Capital Link Shipping Forum Analyst & Investor Day
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S H I P P I N G C O M P A N Y P R O F I L E S<br />
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.<br />
www.seanergymaritime.com<br />
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.(NASDAQ:SHIP), is a Marshall Islands<br />
corporation engaged in the transportation of dry bulk cargoes worldwide<br />
through the ownership and operation of dry bulk carriers.<br />
The Company's current controlled fleet is comprised of 11 drybulk carriers<br />
including four Capesize, three Panamax, two Supramax, one Handymax and<br />
one Handysize vessels with a total carrying capacity of 1,043,296 dwt and an<br />
average age of 14.4 years. On May 3, 2010, Seanergy announced a letter of<br />
intent for the acquisition of a controlling interest in Maritime <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Shipping</strong><br />
Limited, which owns a fleet of 9 Handysize bulk carriers, with a capacity of<br />
249,248 dwt and an average age of 10.6 years, which is expected to close by<br />
June 1st, 2010.<br />
The Company's common stock and warrants trade on the NASDAQ Global<br />
Market under the symbols SHIP and SHIP.W, respectively.<br />
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CEO Message<br />
Dale Ploughman, the Company's Chief<br />
Executive Officer, stated: "Within the<br />
first year of our operations in 2009, we<br />
doubled our controlled fleet from 6 to 11<br />
vessels with the acquisition of Bulk<br />
Energy Transport or BET. Before our two<br />
year anniversary we believe that we have<br />
creatively added our footprint in the<br />
industry with the agreement to acquire a<br />
majority interest in Maritime <strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Shipping</strong>, which will expand our controlled<br />
fleet to 20 vessels.<br />
During our short time in the public markets; we reinforced our capital structure<br />
with the conversion into common stock of the $28.5 million promissory note,<br />
issued in our business combination and in February 2010 we raised a net amount<br />
of about $28 million for acquisition of vessels expanding our shareholder base<br />
and improving the liquidity of our shares.<br />
In line with our goal to expand our fleet with the proper acquisitions, in May<br />
2010 we entered into a Letter of Intent to acquire a 51% interest in Maritime<br />
<strong>Capital</strong> <strong>Shipping</strong> Limited ("MCS") for a purchase price of $33 million. MCS has<br />
a fleet of nine Handysize dry bulk carriers with a cargo-carrying capacity of<br />
249,248 dwt and an average age of approximately 10.6 years. Maritime <strong>Capital</strong><br />
<strong>Shipping</strong>, a company controlled by members of the Restis family, will retain a<br />
49% ownership interest in MCS. As a result of the acquisition, the size of<br />
Seanergy's controlled fleet will increase from 11 to 20 dry bulk vessels with a<br />
cargo-carrying capacity of approximately 1,292,544 dwt and an average fleet<br />
age of 12.7 years. Just like the BET acquisition, we didn't sacrifice our balance<br />
sheet in the deal with MCS but managed to expand the range of vessels offered<br />
to our clients and increase our revenue and profit generation capability.<br />
Our strong balance sheet and cash reserves, combined with secure cash flows<br />
from our charterers, allow us to comfortably service scheduled debt commitment<br />
and capital expenditures, and give us the ability to seek opportunities for further<br />
fleet expansion. Based on our current fleet, we have secured under time charter<br />
coverage 95% of our fleet days for 2010 and 51% for 2011. We will seek to take<br />
advantage of the improving freight market by expanding our charter coverage in<br />
2011.<br />
The commercial and technical management of our fleet is outsourced to Safbulk<br />
and EST; both with excellent track records. Safbulk has a strong reputation in the<br />
international shipping industry for efficiency and reliability. The Seanergy team<br />
actively monitors and controls vessel operating expenses incurred by the outside<br />
managers.<br />
Although we are a young company, the fact that we have an excellent<br />
relationship with the Restis family and its affiliates with a long and proven track<br />
record of more than 40 years in shipping, provides confidence among our lenders<br />
and enables us to benefit from economies of scale and efficiencies regarding the<br />
technical and commercial management of our fleet. Our objective is to build<br />
Seanergy further into a leading player in the global shipping industry<br />
capitalizing on its know-how, resources and network. Our prudent decisions<br />
going forward will aim to safeguard the long term interests of our shareholders.”