
|
30,611,765
|
25,178,454
|
|||||||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
||||||||||
Depreciation
of vessels
|
4,158,159
|
2,530,100
|
2,657,914
|
|||||||
Amortization
of deferred charges
|
667,176
|
982,259
|
1,634,082
|
|||||||
Equity
in net loss
|
167,433
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||
Provision
for doubtful accounts
|
3,592
|
(27,907
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Gain
on sale of a vessel
|
-
|
(2,315,477
|
)
|
-
|
||||||
Loss
on derivative
|
-
|
-
|
100,029
|
|||||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
||||||||||
(Increase)/decrease
in:
|
||||||||||
Trade
accounts receivable
|
110,471
|
213,762
|
199,767
|
|||||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
26,552
|
(133,437
|
)
|
121,927
|
||||||
Claims
and other receivables
|
(171,731
|
)
|
208,524
|
(268,549
|
)
|
|||||
Inventories
|
(7,748
|
)
|
51,449
|
(68,213
|
)
|
|||||
Increase/(decrease)
in:
|
||||||||||
Due
to related company
|
(482,778
|
)
|
3,541,236
|
(7,638,780
|
)
|
|||||
Trade
accounts payable
|
(650,863
|
)
|
77,487
|
(42,359
|
)
|
|||||
Accrued
expenses
|
(43,308
|
)
|
66,193
|
334,874
|
||||||
Deferred
revenue
|
(274,764
|
)
|
673,157
|
(538,131
|
)
|
|||||
Dry-docking
expenses paid
|
(972,671
|
)
|
(2,270,418
|
)
|
(1,076,233
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
10,956,132
|
34,208,693
|
20,594,782
|
|||||||
Cash
flows from investing activities:
|
||||||||||
Purchase
of a vessel
|
-
|
-
|
(20,821,647
|
)
|
||||||
(Contributions
to) and drawings from the cash retention accounts
|
214,832
|
33,224
|
(1,011,969
|
)
|
||||||
Proceeds
from sale of a vessel
|
-
|
6,723,018
|
-
|
|||||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) investing activities
|
214,832
|
6,756,242
|
(21,833,616
|
)
|
||||||
Cash
flows from financing activities:
|
||||||||||
Issuance
of share capital upon incorporation
|
-
|
-
|
70,270
|
|||||||
Net
proceeds from shares issued in a private placement
|
-
|
-
|
18,632,106
|
|||||||
Dividends
paid/return of capital
|
(1,200,000
|
)
|
(26,962,500
|
)
|
(46,875,223
|
)
|
||||
Repayment
of advances from shareholders
|
(300,000
|
)
|
-
|
-
|
||||||
Loan
arrangement fees paid
|
(28,000
|
)
|
-
|
(208,500
|
)
|
|||||
Proceeds
from long-term debts
|
3,000,000
|
-
|
53,200,000
|
|||||||
Repayment
of long-term debts
|
(6,250,000
|
)
|
(6,605,000
|
)
|
(18,630,000
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by (used in) financing activities
|
(4,778,000
|
)
|
(33,567,500
|
)
|
6,188,653
|
|||||
Net
increase in cash and cash equivalents
|
6,392,964
|
7,397,435
|
4,949,819
|
|||||||
Cash
and cash equivalents at beginning of year
|
1,707,083
|
8,100,047
|
15,497,482
|
Cash
and cash equivalents at end of year
|
8,100,047
|
15,497,482
|
20,447,301
|
|||||||
Cash
paid for interest
|
725,034
|
474,430
|
1,372,957
|
|||||||
Non
cash items:
|
||||||||||
Dividend
and return of capital from investment in an associate (Note
6)
|
1,026,000
|
22,856
|
-
|
·
|
Searoute
Maritime Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on May 20, 1992, owner of
the Cyprus
flag 33,712 dwt bulk carrier motor vessel “Ariel”,
which was built in 1977 and acquired on March 5,
1993.
|
·
|
Oceanopera
Shipping Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on June 26, 1995, owner
of the Cyprus
flag 34,750 dwt bulk carrier motor vessel “Nikolaos
P”,
which was built in 1984 and acquired on July 22,
1996.
|
·
|
Oceanpride
Shipping Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on March 7, 1998, owner
of the Cyprus
flag 26,354 dwt bulk carrier motor vessel “John
P”,
which was built in 1981 and acquired on March 7,
1998.
|
·
|
Alcinoe
Shipping Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on March 20, 1997, owner
of the
Cyprus flag 26,354 dst bulk carrier motor vessel “Pantelis
P”,
which was built in 1981 and acquired on June 4,
1997.
|
·
|
Alterwall
Business Inc. incorporated in Panama on January 15, 2001, owner
of the
Panama flag 18,253 dwt container carrier motor vessel “YM
Qingdao1”
which was built in 1990 and acquired on February 16,
2001.
|
·
|
Allendale
Investment S.A. incorporated in Panama on January 22, 2002, owner
of the
Panama flag 18,154 dwt container carrier motor vessel “Kuo
Hsiung”,
which was built in 1993 and acquired on May 13,
2002.
|
·
|
Diana
Trading Ltd. incorporated in the Marshall Islands on September
25, 2002,
owner of the Marshall Islands flag 69,734 dwt bulk carrier motor
vessel
“Irini”,
which was built in 1988 and acquired on October 15,
2002.
|
·
|
Salina
Shipholding Corp., incorporated in the Marshall Islands on October
20,
2005, owner of the Marshall Islands flag 29,693 dwt container
carrier
motor vessel “Artemis”,
which was built in 1987 and acquired on November 25, 2005.
|
(a)
|
Silvergold
Shipping Ltd. incorporated in Cyprus on May 16, 1994. Up to June
3, 1996,
the Company was engaged in ship owning activities, but thereafter,
the
Company’s assets and liabilities were liquidated and the retained earnings
were distributed to the shareholders. The Company remained dormant
until
October 10, 2000 when it acquired the 18,000 DWT Cyprus flag
container
carrier motor vessel “Widar”,
which was built in 1986. The vessel was sold on April 24, 2004.
The Pittas
family, the controlling shareholders of Friends Investment Company
Ltd.
which is the Company’s largest shareholder, also owned Silvergold Shipping
Ltd., and, accordingly, these accompanying financial statements
also
consolidated the accounts of Silvergold Shipping Ltd. until May
31, 2005,
when Silvergold Shipping Ltd. declared a final dividend of $35,000
to its
shareholders.
|
(b)
|
Fitsoulas
Corporation Limited which was incorporated in Malta on September
24, 1999,
was the owner of the Malta flag 41,427 DWT bulk carrier motor
vessel Elena
Heart, which was built in 1983 and acquired on October 22, 1999.
The
vessel was sold on March 31, 2003. The group of beneficial shareholders,
which included the Pittas family, which own the above mentioned
ship-owing
companies also exercised significant influence over Fitsoulas
Corporation
Limited through their 38% interest in that company, and this
investment
was therefore accounted for in the accompanying financial statements
using
the equity method.
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
Charterer
|
2003
|
2004
|
2005
|
|||||||
A
|
-
|
-
|
26.85
|
%
|
||||||
B
|
23.01
|
%
|
11.50
|
%
|
17.48
|
%
|
||||
C
|
-
|
20.60
|
%
|
12.32
|
%
|
|||||
D
|
31.30
|
%
|
12.20
|
%
|
-
|
|||||
E
|
-
|
14.07
|
%
|
-
|
||||||
F
|
-
|
10.52
|
%
|
-
|
||||||
G
|
10.55
|
%
|
-
|
-
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|||||
Lubricants
|
256,223
|
312,390
|
|||||
Victualling
|
47,255
|
59,301
|
|||||
Total
|
303,478
|
371,691
|
Costs
|
|
Accumulated
Depreciation
|
|
Net
Book
Value
|
||||||
Balance,
January 1, 2004
|
61,587,219
|
(20,491,150
|
)
|
41,096,069
|
||||||
- Depreciation
for the year
|
-
|
(2,530,100
|
)
|
(2,530,100
|
)
|
|||||
- Sale
of vessel
|
(5,826,825
|
)
|
1,432,020
|
(4,394,805
|
)
|
|||||
Balance,
December 31, 2004
|
55,760,394
|
(21,589,230
|
)
|
34,171,164
|
||||||
- Depreciation
for the year
|
(2,657,914
|
)
|
(2,657,914
|
)
|
||||||
- Purchase
of vessel
|
20,821,647
|
-
|
20,821,647
|
|||||||
Balance,
December 31, 2005
|
76,582,041
|
(24,247,144
|
)
|
52,334,897
|
5.
|
Deferred
Charges, net
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|||||
Balance,
beginning of year
|
929,757
|
2,205,178
|
|||||
Additions
|
2,270,418
|
1,284,733
|
|||||
Amortization
of dry-docking/special
survey expenses
|
(931,578
|
)
|
(1,550,338
|
)
|
|||
Amortization
of loan arrangement fees
|
(50,681
|
)
|
(83,744
|
)
|
|||
Unamortized
portion written-off upon sale of M/V Widar
|
(12,738
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Balance,
end of year
|
2,205,178
|
1,855,829
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|||||
Accrued
private placement expenses
|
-
|
1,121,397
|
|||||
Accrued
payroll expenses
|
95,615
|
31,928
|
|||||
Accrued
interest
|
100,366
|
139,536
|
|||||
Accrued
general and administrative expenses
|
-
|
269,666
|
|||||
Other
accrued expenses
|
125,075
|
215,110
|
|||||
Total
|
321,056
|
1,777,637
|
December
31,
|
||||||||||
Borrower
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|||||||
Diana
Trading Limited
|
(a)
|
$
|
4,140,000
|
$
|
6,560,000
|
|||||
Alcinoe
Shipping Limited/
Oceanpride
Shipping Limited/
Searoute
Maritime Ltd/
Oceanopera
Shipping Ltd
|
(b)
|
|
1,600,000
|
9,500,000
|
||||||
Alterwall
Business Inc./
Allendale
Investments S.A
|
(c)
|
|
8,250,000
|
17,000,000
|
||||||
Salina
Shipholding Corp.
|
(d)
|
15,500,000
|
||||||||
13,990,000
|
48,560,000
|
|||||||||
Current
portion
|
(6,030,000
|
)
|
(14,430,000
|
)
|
||||||
Long-term
portion
|
$
|
7,960,000
|
$
|
34,130,000
|
2006
|
14,430,000
|
|||
2007
|
11,780,000
|
|||
2008
|
11,230,000
|
|||
2009
|
3,720,000
|
|||
Thereafter
|
7,400,000
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
48,560,000
|
(a) |
This
consisted of loan amounting to $4,900,000 and $1,000,000 drawn
on October
16, 2002 and on December 2, 2002, respectively. The loan is payable
in
twenty-four consecutive quarterly installments of $220,000 each,
and a
balloon payment of $620,000 payable together with the final quarterly
installment due in October 2008. The interest is based on LIBOR
plus 1.6%
per annum.
|
(b) |
The
balance as of December 31, 2004 represents the balance of the
$3,000,000
loan drawn by Alcinoe Shipping Limited and Oceanpride Shipping
Limited on
April 1, 2003 against a loan facility for which they are jointly
and
severally liable. Interest is based on LIBOR plus 1.75% per
annum.
|
(c)
|
The
loan balance as of December 31, 2004 consisted of the following
loans:
|
Allendale
Investments S.A. and Alterwall Business Inc. drew $20,000,000
on May 26,
2005 against a loan facility for which they are jointly and severally
liable. The outstanding amount of their existing loans from the
same
creditor bank was $7,800,000 and was repaid in full. The loan
is payable
in twenty-four unequal consecutive quarterly installments of
$1,500,000
each in the first year, $1,125,000 each in the second year, $775,000
each
in the third year, $450,000 each in the fourth through sixth
years and a
balloon payment of $1,000,000 payable with the final installment
due in
May 2011. The interest is based on LIBOR plus 1.25% per annum
as long as
the outstanding loan amount remains below 60% of the fair market
value
(FMV) of m/v YM
Qingdao I
and m/v Kuo
Hsiung
and 1.375% if the outstanding loan amount is above 60% of the
FMV of such
vessels.
|
(d) |
This
is a $15,500,000 loan drawn by Salina Shipholding Corp. on December
30,
2005. The loan is payable in ten consecutive monthly installments
consisting of six installments of $1,750,000 each and four installments
of
$650,000 each and a balloon payment of $2,400,000 payable with
the final
installment in January 2011. The first installment is due in
June 2006.
The interest is based on LIBOR plus a margin that ranges between
0.9-1.1%,
depending on the asset cover ratio. The loan is secured with the
following: (i) first priority mortgage over m/v Artemis,
(ii) first assignment of earnings and insurance of m/v Artemis,
(iii) a corporate guarantee of Euroseas Ltd., and (iv) a minimum
cash
balance equal to an amount of no less than $300,000 in an account
Salina
Shipholding Corp. maintains with the bank, and, overall liquidity
(cash
and cash equivalents) of $300,000 for each of the Company’s vessels
throughout the life of the
facility.
|
·
|
first
priority mortgage over the respective vessels on a joint and
several
basis.
|
·
|
first
assignment of earnings and
insurance.
|
·
|
a
personal guarantee of one
shareholder.
|
·
|
a
corporate guarantee of Eurobulk Ltd. and/or Euroseas
Ltd.
|
·
|
a
pledge of all the issued shares of each borrower.
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Voyage
expense
|
||||||||||
Port
charges and canal dues
|
179,745
|
165,661
|
234,535
|
|||||||
Bunkers
|
227,398
|
182,026
|
416,712
|
|||||||
Agency
fees
|
29,792
|
22,658
|
19,304
|
|||||||
Total
|
436,935
|
370,345
|
670,551
|
|||||||
Vessel
operating expenses
|
||||||||||
Crew
wages and related costs
|
4,569,039
|
4,460,233
|
4,281,680
|
|||||||
Insurance
|
1,334,517
|
1,486,179
|
1,525,683
|
|||||||
Repairs
and maintenance
|
595,194
|
515,820
|
515,373
|
|||||||
Lubricants
|
455,931
|
446,034
|
484,930
|
|||||||
Spares
and consumable stores
|
1,555,286
|
1,660,600
|
1,465,063
|
|||||||
Professional
and legal fees
|
34,206
|
46,997
|
23,975
|
|||||||
Others
|
231,557
|
290,389
|
313,575
|
|||||||
Total
|
8,775,730
|
8,906,252
|
8,610,279
|
Year
ended December 31,
|
||||||||||
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
||||||
Third
parties
|
619,412
|
1,610,480
|
1,645,669
|
|||||||
Related
parties (see Note 8)
|
286,605
|
604,717
|
742,680
|
|||||||
906,017
|
2,215,197
|
2,388,349
|
(a) |
The
SEC declared effective on February 3, 2006 the Company’s registration
statement on Form F-4 that registered the 1,079,167 Euroseas
Ltd. common
shares that will be issued to Cove shareholders (see Note 1).
A definitive
joint information statement/prospectus describing the merger
was mailed to
Cove stockholders on or about February 8, 2006. The Cove common
stock will
continue to trade on the OTC Bulletin Board until the consummation
of the
merger (see item (f) below).
|
(b) |
The
SEC also declared effective on February 3, 2006 the Company’s registration
statement on Form F-1 that registered the re-sale of the 7,026,993
Euroseas Ltd. common shares and 1,756,743 Euroseas Ltd. common
shares
issuable upon the exercise of the warrants issued in connection
with the
institutional private placement as well as 818,604 shares to
be issued to
certain Cove’s shareholders as part of the merger with Cove (see Note
1).
|
(c) |
On
February 7, 2006 the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend
of $0.06
per Euroseas Ltd. common share (i) payable on or about March
2, 2006 to
the holders of record of Euroseas Ltd. common shares as of
February 28,
2006, and (ii) payable to Cove shareholders who are entitled
to receive
Euroseas Ltd. common shares in connection with the merger,
with such
payment being made only to the holders of record of Cove common
stock as
of the effective date of the merger and such dividend payment
being made
upon exchange of their Cove common shares for Euroseas Ltd.
common shares
(see item (f) below).
|
(d) |
The
Company submitted on February 10, 2006 an application to list
the Euroseas
Ltd. common shares on the OTC Bulletin Board. On March 2, 2006 the
Company received approval to list its common stock on the OTC
Bulletin Board.
|
(e) |
On
March 20, 2006, a subsidiary of the Company signed a Memorandum
of
Agreement to sell m/v “John P”, a handysize bulk carrier of
26,354 dwt built in 1981 for $4.95 million. The vessel is to
be delivered
to the buyers in late June / early July
2006.
|
(f)
|
On
March 27, 2006, Euroseas Ltd. consummated the merger with Cove
and, as a
result, Cove merged into Euroseas Acquisition Company Inc.,
and the
separate corporate existence of Cove ceased. Cove stockholders
received
0.102969 shares of Euroseas Ltd. common shares (or an aggregate
of
1,079,167 Euroseas Ltd. common shares) and received dividends
of $0.01339
for each share of Cove common stock owned (or an aggregate
of $140,334)
related to dividends previously declared by Euroseas Ltd. Euroseas
Acquisition Company Inc. changed its name to Cove Apparel,
Inc. Following
the merger, and following the exchange of all common stock
of Cove into
Euroseas Ltd. common shares, Euroseas Ltd. has a total of 37,860,341
common shares outstanding. Also, the common stock of Cove has
been
de-listed and no longer trades on the OTC Bulletin Board.
|
(g)
|
On
April 10, 2006, Xenia International Corporation, a wholly-owned
subsidiary
of the Company signed a Memorandum of Agreement to purchase
m/v “Tasman
Trader”,
a multipurpose dry cargo vessel of 22,568 dwt and 950 teu built
in 1990
for $10.78 million. The vessel is to be delivered to Euroseas
Ltd. between
April 25 and May 8, 2006 at the sellers’
option.
|
(h)
|
On
April 11, 2006, a subsidiary of the Company agreed to sell
m/v
“Pantelis
P”,
a handysize bulk carrier of 26,354 dwt built in 1981 for $4.65
million.
The vessel is to be delivered to the buyers between May 15
and June 30,
2006 at Euroseas Ltd. option.
|
(i)
|
(unaudited)
The vessel m/v “Pantelis
P”
was delivered to the buyers between on May 31, 2006. As a result
of the
sale of m/v “Pantelis
P”
and of m/v “John
P”,
the Company has agreed to make a $3,000,000 additional re-payment
to the
bank financing the above ships (along with m/v “Ariel”
and m/v “Nikolaos”)
with the remaining repayments of the loan proportionally reduced
by the
ratio of the $3,000,000 payment over the current outstanding
balance for
this loan of $7,400,000. The revised loan repayment schedule
agreement has
not been signed. $1,500,000 of the additional repayment was
made on May
31, 2006 following the delivery to the buyers of m/v “Pantelis
P.”
|
(j)
|
(unaudited)
On May 9, 2006, the Board of Directors declared a cash dividend
of $0.06
per Euroseas common share payable on or about June 16, 2006
to the holders
of record of Euroseas common shares as of June 2,
2006.
|
(k)
|
(unaudited)
On June 26, 2006, the Company was informed that a loan facility
for an
amount not to exceed $8,250,000 to partly finance the purchase
of m/v
“Tasman
Trader”
was approved by Fortis Bank. The facility is to be repaid in
23 equal
consecutive quarterly installments of $265,000 each, the first
installment
commencing 3 months from drawdown. In addition, a final balloon
payment of
$2,155,000 will be payable together with the 23rd and final
installment.
The facility has similar covenants to the rest of the Company’s loans. The
Company signed the loan facility on June 30,
2006.
|
2.1
|
Agreement
and Plan of Merger dated as of August 25, 2005 by and among Euroseas
Ltd.,
Euroseas Acquisition Company Inc., Cove Apparel, Inc., and Kevin
Peterson,
Shawn Peterson, Jodi Hunter and Daniel Trotter
(1)
|
2.2
|
Amendment
No. 1 to Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 22, 2005
(2)
|
3.1
|
Articles
of Incorporation of Euroseas Ltd.
(1)
|
3.2
|
Bylaws
of Euroseas Ltd. (1)
|
3.3
|
Amendment
to Articles of Incorporation of Euroseas Ltd.
(7)
|
4.1
|
Specimen
Common Stock Certificate (3)
|
4.2
|
Form
of Securities Purchase Agreement
(1)
|
4.3
|
Form
of Registration Rights Agreement
(1)
|
4.4
|
Form
of Warrant (1)
|
4.5
|
Registration
Rights Agreement between Euroseas Ltd. and Friends Investment Company
Inc., dated November 2, 2005 (2)
|
5.1
|
Opinion
of Seward & Kissel LLP, special Marshall Islands Counsel to the
Registrant, as to the validity of the shares of Common Stock
(7)
|
8.1
|
Opinion
of Seward & Kissel LLP, as to certain tax matters
(7)
|
10.1
|
Form
of Lock-Up Agreement (1)
|
10.2
|
Loan
Agreement between Diana Trading Ltd., as borrower, and Oceanopera
Shipping
Limited, as corporate guarantor, and HSBC Bank plc, as the lender,
dated
October 16, 2002 for the amount of USD$5,900,000
(1)
|
10.3
|
Loan
Agreement between Diana Trading Ltd., as borrower, and HSBC Bank
plc, as
lender, for the amount of USD$4,200,000 dated May 9, 2005
(1)
|
10.4
|
Loan
Agreement dated May 16, 2005 between EFG Eurobank Ergasias S.A.,
as
lender, and Alcinoe Shipping Limited, Oceanopera Shipping Limited,
Oceanpride Shipping Limited, and Searoute Maritime Limited, as
borrowers,
for the amount of US$13,500,000 (1)
|
10.5
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Secured
Loan Facility Agreement dated May 24, 2005 between Allendale Investments
S.A. and Alterwall Business Inc. as borrowers, Fortis Bank (Nederland)
N.V. and others as lenders, and Fortis Bank (Nederland) N.V. as
agent and
security trustee for USD$20,000,000
(1)
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10.6
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Form
of Standard Ship Management Agreement
(1)
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10.7
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Agreement
between Eurobulk Ltd. and Eurochart S.A., for the provision of
exclusive
brokerage services, dated December 20, 2004
(1)
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10.8
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Form
of Current Time Charter (1)
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10.9
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Master
Management Agreement between Euroseas Ltd. and Eurobulk Ltd.
dated as of
September 29, 2006 (7)
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10.11
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Loan
Agreement between Salina Shipping Corp., as borrower, and Calyon,
as
lender, for the amount of USD$15,500,000 dated December 28, 2005
(4)
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10.12
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Loan
Agreement between Xenia International Corp., as borrower, and Fortis
Bank
N.V./S.A., Athens Branch and others, as lenders, for the amount
of
USD$8,250,000 dated June 30, 2006 (5)
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10.13
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Loan
Agreement between Prospero Maritime Inc., as borrower, and Calyon,
as
lender, for the amount of USD$15,500,000 dated August 30, 2006
(5)
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10.14
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Euroseas
2006 Equity Incentive Plan
(7)
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10.15
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Loan
Agreement between Xingang Shipping Ltd., as borrower, and
HSBC Bank plc,
as lender, for the amount of USD$20,000,000 dated November
14, 2006
(7)
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21.1
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Subsidiaries
of the Registrant (7)
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23.1
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Consent
of Seward & Kissel LLP (included in its opinions filed as Exhibit 5.1
and Exhibit 8.1) (7)
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23.2
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Consent
of Deloitte, Hadjipavlou, Sofianos & Cambanis S.A.
(3)
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23.3
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Consent
of Maritime Strategies International Ltd.
(3)
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24.1
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Power
of Attorney (6)
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(1)
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Incorporated
by reference to our Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No.
333-129145) filed on October 20,
2005
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(2)
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Incorporated
by reference to our Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement on
Form F-1
(File No. 333-129145) filed on December 5,
2005
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(3)
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Filed
herewith
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(4)
|
Incorporated
by reference to our Amendment No. 2 to Registration Statement on
Form F-1
(File No. 333-129145) filed on January 19,
2006
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(5)
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Incorporated
by reference to our Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-129145) filed on September
12,
2006
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(6)
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Included
on the signature page of this Registration
Statement
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(7) | Previously filed |
EUROSEAS LTD. | ||
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By: | /s/ Aristides J. Pittas | |
Name:
Aristides J. Pittas
Title:
President and Chief Executive
Officer
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SIGNATURES
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TITLE
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DATE
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/s/
Aristides J. Pittas
Aristides
J. Pittas
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Chairman
of the Board of Directors, President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
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January
10, 2007
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/s/
Dr. Anastasios Aslidis
Dr.
Anastasios Aslidis
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Chief
Financial Officer, Treasurer and Director
(Principal
Financial and Accounting Officer) and Authorized Representative
in the
United States
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January
10, 2007
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/s/
Aristides P. Pittas
Aristides
P. Pittas
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Vice
Chairman and Director
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January
10, 2007
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/s/
Stephania Karmiri
Stephania
Karmiri
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Secretary
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January
10, 2007
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/s/
George Skarvelis
George
Skarvelis
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Director
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January
10, 2007
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/s/
George Taniskidis
George
Taniskidis
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Director
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January
10, 2007
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||
/s/
Gerald Turner
Gerald
Turner
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Director
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January
10, 2007
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||
/s/
Panagiotis Kyriakopoulos
Panagiotis
Kyriakopoulos
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Director
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January
10, 2007
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