EX-99.2 3 a19-9164_1ex99d2.htm EX-99.2

Exhibit 99.2

 

 

Financial Report for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

 

The following is a discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019. Unless otherwise specified herein, references to “GasLog”, the “Company”, the “Group”, “we”, “our” or “us” shall include GasLog Ltd. and its subsidiaries. You should read this section in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes included elsewhere in this report. For additional information relating to our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, please see our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on March 5, 2019. This discussion includes forward-looking statements which, although based on assumptions that we consider reasonable, are subject to risks and uncertainties which could cause actual events or conditions to differ materially from those currently anticipated and expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. See also discussion in the section entitled “Forward-Looking Statements” below.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

 

All statements in this report that are not statements of historical fact are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements that address activities, events or developments that the Company expects, projects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future, particularly in relation to our operations, cash flows, financial position, liquidity and cash available for dividends or distributions, plans, strategies, business prospects and changes and trends in our business and the markets in which we operate. We caution that these forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date of this press release, about factors that are beyond our ability to control or predict, and are not intended to give any assurance as to future results. Any of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements. Accordingly, you should not unduly rely on any forward-looking statements.

 

Factors that might cause future results and outcomes to differ include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

·       general liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) shipping market conditions and trends, including spot and multi-year charter rates, ship values, factors affecting supply and demand of LNG and LNG shipping, technological advancements and opportunities for the profitable operations of LNG carriers;

·       fluctuations in spot and multi-year charter hire rates and vessel values;

·       increased exposure to the spot market and fluctuations in spot charter rates;

·        our ability to maximize the use of our vessels, including the re-deployment or disposition of vessels which are not under multi-year charters,  including the risk that certain of our vessels may no longer have the latest technology which may impact the rate at which we can charter such vessels;

·        changes in our operating expenses, including crew wages, maintenance, dry-docking and insurance costs and bunker prices;

·        number of off-hire days and dry-docking requirements including our ability to complete scheduled dry-dockings on time and within budget;

·        planned capital expenditures and availability of capital resources to fund capital expenditures;

·        our ability to maintain long-term relationships and enter into time charters with new and existing customers;

·       fluctuations in prices for crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas, including LNG;

·       changes in the ownership of our charterers;

·       our customers’ performance of their obligations under our time charters and other contracts;

·       our future operating performance and expenses, financial condition, liquidity and cash available for dividends and distributions;

·       our ability to obtain financing to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other corporate activities, funding by banks of their financial commitments, and our ability to meet our restrictive covenants and other obligations under our credit facilities;

·       future, pending or recent acquisitions of or orders for ships or other assets, business strategy, areas of possible expansion and expected capital spending;

·       the time that it may take to construct and deliver newbuildings and the useful lives of our ships;

·       fluctuations in currencies and interest rates;

·       the expected cost of and our ability to comply with environmental and regulatory conditions, including changes in laws and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, governmental organizations, classification societies and standards imposed by our charterers applicable to our business;

·       risks inherent in ship operation, including the discharge of pollutants;

·       our ability to retain key employees and the availability of skilled labour, ship crews and management;

·       potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, political events, piracy or acts by terrorists;

·       potential liability from future litigation;

·       any malfunction or disruption of information technology systems and networks that our operations rely on or any impact of a possible cybersecurity event; and

·       other risks and uncertainties described in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 5, 2019 and available at http://www.sec.gov.

 

We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events, a change in our views or expectations or otherwise, except as required by applicable law. New factors emerge from time to time, and it is not possible for us to predict all of these factors. Further, we cannot assess the impact of each such factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to be materially different from those contained in any forward-looking statement.

 

The declaration and payment of dividends are at all times subject to the discretion of our board of directors and will depend on, amongst other things, risks and uncertainties described above, restrictions in our credit facilities, the provisions of Bermuda law and such other factors as our board

 

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of directors may deem relevant.

 

 

Overview

 

We are an international owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers. Our wholly owned fleet as of May 3, 2019, consists of 19 LNG carriers, including eleven ships in operation and eight LNG carriers on order at Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”). GasLog is also the general and controlling partner in GasLog Partners LP (“GasLog Partners” or the “Partnership”), a publicly traded master limited partnership, which owns 15 LNG carriers. In addition, GasLog has leased back under a bareboat charter one vessel sold to Lepta Shipping Co., Ltd. (“Lepta Shipping”), a subsidiary of Mitsui Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”) in February 2016, for a period of up to 20 years. GasLog has the option to repurchase the vessel on pre-agreed terms no earlier than the end of year ten and no later than the end of year 17 of the bareboat charter. We currently manage and operate 27 LNG carriers including our eleven wholly owned ships in operation, 14 of the 15 ships contributed or sold to the Partnership (the other one is managed by a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell plc (“Shell”)), the bareboat vessel and one LNG carrier owned by an entity in which we have a 25% interest. We are also supervising the construction of our newbuildings.

 

In 2015, GasLog entered into a pool agreement (the “Pool Agreement”) with Dynagas Ltd. (“Dynagas”) and Golar LNG Ltd. (“Golar”) establishing an LNG carrier pooling arrangement (the “Cool Pool”) to market our and their vessels which were operating in the LNG shipping spot market at the time of entering into the Pool Agreement. The Cool Pool allows the participating owners to optimize the operation of the pool vessels through improved scheduling ability, cost efficiencies and common marketing. The objective of the Cool Pool is to serve the transportation requirements of a rapidly growing LNG shipping market by providing customers with reliable, flexible and innovative solutions to meet their increasingly complex shipping requirements. For the operation of the Cool Pool, a Marshall Islands service company named “The Cool Pool Limited” was incorporated in September 2015 to act as an agent. As of March 31, 2019, the Cool Pool consisted of 16 tri-fuel diesel electric (“TFDE”) LNG carriers in the 155,000-177,000 cubic meter (“cbm”) size range owned by GasLog and Golar. The Cool Pool charters the vessels for periods of up to one year in duration as agents for the owners, who each remain responsible for the technical and commercial operation of their vessels and performance of the contracts. In June and July 2018, Dynagas removed its three vessels from the Cool Pool and renounced its 33% ownership in the Cool Pool.

 

We have a 25% interest in a vessel, the Methane Nile Eagle, a 2007-built LNG carrier owned by Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd. (“Egypt LNG”) and technically managed by us. It is currently operating under a 20-year time charter to a subsidiary of Shell.

 

We generate revenues by chartering our ships to customers on multi-year time charters and spot/short-term charters and by providing technical ship management services, including crewing, training, maintenance, regulatory and classification compliance and health, safety, security and environmental (“HSSE”) management and reporting through our wholly owned subsidiary GasLog LNG Services Ltd.

 

Recent Developments

 

New Charter Agreements

 

GasLog entered into a 12-year time charter agreement with the principal LNG shipping entity of JERA Co., Inc (“JERA”), for GasLog’s existing newbuild vessel Hull No. 2274. The vessel, a 180,000 cbm Mark III Flex Plus carrier with low pressure dual-fuel two-stroke engine (“X-DF”) propulsion, previously referred to as LP-2S, is expected to deliver from Samsung in April 2020, at which point it will commence its 12-year time charter.

 

GasLog also entered into an eight-year time charter agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Endesa, S.A. (“Endesa”) for GasLog’s existing newbuild vessel the GasLog Warsaw. The vessel, a 180,000 cbm Mark III Flex Plus carrier with X-DF propulsion, is expected to deliver from Samsung in the third quarter of 2019 and to commence its charter to Endesa in May 2021.

 

Sale of the GasLog Glasgow

 

On March 13, 2019, GasLog entered into an agreement with GasLog Partners to sell 100% of the ownership interest in GAS-twelve Ltd., the entity that owns the GasLog Glasgow. The vessel is currently on time charter with a subsidiary of Shell through June 2026, and Shell has a unilateral option to extend the term of the time charter for a period of five years.

 

The aggregate sale price was $214.0 million, which included $1.0 million of positive net working capital balances transferred with the entity. The sale closed on April 1, 2019.

 

Debt Refinancing

 

On February 20, 2019, GasLog Partners entered into a credit agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge (“Nordea”) and Iyo Bank, Ltd., Singapore Branch, each an original lender and Nordea acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties mentioned above, of up to $450.0 million (the “2019 Partnership Facility”), in order to refinance the existing indebtedness due in November 2019 on five of its vessels. Subsequently, on the same date, the Development Bank of Japan, Inc., entered the facility as lender via a transfer certificate. The agreement provides for an amortizing revolving credit facility which can be repaid and redrawn at any time for a period of five years. The total available facility amount will be reduced on a quarterly basis, with a final balloon amount payable concurrently with the last quarterly installment, if any, in February 2024. The vessels covered by the 2019 Partnership Facility are the GasLog Shanghai, the GasLog Santiago, the GasLog Sydney, the Methane Rita Andrea and the Methane Jane Elizabeth. Interest on the 2019 Partnership Facility is payable at a rate of U.S. dollar (“USD”) London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus 2.0%-2.2%, which represents a reduced margin above LIBOR compared to the previous facility.

 

On March 6, 2019, the Partnership drew down $360.0 million under the 2019 Partnership Facility, out of which $354.4 million was used to refinance the outstanding debt of GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd. and GAS-seventeen Ltd., the respective entities owning the GasLog Shanghai, the GasLog Santiago, the GasLog Sydney, the Methane Rita Andrea and the Methane Jane Elizabeth.

 

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Delivery of the GasLog Gladstone

 

On March 15, 2019, GasLog took delivery of the GasLog Gladstone, a 174,000 cbm LNG carrier with X-DF propulsion constructed by Samsung. Upon delivery, the vessel commenced a 10-year charter with Shell.

 

Alexandroupolis Project Update

 

During the first quarter, there was continued progress on the Alexandroupolis Floating Storage Regasification Unit (FSRU”) project workstreams. Preparation for the binding phase of the European-regulated capacity commitment process (the “Market Test”) continued during the period. Expressions of interest (“EOI”) for the procurement of the FSRU and the construction of the pipeline and offshore installation have been received and several EOIs have been shortlisted. Tenders for the two separate infrastructure elements of the terminal project are expected to be launched in May. DEPA, the Greek state natural gas utility, and Bulgartransgaz, the Bulgarian national gas transmission system operator, are both in the process of formalizing their respective shareholdings in Gastrade. The timing of a Final Investment Decision (“FID”), which Gastrade had previously guided to mid-2019, is subject to successful conclusions of the workstreams described above, as well as successful completion of financing and state aid discussions, and decisions by various regulatory bodies. GasLog will provide further updates on project progress and timing of FID as appropriate.

 

Share/Unit Repurchase Programme

 

On November 28, 2018, the Company announced that its board of directors had approved a share repurchase programme of up to $50.0 million of the Company’s common shares, covering the period from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021. Under the terms of the repurchase programme, the Company may repurchase common shares from time to time, at the Company’s discretion, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Any repurchases are subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other considerations. The Company is not obligated under the repurchase programme to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of common shares, and the repurchase programme may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time or never utilized. Any common shares repurchased by the Company under the programme will be held in treasury. As of March 31, 2019, 212,111 shares have been acquired at a total cost of $3.8 million and are included in treasury shares. The average cost of the repurchase was $17.69 per share inclusive of all fees and commissions.

 

On January 29, 2019, the board of directors of GasLog Partners authorized a unit repurchase programme of up to $25.0 million covering the period from January 31, 2019 to December 31, 2021. Under the terms of the repurchase programme, the Partnership may repurchase common units from time to time, at its discretion, on the open market or in privately negotiated transactions. Any repurchases are subject to market conditions, applicable legal requirements and other considerations. The Partnership is not obligated under the repurchase programme to repurchase any specific dollar amount or number of common units, and the repurchase programme may be modified, suspended or discontinued at any time or never utilized. As of May 3, 2019, 50,000 units have been repurchased at a total cost of $1.0 million. The average cost of the repurchase was $20.89 per unit inclusive of all fees and commissions.

 

Dividend Declaration

 

On March 7, 2019, the board of directors declared a dividend on the Series A Preference Shares of $0.546875 per share, or $2.5 million in the aggregate, payable on April 1, 2019 to holders of record as of March 29, 2019. GasLog paid the declared dividend to the transfer agent on March 29, 2019.

 

On May 2, 2019, the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share, or $12.1 million in the aggregate, payable on May 23, 2019 to shareholders of record as of May 14, 2019.

 

Fleet Update

 

Owned Fleet

 

As of March 31, 2019, our wholly owned fleet consisted of the following vessels:

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Capacity

 

 

 

Charter

 

Optional

Vessel Name

 

Built

 

(cbm)

 

Charterer

 

Propulsion

 

Expiration(1)

 

Period(2)

1

Methane Lydon Volney

 

2006

 

145,000

 

Shell

 

Steam

 

October 2020

 

2

GasLog Savannah

 

2010

 

155,000

 

Spot Market(3)

 

TFDE

 

 

3

GasLog Singapore

 

2010

 

155,000

 

Spot Market(3)

 

TFDE

 

 

4

GasLog Chelsea

 

2010

 

153,600

 

Spot Market(3)

 

TFDE

 

 

5

GasLog Skagen

 

2013

 

155,000

 

Spot Market(3)

 

TFDE

 

 

6

GasLog Saratoga

 

2014

 

155,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

September 2019

 

7

GasLog Salem

 

2015

 

155,000

 

Spot Market(3)

 

TFDE

 

 

8

GasLog Glasgow(4)

 

2016

 

174,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

June 2026

 

2031

9

GasLog Houston

 

2018

 

174,000

 

Shell

 

X-DF

 

May 2028

 

2031-2034

10

GasLog Hong Kong

 

2018

 

174,000

 

Total(5) 

 

X-DF

 

December 2025

 

2028

11

GasLog Genoa

 

2018

 

174,000

 

Shell

 

X-DF

 

March 2027

 

2030-2033

12

GasLog Gladstone

 

2019

 

174,000

 

Shell

 

X-DF

 

 January 2029

 

2032-2035

 

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As of March 31, 2019, the Partnership’s fleet consisted of the following vessels:

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Capacity

 

 

 

Charter

 

Optional

Vessel Name

 

Built

 

(cbm)

 

Charterer

 

Propulsion

 

Expiration(1)

 

Period(2)

1

Methane Rita Andrea

 

2006

 

145,000

 

Shell

 

Steam

 

April 2020

 

2

Methane Jane Elizabeth

 

2006

 

145,000

 

Shell

 

Steam

 

October 2019

 

3

Methane Alison Victoria

 

2007

 

145,000

 

Shell

 

Steam

 

December 2019

 

Methane Jane Elizabeth/
Methane Alison Victoria

 

2006/
2007

 

145,000

 

Trafigura(6)

 

Steam

 

November/December 2020

 

2021–2024

4

Methane Shirley Elisabeth

 

2007

 

145,000

 

Shell

 

Steam

 

June 2020

 

5

Methane Heather Sally

 

2007

 

145,000

 

Shell

 

Steam

 

December 2020

 

6

Methane Becki Anne

 

2010

 

170,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

March 2024

 

2027-2029

7

GasLog Shanghai

 

2013

 

155,000

 

Spot Market (3)

 

TFDE

 

 

8

GasLog Santiago

 

2013

 

155,000

 

Trafigura

 

TFDE

 

December 2021

 

2022-2028

9

GasLog Sydney

 

2013

 

155,000

 

Cheniere(7)

 

TFDE

 

June 2020

 

2020-2021

10

GasLog Seattle

 

2013

 

155,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

June 2021

 

11

Solaris

 

2014

 

155,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

June 2021

 

12

GasLog Greece

 

2016

 

174,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

March 2026

 

2031

13

GasLog Geneva

 

2016

 

174,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

September 2023

 

2028-2031

14

GasLog Gibraltar

 

2016

 

174,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

October 2023

 

2028-2031

 

Bareboat Vessel

 

 

 

Cargo

 

 

 

 

 

Year

 

Capacity

 

 

 

Charter

 

Optional

Vessel Name

 

Built

 

(cbm)

 

Charterer

 

Propulsion

 

Expiration(1)

 

Period(2)

1

Methane Julia Louise (8)

 

2010

 

170,000

 

Shell

 

TFDE

 

March 2026

 

2029-2031

 

(1)      Indicates the expiration of the initial term.

(2)      The period shown reflects the expiration of the minimum optional period and the maximum optional period. The charterer of the GasLog Santiago may extend the term of this time charter for a period ranging from one to seven years, provided that the charterer provides us with advance notice of declaration. The charterer of the GasLog Sydney may extend the term of this time charter for a period ranging from six to twelve months, provided that the charterer provides us with advance notice of declaration. The charterer of the Methane Becki Anne and the Methane Julia Louise has unilateral options to extend the term of the related time charters for a period of either three or five years at their election, provided that the charterer provides us with advance notice of declaration of any option in accordance with the terms of the applicable charter. The charterer of the GasLog Greece and the GasLog Glasgow has the right to extend the charters for a period of five years at the charterer’s option. The charterer of the GasLog Geneva and the GasLog Gibraltar has the right to extend the charter by two additional periods of five and three years, respectively, provided that the charterer provides us with advance notice of declaration. The charterer of the GasLog Houston, the GasLog Genoa and the GasLog Gladstone has the right to extend the charters by two additional periods of three years, provided that the charterer provides us with advance notice of declaration. The charterer of the GasLog Hong Kong has the right to extend the charter for a period of three years, provided that the charterer provides us with advance notice of declaration.

(3)      Vessels currently operating in the spot market under the Cool Pool.

(4)      On March 13, 2019, GasLog entered into an agreement with GasLog Partners to sell 100% of the shares in the entity that owns and charters the GasLog Glasgow. The sale closed on April 1, 2019.

(5)      “Total” refers to Total Gas & Power Chartering Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Total S.A.

(6)      On March 22, 2018, a new charter party agreement was signed with Trafigura Maritime Logistics PTE Ltd. (“Trafigura”) for either the Methane Jane Elizabeth or the Methane Alison Victoria (as nominated by the Partnership) commencing in either November or December 2019, at the Partnership’s option, until November or December 2020, with the charterer having the option to extend the charter from one to four years.

(7)      The vessel is chartered to a wholly owned subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (“Cheniere”).

(8)      On February 24, 2016, GasLog’s subsidiary, GAS-twenty six Ltd., completed the sale and leaseback of the Methane Julia Louise with Lepta Shipping. Lepta Shipping has the right to on-sell and lease back the vessel. The vessel was sold to Lepta Shipping for a total consideration approximately equivalent to its book value at the time of the sale. GasLog has leased back the vessel under a bareboat charter from Lepta Shipping for a period of up to 20 years. GasLog has the option to re-purchase the vessel on pre-agreed terms no earlier than the end of year ten and no later than the end of year 17 of the bareboat charter. The vessel remains on its eleven-year-charter with Methane Services Limited, a subsidiary of Shell.

 

Under the omnibus agreement entered into with GasLog Partners and certain of its subsidiaries in connection with the Partnership’s initial public offering, as amended, GasLog Partners has the option to purchase from us the GasLog Houston and the GasLog Gladstone, each within 30 days following receipt of notice from GasLog that the vessel has commenced its multi-year charter (being at least five years in length). GasLog Partners’ option to purchase is at fair market value as determined pursuant to the omnibus agreement.

 

GasLog Partners also has a right of first offer from us to purchase any other LNG carriers with cargo capacities greater than 75,000 cbm engaged in ongoing LNG transportation under charters of five full years or more that we own or acquire (the “Five-Year Vessels”) either at their acquisition cost plus certain break up costs (in the case of a newly acquired Five-Year Vessel) or at their fair market value (in the case of a previously owned vessel that becomes a Five-Year Vessel). In addition, our eight newbuildings (the GasLog Warsaw and Hull Nos. 2213, 2274, 2262, 2300, 2301, 2311 and 2312) will each qualify as a Five-Year Vessel upon commencement of their charters and we will be required to offer to GasLog Partners an opportunity to purchase each vessel at fair market value within 30 days of the commencement of her charter. Generally, GasLog Partners must exercise this right of first offer within 30 days following the notice from us that the vessel has been acquired or has become a Five-Year Vessel.

 

Charter Expirations

 

The GasLog Saratoga, the Methane Jane Elizabeth, the Methane Alison Victoria, the Methane Rita Andrea, the GasLog Sydney, the Methane Shirley Elisabeth, the Methane Lydon Volney and the Methane Heather Sally are due to come off charter in September 2019, October 2019,

 

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December 2019, April 2020, June 2020, June 2020, October 2020 and December 2020, respectively, each plus or minus 30 days. GasLog Partners has already secured a one-year charter for either the Methane Jane Elizabeth or Methane Alison Victoria (as nominated by the Partnership), commencing in either November or December 2019 at the Partnership’s option. The charter rate for this one-year charter is lower than the current charter rates of either the Methane Jane Elizabeth or the Methane Alison Victoria. In addition, GasLog and GasLog Partners continue to pursue opportunities for new multi-year charters with third parties and, on an interim basis, may consider trading the vessels in the spot market, pursuing the most advantageous redeployment depending on evolving market conditions.

 

Results of Operations

 

Three-month period ended March 31, 2018 compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2019

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

 

Amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars

 

 

 

 

 

Revenues

 

138,478

 

166,547

 

Net pool allocation

 

8,653

 

(6,738

)

Voyage expenses and commissions

 

(5,281

)

(6,917

)

Vessel operating and supervision costs

 

(34,313

)

(32,970

)

Depreciation

 

(35,529

)

(39,599

)

General and administrative expenses

 

(12,013

)

(10,377

)

Profit from operations

 

59,995

 

69,946

 

Financial costs

 

(36,597

)

(45,507

)

Financial income

 

1,016

 

1,459

 

Gain/(loss) on derivatives

 

17,771

 

(20,244

)

Share of profit of associates

 

356

 

245

 

Total other expenses, net

 

(17,454

)

(64,047

)

Profit for the period

 

42,541

 

5,899

 

Non-controlling interests

 

(23,237

)

(16,846

)

Profit/(loss) attributable to owners of the Group

 

19,304

 

(10,947

)

 

 

During the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 we had an average of 24.0 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (including ships owned by the Partnership), having 2,162 operating days and an average of 24.1 ships operating under our technical management (including our 23.0 owned and bareboat ships). During the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, we had an average of 26.2 ships operating in our owned and bareboat fleet (including ships owned by the Partnership), having 2,350 operating days, and an average of 26.2 ships operating under our technical management (including 25.2 of our owned and bareboat ships).

 

Revenues:

 

Revenues increased by 20.2%, or $28.0 million, from $138.5 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $166.5 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The increase in revenues is mainly attributable to an increase in revenues of $18.6 million due to the full operation of the GasLog Houston, the GasLog Hong Kong and the GasLog Genoa (which were delivered on January 8, 2018, March 20, 2018 and March 29, 2018, respectively) and the delivery of the GasLog Gladstone on March 15, 2019. These deliveries resulted in an increase in operating days. There was also an increase of $18.7 million in revenues from our vessels operating in the spot market mainly due to their increased number, their increased utilization and the increase in the daily rates achieved by the GasLog vessels compared to the same period in 2018. These increases were partially offset by a decrease of $9.1 million due to the expiration of the initial time charters of the GasLog Shanghai, the GasLog Santiago and the GasLog Sydney. Following the expiration of their initial charters, the GasLog Shanghai has been trading in the spot market through the Cool Pool, the GasLog Santiago began a new multi-year charter with Trafigura and the GasLog Sydney began a new 18-month charter with Cheniere. The average daily hire rate increased from $63,968 for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $70,789 for the quarter ended March 31, 2019.

 

Net Pool Allocation:

 

GasLog recognized gross revenues and gross voyage expenses and commissions of $32.1 million and $4.7 million, respectively, from the operation of its vessels in the Cool Pool during the quarter ended March 31, 2019 (March 31, 2018: $13.4 million and $3.5 million, respectively). Net pool allocation decreased by $15.4 million, from positive $8.7 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to negative $6.7 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The variance was attributable to the movement in the adjustment of the net pool results generated by the GasLog vessels in accordance with the pool distribution formula for the total fleet of the pool. The increase in GasLog’s total net pool performance was driven by the increase in the number of the GasLog vessels operating in the Cool Pool, partially offset by lower spot rates. GasLog’s total net pool performance is presented below:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

 

Amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars

 

 

 

 

 

Pool gross revenues (included in Revenues)

 

13,405

 

32,142

 

Pool gross voyage expenses and commissions (included in Voyage expenses and commissions)

 

(3,538

)

(4,677

)

GasLog’s adjustment for net pool allocation (included in Net pool allocation)

 

8,653

 

(6,738

)

GasLog’s total net pool performance

 

18,520

 

20,727

 

 

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Voyage Expenses and Commissions:

 

Voyage expenses and commissions increased by 30.2%, or $1.6 million, from $5.3 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $6.9 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The increase is primarily attributable to the increase in bunkers consumption of the vessels operating in the spot market.

 

Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs:

 

Vessel operating and supervision costs decreased by 3.8%, or $1.3 million, from $34.3 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $33.0 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in vessel operating and supervision costs is attributable to a decrease of $0.6 million in employee costs, crew wages and technical maintenance expenses, mainly due to the favorable movement of the Euro (“EUR”)/USD exchange rate which decreased by an average of 8% in the first three months of 2019 as compared to the same period in 2018, and a decrease of $0.5 million in vessel taxes. As a result, daily operating costs per vessel decreased from $16,512 per day for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $14,550 per day for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019.

 

Depreciation:

 

Depreciation increased by 11.5%, or $4.1 million, from $35.5 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $39.6 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The increase in depreciation resulted mainly from the increase in the average number of vessels in our fleet in the quarter ended March 31, 2019, compared to the same quarter in 2018.

 

General and Administrative Expenses:

 

General and administrative expenses decreased by 13.3%, or $1.6 million, from $12.0 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $10.4 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The decrease is mainly attributable to a decrease of $1.6 million in employee costs due to the favorable movement of the USD against EUR and British Pound (“GBP”).

 

Financial Costs:

 

Financial costs increased by 24.3%, or $8.9 million, from $36.6 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $45.5 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The increase is mainly attributable to an increase of $7.4 million in interest expense on loans, bonds and cash flow hedges and an increase of $1.2 million in amortization of deferred loan fees mainly driven by an increase in write-offs of unamortized loan fees pursuant to the debt refinancing. During the quarter ended March 31, 2019, we had an average of $2,875.4 million of outstanding indebtedness, with a weighted average interest rate of 5.3%, while during the quarter ended March 31, 2018, we had an average of $2,728.2 million of outstanding indebtedness having an aggregate weighted average interest rate of 4.5%. These weighted average interest rates include interest expense on loans and cash flow hedges and interest expense on senior unsecured notes and cross-currency swaps.

 

Gain/(loss) on Derivatives:

 

Gain on derivatives decreased by $38.0 million, from a gain of $17.8 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to a $20.2 million loss during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The decrease is mainly attributable to a decrease of $38.3 million in gain from mark-to-market valuation of our derivative financial instruments carried at fair value through profit or loss, which reflected a gain of $17.2 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2018, as compared to a loss of $21.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2019, a decrease of $2.4 million in realized gain on forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading, partially offset by a decrease of $2.3 million in realized loss from interest rate swaps held for trading and a decrease of $0.3 million in the ineffective portion of cash flow hedges.

 

Profit for the Period:

 

Profit for the period decreased by $36.6 million, or 86.1%, from a profit of $42.5 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to a profit of $5.9 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, as a result of the aforementioned factors.

 

Profit/(loss) Attributable to Owners of the Group:

 

Profit attributable to owners of the Group decreased by $30.2 million, from a profit of $19.3 million for the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to a $10.9 million loss for the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The decrease in profit attributable to the owners of GasLog resulted mainly from the decrease in profit mentioned above, partially offset by the decrease in profit attributable to the non-controlling interests (non-controlling unitholders of GasLog Partners) following the decrease in the Partnership’s profit.

 

Customers

 

For the three-month period ended March 31, 2019, we received 68.9% of our revenues from Shell, 19.3% of our revenues from various charterers in the spot/short-term market, 11.7% of our revenues from major LNG producers and 0.1% of our revenues from Egypt LNG, an entity in which we have a 25% ownership interest. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2018, we received 86.7% of our revenues from Shell, 9.8% of our revenues from various charterers in the spot/short-term market, 3.4% of our revenues from major LNG producers and 0.1% of our revenues from Egypt LNG.

 

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Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Our primary liquidity needs are to fund our ship-operating and general and administrative expenses, to finance the purchase and construction of our newbuildings and conversions, to purchase secondhand vessels, to service our existing debt and to pay dividends. In monitoring our working capital needs, we project our charter hire income and the vessels’ maintenance and running expenses, as well as debt service obligations, and seek to maintain adequate cash reserves in order to address revenue shortfalls or budget overruns, if any.

 

We anticipate that our primary sources of funds will be available cash, cash from operations and borrowings under existing and new debt agreements. We may also seek to raise additional common or other forms of equity, subject in each case to market conditions. We believe that these sources of funds will be sufficient to meet our liquidity needs, although there can be no assurance that we will be able to obtain future debt and equity financing on terms acceptable to us.

 

Our funding and treasury activities are intended to meet our operating and financing requirements while balancing investment returns in order to maintain appropriate liquidity. Cash and cash equivalents are held primarily in USD.

 

As of March 31, 2019, GasLog had $230.8 million of cash and cash equivalents, of which $127.5 million was held in time deposits and the remaining balance in current accounts. In addition, as of March 31, 2019, GasLog had $10.0 million held in time deposits with an initial duration of more than three months but less than a year that have been classified as short-term investments.

 

On March 6, 2019, the respective subsidiaries of GasLog Partners drew down $360.0 million under the 2019 Partnership Facility and prepaid in full their aggregate outstanding debt of $354.5 million, which would have been due in November 2019.

 

As of March 31, 2019, GasLog had an aggregate of $2.9 billion of indebtedness outstanding under its credit facilities and bond agreements, of which $172.7 million was repayable within one year, and $212.1 million of lease liabilities, of which $9.0 million was repayable within one year.

 

As of March 31, 2019, there was undrawn available capacity of $100.0 million under the revolving credit facility of the credit agreement of up to $1.1 billion entered into on July 19, 2016 (the “Legacy Facility Refinancing”). In addition, there was unused availability of $90.0 million under the 2019 Partnership Facility.

 

As of March 31, 2019, the total remaining balance of the contract prices of the eight LNG carriers on order was $1,343.6 million which GasLog expects to be funded with cash balances, cash from operations and borrowings under new debt agreements.

 

GasLog has hedged 46.2% of its expected floating interest rate exposure on its outstanding debt (excluding the lease liability) as of March 31, 2019.

 

Our credit facilities are described in Note 13 of our annual audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 5, 2019 and Note 7 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

 

Working Capital Position

 

As of March 31, 2019, GasLog’s current assets totaled $287.1 million, while current liabilities totaled $268.2 million, resulting in a positive working capital position of $18.9 million.

 

Taking into account generally expected market conditions, we anticipate that available cash and cash flow generated from operations will be sufficient to fund our operations, including our working capital requirements, and to make all other required principal and interest payments on our indebtedness during the next 12 months.

 

Cash Flows

 

Three-month period ended March 31, 2018 compared to the three-month period ended March 31, 2019

 

The following table summarizes our net cash flows from operating, investing and financing activities for the periods indicated:

 

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Amounts in thousands of U.S. Dollars

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

43,278

 

42,714

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(560,937

)

(198,019

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

482,255

 

43,592

 

 

 

Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities

 

Net cash provided by operating activities decreased by $0.6 million, from $43.3 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $42.7 million during the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The decrease was attributable to an increase of $17.3 million in cash paid for interest, including the interest paid for leases, partially offset by an increase in total revenues (revenues and net pool allocation) of $12.7 million, a decrease of $2.0 million caused by movements in working capital accounts and a net increase of $2.0 million from the remaining movements.

 

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Net Cash Used in Investing Activities

 

Net cash used in investing activities decreased by $362.9 million, from $560.9 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $198.0 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The decrease is mainly attributable to a decrease of $332.1 million in net cash used in payments for the construction costs of newbuildings and other fixed assets, a net increase of $25.0 million in cash from short-term investments in the three-month period ended March 31, 2019 compared to the same period of 2018, a decrease of $4.9 million in restricted cash and an increase of $0.5 million in cash from interest income.

 

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

 

Net cash provided by financing activities decreased by $438.7 million, from $482.3 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2018 to $43.6 million in the three-month period ended March 31, 2019. The decrease is mainly attributable to an increase of $342.3 million in bank loan repayments, a decrease of $111.5 million in proceeds from the GasLog Partners’ public offering in the first quarter of 2018, an increase of $6.8 million in dividend payments, an increase of $1.0 million in payments of loan issuance costs and an increase of $3.7 million in cash used for purchases of treasury shares, partially offset by an increase of $27.6 million in proceeds from borrowings.

 

Contracted Charter Revenues and Days from Time Charters

 

The following table summarizes GasLog’s (including the vessels contributed or sold to GasLog Partners) contracted charter revenues and vessel utilization after March 31, 2019.

 

 

 

Contracted Charter Revenues and Days from Time Charters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After
March 31,

 

 

For the years ending December 31,

 

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

2021

 

2022

 

2023

 

2024-2032

 

Total

 

 

 

(in millions of U.S. dollars, except days and percentages)

 

Contracted time charter revenues(1)

 

414.9

 

500.0

 

502.7

 

507.3

 

487.7

 

1,613.9

 

4,026.5

 

Total contracted days(1)

 

5,613

 

6,810

 

6,608

 

6,570

 

6,327

 

21,301

 

53,229

 

Total available days(2)

 

7,518

 

10,697

 

12,202

 

12,775

 

12,535

 

113,220

 

168,947

 

Total unfixed days(3)

 

1,905

 

3,887

 

5,594

 

6,205

 

6,208

 

91,919

 

115,718

 

Percentage of total contracted days/total available days

 

74.7

%

63.7

%

54.2

%

51.4

%

50.5

%

18.8

%

31.5

%

____________

 

(1)      Reflects time charter revenues and contracted days for eleven of our currently wholly owned ships, the 15 ships currently owned by the Partnership, the bareboat vessel and the eight newbuildings on order for which we have secured time charters. Does not include charter revenues for the vessels operating in the spot/short-term market under the Cool Pool agreement and the Methane Nile Eagle, in which we hold a 25% minority interest. Contracted revenue calculations assume: (a) 365 revenue days per annum, with 30 off-hire days when the ship undergoes scheduled dry-docking (every five years); (b) all LNG carriers on order are delivered on schedule; and (c) no exercise of any option to extend the terms of charters. For time charters that include a fixed operating cost component subject to annual escalation, revenue calculations include that fixed annual escalation. For time charters that give the charterer the option to set the charter hire rate at prevailing market rates during an initial portion of the time charter’s term, revenue calculations assume that the charterer does not elect such option. Revenue calculations for such charters include an estimate of the amount of the operating cost component and the management fee component.

 

(2)      Available days represent total calendar days after deducting 30 off-hire days when the ship undergoes scheduled dry-docking. The available days for the vessels operating in the spot/short-term market are included.

 

(3)      Represents available days for ships after the expiration of existing charters (assuming charterers do not exercise any option to extend the terms of charters) and the available days for the vessels operating in the spot/short-term market.

 

 

Other than the assumptions reflected in the footnotes to the table, including our assumption that our newbuildings are delivered on schedule, the table does not reflect events occurring after March 31, 2019. The table reflects only our contracted charter revenues for the ships in our owned fleet and bareboat fleet for which we have secured time charters, and it does not reflect the costs or expenses we will incur in fulfilling our obligations under the charters, nor does it include other revenues we may earn, such as revenues for technical management of customer-owned ships. In particular, the table does not reflect any revenues from the six vessels that are operating in the Cool Pool, any additional ships we may acquire in the future, nor does it reflect the options under our time charters that permit our charterers to extend the time charter terms for successive multi-year periods. The entry into time charter contracts for the six vessels that are operating in the Cool Pool and any additional ships we may acquire, or the exercise of options extending the terms of our existing charters, would result in an increase in the number of contracted days and the contracted revenue for our fleet in the future. Although the contracted charter revenues are based on contracted charter hire rate provisions, they reflect certain assumptions, including assumptions relating to future ship operating costs. We consider the assumptions to be reasonable as of the date of this report, but if these assumptions prove to be incorrect, our actual time charter revenues could differ from those reflected in the table. Furthermore, any contract is subject to various risks, including performance by the counterparties or an early termination of the contract pursuant to its terms. If the charterers are unable or unwilling to make charter payments to us, or if we agree to renegotiate charter terms at the request of a charterer or if contracts are prematurely terminated for any reason, we would be exposed to prevailing market conditions at the time and our results of operations and financial condition may be materially adversely affected. Please see the disclosure under the heading “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 5, 2019. For these reasons, the contracted charter revenue information presented above is not fact and should not be relied upon as being necessarily indicative of future results and readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this information. Neither the Company’s independent auditors, nor any other independent accountants, have compiled, examined or performed any procedures with respect to the information presented in the table, nor have they expressed any opinion or any other form of assurance on such information or its achievability and assume no responsibility for, and disclaim any association with, the information in the table.

 

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Significant Accounting Policies

 

For a description of all of our significant accounting policies, see Note 2 of our annual audited consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 20-F filed on March 5, 2019 and Note 2 of our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements included elsewhere in this report.

 

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GASLOG LTD.

INDEX TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial position as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019

 

F-2

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of profit or loss for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

 

F-3

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income or loss for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

 

F-4

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

 

F-5

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

 

F-6

Notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

 

F-7

 

F-1


 

GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial position

As of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)

 

 

 

Note

 

December 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

9,511

 

 

9,511

 

Investment in associates

 

4

 

 

20,713

 

 

20,958

 

Deferred financing costs

 

 

 

 

4,576

 

 

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

 

 

2,543

 

 

4,791

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

15

 

 

8,966

 

 

2,958

 

Tangible fixed assets

 

5

 

 

4,323,582

 

 

4,500,415

 

Vessels under construction

 

5

 

 

159,275

 

 

155,841

 

Right-of-use assets

 

6

 

 

206,753

 

 

212,918

 

Total non-current assets

 

 

 

 

4,735,919

 

 

4,907,392

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade and other receivables

 

 

 

 

20,244

 

 

19,368

 

Dividends receivable and other amounts due from related parties

 

8

 

 

33,395

 

 

5,330

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

15

 

 

6,222

 

 

4,236

 

Inventories

 

 

 

 

7,753

 

 

11,932

 

Prepayments and other current assets

 

 

 

 

3,680

 

 

5,462

 

Short-term investments

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

10,000

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

 

342,594

 

 

230,750

 

Total current assets

 

 

 

 

438,888

 

 

287,078

 

Total assets

 

 

 

 

5,174,807

 

 

5,194,470

 

Equity and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preference shares

 

13

 

 

46

 

 

46

 

Share capital

 

13

 

 

810

 

 

810

 

Contributed surplus

 

13

 

 

850,576

 

 

835,931

 

Reserves

 

 

 

 

18,962

 

 

18,889

 

Treasury shares

 

13

 

 

(3,266

)

 

(7,018

)

Retained earnings

 

 

 

 

12,614

 

 

1,882

 

Equity attributable to owners of the Group

 

 

 

 

879,742

 

 

850,540

 

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

 

1,103,380

 

 

1,093,729

 

Total equity

 

 

 

 

1,983,122

 

 

1,944,269

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable

 

 

 

 

11,890

 

 

19,986

 

Ship management creditors

 

 

 

 

580

 

 

751

 

Amounts due to related parties

 

8

 

 

169

 

 

81

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

15

 

 

2,091

 

 

2,785

 

Other payables and accruals

 

12

 

 

127,450

 

 

62,957

 

Borrowings, current portion

 

7

 

 

520,550

 

 

172,686

 

Lease liability, current portion

 

6

 

 

6,675

 

 

8,959

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

 

 

669,405

 

 

268,205

 

Non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative financial instruments

 

15

 

 

10,001

 

 

22,952

 

Borrowings, non-current portion

 

7

 

 

2,307,909

 

 

2,748,035

 

Lease liability, non-current portion

 

6

 

 

199,424

 

 

203,100

 

Other non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

4,946

 

 

7,909

 

Total non-current liabilities

 

 

 

 

2,522,280

 

 

2,981,996

 

Total equity and liabilities

 

 

 

 

5,174,807

 

 

5,194,470

 

 

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

 

F-2


 

GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of profit or loss

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except per share data)

 

 

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

Note

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Revenues

 

9

 

138,478

 

166,547

 

Net pool allocation

 

 

 

8,653

 

(6,738

)

Voyage expenses and commissions

 

 

 

(5,281

)

(6,917

)

Vessel operating and supervision costs

 

11

 

(34,313

)

(32,970

)

Depreciation

 

5, 6

 

(35,529

)

(39,599

)

General and administrative expenses

 

10

 

(12,013

)

(10,377

)

Profit from operations

 

 

 

59,995

 

69,946

 

Financial costs

 

16

 

(36,597

)

(45,507

)

Financial income

 

 

 

1,016

 

1,459

 

Gain/(loss) on derivatives

 

16

 

17,771

 

(20,244

)

Share of profit of associates

 

4

 

356

 

245

 

Total other expenses, net

 

 

 

(17,454

)

(64,047

)

Profit for the period

 

 

 

42,541

 

5,899

 

Attributable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owners of the Group

 

 

 

19,304

 

(10,947

)

Non-controlling interests

 

3

 

23,237

 

16,846

 

 

 

 

 

42,541

 

5,899

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/(loss) per share – basic and diluted

 

19

 

0.21

 

(0.17

)

 

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

 

F-3


 

GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of comprehensive income or loss

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

Note

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Profit for the period

 

 

 

42,541

 

5,899

 

Other comprehensive income/(loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Items that may be reclassified subsequently to profit or loss:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Effective portion of changes in fair value of cash flow hedges, net of amounts recycled to profit or loss

 

15

 

1,506

 

(1,239

)

Other comprehensive income/(loss) for the period

 

 

 

1,506

 

(1,239

)

Total comprehensive income for the period

 

 

 

44,047

 

4,660

 

Attributable to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Owners of the Group

 

 

 

20,810

 

(12,186

)

Non-controlling interests

 

 

 

23,237

 

16,846

 

 

 

 

 

44,047

 

4,660

 

 

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

 

F-4


 

GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)

 

 

 

Share
capital
(Note
13)

 

Preference
shares
(Note 13)

 

Contributed
surplus
(Note 13)

 

Reserves

 

Treasury
shares
(Note 13)

 

(Accumulated
deficit)/retained
earnings

 

Attributable
to owners of
the Group

 

Non -
controlling
interests

 

Total

 

Balance as of December 31, 2017

 

810

 

46

 

911,766

 

18,347

 

(6,960

)

(5,980

)

918,029

 

845,105

 

1,763,134

 

Opening adjustment(1)

 

 

 

 

(436

)

 

190

 

(246

)

 

(246

)

Balance as of January 1, 2018

 

810

 

46

 

911,766

 

17,911

 

(6,960

)

(5,790

)

917,783

 

845,105

 

1,762,888

 

Net proceeds from GasLog Partners’ public offering

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

111,197

 

111,197

 

Dividend paid (common and preference shares)

 

 

 

(13,816

)

 

 

 

(13,816

)

(20,857

)

(34,673

)

Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend

 

 

 

 

1,057

 

 

 

1,057

 

 

1,057

 

Settlement of share-based compensation

 

 

 

 

(60

)

 

 

 

(60

)

 

(60

)

Treasury shares, net

 

 

 

 

 

(62

)

 

(62

)

 

(62

)

Profit for the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,304

 

19,304

 

23,237

 

42,541

 

Other comprehensive income for the period

 

 

 

 

1,506

 

 

 

1,506

 

 

1,506

 

Total comprehensive income for the period

 

 

 

 

1,506

 

 

19,304

 

20,810

 

23,237

 

44,047

 

Balance as of March 31, 2018

 

810

 

46

 

897,950

 

20,414

 

(7,022

)

13,514

 

925,712

 

958,682

 

1,884,394

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance as of December 31, 2018

 

810

 

46

 

850,576

 

18,962

 

(3,266

)

12,614

 

879,742

 

1,103,380

 

1,983,122

 

Opening adjustment(2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

215

 

215

 

128

 

343

 

Balance as of January 1, 2019

 

810

 

46

 

850,576

 

18,962

 

(3,266

)

12,829

 

879,957

 

1,103,508

 

1,983,465

 

Equity offering costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

148

 

148

 

Dividend paid (common and preference shares) (Note 13)

 

 

 

(14,645

)

 

 

 

(14,645

)

(26,773

)

(41,418

)

Share-based compensation, net of accrued dividend (Note 18)

 

 

 

 

1,166

 

 

 

1,166

 

 

1,166

 

Treasury shares, net

 

 

 

 

 

(3,752

)

 

(3,752

)

 

(3,752

)

(Loss)/profit for the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,947

)

(10,947

)

16,846

 

5,899

 

Other comprehensive loss for the period

 

 

 

 

(1,239

)

 

 

(1,239

)

 

(1,239

)

Total comprehensive (loss)/income for the period

 

 

 

 

(1,239

)

 

(10,947

)

(12,186

)

16,846

 

4,660

 

Balance as of March 31, 2019

 

810

 

46

 

835,931

 

18,889

 

(7,018

)

1,882

 

850,540

 

1,093,729

 

1,944,269

 

 

(1)

Adjusted so as to reflect certain amendments introduced due to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standard (“IFRS”) 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers and IFRS 9 Financial Instruments, which became effective on January 1, 2018.

 

 

(2)

Restated so as to reflect an adjustment introduced due to the adoption of IFRS 16 Leases on January 1, 2019 (Note 2(a)).

 

 

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

 

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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries

 

Unaudited condensed consolidated statements of cash flows

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

Note

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Profit for the period

 

 

 

42,541

 

5,899

 

Adjustments for:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation

 

 

 

35,529

 

39,599

 

Share of profit of associates

 

 

 

(356

)

(245

)

Financial income

 

 

 

(1,016

)

(1,459

)

Financial costs

 

 

 

36,597

 

45,507

 

Unrealized foreign exchange (gains)/losses on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

(459

)

131

 

Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative financial instruments held for trading including ineffective portion of cash flow hedges

 

16

 

(16,898

)

21,103

 

Share-based compensation

 

18

 

1,186

 

1,322

 

 

 

 

 

97,124

 

111,857

 

Movements in working capital

 

 

 

(13,692

)

(11,676

)

Cash provided by operations

 

 

 

83,432

 

100,181

 

Interest paid

 

 

 

(40,154

)

(57,467

)

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

 

43,278

 

42,714

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payments for tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction

 

 

 

(547,021

)

(220,549

)

Return of capital expenditures

 

5

 

 

5,629

 

Dividends received from associate

 

 

 

125

 

538

 

Purchase of short-term investments

 

 

 

(10,000

)

(10,000

)

Maturity of short-term investments

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

Restricted cash

 

 

 

(4,915

)

 

Financial income received

 

 

 

874

 

1,363

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

 

(560,937

)

(198,019

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from bank loans and bonds

 

 

 

498,225

 

525,805

 

Bank loan repayments

 

 

 

(83,938

)

(426,208

)

Payment of loan issuance costs

 

 

 

(6,753

)

(7,780

)

Proceeds from GasLog Partners’ public common unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions)

 

 

 

111,544

 

 

Payment of equity raising costs

 

 

 

(315

)

(668

)

Dividends paid

 

 

 

(34,673

)

(41,418

)

Purchase of treasury shares

 

 

 

(62

)

(3,751

)

Payments for lease liability

 

 

 

(1,773

)

(2,388

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

 

 

 

482,255

 

43,592

 

Effects of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

459

 

(131

)

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

 

(34,945

)

(111,844

)

Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the period

 

 

 

384,092

 

342,594

 

Cash and cash equivalents, end of the period

 

 

 

349,147

 

230,750

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-cash investing and financing activities

 

17

 

 

 

 

 

Capital expenditures included in liabilities at the end of the period

 

 

 

6,085

 

15,550

 

Capital expenditures – Right-of-use assets

 

 

 

 

107

 

Equity raising costs included in liabilities at the end of the period

 

 

 

396

 

247

 

Loan issuance costs included in liabilities at the end of the period

 

 

 

294

 

251

 

Liabilities related to leases at the end of the period

 

 

 

 

274

 

 

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

 

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GasLog Ltd. and its Subsidiaries

 

Notes to the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements

For the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2019

(Amounts expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share and per share data)

 

1. Organization and Operations

 

GasLog Ltd. (“GasLog”) was incorporated in Bermuda on July 16, 2003. GasLog and its subsidiaries (the “Group”) are primarily engaged in the ownership, operation and management of vessels in the liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) market, providing maritime services for the transportation of LNG on a worldwide basis and LNG vessel management services. The Group conducts its operations through its vessel-owning subsidiaries and through its vessel management services subsidiary. The Group’s operations are carried out from offices in Piraeus, London, New York, Singapore and Monaco. The registered office of GasLog is Clarendon House, 2 Church Street, Hamilton HM 11, Bermuda. GasLog’s chairman, Peter G. Livanos, is GasLog’s largest shareholder through his ownership of Ceres Shipping Ltd. (“Ceres Shipping”), which controls Blenheim Holdings Ltd. As of March 31, 2019, entities controlled by members of the Livanos family, including GasLog’s chairman, are deemed to beneficially own approximately 40.19% of GasLog’s issued and outstanding common shares. As a result of his ownership of GasLog’s common shares, Mr. Livanos can effectively control the outcome of most matters on which GasLog’s shareholders are entitled to vote.

 

As of March 31, 2019, GasLog held a 27.5% interest (including the 2% interest through general partner units) in GasLog Partners LP (“GasLog Partners” or the “Partnership”) and, as a result of its ownership of the general partner and the fact that the general partner elects the majority of the Partnership’s directors in accordance with the Partnership Agreement, GasLog has the ability to control the Partnership’s affairs and policies. Consequently, GasLog Partners is consolidated in the Group’s financial statements.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the financial statements of GasLog and its subsidiaries. Unless indicated otherwise, the subsidiaries listed below are 100% held (either directly or indirectly) by GasLog. As of March 31, 2019, the Group’s structure is as follows:

 

 

 

Place of

 

Date of

 

 

 

Cargo
capacity

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

incorporation

 

incorporation

 

Principal activities

 

(cbm)

 

Vessel

 

Delivery date

 

Subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GasLog Investments Ltd.

 

BVI

 

July 2003

 

Holding company

 

 

 

 

GasLog Carriers Ltd. (“GasLog Carriers”)

 

Bermuda

 

February 2008

 

Holding company

 

 

 

 

GasLog Shipping Company Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

January 2006

 

Holding company

 

 

 

 

GasLog Partners GP LLC

 

Marshall Islands

 

January 2014

 

Holding company

 

 

 

 

GasLog Cyprus Investments Ltd.

 

Cyprus

 

December 2016

 

Holding company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GasLog Services UK Ltd.

 

England and Wales

 

May 2014

 

Service company

 

 

 

 

GasLog Services US Inc.

 

Delaware

 

May 2014

 

Service company

 

 

 

 

GasLog Asia Pte Ltd.

 

Singapore

 

May 2015

 

Service company

 

 

 

 

GasLog LNG Services Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

August 2004

 

Vessel management services

 

 

 

 

GasLog Monaco S.A.M.

 

Monaco

 

February 2010

 

Service company

 

 

 

 

GAS-one Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

February 2008

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Savannah

 

May 2010

 

GAS-two Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

February 2008

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Singapore

 

July 2010

 

GAS-six Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

February 2011

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Skagen

 

July 2013

 

GAS-nine Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

June 2011

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Saratoga

 

December 2014

 

GAS-ten Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

June 2011

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Salem

 

April 2015

 

GAS-twelve Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2012

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Glasgow

 

June 2016

 

GAS-fifteen Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

August 2013

 

Vessel-owning company

 

153,600

 

GasLog Chelsea

 

October 2013

 

GAS-eighteen Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

January 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

145,000

 

Methane Lydon Volney

 

April 2014

 

GAS-twenty two Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

May 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Genoa

 

March 2018

 

GAS-twenty three Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

May 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Gladstone

 

March 2019

 

GAS-twenty four Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

June 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Houston

 

January 2018

 

GAS-twenty five Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

June 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Hong Kong

 

March 2018

 

GAS-twenty six Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

January 2015

 

Lease asset company

 

170,000

 

Methane Julia Louise

 

March 2015

 

GAS-twenty eight Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

September 2016

 

Vessel-owning company

 

180,000

 

Hull No. 2213

 

Q2 2020(1)

 

GAS-twenty nine Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

September 2016

 

Vessel-owning company

 

180,000

 

GasLog Warsaw

 

Q3 2019(1)

 

GAS-thirty Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2017

 

Vessel-owning company

 

180,000

 

Hull No. 2262

 

Q3 2020(1)

 

GAS-thirty one Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2017

 

Vessel-owning company

 

180,000

 

Hull No. 2274

 

Q2 2020(1)

 

GAS-thirty two Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2017

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

Hull No. 2300

 

Q4 2020(1)

 

GAS-thirty three Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

May 2018

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

Hull No. 2301

 

Q4 2020(1)

 

GAS-thirty four Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

May 2018

 

Vessel-owning company

 

180,000

 

Hull No. 2311

 

Q2 2021(1)

 

GAS-thirty five Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2018

 

Vessel-owning company

 

180,000

 

Hull No. 2312

 

Q3 2021(1)

 

GAS-thirty six Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2018

 

Dormant

 

 

 

 

GAS-thirty seven Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2018

 

Dormant

 

 

 

 

GasLog Shipping Limited

 

BVI

 

July 2003

 

Dormant

 

 

 

 

27.5% interest subsidiaries:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GasLog Partners LP

 

Marshall Islands

 

January 2014

 

Holding company

 

 

 

 

GasLog Partners Holdings LLC

 

Marshall Islands

 

April 2014

 

Holding company

 

 

 

 

GAS-three Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

April 2010

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Shanghai

 

January 2013

 

GAS-four Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

April 2010

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Santiago

 

March 2013

 

GAS-five Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

February 2011

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Sydney

 

May 2013

 

 

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GAS-seven Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

March 2011

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

GasLog Seattle

 

December 2013

 

GAS-eight Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

March 2011

 

Vessel-owning company

 

155,000

 

Solaris

 

June 2014

 

GAS-eleven Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

December 2012

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Greece

 

March 2016

 

GAS-thirteen Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

July 2013

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Geneva

 

September 2016

 

GAS-fourteen Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

July 2013

 

Vessel-owning company

 

174,000

 

GasLog Gibraltar

 

October 2016

 

GAS-sixteen Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

January 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

145,000

 

Methane Rita Andrea

 

April 2014

 

GAS-seventeen Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

January 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

145,000

 

Methane Jane Elizabeth

 

April 2014

 

GAS-nineteen Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

April 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

145,000

 

Methane Alison Victoria

 

June 2014

 

GAS-twenty Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

April 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

145,000

 

Methane Shirley Elisabeth

 

June 2014

 

GAS-twenty one Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

April 2014

 

Vessel-owning company

 

145,000

 

Methane Heather Sally

 

June 2014

 

GAS-twenty seven Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

January 2015

 

Vessel-owning company

 

170,000

 

Methane Becki Anne

 

March 2015

 

25% interest associate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd.

 

Bermuda

 

May 2010

 

Vessel-owning company

 

145,000

 

Methane Nile Eagle

 

December 2007

 

20% interest associate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gastrade S.A. (“Gastrade”)

 

Greece

 

June 2010

 

Service company

 

 

 

 

50% joint venture:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Cool Pool Limited (2)

 

Marshall Islands

 

September 2015

 

Service company

 

 

 

 

 

____________

 

(1)

For newbuildings, expected delivery quarters as of March 31, 2019 are presented.

(2)

On October 1, 2015, GasLog Carriers, Dynagas Ltd. (“Dynagas”) and Golar LNG Ltd. (“Golar”) (“Pool Owners”) and The Cool Pool Limited signed an LNG carrier pooling agreement (the “LNG Carrier Pool” or “Pool Agreement” or “Cool Pool”) to market their vessels, which are currently operating in the LNG shipping spot market. For the operation of the Cool Pool, a Marshall Islands service company named “The Cool Pool Limited” or the “Pool Manager”, was incorporated in September 2015 acting as an agent. In June and July 2018, Dynagas removed its three vessels from the Cool Pool and ceased to be a shareholder.

 

As of March 31, 2019, the Cool Pool consists of 16 modern, high quality and essentially equivalent vessels powered by fuel efficient tri-fuel diesel electric (“TFDE”) engine propulsion technology. The participation of the Pool Owners’ vessels in the Cool Pool is as follows: GasLog: six vessels; and Golar: ten vessels. Each vessel owner continues to be fully responsible for the crew and technical management of their respective vessels.

 

2. Basis of Presentation

 

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with International Accounting Standard (“IAS”) 34 Interim Financial Reporting as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”). Certain information and footnote disclosures required by IFRS for a complete set of annual financial statements have been omitted, and, therefore, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Group’s annual consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2018 filed with the SEC on March 5, 2019.

 

The critical accounting judgments and key sources of estimation uncertainty were disclosed in the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018 and remain unchanged.

 

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements are expressed in U.S. dollars (“USD”), which is the functional currency of all of the subsidiaries in the Group because their vessels operate in international shipping markets in which revenues and expenses are primarily settled in USD, and the Group’s most significant assets and liabilities are paid for and settled in USD.

 

The financial statements are prepared on the historical cost basis, except for the revaluation of derivative financial instruments. The same accounting policies and methods of computation have been followed in these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as were applied in the preparation of the Group’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, except for the changes resulting from the adoption of IFRS 16 Leases (as discussed below).

 

On May 3, 2019, GasLog’s board of directors authorized the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for issuance.

 

Management anticipates that the Group’s primary sources of funds will be available cash, cash from operations and borrowings under existing and new loan agreements. The Group may also seek to raise additional common or other forms of equity. Management believes that these sources of funds will be sufficient for the Group to meet its liquidity needs and to comply with its financial covenants for at least twelve months from the end of the reporting period and therefore it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.

 

Adoption of new and revised IFRS

 

(a) Standards and interpretations adopted in the current period

 

In January 2016, the IASB issued IFRS 16 Leases, which sets out the principles for the recognition, measurement, presentation and disclosure of leases for both parties to a contract, i.e. the customer (“lessee”) and the supplier (“lessor”). IFRS 16 eliminates the classification of leases by lessees as either operating leases or finance leases and, instead, introduces a single lessee accounting model. Applying that model, a lessee is required to recognize: (a) assets and liabilities for all leases with a term of more than 12 months, unless the underlying asset is of low value; and (b) depreciation of lease assets separately from interest on lease liabilities in the statement of profit or loss. Lessors continue to classify their leases as operating leases or finance leases, and to account for those two types of leases differently. IFRS 16 Leases supersedes the previous leases Standard, IAS 17 Leases, and related Interpretations. The standard is effective from January 1, 2019.

 

The Group is a lessee under a vessel sale and leaseback arrangement and also leases various properties, vessel and office equipment. Rental contracts are typically made for fixed periods but may have extension options. Lease terms are negotiated on an individual basis and contain a wide

 

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range of different terms and conditions. Following the implementation of IFRS 16, leases are recognized as a right-of-use asset and a corresponding liability at the date at which the leased asset is available for use by the Group. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance cost. The finance cost is charged to profit or loss over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The right-of-use asset is depreciated over the shorter of the asset’s useful life and the lease term on a straight-line basis.

 

Assets and liabilities arising from a lease are initially measured on a present value basis. Lease liabilities include the net present value of the following lease payments: (a)  fixed payments (including in-substance fixed payments), less any lease incentives receivable, (b) variable lease payments that are based on an index or a rate (if any), (c)  amounts expected to be payable by the lessee under residual value guarantees (if any), (d) the exercise price of a purchase option if the lessee is reasonably certain to exercise that option, and (e)  payments of penalties for terminating the lease, if the lease term reflects the lessee exercising that option. The lease payments are discounted using the interest rate implicit in the lease, if that rate can be determined, or the Group’s incremental borrowing rate. Right-of-use assets are measured at cost comprising the following: (a) the amount of the initial measurement of lease liability, (b) any lease payments made at or before the commencement date less any lease incentives received, (c) any initial direct costs, and (d) restoration costs. Payments associated with short-term leases and leases of low-value assets are recognized on a straight-line basis as an expense in profit or loss. Short-term leases are leases with a lease term of 12 months or less. Low-value assets comprise vessel and office equipment.

 

For leases where the Group is the lessee, the Group has elected to apply the simplified approach, by which comparative information is not restated and any adjustment is recognized at the date of initial application of IFRS 16 Leases. The adoption of the standard on January 1, 2019, resulted in an increase in total assets of $7,618, an increase in retained earnings of $215, an increase in non-controlling interests of $128 and an increase in total liabilities of $7,275.

 

(b) Standards and amendments in issue not yet adopted

 

At the date of authorization of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements, there were no IFRS standards and amendments issued but not yet adopted with an expected material effect on the Group’s unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

3. Non-controlling Interest in GasLog Partners

 

The profit allocation to non-controlling interests is based on the distribution policy for available cash stated in the Partnership Agreement as amended, effective November 27, 2018, is illustrated in the table below:

 

 

 

Marginal Percentage Interest in Distributions

 

 

 

Total Quarterly
Distribution
Target Amount

 

Unitholders

 

General
Partner

 

Holders of
(Incentive
Distribution Rights
(“IDRs”)

 

Minimum Quarterly Distribution

 

$0.375

 

98.0%

 

2.0%

 

0%

 

First Target Distribution

 

$0.375 up to $0.43125

 

98.0%

 

2.0%

 

0%

 

Second Target Distribution

 

$0.43125 up to $0.46875

 

85.0%

 

2.0%

 

13.0%

 

Thereafter

 

Above $0.46875

 

75.0%

 

2.0%

 

23.0%

 

 

Allocation of GasLog Partners’ profit(*)

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Partnership’s profit attributable to:

 

 

 

 

 

Common unitholders

 

24,057

 

12,529

 

General partner

 

539

 

255

 

IDRs

 

2,368

 

 

Paid and accrued preference equity distributions

 

5,038

 

7,582

 

Total

 

32,002

 

20,366

 

Partnership’s profit allocated to GasLog

 

8,765

 

3,520

 

Partnership’s profit allocated to non-controlling interests

 

23,237

 

16,846

 

Total

 

32,002

 

20,366

 

 

* Excludes profits of GAS-fourteen Ltd. and GAS-twenty seven Ltd. for the period prior to their transfers to the Partnership on April 26, 2018 and November 14, 2018, respectively.

 

Dividends declared attributable to non-controlling interests included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of changes in equity represent cash distributions to holders of common and preference units.

 

In the three months ended March 31, 2019, the board of directors of the Partnership approved and declared cash distributions of $18,483 and $8,290 for the common units and preference units, respectively held by non-controlling interests.

 

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4. Investment in Associates

 

The movements in investment in associates are reported in the following table:

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

As of January 1, 2019

 

20,713

 

Share of profit of associates

 

245

 

As of March 31, 2019

 

20,958

 

 

5. Tangible Fixed Assets and Vessels Under Construction

 

The movements in tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction are reported in the following table:

 

 

 

Vessels

 

Office property
and other
tangible assets

 

Total
tangible fixed
assets

 

Vessels under
construction

 

Cost

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of January 1, 2019

 

4,899,678

 

23,710

 

4,923,388

 

159,275

 

Additions

 

1,233

 

702

 

1,935

 

214,175

 

Return of capital expenditures

 

(5,629

)

 

(5,629

)

 

Transfer from vessels under construction

 

217,609

 

 

217,609

 

(217,609

)

As of March 31, 2019

 

5,112,891

 

24,412

 

5,137,303

 

155,841

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated depreciation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of January 1, 2019

 

595,426

 

4,380

 

599,806

 

 

Depreciation expense

 

36,860

 

222

 

37,082

 

 

As of March 31, 2019

 

632,286

 

4,602

 

636,888

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net book value

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As of December 31, 2018

 

4,304,252

 

19,330

 

4,323,582

 

159,275

 

As of March 31, 2019

 

4,480,605

 

19,810

 

4,500,415

 

155,841

 

 

Vessels with an aggregate carrying amount of $4,480,605 as of March 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $4,304,252) have been pledged as collateral under the terms of the Group’s loan agreements.

 

In April and May 2017, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered into agreements in relation to investments in certain of the Partnership’s and GasLog’s vessels, with the aim of enhancing their operational performance. On March 7, 2019, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. and one of the suppliers signed an interim agreement regarding the reimbursement of amounts already paid by the Group in respect of the aforementioned enhancements as such enhancements do not currently perform as contractually required. In accordance with the terms of the interim agreement, as of March 31, 2019, $5,629 has been reimbursed to the Group. If the enhancements continue not to perform, on or before July 31, 2019, the supplier is required to reimburse the further amount of $5,444 to the Group. As and when the enhancements work in accordance with the terms of the original goods and services contract, the supplier will require payment in full, including any amounts reimbursed.

 

In May 2014, GAS-twenty three Ltd. entered into a shipbuilding contract with Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (“Samsung”) for the construction of a 174,000 cubic meter LNG carrier. The vessel, the GasLog Gladstone, was delivered on March 15, 2019.

 

Vessels under construction

 

GasLog has the following newbuildings on order at Samsung:

 

Company

 

Date of
agreement

 

Estimated
delivery

 

Cargo
Capacity
(cbm)

 

GAS-twenty nine Ltd.

 

September 2016

 

Q3 2019

 

180,000

 

GAS-twenty eight Ltd.

 

January 2018

 

Q2 2020

 

180,000

 

GAS-thirty one Ltd.

 

March 2018

 

Q2 2020

 

180,000

 

GAS-thirty Ltd.

 

May 2018

 

Q3 2020

 

180,000

 

GAS-thirty two Ltd.

 

August 2018

 

Q4 2020

 

174,000

 

GAS-thirty three Ltd.

 

August 2018

 

Q4 2020

 

174,000

 

GAS-thirty four Ltd.

 

December 2018

 

Q2 2021

 

180,000

 

GAS-thirty five Ltd.

 

December 2018

 

Q3 2021

 

180,000

 

 

On March 21, 2017, GasLog entered into a Heads of Agreement (“HOA”) with Samsung for the engineering in relation to the potential Floating Storage Regasification Unit (“FSRU”) conversion of an existing vessel of the Group. As of March 31, 2019, $3,400 of the cost was paid, in

 

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accordance with the payment terms.

 

On July 10, 2017, GasLog entered into an agreement with Keppel Shipyard Limited (“Keppel”) for the detailed engineering in relation to an FSRU conversion of one vessel. As of March 31, 2019, $8,504 of the cost was paid, in accordance with the payment terms.

 

Vessels under construction represent scheduled advance payments to the shipyards as well as certain capitalized expenditures. As of March 31, 2019, the Group has paid to the shipyard $151,689 for the vessels that are under construction and expects to pay the remaining installments as they come due upon each vessel’s keel laying, launching and delivery (Note 14).

 

The vessels under construction costs as of December 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019 are as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Progress shipyard installments

 

152,075

 

151,689

 

Onsite supervision costs

 

5,766

 

3,573

 

Critical spare parts, equipment and other vessel delivery expenses

 

1,434

 

579

 

Total

 

159,275

 

155,841

 

 

6. Leases

 

On adoption of IFRS 16, the Group recognised lease liabilities in relation to leases of various properties, vessel communication equipment and certain printers which had previously been classified as operating leases under IAS 17 Leases. As of January 1, 2019, these liabilities were measured at the present value of the remaining lease payments, discounted using a weighted average incremental borrowing rate of 4.8%.

 

The movements in right-of use assets are reported in the following table:

 

Right-of-Use Assets

 

Vessels

 

Vessel Equipment

 

Properties

 

Other

 

Total

 

As of January 1, 2019*

 

206,753

 

2,630

 

4,969

 

19

 

214,371

 

Additions

 

 

170

 

894

 

 

1,064

 

Depreciation expense

 

(1,905)

 

(258)

 

(352)

 

(2)

 

(2,517)

 

As of March 31, 2019

 

204,848

 

2,542

 

5,511

 

17

 

212,918

 

 

*The balance as of December 31, 2018 represented the vessel held under finance lease and was included in the financial statement line “Vessel held under finance lease”, which was renamed to “Right-of-use assets” as of January 1, 2019.

 

An analysis of the lease liabilities is as follows:

 

 

 

Lease Liabilities

 

As of January 1, 2019

 

213,374

 

Additions

 

1,064

 

Lease charge (Note 16)

 

2,629

 

Payments

 

(5,008

)

As of March 31, 2019

 

212,059

 

Lease liability, current portion

 

8,959

 

Lease liability, non-current portion

 

203,100

 

Total

 

212,059

 

 

An amount of $31 has been recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of profit or loss for the quarter ending March 31, 2019, which represents the lease expense incurred for low value leases not included in the measurement of the right-of-use assets and the lease liability.

 

7. Borrowings

 

An analysis of the borrowings is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Amounts due within one year

 

531,209

 

182,954

 

Less: unamortized deferred loan/bond issuance costs

 

(10,659

)

(10,268

)

Borrowings, current portion

 

520,550

 

172,686

 

Amounts due after one year

 

2,344,389

 

2,792,945

 

Less: unamortized deferred loan/bond issuance costs

 

(36,480

)

(44,910

)

Borrowings, non-current portion

 

2,307,909

 

2,748,035

 

Total

 

2,828,459

 

2,920,721

 

 

Bank Loans

 

The main terms of the Group’s loan facilities in existence as of December 31, 2018 have been disclosed in the annual audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. Refer to Note 13 “Borrowings”.

 

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During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the Group drew down $165,805 to partially finance the delivery of the GasLog Gladstone and repaid $71,833 in accordance with the repayment terms under its loan facilities.

 

In addition, on February 20, 2019, GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd., GAS-seventeen Ltd., GasLog Partners and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC entered into a loan agreement with Credit Suisse AG, Nordea Bank Abp, filial i Norge (“Nordea”) and Iyo Bank Ltd., Singapore Branch, each an original lender and Nordea acting as security agent and trustee for and on behalf of the other finance parties mentioned above, for a credit facility for up to $450,000 (the “2019 Partnership Facility”) for the purpose of refinancing in full the existing facility agreement dated November 12, 2014, with Citibank N.A., London Branch, acting as security agent and trustee (the “Existing Partnership Facility”). Subsequently on the same date, the Development Bank of Japan, Inc. entered the facility as lender via transfer certificate. The vessels covered by the 2019 Partnership Facility are the GasLog Shanghai, the GasLog Santiago, the GasLog Sydney, the Methane Rita Andrea and the Methane Jane Elizabeth.

 

The agreement provides for an amortizing revolving credit facility which can be repaid and redrawn at any time, subject to the outstanding amount immediately after any drawdown not exceeding (i) 75% of the aggregate of the market values of all vessels under the agreement, or (ii) the total facility amount. The total facility amount reduces in 20 equal quarterly amounts of $7,357, with a final balloon amount of up to $302,860 together with the last quarterly reduction in February 2024. The credit facility bears interest at London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) plus a margin.

 

The obligations under the 2019 Partnership Facility are secured by a first priority mortgage over the vessels, a pledge of the share capital of the respective vessel-owning companies and a first priority assignment of earnings related to the vessels (excluding the GasLog Shanghai which participates in the Cool Pool), including charter revenue, management revenue and any insurance and requisition compensation. The obligations under the facility are guaranteed by the Partnership and GasLog Partners Holdings LLC.

 

The 2019 Partnership Facility is subject to specified financial covenants that apply to GasLog Partners on a consolidated basis. These financial covenants include the following:

 

-                    the aggregate amount of cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and available undrawn facilities with remaining maturities of at least six months must be at least $45,000;

-                    total indebtedness divided by total assets must be less than 65.0%; and

-                    the Partnership is permitted to declare or pay any dividends or distributions, subject to no event of default having occurred or occurring as a consequence of the payment of such dividends or distributions.

 

The 2019 Partnership Facility contains customary events of default, including non-payment of principal or interest, breach of covenants or material inaccuracy of representations, default under other material indebtedness and bankruptcy as well as an event of default in the event of the cancellation, rescission, frustration or withdrawal of a charter agreement prior to its scheduled expiration, if certain prepayment and security provisions are not met. In addition, the 2019 Partnership Facility contains covenants requiring us and certain of our subsidiaries to maintain the aggregate of (i) the market value, on a charter exclusive basis, of the mortgaged vessel or vessels and (ii) the market value of any additional security provided to the lenders, at a total value not less than 120.0% of the then-outstanding amount under the facility. If GasLog Partners fails to comply with these covenants and is not able to obtain covenant waivers or modifications, its lenders could require it to make prepayments or provide additional collateral sufficient to bring it into compliance with such covenants, and if it fails to do so its lenders could accelerate our indebtedness.

 

The 2019 Partnership Facility also imposes certain restrictions relating to the Partnership, including restrictions that limit its ability to make any substantial change in the nature of its business or to the partnership structure without approval from the lenders.

 

On March 6, 2019, the Partnership drew down $360,000 under the 2019 Partnership Facility, out of which $354,375 was used to prepay the outstanding debt of GAS-three Ltd., GAS-four Ltd., GAS-five Ltd., GAS-sixteen Ltd. and GAS-seventeen Ltd., which would have been due in November 2019. On March 7, 2019, the Existing Partnership Facility was terminated and the respective unamortized loan fees of $988 were written-off to profit or loss.

 

The carrying amount of the Group’s bank debt recognized in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements approximates its fair value after adjusting for the unamortized loan/bond issuance costs.

 

Bonds

 

The main terms of the Group’s bonds have been disclosed in the annual audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018. Refer to Note 13 “Borrowings”.

 

The carrying amount under the NOK bonds maturing in 2021 (the “NOK 2021 Bonds”), net of unamortized financing costs, as of March 31, 2019 is $86,026 (December 31, 2018: $85,231) while their fair value is $91,001 based on a USD/NOK exchange rate of 0.1158 as of March 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $91,664, based on a USD/NOK exchange rate of 0.1149).

 

The carrying amount under the 8.875% senior unsecured notes due in 2022, net of unamortized financing costs as of March 31, 2019 is $246,971 (December 31, 2018: $246,760).

 

The Group was in compliance with its financial covenants as of March 31, 2019.

 

8. Related Party Transactions

 

The Group has the following balances with related parties which have been included in the unaudited condensed consolidated statements of financial position:

 

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Current Assets

 

Dividends receivable and other amounts due from related parties

 

 

 

December 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

 

Dividends receivable from associate

 

885

 

348

 

Due from The Cool Pool Limited

 

32,397

 

4,760

 

Other receivables

 

113

 

222

 

Total

 

33,395

 

5,330

 

 

Current Liabilities

 

Amounts due to related parties

 

 

 

December 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

 

Ship management creditors

 

268

 

448

 

Amounts due to related parties

 

169

 

81

 

 

Ship management creditors’ liability comprises cash collected from Egypt LNG Shipping Ltd. to cover the obligations of its vessel under the Group’s management.

 

Amounts due to related parties of $81 as of March 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018: $169) are expenses paid by a related party on behalf of the Group and payables to other related parties for the office lease and other operating expenses.

 

9. Revenues from Contracts with Customers

 

The Group has recognized the following amounts relating to revenues:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Revenues from time charters

 

124,894

 

134,212

 

Revenues from The Cool Pool Limited (GasLog vessels)

 

13,405

 

32,141

 

Revenues from vessel management services

 

179

 

194

 

Total

 

138,478

 

166,547

 

 

Revenues from Cool Pool relate only to the pool revenues received from GasLog’s vessels operating in the Cool Pool and do not include the Net pool allocation to GasLog of ($6,738) for the three months ended March 31, 2019 ($8,653 for the three months ended March 31, 2018).

 

10. General and Administrative Expenses

 

An analysis of general and administrative expenses is as follows:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Employee costs

 

6,951

 

5,299

 

Share-based compensation (Note 18)

 

1,186

 

1,201

 

Other expenses

 

3,876

 

3,877

 

Total

 

12,013

 

10,377

 

 

11. Vessel Operating and Supervision Costs

 

An analysis of vessels operating and supervision costs is as follows:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Crew wages and vessel management employee costs

 

20,030

 

19,611

 

Technical maintenance expenses

 

8,682

 

8,528

 

Other vessel operating expenses

 

5,601

 

4,831

 

Total

 

34,313

 

32,970

 

 

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12. Other Payables and Accruals

 

An analysis of other payables and accruals is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

Unearned revenue

 

38,680

 

7,948

Accrued off-hire

 

7,376

 

6,993

Accrued purchases

 

18,578

 

6,621

Accrued interest

 

38,107

 

21,412

Other accruals

 

24,709

 

19,983

Total

 

127,450

 

62,957

 

 

13. Share Capital and Preference Shares

 

GasLog’s authorized share capital consists of 500,000,000 shares with a par value of $0.01 per share.

 

As of March 31, 2019, the share capital consisted of 80,649,135 issued and outstanding common shares, par value $0.01 per share, 343,991 treasury shares issued and held by GasLog and 4,600,000 preference shares issued and outstanding. The movements in the number of shares, the share capital, the preference shares, the contributed surplus and the treasury shares are reported in the following table:

 

 

 

 

Number of Shares

 

Amounts

 

 

 

Number of

 

Number of

 

Number of

 

 

 

Preference

 

Contributed

 

Treasury

 

 

 

common shares

 

treasury shares

 

preference shares

 

Share capital

 

shares

 

surplus

 

shares

 

Outstanding as of January 1, 2019

 

80,861,246

 

131,880

 

4,600,000

 

810

 

46

 

850,576

 

(3,266

)

Purchase of treasury shares

 

(212,111

)

212,111

 

 

 

 

 

(3,752

)

Dividends declared deducted from Contributed surplus due to accumulated deficit

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14,645

)

 

Outstanding as of March 31, 2019

 

80,649,135

 

343,991

 

4,600,000

 

810

 

46

 

835,931

 

(7,018

)

 

The treasury shares were acquired by GasLog in relation to the share-based compensation (Note 18).

 

Dividend distribution

 

On February 13, 2019, the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share, which was paid on March 14, 2019 to shareholders of record as of March 4, 2019 for a total amount of $12,129.

 

On March 7, 2019, the board of directors declared a dividend on the Series A Preference Shares of $0.546875 per share, or $2,516 in the aggregate, payable on April 1, 2019 to holders of record as of March 29, 2019. GasLog paid the declared dividend to the transfer agent on March 29, 2019.

 

 

14. Commitments and Contingencies

 

 

(a)  Commitments relating to the vessels under construction (Note 5) as of March 31, 2019 payable to Samsung were as follows:

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Period

 

 

 

Not later than one year

 

258,255

 

Later than one year and not later than three years

 

1,085,375

 

Total

 

1,343,630

 

 

(b) Future gross minimum revenues receivable in relation to non-cancellable time charter agreements for vessels in operation, including a vessel under a lease (Note 6), as of March 31, 2019 are as follows (30 off-hire days are assumed when each vessel will undergo scheduled dry-docking; in addition, early delivery of the vessels by the charterers or any exercise of the charterers’ options to extend the terms of the charters are not accounted for):

 

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March 31, 2019

 

Period

 

 

 

Not later than one year

 

423,040

 

Later than one year and not later than three years

 

579,424

 

Later than three years and not later than five years

 

447,157

 

More than five years

 

471,019

 

Total

 

1,920,640

 

 

Future gross minimum lease payments disclosed in the above table excludes the lease payments of the vessels that are under construction.

 

 

(c)      In April and May 2017, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered into agreements in relation to some of the Group’s vessels, with the aim of enhancing their operational performance. Commitments relating to these agreements, without including additional estimated costs for which no agreement had been signed as of March 31, 2019, are as follows:

 

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

Period

 

 

 

Not later than one year

 

2,241

 

Total

 

2,241

 

 

 

(d)    Related to the acquisition of six vessels from a subsidiary of MSL in 2014 and another two vessels in 2015, the Group is committed to purchase depot spares from MSL with an aggregate value of $8,000 of which depot spares with value of $660 have been purchased and paid as of March 31, 2019 and are included in Tangible fixed assets (Note 5). The remaining spares are expected to be acquired before March 31, 2020.

 

(e)     On October 11, 2016, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered into an arrangement whereby it has access to all long lead items (“LLIs”) necessary for the conversion of a GasLog LNG carrier vessel into an FSRU whereby such conversion work would be undertaken by Keppel. GasLog is only obligated to pay for such LLIs if utilized for a GasLog vessel conversion or, if the LLIs have not been utilized in a GasLog vessel conversion within three years from November 2016, the items may be put to GasLog at 85% of the original cost, or GasLog may call for the purchase of such LLIs at 115% of the original cost.

 

(f)      In September 2017 (and in addition to the seven existing maintenance agreements signed in 2015 in relation to GasLog vessels), GasLog LNG Services Ltd. entered into further maintenance agreements with Wartsila Greece S.A. in respect of eight additional GasLog LNG carriers. In July 2018, GasLog LNG Services Ltd. renewed the maintenance agreements signed in 2015 with Wartsila. The agreements ensure dynamic maintenance planning, technical support, security of spare parts supply, specialist technical personnel and performance monitoring.

 

(g)     In March 2019, GasLog LNG Services entered into an agreement with Samsung in respect of twenty of GasLog’s vessels. The agreement covers the supply of ballast water management systems on board the vessels by Samsung and associated field, commissioning and engineering services for a firm period of six years.

 

Various claims, suits and complaints, including those involving government regulations, arise in the ordinary course of the shipping business. In addition, losses may arise from disputes with charterers, environmental claims, agents and insurers and from claims with suppliers relating to the operations of the Group’s vessels. Currently, management is not aware of any such claims or contingent liabilities requiring disclosure in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

15. Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The fair value of the derivative assets is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

Derivative assets carried at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL)

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

15,188

 

7,194

Total

 

15,188

 

7,194

Derivative financial instruments, current assets

 

6,222

 

4,236

Derivative financial instruments, non-current assets

 

8,966

 

2,958

Total

 

15,188

 

7,194

 

The fair value of the derivative liabilities is as follows:

 

 

 

December 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

Derivative liabilities carried at fair value through profit or loss (FVTPL)

 

 

 

 

Interest rate swaps

 

9,196

 

21,956

Forward foreign exchange contracts

 

1,467

 

1,864

Derivative liabilities designated and effective as hedging instruments carried at fair value

 

 

 

 

Cross currency swaps

 

1,429

 

1,917

Total

 

12,092

 

25,737

Derivative financial instruments, current liability

 

2,091

 

2,785

Derivative financial instruments, non-current liability

 

10,001

 

22,952

Total

 

12,092

 

25,737

 

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Interest rate swap agreements

 

The Group enters into interest rate swap agreements which convert the floating interest rate exposure into a fixed interest rate in order to hedge a portion of the Group’s exposure to fluctuations in prevailing market interest rates. Under the interest rate swaps, the bank counterparty effects quarterly floating-rate payments to the Group for the notional amount based on the U.S. dollar LIBOR, and the Group effects quarterly payments to the bank on the notional amounts at the respective fixed rates.

 

Interest rate swaps held for trading

 

The principal terms of the interest rate swaps held for trading are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notional Amount

Company

 

Counterparty

 

Trade
Date

 

Effective
Date

 

Termination
Date

 

Fixed Interest
Rate

 

December 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

GasLog

 

Deutsche Bank AG

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2020

 

1.98%

 

66,667

 

66,667

GasLog

 

Deutsche Bank AG

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2021

 

1.98%

 

66,667

 

66,667

GasLog

 

Deutsche Bank AG

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2022

 

1.98%

 

66,667

 

66,667

GasLog

 

DNB Bank ASA (“DNB”)

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2020

 

1.784%

 

73,333

 

N/A

GasLog

 

DNB

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2022

 

1.719%

 

73,333

 

73,333

GasLog

 

HSBC Bank plc (“HSBC”

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2022

 

1.79%

 

33,333

 

33,333

GasLog

 

Nordea Bank Finland

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2022

 

1.815%

 

66,667

 

66,667

GasLog

 

Skandinavinska Enskilda Banken AB (“SEB”)

 

July 2016

 

July 2016

 

July 2021

 

1.8405%

 

50,000

 

50,000

GasLog

 

HSBC

 

Feb 2017

 

Feb 2017

 

Feb 2022

 

2.005%

 

100,000

 

100,000

GasLog

 

Nordea Bank Finland

 

Feb 2017

 

Feb 2017

 

Mar 2022

 

2.0145%

 

100,000

 

100,000

GasLog

 

ABN Amro Bank NV (“ABN”)

 

Feb 2017

 

Feb 2017

 

Mar 2022

 

2.003%

 

100,000

 

100,000

GasLog

 

Nordea Bank Finland

 

May 2018

 

July 2020

 

July 2026

 

3.070%

 

N/A

 

N/A

GasLog

 

Nordea Bank Finland

 

May 2018

 

May 2018

 

July 2026

 

2.562%

 

66,667

 

66,667

GasLog

 

SEB

 

May 2018

 

July 2020

 

July 2024

 

3.025%

 

N/A

 

N/A

GasLog

 

SEB

 

May 2018

 

April 2018

 

July 2025

 

2.300%

 

50,000

 

50,000

GasLog

 

DNB

 

May 2018

 

July 2020

 

July 2024

 

3.056%

 

N/A

 

N/A

GasLog

 

DNB

 

May 2018

 

July 2018

 

July 2025

 

2.472%

 

73,333

 

73,333

GasLog

 

HSBC

 

May 2018

 

April 2018

 

July 2024

 

2.475%

 

33,333

 

33,333

GasLog

 

HSBC

 

May 2018

 

April 2018

 

July 2025

 

2.550%

 

33,333

 

33,333

GasLog

 

Citibank Europe Plc. (“Citibank”)

 

May 2018

 

July 2020

 

July 2024

 

3.082%

 

N/A

 

N/A

GasLog

 

Citibank

 

May 2018

 

July 2021

 

July 2025

 

3.095%

 

N/A

 

N/A

GasLog

 

SEB

 

Dec 2018

 

Oct 2018

 

July 2026

 

2.745%

 

50,000

 

50,000

GasLog

 

Nordea

 

Dec 2018

 

Oct 2018

 

July 2028

 

2.793%

 

66,667

 

66,667

GasLog

 

DNB

 

Dec 2018

 

Jan 2019

 

July 2025

 

2.685%

 

N/A

 

73,333

GasLog

 

SEB

 

Dec 2018

 

July 2020

 

July 2024

 

2.958%

 

N/A

 

N/A

GasLog

 

Nordea

 

Dec 2018

 

July 2020

 

July 2024

 

2.937%

 

N/A

 

N/A

GasLog

 

DNB

 

Dec 2018

 

April 2020

 

April 2025

 

2.979%

 

N/A

 

N/A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

1,170,000

 

1,170,000

 

 

The derivative instruments listed above were not designated as cash flow hedging instruments. The change in the fair value of these contracts for the three months ended March 31, 2019 amounted to a net loss of $20,754 (for the three months ended March 31, 2018: a net gain of $16,313), which was recognized against profit or loss in the period incurred and is included in Gain/(loss) on derivatives. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, the net loss of $20,754 derived from changes in the LIBOR curve as well as modifications of the Group’s interest swap portfolio that includes interest rate swap agreements with maturities out to 2028.

 

Cross currency swap agreements

 

The Group enters into cross currency swaps (“CCSs”) which convert the floating interest rate exposure and the variability of the USD functional currency equivalent cash flows into a fixed interest rate and principal on maturity, in order to hedge the Group’s exposure to fluctuations deriving from its NOK 2021 Bonds.

 

The CCSs qualified as cash flow hedging instruments for accounting purposes.

 

The principal terms of the CCSs designated as cash flow hedging instruments are as follows:

 

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Notional Amount

Company

 

Counterparty

 

Trade Date

 

Effective
Date

 

Termination
Date

 

Fixed Interest
Rate

 

December 31,
2018

 

March 31,
2019

GasLog

 

DNB

 

June 2016

 

June 2016

 

May 2021

 

8.59%

 

30,050

 

30,050

GasLog

 

SEB

 

June 2016

 

June 2016

 

May 2021

 

8.59%

 

30,050

 

30,050

GasLog

 

Nordea Bank Finland

 

June 2016

 

June 2016

 

May 2021

 

8.59%

 

30,050

 

30,050

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

90,150

 

90,150

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, the effective portion of changes in the fair value of CCSs amounting to a loss of $697 has been recognized in Other comprehensive income (for the three months ended March 31, 2018: a gain of $6,190). For the three months ended March 31, 2019, a loss of $162 was recycled to profit or loss representing the realized loss on CCSs in relation to the interest expenses component of the hedge (for the three months ended March 31, 2018: a loss of $69). Additionally, for the three months ended March 31, 2019, a loss of $704 was recognized in Other comprehensive income in relation to the retranslation of the NOK Bonds in U.S. dollars as of March 31, 2019 (for the three months ended March 31, 2018: a loss of $4,753).

 

Forward foreign exchange contracts

 

The Group uses forward foreign exchange contracts to mitigate foreign exchange transaction exposures in British Pounds Sterling (“GBP”) and Euros (“EUR”). Under these forward foreign exchange contracts, the bank counterparty will effect fixed payments in GBP or EUR to the Group and the Group will effect fixed payments in USD to the bank counterparty on the respective settlement dates. All forward foreign exchange contracts are considered by management to be part of economic hedge arrangements but have not been formally designated as such.

 

The principal terms of the forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading are as follows:

 

Company

 

Counterparty

 

Trade Date

 

Number of
contracts

 

Settlement Dates

 

Fixed
Exchange Rate
(USD/GBP)

 

Total Exchange
Amount
(in thousands)

GasLog

 

SEB

 

Oct 2018

 

3

 

April-June 2019

 

 

1.3128

 

 

 

£1,350

 

GasLog

 

SEB

 

Oct 2018

 

6

 

July-Dec 2019

 

 

1.3228

 

 

 

£2,700

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

£4,050

 

 

Company

 

Counterparty

 

Trade Date

 

Number of 
contracts

 

Settlement Dates

 

Fixed
Exchange Rate
(USD/EUR)

 

Total Exchange
Amount
(in thousands)

GasLog

 

ABN

 

June 2018

 

1

 

April 2019

 

 

1.1903

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

ABN

 

June 2018

 

1

 

May 2019

 

 

1.1936

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

ABN

 

June 2018

 

1

 

June 2019

 

 

1.1968

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

DNB

 

June 2018

 

1

 

April 2019

 

 

1.1910

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

DNB

 

June 2018

 

1

 

May 2019

 

 

1.1943

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

DNB

 

June 2018

 

1

 

June 2019

 

 

1.1975

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

Nordea Bank Finland

 

August 2018

 

1

 

July 2019

 

 

1.1715

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

Nordea Bank Finland

 

August 2018

 

1

 

September 2019

 

 

1.1784

 

 

 

€5,000

 

GasLog

 

DNB

 

August 2018

 

1

 

July 2019

 

 

1.1711

 

 

 

€2,500

 

GasLog

 

DNB

 

August 2018

 

1

 

August 2019

 

 

1.1747

 

 

 

€5,000

 

GasLog

 

Citibank

 

March 2019

 

1

 

April 2019

 

 

1.1384

 

 

 

€1,000

 

GasLog

 

Citibank

 

March 2019

 

1

 

May 2019

 

 

1.1414

 

 

 

€1,000

 

GasLog

 

Citibank

 

March 2019

 

1

 

June 2019

 

 

1.1442

 

 

 

€1,000

 

GasLog

 

Citibank

 

March 2019

 

1

 

July 2019

 

 

1.1470

 

 

 

€1,000

 

GasLog

 

Citibank

 

March 2019

 

1

 

August 2019

 

 

1.1501

 

 

 

€1,000

 

GasLog

 

Citibank

 

March 2019

 

1

 

September 2019

 

 

1.1531

 

 

 

€1,000

 

GasLog

 

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Limited (“OCBC Bank”)

 

March 2019

 

6

 

April-September 2019

 

 

1.14395

 

 

 

€6,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

€42,000

 

 

 

The derivative instruments listed above were not designated as cash flow hedging instruments as of March 31, 2019. The change in the fair value of these contracts for the three months ended March 31, 2019 amounted to a net loss of $397 (for the three months ended March 31, 2018: net gain of $848), which was recognized against profit or loss in the period incurred and is included in Gain on derivatives.

 

16. Financial Costs and (Gain)/Loss on Derivatives

 

An analysis of financial costs and (gain)/loss on derivatives is as follows:

 

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For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Amortization and write-off of deferred loan issuance costs

 

2,912

 

4,161

 

Interest expense on loans

 

23,197

 

30,591

 

Interest expense on bonds and realized loss on CCS

 

7,473

 

7,483

 

Lease charge

 

2,628

 

2,629

 

Other financial costs

 

387

 

643

 

Total financial costs

 

36,597

 

45,507

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivative financial instruments held for trading (Note 15)

 

(17,161

)

21,150

 

Realized loss/(gain) on interest rate swaps held for trading

 

613

 

(1,735

)

Realized (gain)/loss on forward foreign exchange contracts held for trading

 

(1,486

)

876

 

Ineffective portion of cash flow hedges

 

263

 

(47

)

Total (gain)/loss on derivatives

 

(17,771

)

20,244

 

 

 

17. Cash Flow Reconciliations

 

The reconciliation of the Group’s non-cash investing and financing activities for the periods ended March 31, 2018 and March 31, 2019 are presented in the tables below:

 

A reconciliation of borrowings arising from financing activities is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

Cash flows

 

Other
comprehensive
income

 

Non-cash
items

 

Deferred
financing costs,
assets

 

Total

 

Borrowings outstanding as of January 1, 2018

 

2,547,556

 

 

 

 

 

2,547,556

 

Proceeds from bank loans and bonds

 

 

498,225

 

 

 

 

498,225

 

Bank loan repayments

 

 

(83,938

)

 

 

 

(83,938

)

Additions in deferred loan fees

 

 

(6,753

)

 

1,232

 

(13,573

)

(19,094

)

Amortization of deferred loan issuance costs and premium

 

 

 

 

2,912

 

 

2,912

 

Retranslation of the 2021 NOK Bonds in USD

 

 

 

4,753

 

 

 

4,753

 

Borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2018

 

2,547,556

 

407,534

 

4,753

 

4,144

 

(13,573

)

2,950,414

 

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

Cash flows

 

Other
comprehensive
income

 

Non-cash
items

 

Deferred
financing costs,
assets

 

Total

 

Borrowings outstanding as of January 1, 2019

 

2,828,459

 

 

 

 

 

2,828,459

 

Proceeds from bank loans

 

 

525,805

 

 

 

 

525,805

 

Bank loan repayments

 

 

(426,208

)

 

 

 

(426,208

)

Additions in deferred loan fees

 

 

(7,780

)

 

155

 

(4,576

)

(12,201

)

Amortization and write-off of deferred loan issuance costs

 

 

 

 

4,161

 

 

4,161

 

Retranslation of the 2021 NOK Bonds in USD

 

 

 

705

 

 

 

705

 

Borrowings outstanding as of March 31, 2019

 

2,828,459

 

91,817

 

705

 

4,316

 

(4,576

)

2,920,721

 

 

A reconciliation of derivatives arising from financing activities is as follows:

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

Other comprehensive
income

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Net derivative assets as of January 1, 2018

 

16,396

 

 

 

16,396

 

Unrealized gain on derivative financial instruments held for trading (Note 16)

 

 

 

17,161

 

17,161

 

Ineffective portion of cash flow hedges (Note 16)

 

 

 

(263

)

(263

)

Effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments

 

 

6,259

 

 

6,259

 

Net derivative assets as of March 31, 2018

 

16,396

 

6,259

 

16,898

 

39,553

 

 

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Opening balance

 

Other comprehensive
loss

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Net derivative assets as of January 1, 2019

 

3,096

 

 

 

3,096

 

Unrealized loss on derivative financial instruments held for trading (Note 16)

 

 

 

(21,150

)

(21,150

)

Ineffective portion of cash flow hedges (Note 16)

 

 

 

47

 

47

 

Effective portion of changes in the fair value of derivatives designated as cash flow hedging instruments

 

 

(536

)

 

(536

)

Net derivative assets/(liabilities) as of March 31, 2019

 

3,096

 

(536

)

(21,103

)

(18,543

)

 

A reconciliation of tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction arising from investing activities is as follows:

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

Cash flows

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of January 1, 2018

 

3,939,221

 

 

 

3,939,221

 

Additions (Note 5)

 

 

547,021

 

3,069

 

550,090

 

Transfer under “Other non-current assets”

 

 

 

(1,650

)

(1,650

)

Depreciation expense (Note 5)

 

 

 

(33,627

)

(33,627

)

Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of March 31, 2018

 

3,939,221

 

547,021

 

(32,208

)

4,454,034

 

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

Cash flows

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of January 1, 2019

 

4,482,857

 

 

 

4,482,857

 

Additions (Note 5)

 

 

220,550

 

(4,440

)

216,110

 

Returns for capital expenditures (Note 5)

 

 

(5,629

)

 

(5,629

)

Depreciation expense (Note 5)

 

 

 

(37,082

)

(37,082

)

Tangible fixed assets and vessels under construction as of March 31, 2019

 

4,482,857

 

214,921

 

(41,522

)

4,656,256

 

 

A reconciliation of lease liabilities arising from financing activities is as follows:

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

Cash flows

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Lease liabilities as of January 1, 2018

 

213,428

 

 

 

213,428

 

Lease charge (Note 16)

 

 

 

2,628

 

2,628

 

Payments for interest

 

 

(2,628

)

 

(2,628

)

Payments for lease liability

 

 

(1,773

)

 

(1,773

)

Lease liabilities as of March 31, 2018

 

213,428

 

(4,401

)

2,628

 

211,655

 

 

 

 

Opening balance

 

Cash flows

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Lease liabilities as of January 1, 2019

 

213,374

 

 

 

213,374

 

Lease charge (Note 16)

 

 

 

2,629

 

2,629

 

Additions

 

 

 

1,064

 

1,064

 

Payments for interest

 

 

(2,633

)

 

(2,633

)

Payments for lease liability

 

 

(2,388

)

13

 

(2,375

)

Lease liabilities as of March 31, 2019

 

213,374

 

(5,021

)

3,706

 

212,059

 

 

A reconciliation of equity offerings arising from financing activities is as follows:

 

 

 

Cash flows

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Proceeds from GasLog Partners’ preference unit offerings (net of underwriting discounts and commissions)

 

111,544

 

 

111,544

 

Offering costs

 

(315

)

(32

)

(347

)

Net proceeds from equity offerings in the period ended March 31, 2018

 

111,229

 

(32

)

111,197

 

 

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Cash flows

 

Non-cash items

 

Total

 

Equity offering costs

 

(668

)

820

 

152

 

Net proceeds from equity offerings in the period ended March 31, 2019

 

(668

)

820

 

152

 

 

 

18. Share-Based Compensation

 

The terms of the 2013 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) and the assumptions for the valuation of Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”) and Stock Appreciation Rights or Stock Options (collectively the “SARs”) and the terms of the GasLog Partners’ 2015 Long-Term Incentive Plan (the “GasLog Partners’ Plan”) and the assumptions for the valuation of Restricted Common Units (“RCUs”) and Performance Common Units (“PCUs”)  have been disclosed in Note 22 “Share-Based Compensation” in the annual audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

As of March 31, 2019, there were 488,173 RSUs and 2,372,163 SARs outstanding (December 31, 2018: 488,173 RSUs and 2,372,163 SARs). As of March 31, 2019, 1,395,692 SARs have vested but have not been exercised.

 

As of March 31, 2019, there were 75,084 RCUs and 75,084 PCUs outstanding (December 31, 2018: 75,084 RCUs and 75,084 PCUs).

 

The total expense recognized in respect of share-based compensation for the three months ended March 31, 2019 was $1,321 (for the three months ended March 31, 2018: $1,186). The total accrued cash distribution as of March 31, 2019 is $1,420 (December 31, 2018: $1,265).

 

19. Earnings/(losses) per Share (“EPS”)

 

Basic earnings/(losses) per share was calculated by dividing the net profit for the period attributable to the owners of the common shares by the weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding during the period.

 

Diluted earnings/(losses) per share is calculated by dividing the profit for the period attributable to the owners of the Group by the weighted average number of all potential ordinary shares assumed to have been converted into common shares, unless such potential ordinary shares have an antidilutive effect.

 

The following reflects the earnings/(losses) and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings per share computations:

 

 

 

For the three months ended

 

 

 

March 31, 2018

 

March 31, 2019

 

Basic earnings/(loss) per share

 

 

 

 

 

Profit/(loss) for the period attributable to owners of the Group

 

19,304

 

(10,947

)

Less:

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend on preference shares

 

(2,516

)

(2,516

)

Profit/(loss) for the period available to owners of the Group

 

16,788

 

(13,463

)

Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic

 

80,715,130

 

80,825,637

 

Basic earnings/(loss) per share

 

0.21

 

(0.17

)

Diluted earnings/(loss) per share

 

 

 

 

 

Profit/(loss) for the period available to owners of the Group used in the calculation of diluted earnings/(loss) per share

 

16,788

 

(13,463

)

Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic

 

80,715,130

 

80,825,637

 

Dilutive potential ordinary shares

 

782,161

 

 

Weighted average number of shares used in the calculation of diluted earnings/(loss) per share

 

81,497,291

 

80,825,637

 

Diluted earnings/(loss) per share

 

0.21

 

(0.17

)

 

The Group excluded the dilutive effect of 2,372,163 SARs and 488,173 RSUs (March 31, 2018: 567,651 SARs and 0 RSUs) in calculating diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2019, as they were anti-dilutive.

 

20. Subsequent Events

 

On April 1, 2019, GasLog completed the sale of 100% of the ownership interest in GAS-twelve Ltd., the entity which owns the GasLog Glasgow, to GasLog Partners, for an aggregate purchase price of $214,000, which includes $1,000 of positive net working capital.

 

On April 1, 2019, GasLog Partners issued 49,850 common units in connection with the vesting of 24,925 RCUs and 24,925 PCUs under the GasLog Partners’ Plan.

 

On May 2, 2019, the board of directors declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per common share payable on May 23, 2019 to shareholders of record as of May 14, 2019.

 

In May 2019, GasLog Partners repurchased 50,000 units at a total cost of $1,044 under the unit repurchase programme approved by the Partnership’s board of directors in January 2019. The average cost of the repurchase was $20.89 per unit inclusive of all fees and commissions.

 

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