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T h i s p r e s e n t a t i o n ( t h e " P r e s e n t a t i o n " ) h a s b e e n p r o d u c e d b y M P C C o n t a i n e r S h i p s A S A ( t h e " I s s u e r " o r t h e " C o m p a n y " ) s o l e l y f o r i n f o r m a t i o n p u r p o s e s f o r u s e i n p r e s e n t a t i o n s t o p o t e n t i a l i n v e s t o r s i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e c o n t e m p l a t e d o f f e r i n g o f s e n i o r u n s e c u r e d b o n d s ( t h e " B o n d s " ) b y t h e I s s u e r. T h e a p p o i n t e d m a n a g e r s f o r t h e c o n t e m p l a t e d o f f e r i n g o f t h e B o n d s a r e A r c t i c S e c u r i t i e s A S a n d P a r e t o S e c u r i t i e s A S ( t h e " M a n a g e r s " ) .
T h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n a n d i t s c o n t e n t s a r e s t r i c t l y c o n f i d e n t i a l a n d s h a l l n o t ( i n w h o l e o r i n p a r t ) b e r e p r o d u c e d , d i s t r i b u t e d o r p a s s e d o n , d i r e c t l y o r i n d i r e c t l y , t o a n y o t h e r p e r s o n ( e x c l u d i n g i n v e s t m e n t p r o f e s s i o n a l ' s a d v i s e r s ) w i t h o u t t h e p r i o r w r i t t e n c o n s e n t o f t h e M a n a g e r s o r t h e I s s u e r.
T h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n c o n t a i n s c e r t a i n f o r w a r d-l o o k i n g s t a t e m e n t s r e l a t i n g t o t h e b u s i n e s s , f i n a n c i a l p e r f o r m a n c e a n d r e s u l t s o f t h e I s s u e r a n d i t s s u b s i d i a r i e s ( t h e " G r o u p " ) a n d / o r t h e i n d u s t r y i n w h i c h i t o p e r a t e s . F o r w a r d -l o o k i n g s t a t e m e n t s c o n c e r n f u t u r e c i r c u m s t a n c e s a n d r e s u l t s a n d o t h e r s t a t e m e n t s t h a t a r e n o t h i s t o r i c a l f a c t s , s o m e t i m e s i d e n t i f i e d b y t h e w o r d s " b e l i e v e s " , " e x p e c t s " , " p r e d i c t s " , " i n t e n d s " , " p r o j e c t s " , " p l a n s " , " e s t i m a t e s " , " a n t i c i p a t e s " , " t a r g e t s " , a n d s i m i l a r e x p r e s s i o n s . T h e f o r w a r d-l o o k i n g s t a t e m e n t s c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n , i n c l u d i n g a s s u m p t i o n s , o p i n i o n s a n d v i e w s o f t h e G r o u p o r c i t e d f r o m t h i r d p a r t y s o u r c e s a r e s o l e l y o p i n i o n s a n d f o r e c a s t s w h i c h a r e s u b j e c t t o r i s k s , u n c e r t a i n t i e s a n d o t h e r f a c t o r s t h a t m a y c a u s e a c t u a l e v e n t s t o d i f f e r m a t e r i a l l y f r o m a n y a n t i c i p a t e d d e v e l o p m e n t. N e i t h e r t h e I s s u e r , n o r a n y o f i t s p a r e n t o r s u b s i d i a r y u n d e r t a k i n g s o r a f f i l i a t e s o r a n y s u c h p e r s o n ' s d i r e c t o r s , o f f i c e r s , e m p l o y e e s , a d v i s o r s o r r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ( c o l l e c t i v e l y , t h e " R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s " ) p r o v i d e s a n y a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e a s s u m p t i o n s u n d e r l y i n g s u c h f o r w a r d -l o o k i n g s t a t e m e n t s a r e f r e e f r o m e r r o r s , n o r d o e s a n y o f t h e m a c c e p t a n y r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e f u t u r e a c c u r a c y o f t h e o p i n i o n s e x p r e s s e d i n t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n o r t h e a c t u a l o c c u r r e n c e o f t h e f o r e c a s t e d d e v e l o p m e n t s . T h e I s s u e r a n d i t s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s a s s u m e n o o b l i g a t i o n , e x c e p t a s r e q u i r e d b y l a w , t o u p d a t e a n y f o r w a r d -l o o k i n g s t a t e m e n t s o r t o c o n f i r m t h e s e f o r w a r d -l o o k i n g s t a t e m e n t s t o t h e G r o u p ' s a c t u a l r e s u l t s .
T h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n h a s o n l y b e e n m a d e a n d s h a l l o n l y b e m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o a l i m i t e d n u m b e r o f p r o s p e c t i v e i n v e s t o r s ( t h e " R e c i p i e n t s " ) . T h e R e c i p i e n t s a r e r e m i n d e d t h a t t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n c o n t a i n s c o n f i d e n t i a l a n d s e n s i t i v e i n f o r m a t i o n. B y a c c e p t i n g t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n , e a c h R e c i p i e n t a g r e e s t o c a u s e t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s t o e q u a l l y o b s e r v e t h e c o m m i t m e n t s d e s c r i b e d i n t h i s n o t i c e a n d t o u s e t h e P r e s e n t a t i o n o n l y t o e v a l u a t e a n i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e B o n d s a n d n o t d i s c l o s e a n y s u c h i n f o r m a t i o n t o a n y o t h e r p a r t y .
A n i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e B o n d s i n v o l v e s a h i g h l e v e l o f r i s k , a n d s e v e r a l f a c t o r s c o u l d c a u s e t h e a c t u a l r e s u l t s o r p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e I s s u e r t o b e d i f f e r e n t f r o m w h a t m a y b e e x p r e s s e d o r i m p l i e d b y s t a t e m e n t s c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n. E a c h R e c i p i e n t a c k n o w l e d g e s t h a t i t w i l l b e s o l e l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r i t s o w n a s s e s s m e n t o f t h e m a r k e t a n d t h e m a r k e t p o s i t i o n o f t h e I s s u e r , a n d t h a t i t w i l l c o n d u c t i t s o w n a n a l y s i s a n d b e s o l e l y r e s p o n s i b l e f o r f o r m i n g i t s o w n v i e w o f t h e p o t e n t i a l f u t u r e p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e I s s u e r a n d t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s . T h e c o n t e n t o f t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n s h a l l n o t b e c o n s t r u e d a s f i n a n c i a l , l e g a l , b u s i n e s s , i n v e s t m e n t , t a x o r o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l a d v i c e. E a c h R e c i p i e n t s h o u l d c o n s u l t w i t h i t s o w n p r o f e s s i o n a l a d v i s e r s f o r a n y s u c h a d v i c e. E a c h R e c i p i e n t m u s t c a r e f u l l y r e a d a n d c o n s i d e r t h e r i s k f a c t o r s d e s c r i b e d i n t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n .
N o t h i r d p a r t y d u e d i l i g e n c e i n v e s t i g a t i o n s ( n e i t h e r l e g a l , c o m m e r c i a l n o r t e c h n i c a l ) o r o t h e r t h i r d p a r t y v e r i f i c a t i o n s h a v e b e e n c a r r i e d o u t b y t h e M a n a g e r s o r b y a n y o t h e r p a r t i e s i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e B o n d s . T h e R e c i p i e n t s a c k n o w l e d g e a n d a c c e p t t h e r i s k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h e f a c t t h a t o n l y l i m i t e d i n v e s t i g a t i o n s h a v e b e e n c a r r i e d o u t. T h e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n h a s b e e n o b t a i n e d f r o m t h e I s s u e r o r i t s R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s . T h e M a n a g e r s h a v e n o t i n d e p e n d e n t l y v e r i f i e d t h e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n. W h i l e t h e i n f o r m a t i o n h e r e i n i s b e l i e v e d t o b e i n all m a t e r i a l r e s p e c t s c o r r e c t , t h e I s s u e r a n d t h e M a n a g e r s a n d t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ( t h e " C o v e r e d P e r s o n s " ) m a k e n o r e p r e s e n t a t i o n o r w a r r a n t y , e x p r e s s e d o r i m p l i e d , a s t o t h e f a i r n e s s , a c c u r a c y o r c o m p l e t e n e s s o f t h e i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n , o r r e g a r d i n g a n y o t h e r a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n w h i c h h a s o r w i l l b e m a d e a v a i l a b l e t o t h e R e c i p i e n t s i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h a n y i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e B o n d s . A c c o r d i n g l y , n o C o v e r e d P e r s o n a c c e p t s a n y l i a b i l i t y w h a t s o e v e r f o r a n y l o s s o f a n y n a t u r e a r i s i n g f r o m u s e o f t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n o r i t s c o n t e n t s o r t h e a d d i t i o n a l i n f o r m a t i o n r e f e r r e d t o a b o v e o r o t h e r w i s e a r i s i n g i n c o n n e c t i o n t h e r e w i t h , e x c e p t a s m a y f o l l o w f r o m m a n d a t o r y law.
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I n r e l a t i o n t o e a c h M e m b e r S t a t e o f t h e E u r o p e a n E c o n o m i c A r e a ( e a c h , a " R e l e v a n t S t a t e " ) , n o o f f e r o f B o n d s w i l l b e m a d e t o t h e p u b l i c i n t h a t R e l e v a n t S t a t e o t h e r t h a n : ( a ) t o a n y l e g a l e n t i t y w h i c h i s a q u a l i f i e d i n v e s t o r a s d e f i n e d i n t h e P r o s p e c t u s R e g u l a t i o n; ( b ) t o f e w e r t h a n 1 5 0 n a t u r a l o r l e g a l p e r s o n s ( o t h e r t h a n q u a l i f i e d i n v e s t o r s a s d e f i n e d i n t h e P r o s p e c t u s R e g u l a t i o n ); o r (c) i n a n y o t h e r c i r c u m s t a n c e s f a l l i n g w i t h i n A r t i c l e 1(4 ) o f t h e P r o s p e c t u s R e g u l a t i o n , p r o v i d e d t h a t n o s u c h o f f e r o f B o n d s s h a l l r e q u i r e t h e I s s u e r o r a n y M a n a g e r t o p u b l i s h a p r o s p e c t u s p u r s u a n t t o A r t i c l e 3 o f t h e P r o s p e c t u s R e g u l a t i o n. F o r t h e p u r p o s e s o f t h i s p r o v i s i o n , t h e e x p r e s s i o n a n " o f f e r o f B o n d s t o t h e p u b l i c " i n r e l a t i o n t o a n y B o n d s i n a n y R e l e v a n t S t a t e m e a n s t h e c o m m u n i c a t i o n i n a n y f o r m a n d b y a n y m e a n s o f s u f f i c i e n t i n f o r m a t i o n o n t h e t e r m s o f t h e o f f e r a n d t h e B o n d s t o b e o f f e r e d s o a s t o e n a b l e a n i n v e s t o r t o d e c i d e t o p u r c h a s e o r s u b s c r i b e f o r t h e B o n d s , a n d t h e e x p r e s s i o n " P r o s p e c t u s R e g u l a t i o n " m e a n s R e g u l a t i o n ( E U ) 2 0 1 7 / 1 1 2 9 , a s a m e n d e d .
T h e B o n d s m a y b e o f f e r e d t o a n d d i r e c t e d a t s p e c i f i c a d d r e s s e e s w h o , i f i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m , a r e " q u a l i f i e d i n v e s t o r s " w i t h i n t h e m e a n i n g o f A r t i c l e 2 ( e ) o f R e g u l a t i o n ( E U ) 2 0 1 7 / 1 1 2 9 a s i t f o r m s p a r t o f U K law b y v i r t u e o f t h e E u r o p e a n U n i o n ( W i t h d r a w a l ) A c t a n d w h o a r e: ( i ) p e r s o n s h a v i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l e x p e r i e n c e i n m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g t o i n v e s t m e n t s w h o f a l l w i t h i n t h e d e f i n i t i o n o f " i n v e s t m e n t p r o f e s s i o n a l s " i n A r t i c l e 1 9 ( 5 ) o f t h e F i n a n c i a l S e r v i c e s a n d M a r k e t s A c t 2 0 0 0 ( F i n a n c i a l P r o m o t i o n ) O r d e r 2 0 0 5 ( t h e " O r d e r " ); o r ( i i ) h i g h n e t w o r t h e n t i t i e s f a l l i n g w i t h i n A r t i c l e 4 9 ( 2 ) ( a ) t o ( d ) o f t h e O r d e r; o r ( i i i ) a r e o t h e r p e r s o n s t o w h o m i t m a y o t h e r w i s e l a w f u l l y b e c o m m u n i c a t e d ( a l l s u c h p e r s o n s r e f e r r e d t o i n ( i) , ( i i ) a n d ( i i i ) t o g e t h e r b e i n g " R e l e v a n t P e r s o n s " ) , a n d o n l y i n c i r c u m s t a n c e s w h e r e , i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h s e c t i o n 8 6 (1)(c) a n d ( d ) o f t h e F i n a n c i a l a n d S e r v i c e s M a r k e t s A c t 2 0 0 0, a s a m e n d e d ( " F S M A " ) , t h e r e q u i r e m e n t t o p r o v i d e a n a p p r o v e d p r o s p e c t u s i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e r e q u i r e m e n t u n d e r s e c t i o n 8 5 o f t h e F S M A d o e s n o t apply a s t h e m i n i m u m d e n o m i n a t i o n o f a n d s u b s c r i p t i o n f o r t h e B o n d s e x c e e d s E U R 1 0 0,000 o r a n e q u i v a l e n t a m o u n t. T h e B o n d s m a y n o t b e o f f e r e d t o o r d i r e c t e d a t s p e c i f i c a d d r e s s e e s w h o i n t h e U n i t e d K i n g d o m , a r e n o t R e l e v a n t P e r s o n s .
T h e B o n d s w i l l b e o f f e r e d o r s o l d w i t h i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s o n l y t o Q u a l i f i e d I n s t i t u t i o n a l B u y e r s ( " Q I B s " ) a s d e f i n e d i n R u l e 144A u n d e r t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t o f 1 9 3 3 , a s a m e n d e d ( t h e " U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t " ) . T h e B o n d s h a v e n o t a n d w i l l n o t b e r e g i s t e r e d u n d e r t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t o r a n y s t a t e s e c u r i t i e s law. T h e B o n d s m a y n o t b e o f f e r e d o r s o l d w i t h i n t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s to, o r f o r t h e a c c o u n t o r b e n e f i t o f , a n y U.S. p e r s o n ( a s s u c h t e r m i s d e f i n e d i n R e g u l a t i o n S o f t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t ) , e x c e p t f o r Q I B s . B o n d h o l d e r s w i l l n o t b e p e r m i t t e d t o r e o f f e r , r e s e l l , p l e d g e o r o t h e r w i s e t r a n s f e r t h e B o n d s , e x c e p t ( i ) ( a ) p u r s u a n t t o a n e f f e c t i v e r e g i s t r a t i o n s t a t e m e n t u n d e r t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t , ( b ) t o a p e r s o n w h o t h e t r a n s f e r e e r e a s o n a b l y b e l i e v e s i s a Q I B w i t h i n t h e m e a n i n g o f R u l e 144A u n d e r t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t p u r c h a s i n g f o r i t s o w n a c c o u n t o r f o r t h e a c c o u n t o r b e n e f i t o f a Q I B i n a t r a n s a c t i o n m e e t i n g t h e r e q u i r e m e n t s o f R u l e 144A ( i f a v a i l a b l e ) , (c) i n a n o f f s h o r e t r a n s a c t i o n i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h R e g u l a t i o n S u n d e r t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t , i n c l u d i n g a t r a n s a c t i o n o n a n y d e s i g n a t e d o f f s h o r e s e c u r i t i e s m a r k e t , o r ( d ) p u r s u a n t t o a n y o t h e r e x e m p t i o n f r o m r e g i s t r a t i o n u n d e r t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t , i n c l u d i n g R u l e 144 t h e r e u n d e r ( i f a v a i l a b l e ) a n d ( i i ) i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h all a p p l i c a b l e s e c u r i t i e s l a w s o f t h e s t a t e s o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s a n d a n y o t h e r j u r i s d i c t i o n .
P l e a s e s e e t h e a p p l i c a t i o n f o r m f o r f u r t h e r a p p l i c a b l e s e l l i n g a n d t r a n s f e r r e s t r i c t i o n s .
T h e M a n a g e r s a n d / o r t h e i r e m p l o y e e s m a y h o l d b o n d s o r o t h e r s e c u r i t i e s o r i n t e r e s t s i n t h e I s s u e r a n d m a y , a s p r i n c i p a l o r a g e n t , b u y o r s e l l s u c h s e c u r i t i e s . T h e M a n a g e r s m a y h a v e o t h e r f i n a n c i a l i n t e r e s t s i n t r a n s a c t i o n s i n v o l v i n g t h e s e s e c u r i t i e s . T h e M a n a g e r s a r e a c t i n g o n l y f o r t h e I s s u e r a n d w i l l n o t b e r e s p o n s i b l e t o a n y o n e o t h e r t h a n t h e I s s u e r f o r p r o v i d i n g t h e p r o t e c t i o n s a f f o r d e d t o c l i e n t s o f t h e M a n a g e r s o r f o r p r o v i d i n g a d v i c e i n r e l a t i o n t o a n y p o t e n t i a l o f f e r i n g o f s e c u r i t i e s o f t h e I s s u e r.
B y r e c e i v i n g t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n , e a c h R e c i p i e n t a g r e e s t o b e b o u n d b y t h e t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s s e t f o r t h a b o v e a n d r e p r e s e n t s t h a t i t i s a q u a l i f i e d i n s t i t u t i o n a l o r o t h e r p r o f e s s i o n a l i n v e s t o r w h o i s s u f f i c i e n t l y e x p e r i e n c e d t o u n d e r s t a n d t h e a s p e c t s a n d r i s k s r e l a t e d t o a n i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e B o n d s , a n d w h o w i l l o b t a i n a d d i t i o n a l e x p e r t a d v i c e w h e r e a n d w h e n n e e d e d .
T h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n i s s u b j e c t t o N o r w e g i a n l a w , a n d a n y d i s p u t e a r i s i n g i n r e s p e c t o f t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n i s s u b j e c t t o t h e e x c l u s i v e j u r i s d i c t i o n o f N o r w e g i a n c o u r t s , w i t h O s l o D i s t r i c t C o u r t ( N o . O s l o t i n g r e t t) a s l e g a l v e n u e .
» MPC Container Ships ASA ("MPCC", the "Issuer" or the "Company") is a leading global container shipping company. Established in 2017, the Company owns and operates a fleet of 60 container ships.1


| USDm | Q2 2024 | Adj | PF Bond Issue |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior unsecured bonds | – | 100 | 100 |
| Senior secured debt4 | 173 | – | 173 |
| Gross debt | 173 | 100 | 273 |
| Cash and cash equivalents5 | 169 | 100 | 269 |
| Net debt | 4 | – | 4 |
| Remaining capex (newbuilds & acquisitions)6 | 140 | – | 140 |
| Gross debt (incl. remaining capex) | 313 | – | 413 |
| Net debt (incl. remaining capex) | 144 | – | 144 |
| Market capitalization7 | 959 | - | 959 |
| Adj. enterprise value7,8 | 1,103 | - | 1,103 |
| Fleet value9 | 1,333 | - | 1,333 |
| Recycle value10 | 296 | - | 296 |
| EBITDA LTM | 465 | - | 465 |
| Revenue backlog | 1,070 | - | 1,070 |
| Net debt / EBITDA LTM | 0.0x | - | 0.0x |
| Gross loan11 -to-value |
23% | - | 31% |
| Net loan11 -to-value |
11% | - | 11% |
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MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Fleet as of Q2 2024, excluding Q2 2024 vessel held for sale, including AS Nuria, AS Nara, Colorado (delivery subsequent to Q2) and 3x newbuilds to be delivered. (2) Vessels collateralized against undrawn revolving credit facility. (3) Based on fleet per Q2 2024, incl. vessel held for sale. (4) Incl. debt issuance fees. (5) Incl. USD 8.5m in restricted cash. (6) Incl. remaining instalments/payments for AS Nara, AS Nuria, Colorado, Greenboxes newbuilds to be delivered. Does not include capex for the Unifeeder JV vessel. (7) Based on closing price of NOK 22.75 per 19 September 2024. (8) Market cap plus net debt (incl. remaining capex). (9) VesselsValue's quoted market value of total fleet per 16.09.2024. Fleet as of Q2 2024, excluding Q2 2024 vessel held for sale, including AS Nuria, AS Nara, Colorado (delivery subsequent to Q2) and 3x newbuilds to be delivered. (10) VesselsValue's quoted demolition value of total fleet per 16.09.2024. (11) Debt (incl. remaining capex). Source: Quarterly Report, Company Information, Bloomberg.
| Issuer: | MPC Container Ships ASA |
|---|---|
| Status: | Senior unsecured sustainability-linked |
| Initial Issue Amount: | USD 100 million |
| Maximum Issue Amount: | USD 200 million |
| Purpose of the Bond Issue: | General corporate purposes of the Group, including refinancing of existing financial indebtedness and acquisition of maritime assets |
| Tenor: | 5 years |
| Interest Rate: | [•]% p.a., semi-annual interest payments in arrears |
| Issue Price: | 100% of the Nominal Amount |
| Sustainability Performance Target: | Reduction in the fleet's average well-to-wake efficiency ratio (AER) with 2.00% per year (on average) from 2024 to and including 2028 |
| Amortization: | Bullet at maturity if Sustainability Performance Target has been met, otherwise 100.50% of the Nominal Amount |
| Call Option: | Make-whole 30 months, thereafter callable at the Nominal Amount + 50% / 40% / 30% / 15% / 0% of the Interest Rate after 30 / 36 / 42 / 48 / 54 months,respectively. In each case, plus 0.50% of the Nominal Amount if the Sustainability Performance Target has not been met |
| Financial Covenants: | Minimum liquidity: Cash and Cash Equivalent Assets of at least USD 250,000 per fully consolidated Group vessel - Equity Ratio: The Group to maintain an Equity Ratio of minimum 40% - |
| Permitted Distribution: | Subject to Cash and Cash Equivalent Assets ≥ USD 30 million immediately following such Distribution |
| Other Covenants: | Customary including, inter alia, restrictions and undertakings on mergers/de-mergers, disposals, restrictions on subsidiaries distributions (for financial arrangements entered into after the issue date), insurances and arm's length transactions |
| Events of Default: | Standard event of default provisions, including cross default in the event of non-payment of Financial Indebtedness, insolvency, insolvency proceedings, creditor's process and breach of including financial maintenance covenants, and cross acceleration upon any other events of default, in each case subject to a threshold in respect of such cross default or cross acceleration in the total amount of USD 20 million |
| Change of Control: | Put option at 101% of the Nominal Amount |
| Listing: | The Issuer shall use its reasonable endeavours to ensure that the Bonds are listed on Oslo Stock Exchange within 9 months after the Issue Date |
| Governing Law: | Norwegian |
| Trustee: | Nordic Trustee |
| Global Coordinators and Joint Bookrunners: |
Arctic Securities and Pareto Securities |

The Sustainability-Linked Financing Framework is aligned with ICMA's Sustainability-Linked Bond Principles¹:
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Sustainability-linked redemption price premium of 50 bps if SPT is not met
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Fleet average Annual Efficiency Ratio ("AER") on a well-to-wake basis
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A total fleet average well-to-wake AER reduction of 10% over the period of the Sustainability-Linked Bond
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ABS regards MPCC's Sustainability-Linked Finance framework to be aligned with the core elements of the ICMA SLBP and LMA SLLP and the potential achievements of the SPTs to be impactful
"MPCC's carbon intensity targets are calibrated to be more ambitious than the IMO's 40% intensity target for 2030"
"MPCC has established a decarbonization pathway aligned with the 2023 IMO Strategy [...], which follows a well-below 2 degrees pathway"

American Bureau of Shipping is a global leader in providing classification services for marine and offshore assets, developing and verifying standards for the design, construction, and operational maintenance of marine and offshore assets

MPCC's Sustainability Performance Target is aligned with the 2023 International Maritime Organization's ("IMO") strategy on the reduction of GHG emissions from ships




| Leading position in the intra-regional container shipping markets |
» A key partner for the leading liners, as the #1 tonnage provider in the <5.5k TEU (twenty-foot equivalent unit) segment with a global footprint. » Attractive fleet of increasingly modern tonnage, having invested substantially in retrofitting and new vessels in recent years. » USD 1.1bn charter backlog ensuring very strong earnings visibility and debt servicing capabilities for years. » Very strong asset coverage with 34 debt-free vessels (~60% of fleet) – Q2 2024 outstanding debt1 is covered ~1.7x by recycling values alone2 |
|---|---|
| Strategic prioritization of sustainability as a path to value creation |
» USD 400m investment program for fleet renewals, retrofits, efficiency measures and newbuild orders. » Sustainability focus making MPCC a more attractive partner for liners, thus boosting backlog and earnings visibility. » Proven commitment through the sustainability-linked bond framework with a second party opinion from ABS. |
| Strong market with high chartering activity and longer contract durations |
» Ongoing geopolitical disruptions continue to contribute to TEU-mile demand. » Continued charter market strength with the HARPEX container charter index increasing by 145% since January 2024. » Modest fleet growth with a 6% orderbook in MPCC's vessel sizes, versus the large share (23%) of vessels older than 20 years. |
| Highly flexible balance sheet with strong backlog and industry low leverage |
» Operational flexibility facilitated by a low-leverage structure at the heart of the Company's strategy. » Industry-low leverage, with a pro-forma net leverage of ~0.0x and gross leverage of ~0.6x. Low pro-forma gross LTV of 31%3 » and 34 debt-free vessels, enabling strategic and financial flexibility going forward. » 70% pro-forma Q2 2024 equity ratio and a USD 959m market capitalization4 with high trading liquidity and supportive shareholders. |
MPC Container Ships | | Credit Investor Presentation 9 Notes: (1) Reported Q2 2024 interest-bearing debt. (2) Based on VesselsValue estimates. (3) Q2 2024 reported debt plus remaining capex (newbuilds & acquisitions as previously defined). (4) Based on closing price of NOK 22.75 per 19 September 2024. Source: Bloomberg.

Served as CEO since foundation of the company in April 2017. Mr. Baack has 20 years of operational, management and investment experience in shipping, corporate strategy, capital markets, finance and alternative assets.

Joined MPC Container Ships in 2022 serving as CFO. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Fuhrmann served as Principal in the maritime team in London-based Hayfin Capital Management LLP, and has substantial international experience within finance and shipping.

Served as EVP – General Manager Norway since June 2021. Prior to joining MPC Container Ships, he served as CEO for the London based hedge fund platform, AK Jensen Investment Management Ltd. Mr. Sætre also has prior experience within different capital markets positions.


With total capacity of ~132k TEU and USD ~1.3bn market value1

Largest tonnage provider in intra-regional trade worldwide

USD ~609m
Asset coverage from debtfree vessels3

Firm charter backlog with 76% contract coverage in 20252

Pro-forma for the Transaction

ESG focus
Strategic prioritization of sustainability with a total investment program of USD 400m
A market-leading tonnage provider with a total charter backlog of USD 1.1 billion, industry-low leverage, and rational capital allocation principles

| Managing owner | Total fleet size (TEUk) | # of vessels |
|---|---|---|
| 132 | 602 | |
| Peter Döhle | 150 | 48 |
| Contships | 52 | 47 |
| Seaspan | 144 | 38 |
| Navios | 161 | 36 |

MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Ranked by number of vessels; operator not considered and including orderbook. (2) Fleet as of Q2 2024, excluding Q2 2024 vessel held for sale, including AS Nuria, AS Nara, Colorado (delivery subsequent to Q2) and 3x newbuilds to be delivered. (3) Excl. orderbook of 3 Newbuilds. Sources: Company Information, Alphaliner(August 2024), MSI (August 2024), Clarksons (August 2024).

Currently under construction with deliveries in 2024 and 2026

Vessels usually built after 2012, optimized for lower speeds and fuel consumption

Re-optimization by adding new equipment or changes to the hull and propeller to improve efficiency
Built prior to 2012, usually optimized for higher speeds

Credit Investor Presentation
MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Excluding 2 vessels held for sale. Retrofitted Vessels include 4 ECO Vessels. (2) Incl. 2 dual-fuel methanol ready newbuildings. (3) 15 of the 21 vessels, will receive major retrofits like new propellers/bows and/or pre-swirl devices. 5 major retrofits have been already successfully executed. 21 Vessels in retrofit program include 4 ECO Vessels.


MPCC Ecoboxes MPCC Greenboxes Unifeeder JV1
| nifeeder JV1 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -------------- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| # of vessels | 2 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEU | 5,500 | 1,300 | 1,300 |
| Propulsion | Methanol ready (ECO) | DF-Methanol | DF-Methanol |
| Yard | HJSC | Taizhou Sanfu | Wenchong Guangpu |
| Charterer | ZIM | NCL | Unifeeder |
| Charter Hire | Avg. USD 39,000 | EUR 16,4792 | EUR 17,750 |
| Charter Duration | 7 years | 15 years | 7 years |
| Yard Price | USD 72.2m per vessel | USD 39m per vessel | USD 39m |
| EBITDA Backlog | USD ~78m per vessel | USD ~64m per vessel | EUR ~35m |
| Delivery | May & July 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q4 2026 |


CHARTER BACKLOG AND COUNTERPARTIES

» Liners' balance sheets and hence MPCC's counterparty risk improved significantly from 2019 to today
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MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Investments includes USD ~260m for newbuildings, USD ~135m for second hand eco-type vessels and USD 80m for conventional second-hand vessels. (2) Approximation. (3) Fleet as of Q2 2024, excluding Q2 2024 vessel held for sale, including AS Nuria, AS Nara, Colorado (delivery subsequent to Q2) and 3x newbuilds to be delivered.


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Potential acquisition in line with de-risked fleet renewal strategy, boosting the revenue backlog by 14% while maintaining a low LTV ratio (34%)
FLEET VALUE


| USDm | Q2 2024 | Adj | PF Bond Issue |
Adj2 | PF S&P transaction |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior unsecured bonds | – | 100 | 100 | – | 100 |
| Senior secured debt3 | 173 | – | 173 | 108 | 281 |
| Gross debt | 173 | 100 | 273 | 108 | 381 |
| Cash and cash equivalents4 | 169 | 100 | 269 | -72 | 197 |
| Net debt | 4 | – | 4 | 180 | 184 |
| Remaining capex (newbuilds & acquisitions)5 |
140 | – | 140 | – | 140 |
| Gross debt (incl. remaining capex) | 313 | – | 413 | 108 | 521 |
| Net debt (incl. remaining capex) | 144 | – | 144 | 180 | 324 |
| Market capitalization6 | 959 | - | 959 | – | 959 |
| Adj. enterprise value6,7 | 1,103 | - | 1,103 | 180 | 1 283 |
| Fleet value8 | 1,333 | - | 1,333 | 180 | 1 513 |
| Recycle value9 | 296 | - | 296 | 26 | 322 |
| EBITDA LTM | 465 | - | 465 | – | 465 |
| Revenue backlog | 1,070 | - | 1,070 | 146 | 1 216 |
| Net debt / EBITDA LTM | 0.0x | - | 0.0x | - | 0.4x |
| Gross loan1 -to-value |
23% | - | 31% | - | 34% |
| Net loan1 -to-value |
11% | - | 11% | - | 21% |


MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Debt (incl. remaining capex). (2) Funding of acquisition to be finalized as per comments on previous slide. (3) Incl. debt issuance fees. (4) Incl. USD 8.5m in restricted cash. (5) Incl. remaining instalments/payments for AS Nara, AS Nuria, Colorado, Greenboxes newbuilds to be delivered. Excludes capex for the Unifeeder JV vessel. (6) Based on closing price of NOK 22.75 per 19 September 2024. (7) Market cap plus net debt incl. remaining capex. (8) VesselsValue's quoted market value of total fleet per 16.09.2024. Fleet as of Q2 2024, excluding Q2 2024 vessel held for sale, including AS Nuria, AS Nara, Colorado (delivery subsequent to Q2) and 3x newbuilds to be delivered. (9) VesselsValue's quoted demolition value of total fleet per 16.09.2024. (10) Source: Quarterly Report, Company Information, Bloomberg.







MPC Container Ships | | Credit Investor Presentation 25 Note: (1) Including restricted cash (USD 8.5m per Q2 2024). (2) Pro forma bond issue. (3) Demolition values as of September 2024. (4) Q2 2024 reported interest-bearing debt plus remaining newbuild & acquisition payments. (5) Assumes USD 100m bond issue at 7% interest.
Source: Annual Reports, Quarterly Reports, VesselsValue.

Note: For notes 1-6, please refer to notes on pages 56 to 58. Source: Annual Reports, Quarterly Reports, Company Information. Credit Investor Presentation 26
| Facility | Type | Outstanding 30/06/24 | Total capacity | Interest rate | # | Contractual repayment profile | Maturity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HCOB | RCF | USD 0m | USD 96.7m | 295bps + SOFR | 13 | Commitment will be reduced starting in Mar 2024 – Dec 2027 |
Dec. 2027 |
| CA-CIB | Pre- & Post delivery finance |
USD 58.7m | USD ~101m | 175 – 275bps + SOFR |
2 | 48x USD 1.1m + 8x USD 2.4m, 4x USD 1.4m, followed by subsequent instalments (to be agreed by borrower and lender) |
Q2 2031 |
| Ostfriesische Volksbank (OVB) |
Term Loan | USD 4.1m | USD 8.3m | 350bps + SOFR | 1 | Quarterly installments of USD 0.37m | Feb. 2027 |
| HCOB-Ecofeeder | Term Loan | USD 47.4m | USD 50m | 280bps + SOFR | 5 | 20 x quarterly installments of USD 1.2m + USD 26m balloon |
Oct. 2028 |
| BoComm | Sale & Leaseback | USD 50.9m | USD 75m | 260bps + SOFR | 11 | 1x monthly installments of USD 1.9m, 12x USD 1.1m, 24x USD 0.3m + USD 26.2m balloon |
Sep. 2027 |
| Deutsche Bank | Pre- & Post delivery finance |
USD 11.7m | USD ~54.5m | 230bps + SOFR | 2 | 23 x semi-annual installments of 3.333% + 23.34% balloon | 2036 |


» AS Nara and AS Nuria acquired post Q2 24 end with FMV of USD ~54m and EBITDA Backlog of USD ~53m
Credit Investor Presentation
MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Based on fleet per Q2 2024, incl. vessel held for sale. Excluding vessels delivered after Q2 2024, with a total EBITDA backlog of USD ~132m (AS Nara and AS Nuria with a backlog of USD ~53m), and Unifeeder JV Newbuilding currently under construction with construction CAPEX of USD 39m and indicative secured EBITDA of USD ~35m. (2) FMV = Fair Market Value based on VesselValue.com, dated 16th September 2024. (3) EBITDA Backlog as per end of Q2 2024. (4) Debt Outstanding as per end of Q2 2024 (please see note 9 in Q2 2024 report). (5) Encumbered vessels cash breakeven includes dry docking capex as well as debt service, operating cash breakeven for debt-free encumbered and unencumbered vessels does not include dry docking capex Source: Company Information, VesselsValue. 28



MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Including USD 8.5m in restricted cash. (2) Pro Forma the Bond Issue. (3) Fleet as of Q2 2024, excluding Q2 2024 vessel held for sale, including AS Nuria, AS Nara, Colorado (delivery subsequent to Q2) and 3x newbuilds to be delivered. (4) VesselsValue's quoted market value for fleet as defined by footnote 1 on page 6. (5) Q2 2024 reported interest-bearing debt plus remaning capex (newbuilds and acquisitions). (6) VesselsValue's quoted demolition value for fleet as per defined by footnote 3.
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Credit Investor Presentation
Source: Company Information, VesselsValue.




Have not published any changes to their existing alliance network. Their cooperation remains unchanged.
MSC follows a stand-alone approach but forms of cooperations were announced recently



» TEU-mile demand is projected to rise by 16.9% in 2024, primarily driven by the rerouting of vessels away from the Red Sea, which will be the key factor shaping near-term demand trends.
» It remains to be seen whether we have already reached the peak of spot freight rates due to the early peak season that usually takes place in Q3. Spot container rates are declining, but they are not falling off a cliff. A potential wildcard factor could be the ILA strikes at USEC and Gulf ports that might take place at the beginning of October.
» The overall elevated charter market since the start of the year has impacted MPCC in a positive way. Operationally, some vessel were affected by trading in the Red Sea area.

| CONTAINER SHIPS | CRUDE TANKERS | PRODUCT TANKERS | BULK CARRIERS |
|---|---|---|---|
| +12% | +1% | +4.8% | +1.2% |
| TEU-miles | Tonne-miles | Tonne-miles | Tonne-miles |

47% 36% 17% 8% 0% 0% 6% 23% 23% 41% 282 307 144 9 66 244 371 2,000 1,500 1,000 500 0 Fleet 17+kTEU 12-17kTEU 30 8-12k TEU 3-8k TEU 1-3k TEU <1k TEU 213 466 657 1,488 2,448 1,250 >=25y 20-24y 15-19y 10-14y 5-9y 0-4y 77 218 110 113 123 50 0 50 100 150 200 Orderbook MPCC FOCUS OB as % of fleet % of fleet >20 years ~14.2 years MPCC's avg. fleet age1 5% 4%
AGE STRUCTURE OF FLEET AND ORDERBOOK BY NUMBER OF VESSELS
» In the segments from 1,000 TEU to 8,000 TEU, an orderbook of 236 vessels is facing a rapidly ageing fleet of 899 units that are already 20 years or older.


» The shipbuilding cycle that started in 2023 is significantly skewed towards large and ultra-large container vessels

» Vessel availability declined over the course of Q2 2024.
» Vessels available in the upcoming six months are today 25% lower compared to January 2024.










A n i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e b o n d s ( t h e " B o n d s " ) i n v o l v e s i n h e r e n t r i s k s . T h e s e r i s k s i n c l u d e , b u t a r e n o t l i m i t e d to, r i s k s a t t r i b u t a b l e t o M P C C o n t a i n e r S h i p s A S A ( t h e " I s s u e r " o r t h e " C o m p a n y " ) , i t s s u b s i d i a r i e s ( t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e I s s u e r , t h e " G r o u p " ) a n d i t s a f f i l i a t e s . B e f o r e m a k i n g a n i n v e s t m e n t d e c i s i o n w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e B o n d s , i n v e s t o r s s h o u l d c a r e f u l l y c o n s i d e r t h e r i s k f a c t o r s a n d all i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t a i n e d i n t h i s p r e s e n t a t i o n. A n i n v e s t m e n t i n t h e B o n d s i s s u i t a b l e o n l y f o r i n v e s t o r s w h o u n d e r s t a n d t h e r i s k s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h t h i s t y p e o f i n v e s t m e n t a n d w h o c a n a f f o r d t o l o s e all o r p a r t o f t h e i r i n v e s t m e n t.
T h e r i s k s a n d u n c e r t a i n t i e s d e s c r i b e d b e l o w a r e t h e p r i n c i p a l r i s k s a n d u n c e r t a i n t i e s k n o w n t o t h e G r o u p a t t h e d a t e h e r e o f t h a t t h e I s s u e r b e l i e v e s a r e m a t e r i a l t o a n i n v e s t m e n t d e c i s i o n w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e B o n d s . I f a n y o f t h e f o l l o w i n g r i s k s w e r e t o m a t e r i a l i s e , i n d i v i d u a l l y o r t o g e t h e r w i t h o t h e r c i r c u m s t a n c e s , t h e r e m a y b e a m a t e r i a l a n d a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e b u s i n e s s , f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n , r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s , c a s h f l o w s o r p r o s p e c t s o f t h e G r o u p , w h i c h c o u l d c a u s e a d e c l i n e i n t h e v a l u e a n d t r a d i n g p r i c e o f t h e B o n d s a n d a n i n a b i l i t y o f t h e I s s u e r t o pay a m o u n t s d u e u n d e r t h e t e r m s o f t h e B o n d s ( t h e " B o n d T e r m s " ) , w h i c h m a y r e s u l t i n t h e l o s s o f all o r p a r t o f a n i n v e s t m e n t.
T h e r i s k s p r e s e n t e d a r e n o t e x h a u s t i v e , a n d a d d i t i o n a l r i s k f a c t o r s w h i c h a r e c u r r e n t l y u n k n o w n o r w h i c h a r e c u r r e n t l y n o t d e e m e d t o b e m a t e r i a l m a y a l s o m a t e r i a l i s e . T h e a b s e n c e o f n e g a t i v e p a s t e x p e r i e n c e w i t h r e s p e c t t o a g i v e n r i s k f a c t o r d o e s n o t m e a n t h a t t h e r i s k s a n d u n c e r t a i n t i e s d e s c r i b e d h e r e i n s h o u l d n o t b e c o n s i d e r e d p r i o r t o m a k i n g a n i n v e s t m e n t d e c i s i o n w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e B o n d s .
T h e r i s k f a c t o r s a r e p r e s e n t e d i n a l i m i t e d n u m b e r o f c a t e g o r i e s , b a s e d o n t h e n a t u r e o f t h e r i s k t h e y r e p r e s e n t. T h e m o s t m a t e r i a l r i s k f a c t o r i n a c a t e g o r y i s p r e s e n t e d f i r s t u n d e r t h a t c a t e g o r y , w h e r e t h e m a t e r i a l i t y h a s b e e n d e t e r m i n e d b a s e d o n t h e e s t i m a t e d p r o b a b i l i t y o f i t s o c c u r r e n c e a n d e x p e c t e d m a g n i t u d e o f i t s n e g a t i v e i m p a c t. S u b s e q u e n t r i s k f a c t o r s i n t h e s a m e c a t e g o r y a r e p r e s e n t e d i n n o p a r t i c u l a r o r d e r.
T h e G r o u p ' s e a r n i n g s a n d a v a i l a b l e c a s h i s d e p e n d e n t o n t h e G r o u p ' s a b i l i t y t o c h a r g e p r o f i t a b l e c h a r t e r r a t e s f o r i t s v e s s e l s . T h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s a r e i n t h i s r e g a r d s u b j e c t t o m o s t o f t h e r i s k s c o m m o n i n i t s i n d u s t r y a n d t h e c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g m a r k e t. A n u m b e r o f f a c t o r s o u t s i d e o f t h e G r o u p ' s c o n t r o l m a y a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t t h e c h a r t e r r a t e s t h e G r o u p i s a b l e t o c h a r g e f o r i t s v e s s e l s , i n c l u d i n g b u t n o t l i m i t e d t o g e o p o l i t i c a l r i s k s , t h e g l o b a l s u p p l y a n d d e m a n d f o r c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l c a p a c i t y , a n d g l o b a l d e m a n d f o r c a r g o t o b e t r a n s p o r t e d b y c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l s , i n p a r t i c u l a r i n t h e f e e d e r s e g m e n t. F u r t h e r m o r e , g l o b a l t r a d e f l o w s a n d t r a d e v o l u m e s h a v e b e e n a n d c o n t i n u e t o b e i m p a c t e d b y e c o n o m i c d e v e l o p m e n t s s u c h a s w e a k e n i n g g r o w t h i n t h e U S a n d C h i n a , g e o p o l i t i c a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s i n c l u d i n g t h e o n g o i n g w a r i n U k r a i n e a n d i n s t a b i l i t y i n t h e M i d d l e E a s t , p r o t e c t i o n i s t m e a s u r e s c o n c e r n i n g t r a d e , a n d a d y n a m i c e n v i r o n m e n t i n r e l a t i o n t o s a n c t i o n s a n d e x p o r t c o n t r o l s , a l l o f w h i c h m a y h a v e a m a t e r i a l a n d a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s r e v e n u e s , r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s a n d / o r f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
A s o f t h e d a t e o f t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n t h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s o p e r a t e o n m i d-t e r m t i m e c h a r t e r s t a k i n g a d v a n t a g e o f t h e p r e v a i l i n g s t r o n g m a r k e t c o n d i t i o n s . T h e G r o u p h a s h a d i n t h e p a s t , a n d m a y i n t h e f u t u r e s h i f t t o , a s t r o n g e r f o c u s o n s h o r t-t e r m c h a r t e r c o n t r a c t s d e p e n d i n g o n t h e G r o u p ' s v i e w o f t h e m a r k e t o u t l o o k a n d t h e a v a i l a b i l i t y o f a t t r a c t i v e l o n g -t e r m t i m e c h a r t e r s , w h i c h w o u l d m a k e t h e G r o u p m o r e e x p o s e d t o s h o r t-t e r m f l u c t u a t i o n s a n d e x t r a o r d i n a r y e v e n t s t h a t t e m p o r a r i l y a f f e c t c h a r t e r r a t e s . I n c a s e o f a d v e r s e d e v e l o p m e n t s i n g l o b a l g e o p o l i t i c s a n d t h e e c o n o m y a n d t h e c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g m a r k e t , e. g. r e s u l t i n g i n a n o v e r s u p p l y o f c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l c a p a c i t y i m p a c t i n g t r a d e f l o w s , t h e G r o u p m a y n o t b e a b l e t o e n t e r i n t o n e w c h a r t e r a g r e e m e n t s a t a t t r a c t i v e r a t e s o r d u r a t i o n s o r e m p l o y i t s v e s s e l s a t all. I f t h e G r o u p i s u n a b l e t o r e- e m p l o y a v e s s e l , i t w i l l n o t r e c e i v e a n y r e v e n u e f r o m t h i s v e s s e l , b u t t h e G r o u p w o u l d s t i l l b e r e q u i r e d t o c o v e r e x p e n s e s n e c e s s a r y t o m a i n t a i n t h e v e s s e l i n o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n a n d t o pay a n y d e b t s e r v i c e . T h i s c o u l d h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s , c a s h f l o w s a n d f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n .
A d v e r s e a n d u n p r e d i c t a b l e d e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h e g l o b a l c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g m a r k e t c o u l d r e s u l t i n d e v i a t i o n s b e t w e e n t h e G r o u p ' s e s t i m a t e s a n d a s s u m p t i o n s a n d t h e a c t u a l m a r k e t s i t u a t i o n. W a r s a n d o t h e r g e o p o l i t i c a l t e n s i o n s a n d c o n f l i c t s a r e d i s r u p t i n g t r a d e p a t t e r n s , a n d i m p a c t a m o n g o t h e r t h i n g s f r e i g h t a n d c h a r t e r r a t e s a s w e l l a s c o n t r a c t d u r a t i o n s a n d a l s o p o s e a s e v e r e r i s k r e l a t e d t o t h e s a f e t y a n d s e c u r i t y o f v e s s e l s a n d t h e i r c r e w. T h e s e , a s w e l l a s o t h e r n e w a n d e x i s t i n g e v e n t s i n c l u d i n g o u t b r e a k o f e p i d e m i c o r p a n d e m i c d i s e a s e s t h a t h a d a n d w i l l l i k e l y c o n t i n u e t o h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t i m p a c t o n t h e g l o b a l c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g m a r k e t , a n d t h u s t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s .
H i s t o r i c a l l y , t h e c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g m a r k e t h a s b e e n h i g h l y c y c l i c a l , w i t h p e r i o d s o f h i g h d e m a n d , l i m i t e d s u p p l y a n d h i g h f r e i g h t a n d c h a r t e r r a t e s a l t e r n a t i n g w i t h p e r i o d s o f l o w d e m a n d , e x c e s s s u p p l y a n d l o w f r e i g h t a n d c h a r t e r r a t e s . T h i s h a s p r i m a r i l y b e e n d u e t o c h a n g e s i n t h e l e v e l a n d p a t t e r n o f g l o b a l e c o n o m i c g r o w t h , t h e h i g h l y c o m p e t i t i v e n a t u r e o f t h e w o r l d o f t h e s h i p p i n g i n d u s t r y a n d c h a n g e s i n t h e s u p p l y o f n e w b u i l d s a n d t h e d e m a n d f o r v e s s e l c a p a c i t y . P e r i o d s o f l o w d e m a n d a n d e x c e s s s u p p l y i n t e n s i f y c o m p e t i t i o n i n t h e i n d u s t r y a n d m a y r e s u l t i n t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s e a r n i n g s u b s t a n t i a l l y l e s s f o r l o n g p e r i o d s o f t i m e. A n i n c r e a s e i n t h e s u p p l y o f v e s s e l s w i t h o u t a c o r r e s p o n d i n g i n c r e a s e i n d e m a n d f o r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n c o u l d c a u s e f r e i g h t a n d c h a r t e r r a t e s t o d e c l i n e. P r o l o n g e d p e r i o d s o f l o w u t i l i z a t i o n c o u l d r e d u c e d e m a n d f o r t h e G r o u p ' s s e r v i c e s a n d m a t e r i a l l y a n d a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , o p e r a t i n g i n c o m e a n d o v e r a l l f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
T h e c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g m a r k e t i s a l s o h i g h l y c o m p e t i t i v e w i t h n u m e r o u s i n d u s t r y p a r t i c i p a n t s . T h e G r o u p f o c u s e s o n c o n t a i n e r s h i p s f o r i n t r a -r e g i o n a l t r a d e. T h e r e i s a r i s k t h a t t h e c u s t o m e r s o f t h e G r o u p m a y i n c r e a s i n g l y p r e f e r t o r e l y o n l a r g e r v e s s e l s a n d / o r p r e f e r t o c o n t r a c t a n d o p e r a t e t h e i r o w n v e s s e l s . S u c h c o m p e t i t i o n a n d a n y o t h e r c o m p e t i t i o n t h a t t h e G r o u p m a y e x p e r i e n c e ( e . g. b y m o r e v e s s e l s e n t e r i n g t h e m a r k e t ) m a y l e a d t o r e d u c e d p r o f i t a b i l i t y a n d t h e G r o u p ' s m a r k e t s h a r e i n t h e m a r k e t s i n w h i c h i t o p e r a t e s m a y e r o d e i n t h e f u t u r e . T h e i n a b i l i t y t o c o m p e t e s u c c e s s f u l l y w i t h e x i s t i n g a n d n e w c o m p e t i t o r s o f t h e G r o u p c o u l d h a v e a n a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , o p e r a t i n g i n c o m e a n d o v e r a l l f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
T h e G r o u p ' s r e v e n u e s f o r t h e q u a r t e r w h i c h e n d e d 3 0 J u n e 2 0 2 4 a r e g e n e r a t e d f r o m p r o v i d i n g t o n n a g e c a p a c i t y o n t i m e c h a r t e r c o n t r a c t s f o r t h e s e a b o r n e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n o f c o n t a i n e r s . C o n s e q u e n t l y , t h e G r o u p i s d e p e n d e n t o n r e v e n u e s g e n e r a t e d f r o m c o n t a i n e r t r a n s p o r t a t i o n. D u e t o t h e l a c k o f d i v e r s i f i c a t i o n i n t h e G r o u p ' s r e v e n u e g e n e r a t i n g b u s i n e s s , a n a d v e r s e d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e G r o u p ' s c o n t a i n e r b u s i n e s s , o r i n t h e c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g i n d u s t r y , a n d i n p a r t i c u l a r r e d u c e d a p p e t i t e i n t h e f e e d e r s e g m e n t , g e n e r a l l y w o u l d h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t i m p a c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , c a s h f l o w s , f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n a n d r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s .
T h e G r o u p ' s f l e e t o f 5 8 v e s s e l s ( i n c l u d i n g t h e t h r e e n e w b u i l d s c u r r e n t l y u n d e r c o n s t r u c t i o n b u t w i t h o u t t h e t w o v e s s e l s h e l d f o r s a l e , s u b j e c t t o s u c c e s s f u l d e l i v e r y t o n e w b u y e r s ) h a s a n a v e r a g e a g e o f a p p r o x i m a t e l y 1 4. 2 y e a r s a s o f t h e d a t e o f t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n. T h e e s t i m a t e d u s e f u l l i f e o f e a c h o f t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s i s 2 5 y e a r s .
T h e G r o u p m u s t m a k e s u b s t a n t i a l c a p i t a l e x p e n d i t u r e s o v e r t h e l o n g -t e r m t o m a i n t a i n t h e o p e r a t i n g c a p a c i t y o f i t s f l e e t a n d p r e s e r v e i t s c a p i t a l b a s e. T h e r e l a t i o n b e t w e e n a c h i e v a b l e r e v e n u e s a n d n e w b u i l d i n g p r i c e s f o r n e w b u i l d i n g ' s a n d / o r s e c o n d-h a n d v e s s e l s m i g h t b e l e s s f a v o u r a b l e t h a n a n t i c i p a t e d .
F u r t h e r m o r e i f t h e G r o u p i s u n a b l e t o m a i n t a i n s u f f i c i e n t c a s h r e s e r v e s t o f i n a n c e t h e r e q u i r e d e q u i t y p a r t f o r t h e r e p l a c e m e n t o f t h e v e s s e l s i n i t s f l e e t a t t h e e n d o f t h e i r u s e f u l l i v e s a n d a l t e r n a t i v e s o u r c e s o f f i n a n c i n g a r e u n a v a i l a b l e , t h e b u s i n e s s w o u l d b e a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t e d .
F o r t h e q u a r t e r e n d e d 3 0 J u n e 2 0 2 4, t h e G r o u p ' s t o p f i v e c u s t o m e r s , M a e r s k l i n e , Z I M , N o r t h S e a C o n t a i n e r L i n e s ( N C L ) , U n i f e e d e r a n d H a p a g- L l o y d , r e p r e s e n t e d a s i g n i f i c a n t p o r t i o n o f t h e G r o u p ' s t o t a l r e v e n u e s . G i v e n t h e top f i v e c u s t o m e r s s i g n i f i c a n t i m p o r t a n c e f o r t h e G r o u p , a n y e v e n t s t h a t a f f e c t t h e t o p f i v e c u s t o m e r ' s f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n a n d t h e r e b y r e d u c i n g t h e i r d e m a n d f o r c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g s e r v i c e s , i s l i k e l y t o a l s o h a v e a n e g a t i v e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s r e v e n u e s . A r e d u c e d d e m a n d f o r c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l s f r o m a n y o f t h e G r o u p ' s t o p f i v e c u s t o m e r s , d u e t o e x t r a o r d i n a r y c i r c u m s t a n c e s , o r d u e t o a d e c r e a s e i n d e m a n d f o r c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g c a u s e d b y m a r k e t d o w n t u r n s , m a y r e s u l t i n t e r m i n a t i o n o r n o n-r e n e w a l o f o n e o r m o r e o f t h e t o p f i v e c u s t o m e r a g r e e m e n t s w i t h t h e G r o u p. T h i s c o u l d h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e C o m p a n y ' s c a s h f l o w s , l i q u i d i t y , r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s a n d f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e t o p f i v e c u s t o m e r s m a y , u n d e r t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e a g r e e m e n t s , i n c e r t a i n c i r c u m s t a n c e s t e r m i n a t e t h e i r c h a r t e r a g r e e m e n t s w i t h t h e G r o u p. I f a n y o f t h e G r o u p ' s top f i v e c u s t o m e r s ( o r a n y o t h e r c u s t o m e r s o f t h e G r o u p ) t e r m i n a t e t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e c h a r t e r a g r e e m e n t s w i t h t h e G r o u p p u r s u a n t t o t h e t e r m s o f t h e a g r e e m e n t o r o t h e r w i s e i s u n a b l e t o f u l f i l i t s c o n t r a c t u a l o b l i g a t i o n s , t h e G r o u p m a y b e u n a b l e t o e n t e r i n t o n e w c h a r t e r a g r e e m e n t s f o r t h e r e l e v a n t v e s s e l s a t a t t r a c t i v e r a t e s o r a t a l l w h i l e s t i l l b e i n g r e q u i r e d t o p a y e x p e n s e s n e c e s s a r y t o m a i n t a i n t h e v e s s e l i n a p r o p e r o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n , i n s u r e i t a n d s e r v i c e a n y i n d e b t e d n e s s s e c u r e d b y s u c h v e s s e l. I f t h e G r o u p i s u n a b l e t o e n t e r i n t o n e w c h a r t e r a g r e e m e n t s f o r a v e s s e l , t h e G r o u p w i l l n o t r e c e i v e a n y r e v e n u e f r o m t h i s v e s s e l , w h i c h c o u l d h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e C o m p a n y ' s o p e r a t i o n s , c a s h f l o w s , r e s u l t s a n d f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
A s o f t h e d a t e o f t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n t h e G r o u p h a s 3 n e w b u i l d s o n o r d e r. A l t h o u g h t h e G r o u p e x p e c t s t h a t t h e s e n e w b u i l d s w i l l b e d e l i v e r e d o n t i m e a n d i n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e a p p l i c a b l e s h i p b u i l d i n g c o n t r a c t s , n o a s s u r a n c e c a n b e g i v e n t o t h a t e f f e c t. I f t h e n e w b u i l d s a r e d e l a y e d o r b u i l d i n u n s a t i s f a c t o r y c o n d i t i o n , t h e r e i s a r i s k t h a t t h e G r o u p w i l l e x p e r i e n c e c a p a c i t y s h o r t a g e a n d / o r t h a t t h e G r o u p f a i l s t o c o m p l y w i t h i t s c o m m i t m e n t s t o w a r d s i t s c u s t o m e r s . A n y d e l a y s i n d e l i v e r y , c o s t i n c r e a s e s o r i s s u e s w i t h t h e n e w b u i l d s p r i o r o r a f t e r d e l i v e r y m a y h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s a n d o p e r a t i o n .
T h e G r o u p c o n t i n u o u s l y l o o k f o r o p p o r t u n i t i e s t o a c q u i r e s e c o n d- h a n d v e s s e l s t o f u r t h e r o p t i m i z e t h e f l e e t , w h i c h s u b j e c t s t h e G r o u p t o c o u n t e r p a r t y r i s k. T h e a c q u i s i t i o n o f t h e s e v e s s e l s i s a l w a y s b u i l t o n a p r o p e r c o m m e r c i a l a n d t e c h n i c a l d u e d i l i g e n c e . H o w e v e r , t h e a b i l i t y a n d w i l l i n g n e s s o f e a c h c o u n t e r p a r t y t o f u l f i l i t s o b l i g a t i o n s u n d e r a c o n t r a c t f o r t h e s a l e a n d p u r c h a s e o f v e s s e l s d e p e n d o n s e v e r a l f a c t o r s b e y o n d t h e G r o u p ' s c o n t r o l. T h e s e f a c t o r s m a y i n c l u d e , b u t a r e n o t l i m i t e d to, g e n e r a l e c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s , t h e s t a t e o f t h e v e s s e l s , t h e o v e r a l l f i n a n c i a l h e a l t h o f t h e c o u n t e r p a r t y , a n d c h a r t e r a n d f r e i g h t r a t e s f o r c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l s . S h o u l d a c o u n t e r p a r t y f a i l t o h o n o u r i t s o b l i g a t i o n s u n d e r a n y s u c h c o n t r a c t s o r a t t e m p t t o r e n e g o t i a t e a n a g r e e m e n t , t h e G r o u p m a y s u s t a i n s i g n i f i c a n t l o s s e s t h a t c o u l d h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n i t s b u s i n e s s a n d f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n. F u r t h e r , i t c a n ' t b e e x c l u d e d t h a t t h e t e c h n i c a l c o n d i t i o n i s w o r s e t h a n e x p e c t e d w h i c h c o u l d l e a d t o a l o w e r v a l u e o f t h e v e s s e l , a d d i t i o n a l m a i n t e n a n c e e x p e n s e s . o f f- h i r e p e r i o d s o r t h e t e r m i n a t i o n o f t h e c h a r t e r.
T h e G r o u p ' s m a n a g e m e n t c o n s i s t o f t h e c h i e f e x e c u t i v e o f f i c e r , t h e c h i e f f i n a n c i a l o f f i c e r , t h e c h i e f o p e r a t i n g o f f i c e r a n d t h e e x e c u t i v e v i c e p r e s i d e n t – g e n e r a l m a n a g e r N o r w a y . T h e G r o u p h a s a l i m i t e d m a n a g e m e n t t e a m a n d a l i m i t e d n u m b e r o f k e y e m p l o y e e s , a n d i s t h e r e f o r e h i g h l y d e p e n d e n t o n t h e l e a d e r s h i p a n d e x p e r i e n c e o f i t s m a n a g e m e n t t e a m a n d k e y e m p l o y e e s , a s w e l l a s a t t r a c t i n g n e w t a l e n t s w h o k n o w t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s a n d t h e c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g m a r k e t. L o s s o f t h e s e r v i c e s o f a n y m e m b e r s o f t h e G r o u p ' s M a n a g e m e n t t e a m o r k e y e m p l o y e e s c o u l d h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n i t s b u s i n e s s a n d p r o s p e c t s , a s i t m a y n o t b e a b l e t o f i n d s u i t a b l e i n d i v i d u a l s t o r e p l a c e s u c h p e r s o n n e l o n a t i m e l y b a s i s , o r a t all, n o r w i t h o u t i n c u r r i n g i n c r e a s e d c o s t s f o r t h e G r o u p .
T h e r e i s a h i g h l e v e l o f c o m p e t i t i o n f o r e x p e r i e n c e d , s u c c e s s f u l p e r s o n n e l i n t h e c o n t a i n e r s h i p p i n g i n d u s t r y . I f t h e G r o u p i s n o t a b l e t o r e t a i n i t s k e y e m p l o y e e s a n d a t t r a c t n e w q u a l i f i e d p e r s o n n e l , t h i s c o u l d i m p a i r i t s g r o w t h p o t e n t i a l a n d p r o f i t a b i l i t y l e v e l s , t h u s r e s u l t i n g i n a n a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , o p e r a t i n g i n c o m e a n d o v e r a l l f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
T h e G r o u p s o u r c e s m a n a g e m e n t s e r v i c e s f r o m M P C M ü n c h m e y e r P e t e r s e n C a p i t a l A G ( " M P C " ). T h e s e r v i c e s r e l a t e t o a d m i n i s t r a t i v e a n d c o r p o r a t e s e r v i c e s w i t h i n l e g a l , f i n a n c e a n d p r o j e c t r e l a t e d a c t i v i t i e s , a m o n g s t o t h e r s . T h e G r o u p i s d e p e n d e n t u p o n c o n t i n u e d a n d s a t i s f a c t o r y s u p p l y o f t h e s e s e r v i c e s f r o m M P C. M P C h a s p r o v i d e d t h e G r o u p w i t h c o r p o r a t e m a n a g e m e n t s e r v i c e s f r o m i n c e p t i o n o f t h e I s s u e r a n d h a s d e v e l o p e d a u n i q u e u n d e r s t a n d i n g o f t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s a n d e f f e c t i v e w o r k i n g r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h i t s m a n a g e m e n t.
A l t h o u g h M P C i s a r e l a t e d p a r t y t o t h e C o m p a n y , t h e r e c a n b e n o a s s u r a n c e t h a t M P C w i l l c o n t i n u e t o p r o v i d e s e r v i c e s t o t h e G r o u p o r o p e r a t e s a t i s f a c t o r i l y a n d s u c c e s s f u l l y . S h o u l d M P C t e r m i n a t e o r d i s c o n t i n u e t h e i r s e r v i c e s t o t h e G r o u p , o r f a i l t o p e r f o r m t h e i r o b l i g a t i o n s t o t h e G r o u p , t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s m a y b e s e v e r e l y n e g a t i v e l y a f f e c t e d , w h i c h c o u l d h a v e a n a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , o p e r a t i o n s , o p e r a t i n g i n c o m e a n d o v e r a l l f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
T h e G r o u p i s d e p e n d e n t o n t h e o p e r a t i o n a l p e r f o r m a n c e o f i t s o w n e d c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l s a n d m a y e x p e r i e n c e o p e r a t i o n a l p r o b l e m s t h a t m a y r e s u l t i n o f f- h i r e d a y s f o r t h e v e s s e l s a n d , u l t i m a t e l y , r e d u c e d r e v e n u e a n d i n c r e a s e d o p e r a t i o n a l a n d m a i n t e n a n c e c o s t s . C o n t a i n e r v e s s e l s a r e c o m p l e x v e s s e l s a n d t h e i r o p e r a t i o n i s t e c h n i c a l l y c h a l l e n g i n g , m e a n i n g t h a t t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s a r e s u b j e c t t o a v a r i e t y o f r i s k s a n d p r o b l e m s s u c h a s d a m a g e t o v e s s e l s , m e c h a n i c a l f a i l u r e a n d m a l f u n c t i o n o f e q u i p m e n t.
T h e G r o u p o p e r a t e s b y w a y o f e n t e r i n g i n t o t i m e c h a r t e r a r r a n g e m e n t s f o r i t s o w n e d v e s s e l s w i t h l i n e r s h i p p i n g c o m p a n i e s a n d r e g i o n a l c a r r i e r s . A s a r e g i s t e r e d o w n e r o f a v e s s e l a n d c o n t r a c t p a r t y , t h e G r o u p w i l l g e n e r a l l y a s s u m e r e s p o n s i b i l i t y f o r t h e r i s k s r e l a t e d t o t h e t e c h n i c a l c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e v e s s e l a n d t h e p e r f o r m a n c e o b l i g a t i o n s u n d e r t h e c h a r t e r c o n t r a c t s . A n y f a i l u r e t o m a i n t a i n t h e r e q u i r e d t e c h n i c a l c o n d i t i o n o r o p e r a t i o n a l p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e G r o u p ' s c h a r t e r e d- o u t v e s s e l s c o u l d r e s u l t i n l o s s o f i n c o m e t o t h e G r o u p a n d p o t e n t i a l c o n t r a c t u a l l i a b i l i t y . F u r t h e r m o r e , u n d e r t h e G r o u p ' s t i m e c h a r t e r a r r a n g e m e n t s , t h e G r o u p i s c o m m i t t e d t h r o u g h o u t t h e c h a r t e r p e r i o d a n d w i l l g e n e r a l l y n o t h a v e t h e l i b e r t y t o c a n c e l a c h a r t e r s h o u l d t h e m a r k e t b e c o m e u n f a v o u r a b l e , w h i c h m a y c a u s e t h e G r o u p t o o p e r a t e v e s s e l s o n u n f a v o u r a b l e t e r m s f o r a n e x t e n d e d p e r i o d .
F u r t h e r m o r e , i n s u r a n c e s m a y n o t b e a v a i l a b l e o r s u f f i c i e n t t o c o v e r all l o s s e s s u f f e r e d b y t h e G r o u p i n r e l a t i o n t o o p e r a t i o n a l r i s k s .
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I n g e n e r a l , t h e c o s t o f m a i n t a i n i n g a v e s s e l ( i n c l u d i n g d r y d o c k i n g e x p e n s e s ) i n g o o d o p e r a t i n g c o n d i t i o n i n c r e a s e s w i t h t h e a g e o f t h e v e s s e l. A s t h e G r o u p ' s f l e e t a g e s , t h e G r o u p w i l l i n c u r i n c r e a s e d a n d s o m e t i m e s e x t r a o r d i n a r y / u n e x p e c t e d c o s t s a n d o f f- h i r e t i m e. T h i s w i l l c a u s e a d d i t i o n a l c o s t s a n d m i g h t l e a d t o e x t r a o r d i n a r y t e r m i n a t i o n o f c h a r t e r. O l d e r v e s s e l s a r e t y p i c a l l y l e s s f u e l e f f i c i e n t a n d m o r e c o s t l y t o m a i n t a i n t h a n m o r e r e c e n t l y c o n s t r u c t e d v e s s e l s d u e t o g r a d u a l i m p r o v e m e n t s i n e n g i n e t e c h n o l o g y a n d o t h e r d e s i g n f e a t u r e s . C a r g o i n s u r a n c e r a t e s i n c r e a s e w i t h t h e a g e o f a v e s s e l , m a k i n g o l d e r v e s s e l s l e s s d e s i r a b l e t o c h a r t e r e r s . G o v e r n m e n t a l r e g u l a t i o n s a n d s a f e t y o r o t h e r e q u i p m e n t s t a n d a r d s r e l a t e d t o t h e a g e o f v e s s e l s m a y a l s o r e q u i r e e x p e n d i t u r e s f o r a l t e r a t i o n s o r t h e a d d i t i o n o f n e w e q u i p m e n t t o t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s a n d m a y r e s t r i c t t h e t y p e o f a c t i v i t i e s i n w h i c h t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s m a y e n g a g e .
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U n d e r t h e t i m e c h a r t e r a g r e e m e n t s t h e C o m p a n y i s r e s p o n s i b l e f o r t h e t e c h n i c a l m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e v e s s e l s i t o w n s a n d c h a r t e r s o u t t o t h e G r o u p ' s c u s t o m e r s . T h e p e r f o r m a n c e o f t e c h n i c a l s h i p m a n a g e m e n t s e r v i c e s i s s u b c o n t r a c t e d t o v a r i o u s s p e c i a l i z e d s h i p m a n a g e r s . T h e m a j o r i t y o f t h e C o m p a n y ' s f l e e t i s u n d e r t e c h n i c a l m a n a g e m e n t o f W i l h e l m s e n A h r e n k i e l S h i p M a n a g e m e n t G m b H & C o. K G a n d W i l h e l m s e n A h r e n k i e l S h i p M a n a g e m e n t B.V. ( j o i n t l y " W i l h e l m s e n A h r e n k i e l " ) , b o t h r e l a t e d p a r t i e s t o W i l h e l m s e n S h i p M a n a g e m e n t a n d M P C. C o m m e r c i a l m a n a g e m e n t o f v e s s e l s o w n e d b y t h e G r o u p i s p e r f o r m e d b y H a r p e r P e t e r s e n & C o. G m b H & C o. K G a n d H a r p e r P e t e r s e n & C o. B.V. ( j o i n t l y " H a r p e r P e t e r s e n & C o. " ) , b o t h f u l l y o w n e d b y M P C
E v e n t h o u g h W i l h e l m s e n A h r e n k i e l a n d H a r p e r P e t e r s e n & C o. m a y b e c o n s i d e r e d a s r e l a t e d p a r t i e s t o t h e G r o u p ( t h r o u g h t h e s h a r e h o l d i n g o f t h e m a i n s h a r e h o l d e r o f t h e I s s u e r ) , t h e r e c a n b e n o a s s u r a n c e t h a t s a i d p a r t i e s w i l l c o n t i n u e t o p r o v i d e s e r v i c e s t o t h e G r o u p. F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e r e c a n b e n o g u a r a n t e e t h a t s a i d s e r v i c e p r o v i d e r s w i l l c o n t i n u e t o o p e r a t e s a t i s f a c t o r i l y a n d s u c c e s s f u l l y a n d t h e l o s s o f s u c h s h i p m a n a g e r s ' s e r v i c e s o r t h e i r f a i l u r e t o p e r f o r m t h e i r o b l i g a t i o n s t o t h e G r o u p c o u l d m a t e r i a l l y a n d a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t t h e r e s u l t s o f t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s . T h e s h i p m a n a g e r s m a y f o r e x a m p l e n o t b e a b l e t o p e r f o r m t h e i r o b l i g a t i o n s t o t h e G r o u p b e c a u s e o f e v e n t s s u c h a s , b u t n o t l i m i t e d t o , l a b o u r d i s r u p t i o n s o r d i s p u t e s , a s h o r t a g e o f q u a l i f i e d p e r s o n n e l , t r a v e l r e s t r i c t i o n s i n c o n n e c t i o n w i t h p a n d e m i c s o r e p i d e m i c s , o r o t h e r f a c t o r s b e y o n d t h e s h i p m a n a g e r s ' c o n t r o l. T h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s w i l l b e h a r m e d i f t h e s e r v i c e p r o v i d e r s f a i l t o p e r f o r m t h e s e s e r v i c e s s a t i s f a c t o r i l y , i f t h e y c a n c e l t h e i r a g r e e m e n t s , o r i f t h e y s t o p p r o v i d i n g t h e s e s e r v i c e s t o t h e G r o u p . I n s u f f i c i e n t m a n a g e m e n t o f t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s c o u l d , a m o n g o t h e r , l e a d t o i n c r e a s e d o p e r a t i o n a l e x p e n s e s a n d d e t e r i o r a t i n g t e c h n i c a l c o n d i t i o n s o f t h e v e s s e l s .
T h e G r o u p v e s s e l s h a v e s o m e t i m e s t o o p e r a t e i n h i g h-r i s k a r e a s w h e r e i t i s e x p o s e d t o t h e r i s k o f w a r , a r m e d c o n f l i c t s , a c t s o f p i r a c y , t e r r o r i s m a n d o t h e r t y p e s o f a t t a c k s . A t t a c k s o n o c e a n- g o i n g v e s s e l s h a v e i n c r e a s e d i n f r e q u e n c y i n r e c e n t y e a r s i n p a r t i c u l a r i n t h e G u l f o f A d e n a n d t h e Red S e a w i t h t h e a t t a c k s f r o m t h e H o u t h i s , w h i c h c o u l d a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s . A c t s o f p i r a c y , a n d a r m e d r o b b e r y o f v e s s e l s h a v e h i s t o r i c a l l y o c c u r r e d i n a r e a s w h e r e t h e G r o u p o p e r a t e s , s u c h a s t h e w e s t c o a s t o f A f r i c a a n d t h e G u l f o f A d e n , a n d t h e r e i s a h i g h r i s k t h a t a c t s o f p i r a c y w i l l c o n t i n u e t o o c c u r i n t h e s e a r e a s , a s w e l l a s o t h e r r e g i o n s , s u c h a s t h e s t r a i t s o f M a l a c c a . T h e r e c a n b e n o a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e G r o u p w i l l n o t b e v i c t i m o f f u t u r e a t t a c k s o n i t s f l e e t w h e n o p e r a t i n g i n h i g h -r i s k a r e a s . T o p r e v e n t a m a t e r i a l i m p a c t o n t h e G r o u p s f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n t h e e n t e r i n g i n t o s u c h h i g h r i s k a r e a s i s s u b j e c t t o a n a d d i t i o n a l i n s u r a n c e c o v e r. H o w e v e r i t c a n ' t b e r u l e d o u t t h a t s u c h a t t a c k s m a y r e s u l t , a m o n g o t h e r s , i n m a t e r i a l d a m a g e t o t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s a n d h a r m t o c r e w m e m b e r s , a n d m a y c a u s e i n c r e a s e d i n s u r a n c e p r e m i u m s , i n c r e a s e d o p e r a t i n g c o s t s d u e t o i n c r e a s e d s e c u r i t y a r r a n g e m e n t s a n d u n e x p e c t e d a n d c o s t l y d e l a y s a n d i n c r e a s e d c r e w c o s t s t o c o m p e n s a t e t h e c r e w f o r t h e i n c r e a s e d r i s k , w h i c h a r e n o t c o v e r e d b y i n s u r a n c e a n d w o u l d h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n a n d b u s i n e s s .
T h e G r o u p t r a n s p o r t s c o n t a i n e r s i n t e r a l i a b e t w e e n c o u n t r i e s i n A f r i c a a n d C e n t r a l / S o u t h A m e r i c a e x p o s i n g t h e G r o u p t o a r i s k t h a t t h e v e s s e l s m a y b e s u s p e c t o f d r u g s m u g g l i n g o r o t h e r s m u g g l i n g o p e r a t i o n s . I n t h e e v e n t o f s u c h s u s p e c t e d s m u g g l i n g o p e r a t i o n s t h e r e i s a r i s k t h a t t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s m a y b e d e t a i n e d , w h i c h w o u l d r e s u l t i n i m m e d i a t e c h a r t e r r e v e n u e l o s s a n d i n c u r m a n a g e m e n t c o s t t o r e s o l v e t h e m a t t e r a n d c o u l d h a v e m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n a n d b u s i n e s s .
T h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s i s a f f e c t e d b y l a w s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s i n t h e g e o g r a p h i c a l a r e a s i n w h i c h t h e G r o u p o p e r a t e s a n d t r a d e s , a n d t h e G r o u p m a y b e e x p o s e d t o p o l i t i c a l a n d o t h e r u n c e r t a i n t i e s , i n c l u d i n g r i s k s o f i m p o r t- e x p o r t q u o t a s , a n d t h e i m p o s i t i o n o f t r a d e s a n c t i o n s , e m b a r g o e s a n d o t h e r t r a d e b a r r i e r s . A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e G r o u p i s a f f e c t e d b y t h e a d o p t i o n o f l a w s a n d d e c i s i o n s i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l b o d i e s a n d m a y b e r e q u i r e d t o m a k e s i g n i f i c a n t c a p i t a l e x p e n d i t u r e s o r o p e r a t i o n c h a n g e s t o c o m p l y w i t h s u c h l a w s , r e g u l a t i o n s a n d d e c i s i o n s . A d d i t i o n a l l y , a n y f a i l u r e t o c o m p l y w i t h a p p l i c a b l e s a n c t i o n s , e m b a r g o e s a n d o t h e r r e s t r i c t i o n s c o u l d a l s o r e s u l t i n c r i m i n a l a n d c i v i l p e n a l t i e s a n d s a n c t i o n s w h i c h m a y h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n a n d b u s i n e s s .
T h e G r o u p h a s e n t e r e d i n t o d i f f e r e n t f i n a n c i n g a g r e e m e n t s ( i n c l u d e f i n a n c e l e a s e a r r a n g e m e n t s )
m a i n l y t o r e f i n a n c e a c q u i s i t i o n s . I f t h e G r o u p ' s i s n o t a b l e t o g e n e r a t e s u f f i c i e n t c a s h f l o w t o pay i t s d e b t s e r v i c e i t s d e b t a n d e n s u r e c o m p l i a n c e w i t h f i n a n c i a l a n d o t h e r c o v e n a n t s i n i t s f i n a n c i n g a g r e e m e n t s t h e r e l e v a n t a g r e e m e n t s m i g h t b e t e r m i n a t e d w h i c h w o u l d h a v e a n m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p s f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n . S i n c e t h e a b i l i t y t o g e n e r a t e c a s h m i g h t b e n e g a t i v e l y a f f e c t e d b y t h e o t h e r r i s k f a c t o r s w h i c h a r e t o t h e v a s t e x t e n d b e y o n d t h e G r o u p ' s c o n t r o l t h e r e c a n b e n o a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e G r o u p w i l l b e a b l e t o g e n e r a t e s u f f i c i e n t c a s h f r o m i t s o p e r a t i o n s a n d / o r o b t a i n n e w c a p i t a l t o pay i t s d e b t s o r o t h e r p a y m e n t o b l i g a t i o n s i n t h e f u t u r e o r t o r e f i n a n c e i t s i n d e b t e d n e s s .
F u r t h e r m o r e t h e G r o u p ' s f i n a n c i n g a g r e e m e n t s c o n t a i n c e r t a i n c o v e n a n t s a n d g e n e r a l u n d e r t a k i n g s , w h i c h a r e c u s t o m a r y i n f i n a n c i n g s o f t h e s e t y p e , w h i c h i m p o s e r e s t r i c t i o n s o n t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s , a n d i m p o s e f i n a n c i a l r e s t r i c t i o n s o n t h e G r o u p. T h e s e a g r e e m e n t s m a y l i m i t t h e G r o u p ' s a b i l i t y t o , a m o n g s t o t h e r t h i n g s : i n c u r a d d i t i o n a l i n d e b t e d n e s s , m a k e c e r t a i n d i s p o s a l s , c o n d u c t c o r p o r a t e r e o r g a n i s a t i o n s , m a k e i n v e s t m e n t s o r a c q u i s i t i o n s . I n p a r t i c u l a r , t h e G r o u p i s s u b j e c t t o c e r t a i n f i n a n c i a l c o v e n a n t s , c o n d i t i o n s t o b e a b l e t o u p s t r e a m c a s h , c r o s s - d e f a u l t p r o v i s i o n s a n d c h a n g e o f c o n t r o l p r o v i s i o n s . E v e n i f t h e G r o u p c a r e f u l l y m o n i t o r s t h e k e y f i n a n c i a l i n d i c a t o r s a n d r a t i o s , t h e r e i s n o a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e G r o u p w i l l b e a b l e t o c o m p l y w i t h f i n a n c i a l a n d / o r o t h e r c o v e n a n t s i n t h e f u t u r e a s s o m e d e v e l o p m e n t s a r e b e y o n d t h e G r o u p s c o n t r o l . F a i l u r e t o c o m p l y w i t h s u c h c o v e n a n t s o r o b l i g a t i o n s m a y c o n s t i t u t e a n e v e n t o f d e f a u l t a n d t h a t c r e d i t o r s a s a r e s u l t w i l l b e e n t i t l e d t o a c c e l e r a t e t h e i r c l a i m s a g a i n s t t h e G r o u p , w h i c h w i l l h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n s a n d / o r p r o s p e c t s .
N o a s s u r a n c e c a n b e g i v e n t h a t t h e G r o u p w i l l n o t r e q u i r e a d d i t i o n a l f u n d s i n o r d e r t o e x e c u t e i t s s t r a t e g y , o r f o r o t h e r p u r p o s e s . T h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s i s c a p i t a l i n t e n s i v e a n d , t o t h e e x t e n t t h e G r o u p d o e s n o t g e n e r a t e s u f f i c i e n t c a s h f r o m o p e r a t i o n s ( o r b y s e l l i n g a s s e t s ) , t h e C o m p a n y o r i t s s u b s i d i a r i e s m a y n e e d t o r a i s e a d d i t i o n a l f u n d s t h r o u g h p u b l i c o r p r i v a t e d e b t o r e q u i t y f i n a n c i n g t o f u n d o p e r a t i o n s a n d c a p i t a l e x p e n d i t u r e s . A d e q u a t e s o u r c e s o f f u n d s i n t h e f u t u r e m a y n o t b e a v a i l a b l e , o r a v a i l a b l e a t a c c e p t a b l e t e r m s a n d c o n d i t i o n s , w h e n n e e d e d. I f f u n d i n g i s i n s u f f i c i e n t a t a n y t i m e i n t h e f u t u r e , t h e G r o u p m a y b e u n a b l e t o f u n d a c q u i s i t i o n s o r m a i n t e n a n c e r e q u i r e m e n t s , t o r e p a y d e b t , o r t o m e e t i t s p a y m e n t s o b l i g a t i o n s t o w a r d s o t h e r i m p o r t a n t c o n t r a c t u a l p a r t n e r s , t o t a k e a d v a n t a g e o f b u s i n e s s o p p o r t u n i t i e s o r t o r e s p o n d t o c o m p e t i t i v e p r e s s u r e s . A n y o f t h i s c o u l d m a t e r i a l l y a n d a d v e r s e l y i m p a c t t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s , c a s h f l o w s , f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n a n d / o r p r o s p e c t s .
T h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s a r e t h e p r i m a r y a s s e t s o f t h e G r o u p. T h e v a l u e o f t h e G r o u p ' s c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l s , a n d t h e c h a r t e r r a t e s t h e G r o u p i s a b l e t o a c h i e v e f o r i t s v e s s e l s , m a y f l u c t u a t e s u b s t a n t i a l l y d u e t o a n u m b e r o f f a c t o r s s u c h a s , b u t n o t l i m i t e d to, p r e v a i l i n g e c o n o m i c c o n d i t i o n s i n t h e g l o b a l m a r k e t s , t h e s u p p l y o f c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l c a p a c i t y , r e c y c l i n g p r i c e s , d e m a n d f o r c o n t a i n e r v e s s e l c a p a c i t y a n d t h e c o n d i t i o n a n d a g e o f t h e v e s s e l s . D e c l i n e i n v e s s e l v a l u e s m a y r e s u l t i n i m p a i r m e n t c h a r g e s , o r a f f e c t t h e G r o u p ' s a b i l i t y t o b e i n c o m p l i a n c e w i t h i t s l o a n -t o- v a l u e o r c o m p a r a b l e c o v e n a n t s u n d e r i t s f i n a n c i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s a n d l i m i t t h e c a s h w h i c h c a n b e g e n e r a t e d b y s e l l i n g s h i p s , w h i c h c o u l d h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n a n d r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s .
I n c a s e s w h e r e t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s a r e n o t o n t i m e c h a r t e r c o n t r a c t s , t h e G r o u p i s l i a b l e f o r t h e o p e r a t i n g c o s t s r e l a t e d t o b u n k e r f u e l. A c c o r d i n g l y , a n y i n c r e a s e i n b u n k e r f u e l p r i c e s a n d / o r a n y l i m i t e d a v a i l a b i l i t y o f c o m p l i a n t f u e l m a y a f f e c t t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i n g c o s t s c o n s i d e r a b l y , w h i c h i n t u r n m a y h a v e a m a t e r i a l n e g a t i v e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s r e s u l t s a n d f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n .
F o r s o m e o f t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s t h a t h a v e e x h a u s t g a s c l e a n i n g s y s t e m s ( " E G C S " ) i n s t a l l e d , t h e G r o u p h a s e n t e r e d i n t o t i m e c h a r t e r a r r a n g e m e n t s w i t h a p r e m i u m c o m p o n e n t t h a t i s b a s e d o n t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e m a r k e t p r i c e o f h i g h- s u l p h u r a n d l o w- s u l p h u r f u e l. T h e p r e m i u m c o m p o n e n t e n t a i l s t h a t a n y d e c r e a s e i n t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e m a r k e t p r i c e s f o r h i g h - s u l p h u r a n d l o w- s u l p h u r f u e l w o u l d l e a d t o a d e c r e a s e i n t h e r e v e n u e s f o r t h e G r o u p u n d e r s u c h t i m e c h a r t e r s . U n f a v o u r a b l e f l u c t u a t i o n s i n t h e d i f f e r e n c e b e t w e e n t h e p r i c e s f o r h i g h - s u l p h u r a n d l o w- s u l p h u r f u e l m a y h a v e a m a t e r i a l n e g a t i v e i m p a c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s r e v e n u e , c a s h f l o w a n d f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n .
T h e G r o u p ' s f u n c t i o n a l a n d o p e r a t i o n a l c u r r e n c y i s U S D. T h e G r o u p ' s c h a r t e r h i r e i s n o r m a l l y p a y a b l e i n U S D a n d t h e v a l u e o f t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s i s n o r m a l l y d e n o m i n a t e d i n U S D. T h e G r o u p i s e x p o s e d t o t h e r i s k t h a t t h e f a i r v a l u e o r f u t u r e c a s h f l o w s a n d f i n a n c i a l i n s t r u m e n t s w i l l f l u c t u a t e b e c a u s e o f c h a n g e s i n f o r e i g n e x c h a n g e r a t e s , e s p e c i a l l y w i t h r e s p e c t t o E U R / U S D a n d N O K / U S D. T h e G r o u p h a s i n p a r t i c u l a r e x p o s u r e t o E U R a n d N O K f l u c t u a t i o n s b e c a u s e p a r t s o f t h e G r o u p ' s a d m i n i s t r a t i o n a n d v e s s e l o p e r a t i n g e x p e n s e s , a n d a p o r t i o n o f t h e G r o u p ' s c a s h a n d c a s h e q u i v a l e n t s , o t h e r s h o r t-t e r m a s s e t s , t r a d e p a y a b l e s a n d p r o v i s i o n s a n d a c c r u a l s , a m o n g o t h e r s , a r e d e n o m i n a t e d i n E U R a n d N O K. C u r r e n c y e x c h a n g e f l u c t u a t i o n s m a y t h e r e f o r e c a u s e i n c r e a s e d e x p e n s e s f o r t h e G r o u p , w h i c h m a y , d e p e n d i n g o n t h e f l u c t u a t i o n , h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t n e g a t i v e i m p a c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n a l c o s t s a n d t h e G r o u p ' s r e v e n u e a n d f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n. A s o f t h e d a t e o f t h i s P r e s e n t a t i o n , t h e G r o u p h a s n o t e n t e r e d i n t o a n y f i n a n c i a l i n s t r u m e n t s w i t h t h i r d p a r t i e s t o m i t i g a t e t h i s r i s k . H o w e v e r , t h e e x p e c t e d E U R- c h a r t e r h i r e f o r t w o v e s s e l s c o n c l u d e d b y a 9 0 % s u b s i d i a r y w i l l r e d u c e t h i s U S D / E U R e x c h a n g e r a t e r i s k .
T h e G r o u p ' s f i n a n c e a r r a n g e m e n t s i n c l u d e e l e m e n t s o f f l o a t i n g r a t e b o r r o w i n g s t h a t r e q u i r e s t h e G r o u p t o m a k e i n t e r e s t p a y m e n t s b a s e d o n a r e f e r e n c e r a t e ( e. g. S O F R ) . T h e G r o u p i s e x p o s e d t o t h e r i s k t h a t s i g n i f i c a n t i n c r e a s e s i n i n t e r e s t r a t e s c o u l d h a v e a s i g n i f i c a n t n e g a t i v e i m p a c t o n o p e r a t i n g m a r g i n s , r e s u l t s o f o p e r a t i o n s a n d a b i l i t y t o s e r v i c e d e b t. T h e G r o u p u s e s i n t e r e s t r a t e c a p s t o r e d u c e i t s e x p o s u r e t o m a r k e t r i s k f r o m c h a n g e s i n i n t e r e s t r a t e s . T h e p r i n c i p a l o b j e c t i v e o f t h e s e c o n t r a c t s i s t o m i n i m i z e t h e r i s k s a n d c o s t s a s s o c i a t e d w i t h o u r f l o a t i n g -r a t e d e b t.
T h e s h i p p i n g i n d u s t r y i s a f f e c t e d b y e x t e n s i v e a n d c h a n g i n g i n t e r n a t i o n a l c o n v e n t i o n s a n d n a t i o n a l , s t a t e a n d l o c a l l a w s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s r e l a t i n g t o s a n c t i o n s , e x p o r t a n d i m p o r t r e s t r i c t i o n s , t h e e n v i r o n m e n t a n d h e a l t h a n d s a f e t y i n i n t e r n a t i o n a l w a t e r s a n d t h e j u r i s d i c t i o n s i n w h i c h t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s o p e r a t e a n d a r e r e g i s t e r e d. S u c h r e g u l a t o r y m e a s u r e s m a y i n c l u d e , a m o n g o t h e r s , t h e I M O ' s m a n d a t e t o r e d u c e s u l p h u r e m i s s i o n s f r o m 3 .5% t o 0.5 % f r o m 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 0 ( I M O 2 0 2 0 G l o b a l S u l p h u r C a p ) , r e q u i r i n g s h i p o w n e r s t o e i t h e r u s e l o w- s u l p h u r f u e l , i n s t a l l E G C S ' , o r r e t r o f i t v e s s e l s f o r a l t e r n a t i v e o r r e n e w a b l e f u e l s s u c h a s l i q u i f i e d n a t u r a l g a s , s y n t h e t i c m e t h a n o l o r a m m o n i a . O t h e r m a n d a t o r y m e a s u r e s f r o m t h e I M O i n c l u d e t h e C a r b o n I n t e n s i t y I n d i c a t o r ( C I I ) , t h e E n e r g y E f f i c i e n c y D e s i g n I n d e x ( E E D I ) a n d t h e E n e r g y E f f i c i e n c y E x i s t i n g S h i p I n d e x ( E E X I ) . T h e C a r b o n I n t e n s i t y I n d i c a t o r ( C I I ) m e a s u r e s t h e o p e r a t i o n a l e f f i c i e n c y o f s h i p s a n d r e q u i r e s a n n u a l i m p r o v e m e n t s i n c a r b o n i n t e n s i t y , w i t h r a t i n g s f r o m A t o E , w h e r e s h i p s r a t e d D o r E f o r t h r e e c o n s e c u t i v e y e a r s m u s t s u b m i t c o r r e c t i v e a c t i o n p l a n s . T h e t h r e s h o l d s b e t w e e n t h e C I I r a t i n g c a t e g o r i e s w i l l b e c o m e i n c r e a s i n g l y m o r e s t r i n g e n t t o w a r d s 2 0 2 7 a n d t h e f o l l o w i n g y e a r s .
M o r e r e c e n t l y o n 2 5 J u l y 2 0 2 3 t h e E U C o u n c i l a d o p t e d t h e F u e l E U M a r i t i m e w h i c h e f f e c t i v e f r o m 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 5 w i l l i m p o s e a w e l l-t o- w a k e g r e e n h o u s e g a s i n t e n s i t y r e q u i r e m e n t o n e n e r g y u s e d d u r i n g a y e a r , e f f e c t i v e l y f o r c i n g t h e u s e o f q u a l i f i e d l o w g r e e n h o u s e g a s f u e l s . T h e m a x i m u m l i m i t s f o r t h e g r e e n h o u s e g a s i n t e n s i t y o f t h e e n e r g y u s e d o n b o a r d w i l l b e c o m e m o r e s t r i n g e n t o v e r t i m e w i t h r e q u i r e d r e d u c t i o n s o f 2 % a s o f 2 0 2 5 a n d b y a s m u c h a s 8 0% a s o f 2 0 5 0 ( c o m p a r e d t o 2 0 2 0 l e v e l s ) . F a i l u r e t o c o m p l y w i t h t h e o b l i g a t i o n s i n t r o d u c e d b y t h e F u e l E U M a r i t i m e R e g u l a t i o n w i l l b e s u b j e c t t o e c o n o m i c p e n a l t i e s a n d s h i p p i n g c o m p a n i e s f a i l i n g t o c o m p l y f o r t w o y e a r s i n a row m a y b e s u b j e c t t o a n e x p u l s i o n o r d e r , w h i c h i n v o l v e s t h a t m e m b e r s t a t e s s h a l l r e f u s e e n t r y o f t h e s h i p i n t o a n y o f t h e i r p o r t s o r a f l a g d e t e n t i o n ( i n t h e s h i p ' s f l a g s t a t e ). A n o t h e r m e a s u r e f r o m t h e E U h a v i n g b e e n e x t e n d e d t o s h i p p i n g a n d b e i n g e f f e c t i v e s i n c e 1 J a n u a r y 2 0 2 4 , t h e E U E m i s s i o n T r a d i n g S c h e m e ( E U E T S ) , r e q u i r e s s h i p o w n e r s t o p u r c h a s e a n d s u r r e n d e r e m i s s i o n a l l o w a n c e s f o r 1 0 0% o f c a r b o n e m i s s i o n s o n v o y a g e s w i t h i n t h e E U / E E A a n d 5 0% o n v o y a g e s i n t o o r o u t o f t h e E U / E E A. T h i s r e g u l a t i o n w i l l b e p h a s e d i n g r a d u a l l y . T h e o b l i g a t i o n t o s u r r e n d e r E m i s s i o n U n i t A l l o w a n c e s ( E U A s ) w i l l c o r r e s p o n d t o 4 0% o f v e r i f i e d e m i s s i o n s i n 2 0 2 4 , 7 0% i n 2 0 2 5 , a n d 1 0 0% i n 2 0 2 6 a n d b e y o n d . A d d i t i o n a l l y , f r o m 2 0 2 6 t h e E U E T S w i l l b e e x t e n d e d t o c o v e r e m i s s i o n s f r o m m e t h a n e a n d n i t r o u s o x i d e s e m i s s i o n s .
C o m p l i a n c e w i t h t h e s e r e g u l a t i o n s m a y r e s u l t i n s i g n i f i c a n t c o s t s , i n c l u d i n g t h e n e e d f o r l o w- s u l p h u r f u e l , i n s t a l l a t i o n o f E G C S ' , o r r e t r o f i t t i n g v e s s e l s f o r a l t e r n a t i v e f u e l s . N o n - c o m p l i a n c e o r i n c r e a s e d r e g u l a t o r y b u r d e n s c o u l d a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t t h e G r o u p ' s f i n a n c i a l p e r f o r m a n c e a n d o p e r a t i o n a l r e s u l t s . C o m p l i a n c e w i t h c h a n g e s i n l a w s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s m a y a l s o a f f e c t t h e r e s a l e v a l u e o r u s e f u l l i v e s o f t h e v e s s e l s , l e a d t o i n c r e a s e d i m p a i r m e n t c h a r g e s , a n d r e q u i r e r e d u c t i o n s i n c a r g o c a p a c i t y , s h i p m o d i f i c a t i o n s o r o p e r a t i o n a l c h a n g e s o r r e s t r i c t i o n s . F u r t h e r , s u c h c h a n g e s c o u l d l e a d t o d e c r e a s e d a v a i l a b i l i t y o f i n s u r a n c e c o v e r a g e , i n c r e a s e d p o l i c y c o s t s f o r e n v i r o n m e n t a l m a t t e r s , o r r e s u l t i n t h e d e n i a l o f a c c e s s t o c e r t a i n j u r i s d i c t i o n a l w a t e r s o r p o r t s o r d e t e n t i o n i n c e r t a i n p o r t s , o r r e q u i r e t a x e s t o b e p a y a b l e i n r e l a t i o n t o t h e G r o u p ' s g r e e n h o u s e g a s e m i s s i o n s . R e g u l a t i o n s o f v e s s e l s , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n t h e a r e a s o f s a f e t y a n d e n v i r o n m e n t a l i m p a c t , m a y a l s o c h a n g e i n t h e f u t u r e a n d r e q u i r e t h e G r o u p t o i n c u r s i g n i f i c a n t c a p i t a l e x p e n d i t u r e s a n d / o r a d d i t i o n a l o p e r a t i n g c o s t s i n o r d e r t o k e e p t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s i n c o m p l i a n c e . C o m p l i a n c e w i t h p r e v a i l i n g a n d f u t u r e e n v i r o n m e n t a l l a w s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s c o u l d c o n s e q u e n t l y m a t e r i a l l y a f f e c t t h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s a n d r e s u l t s .
T h e G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i o n s a n d p e r s o n n e l s p a n s a c r o s s v a r i o u s j u r i s d i c t i o n s a n d a r e , a n d m a y b e i n t h e f u t u r e , s u b j e c t t o a n u m b e r o f t a x r e g i m e s . T h e f i n a l d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f t h e G r o u p ' s t a x l i a b i l i t i e s i n v o l v e s t h e i n t e r p r e t a t i o n o f l o c a l t a x l a w s , t a x t r e a t i e s a n d t h e d e t e r m i n a t i o n o f t a x a u t h o r i t i e s i n e a c h j u r i s d i c t i o n . C h a n g e s i n t h e o p e r a t i o n e n v i r o n m e n t , l o c a t i o n o f a s s e t s a n d p e r s o n n e l , c h a n g e s i n t a x l a w s o r p r a c t i c e s a n d c u r r e n c y / r e p a t r i a t i o n c o n t r o l s c o u l d m a t e r i a l l y a f f e c t t h e G r o u p ' s f i n a n c i a l p e r f o r m a n c e .
T h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s m a y e x p o s e i t t o l i t i g a t i o n , i n c l u d i n g e n v i r o n m e n t a l l i t i g a t i o n , c o n t r a c t u a l l i t i g a t i o n d i s p u t e s a n d l i t i g a t i o n w i t h c h a r t e r e r s , s h i p y a r d s , r e f u n d g u a r a n t o r s a n d o t h e r t h i r d p a r t i e s , t a x o r s e c u r i t i e s l i t i g a t i o n , a n d m a r i t i m e l a w s u i t s i n c l u d i n g p o s s i b l e a r r e s t o r d e t e n t i o n o f t h e G r o u p ' s v e s s e l s . T h e G r o u p i s c u r r e n t l y n o t i n v o l v e d i n a n y l i t i g a t i o n , w h i c h i s e x p e c t e d t o h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s , b u t m a y i n t h e f u t u r e b e i n v o l v e d i n l i t i g a t i o n m a t t e r s f r o m t i m e t o t i m e , w h i c h m a y h a v e a m a t e r i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s .
T h e G r o u p a r e e x p o s e d t o p o t e n t i a l f i n a n c i a l , o p e r a t i o n a l , a n d r e p u t a t i o n a l r i s k s a r i s i n g f r o m i t s a n d i t s c o u n t e r p a r t i e s i n c l u d i n g c h a r t e r e r s , f i n a n c i n g b a n k s a n d s h i p y a r d ' s c o m p l i a n c e w i t h n a t i o n a l a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l s a n c t i o n s r e g i m e s a n d r e g u l a t o r y r e q u i r e m e n t s . I n a d e q u a t e m o n i t o r i n g a n d a s s e s s m e n t o f t r a n s a c t i o n s , c u s t o m e r s , a n d c o u n t e r p a r t i e s f o r p o t e n t i a l s a n c t i o n s v i o l a t i o n s c o u l d l e a d t o s e v e r e p e n a l t i e s , f i n e s , l e g a l a c t i o n s , a n d r e s t r i c t i o n s o n t h e G r o u p ' s a b i l i t y t o c o n d u c t i t s o p e r a t i o n s . T h e G r o u p ' s f a i l u r e t o i m p l e m e n t r o b u s t s a n c t i o n s s c r e e n i n g p r o c e s s e s , k e e p p a c e w i t h e v o l v i n g s a n c t i o n s r e g i m e s , a n d e n s u r e e f f e c t i v e c o m m u n i c a t i o n a n d t r a i n i n g a c r o s s i t s w o r k f o r c e m a y r e s u l t i n d i s r u p t i o n s t o i t s b u s i n e s s o p e r a t i o n s , e r o s i o n o f c u s t o m e r t r u s t , a n d d a m a g e t o i t s r e p u t a t i o n . N o n - c o m p l i a n c e w i t h s a n c t i o n s r e g u l a t i o n s a n d r e l a t e d l a w s c o u l d a l s o r e s u l t i n a d v e r s e i m p a c t s o n t h e G r o u p ' s f i n a n c i a l p e r f o r m a n c e .
T h e G r o u p t r a n s p o r t s p r o d u c t s a c r o s s a w i d e v a r i e t y o f n a t i o n a l j u r i s d i c t i o n s a n d g e o g r a p h i c a l a r e a s , s u c h a s A s i a , S o u t h A m e r i c a , M i d d l e E a s t a n d W e s t A f r i c a , a m o n g o t h e r s , w h i c h e n t a i l s a r i s k o f b u s i n e s s i n t e r r u p t i o n s t h a t m a y r e s u l t f r o m p o l i t i c a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s , t r a d e d i s p u t e s o r i n a d e q u a c i e s i n t h e l e g a l s y s t e m s a n d law e n f o r c e m e n t m e c h a n i s m s i n c e r t a i n c o u n t r i e s i n w h i c h t h e G r o u p o p e r a t e s . C e r t a i n c o u n t r i e s a n d i n t e r n a t i o n a l b o d i e s a l s o i m p o s e l a w s a n d r e g u l a t i o n s w i t h e x t r a t e r r i t o r i a l a p p l i c a t i o n ( s u c h a s s a n c t i o n s a n d b r i b e r y a n d c o r r u p t i o n l e g i s l a t i o n ) , w h i c h m a y f u r t h e r i n c r e a s e t h e r i s k o f b u s i n e s s i n t e r r u p t i o n s a n d r e p u t a t i o n a l d a m a g e r e s u l t i n g f r o m t h e G r o u p ' s c r o s s - b o r d e r a c t i v i t i e s . I n a w o r s t-c a s e s c e n a r i o , t h e G r o u p ' s a b i l i t y t o t r a d e w i t h c e r t a i n c o u n t r i e s , i n c l u d i n g e n t i t i e s a n d i n d i v i d u a l s l i n k e d t o s u c h c o u n t r i e s , m a y b e s e v e r e l y r e s t r i c t e d . T h e p o l i t i c a l c i r c u m s t a n c e s o r i n a d e q u a c i e s o f t h e l e g a l s y s t e m s a n d law e n f o r c e m e n t m e c h a n i s m s i n c e r t a i n c o u n t r i e s i n w h i c h t h e G r o u p o p e r a t e s m a y h a v e a m a t e r i a l n e g a t i v e i m p a c t o n t h e G r o u p ' s r e p u t a t i o n , r e v e n u e , c a s h f l o w s a n d f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n.
D u r i n g t h e l i f e t i m e o f t h e B o n d s , t h e I s s u e r w i l l b e r e q u i r e d t o m a k e p a y m e n t s o n t h e B o n d s . T h e a b i l i t y t o g e n e r a t e c a s h f l o w f r o m o p e r a t i o n s a n d t o m a k e s c h e d u l e d r e p a y m e n t s a n d i n t e r e s t p a y m e n t s o n i n d e b t e d n e s s , i n c l u d i n g t h e B o n d s , w i l l d e p e n d o n f u t u r e f i n a n c i a l p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e G r o u p. T h e g e n e r a t e d c a s h f l o w f r o m o p e r a t i o n s w i l l h a v e t o b e d i s t r i b u t e d u p w a r d s t o t h e I s s u e r i n o r d e r t o s e r v i c e t h e B o n d s a n d r e l e v a n t s u b s i d i a r i e s m a y h a v e d i v i d e n d r e s t r i c t i o n s i n c u r r e n t f i n a n c i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s l i m i t i n g a c c e s s t o g e n e r a t e d c a s h f l o w. I f t h e G r o u p i s u n a b l e t o s e r v i c e i t s i n d e b t e d n e s s , i t w i l l b e f o r c e d t o a d o p t a n a l t e r n a t i v e s t r a t e g y t h a t m a y i n c l u d e a c t i o n s s u c h a s r e d u c i n g o r d e l a y i n g c a p i t a l e x p e n d i t u r e s , s e l l i n g a s s e t s , r e s t r u c t u r i n g o r r e f i n a n c i n g i n d e b t e d n e s s o r s e e k i n g e q u i t y c a p i t a l . T h e G r o u p c a n n o t a s s u r e i n v e s t o r s t h a t a n y o f t h e s e a l t e r n a t i v e s t r a t e g i e s c o u l d b e e f f e c t u a t e d o n s a t i s f a c t o r y t e r m s , i f a t a l l , t h a t t h e y w o u l d y i e l d s u f f i c i e n t f u n d s t o m a k e r e q u i r e d p a y m e n t s o n t h e B o n d s a n d o t h e r i n d e b t e d n e s s , o r t h a t h o l d e r s o f t h e B o n d s ( t h e " B o n d h o l d e r s " ) w o u l d n o t l o s e all o r p a r t o f t h e i r c l a i m s i n a n y r e s t r u c t u r i n g o r i n s o l v e n c y p r o c e e d i n g .
T h e B o n d T e r m s p r o v i d e f o r c e r t a i n r e d e m p t i o n a n d r e p u r c h a s e m e c h a n i c s i n r e s p e c t o f t h e B o n d s w h i c h e n t a i l r e d e m p t i o n o r r e p u r c h a s e w i t h a p r e m i u m , e i t h e r v o l u n t a r i l y o r m a n d a t o r i l y . T h e l a t t e r w i l l b e t h e c a s e , i n t e r a l i a , u p o n t h e o c c u r r e n c e o f a c h a n g e o f c o n t r o l e v e n t ( a s d e s c r i b e d i n t h e B o n d T e r m s ) , w h e r e b y e a c h i n d i v i d u a l B o n d h o l d e r h a s a r i g h t t o r e q u i r e t h a t t h e I s s u e r p u r c h a s e s all o r s o m e o f t h e B o n d s a t 1 0 1 % o f p a r v a l u e ( p l u s a c c r u e d i n t e r e s t ) . T h e r e c a n b e n o a s s u r a n c e t h a t t h e I s s u e r w i l l h a v e s u f f i c i e n t f u n d s a t t h e t i m e o f s u c h e v e n t t o m a k e t h e r e q u i r e d r e p u r c h a s e o f t h e B o n d s , s h o u l d a m a n d a t o r y r e p u r c h a s e e v e n t o c c u r.
T h e B o n d s h a v e n o t b e e n a n d w i l l n o t b e r e g i s t e r e d u n d e r t h e U.S. S e c u r i t i e s A c t o f 1 9 3 3 , a s a m e n d e d , o r a n y U.S. s t a t e s e c u r i t i e s l a w s . F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e I s s u e r d o e s n o t i n t e n d t o r e g i s t e r t h e B o n d s u n d e r a n y o t h e r c o u n t r y ' s s e c u r i t i e s l a w s . T h i s l i m i t s t h e B o n d h o l d e r s ' a b i l i t y t o o f f e r o r s e l l t h e B o n d s i n c e r t a i n j u r i s d i c t i o n s . I t i s e a c h p o t e n t i a l i n v e s t o r ' s o b l i g a t i o n t o e n s u r e t h a t t h e o f f e r s a n d s a l e s o f B o n d s c o m p l y w i t h a l l a p p l i c a b l e s e c u r i t i e s l a w s . D u e t o t h e s e r e s t r i c t i o n s , t h e r e i s a r i s k t h a t a B o n d h o l d e r w i l l n o t b e a b l e t o s e l l i t s B o n d s a s d e s i r e d .
P u r s u a n t t o t h e B o n d T e r m s , t h e I s s u e r h a s a n o b l i g a t i o n t o l i s t t h e B o n d s o n t h e O s l o S t o c k E x c h a n g e o r a n y o t h e r r e g u l a t e d m a r k e t ( a s d e f i n e d u n d e r M i F I D I I a n d M i F I R) w i t h i n 9 m o n t h s o f t h e f i r s t i s s u e d a t e. E v e n i f t h e B o n d s a r e a d m i t t e d t o t r a d i n g , a c t i v e t r a d i n g i n t h e B o n d s m a y n o t o c c u r a n d a l i q u i d m a r k e t f o r t r a d i n g i n t h e B o n d s m a y n o t b e a v a i l a b l e e v e n i f t h e B o n d s a r e l i s t e d . F o r e x a m p l e , i f t h e I s s u e r f a i l s t o c o m p l y w i t h t h e v a r i o u s o b l i g a t i o n s a n d s t a n d a r d s o f c o n d u c t w h i c h f o l l o w t h e l i s t i n g o f t h e B o n d s , t h i s m a y l e a d t o t h e e x c l u s i o n o f t h e B o n d s f r o m t r a d i n g. A s a r e s u l t , B o n d h o l d e r s m a y f i n d i t d i f f i c u l t o r i m p o s s i b l e t o t r a d e t h e i r B o n d s w h e n d e s i r e d o r a t a p r i c e l e v e l w h i c h a l l o w s f o r a p r o f i t c o m p a r a b l e t o s i m i l a r i n v e s t m e n t s .
T h e r e i s a r i s k t h a t t h e v a l u e o f t h e B o n d s m a y d e c r e a s e d u e t o t h e c h a n g e s i n t h e G r o u p , i t s f i n a n c i a l p o s i t i o n a s w e l l a s r e l e v a n t m a r k e t r i s k f a c t o r s . F u r t h e r m o r e , t h e p r i c e a n d m a r k e t v a l u e o f a s i n g l e b o n d i s s u e w i l l , g e n e r a l l y , f l u c t u a t e d u e t o g e n e r a l d e v e l o p m e n t s i n t h e f i n a n c i a l m a r k e t s , a s w e l l a s , s p e c i f i c a l l y , i n v e s t o r i n t e r e s t i n ( a n d , t h u s , t h e l i q u i d i t y o f ) t h e B o n d s a n d m a r k e t s i n w h i c h t h e G r o u p i s e n g a g e d. I n a d d i t i o n , i n r e c e n t y e a r s , t h e g l o b a l f i n a n c i a l m a r k e t s h a v e e x p e r i e n c e d s i g n i f i c a n t p r i c e a n d v o l u m e f l u c t u a t i o n s , w h i c h , i f r e p e a t e d i n t h e f u t u r e , c o u l d a d v e r s e l y a f f e c t t h e m a r k e t v a l u e o f t h e B o n d s w i t h o u t r e g a r d t o t h e I s s u e r ' s a n d G r o u p ' s o p e r a t i n g r e s u l t s , f i n a n c i a l c o n d i t i o n o r p r o s p e c t s . A c c o r d i n g l y , t h e r e i s a r i s k t h a t t h e v a l u e o f t h e B o n d s m a y d e c r e a s e d e s p i t e a n u n d e r l y i n g p o s i t i v e d e v e l o p m e n t i n t h e G r o u p ' s b u s i n e s s a c t i v i t i e s .
T h e l i q u i d i t y o f t h e B o n d s w i l l a t all t i m e s d e p e n d o n t h e m a r k e t p a r t i c i p a n t s ' v i e w o f t h e v a l u e o f t h e B o n d s . P o t e n t i a l i n v e s t o r s s h o u l d n o t e t h a t i t m a y b e d i f f i c u l t o r e v e n i m p o s s i b l e t o t r a d e a n d s e l l t h e B o n d s i n t h e s e c o n d a r y m a r k e t.
G e n e r a l l y , c l a i m s o f c r e d i t o r s o f t h e I s s u e r ' s s u b s i d i a r i e s i n c l u d i n g t r a d e c r e d i t o r s , s e c u r e d c r e d i t o r s , a n d c r e d i t o r s h o l d i n g i n d e b t e d n e s s a n d g u a r a n t e e s i s s u e d b y s u c h s u b s i d i a r y , w i l l h a v e p r i o r i t y w i t h r e s p e c t t o t h e a s s e t s a n d e a r n i n g s o f t h e s u b s i d i a r y o v e r t h e c l a i m s o f c r e d i t o r s o f t h e I s s u e r a n d w i l l b e e n t i t l e d t o p a y m e n t s o f t h e i r c l a i m s f r o m t h e a s s e t s o f s u c h s u b s i d i a r i e s b e f o r e t h e s e a s s e t s a r e m a d e a v a i l a b l e f o r d i s t r i b u t i o n t o t h e I s s u e r , a s a d i r e c t o r i n d i r e c t s h a r e h o l d e r , i n e a c h c a s e t o t h e e x t e n t t h e I s s u e r ' s o b l i g a t i o n s a r e n o t g u a r a n t e e d b y t h e r e l e v a n t e n t i t y . A c c o r d i n g l y , a b s e n t a g u a r a n t e e f r o m t h e r e l e v a n t s u b s i d i a r y , t h e B o n d s w i l l b e s t r u c t u r a l l y s u b o r d i n a t e d t o all s u c h c r e d i t o r s ' c l a i m s a g a i n s t s u c h s u b s i d i a r i e s a n d i n a n e n f o r c e m e n t s c e n a r i o , s u c h c r e d i t o r s w i l l g e n e r a l l y b e e n t i t l e d t o p a y m e n t i n f u l l f r o m t h e s a l e o r o t h e r d i s p o s a l o f t h e a s s e t s o f s u c h s u b s i d i a r i e s b e f o r e t h e I s s u e r , a s a d i r e c t o r i n d i r e c t s h a r e h o l d e r , w i l l b e e n t i t l e d t o r e c e i v e a n y d i s t r i b u t i o n s . F u r t h e r , a s t h e B o n d s a r e a l s o u n s e c u r e d t h e y w i l l b e s t r u c t u r a l l y s u b o r d i n a t e d t o t h e I s s u e r ' s s e c u r e d d e b t. T h e G r o u p ' s f i n a n c i n g a r r a n g e m e n t s m a y h a v e r e s t r i c t i o n s o n d i s t r i b u t i o n s w h i c h m e a n s t h a t g e n e r a t e d c a s h f l o w m a y n o t b e i m m e d i a t e l y a v a i l a b l e t o t h e I s s u e r , e v e n i f s u c h c a s h f l o w c a n b e a c c o u n t e d f o r i n t h e c a l c u l a t i o n o f t h e l i q u i d i t y c o v e n a n t p u r s u a n t t o t h e t e r m s o f t h e B o n d s .
I n a c c o r d a n c e w i t h t h e B o n d T e r m s , t h e b o n d t r u s t e e w i l l r e p r e s e n t all B o n d h o l d e r s i n all m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g t o t h e B o n d s a n d t h e B o n d h o l d e r s a r e p r e v e n t e d f r o m t a k i n g a c t i o n o n t h e i r o w n a g a i n s t t h e I s s u e r. C o n s e q u e n t l y , i n d i v i d u a l B o n d h o l d e r s d o n o t h a v e t h e r i g h t t o t a k e e n f o r c e m e n t a c t i o n a g a i n s t t h e I s s u e r i f i t d e f a u l t s a n d t h e y w i l l i n s t e a d n e e d t o w a i t u n t i l a r e q u i s i t e m a j o r i t y o f B o n d h o l d e r s a g r e e s t o t a k e s u c h a c t i o n. T h e b o n d t r u s t e e w i l l i n s o m e c a s e s h a v e t h e r i g h t t o m a k e d e c i s i o n s a n d t a k e a c t i o n s t h a t b i n d all B o n d h o l d e r s . I t i s p o s s i b l e t h a t s u c h d e c i s i o n s a n d a c t i o n s w i l l n e g a t i v e l y a f f e c t o n e o r m o r e B o n d h o l d e r s .
T h e B o n d T e r m s i n c l u d e c e r t a i n p r o v i s i o n s r e g a r d i n g B o n d h o l d e r s ' m e e t i n g s a n d w r i t t e n p r o c e d u r e s . S u c h m e e t i n g s a n d p r o c e d u r e s m a y b e u s e d t o r e a c h d e c i s i o n s o n m a t t e r s r e l a t i n g t o t h e B o n d h o l d e r s ' i n t e r e s t s . T h e B o n d T e r m s a l l o w f o r s t a t e d m a j o r i t i e s t o b i n d all B o n d h o l d e r s , i n c l u d i n g B o n d h o l d e r s w h o h a v e n o t t a k e n p a r t i n t h e m e e t i n g o r p r o c e d u r e a n d t h o s e w h o h a v e v o t e d a g a i n s t t h e m a j o r i t y . C o n s e q u e n t l y , t h e r e i s a r i s k t h a t t h e a c t i o n s o f t h e m a j o r i t y i n s u c h m a t t e r s w i l l i m p a c t a B o n d h o l d e r ' s r i g h t s i n a m a n n e r t h a t i s u n d e s i r a b l e t o i t.
T h e B o n d s a r e e n v i s a g e d t o b e s t r u c t u r e d a s a s u s t a i n a b i l i t y -l i n k e d b o n d . A s t h e r e g u l a t o r y l a n d s c a p e o n E S G / s u s t a i n a b i l i t y i s u n d e r c o n s t a n t c h a n g e , a n d a l t h o u g h t h e B o n d s a t p r e s e n t m a y b e i s s u e d u n d e r a s u s t a i n a b i l i t y -l i n k e d b o n d f r a m e w o r k , t h e B o n d s w i l l n o t n e c e s s a r i l y b e r e g a r d e d a s " s u s t a i n a b l e " u n d e r t h e E U G r e e n B o n d R e g u l a t i o n a n d / o r o t h e r s p e c i f i c E U r u l e s o n c e t h e s e e n t e r i n t o f o r c e .

Established in 1994, MPC Capital is a leading investment and asset manager, powering profitable growth in maritime and energy infrastructure with a proven track record


30 YEARS track record in real asset investments


EUR 4.8 BILLION assets under management

EUR 20+ BILLION invested across asset classes

PUBLICLY LISTED at Frankfurt stock exchange since 2000


200 REAL ASSETS in selected markets around the world

PROCEEDS FROM SALE OF VESSELS (USDM)

Vessel acquisition (incl. installment) Drydock, retrofit, maintenance and upgrades

Proceeds from sale of vessels
MPC Container Ships | | Notes: (1) Includes the acquisition of Songa, whereas USD 85m was paid in cash and USD 151m was paid with MPCC shares. (2) Based on latest management budget. Source: Annual Reports, Quarterly Reports, Company Information. Credit Investor Presentation 52

"AS SELINA" Schifffahrtsgesell schaft mbH & Co. KG (Dormant)
"AS RAFAELA" Schifffahrtsgesell schaft mbH & Co. KG (Dormant)
"AS SERAFINA" Schifffahrtsgesell schaft mbH & Co. KG (Dormant)
| In USD thousands | Q2 2024 | Q2 2023 | H1 2024 | H1 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |
| Operating revenues | 130,899 | 194,368 | 278,442 | 374,491 |
| Commissions | (3,762) | (5,421) | (7,753) | (10,551) |
| Vessel voyage expenditures | (3,936) | (3,448) | (7,280) | (6,295) |
| Vessel operation expenditures | (38,738) | (38,173) | (76,159) | (72,358) |
| Ship management fees | (2,157) | (2,469) | (4,778) | (4,783) |
| Share of profit or loss from joint venture | (349) | 1,520 | (378) | 10,268 |
| Gross profit | 81,957 | 146,376 | 182,094 | 290,772 |
| Administrative expenses | (4,360) | (3,508) | (8,687) | (6,716) |
| Other expenses | (638) | (805) | (1,163) | (1,290) |
| Other income | 1,040 | 684 | 2,102 | 1,386 |
| Gain (loss) from sale of vessels | 6,412 | - | 6,201 | - |
| Depreciation | (17,521) | (20,611) | (35,265) | (40,215) |
| Held for sale loss/impairment | - | (18,391) | - | (18,391) |
| Operating profit | 66,890 | 103,745 | 145,282 | 225,547 |
| Finance income | 2,435 | 1,485 | 4,397 | 3,009 |
| Finance costs | (4,393) | (3,689) | (8,690) | (7,312) |
| Profit (loss) before income tax | 64,932 | 101,542 | 140,989 | 221,245 |
| Income tax expenses | (119) | (50) | 277 | (93) |
| Profit (loss) for the period | 64,813 | 101,491 | 141,266 | 221,152 |
| Attributable to: | ||||
| Equity holders of the Company | 64,797 | 101,439 | 141,220 | 221,051 |
| Minority interest | 16 | 53 | 46 | 101 |
| Basic earnings per share – in USD |
0.15 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.50 |
| Diluted earnings per share – in USD |
0.15 | 0.23 | 0.32 | 0.50 |
| June 30, 2024 | Dec 31, 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| in USD thousands | (unaudited) | (audited) |
| ASSETS | ||
| Non-current Assets | ||
| Vessels | 728,750 | 691,291 |
| Newbuildings | 66,593 | 78,980 |
| Right-of-use asset | 359 | 84 |
| Other non-current assets | 2,496 | - |
| Investments in associate and joint venture | 6,557 | 2,934 |
| Total non-current assets | 804,755 | 773,289 |
| Current Assets | ||
| Vessel held for sale | - | 25,165 |
| Inventories | 6,537 | 8,088 |
| Trade and other receivables | 24,807 | 23,667 |
| Financial instruments at fair value | 2,782 | 1,951 |
| Restricted cash | 8,492 | 5,005 |
| Cash and cash equivalents | 160,788 | 117,579 |
| Total current assets | 203,406 | 181,455 |
| TOTAL ASSETS | 1,008,161 | 954,744 |
| in USD thousands | June 30, 2024 (unaudited) |
Dec. 31, 2023 (audited) |
|---|---|---|
| EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | ||
| Equity | ||
| Share capital | 48,589 | 48,589 |
| Share premium | 1,879 | 1,879 |
| Retained earnings | 725,879 | 700,021 |
| Other reserves | 135 | (843) |
| Non-controlling interest | 3,624 | 3,835 |
| Total equity | 780,106 | 753,481 |
| Non-current liabilities | ||
| Total non-current liabilities | 131,931 | 93,699 |
|---|---|---|
| Deferred tax liabilities | - | 748 |
| Other non-current liabilities | 2,669 | - |
| Lease liabilities -long-term | 169 | - |
| Non-current Interest-bearing debt | 129,093 | 92,951 |
| Current liabilities | ||
|---|---|---|
| Current interest-bearing debt | 38,028 | 33,564 |
| Acquired TC contracts, current | 13,570 | 20,397 |
| Trade and other payables | 452 | 21,459 |
| Income tax payable | 721 | 289 |
| Deferred revenues | 29,060 | 35,230 |
| Other liabilities | 14,293 | 17,022 |
| Total current liabilities | 96,124 | 107,564 |
| TOTAL EQUITY AND LIABILITIES | 1,008,161 | 954,744 |
| H1 2024 | H1 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| in USD thousands | (unaudited) | (unaudited) | ||
| Profit (loss) before income tax | 140,989 | 221,245 | ||
| Income tax expenses paid | - | (173) | ||
| Net change inventory and trade and other receivables | 984 | (2,179) | ||
| Net change in trade and other payables and other liabilities | 1,716 | (6,676) | ||
| Net change in deferred revenues | (6,170) | 2,479 | ||
| Depreciation | 35,265 | 40,215 | ||
| Finance costs (net) | 4,293 | 4,302 | ||
| Share of profit (loss) from joint venture | 377 | (10,268) | ||
| Impairment | - | 18,391 | ||
| (Gain) loss from sale of vessels and fixed assets | (4,648) | - | ||
| Amortization of TC contracts | (926) | (1,565) | ||
| Cash flow from operating activities | 171,880 | 265,771 |
| Cash flow from investing activities | (42,556) | (103,642) |
|---|---|---|
| Investment in associate | (4,000) | (404) |
| Dividend received from joint venture investment | - | 20,950 |
| Interest received | 3,019 | 1,907 |
| Acquisition of vessels | - | (75,344) |
| Newbuildings | (72,850) | (22,638) |
| Scrubbers, dry dockings and other vessel upgrades | (19,114) | (28,113) |
| Proceeds from disposal of vessels | 50,389 | - |
| H1 2024 | H1 2023 | |
|---|---|---|
| in USD thousands | (unaudited) | (unaudited) |
| Dividends paid | (115,619) | (164,461) |
| Additions from non-controlling interest | - | 541 |
| Proceeds from debt financing | 61,670 | 8,300 |
| Repayment of long-term debt | (18,516) | (31,400) |
| Payment of principal of leases | (97) | (100) |
| Interest paid | (5,188) | (6,261) |
| Debt issuance costs | (3,648) | - |
| Other finance paid | (1,376) | - |
| Cash from /(to) financial derivatives | 146 | (1,194) |
| Cash flow from financing activities | (81,628) | (194,575) |
| Net change in cash and cash equivalents | 46,696 | (32,446) |
| Restricted cash, cash & cash equiv. at beginning of the period | 122,584 | 125,517 |
| Restricted cash, cash & cash equiv. at end of the period | 169,280 | 93,071 |
| No | Vessel | Cluster | Charterer | Remark | MPCC Current Fixture (USD/day) |
Aug-24 | Sep-24 | Oct-24 | Nov-24 | Dec-24 | Jan-25 | Feb-25 | Mar-25 | Apr-25 | May-25 Jun-25 |
Jul-25 | Aug-25 | Sep-25 | Min / Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | AS FATIMA1 | 1,300 gls | COSCO | 11,500 | Aug-24 / Sep-24 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | AS PAOLA1 | 2,500 grd | CMA CGM | 28,900 | DD2 | Sep-24 / Oct-24 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | AS SVENJA | 1,700 grd | CMA CGM | Retrofit | 29,995 | DD2 | Oct-24 / Dec-24 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | AS FRANZISKA | 1,300 grd | Maersk | 11,500 | Oct-24 / Dec-24 | ||||||||||||||
| 5 | AS FENJA | 1,200 gls | COSCO | 27,000 | DD2 | Nov-24 / Jan-25 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | AS ANITA | 2,000 gls | COSCO | 18,000 | Jan-25 / Feb-25 | ||||||||||||||
| 7 | AS NINA | 3,500 gls | Maersk | 18,250 | DD2 | Jan-25 / Mar-25 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | AS ALEXANDRIA | 2,000 gls | SCI | 13,500 | Feb-25 / Apr-25 | ||||||||||||||
| 9 | AS FLORIANA | 1,300 gls | CFS | 27,750 | Feb-25 / Apr-25 | ||||||||||||||
| 10 | AS FREYA | 1,300 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 28,000 | Feb-25 / Apr-25 | |||||||||||||
| 11 | AS PENELOPE | 2,500 gls | Hapag-Lloyd | 16,950 | DD2 | Mar-25 / Jun-25 | |||||||||||||
| 12 | AS NORA | 3,500 grd | CMA CGM | Retrofit | 40,000 | Apr-25 / Jun-25 | |||||||||||||
| 13 | AS FABIANA | 1,300 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 29,500 | May-25 / Jul-25 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | SEVILLIA | 1,700 grd | Samudera | 15,0003 | May-25 / Jul-25 | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | AS ANGELINA | 2,000 grd | Maersk | 36,500 | Aug-25 / Oct-25 | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | AS SERENA | 1,700 grd | Shanghai Jin Jiang | 15,0004 | Maersk – | 20,300 | Aug-25 / Nov-25 | ||||||||||||
| 17 | AS SOPHIA | 1,700 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 38,000 | Sep-25 / Nov-25 | |||||||||||||
| 18 | AS SIMONE | 1,700 grd eco | Maersk | ECO | 23,5005 | Sep-25 / Sep-26 | |||||||||||||
| 19 | AS SILJE | 1,700 grd eco | Maersk | ECO | 23,5005 | DD2 | Oct-25 / Oct-26 | ||||||||||||
| 20 | AS SABINE | 1,700 grd eco | Maersk | ECO | 23,5005 | Nov-25 / Nov-26 | |||||||||||||
| 21 | AS STINE | 1,700 grd eco | Maersk | ECO | 23,5005 | DD2 | Dec-25 / Dec-26 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | AS FILIPPA | 1,300 grd | CMA CGM | 18,250 | 13,500 | Jan-26 / Mar-26 | |||||||||||||
| 23 | AS FABRIZIA | 1,300 grd | King Ocean | 11,000 | Feb-26 / Apr-26 | ||||||||||||||
| 24 | AS CYPRIA | 2,800 gls | Hapag-Lloyd | 16,825 | 18,500 | Feb-26 / Apr-26 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | AS FLORETTA | 1,300 grd | Crowley | 16,800 | Mar-26 / May-26 |
Sold – to be handed over after re-delivery in Q3 / Q4
Scheduled commencement of dry-docking. Actual timing depends, inter alia, on yard capacity and charter commitments
First year at USD 65,000, thereafter one year at USD 40,000 and then USD 15,000 for the remaining period
Contracted base rate; besides base rate the charter also includes a Scrubber savings sharing mechanism in favour of MPCC
Index-linked charter rate with a floor of USD 8,750 and a ceiling of USD 14,500 - 50/50 profit share for all assessed rates between USD 17,000 and USD 35,000
Min. period Max. period On subs
| Fixture (USD/day) | Aug-24 | Sep-24 | Oct-24 | Nov-24 | Dec-24 | Jan-25 | Feb-25 Mar-25 |
Apr-25 | May-25 | Jun-25 Jul-25 |
Aug-25 | Sep-25 | Min / Max | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | AS FELICIA | 1,300 grd | ZISS | 24,000 | Mar-26 / May-26 | |||||||||||||
| 27 | AS PATRIA | 2,500 grd | KMTC | 25,0001 | DD2 | Mar-26 / Jul-26 | ||||||||||||
| 28 | AS FIORELLA | 1,300 grd | COSCO | 25,950 | 15,000 | Apr-26 / Jun-26 | ||||||||||||
| 29 | AS ALVA | 2,000 grd | MSC | 15,500 | Apr-26 / Jun-26 | |||||||||||||
| 30 | AS CARELIA | 2,800 gls | Hapag-Lloyd | 19,500 | Apr-26 / Jun-26 | |||||||||||||
| 31 | AS CARLOTTA | 2,800 grd | ONE | 25,500 | May-26 / Jun-26 | |||||||||||||
| 32 | AS CLEMENTINA | 2,800 gls | Unifeeder | Retrofit | 21,178 | May-26 / Jul-26 | ||||||||||||
| 33 | STADT DRESDEN | 2,800 gls | Hapag-Lloyd | 18,300 | 19,500 | Jun-26 / Sep-26 | ||||||||||||
| 34 | AS CHRISTIANA | 2,800 grd | CMA CGM | 32,400 | Seacon | – 26,800 |
Jul-26 / Aug-26 | |||||||||||
| 35 | AS SICILIA | 1,700 grd | Unifeeder | 30,000 | MSC – | 17,000 | Jul-26 / Sep-26 | |||||||||||
| 36 | AS PIA | 2,500 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 45,7503 | Aug-26 / Jan-27 | ||||||||||||
| 37 | AS COLUMBIA | 2,800 gls | Sea Consortium |
15,500 | DD2 / Maersk – | 24,000 | Sep-26 / Oct-26 | |||||||||||
| 38 | AS CAMELLIA | 2,800 gls | MSC | 17,750 | Maersk – | 24,000 | Sep-26 / Nov-26 | |||||||||||
| 39 | AS CONSTANTINA | 2,800 gls | COSCO | 39,900 | 26,500 | DD2 | Sep-26 / Nov-26 | |||||||||||
| 40 | AS CALIFORNIA | 2,800 gls | MSC | 17,750 | Maersk – | 24,000 | Sep-26 / Nov-26 | |||||||||||
| 41 | AS SAVANNA | 1,700 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 12,500 | DD2 | 12,5004 | Sep-26 / Nov-26 | ||||||||||
| 42 | AS SELINA | 1,700 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 29,500 | 12,5004 | Nov-26 / Jan-27 | |||||||||||
| 43 | AS PETRONIA | 2,500 HR grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 45,7505 | Nov-26 / May-27 | ||||||||||||
| 44 | AS CLAUDIA | 2,800 gls | Hapag-Lloyd | 16,000 | 19,500 | Oct-26 / Jan-27 | ||||||||||||
| 45 | AS PALINA | 2,500 HR grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 45,7505 | Oct-26 / Apr-27 | ||||||||||||
| 46 | AS ANNE | 2,200 grd eco | CMA CGM | ECO | 17,250 | OOCL – | 25,500 | Nov-26 / Jan-27 | ||||||||||
| 47 | AS SABRINA | 1,700 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 13,500 | DD2 | 12,5004 | Nov-26 / Jan-27 | ||||||||||
| 48 | AS SAMANTA | 1,700 grd | Seaboard | Retrofit | 22,4006 | DD2 | Maersk – | 12,5004 | Nov-26 / Jan-27 | |||||||||
| 49 | AS CAROLINA | 2,800 gls | ZISS | 41,000 | Nov-26 / Jan-27 | |||||||||||||
| 50 | AS SARA | 1,700 grd | Maersk | Retrofit | 35,000 | DD1 | 12,5002 | Feb-27 / Apr-27 |
First year at USD 70,000, next year at USD 55,000, thereafter one year at USD 25,000 and then USD 15,500 for the remaining period
Scheduled commencement of dry-docking. Actual timing depends, inter alia, on yard capacity and charter commitments
as of 29.08.2025 the charter rate will change to an index-linked scheme with a floor of USD 10,500 and a ceiling of USD 16,000, the charter also includes a Scrubber savings sharing mechanism in favour of MPCC
Contracted base rate, index-linked scheme with a floor of USD 12,500 and a ceiling of USD 20,000
FLEET EMPLOYMENT OVERVIEW
No Vessel Cluster Charterer Remark MPCC Current
as of 21.10.2025 the charter rate will change to an index-linked scheme for AS Palina and as of 19.11.2025 for AS Petronia with a floor of USD 11,000 and a ceiling of USD 17,000, the charter also includes a Scrubber savings sharing mechanism in favour of MPCC
Contracted base rate; besides base rate the charter also includes a Scrubber savings sharing mechanism in favour of MPCC
Min. period Max. period On subs
| No | Vessel | Cluster | Charterer | Remark | MPCC Current Fixture (USD/day) |
Aug-24 | Sep-24 | Oct-24 | Nov-24 | Dec-24 | Jan-25 Feb-25 |
Mar-25 | Apr-25 | May-25 | Jun-25 | Jul-25 | Aug-25 | Sep-25 | Min / Max |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | AS PAMELA | 2,500 grd | COSCO | 37,500 | DD2 | Evergreen – | 26,500 | Mar-27 / Apr-27 | |||||||||||
| 52 | AS CASPRIA | 2,800 gls | ZISS | 40,700 | Mar-27 / May-27 | ||||||||||||||
| 53 | AS SUSANNA | 1,700 grd | ONE | 39,990 | DD1 | 18,000 | Mar-27 / Jun-27 | ||||||||||||
| 54 | AS NURIA | 3,500 gls | Maersk | 25,150 | Jun-27 / Aug-27 | ||||||||||||||
| 55 | AS NARA | 3,500 gls | Maersk | 25,150 | Jul-27 / Sep-27 | ||||||||||||||
| 56 | MACKENZIE | 5,500 grd | ZISS | ECO | 70,0003 | Jun-31 / Jul-31 | |||||||||||||
| 57 | COLORADO | 5,500 grd | ZISS | ECO | 70,0003 | Jul-31 / Sep-31 | |||||||||||||
| 58 | H2530 | 1,300 gls | Unifeeder | Dual-Fuel Methanol | Charter rate of EUR 17,750 per day | Dec-33 / Dec-33 | |||||||||||||
| 59 | NCL VESTLAND | 1,300 grd | NCL | Dual-Fuel Methanol | NCL - base charter rate of 16,300 EUR per day increasing by 1.1% each year on January 1st |
May-39 / Sep-39 | |||||||||||||
| 60 | NCL NORDLAND | 1,300 grd | NCL | Dual-Fuel Methanol | Aug-39 / Dec-39 |
Min. period Max. period On subs
1 Scheduled commencement of dry-docking. Actual timing depends, inter alia, on yard capacity and charter commitment
2 Contracted base rate, index-linked with a floor of USD 12,500 and a ceiling of USD 20,000
3 avg. Rate of USD 39,000 (first two years USD 70,000, the third year USD 45,000 and for the remaining four years USD 21,565)

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