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Taylor Maritime Investments Limited
05 July 2021
5 July 2021
Taylor Maritime Investments Limited (the "Company")
Trading Update
Charter rates up 30% since IPO
Portfolio valuation up $33.3 million (10.5%) since IPO
Delivered fleet yielding annualised unlevered return of
>20%
Market rates strengthening faster than ship prices giving rise
to attractive investment opportunities
Taylor Maritime Investments Limited, the recently listed
specialist dry bulk shipping investment company, is today providing
a trading update for the period ended 30 June 2021 including an
update on its portfolio valuation. The Company's first unaudited
NAV, as at 30 June 2021, is expected to be published during the
week beginning 19 July 2021. All figures disclosed in this
announcement are unaudited.
Commenting on the trading update, Edward Buttery, Chief
Executive Officer, said:
"As envisaged at the time of our IPO, we have been able to take
full advantage of the improving market conditions in the Handysize
and Supramax bulk carrier segment. The material upward movement in
our valuation reflects the sustained improvement in charter rates
and is proof of the strong investment rationale for acquiring high
quality second-hand vessels at this point in the valuation cycle.
We continue to be able to buy at our target prices and will seek
further compelling opportunities to both purchase vessels and lock
in future fleet earnings at attractive levels."
Dry bulk shipping market continues to strengthen
The period following the Company's IPO has seen our vessel
values rise significantly, driven by constrained world fleet growth
and strong demand for shipping capacity due to improving global
economic conditions. Industrial activity continues to normalize as
we emerge from the Covid pandemic further fueling demand for our
vessel types.
As expected in this environment, charterers are seeking longer
term employment contracts in anticipation of a sustained upward
trend in time charter rates and the Company has taken full
advantage of this trend with a range of longer and high yielding
employment contracts. We expect our upcoming charter renewals to
capture further upside from the current rate momentum.
New ship orders in the Handysize and Supramax segment are not
being reported in any material numbers, space in existing shipyards
remains very tight and notional newbuild price quotes are still
rising, underpinning the current favourable supply and demand
metrics which are expected to be supportive for the Company's
portfolio over the next 2-3 years.
Significant increase in portfolio valuation since
acquisition
The independent valuation of the Company's delivered fleet of 17
vessels as at 30 June 2021 indicates an increase in value from
$208.7 million to $230.6 million, equivalent to an increase of
10.5% since 7 May 2021 when the Company's IPO prospectus (the
"Prospectus") was published. The undelivered seed fleet of six
vessels has increased in value from $81.3 million to $90.8 million,
equivalent to an increase of 11.7%. The two additional vessels
acquired (although not yet delivered) following the IPO, as
announced on 16 June 2021, have increased in value from $26.5
million to $28.3 million, equivalent to an increase of 7.1%. The
overall increase in the delivered and committed fleet value as at
30 June 2021 has therefore been $33.3 million, equivalent to an
increase of 10.5% over the aggregate vessel purchase price.
The latest independent valuation has been prepared on a basis
consistent with that prepared for the purposes of the Prospectus,
taking the arithmetical mean of two independent valuation reports
from Hartland Shipping Services and Braemar ACM Valuations.
The Company currently expects delivery of the eight committed
vessels (being the remaining six seed vessels described in the
Prospectus and the two further committed vessels announced on 16
June 2021) on the following schedule, which will take the Company's
fleet to 25 vessels:
-- July 2021 - 2 vessels
-- October 2021 - 2 vessels
-- November 2021 - 2 vessels
-- December 2021 - 1 vessel
-- January 2022 - 1 vessel
Strong charter rate environment
Since 7 May 2021, net time charter rates have increased by over
30%. The average net time charter rate for the delivered fleet is
approximately $15,400 per day with an average duration of 10
months, generating average annualized unlevered gross cash yields
in excess of 20%. The strong earnings environment has continued to
improve underlining the Company's significant cash generation
potential. As a consequence, the implied dividend cover from the
delivered fleet alone is approximately 2.7 times (based only on the
earnings of the 17 delivered vessels). This is expected to rise
materially once the remaining eight vessels are delivered.
Since IPO, eight of the delivered fleet have had their initial
charter contracts renewed and been employed on new charters with an
average remaining duration of 11 months. A further two vessels in
the delivered fleet are due for charter renewal within the next two
months. The fleet's earning power is expected to increase further
as a consequence of the staged delivery of the eight committed
vessels, six of which will be fixed on new charters in the run-up
to their delivery and should benefit from the strong rate
environment.
Financing
The Company remains committed to a financially prudent approach,
maintaining an ungeared long term capital structure to support
dividend yield and provide downside protection, and using
borrowings on a temporary basis when acquiring new vessels. Hence,
approximately $30 million of long-term debt associated with the
acquisition of the seed fleet is being repaid: $5 million having
been repaid in June 2021 with the balance of $25 million expected
to be repaid before final delivery of the committed fleet. The
Company expects to draw on its shorter term $60 million Revolving
Credit Facility to partially finance the eight committed vessel
acquisitions.
Pipeline
The Executive Team continues to conduct due diligence on a
pipeline of Handysize and Supramax vessel acquisition opportunities
at attractive prices and looks forward to providing more details in
due course.
This announcement contains inside information for the purposes
of Article 7 of the Market Abuse Regulation EU 596/2014 as it forms
part of retained EU law (as defined in the European Union
(Withdrawal) Act 2018).
For further information, please contact:
Taylor Maritime Investments Limited
Edward Buttery
Alexander Slee +852 2252 3882
Jefferies International Limited +44 20 7029 8000
Investment Banking
Stuart Klein
Gaudi Le Roux
Sector coverage
Doug Mavrinac
Hugh Eden
Montfort Communications
Nick Bastin TMI@montfort.london
Alison Allfrey
Miles McKechnie
LEI: 213800FELXGYTYJBBG50
NOTES:
About the Company
Taylor Maritime Investments Limited is a newly established,
internally managed investment company listed on the Premium Segment
of the Official List and traded on the Main Market of the London
Stock Exchange. The Company invests in a diversified portfolio of
vessels which are primarily second-hand and which, historically,
have demonstrated average yields in excess of the Company's target
dividend yield of 7% p.a. and can be acquired at valuations that
are expected to be below long-term average prices.
The Company's initial investments comprise Geared Ships
(Handysize and Supramax types) employed utilising a variety of
employment/Charter strategies.
The Company intends to pay dividends on a quarterly basis with
dividends declared in January, April, July and October. The Company
expects to declare its first dividend of 1.75 cents per Ordinary
Share for the initial period ended 30 September 2021 in October
2021. Once the Company is fully invested, the Company will target a
Total NAV Return of 10 to 12% p.a. (net of expenses and fees but
excluding any tax payable by Shareholders) over the medium to long
term.
The Company has the benefit of an experienced Executive Team led
by Edward Buttery. The Executive Team have to date worked closely
together for the Commercial Manager, Taylor Maritime. Established
in 2014, Taylor Maritime is a privately owned ship-owning and
management business with a seasoned team that includes the founders
of dry bulk shipping company Pacific Basin Shipping (listed in Hong
Kong 2343.HK) and gas shipping company BW Epic Kosan (formerly Epic
Shipping) (listed in Oslo BWEK:NO). Taylor Maritime's team of
experienced industry professionals are based in Hong Kong and
London.
This trading update contains certain forward looking statements
with respect to Taylor Maritime Investments Limited. These
statements and forecasts involve risk and uncertainty because they
relate to events and depend upon circumstances that may or may not
occur in the future. There are a number of factors that could cause
actual results or developments to differ materially from those
expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements and
forecasts. Nothing in this announcement should be construed as a
profit forecast.
For more information, please visit
www.taylormaritimeinvestments.com .
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