Globus Maritime Limited Reports Financial Results for the quarter and six month period ended June 30, 2017
(firmenpresse) - ATHENS, GREECE -- (Marketwired) -- 10/04/17 -- Globus Maritime Limited ("Globus," the "Company," "we," or "our") (NASDAQ: GLBS), a dry bulk shipping company, today reported its unaudited consolidated operating and financial results for the six month period ended June 30, 2017.
As of the date of this press release, Globus'' subsidiaries own and operate five dry bulk carriers, consisting of four Supramax and one Panamax.
All our vessels are currently operating on short term time charters ("on spot").
Athanasios Feidakis, President, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Globus Maritime Limited, stated:
"As the year evolves we are pleased with our efforts bearing fruit. In the first half of 2017 we saw our total revenues increase by 63% compared to the same period last year, we were also able to reduce our debt by about 30% again compared to the first half of last year.
"In February we successfully completed a private placement transaction with a group of investors encompassing a $5 million share purchase of Company''s common shares plus warrants.
"We are happy to see our statement of financial position at a healthier level after almost two years.
"The recovery of benchmark dry bulk rates in the last few months has allowed us to enjoy hiring out our vessels at significantly higher rates than the previous year.
"In late 2016 we decided to increase our spending on the general maintenance of the fleet, in order to better serve our clients and improve utilization rates. We expected an initial increase in costs but also expected these costs to gradually normalize and drop, as we are actually seeing now.
"We are hoping to see a further improvement of the market fundamentals in the medium term future. We remain cautiously optimistic, and are following the market closely in our undertaking to best serve our clients and shareholders."
Total comprehensive loss for the second quarter of the year 2017 amounted to $1.4 million or $0.05 basic loss per share based on 27,630,651 weighted average number of shares, compared to total comprehensive loss of $2.9 million for the same period last year or $1.12 basic loss per share based on 2,598,438 weighted average number of shares.
The following table corresponds to the breakdown of the factors that led to the decrease in total comprehensive loss during the second quarter of 2017 compared to the second quarter of 2016 (expressed in $000''s):
During the three-month period ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, our Voyage revenues reached $3.6 million and $2 million respectively. The 80% increase in Voyage revenues was mainly attributed to the increase in the average time charter rates achieved by our vessels during the second quarter of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. Daily Time Charter Equivalent rate (TCE) for the second quarter of 2017 was $7,173 per vessel per day against $4,135 per vessel per day during the same period in 2016 corresponding to an increase of 73%.
Voyage expenses reached $0.4 million during the second quarter of 2017 compared to $0.2 million during the same period last year. Voyage expenses include commissions on revenues, port and other voyage expenses and bunker expenses. Bunker expenses mainly refer to the cost of bunkers consumed during periods that our vessels are travelling seeking employment. Voyage expenses for the first half of 2017 and 2016 are analyzed as follows:
Vessel operating expenses, which include crew costs, provisions, deck and engine stores, lubricating oils, insurance, maintenance, and repairs, decreased by $0.1 million or 5% to $2.1 million during the three month period ended June 30, 2017 compared to $2.2 million during the same period in 2016. The breakdown of our operating expenses for the quarters ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was as follows:
Average daily operating expenses during the three month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were $4,710 per vessel per day and $4,816 per vessel per day respectively, corresponding to a decrease of 2%.
Interest expense and finance costs reached $0.5 million for the second quarter of 2017 compared to $0.7 during the same period in 2016. The decrease is mainly attributed to the conversion of $20 million of outstanding principal of two loans to 20 million shares, as described in the Share and Warrant Purchase Agreement that we entered on February 8, 2017. Interest expense and finance costs for the second quarter of 2017 and 2016 are analyzed as follows:
Total comprehensive loss for the first half of the year 2017 amounted to $3.7 million or $0.17 basic loss per share based on 22,353,211 weighted average number of shares, compared to total comprehensive loss of $4.6 million for the same period last year or $1.77 basic loss per share based on 2,590,640 weighted average number of shares.
The following table corresponds to the breakdown of the factors that led to the decrease in total comprehensive loss during the first half of 2017 compared to the first half of 2016 (expressed in $000''s):
During the six-month period ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, our Voyage revenues reached $6.3 million and $3.8 million respectively. The 66% increase in Voyage revenues was mainly attributed to the increase in the average time charter rates achieved by our vessels during the first half of 2017 compared to the same period in 2016. Daily Time Charter Equivalent rate (TCE) for the first half of 2017 was $6,133 per vessel per day against $3,097 per vessel per day during the same period in 2016 corresponding to an increase of 98%.
Voyage expenses reached $0.8 million during the first half of 2017 compared to $0.7 million during the same period last year. Voyage expenses include commissions on revenues, port and other voyage expenses and bunker expenses. Bunker expenses mainly refer to the cost of bunkers consumed during periods that our vessels are travelling seeking employment. Voyage expenses for the first half of 2017 and 2016 are analyzed as follows:
Vessel operating expenses, which include crew costs, provisions, deck and engine stores, lubricating oils, insurance, maintenance, and repairs, reached $4.3 million during both the first half of 2017 and 2016. The breakdown of our operating expenses for the six month period ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 was as follows:
Average daily operating expenses during the six-month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were $4,794 per vessel per day and $4,337 per vessel per day respectively, corresponding to an increase of 11%.
In March 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with Commerzbank to sell the shares of Kelty Marine Ltd., to an unaffiliated third party and apply the total net proceeds from the sale towards the respective loan facility. Based on certain financial conditions agreed beforehand with the Bank this resulted in the remaining principal amount of the loan to be written off. The financial effect from the sale of Kelty Marine Ltd. resulted to a gain of $2.3 million.
Interest expense and finance costs reached $1 million during the first half of 2017 compared to $1.5 during the same period in 2016. The decrease is mainly attributed to the conversion of $20 million of outstanding principal of two loans to 20 million shares, as described in the Share and Warrant Purchase Agreement that we entered on February 8, 2017. Interest expense and finance costs for the first half of 2017 and 2016 are analyzed as follows:
As of June 30, 2017 and 2016, our cash and bank balances and bank deposits were $0.8 million and $0.2 million respectively.
was $0.1 million compared to $0.3 million during the respective period in 2016. The increase in our cash from operations was mainly attributed to the increase in our adjusted LBITDA from $0.8 million during the second quarter of 2016 to adjusted EBITDA of $0.7 million during the three month period under consideration.
was $1 million compared to $2.7 million during the respective period in 2016. The increase in our cash from operations was mainly attributed to the increase in our adjusted LBITDA from $2.3 million during the first half of 2016 to adjusted EBITDA of $0.3 million during the six month period under consideration.
during the three month and six month period ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 were as follows:
As of June 30, 2017 and 2016 we and our vessel-owning subsidiaries had outstanding borrowings under our Loan agreement with Commerzbank AG, the Loan agreement with DVB Bank SE, the Loan agreement with HSH Nordbank AG and our Firment and Silaner Credit Facilities of an aggregate of $44.3 million and $63.7 million respectively gross of unamortized debt discount.
In March 2017 the Company agreed the main terms for the restructure of its loan agreements with HSH Nordbank AG and DVB Bank SE. By these agreements the Company was successful in achieving waivers and relaxations on its loan covenants as well as defer instalment loan payments due in 2017.
As previously reported, the Company on February 8, 2017 entered into a Share and Warrant Purchase Agreement pursuant to which it sold for $5 million an aggregate of 5 million of its common shares, par value $0.004 per share and warrants to purchase 25 million of its common shares at a price of $1.60 per share to a number of investors in a private placement. These securities were issued in transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act. On February 9, 2017, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement with those purchasers providing them with certain rights relating to registration under the Securities Act of the Shares and the common shares underlying the Warrants.
In connection with the closing of the February 2017 private placement, the Company also entered into two loan amendment agreements with existing lenders.
One loan amendment agreement was entered into by the Company with Firment Trading Limited ("Firment"), an affiliate of the Company''s chairman, and the lender of the Firment Credit Facility, which then had an outstanding principal amount of $18,524. Firment released an amount equal to $16,885 (but left an amount equal to $1,639 outstanding, which continued to accrue interest under the Firment Credit Facility as though it were principal) of the Firment Credit Facility and the Company issued to Firment Shipping Inc., an affiliate of Firment, 16,885,000 common shares and a warrant to purchase 6,230,580 common shares at a price of $1.60 per share. Subsequent to the closing of the February 2017 private placement, Globus repaid the outstanding amount on the Firment Credit Facility in its entirety. The Firment Credit Facility expired on April 12, 2017.
The other loan amendment agreement was entered into by the Company with Silaner Investments Limited ("Silaner"), an affiliate of the Company''s chairman, and the lender of the Silaner Credit Facility. Silaner released an amount equal to the outstanding principal of $3,115 (but left an amount equal to $74 outstanding, which continued to accrue interest under the Silaner Credit Facility as though it were principal) of the Silaner Credit Facility and the Company issued to Firment Shipping Inc., an affiliate of Silaner, 3,115,000 common shares and a warrant to purchase 1,149,437 common shares at a price of $1.60 per share. Subsequent to the closing of the February 2017 private placement, Globus repaid the outstanding amount on the Silaner Credit Facility in its entirety. The Silaner Credit Facility remains available to the Company until January 12, 2018.
Each of the above mentioned warrants are exercisable for 24 months after their respective issuance. Under the terms of the warrants, all warrant holders (other than Firment Shipping Inc., which has no such restriction in its warrants) may not exercise their warrants to the extent such exercise would cause such warrant holder, together with its affiliates and attribution parties, to beneficially own a number of common shares which would exceed 4.99% (which may be increased, but not to exceed 9.99%) of the Company''s then outstanding common shares immediately following such exercise, excluding for purposes of such determination common shares issuable upon exercise of the warrants which have not been exercised. This provision does not limit a warrant holder from acquiring up to 4.99% of the Company''s common shares, selling all of their common shares, and re-acquiring up to 4.99% of the Company''s common shares.
Adjusted (LBITDA)/EBITDA is included herein because it is a basis upon which we assess our financial performance and because we believe that it presents useful information to investors regarding a company''s ability to service and/or incur indebtedness and it is frequently used by securities analysts, investors and other interested parties in the evaluation of companies in our industry.
Adjusted (LBITDA)/EBITDA has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider it in isolation, or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under IFRS. Some of these limitations are:
Adjusted (LBITDA)/EBITDA does not reflect our cash expenditures or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments;
Adjusted (LBITDA)/EBITDA does not reflect the interest expense or the cash requirements necessary to service interest or principal payments on our debt;
Adjusted (LBITDA)/EBITDA does not reflect changes in or cash requirements for our working capital needs; and
Other companies in our industry may calculate Adjusted (LBITDA)/EBITDA differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure.
Because of these limitations, Adjusted (LBITDA)/EBITDA should not be considered a measure of discretionary cash available to us to invest in the growth of our business.
Notes:
Globus is an integrated dry bulk shipping company that provides marine transportation services worldwide and presently owns, operates and manages a fleet of five dry bulk vessels that transport iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, cement, alumina and other dry bulk cargoes internationally. Globus'' subsidiaries own and operate five vessels with a total carrying capacity of 300,571 Dwt and a weighted average age of 9.3 years as of June 30, 2017.
This communication contains "forward-looking statements" as defined under U.S. federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements provide the Company''s current expectations or forecasts of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements about the Company''s expectations, beliefs, plans, objectives, intentions, assumptions and other statements that are not historical facts or that are not present facts or conditions. Words or phrases such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "ongoing," "plan," "potential," "predict," "project," "will" or similar words or phrases, or the negatives of those words or phrases, may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not necessarily mean that a statement is not forward-looking. Forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on potentially inaccurate assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expected or implied by the forward-looking statements. The Company''s actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements for many reasons specifically as described in the Company''s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this communication. Globus undertakes no obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to reflect circumstances or events after the date of this communication or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. You should, however, review the factors and risks Globus describes in the reports it will file from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission after the date of this communication.
Globus Maritime Limited
Athanasios Feidakis
CEO
+30 210 960 8300
Capital Link - New York
Nicolas Bornozis
+1 212 661 7566
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