EX-99.1 2 d640841dex991.htm EX-99.1 EX-99.1
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Exhibit 99.1

StealthGas Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

Index to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

     Pages  

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets – December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013

     2   

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the Nine-month Periods Ended September  30, 2012 and 2013

     3   

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the Nine-month Periods Ended September 30, 2012 and 2013

     4   

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statement of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Nine-month Periods Ended September 30, 2012 and 2013

     5   

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Nine-month Periods Ended September  30, 2012 and 2013

     6   

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     7 – 16   

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

As of December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013 (Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

            December 31,      September 30,  
     Note      2012      2013  

Assets

        

Current assets

        

Cash and cash equivalents

        42,273,000         95,856,697   

Receivables from related party

     3         —           96,717   

Trade and other receivables

        3,029,284         3,391,637   

Claims receivable

        32,835         1,748,496   

Inventories

     4         3,152,407         3,341,831   

Advances and prepayments

        435,226         702,705   

Restricted cash

     9         7,340,655         6,865,568   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current assets

        56,263,407         112,003,651   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non current assets

        

Advances for vessels under construction

     5         19,321,045         46,283,936   

Vessels, net

     6         634,634,671         685,112,848   

Other receivables

        224,422         578,173   

Restricted cash

        1,300,000         2,100,000   

Deferred finance charges

     7         1,295,486         1,415,992   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non current assets

        656,775,624         735,490,949   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

        713,039,031         847,494,600   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity

        

Current liabilities

        

Payable to related party

     3         7,288,899         7,944,631   

Trade accounts payable

        5,927,526         7,293,704   

Accrued liabilities

        2,855,170         3,459,375   

Customer deposits

        280,000         —     

Deferred income

     8         3,129,671         3,058,374   

Fair value of derivatives

     10         539,904         370,702   

Current portion of long-term debt

     9         35,787,544         72,873,605   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

        55,808,714         95,000,391   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Non current liabilities

        

Fair value of derivatives

     10         5,409,337         3,240,319   

Other non current liabilities

        222,770         552,131   

Long-term debt

     9         309,564,768         281,673,584   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total non current liabilities

        315,196,875         285,466,034   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

        371,005,589         380,466,425   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies

     14         —           —     
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Stockholders’ equity

        

Capital stock

        

5,000,000 preferred shares authorized and zero outstanding with a par value of $0.01 per share, 100,000,000 common shares authorized 21,179,642 shares issued and 20,627,329 shares outstanding at December 31, 2012 and 32,679,642 shares issued and 32,127,329 shares outstanding at September 30, 2013 with a par value of $0.01 per share

     12         206,273         321,273   

Additional paid-in capital

     12         275,792,164         385,079,657   

Retained earnings

        66,016,627         81,701,724   

Accumulated other comprehensive income/(loss)

        18,378         (74,479
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity

        342,033,442         467,028,175   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

        713,039,031         847,494,600   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income

For the Nine-month Periods Ended September 30, 2012 and 2013

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

            Nine-Month Periods Ended
September 30,
 
     Note      2012     2013  

Revenues

       

Revenues

        86,735,515        82,108,144   

Revenues – related party

     3         1,891,884        7,340,891   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues

        88,627,399        89,449,035   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

       

Voyage expenses

        7,753,002        9,894,145   

Voyage expenses – related party

     3         1,094,730        1,089,651   

Vessels’ operating expenses

        21,972,357        23,447,417   

Vessels’ operating expenses – related party

     3         885,261        3,066,316   

Dry-docking costs

        2,045,656        2,456,614   

Management fees – related party

     3         3,207,885        3,502,450   

General and administrative expenses

        2,151,866        1,892,747   

Depreciation

     6         21,442,465        22,671,019   

Net gain on sale of vessels

        (1,372,409     —     
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

        59,180,813        68,020,359   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Income from operations

        29,446,586        21,428,676   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other income and (expenses)

       

Interest and finance costs

        (7,250,396     (5,932,624

(Loss)/gain on derivatives

     10         (1,153,309     64,611   

Interest income

        169,844        203,666   

Foreign exchange loss

        (13,316     (79,232
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other expenses, net

        (8,247,177     (5,743,579
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

        21,199,409        15,685,097   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Earnings per share

       

- Basic

     13         1.03        0.58   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

- Diluted

     13         1.03        0.58   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average number of shares

       

- Basic

     13         20,552,568        26,997,623   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

- Diluted

     13         20,552,568        26,997,623   
     

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income

For the Nine-month Periods Ended September 30, 2012 and 2013

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

            September 30,  
     Note      2012      2013  

Net Income

        21,199,409         15,685,097   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)

        

- Cash flow hedges:

        

Reclassification adjustment

     10         11,830         (92,857
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Comprehensive Income/(Loss)

        11,830         (92,857
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

Comprehensive Income

        21,211,239         15,592,240   
     

 

 

    

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity

For the Nine-month Periods Ended September 30, 2012 and 2013

(Expressed in United States Dollars, except for share data)

 

                                 Accumulated        
     Capital stock                    Other        
     Number of             Additional      Retained      Comprehensive        
     Shares      Amount      Paid-in Capital      Earnings      Income/(loss)     Total  

Balance as of January 1, 2012

     20,552,568         205,526         275,761,643         37,058,140         72,718        313,098,027   

Net income for the period

     —           —           —           21,199,409         —          21,199,409   

Other comprehensive income

     —           —           —           —           11,830        11,830   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2012

     20,552,568         205,526         275,761,643         58,257,549         84,548        334,309,266   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of January 1, 2013

     20,627,329         206,273         275,792,164         66,016,627         18,378        342,033,442   

Follow-on public offering net of issuance cost

     11,500,000         115,000         109,068,623         —           —          109,183,623   

Share based compensation

           218,870              218,870   

Net income for the period

              15,685,097         —          15,685,097   

Other comprehensive loss

     —           —           —           —           (92,857     (92,857
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2013

     32,127,329         321,273         385,079,657         81,701,724         (74,479     467,028,175   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

For the Nine-month Periods Ended September 30, 2012 and 2013

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

     Nine-Month Periods Ended
September 30,
 
     2012     2013  

Cash flows from operating activities

    

Net income for the period

     21,199,409        15,685,097   

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:

    

Depreciation

     21,442,465        22,671,019   

Amortization of deferred finance charges

     325,577        321,524   

Unrealized exchange differences

     92,138        (10,694

Share based compensation

     —          218,870   

Change in fair value of derivatives

     (2,450,232     (2,431,077

Gain on sale of vessels

     (1,372,409     —     

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

(Increase)/decrease in

    

Trade and other receivables

     (1,038,642     (716,104

Claims receivable

     (275,734     (1,922,975

Inventories

     (198,666     (189,424

Advances and prepayments

     119,337        (267,479

Increase/(decrease) in

    

Balances with related parties

     107,632        559,015   

Trade accounts payable

     464,668        1,366,178   

Accrued liabilities

     (1,128,920     604,205   

Other non current liabilities

     —          329,361   

Deferred income

     (257,320     (71,297
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

     37,029,303        36,146,219   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities

    

Insurance proceeds

     792,137        207,314   

Vessel acquisitions and advances for vessels under construction

     (62,513,765     (100,112,087

Proceeds from sale of vessels, net

     18,136,907        —     

Decrease/(Increase) in restricted cash account

     2,141,047        (324,913
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in investing activities

     (41,443,674     (100,229,686
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities

    

Net proceeds from common stock issuance

     —          109,183,623   

Deferred finance paid

     —          (442,030

Customer deposits returned

     —          (280,000

Loan repayments

     (41,048,198     (27,567,623

Proceeds from long-term debt

     43,250,000        36,762,500   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     2,201,802        117,656,470   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of exchange rate changes on cash

     (92,138     10,694   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

     (2,304,707     53,583,697   

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year

     43,539,303        42,273,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

     41,234,596        95,856,697   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

1. Basis of Presentation and General Information

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of StealthGas Inc. and its subsidiaries (collectively, the “Company”). StealthGas Inc. was formed under the laws of the Marshall Islands on December 22, 2004 and, as of September 30, 2013 owned a fleet of thirty eight (38) liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers, three medium range (M.R.) type product carriers and one Aframax tanker providing worldwide marine transportation services under long, medium or short-term charters. The Company’s vessels are managed by Stealth Maritime Corporation S.A. — Liberia (the “Manager”), a related party. The Manager is a company incorporated in Liberia and registered in Greece on May 17, 1999 under the provisions of law 89/1967, 378/1968 and article 25 of law 27/75 as amended by article 4 of law 2234/94. (See Note 3).

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These statements and the accompanying notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 18, 2013.

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the annual financial statements and, in the opinion of management, reflect all normal recurring adjustments considered necessary for a fair presentation of the Company’s financial position, results of operations and cash flows for the periods presented. Operating results for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, are not necessarily indicative of the results that might be expected for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2013.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

A discussion of the Company’s significant accounting policies can be found in the Company’s consolidated financial statements included in the Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012, filed with SEC on April 18, 2013. There have been no material changes to these policies in the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013.

 

3. Transactions with Related Parties

The Manager provides the vessels with a wide range of shipping services such as chartering, technical support and maintenance, insurance, consulting, financial and accounting services, for a fixed daily fee of $440 per vessel operating under a voyage or time charter or $125 per vessel operating under a bareboat charter and a brokerage commission of 1.25% on freight, hire and demurrage per vessel, effective after an amendment on January 1, 2007 to the Management Agreement. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, total brokerage commissions of 1.25% amounted to $1,094,730 and $1,089,651, respectively, and were included in voyage expenses – related party in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, the management fees were $3,207,885 and $3,502,450, respectively. In addition, the Manager arranges for supervision onboard the vessels, when required, by superintendent engineers and when such visits exceed a period of five days in a twelve month period, an amount of $500 was charged for each additional day. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, the superintendent fees amounted to $153,000 and $121,001, respectively, and are included in vessels’ operating expenses—related party in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

3. Transactions with Related Parties – Continued

 

The Manager also acts as a sales and purchase broker of the Company in exchange for a commission fee equal to 1% of the gross sale or purchase price of vessels or companies. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, commission fees of $634,479 and $723,500, respectively, were incurred and capitalized to the cost of the vessels. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 the amounts of $192,000 and $0, respectively, were recognized as commission expenses relating to the sale of vessels and are included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income under the caption “Net gain on sale of vessels”.

The Manager has subcontracted, during the nine months ended September 30, 2013, the technical management of some of the vessels to three unaffiliated ship-management companies, Selandia Ship Management (“Selandia”), Swan Shipping Corporation (“Swan”) and Bernhard Schulte Ship Management Ltd. (“BSM’) and to one affiliated ship-management company, Brave Maritime Corp. S.A (“Brave”). These companies provide technical management to the Company’s vessels for a fixed annual fee per vessel.

In addition to management services, the Company reimburses the Manager for compensation of its Chief Executive Officer, its Chief Financial Officer, its Internal Auditor and its Deputy Chairman and Executive Director, which reimbursements were in the amounts of $1,220,548 and $868,477 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, respectively, and are included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income under the caption “General and administrative expenses”.

The current account balance with the Manager at December 31, 2012, and at September 30, 2013, was a liability of $7,288,899 and $7,944,631, respectively. The liability represents payments made by the Manager on behalf of the ship-owning companies.

The Company rents office space that is owned by an affiliated company of the Vafias Group. Rental expense for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 amounted to $56,994 and $57,834, respectively.

In April 2012, the Company reached time charter agreements for two of the Company’s vessels with Emihar Petroleum Inc., an affiliate of the Vafias Group incorporated in the Marshall Islands. Revenue from the related party amounted to $1,891,884 and $7,340,891 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, respectively, and is included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income under the caption “Revenues – related party”. For the vessels’ operating expenses, the Company paid to the Manager amounts of $732,261 and $2,945,315 for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, respectively, which are included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income under the caption “Vessels’ operating expenses – related party”.

On August 22, 2012, the Company entered into separate memoranda of agreements with an affiliated company to acquire four LPG carriers under construction which are scheduled to be delivered during the year 2015. The aggregate purchase price of these vessels was $96,000,000. As provided by the memorandum of agreements, an advance payment of 20% of the aggregate purchase price was paid on September 28, 2012.

 

4. Inventories

The amounts shown in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets are analyzed as follows:

 

     December 31, 2012      September 30, 2013  

Bunkers

     1,854,589         1,862,235   

Lubricants

     1,297,818         1,479,596   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,152,407         3,341,831   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

5. Advances for Vessels Under Construction and Acquisitions

For the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the movement of the account, advances for vessels under construction and acquisitions, was as follows:

 

Balance, December 31, 2012

     19,321,045   

Advances paid

     26,521,200   

Capitalized interest

     441,386   

Capitalized expenses

     305   
  

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2013

     46,283,936   
  

 

 

 

On March 22, 2013, the Company entered into separate memoranda of agreement to acquire two LPG carriers under construction, which are scheduled to be delivered in the first and second quarter of 2014, respectively. The total consideration payable for these vessels amounts to $50,000,000 and an advance payment of $12,500,000 was paid during the third quarter of 2013.

On August 1, 2013, the Company signed contracts with a Japanese shipbuilding yard for the construction of four LPG carriers at an aggregate contract price of $62,316,400. The vessels are scheduled for delivery between August 2014 and May 2015. During the third quarter of 2013, the Company effected advance payments to the shipbuilding yard of $14,021,200.

 

6. Vessels, net

 

     Vessel cost      Accumulated
Depreciation
    Net Book
Value
 

Balance, December 31, 2012

     776,302,690         (141,668,019     634,634,671   

Additions

     73,149,196         —          73,149,196   

Depreciation for the period

     —           (22,671,019     (22,671,019
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance, September 30, 2013

     849,451,886         (164,339,038     685,112,848   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Vessels with a carrying value of $666,204,617 as of September 30, 2013 are mortgaged as security for the term loans discussed in Note 9.

During the nine-month period ended September 30, 2013, the Company acquired the vessels “Gas Enchanted”, “Gas Alice”, “Gas Inspiration”, “Gas Ethereal” and “Sakura Symphony” for a total consideration of $73,149,196.

 

7. Deferred Finance Charges

Gross deferred finance charges amounting to $3,081,644 and $3,523,674 as of December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013, respectively, represent fees paid to the lenders for obtaining the related loans, and are presented on the balance sheet net of accumulated amortization. For the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, the amortization of deferred finance charges amounted to $325,577 and $321,524, respectively, and is included in Interest and finance costs in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income. Accumulated amortization as of December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013 amounted to $1,786,158 and $2,107,682, respectively.

 

8. Deferred Income

The amounts shown in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets amounting to $3,129,671 and $3,058,374 represent time charter revenues received in advance as of December 31, 2012 and September 30, 2013, respectively.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

9. Long-term Debt

 

Term Loans

  Original     December 31,     Movement in 2013     September 30,  

Issue Date

 

Maturity Date

  amount     2012     Additions     Repayments     2013  

December 5, 2005

  May 30, 2016     100,067,500        40,421,883        —          (6,409,852     34,012,031   

May 17, 2006

  May 9, 2016     79,850,000        22,500,000        —          (3,000,000     19,500,000   

June 6, 2006

  June 28, 2016     6,580,000        2,710,960        —          (236,880     2,474,080   

June 21, 2007

  December 21, 2017     49,875,000        30,845,014        —          (2,200,500     28,644,514   

February 12, 2008

  February 19, 2020     40,250,000        26,875,000        —          (1,875,000     25,000,000   

July 30, 2008

  November 4, 2020     33,240,000        25,484,000        —          (969,500     24,514,500   

October 9, 2008

  October 9, 2020     29,437,000        10,210,000        —          (390,000     9,820,000   

January 30, 2009

  July 20, 2016     45,000,000        37,350,000        —          (2,550,000     34,800,000   

February 18, 2009

  July 5, 2014     32,200,000        23,616,259        —          (1,885,623     21,730,636   

February 19, 2009

  July 14, 2019     29,250,000        22,080,000        —          (1,170,000     20,910,000   

June 25, 2009

  July 2, 2014     26,700,000        17,434,196        —          (2,155,268     15,278,928   

February 1, 2011

  September 1, 2018     49,400,000        44,450,000        —          (2,475,000     41,975,000   

March 1, 2011

  June 20, 2020     43,250,000        41,375,000          (2,250,000     39,125,000   

September 23, 2013

  December 31, 2020     45,212,500        —          36,762,500        —          36,762,500   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

      345,352,312        36,762,500        (27,567,623     354,547,189   
     

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

      35,787,544            72,873,605   
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

Long term debt

      309,564,768            281,673,584   
     

 

 

       

 

 

 

On September 23, 2013, the Company entered into a term loan with a bank to partially finance the acquisition of the five LPG carriers, named “Gas Enchanted”, “Gas Alice”, “Gas Inspiration”, “Gas Ethereal” and “Sakura Symphony”, respectively, by five of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiaries. The term loan was drawn down in two tranches. The first tranche amounting to $36,762,500 was drawn down on September 30, 2013 and the second tranche amounting to $8,450,000 was drawn down on October 25, 2013.

The above term loans are secured by first priority mortgages over the vessels involved, plus the assignment of the vessels’ insurances, earnings and operating and retention accounts with the lenders, and the guarantee of ship-owning companies, as owners of the vessels. The term loans contain financial covenants requiring the Company to ensure that:

 

    the aggregate market value of the mortgaged vessels at all times exceeds a certain percentage of the amounts outstanding as defined in the term loans, ranging from 125% to 130%,

 

    the leverage of the Company defined as Total Debt net of Cash should not exceed 80% of total market value adjusted assets,

 

    the Interest Coverage Ratio of the Company defined as EBITDA to interest expense to be at all times greater than to 2.5:1,

 

    that at least a certain percentage of the Company is to always be owned by members of the Vafias family,

 

    the Company should maintain on a monthly basis a cash balance of a proportionate amount of the next installment and relevant interest plus a minimum aggregate cash balance of $2,100,000 in the earnings account with the relevant banks,

 

    dividends paid by the borrower will not exceed 50% of the Company’s free cash flow in any rolling 12 month period.

The interest rates on the outstanding loans as of September 30, 2013 are based on Libor plus a margin which varies from 0.70% to 3.00%. The average interest rate (including the margin) on the outstanding loans for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 was 2.43% and 2.26%, respectively.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

9. Long-term Debt – Continued

 

Bank loan interest expense for the above loans for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 amounted to $6,873,954 and $5,834,692, respectively. Of these amounts, for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, the amounts of $160,439 and $441,386, respectively, were capitalized to “Advances for vessels under construction”. Interest expense, net of interest capitalized, is included in interest and finance costs in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income.

As of September 30, 2013, the Company was not in compliance with the required value-to-loan ratio included in one facility under which a total of $25,000,000 was outstanding as of September 30, 2013. Value-to-loan ratio shortfalls do not constitute events of default that would automatically trigger the full repayment of the loan. Based on the loan agreements, upon receiving written notice of non-compliance from lenders, value-to-loan shortfalls may be remedied by the Company by providing additional collateral or repaying the amount of the shortfall. No such notice has been received from its lenders. Management has the intent and the ability to cure the shortfall by providing additional collateral to its lenders in the form of cash in the total amount of approximately $2,050,000 which has been classified as restricted cash as of September 30, 2013. Therefore this term loan, excluding the current portion of scheduled loan repayments, has been presented as long term liabilities on the Company’s unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet.

The available unused amount under these facilities at September 30, 2013 was $8,450,000, which was drawn down on October 25, 2013 and the Company is required to pay a quarterly commitment fee of 0.98% per annum of the unutilized portion of the line of credit.

The annual principal payments to be made, for the fourteen term loans, after September 30, 2013 are as follows:

 

September 30,

   Amount  

2014

     72,873,605   

2015

     36,668,555   

2016

     82,480,816   

2017

     20,261,930   

2018

     55,527,429   

2019 & thereafter

     86,734,854   
  

 

 

 

Total

     354,547,189   
  

 

 

 

Commitment Letters: On September 6, 2012 the Company signed a commitment letter with a bank institution to partially finance the acquisition of four under construction LPG carriers in an amount equal to (i) the lesser of $67,200,000 or 70% of the fair market value of the vessels subject to the Minimum Employment Condition being met at the delivery date of each vessel or (ii) the lesser of $62,500,000 or 65% of the fair market value of the vessels if the Minimum Employment Condition will not be met at the delivery date of each vessel. The term loan will be drawn down in four tranches upon the delivery of each vessel. The total facility will be repayable, with the first installment commencing three months after the drawdown, in twenty eight consecutive quarterly installments plus a balloon payment payable together with the last installment.

On September 18, 2013 the Company signed a commitment letter with a bank to partially finance the acquisition of two LPG carriers on their delivery. The aggregate committed term loan is up to $35,000,000 and will be drawn down in two tranches upon the delivery of each vessel. The total facility will be repayable, with the first installment commencing six months after the drawdown, in fourteen consecutive semi-annual installments plus a balloon payment payable together with the last installment.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

10. Derivatives and Fair Value Disclosures

The Company uses interest rate swaps for the management of interest rate risk exposure. The interest rate swaps effectively convert a portion of the Company’s debt from a floating to a fixed rate. The Company is a party to three floating-to-fixed interest rate swaps with various major financial institutions covering notional amounts aggregating $54,492,179 at September 30, 2013 pursuant to which it pays fixed rates ranging from 2.77% to 4.73% and receives floating rates based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) (approximately 0.36% at September 30, 2013). These agreements contain no leverage features and have maturity dates ranging from July 2014 to March 2016. The Company had derivatives that qualified for hedge accounting up to October 1, 2009, subsequent to which the Company discontinued hedge accounting. In accordance with ASC 815-30-40 the unrealized results accumulated in “Accumulated other comprehensive income” for previously designated cash flow hedges, are being reclassified into earnings in the same period or periods during which the hedged forecasted transaction affects earnings.

The following tables present information on the location and amounts of derivatives’ fair values reflected in the unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

        December 31, 2012     September 30, 2013  
Derivatives not designated as hedging       Liability     Liability  

instruments

 

Balance Sheet Location

  Derivatives     Derivatives  

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

  Current liabilities—Fair value of derivatives     539,904        370,702   

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

  Non current liabilities—Fair value of derivatives     5,409,337        3,240,319   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

      5,949,241        3,611,021   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total derivatives

      5,949,241        3,611,021   
   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The effect of derivative instruments on the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income for the nine- month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013 is as follows:

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging         Nine-month periods ended
September 30,
 

instruments

  

Location of Gain / (Loss) Recognized

   2012     2013  

Interest Rate Swap—Reclassification from OCI

   (Loss)/gain on derivatives      (11,830     92,857   

Interest Rate Swap—Change in fair value

   (Loss)/gain on derivatives      2,462,062        2,338,220   

Interest Rate Swap—Realized loss

   (Loss)/gain on derivatives      (3,603,541     (2,366,466

Total (loss)/gain on derivatives

        (1,153,309     64,611   

During the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2012 and 2013, the amounts transferred from other comprehensive income to the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of income were losses of $(11,830) and gains of $92,857, respectively. The estimated net amount of existing losses at September 30, 2013, that will be reclassified into earnings within the next twelve months relating to previously designated cash flow hedges is $74,479.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments and Concentration of Credit Risk: Financial instruments, which potentially subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of trade accounts receivable, cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and derivative instruments. The Company limits its credit risk with respect to accounts receivable by performing ongoing credit evaluations of its customers’ financial condition and generally does not require collateral for its trade accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, time deposits and other investments with high credit quality financial institutions.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

10. Derivatives and Fair Value Disclosures – Continued

 

The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of those financial institutions. The Company is exposed to credit risk in the event of non-performance by its counterparties to derivative instruments; however, the Company limits its exposure by transacting with counterparties with high credit ratings. The carrying values of cash, accounts receivable and accounts payable are reasonable estimates of their fair value due to the short term nature of these financial instruments. The fair value of long term bank loans is estimated based on current rates offered to the Company for similar debt of the same remaining maturities. Their carrying value approximates their fair market value due to their variable interest rate, being LIBOR. LIBOR rates are observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full terms of the loans and hence floating rate loans are considered Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy. Additionally, the Company considers the creditworthiness of each counterparty when determining the fair value of the credit facilities. The Company’s interest rate swap agreements are recorded at fair value. The fair value of the interest rate swaps is determined using a discounted cash flow method based on market-based LIBOR swap yield curves. LIBOR swap rates are observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full terms of the swap and therefore are considered Level 2 items.

Fair Value Disclosures: The Company has categorized assets and liabilities recorded at fair value based upon the fair value hierarchy specified by the guidance. The levels of fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1: Quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

Level 2: Observable market based inputs or unobservable inputs that are corroborated by market data.

Level 3: Unobservable inputs that are not corroborated by market data.

The following table presents the fair values for assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis categorized into a Level based upon the lowest level of significant input to the valuations as of December 31, 2012:

 

            Fair Value Measurements Using  

Description

   Fair Value as of
December 31,
2012
     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
 

Liabilities

           

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

     5,949,241         —           5,949,241      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     5,949,241         —           5,949,241         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table presents the fair values for assets and liabilities measured on a recurring basis categorized into a Level based upon the lowest level of significant input to the valuations as of September 30, 2013:

 

            Fair Value Measurements Using  

Description

   Fair Value as of
September 30,
2013
     Quoted Prices in
Active Markets for
Identical Assets

(Level 1)
     Significant Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
 

Liabilities

           

Interest Rate Swap Agreements

     3,611,021         —           3,611,021      
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

     3,611,021         —           3,611,021         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

11. Share Based Compensation

During 2007, the Company’s board of directors adopted an Equity Compensation Plan (“the Plan”), under which the Company’s employees, directors or other persons or entities providing significant services to the Company or its subsidiaries are eligible to receive stock-based awards including restricted stock, restricted stock units, unrestricted stock, bonus stock, performance stock and stock appreciation rights. The Plan is administered by the Compensation Committee of the Company’s board of directors and the aggregate number of shares of common stock reserved under this plan cannot exceed 10% of the number of shares of Company’s common stock issued and outstanding at the time any award is granted. The Company’s Board of Directors may terminate the Plan at any time. As of September 30, 2013, a total of 324,766 restricted shares had been granted under the Plan since the first grant in the first quarter of 2007. There were no changes in the status of the Company’s unvested shares for the nine month period ended September 30, 2013.

The remaining unrecognized compensation cost amounting to $292,628 as of September 30, 2013, is expected to be recognized over the remaining period of one year, according to the contractual terms of those nonvested share awards. The share based compensation recognized relating to the unvested shares was $218,870 for the nine month period ended September 30, 2013 (September 30, 2012: $0) and is included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of income under the caption “General and administrative expenses”.

 

12. Common Stock and Additional Paid-in Capital

The amounts shown in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets as additional paid-in capital, represent payments made by the stockholders for the acquisitions of the Company’s vessels, or investments in the Company’s common stock.

On April 30, 2013, the Company completed a follow-on public offering of 11,500,000 shares of common stock, par value of $0.01, for $10.00 per share. The gross proceeds from the offering amounted to $115,000,000, while the net proceeds after the underwriters’ discounts and commissions and other related expenses amounted to $109,183,623.

 

13. Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share give effect to all potentially dilutive securities. All of the Company’s shares (including non-vested restricted stock issued under the Plan) participate equally in dividend distributions and in undistributed earnings.

The Company applies the two-class method of computing earnings per share (EPS) as the unvested share-based payment awards that contain rights to receive non forfeitable dividends are participating securities. Dividends declared during the period for non-vested restricted stock as well as undistributed earnings allocated to non-vested stock are deducted from net income for the purpose of the computation of basic earnings per share in accordance with the two-class method. The denominator of the basic earnings per common share excludes any non-vested shares as such they are not considered outstanding until the time-based vesting restriction has elapsed.

 

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StealthGas Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

13. Earnings per share – Continued

 

For purposes of calculating diluted earnings per share, dividends declared during the period for non-vested restricted stock and undistributed earnings allocated to non-vested stock are not deducted from net income as reported since such calculation assumes non-vested restricted stock is fully vested from the grant date.

The Company calculates basic and diluted earnings per share as follows:

 

     Nine-month periods ended
September 30,
 
     2012      2013  

Numerator

     

Net income

     21,199,409         15,685,097   

Less: Undistributed earnings allocated to non-vested shares

     —           (43,315
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net income attributable to common shareholders, basic

     21,199,409         15,641,782   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Denominator

     

Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     20,552,568         26,997,623   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Earnings per share, basic and diluted

     1.03         0.58   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company excluded the dilutive effect of the 74,761 non-vested restricted shares in calculating dilutive EPS for the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2013, as they were anti-dilutive

 

14. Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time the Company expects to be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of its business, principally personal injury and property casualty claims. Such claims, even if lacking merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. The Company is not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities which should be disclosed, or for which a provision should be established in the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company has entered into separate agreements to acquire fifteen LPG carriers which are currently under construction, ten of which are described in Notes 3 and 5 and the remaining five are described in Note 14 below. As of September 30, 2013, the Company has future outstanding commitments for installment payments for these agreements as follows:

 

September 30,

   Amount  

2014

     85,522,600   

2015

     176,072,600   
  

 

 

 
     261,595,200   
  

 

 

 

On September 11, 2013, the Company entered into a memorandum of agreement to acquire one LPG carrier under construction, which is scheduled to be delivered in the third quarter of 2015. The purchase price of this vessel amounts to $25,000,000 and an advance payment of $6,250,000 was paid on October 1, 2013.

 

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Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

14. Commitments and Contingencies – Continued

 

On September 25, 2013, the Company entered into separate memoranda of agreement to acquire two LPG carriers under construction, which are each scheduled to be delivered in the second quarter of 2015. The total consideration of these vessels amounts to $39,000,000 and an advance payment of $9,750,000 was paid on October 10, 2013.

On September 27, 2013, the Company signed contracts with a Japanese shipbuilding yard for the construction of two LPG carriers, named, at an aggregate contract price of $35,000,000. The vessels are scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2015. The Company effected advance payments to the shipbuilding yard of $7,875,000 on October 30, 2013.

Future minimum contractual charter revenue, gross of commissions, based on vessels committed to non-cancellable, long-term time and bareboat charter contracts as of September 30, 2013, amount to $90,287,234 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2014, $42,306,739 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2015, $23,538,080 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2016 and $3,867,250 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2017. These amounts do not include any assumed off-hire. Of these amounts, $9,814,000 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2014, $9,814,000 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2015, $8,850,200 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2016 and $3,035,250 for the twelve months ending September 30, 2017 relate to time charter agreements with Emihar Petroleum Inc. discussed in Note 3.

 

15. Subsequent Events

 

  (a) On October 31, 2013 the Company signed a commitment letter with a bank to partially finance the acquisition of two LPG carriers on their delivery in an amount equal to (i) the lesser of $21,700,000 or 70% of the fair market value of the vessels subject to the specified vessel minimum employment condition being met at the delivery date of each vessel or (ii) the lesser of $20,150,000 or 65% of the fair market value of the vessels if the specified vessel minimum employment condition will not be met at the delivery date of each vessel. The term loan will be drawn down in two tranches upon the delivery of each vessel. The total facility will be repayable, with the first installment commencing three months after the drawdown, in thirty two consecutive quarterly installments plus a balloon payment payable together with the last installment.

 

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