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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549 

 

FORM 10-Q 

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended June 30, 20192020

OR

[  ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from __________ to __________

Commission File Number: 001-36437 

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Dorian LPG Ltd.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Marshall Islands

 

Marshall Islands

66-0818228

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

c/o Dorian LPG (USA) LLC

 

27 Signal Road, Stamford, CT

06902

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (203) (203) 674-9900

Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report: Not Applicable

SECURITIES REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:

Title of Each Class

    

Trading Symbol

Title of Each Class

Trading Symbol

Name of Each Exchange on Which Registered

Common stock, par value $0.01 per share

LPG

New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes     No  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes     No 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes No 

As of August 1, 2019,July 31, 2020, there were 55,063,60251,030,487 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding.

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

FORWARD‑LOOKING STATEMENTS

This quarterly report on Form 10-Q contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (the “PSLRA”), including analyses and other information based on forecasts of future results and estimates of amounts not yet determinable and statements relating to our future prospects, developments and business strategies. Such forward-looking statements are intended to be covered by the safe harbor provided for under the sections referenced in the immediately preceding sentence and the PSLRA. Forward-looking statements are generally identified by their use of terms and phrases such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “forecast,” “intend,” “likely,” “may,” “might,” “pending,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “will”“seeks,” “should,” “targets,” “will,” “would,”  and similar terms and phrases, including references to assumptions. Forward-lookingWhere we express an expectation or belief as to future events or results, such expectation or belief is expressed in good faith and believed to have a reasonable basis. However, our forward-looking statements involveare subject to risks, uncertainties, and uncertainties that mayother factors, which could cause actual future activities and results of operations to bediffer materially different from future results expressed, projected, or implied by those suggested or describedforward-looking statements in this quarterly report.

These risks include the risks that are identified in the “Risk Factors” section of this quarterly report and of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019,2020, and also include, among others, risks associated with the following:

·

our future operating or financial results;

·

our acquisitions, business strategy, including our chartering strategy, and expected capital spending or operating expenses;

·

shipping trends, including changes in charter rates applicable to scrubber equipped and non-scrubber equipped vessels, scrapping rates and vessel and other asset values;

·

factors affecting supply of and demand for liquefied petroleum gas, or LPG, shipping;

·

changes in trading patterns that impact tonnage requirements;

·

potential costscompliance with new and continuing uncertainty relating to the unsolicited proposal of BW LPG Limited to acquire the Company and the dissident director slate proposal by BW LPG Limited and its affiliates (“BW”), following the withdrawal of those proposals on October 8, 2018 (the “BW Proposal”);

·

existing changes in rules and regulations applicable to the LPG shipping industry, including, without limitation, legislation adopted by international organizations such as the International Maritime Organization and the European Union or by individual countries; 

countries and the impact and costs of our compliance with such rules and regulations;

·

the timing, cost and prospects of purchasing, installing and operating exhaust gas cleaning systems (commonly referred to as “scrubbers”) to reduce sulfur emissions on certain of our vessels;

charterers’ increasing emphasis on environmental and safety concerns;

·

general economic conditions and specific economic conditions in the oil and natural gas industry and the countries and regions where LPG is produced and consumed;

·

potential turmoil in the global financial markets

markets;

·

the supply of and demand for LPG, which is affected by the production levels and price of oil, refined petroleum products and natural gas, including production from U.S. shale fields;

changes in demand resulting from changes in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (OPEC’s) petroleum production levels and worldwide oil consumption and storage;

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·

completion of infrastructure projects to support marine transportation of LPG, including export terminals and pipelines;

·

changes to the supply and demand for LPG vessels as a result of, among other things, the expansion of the Panama Canal;

·

oversupply of or limited demand for LPG vessels comparable to ours or higher specification vessels;

vessels;

·

competition in the LPG shipping industry;

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·

our ability to profitably employ our vessels, including vessels participating in the Helios Pool (defined below);

·

our ability to realize the expected benefits from our time chartered-in vessel; 

vessels, including those in the Helios Pool;

·

our continued ability to enter into profitable long-term time charters;

·

future purchase prices of newbuildings and secondhand vessels and timely deliveries of such vessels (if any);

·

our ability to compete successfully for future chartering opportunities and newbuilding opportunities (if any);

·

the failure of our or the Helios Pool’s significant customers to perform their obligations to us or to the Helios Pool;

·

the performance of the Helios Pool;

·

the loss or reduction in business from our or the Helios Pool’s significant customers;

·

the availability of financing and refinancing, as well as our financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to obtain such financing or refinancing in the future to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate purposes, the terms of such financing and our ability to comply with the restrictions and other covenants set forth in our existing and future debt agreements and financing arrangements;

·

our ability to repay or refinance our existing debt and settling of interest rate swaps (if any);

·

our costs, including crew wages, insurance, provisions, repairs and maintenance, and general and administrative expenses; 

·

changes in our operating expenses, including dry-docking, and insurance costs and bunker prices, as applicable;

·

our dependence on key personnel;

·

the availability of skilled workers and the related labor costs;

·

developments regarding the technologies relating to oil exploration and the effects of new products and new technology in our industry;

·

operating hazards in the maritime transportation industry, including accidents, political events, public health threats, international hostilities and instability, armed conflict, piracy, attacks on vessels or other petroleum-related infrastructures and acts by terrorists, which may cause potential disruption of shipping routes;

the impact of public health threats, pandemics and outbreaks of other highly communicable diseases;

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·

the length and severity of the recent coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19), including its impact on the demand for commercial seaborne transportation of LPG and the condition of financial markets and the potential knock-on impacts to our global operations, including with respect to our disports in China and the Far East;

the adequacy of our insurance coverage in the event of a catastrophic event;

·

compliance with and changes to governmental, tax, environmental and safety laws and regulations;

·

changes in domestic and international political and geopolitical conditions, including trade conflicts and the imposition of tariffs or otherwise on LPG or LPG products;

·

fluctuations in currencies and interest rates;

·

the impact of the discontinuance of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) after 2021 on any of the Company’s debt that references LIBOR in the interest rate;

compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the U.K. Bribery Act 2010, or other applicable regulations relating to bribery;

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·

changes in laws, treaties or regulations;

the volatility of the price of shares of our common shares;stock (“common shares”);

our incorporation under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and

the different rights to relief that may be available compared to other countries, including the United States; and

·

other factors detailed in this report, our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2019,2020, and from time to time in our periodic reports.

Actual results could differ materially from expectations expressed in the forward-looking statements in this quarterly report if one or more of the underlying assumptions or expectations proves to be inaccurate or is not realized. You should thoroughly read this quarterly report with the understanding that our actual future results may be materially different from and worse than what we expect. Other sections of this quarterly report include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties emerge from time to time and it is not possible for our management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. We qualify all of the forward-looking statements by these cautionary statements.

We caution readers of this quarterly report not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements contained herein are made only as of the date of this report, and we undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

As used in this quarterly report and unless otherwise indicated, references to “Dorian,” the “Company,” “we,” “our,” “us,” or similar terms refer to Dorian LPG Ltd. and its subsidiaries.

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PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

PART I.ITEM 1.

FINANCIAL INFORMATIONSTATEMENTS

ITEM 1.

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of June 30, 20192020 and March 31, 20192020

1

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and June 30, 20182019

2

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders' Equity for the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and June 30, 20182019

3

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and June 30, 20182019

4

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

5

ITEM 2.

MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

17

18

ITEM 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

27

28

ITEM 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

27

29

 

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 

PART II.ITEM 1.

OTHER INFORMATIONLEGAL PROCEEDINGS

30

ITEM 1.1A.

LEGAL PROCEEDINGSRISK FACTORS

28

30

ITEM 1A.2.

RISK FACTORS

28

ITEM 2.

UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

29

ITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

29

30

EXHIBIT INDEXITEM 6.

EXHIBITS

30

SIGNATURESEXHIBIT INDEX

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SIGNATURES

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PART I — FINANCIAL INFORMATIONINFORMATION

ITEM 1. FINANCIAL STATEMENTSSTATEMENTS

Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Balance SheetsSheets

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

As of

    

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

March 31, 2019

 

Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

21,717,046

 

$

30,838,684

 

Trade receivables, net and accrued revenues

 

 

1,657,026

 

 

1,384,118

 

Due from related parties

 

 

63,903,755

 

 

44,455,643

 

Inventories

 

 

2,137,553

 

 

2,111,637

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

3,458,927

 

 

3,798,987

 

Total current assets

 

 

92,874,307

 

 

82,589,069

 

Fixed assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vessels, net

 

 

1,463,827,783

 

 

1,478,520,314

 

Other fixed assets, net

 

 

249,506

 

 

160,283

 

Total fixed assets

 

 

1,464,077,289

 

 

1,478,680,597

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred charges, net

 

 

2,267,029

 

 

2,000,794

 

Derivative instruments

 

 

1,687,524

 

 

6,448,498

 

Due from related parties—non-current

 

 

20,900,000

 

 

19,800,000

 

Restricted cash—non-current

 

 

35,633,962

 

 

35,633,962

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

1,665,512

 

 

217,097

 

Total assets

 

$

1,619,105,623

 

$

1,625,370,017

 

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade accounts payable

 

$

8,114,372

 

$

7,212,580

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

3,478,456

 

 

3,436,116

 

Due to related parties

 

 

11,162

 

 

489,644

 

Deferred income

 

 

3,962,288

 

 

4,258,683

 

Current portion of long-term operating leases

 

 

309,813

 

 

 —

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

63,968,414

 

 

63,968,414

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

79,844,505

 

 

79,365,437

 

Long-term liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term debt—net of current portion and deferred financing fees

 

 

616,874,541

 

 

632,122,372

 

Derivative instruments

 

 

1,309,815

 

 

 —

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

 

1,996,900

 

 

1,199,650

 

Total long-term liabilities

 

 

620,181,256

 

 

633,322,022

 

Total liabilities

 

 

700,025,761

 

 

712,687,459

 

Commitments and contingencies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, none issued nor outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 450,000,000 shares authorized, 58,890,265 and 58,882,515 shares issued, 55,063,602 and 55,167,708 shares outstanding (net of treasury stock), as of June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019, respectively

 

 

588,904

 

 

588,826

 

Additional paid-in-capital

 

 

864,889,441

 

 

863,583,692

 

Treasury stock, at cost; 3,826,663 and 3,714,807 shares as of June 30, 2019 and March 31, 2019, respectively

 

 

(37,468,143)

 

 

(36,484,561)

 

Retained earnings

 

 

91,069,660

 

 

84,994,601

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

919,079,862

 

 

912,682,558

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

1,619,105,623

 

$

1,625,370,017

 

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

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Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations  

    

As of

    

As of

 

June 30, 2020

March 31, 2020

 

Assets

Current assets

Cash and cash equivalents

$

142,933,974

 

$

48,389,688

Restricted cash—current

 

3,060,568

 

3,370,178

Short-term investments

14,980,530

14,923,140

Trade receivables, net and accrued revenues

201,126

 

820,846

Due from related parties

 

48,212,850

 

66,847,701

Inventories

 

2,142,284

 

1,996,203

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

4,530,590

 

3,266,999

Total current assets

216,061,922

 

139,614,755

Fixed assets

Vessels, net

 

1,424,522,713

 

1,437,658,833

Other fixed assets, net

 

156,313

 

185,613

Total fixed assets

1,424,679,026

 

1,437,844,446

Other non-current assets

Deferred charges, net

 

7,978,878

 

7,336,726

Due from related parties—non-current

23,100,000

23,100,000

Restricted cash—non-current

 

75,035

 

35,629,261

Operating lease right-of-use assets

24,602,683

26,861,551

Other non-current assets

438,843

1,573,104

Total assets

$

1,696,936,387

 

$

1,671,959,843

Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

Current liabilities

Trade accounts payable

$

11,627,716

 

$

13,552,796

Accrued expenses

 

6,241,676

 

4,080,952

Due to related parties

 

2,069,241

 

436,850

Deferred income

1,468,205

 

2,068,205

Derivative instruments

2,742,980

2,605,442

Current portion of long-term operating lease liabilities

9,307,708

9,212,589

Current portion of long-term debt

 

53,267,783

 

53,056,125

Total current liabilities

86,725,309

 

85,012,959

Long-term liabilities

Long-term debt—net of current portion and deferred financing fees

 

594,246,205

 

581,919,094

Long-term operating lease liabilities

15,297,749

17,651,939

Derivative instruments

 

9,511,097

 

9,152,829

Other long-term liabilities

1,203,136

1,170,824

Total long-term liabilities

620,258,187

 

609,894,686

Total liabilities

706,983,496

 

694,907,645

Commitments and contingencies

Shareholders’ equity

Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, NaN issued nor outstanding

 

 

Common stock, $0.01 par value, 450,000,000 shares authorized, 59,434,919 and 59,083,290 shares issued, 51,030,637 and 50,827,952 shares outstanding (net of treasury stock), as of June 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020, respectively

 

594,349

 

590,833

Additional paid-in-capital

 

868,736,757

 

866,809,371

Treasury stock, at cost; 8,404,282 and 8,255,338 shares as of June 30, 2020 and March 31, 2020, respectively

(88,382,079)

 

(87,183,865)

Retained earnings

209,003,864

 

196,835,859

Total shareholders’ equity

989,952,891

 

977,052,198

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

$

1,696,936,387

 

$

1,671,959,843

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended 

 

    

June 30, 2019

    

June 30, 2018

Revenues

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net pool revenues—related party

 

$

50,092,137

 

$

16,106,401

Time charter revenues

 

 

10,982,031

 

 

11,467,881

Other revenues, net

 

 

91,378

 

 

70,000

Total revenues

 

 

61,165,546

 

 

27,644,282

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voyage expenses

 

 

339,114

 

 

100,173

Charter hire expenses

 

 

2,055,000

 

 

 —

Vessel operating expenses

 

 

16,119,953

 

 

16,685,457

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

16,266,421

 

 

16,265,056

General and administrative expenses

 

 

6,735,835

 

 

7,920,286

Professional and legal fees related to the BW Proposal

 

 

 —

 

 

483,000

Total expenses

 

 

41,516,323

 

 

41,453,972

Other income—related parties

 

 

623,283

 

 

644,517

Operating income/(loss)

 

 

20,272,506

 

 

(13,165,173)

Other income/(expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and finance costs

 

 

(9,697,282)

 

 

(10,374,281)

Interest income

 

 

362,036

 

 

460,973

Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives

 

 

(6,070,789)

 

 

1,707,616

Realized gain on derivatives

 

 

1,032,995

 

 

782,565

Other gain/(loss), net

 

 

175,593

 

 

(8,258)

Total other income/(expenses), net

 

 

(14,197,447)

 

 

(7,431,385)

Net income/(loss)

 

$

6,075,059

 

$

(20,596,558)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

54,552,994

 

 

54,237,237

Diluted

 

 

54,881,326

 

 

54,237,237

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings/(loss) per common share—basic

 

$

0.11

 

$

(0.38)

Earnings/(loss) per common share—diluted

 

$

0.11

 

$

(0.38)

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

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Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Shareholders’ EquityOperations

(Expressed in United States Dollars, except for number of shares)Dollars)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

                           

 

Additional

 

                           

 

 

 

 

 

 

common

 

Common

 

Treasury

 

paid-in

 

Retained

 

 

 

 

 

    

shares

    

stock

    

stock

    

capital

    

Earnings

    

Total

 

Balance, April 1, 2018

 

58,640,161

 

$

586,402

 

$

(35,223,428)

 

$

858,109,882

 

$

135,940,506

 

$

959,413,362

 

Net loss for the period      

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(20,596,558)

 

 

(20,596,558)

 

Restricted share award issuances

 

209,552

 

 

2,095

 

 

 —

 

 

(2,095)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

1,632,538

 

 

 —

 

 

1,632,538

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(1,133,018)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(1,133,018)

 

Balance, June 30, 2018

 

58,849,713

 

$

588,497

 

$

(36,356,446)

 

$

859,740,325

 

$

115,343,948

 

$

939,316,324

 

Three months ended

    

June 30, 2020

    

June 30, 2019

 

Revenues

Net pool revenues—related party

$

66,929,421

$

50,092,137

Time charter revenues

5,086,004

10,982,031

Other revenues, net

1,149,899

91,378

Total revenues

73,165,324

61,165,546

Expenses

Voyage expenses

 

815,195

 

339,114

Charter hire expenses

4,715,598

2,055,000

Vessel operating expenses

 

17,389,363

 

16,119,953

Depreciation and amortization

 

16,890,413

 

16,266,421

General and administrative expenses

11,302,976

 

6,735,835

Total expenses

51,113,545

 

41,516,323

Other income—related parties

468,023

623,283

Operating income

22,519,802

 

20,272,506

Other income/(expenses)

Interest and finance costs

 

(9,087,236)

 

(9,697,282)

Interest income

124,835

 

362,036

Unrealized loss on derivatives

 

(495,806)

 

(6,070,789)

Realized gain/(loss) on derivatives

(806,229)

1,032,995

Other gain/(loss), net

(87,361)

 

175,593

Total other income/(expenses), net

(10,351,797)

 

(14,197,447)

Net income

$

12,168,005

 

$

6,075,059

Weighted average shares outstanding:

Basic

50,554,233

54,552,994

Diluted

50,679,449

54,881,326

Earnings per common share—basic

 

$

0.24

 

$

0.11

Earnings per common share—diluted

 

$

0.24

 

$

0.11

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

common

 

Common

 

Treasury

 

paid-in

 

Retained

 

 

 

 

 

    

shares

    

stock

    

stock

    

capital

    

Earnings

    

Total

 

Balance, April 1, 2019

 

58,882,515

 

$

588,826

 

$

(36,484,561)

 

$

863,583,692

 

$

84,994,601

 

$

912,682,558

 

Net income for the period      

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

6,075,059

 

 

6,075,059

 

Restricted share award issuances

 

7,750

 

 

78

 

 

 —

 

 

(78)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

1,305,827

 

 

 —

 

 

1,305,827

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(983,582)

 

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 

(983,582)

 

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

58,890,265

 

$

588,904

 

$

(37,468,143)

 

$

864,889,441

 

$

91,069,660

 

$

919,079,862

 

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

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Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash FlowsShareholders’ Equity

(Expressed in United States Dollars)Dollars, except for number of shares)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Three months ended 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

June 30, 2018

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

 

$

6,075,059

 

$

(20,596,558)

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

16,266,421

 

 

16,265,056

 

Amortization of financing costs

 

 

744,271

 

 

793,212

 

Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivatives

 

 

6,070,789

 

 

(1,707,616)

 

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

1,305,827

 

 

1,632,538

 

Unrealized foreign currency (gain)/loss, net

 

 

(6,270)

 

 

133,579

 

Other non-cash items, net

 

 

(202,681)

 

 

23,370

 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trade receivables, net and accrued revenue

 

 

(272,908)

 

 

325,625

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

428,174

 

 

(291,354)

 

Due from related parties

 

 

(20,548,112)

 

 

(7,026,698)

 

Inventories

 

 

(25,916)

 

 

(819,287)

 

Other non-current assets

 

 

(383,571)

 

 

5,291

 

Trade accounts payable

 

 

800,984

 

 

1,432,822

 

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

 

 

(503,869)

 

 

(412,057)

 

Due to related parties

 

 

(478,482)

 

 

(315,803)

 

Payments for drydocking costs

 

 

(575,737)

 

 

(1,405)

 

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities

 

 

8,693,979

 

 

(10,559,285)

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vessel-related capital expenditures

 

 

(1,446,937)

 

 

(60,320)

 

Payments to acquire other fixed assets

 

 

(100,097)

 

 

 —

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(1,547,034)

 

 

(60,320)

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from long-term debt borrowings

 

 

 —

 

 

65,137,500

 

Repayment of long-term debt borrowings

 

 

(15,992,102)

 

 

(82,228,759)

 

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

(269,388)

 

 

(461,489)

 

Financing costs paid

 

 

 —

 

 

(160,611)

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(16,261,490)

 

 

(17,713,359)

 

Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(7,093)

 

 

(107,132)

 

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

 

 

(9,121,638)

 

 

(28,440,096)

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

 

 

66,472,646

 

 

129,368,380

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the period

 

$

57,351,008

 

$

100,928,284

 

Number of

                           

Additional

                           

common

Common

Treasury

paid-in

Retained

 

    

shares

    

stock

    

stock

    

capital

    

Earnings

    

Total

 

Balance, April 1, 2019

 

58,882,515

$

588,826

$

(36,484,561)

$

863,583,692

$

84,994,601

 

912,682,558

Net income for the period

6,075,059

6,075,059

Restricted share award issuances

7,750

78

(78)

Stock-based compensation

1,305,827

1,305,827

Purchase of treasury stock

(983,582)

(983,582)

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

58,890,265

 

588,904

 

(37,468,143)

 

864,889,441

 

91,069,660

 

919,079,862

Number of

Additional

common

Common

Treasury

paid-in

Retained

 

    

shares

    

stock

    

stock

    

capital

    

Earnings

    

Total

 

Balance, April 1, 2020

59,083,290

$

590,833

$

(87,183,865)

$

866,809,371

$

196,835,859

$

977,052,198

Net income for the period

12,168,005

12,168,005

Restricted share award issuances

351,629

3,516

(3,516)

Stock-based compensation

1,930,902

1,930,902

Purchase of treasury stock

(1,198,214)

(1,198,214)

Balance, June 30, 2020

59,434,919

 

$

594,349

 

$

(88,382,079)

 

$

868,736,757

 

$

209,003,864

 

$

989,952,891

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

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Dorian LPG Ltd.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

    

Three months ended

 

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

Cash flows from operating activities:

Net income

$

12,168,005

$

6,075,059

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

Depreciation and amortization

16,890,413

16,266,421

Amortization of operating lease right-of-use asset

2,267,769

Amortization of financing costs

2,394,510

744,271

Unrealized loss on derivatives

495,806

6,070,789

Stock-based compensation expense

1,930,902

1,305,827

Unrealized foreign currency (gain)/loss, net

(89,282)

(6,270)

Other non-cash items, net

(241,523)

(202,681)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities

Trade receivables, net and accrued revenue

619,720

(272,908)

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

(1,263,591)

428,174

Due from related parties

18,634,851

(20,548,112)

Inventories

(146,081)

(25,916)

Other non-current assets

1,134,261

(383,571)

Operating lease liabilities—current and long-term

(2,268,125)

Trade accounts payable

370,337

800,984

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

(26,238)

(503,869)

Due to related parties

1,632,391

(478,482)

Payments for drydocking costs

(1,537,775)

(575,737)

Net cash provided by operating activities

52,966,350

8,693,979

Cash flows from investing activities:

Vessel-related capital expenditures

(3,657,669)

(1,446,937)

Payments to acquire other fixed assets

(100,097)

Net cash used in investing activities

(3,657,669)

(1,547,034)

Cash flows from financing activities:

Proceeds from long-term debt borrowings

55,378,172

Repayment of long-term debt borrowings

(41,856,308)

(15,992,102)

Purchase of treasury stock

(1,025,628)

(269,388)

Financing costs paid

(3,225,105)

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

9,271,131

(16,261,490)

Effects of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents

100,638

(7,093)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

58,680,450

(9,121,638)

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the beginning of the period

87,389,127

66,472,646

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at the end of the period

$

146,069,577

$

57,351,008

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

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Dorian LPG Ltd.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial StatementsStatements

(Expressed in United States Dollars)

1. Basis of Presentation and General Information

Dorian LPG Ltd. (“Dorian”) was incorporated on July 1, 2013 under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, is headquartered in the United States and is engaged in the transportation of liquefied petroleum gas (“LPG”) worldwide. Specifically, Dorian and its subsidiaries (together “we”, “us”, “our”, or the “Company”) are focused on owning and operating very large gas carriers (“VLGCs”), each with a cargo carrying capacity of greater than 80,000 cbm, in the LPG shipping industry. As of June 30, 2019,2020, our fleet consists of twenty-threeNaN VLGCs, including nineteen19 fuel-efficient 84,000 cbm ECO-design VLGCs (“ECO-VLGCs”), three3 82,000 cbm VLGCs and one2 time chartered-in ECO-VLGC.  TwoVLGCs. As of June 30, 2020, 10 of our technically-managed ECO-VLGCs are fittedequipped with exhaust gas cleaning systems (commonly referred to as “scrubbers”) to reduce sulfur emissions. We have entered into contracts forcommitments related to scrubbers on an additional ten2 of our VLGCs to be fitted with scrubbers. VLGCs. We provide in-house commercial and technical management services for all of our vessels, including our vessels deployed in the Helios Pool (defined below), which may also receive commercial management services from Phoenix (defined below). Excluding our time chartered-in vessels, we provide in-house technical management services for all of our vessels, including our vessels deployed in the Helios Pool (defined below).

On April 1, 2015, Dorian and Phoenix Tankers Pte. Ltd. (“Phoenix”) began operations of Helios LPG Pool LLC (the “Helios Pool”), which entered into pool participation agreements for the purpose of establishing and operating, as charterer, under variable rate time charters to be entered into with owners or disponent owners of VLGCs, a commercial pool of VLGCs whereby revenues and expenses are shared. Refer to Note 3 below for further description of the Helios Pool.

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and related Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) rules for interim financial reporting. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. In our opinion, all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, necessary for a fair presentation of financial position, operating results and cash flows have been included in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes. The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended March 31, 20192020 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 30, 2019.June 12, 2020.

Our interim results are subject to seasonal and other fluctuations, and the operating results for any quarter are therefore not necessarily indicative of results that may be otherwise expected for the entire year.

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Our subsidiaries as of June 30, 2019,2020, which are all wholly-owned and are incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (unless otherwise noted), are listed below.

Vessel Subsidiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Type of

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

    

Type of

    

    

    

 

Subsidiary

 

vessel

 

Vessel’s name

 

Built

 

CBM(1)

 

vessel

Vessel’s name

Built

CBM(1)

 

CMNL LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Captain Markos NL(2)

 

2006

 

82,000

 

 

VLGC

 

Captain Markos NL(2)

 

2006

 

82,000

CJNP LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Captain John NP(2)

 

2007

 

82,000

 

 

VLGC

 

Captain John NP(2)

 

2007

 

82,000

CNML LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Captain Nicholas ML(2)

 

2008

 

82,000

 

 

VLGC

 

Captain Nicholas ML(2)

 

2008

 

82,000

Comet LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Comet

 

2014

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Comet

2014

84,000

Corsair LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Corsair(2)

 

2014

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Corsair(2)

2014

84,000

Corvette LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Corvette(2)

 

2015

 

84,000

 

 

VLGC

 

Corvette(2)

 

2015

 

84,000

Dorian Shanghai LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Cougar

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Cougar

2015

84,000

Concorde LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Concorde(2)

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Concorde(2)

2015

84,000

Dorian Houston LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Cobra

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Cobra

2015

84,000

Dorian Sao Paulo LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Continental

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Continental

2015

84,000

Dorian Ulsan LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Constitution

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Constitution

2015

84,000

Dorian Amsterdam LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Commodore

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Commodore

2015

84,000

Dorian Dubai LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Cresques

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Cresques(2)

2015

84,000

Constellation LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Constellation

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Constellation

2015

84,000

Dorian Monaco LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Cheyenne

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Cheyenne

2015

84,000

Dorian Barcelona LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Clermont

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Clermont

2015

84,000

Dorian Geneva LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Cratis

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Cratis

2015

84,000

Dorian Cape Town LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Chaparral

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Chaparral

2015

84,000

Dorian Tokyo LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Copernicus

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Copernicus

2015

84,000

Commander LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Commander

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Commander

2015

84,000

Dorian Explorer LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Challenger

 

2015

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Challenger

2015

84,000

 

Dorian Exporter LPG Transport LLC

 

VLGC

 

Caravelle

 

2016

 

84,000

 

VLGC

Caravelle

2016

84,000

Management and Other Non-vessel Subsidiaries

Subsidiary

Subsidiary

Dorian LPG Management Corp.

Dorian LPG (USA) LLC (incorporated in USA)

Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. (incorporated in UK)

Dorian LPG Finance LLC

Occident River Trading Limited (incorporated in UK)

Dorian LPG (DK) ApS (incorporated in Denmark)

Dorian LPG Chartering LLC

Dorian LPG FFAS LLC


(1)

(1)

CBM: Cubic meters, a standard measure for LPG tanker capacity

(2)

(2)

Operated pursuant to a bareboat charter agreement. Refer to Note 6 below for further information.

COVID-19

The outbreak of COVID-19, which originated in China in December 2019 and subsequently spread to most developed nations of the world, has resulted in the implementation of numerous actions taken by governments and governmental agencies in an attempt to mitigate the spread of the virus. These measures have resulted in a significant reduction in global economic activity and extreme volatility in the global financial markets. The reduction of economic activity has significantly reduced the global demand for oil, refined petroleum products and LPG. We expect that the impact of the COVID-19 virus and the uncertainty in the supply and demand for fossil fuels, including LPG, will continue to cause volatility in the commodity markets. We could also experience potential additional costs to effect crew changes. Although to date there has not been any significant effect on our operating activities due to COVID-19, other than an approximately 60-day delay associated with the drydocking of one of our vessels in China, the extent to which COVID-19 will impact our results of operation and financial condition will depend on future developments, which are highly uncertain and cannot be predicted, including among others, new information which may emerge concerning the severity of the virus and the actions to contain or treat its impact. An estimate of the impact cannot therefore be made at this time.

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2. Significant Accounting Policies

Except for the adoption of new guidance to update the requirements of financial accounting and reporting for lessees and lessors, which became effective April 1, 2019, theThe same accounting policies have been followed in these unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as werethose applied in the preparation of our consolidated audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 20192020 (refer to Note 2 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019)2020), except as discussed herein.

Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted During the Three Months Ended June 30, 2019

 

In February 2016,March 2020, the FASBFinancial Accounting Standards Board issued accounting guidance to update the requirements of financial accounting and reporting for lessees and lessors. The updated guidance, for lease terms of more than 12 months, requires a dual approach for lessee accounting under which a lessee accounts for leases as finance leases or operating leases. Both finance leases and operating leases under the updated guidance result in the lessee recognizing a right-of-use asset and a corresponding lease liability. For finance leases, the lessee recognizes interest expense and amortizationASU No. 2020-04, “Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the right-of-use asset,Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting (“ASU 2020-04”).” ASU 2020-04 provides temporary optional expedients and for operating leases, the lessee recognizes a straight-line total lease expense. Lessor accounting remains largely unchanged

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from previous guidance under U.S. GAAP. The new standard requires a modified retrospective transition approach for all leases existing at, or entered into after, the date of initial application, with an option to use certain transition relief. In July 2018, the FASB issued amended guidance to provide entities with relief from the cost of implementing certain aspects of the new leasing guidance. Entities may elect not to recast comparative periods presented when transitioningexceptions to the new leasing guidance and, furthermore, lessors may elect not to separate lease and nonlease components when certain conditions are met. We adopted the amended guidance effective April 1, 2019 and applied the modified retrospective approach. Comparative information has not been restated and continues to be reported under the accounting guidance in effectU.S. GAAP on contract modifications and hedge accounting to ease the financial reporting burdens related to the expected market transition from LIBOR and other interbank offered rates to alternative reference rates. This ASU is effective for those periods. The adoption did not have a material effectat any time between March 12, 2020 and December 31, 2022. We are currently evaluating the impact of this adoption on our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations or cash flows. We recognized operating lease right-of-use assets and operating lease liabilities related to our office leases described below on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of approximately $1.1 million as of June 30, 2019. Refer to Note 11 for a description of our operating lease expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018 and commitments related to our leases as of June 30, 2019.We did not enter into any operating leases greater than 12 months during the three months ended June 30, 2019. In relation to our time chartered-in VLGC described below, the adoption of the new guidance had no impact on our financial statements since the length of the time charter is not more than 12 months. and related disclosures.

Time charter-out contracts

Our time charter revenues are generated from our vessels being hired by a third-party charterer for a specified period. The charterer has the full discretion over the ports subject to compliance with applicable sanction laws. In a time charter contract, we are responsible for all the costs incurred for running the vessel such as crew costs, vessel insurance, repairs and maintenance, and lubricants. The charterer bears the voyage related costs such as bunker expenses, port charges and canal tolls during the hire period. The performance obligations in a time charter contract are satisfied over the term of the contract beginning when the vessel is delivered to the charterer until it is redelivered back to us. The charterer generally pays the charter hire in advance of the upcoming contract period. We determined that our time charter contracts are considered operating leases and therefore fall under the scope of the amended guidance because (i) the vessel is an identifiable asset, (ii) we do not have substantive substitution rights, and (iii) the charterer has the right to control the use of the vessel during the term of the contract and derives the economic benefits from such use. Under the amended guidance, we elected the practical expedients available to lessors to not separate the lease and non-lease components included in the time charter revenue because the pattern of revenue recognition for the lease and non-lease components is the same as it is earned by the passage of time. The adoption of the amended guidance did not impact our accounting for time charter out contracts. 

Time charter-in contracts

We elected the practical expedient of the amended guidance that allows for contracts with an initial lease term of 12 months or less to be excluded from the operating lease right-of-use assets and lease liabilities recognized on our unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheets. The duration of our only time charter-in contract at the time of adoption of the amended guidance was 12 months.

Office leases

We currently have operating leases for our offices in Stamford, Connecticut, USA; London, United Kingdom; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Athens, Greece, which we determined to be operating leases and record the lease expense as part of general and administrative expenses in our unaudited condensed consolidated statements of operations. We carried forward our historical assessments of (1) whether contracts are or contain leases, (2) lease classifications, and (3) initial direct costs. For leases with terms greater than 12 months, we record the related right-of-use asset and lease liability as the present value of fixed lease payments over the lease term. For leases that do not provide a readily determinable discount rate, we use our incremental borrowing rate to discount lease payments to present value. The discount rate used ranged from 5.37% to 5.85%. The weighted average discount rate used to calculate the lease liability was 5.47%. The weighted average remaining lease term on our office leases as of June 30, 2019 is 38.2 months.

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Our operating lease right-of-use asset and lease liabilities as of June 30, 2019 are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description

 

Location on Balance Sheet

 

June 30, 2019

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

Office Leases

 

Other non-current assets

 

$

1,064,844

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

Current

 

 

 

 

 

Office Leases

 

Current portion of long-term operating leases

 

$

309,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long-term

 

 

 

 

 

Office Leases

 

Other long-term liabilities

 

$

755,031

3.  Transactions with Related Parties

Dorian (Hellas), S.A.

Dorian (Hellas) S.A. (“DHSA”) formerly provided technical, crew, commercial management, insurance and accounting services to our vessels and had agreements to outsource certain of these services to Eagle Ocean Transport Inc. (“Eagle Ocean Transport”), which is 100% owned by Mr. John C. Hadjipateras, our Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer.

Dorian LPG (USA) LLC and its subsidiaries entered into an agreement with DHSA, retroactive to July 2014 and superseding an agreement between Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. and DHSA, for the provision by Dorian LPG (USA) LLC and its subsidiaries of certain chartering and marine operation services to DHSA, for which income was earned and included in “Other income-related parties” totaling less than $0.1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018, respectively.2019.

As of June 30, 2019,2020, $1.2 million was due from DHSA and included in “Due from related parties” in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated balance sheets included herein. As of March 31, 2019,  $1.22020, $1.3 million was due from DHSA and included in “Due from related parties” in the audited consolidated balance sheets.

Eagle Ocean Transport incurs office-related costs on behalf of us, for which we reimbursed Eagle Ocean Transport less than $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Such expenses are reimbursed based on their actual cost.  

Helios LPG Pool LLC

On April 1, 2015, Dorian and Phoenix began operations of the Helios Pool, which entered into pool participation agreements for the purpose of establishing and operating, as charterer, under variable rate time charters to be entered into with owners or disponent owners of VLGCs, a commercial pool of VLGCs whereby revenues and expenses are shared. We hold a 50% interest in the Helios Pool as a joint venture with Phoenix and all significant rights and obligations are equally shared by both parties. All profits of the Helios Pool are distributed to the pool participants based on pool points assigned to each vessel as variable charter hire and, as a result, there are no profits available to the equity investors as a share of equity. We have determined that the Helios Pool is a variable interest entity as it does not have sufficient equity at risk. We do not consolidate the Helios Pool because we are not the primary beneficiary and do not have a controlling financial interest. In consideration of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 810-10-50-4e, the significant factors considered and judgments made in determining that the power to direct the activities of the Helios Pool that most significantly impact the entity’s economic performance are shared, in that all significant performance activities which relate to approval of pool policies and strategies related to pool customers and the marketing of the pool for the procurement of customers for the pool vessels, addition of new pool vessels and the pool cost management, require unanimous board consent from a board consisting of two2 members from each joint venture investor. Further, in accordance with the guidance in ASC 810-10-25-38D, the Company and Phoenix are not related parties as defined in ASC 850 nor are they de facto agents pursuant to ASC 810-10, the power over the significant activities of the Helios Pool is shared, and no party is the

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primary beneficiary in the Helios Pool, or has a controlling financial interest. As of June 30, 2019,2020, the Helios Pool operated twenty-eight

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NaN VLGCs, including nineteenNaN vessels from our fleet (including one2 vessel time chartered-in from an unrelated party), four4 Phoenix vessels, 5 from other participants, and five other5 time chartered-in vessels.

As of June 30, 2019,2020, we had receivables from the Helios Pool of $83.5$68.0 million, including $20.9$24.2 million of working capital contributed for the operation of our vessels in the pool.pool (of which $1.1 million is classified as current). As of March 31, 2019,2020, we had net receivables from the Helios Pool of $62.5$88.1 million (net of an amount due to Helios Pool of $0.5$0.4 million which is reflected under “Due to related Parties”), including $19.8$24.2 million of working capital contributed for the operation of our vessels in the pool.pool (of which $1.1 million is classified as current). Our maximum exposure to losses from the pool as of June 30, 20192020 is limited to the receivables from the pool. The Helios Pool does not have any third-party debt obligations. The Helios Pool has entered into commercial management agreements with each of Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. and Phoenix as commercial managers and has appointed both commercial managers as the exclusive commercial managers of pool vessels. Fees for commercial management services provided by Dorian LPG (UK) Ltd. are included in “Other income-related parties” in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statement of operations included herein and were $0.4 million and $0.6 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, and 2018.respectively. Additionally, we receive a fixed reimbursement of expenses such as costs for security guards and war risk insurance for vessels operating in high risk areas from the Helios Pool, for which we earned $1.1 million and $0.1 million for both the three months ended June 30, 2020, and 2019, and 2018,respectively, and are included in “Other revenues, net” in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations included herein.

Through our vessel owning subsidiaries, we have chartered vessels to the Helios Pool during the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018.2019. The time charter revenue from the Helios Pool is variable depending upon the net results of the pool, operating days and pool points for each vessel. The Helios Pool enters into voyage and time charters with external parties and receives freight and related revenue and, where applicable, incurs voyage costs such as bunkers, port costs and commissions. At the end of each month, the Helios Pool calculates net pool revenues using gross revenues, less voyage expenses of all pool vessels, less fixed time charter hire for any chartered-in vessels, less the general and administrative expenses of the pool. Net pool revenues, less any amounts required for working capital of the Helios Pool, are distributed, to the extent they have been collected from third-party customers of the Helios Pool, as variable rate time charter hire for the relevant vessel to participants based on pool points (vessel attributes such as cargo carrying capacity, fuel consumption, and speed are taken into consideration) and number of days the vessel participated in the pool in the period. We recognize net pool revenues on a monthly basis, when each relevant vessel has participated in the pool during the period and the amount of net pool revenues for the month can be estimated reliably. Revenue earned from the Helios Pool is presented in Note 8. 9.

4. Deferred Charges, Net

The analysis and movement of deferred charges is presented in the table below:

 

 

 

    

Drydocking

 

 

costs

 

Balance, April 1, 2019

 

$

2,000,794

 

    

Drydocking

 

costs

 

Balance, April 1, 2020

$

7,336,726

Additions

 

415,056

 

1,086,597

Amortization

 

 

(148,821)

 

(444,445)

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

$

2,267,029

 

Balance, June 30, 2020

 

$

7,978,878

5. Vessels, Net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

 

    

Accumulated

    

 

 

 

 

Cost

 

depreciation

 

Net book Value

 

Balance, April 1, 2019

 

$

1,732,993,810

 

$

(254,473,496)

 

$

1,478,520,314

 

    

    

Accumulated

    

 

Cost

depreciation

Net book Value

 

Balance, April 1, 2020

$

1,757,285,233

 

$

(319,626,400)

 

$

1,437,658,833

Other additions

 

1,414,195

 

 —

 

1,414,195

 

3,280,549

3,280,549

Depreciation

 

 

 —

 

 

(16,106,726)

 

 

(16,106,726)

 

(16,416,669)

(16,416,669)

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

$

1,734,408,005

 

$

(270,580,222)

 

$

1,463,827,783

 

Balance, June 30, 2020

 

$

1,760,565,782

 

$

(336,043,069)

 

$

1,424,522,713

Additions to vessels, net mainly consisted of the first installment on thescrubber purchase of scrubbersand installation costs and other capital improvements for tencertain of our VLGCs during the three months ended June 30, 2019.2020. Our vessels, with a total carrying value of $1,463.8$1,424.5 million and

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$1,478.5 $1,437.7 million as of June 30, 20192020 and March 31, 2019,2020, respectively, are first‑priority first-priority

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mortgaged as collateral for our long-term debt (refer to Note 6 below). NoNaN impairment loss was recorded for the periods presented.

6. Long-term Debt

2015 DebtAR Facility

Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on our $758 million debt financing facility that we entered into in March 2015 with a group of banks and financial institutions (the “2015 Debt Facility”).

Refinancing of the Commercial Tranche of the 2015 Facility

On April 29, 2020, we amended and restated the 2015 Facility (the “2015 AR Facility”), to among other things, refinance the commercial tranche from the 2015 Facility Agreement (the “Original Commercial Tranche”). Pursuant to the 2015 AR Facility, certain new facilities (the “New Facilities”) were made available to us, including (i) a new senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of approximately to $155.8 million, a portion of which was used to prepay in full the outstanding principal amount under the Original Commercial Tranche and the balance for general corporate purposes and (ii) a new senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $25.0 million, which we intend to use for general corporate purposes. The 2015 AR Facility subjects us to substantially similar covenants and restrictions as those imposed pursuant to the 2015 Facility. On July 14, 2020 (with retroactive effect to June 30, 2020), we amended the 2015 AR Facility and received approvals from those lenders constituting the “Required Lenders” under the 2015 AR Facility, as applicable, to modify certain financial and security covenants to reflect the Company’s current financial condition. Most notably, the following changes to financial covenants and security value ratio are now in effect:

Elimination of the interest coverage ratio;
Reduction of minimum shareholders’ equity to $400 million with no upward adjustments;
Reduction of the minimum liquidity covenant from $40 million to $27.5 million;
Reduction of minimum cash balance from $2.2 million to $1.0 million per mortgaged vessel; and
Increase of the security value ratio from 135% to 145%.

The advances in connection with New Facilities are to be repaid on the earlier of (i) the fifth (5th) anniversary of the utilization date of the new senior secured term loan facility, described above, and (ii) March 26, 2025. The New Facilities will bear interest at the rate of LIBOR plus a margin of 2.50%. The margin can be decreased by 10 basis points if the Security Leverage Ratio (which is based on our security value ratio for vessels secured under the 2015 AR Facility) is less than .40 or increased by 10 basis points if it is greater than or equal to .60. Pursuant to the terms of the 2015 AR Facility, we have the potential to receive a 10 basis point increase or reduction in the margin applicable to the New Facilities for changes in our Average Efficiency Ratio (which weighs carbon emissions for a voyage against the design deadweight of a vessel and the distance travelled on such voyage). 

Corsair Japanese Financing

Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on the refinancing of our 2014-built VLGC, the Corsair, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement and a bareboat charter agreement (the “Corsair Japanese Financing”).

Concorde Japanese Financing

Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on the refinancing of our 2015-built VLGC, the Concorde, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement and a bareboat charter agreement (the “Concorde Japanese Financing”).

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Corvette Japanese Financing

Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on the refinancing of our 2015-built VLGC, the Corvette, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement and a bareboat charter agreement (the “Corvette Japanese Financing”).

CJNP Japanese Financing

Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on the refinancing our 2007-built VLGC, the Captain John NP, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement and a bareboat charter agreement (the “CJNP Japanese Financing”). Refer to Note 14 below for information regarding our election to exercise our repurchase option under the CJNP Japanese Financing.

CMNL Japanese Financing

Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on the refinancing our 2006-built VLGC, the Captain Markos NL, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement and a bareboat charter agreement (the “CMNL Japanese Financing”).

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CNML Japanese Financing

Refer to Note 9 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on the refinancing our 2008-built VLGC, the Captain Nicholas ML, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement and a bareboat charter agreement (the “CNML Japanese Financing”).

Cresques Japanese Financing and Prepayment of the Relevant Tranches of the 2015 Facility

On April 21, 2020, we prepaid $28.5 million of the 2015 Facility’s then outstanding principal using cash on hand prior to the closing of the Cresques Japanese Financing (defined below). On April 23, 2020, we refinanced a 2015-built VLGC, the Cresques, pursuant to a memorandum of agreement and a bareboat charter agreement (“Cresques Japanese Financing”). In connection therewith, we transferred the Cresques to the buyer for $71.5 million and, as part of the agreement, Dorian Dubai LPG Transport LLC, our wholly-owned subsidiary, bareboat chartered the vessel back for a period of 12 years, with purchase options from the end of year 3 onwards through a mandatory buyout by 2032. We continue to technically manage, commercially charter, and operate the Cresques. We received $52.5 million in cash as part of the transaction with $19.0 million to be retained by the buyer as a deposit (the “Cresques Deposit”), which can be used by us towards the repurchase of the vessel either pursuant to an early buyout option or at the end of the 12-year bareboat charter term. This transaction is treated as a financing transaction and the Cresques continues to be recorded as an asset on our balance sheet. This debt financing has a floating interest rate of one-month LIBOR plus a margin of 2.5%, monthly broker commission fees of 1.25% over the 12-year term on interest and principal payments made, broker commission fees of 0.5% payable on the remaining debt outstanding at the time of the repurchase of the Cresques, and a monthly fixed straight-line principal obligation of approximately $0.3 million over the 12-year term with a balloon payment of approximately $11.5 million.

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Debt Obligations

The table below presents our debt obligations:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

June 30, 2019

    

March 31, 2019

 

2015 Debt Facility

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

June 30, 2020

    

March 31, 2020

 

2015 Facility/2015 AR Facility

Commercial Financing

 

$

172,612,210

 

$

175,687,613

 

$

155,655,698

$

163,385,998

KEXIM Direct Financing

 

 

122,074,140

 

 

125,860,144

 

100,104,372

110,716,127

KEXIM Guaranteed

 

 

126,621,194

 

 

130,366,568

 

104,512,865

115,385,072

K-sure Insured

 

 

62,804,358

 

 

64,706,170

 

51,673,559

57,098,924

Total 2015 Debt Facility

 

$

484,111,902

 

$

496,620,495

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total 2015 Facility/2015 AR Facility

$

411,946,494

$

446,586,121

Japanese Financings

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Corsair Japanese Financing

 

$

46,583,333

 

$

47,395,833

 

$

43,333,333

$

44,145,833

Concorde Japanese Financing

 

 

51,153,846

 

 

51,961,538

 

47,923,077

48,730,769

Corvette Japanese Financing

 

 

51,692,308

 

 

52,500,000

 

48,461,538

49,269,231

CJNP Japanese Financing

 

 

20,144,375

 

 

20,506,250

 

18,696,875

19,058,750

CMNL Japanese Financing

 

 

19,103,720

 

 

19,446,131

 

17,734,078

18,076,488

CNML Japanese Financing

 

 

21,315,030

 

 

21,666,369

 

19,909,673

20,261,012

Cresques Japanese Financing

51,645,000

Total Japanese Financings

 

$

209,992,612

 

$

213,476,121

 

$

247,703,574

$

199,542,083

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total debt obligations

 

$

694,104,514

 

$

710,096,616

 

$

659,650,068

$

646,128,204

Less: deferred financing fees

 

 

13,261,559

 

 

14,005,830

 

12,136,080

11,152,985

Debt obligations—net of deferred financing fees

 

$

680,842,955

 

$

696,090,786

 

$

647,513,988

$

634,975,219

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Presented as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

$

63,968,414

 

$

63,968,414

 

 

$

53,267,783

$

53,056,125

Long-term debt—net of current portion and deferred financing fees

 

 

616,874,541

 

 

632,122,372

 

 

594,246,205

581,919,094

Total

 

$

680,842,955

 

$

696,090,786

 

 

$

647,513,988

$

634,975,219

Deferred Financing Fees

The analysis and movement of deferred financing fees is presented in the table below:

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Financing

 

 

 

costs

 

Balance, April 1, 2019

 

$

14,005,830

 

Amortization

 

 

(744,271)

 

Balance, June 30, 2019

 

$

13,261,559

 

    

Financing

costs

Balance, April 1, 2020

$

11,152,985

Additions

3,377,605

Amortization

(2,394,510)

Balance, June 30, 2020

 

$

12,136,080

7. Leases

Time charter-in contracts

During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we time chartered-in a VLGC with a duration 12 months with 0 option periods. Therefore, this operating lease was excluded from operating lease right-of-use asset and lease liability recognition on our consolidated balance sheets. As of June 30, 2020, right-of-use assets and lease liabilities of $23.7 million were recognized on our balance sheets related to one VLGC that we had previously time chartered-in for a period of greater than 12 months. Our time chartered-in VLGCs were deployed in the Helios Pool and earned net pool revenues of $6.9 million and $1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Charter hire expenses for the VLGCs time chartered in were as follows:

Three months ended

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

Charter hire expenses

$

4,715,598

$

2,055,000

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Office leases

We currently have operating leases for our offices in Stamford, Connecticut, USA; London, United Kingdom; Copenhagen, Denmark; and Athens, Greece, which we determined to be operating leases and record the lease expense as part of general and administrative expenses in our consolidated statements of operations. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we did not enter into any new office lease contracts.

Operating lease rent expense related to our office leases was as follows:

Three months ended

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

Operating lease rent expense

$

118,259

$

122,352

For our office leases and time charter-in arrangement, the discount rate used ranged from 3.82% to 5.53%. The weighted average discount rate used to calculate the lease liability was 3.88%. The weighted average remaining lease term on our office leases and time chartered-in vessels as of June 30, 2020 is 30.9 months.

Our operating lease right-of-use asset and lease liabilities as of June 30, 2020 were as follows:

Description

Location on Balance Sheet

June 30, 2020

Assets:

Non-current

Office leases

Operating lease right-of-use assets

$

915,257

Time charter-in VLGCs

Operating lease right-of-use assets

$

23,687,426

Liabilities:

Current

Office Leases

Current portion of long-term operating leases

$

409,507

Time charter-in VLGCs

Current portion of long-term operating leases

$

8,898,201

Long-term

Office Leases

Long-term operating leases

$

508,524

Time charter-in VLGCs

Long-term operating leases

$

14,789,225

Maturities of operating lease liabilities as of June 30, 2020 were as follows:

Remainder of FY 2021

$

7,561,882

FY 2022

10,091,911

FY 2023

8,215,431

Total undiscounted lease payments

25,869,224

Less: imputed interest

(1,263,767)

Carrying value of lease liabilities

$

24,605,457

8. Stock Repurchase Program

On August 5, 2019, our Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to $50 million of shares of our common stock through the period ended December 31, 2020 (the “Common Share Repurchase Program”). On February 3, 2020, our Board of Directors authorized an increase to our Common Share Repurchase Program to repurchase up to an additional $50 million of shares of our common stock. The amount and timing of share repurchases are subject to capital availability and our determination that share repurchases are in the best interest of our shareholders. As of June 30, 2020, we repurchased a total of 4.4 million shares of our common stock for approximately $49.3 million under this program, resulting in $50.7 million of available authorization remaining. Purchases may be made at our discretion in the form of open market repurchase programs, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs or a combination of these methods. The actual timing and amount of our repurchases will depend on Company and market conditions. We are not obligated to make any common share repurchases under this program.

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9. Stock-Based Compensation Plans

Our stock-based compensation expense is included within general and administrative expenses in the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and was $1.3$1.9 million and $1.6$1.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, respectively. Unrecognized compensation cost was $1.6$3.0 million as of June 30, 20192020 and will be recognized over a remaining weighted average life of 1.402.43 years. For more information on our equity incentive plan, refer to Note 1112 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019.2020.

In June 2019,2020, we granted 7,7507,575 shares of stock to our non-executive directors, which were valued and expensed at their grant date fair market value.

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TableIn June 2020, we granted an aggregate of Contents188,400 shares of restricted stock vesting in escalating installments on the grant date and on the first, second, and third anniversary of that date and 56,450 restricted stock units to certain of our officers and employees vesting in escalating installments on the first, second, and third anniversaries of the grant date. The shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units were valued at their grant date fair market value and are expensed on a straight-line basis over the respective vesting periods.

In June 2020, we granted 155,654 shares of stock to our President and Chief Executive Officer, which were valued and expensed at their grant date fair market value.

A summary of the activity of restricted shares and units awarded under our equity incentive plan as of June 30, 20192020 and changes during the three months ended June 30, 2019,2020, is as follows:

    

    

Weighted-Average

 

Grant-Date

Incentive Share/Unit Awards

Number of Shares/Units

Fair Value

Unvested as of April 1, 2020

317,048

$

8.08

Granted

408,079

8.07

Vested

(315,504)

7.88

Unvested as of June 30, 2020

409,623

$

8.23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

    

Weighted-Average

 

 

 

 

 

Grant-Date

 

Incentive Share Awards

 

Number of Shares

 

Fair Value

 

Unvested as of April 1, 2019

 

641,013

 

$

13.54

 

Granted

 

7,750

 

 

9.02

 

Vested

 

(400,407)

 

 

16.10

 

Unvested as of June 30, 2019

 

248,356

 

$

9.28

 

10. Revenues

8.  Revenues

Revenues comprise the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

Three months ended 

 

 

June 30, 2019

    

June 30, 2018

 

    

Three months ended

 

June 30, 2020

    

June 30, 2019

 

Net pool revenues—related party

 

$

50,092,137

 

$

16,106,401

 

$

66,929,421

$

50,092,137

Time charter revenues

 

 

10,982,031

 

 

11,467,881

 

5,086,004

10,982,031

Other revenues, net

 

 

91,378

 

 

70,000

 

1,149,899

 

91,378

Total revenues

 

$

61,165,546

 

$

27,644,282

 

$

73,165,324

 

$

61,165,546

Net pool revenues—related party depend upon the net results of the Helios Pool, and the operating days and pool points for each vessel. Refer to Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019.2020.

Other revenues, net represent income from charterers relating to reimbursement of voyage expenses such as costs for security guards and war risk insurance.

9.11.  Financial Instruments and Fair Value Disclosures

Our principal financial assets consist of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash amounts due from related parties, trade accounts receivable and derivative instruments. Our principal financial liabilities consist of long-term debt, accounts payable, amounts due to related parties and accrued liabilities.

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(a)

Concentration of credit risk:  Financial instruments, which may subject us to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist principally of amounts due from our charterers, including the receivables from Helios Pool, cash and cash equivalents, and restricted cash. We limit our credit risk with amounts due from our charterers, including those through the Helios Pool, by performing ongoing credit evaluations of our charterers’ financial condition and generally do not require collateral from our charterers. We limit our credit risk with our cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash by placing it with highly-rated financial institutions.

(b)

Interest rate risk:  Our long‑termlong-term bank loans are based on the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and hence we are exposed to movements thereto. We entered into interest rate swap agreements in order to hedge a majority of our variable interest rate exposure related to our 2015 Debt Facility. Refer to Note 1819 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 20192020 for information on our interest rate swap agreements related to the 2015 Debt Facility.

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(c)

Fair value measurements: Interest rate swaps are stated at fair value, which is determined using a discounted cash flow approach based on marketbased LIBOR swap yield rates. LIBOR swap rates are observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full terms of the swaps and, therefore, are considered Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy. The fair value of the interest rate swap agreements approximates the amount that we would have to pay or receive for the early termination of the agreements. The following table summarizes the location on the balance sheet of the financial assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value on a recurring basis, which compriseIn May 2020, our financial derivatives all of which are considered Level 2 items in accordanceinterest rate swap with the fair value hierarchy:

Commonwealth Bank of Australia was novated to ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC with an increase in the fixed rate from 1.4275% to 1.4675%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

 

Other non-current assets

 

Long-term liabilities

 

Other non-current assets

 

Long-term liabilities

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

 

Interest rate swap agreements

 

$

1,687,524

 

$

1,309,815

 

$

6,448,498

 

$

 —

 

Additionally, we have taken positions in freight forward agreements (“FFAs”) as economic hedges to reduce the risk related to vessels trading in the spot market, including in the Helios Pool, and to take advantage of fluctuations in market prices. Customary requirements for trading FFAs include the maintenance of initial and variation margins based on expected volatility, open position and mark-to-market of the contracts. FFAs are recorded as assets/liabilities until they are settled. Changes in fair value prior to settlement are recorded in unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives. Upon settlement, if the contracted charter rate is less than the average of the rates for the specified route and time period, as reported by an identified index, the seller of the FFA is required to pay the buyer the settlement sum, being an amount equal to the difference between the contracted rate and the settlement rate, multiplied by the number of days in the specified period covered by the FFA. Conversely, if the contracted rate is greater than the settlement rate, the buyer is required to pay the seller the settlement sum. Settlement of FFAs are recorded in realized gain/(loss) on derivatives. FFAs are considered Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy.

The following table summarizes the location on the balance sheet of the financial assets and liabilities that are carried at fair value on a recurring basis, which comprise our financial derivatives, all of which are considered Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy:

June 30, 2020

March 31, 2020

Current assets

Current liabilities

Current assets

Current liabilities

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

Forward freight agreements

2,742,980

2,605,442

June 30, 2020

March 31, 2020

 

Other non-current assets

Long-term liabilities

Other non-current assets

Long-term liabilities

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

    

Derivative instruments

 

Interest rate swap agreements

$

$

9,511,097

$

$

9,152,829

The effect of derivative instruments within the unaudited interim condensed consolidated statements of operations included herein for the periods presented is as follows:

Three months ended

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

    

Location of gain/(loss) recognized

    

June 30, 2020

    

June 30, 2019

 

Forward freight agreements—change in fair value

Unrealized loss on derivatives

$

(137,538)

$

Interest rate swaps—change in fair value

 

Unrealized loss on derivatives

 

(358,268)

(6,070,789)

Forward freight agreements—realized gain/(loss)

Realized gain/(loss) on derivatives

(264,524)

Interest rate swaps—realized gain/(loss)

 

Realized gain/(loss) on derivatives

 

(541,705)

1,032,995

Gain/(loss) on derivatives, net

 

$

(1,302,035)

$

(5,037,794)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended 

 

Derivatives not designated as hedging instruments

    

Location of gain/(loss) recognized

June 30, 2019

    

June 30, 2018

 

Interest Rate Swap—Change in fair value

 

Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives

$

(6,070,789)

 

$

1,707,616

 

Interest Rate Swap—Realized gain/(loss)

 

Realized gain on derivatives

 

1,032,995

 

 

782,565

 

Gain/(loss) on derivatives, net

 

 

$

(5,037,794)

 

$

2,490,181

 

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As of June 30, 20192020 and March 31, 2019,2020, no fair value measurements for assets or liabilities under Level 1 or Level 3 were recognized in the accompanying consolidated balance sheets with the exception of cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, and securities. We did not have any other assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis during the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018.March 31, 2020.

(d)

Book values and fair values of financial instruments:   In addition to the derivatives that we are required to record at fair value on our balance sheet (see (c) above) and securities that are included in other current assets in our balance sheet that we record at fair value, we have other financial instruments that are carried at historical cost. These financial instruments include trade accounts receivable, amounts due from related parties, cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash, accounts payable, amounts due to related parties and accrued liabilities for which the historical carrying value approximates the fair value due to the short-term nature of these financial instruments. Cash and cash equivalents, restricted cash and securities are considered Level 1 items. We have long-term bank debt for which we believe the carrying value approximates their fair value as the loans bear interest at variable interest rates, being LIBOR, which is observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full terms of the loans, and hence are considered as Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy. We also have long-term debt related to the Corsair Japanese Financing, Concorde Japanese Financing, Corvette Japanese Financing, CJNP Japanese Financing, CMNL Japanese Financing, and CNML Japanese Financing (collectively the “Japanese Financings”) that incur interest at a fixed-rate with the initial principal amount amortized to the purchase obligation price of each vessel. The Japanese Financings are considered Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy and the fair value of each is based on a discounted cash flow analysis using current observable interest rates. The following table summarizes the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Japanese Financings as of:

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

    

Carrying Value

    

Fair Value

 

    

Carrying Value

    

Fair Value

 

Corsair Japanese Financing

 

$

46,583,333

 

$

46,284,958

 

 

$

47,395,833

 

$

45,901,900

 

Concorde Japanese Financing

 

 

51,153,846

 

 

50,761,370

 

 

 

51,961,538

 

 

50,176,288

 

Corvette Japanese Financing

 

 

51,692,308

 

 

51,289,452

 

 

 

52,500,000

 

 

50,671,689

 

CJNP Japanese Financing

 

 

20,144,375

 

 

20,892,845

 

 

 

20,506,250

 

 

20,918,881

 

CMNL Japanese Financing

 

 

19,103,720

 

 

19,876,285

 

 

 

19,446,131

 

 

19,862,056

 

CNML Japanese Financing

 

 

21,315,030

 

 

22,191,997

 

 

 

21,666,369

 

 

22,137,090

 

these instruments is commonly quoted and would be considered Level 1 items under the fair value hierarchy if we elected the fair value option. As of June 30, 2020, the carrying value of the short-term investments in six-month U.S. treasury bills was equal to its fair value of $15.0 million.    

10.  Earnings/(Loss)We have long-term bank debt and the Cresques Japanese Financing for which we believe the carrying value approximates their fair values as both instruments bear interest at variable interest rates, being LIBOR, which is observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full terms of the loans, and hence are considered as Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy. We also have long-term debt related to the Corsair Japanese Financing, Concorde Japanese Financing, Corvette Japanese Financing, CJNP Japanese Financing, CMNL Japanese Financing, and CNML Japanese Financing (collectively the “Japanese Financings”) that incur interest at a fixed-rate with the initial principal amount amortized to the purchase obligation price of each vessel. The Japanese Financings are considered Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy and the fair value of each is based on a discounted cash flow analysis using current observable interest rates. The following table summarizes the carrying value and estimated fair value of the Japanese Financings as of:

June 30, 2020

March 31, 2020

    

Carrying Value

    

Fair Value

    

Carrying Value

    

Fair Value

Corsair Japanese Financing

$

43,333,333

$

48,385,962

$

44,145,833

$

48,867,762

Concorde Japanese Financing

47,923,077

53,983,226

48,730,769

54,407,677

Corvette Japanese Financing

48,461,538

54,648,430

49,269,231

55,059,323

CJNP Japanese Financing

18,696,875

20,660,143

19,058,750

21,006,399

CMNL Japanese Financing

17,734,078

19,935,753

18,076,488

20,238,260

CNML Japanese Financing

19,909,673

22,426,002

20,261,012

22,728,984

12. Earnings Per Share (“EPS”)

Basic EPS represents net income/(loss)income attributable to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of our common shares outstanding during the measurement period. Our restricted stock shares include rights to receive dividends that are subject to the risk of forfeiture if service requirements are not satisfied, and as a result, these shares are not considered participating securities and are excluded from the basic weighted-average shares outstanding calculation. Diluted EPS represent net income/(loss)income attributable to common shareholders divided by the weighted average number of our common shares outstanding during the measurement period while also giving effect to all potentially dilutive common shares that were outstanding during the period.

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The calculations of basic and diluted EPS for the periods presented are as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended 

 

Three months ended

(In U.S. dollars except share data)

June 30, 2019

 

June 30, 2018

 

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income/(loss)

$

6,075,059

 

$

(20,596,558)

 

Net income

$

12,168,005

$

6,075,059

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic weighted average number of common shares outstanding

 

54,552,994

 

 

54,237,237

 

50,554,233

54,552,994

Effect of dilutive restricted stock

 

328,332

 

 

 —

 

Effect of dilutive restricted stock and restricted stock units

125,216

328,332

Diluted weighted average number of common shares outstanding

 

54,881,326

 

 

54,237,237

 

50,679,449

54,881,326

EPS:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

0.11

 

$

(0.38)

 

$

0.24

$

0.11

Diluted

$

0.11

 

$

(0.38)

 

$

0.24

$

0.11

For the three months ended June 30, 2018,  thereThere were 725,6850 shares of unvested restricted stock, which were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS because the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. There were no anti-dilutive shares of unvested restricted stock excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS for the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.

11.13.  Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments under Contracts for ScrubberScrubbers Purchases

As of June 30, 2019, weWe had the following contractual commitments to purchase scrubbers to reduce sulfur emissions on tenas of:

June 30, 2020

Less than one year

$

3,564,298

Total

$

3,564,298

These amounts only reflect firm commitments for scrubber purchases as of our VLGCs:June 30, 2020 and exclude costs related to their installation. The timing of these payments is subject to change as installation times are finalized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

Less than one year

 

$

9,955,572

 

Total

 

$

9,955,572

 

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Commitments under Contracts for BWMSBallast Water Management Systems Purchases

As of June 30, 2019, weWe had the following contractual commitments to purchase ballast water management systems (“BWMS”) on two of our VLGCs:as of:

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

June 30, 2020

Less than one year

 

$

703,360

 

$

734,380

Total

 

$

703,360

 

$

734,380

Operating Leases

Operating lease rent expense was as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

June 30, 2018

Operating lease rent expense

 

$

122,352

 

$

127,482

We had the following commitments as a lessee under operating leases relating to our United States, Greece, United Kingdom, and Denmark offices:

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

June 30, 2020

Less than one year

 

$

410,667

 

$

381,788

One to three years

 

 

429,227

 

214,689

Total

 

$

839,894

 

$

596,477

Time Charter-in

Charter hire expenses for the VLGC time chartered in were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

June 30, 2018

Charter hire expenses

 

$

2,055,000

 

$

 —

We had the following time charter-in commitments relating to one VLGC:VLGCs currently in our fleet:

June 30, 2020

Less than one year

$

16,636,000

One to three years

15,257,000

Total

$

31,893,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

Less than one year

 

$

5,480,000

 

Total

 

$

5,480,000

 

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Fixed Time Charter Contracts

We had the following future minimum fixed time charter hire receipts based on non-cancelable long-term fixed time charter contracts:

 

 

 

 

 

June 30, 2019

 

June 30, 2020

Less than one year

 

$

23,993,113

 

$

19,400,858

One to three years

 

 

22,293,252

 

20,580,000

Total

 

$

46,286,365

 

$

39,980,858

Other

From time to time we expect to be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, principally personal injury and property casualty claims. Such claims, even if lacking in merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. We are not aware of any claim that is reasonably possible and should be disclosed or probable and for which a provision should be established in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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12. Professional and Legal Fees Related to the BW Proposal

BW made an unsolicited proposal to acquire all of our outstanding common stock and, along with its affiliates, commenced a proxy contest to replace three members of our board of directors with nominees proposed by BW. BW’s unsolicited proposal and proxy contest were subsequently withdrawn on October 8, 2018. During the three months ended June 30, 2018, significant costs for professional and legal services incurred in connection with BW’s unsolicited acquisition proposal and proxy contest totaled $0.5 million. No such costs were incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2019.

13.14. Subsequent Events

Amendment to the 2015 DebtAR Facility

 

On July 23, 2019,14, 2020 (with retroactive effect to June 30, 2020), we entered into an agreement to amendamended the 2015 DebtAR Facility (the “Amendment”), whose key provisions include:and received the requisite lender consents, as applicable, to, among other things, relax the covenant restrictions under the agreement, including:

Elimination of the interest coverage ratio;
Reduction of minimum shareholders’ equity to $400 million with no upward adjustments;
Reduction of the minimum liquidity covenantfrom $40 million to $27.5 million;
Reduction of minimum cash balance from $2.2 million to $1.0 million per mortgaged vessel; and
Increase of the security value ratio from 135% to 145%.

The restriction for the provision of the minimum balance of cash was modified under the terms of the amendment to the 2015 AR Facility and no longer meets the criteria to be recognized as restricted cash. As a result, and with retroactive effect to June 30, 2020, we no longer classify these amounts as restricted cash on our condensed consolidated balance sheets. This requirement was reduced from $2.2 million per mortgaged vessel under the initial 2015 AR Facility to $1.0 million per mortgaged vessel per the July 14, 2020 amendment.

  

1)

a  modification to the definition of consolidated EBITDA to exclude expenses incurred in connection with the BW Proposal; 

2)

the following financial covenant modification:

·

Minimum interest coverage ratio of consolidated EBITDA, as defined in the 2015 Debt Facility, to consolidated net interest expense must be maintained greater than or equal to (i) 2.00 at all times from June 30, 2019 through March 31, 2020 and (ii) 2.50 from April 1, 2020 and at all times thereafter; and

3)

the following modification to the definition of consolidated liquidity:

·

if the minimum interest coverage ratio of consolidated EBITDA to consolidated net interest expense is less than 2.50 at any time or times during the period beginning on and including June 30, 2019 and ending on and including March 31, 2020, consolidated liquidity shall at such time or times be maintained in an amount at least equal to $47,500,000.

Stock Repurchase ProgramNotice for the Captain John NP

 

On August 5, 2019,July 15, 2020, we exercised our Boardrepurchase option under the CJNP Japanese Financing by providing a three-month notice to the owners of Directors authorizedCaptain John NP of our intent to repurchase the vessel for approximately $18.3 million in cash and applied the deposit amount of $26.6 million, which had been retained by the buyer in connection with the CJNP Japanese Financing (the “CJNP Deposit”), towards the repurchase of up to $50 million of our common stock through the period ended December 31, 2020.vessel.

Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Awards

On August 5, 2019, we granted an aggregate of 175,200 shares of restricted stock and 22,500 restricted stock units to certain of our officers and employees. One-fourth of the shares of restricted stock vested on the grant date and one-fourth will vest equally on the first, second and third anniversaries of the grant date. One-third of restricted stock units will vest equally on the first,  second, and third anniversaries of the grant date. The shares of restricted stock and restricted stock units were valued at their grant date fair market value and expensed on a straight-line basis over the respective vesting periods.

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ITEM 2.MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSISANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. As a result of many factors, such as those set forth under “Item 1A. Risk Factors” herein and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019,2020, our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. Please also see the section “Forward-Looking Statements” included in this quarterly report.

Overview

We are a Marshall Islands corporation headquartered in the United States and primarily focused on owning and operating VLGCs, each with a cargo‑carryingcargo-carrying capacity of greater than 80,000 cbm, in the LPG shipping industry. Our fleet currently consists of twenty-twotwenty-four VLGC carriers, including nineteen fuel-efficient 84,000 cbm ECO-VLGCs, three 82,000 cbm VLGCs, and onetwo time chartered-in VLGC.  TwoVLGCs. Ten of our ECO-VLGCs are fittedcurrently equipped with scrubbers to reduce sulfur emissions and we have entered into contracts forcommitments related to scrubbers on an additional tentwo of our VLGCs to be fitted with scrubbers as of August 1, 2019.July 31, 2020.

OurDorian’s nineteen ECO-VLGCs, which incorporate fuel efficiency, emission-reducing technologies, and certain custom features, were acquired by us for an aggregate purchase price of $1.4 billion and delivered to us between July 2014 and February 2016, seventeen of which were delivered during calendar year 2015 or later.

On April 1, 2015, Dorian and Phoenix began operations of the Helios Pool, which entered into pool participation agreements for the purpose of establishing and operating, as charterer, under a variable rate time charter to be entered into with owners or disponent owners of VLGCs, a commercial pool of VLGCs whereby revenues and expenses are shared. The vessels entered into the Helios Pool may operate either in the spot market, pursuant to contracts of affreightment, or COAs, or on time charters of two years' duration or less. As of August 1, 2019, nineteenJuly 31, 2020, twenty-two of our twenty-threetwenty-four VLGCs were employed in the Helios Pool, including our two time chartered-in VLGC.VLGCs.

Our customers, either directly or through the Helios Pool, include or have included global energy companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp., Chevron Corp., China International United Petroleum & Chemicals Co., Ltd., Royal Dutch Shell plc, Equinor ASA, Total S.A., and Sunoco LP, commodity traders such as Geogas Trading S.A., Glencore plc, Itochu Corporation, Bayegan Group and the Vitol Group and importers such as E1 Corp., Indian Oil Corporation, SK Gas Co. Ltd. Astomos Energy Corporation, and Oriental Energy Company Ltd. or subsidiaries of the foregoing.

We continue to pursue a balanced chartering strategy by employing our vessels on a mix of multi-year time charters, some of which may include a profit-sharing component, shorter-term time charters, spot market voyages and COAs. Currently, fourtwo of our VLGCs are on fixed-rate time charters outside of the Helios Pool. See “Our Fleet” below for more information and the definition of Pool-TCO.

Recent Developments

Amendment to the 2015 AR Facility

 

On July 23, 2019,14, 2020 (with retroactive effect to June 30, 2020), we entered into an agreement to amendamended the 2015 DebtAR Facility and received the requisite lender consents, as further described in Note 13applicable, to, among other things, relax the covenant restrictions under the agreement including:

Elimination of the interest coverage ratio;
Reduction of minimum shareholders’ equity to $400 million with no upward adjustments;
Reduction of the minimum liquidity covenant from $40 million to $27.5 million;
Reduction of minimum cash balance from $2.2 million to $1.0 million per mortgaged vessel; and
Increase of the security value ratio from 135% to 145%.

The restriction for the provision of the minimum balance of cash was modified under the terms of the amendment to the 2015 AR Facility and no longer meets the criteria to be recognized as restricted cash. As a result, and with retroactive

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effect to June 30, 2020, we no longer classify these amounts as restricted cash on our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.balance sheets. This requirement was reduced from $2.2 million per mortgaged vessel under the initial 2015 AR Facility to $1.0 million per mortgaged vessel per the July 14, 2020 amendment.

Repurchase Notice for the Captain John NP

 

On August 5, 2019,July 15, 2020, we exercised our Boardrepurchase option under the CJNP Japanese Financing by providing a three-month notice to the owners of Directors authorizedCaptain John NP of our intent to repurchase the vessel for approximately $18.3 million in cash and applied the CJNP Deposit of $26.6 million towards the repurchase of up to $50 million of our common stock through the period ended December 31, 2020.vessel.

On August 5, 2019, we granted an aggregate of 175,200 shares of restricted stock and 22,500 restricted stock units to certain of our officers and employeesas further described in Note 13 to our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Selected Financial Data

The following table presents our selected financial data and other information for the three months ended June 30, 20192020 and 2018,2019, and as of June 30, 20192020 and March 31, 2019,2020, and should be read in conjunction with our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and other financial information included in this quarterly report.

(in U.S. dollars, except fleet data)

Three months ended

Statement of Operations Data

June 30, 2020

    

June 30, 2019

 

Revenues

$

73,165,324

$

61,165,546

Expenses

Voyage expenses

 

815,195

 

339,114

Charter hire expenses

 

4,715,598

 

2,055,000

Vessel operating expenses

 

17,389,363

 

16,119,953

Depreciation and amortization

 

16,890,413

 

16,266,421

General and administrative expenses

 

11,302,976

 

6,735,835

Total expenses

 

51,113,545

 

41,516,323

Other income—related parties

 

468,023

 

623,283

Operating income

 

22,519,802

 

20,272,506

Other income/(expenses)

Interest and finance costs

 

(9,087,236)

 

(9,697,282)

Interest income

 

124,835

 

362,036

Unrealized loss on derivatives

 

(495,806)

 

(6,070,789)

Realized gain/(loss) on derivatives

(806,229)

 

1,032,995

Other gain/(loss), net

 

(87,361)

 

175,593

Total other income/(expenses), net

 

(10,351,797)

 

(14,197,447)

Net income

$

12,168,005

$

6,075,059

Earnings per common share—basic

$

0.24

$

0.11

Earnings per common share—diluted

$

0.24

$

0.11

Other Financial Data

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

$

41,114,067

$

38,382,383

Fleet Data

Calendar days(2)

 

2,002

 

2,002

Time chartered-in days(3)

 

192

 

91

Available days(4)

 

2,132

 

2,083

Operating days(5)(8)

 

1,754

 

2,050

Fleet utilization(6)(8)

82.3

%  

98.4

%

Average Daily Results

Time charter equivalent rate(7)(8)

$

41,249

$

29,671

Daily vessel operating expenses(9)

$

8,686

$

8,052

(in U.S. dollars)

As of

    

As of

    

Balance Sheet Data

June 30, 2020

March 31, 2020

Cash and cash equivalents

$

142,933,974

$

48,389,688

Restricted cash—current

 

3,060,568

 

3,370,178

Restricted cash—non-current

 

75,035

 

35,629,261

Total assets

 

1,696,936,387

 

1,671,959,843

Current portion of long-term debt

 

53,267,783

 

53,056,125

Long-term debt—net of current portion and deferred financing fees(10)

 

594,246,205

 

581,919,094

Total liabilities

 

706,983,496

 

694,907,645

Total shareholders’ equity

$

989,952,891

$

977,052,198

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in U.S. dollars, except fleet data)

 

Three months ended 

 

Statement of Operations Data

 

June 30, 2019

    

June 30, 2018

 

Revenues

 

$

61,165,546

 

$

27,644,282

 

Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Voyage expenses

 

 

339,114

 

 

100,173

 

Charter hire expenses

 

 

2,055,000

 

 

 —

 

Vessel operating expenses

 

 

16,119,953

 

 

16,685,457

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

16,266,421

 

 

16,265,056

 

General and administrative expenses

 

 

6,735,835

 

 

7,920,286

 

Professional and legal fees related to the BW Proposal

 

 

 —

 

 

483,000

 

Total expenses

 

 

41,516,323

 

 

41,453,972

 

Other income—related parties

 

 

623,283

 

 

644,517

 

Operating income/(loss)

 

 

20,272,506

 

 

(13,165,173)

 

Other income/(expenses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest and finance costs

 

 

(9,697,282)

 

 

(10,374,281)

 

Interest income

 

 

362,036

 

 

460,973

 

Unrealized gain/(loss) on derivatives

 

 

(6,070,789)

 

 

1,707,616

 

Realized gain on derivatives

 

 

1,032,995

 

 

782,565

 

Other gain/(loss), net

 

 

175,593

 

 

(8,258)

 

Total other income/(expenses), net

 

 

(14,197,447)

 

 

(7,431,385)

 

Net income/(loss)

 

$

6,075,059

 

$

(20,596,558)

 

Earnings/(loss) per common share—basic

 

$

0.11

 

$

(0.38)

 

Earnings/(loss) per common share—diluted

 

$

0.11

 

$

(0.38)

 

Other Financial Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA(1)

 

$

38,382,383

 

$

5,185,136

 

Fleet Data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Calendar days(2)

 

 

2,002

 

 

2,002

 

Time chartered-in days(3)

 

 

91

 

 

 —

 

Available days(4)

 

 

2,083

 

 

1,991

 

Operating days(5)(8)

 

 

2,050

 

 

1,664

 

Fleet utilization(6)(8)

 

 

98.4

%  

 

83.6

%

Average Daily Results

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time charter equivalent rate(7)(8)

 

$

29,671

 

$

16,553

 

Daily vessel operating expenses(9)

 

$

8,052

 

$

8,334

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in U.S. dollars)

 

As of

    

As of

    

    

Balance Sheet Data

 

June 30, 2019

 

March 31, 2019

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

21,717,046

 

$

30,838,684

 

 

Restricted cash—non-current

 

 

35,633,962

 

 

35,633,962

 

 

Total assets

 

 

1,619,105,623

 

 

1,625,370,017

 

 

Current portion of long-term debt

 

 

63,968,414

 

 

63,968,414

 

 

Long-term debt—net of current portion and deferred financing fees(10)

 

 

616,874,541

 

 

632,122,372

 

 

Total liabilities

 

 

700,025,761

 

 

712,687,459

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

$

919,079,862

 

$

912,682,558

 

 


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(1)

Adjusted EBITDA is an unaudited non-U.S. GAAP financial measure and represents net income/(loss) before interest and finance costs, unrealized (gain)/loss on derivatives, realized (gain)/loss on derivatives,interest rate swaps, gain on early extinguishment of debt, stock-based compensation expense, impairment, and depreciation and amortization and is used as a supplemental financial measure by management to assess our financial and operating performance. We believe that adjusted EBITDA assists our management and investors by increasing the comparability of our performance from period to period. This increased comparability is achieved by excluding the potentially disparate effects between periods of derivatives, interest and finance costs, gain on early extinguishment of debt, stock-based compensation expense, impairment, and depreciation and amortization expense, which items are affected by various and possibly changing financing methods, capital structure and historical cost basis and which items may significantly affect net income/(loss) between periods. We believe that including adjusted EBITDA as a financial and operating measure benefits investors in selecting between investing in us and other investment alternatives.

Adjusted EBITDA has certain limitations in use and should not be considered an alternative to net income/(loss), operating income, cash flow from operating activities or any other measure of financial performance presented in accordance with U.S. GAAP. Adjusted EBITDA excludes some, but not all, items that affect net income/(loss). Adjusted EBITDA as presented

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below may not be computed consistently with similarly titled measures of other companies and, therefore, might not be comparable with other companies.

The following table sets forth a reconciliation of net income/(loss) to Adjusted EBITDA (unaudited) for the periods presented:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in U.S. dollars)

    

June 30, 2019

    

June 30, 2018

 

    

June 30, 2020

    

June 30, 2019

 

Net income/(loss)

 

$

6,075,059

 

$

(20,596,558)

 

Net income

$

12,168,005

$

6,075,059

Interest and finance costs

 

 

9,697,282

 

 

10,374,281

 

 

9,087,236

 

9,697,282

Unrealized (gain)/loss on derivatives

 

 

6,070,789

 

 

(1,707,616)

 

Realized gain on derivatives

 

 

(1,032,995)

 

 

(782,565)

 

Unrealized loss on derivatives

 

495,806

 

6,070,789

Realized (gain)/loss on interest rate swaps

 

541,705

 

(1,032,995)

Stock-based compensation expense

 

 

1,305,827

 

 

1,632,538

 

 

1,930,902

 

1,305,827

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

16,266,421

 

 

16,265,056

 

16,890,413

16,266,421

Adjusted EBITDA

 

$

38,382,383

 

$

5,185,136

 

$

41,114,067

$

38,382,383

(2)

(2)

We define calendar days as the total number of days in a period during which each vessel in our fleet was owned or operated pursuant to a bareboat charter. Calendar days are an indicator of the size of the fleet over a period and affect both the amount of revenues and the amount of expenses that are recorded during that period.

(3)

(3)

We define time chartered-in days as the aggregate number of days in a period during which we time chartered-in vessels.

vessels from third parties.

(4)

(4)

We define available days as the sum of calendar days and time chartered-in days (collectively representing our commercially-managed vessels) less aggregate off hire days associated with scheduled maintenance, which include major repairs, drydockings, vessel upgrades or special or intermediate surveys. We use available days to measure the aggregate number of days in a period that our vessels should be capable of generating revenues.

(5)

(5)

We define operating days as available days less the aggregate number of days that the commercially-managed vessels in our fleet are off‑hire for any reason other than scheduled maintenance. We use operating days to measure the number of days in a period that our operating vessels are on hire (refer to 8 below).

(6)

(6)

We calculate fleet utilization by dividing the number of operating days during a period by the number of available days during that period. An increase in non-scheduled off-hire days would reduce our operating days, and, therefore, our fleet utilization. We use fleet utilization to measure our ability to efficiently find suitable employment for our vessels.

(7)

(7)

Time charter equivalent rate, or TCE rate, is a non-U.S. GAAP measure of the average daily revenue performance of a vessel. TCE rate is a shipping industry performance measure used primarily to compare periodtoperiod changes in a shipping company’s performance despite changes in the mix of charter types (such as time charters, voyage charters) under which the vessels may be employed between the periods. Our method of calculating TCE rate is to divide revenue net of voyage expenses by operating days for the relevant time period, which may not be calculated the same by other companies.

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The following table sets forth a reconciliation of revenues to TCE rate (unaudited) for the periods presented:

(in U.S. dollars, except operating days)

Three months ended

 

Numerator:

June 30, 2020

    

June 30, 2019

 

Revenues

$

73,165,324

$

61,165,546

Voyage expenses

(815,195)

(339,114)

Time charter equivalent

$

72,350,129

$

60,826,432

Pool adjustment*

1,607,872

Time charter equivalent excluding pool adjustment*

$

73,958,001

$

60,826,432

Denominator:

Operating days

1,754

2,050

TCE rate:

Time charter equivalent rate

$

41,249

$

29,671

TCE rate excluding pool adjustment*

$

42,165

$

29,671

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(in U.S. dollars, except operating days)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numerator:

 

June 30, 2019

    

June 30, 2018

 

Revenues

 

$

61,165,546

 

$

27,644,282

 

Voyage expenses

 

 

(339,114)

 

 

(100,173)

 

Time charter equivalent

 

$

60,826,432

 

$

27,544,109

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating days

 

 

2,050

 

 

1,664

 

TCE rate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time charter equivalent rate

 

$

29,671

 

$

16,553

 

*  Adjusted for the effect of a reallocation of pool profits in accordance with the pool participation agreements due to adjustments related to speed and consumption performance of the vessels operating in the Helios Pool.

(8)

(8)

We determine operating days for each vessel based on the underlying vessel employment, including our vessels in the Helios Pool, or the Company Methodology. If we were to calculate operating days for each vessel within the Helios Pool as a variable rate time charter, or the Alternate Methodology, our operating days and fleet utilization would be increased with a corresponding reduction to our TCE rate. Operating data using both methodologies is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Three months ended 

 

 

Three months ended

Company Methodology:

 

June 30, 2019

 

 

June 30, 2018

 

 

June 30, 2020

June 30, 2019

Operating Days

 

 

2,050

 

 

 

1,664

 

 

1,754

2,050

Fleet Utilization

 

 

98.4

%

 

 

83.6

%

 

82.3

%

98.4

%

Time charter equivalent

 

$

29,671

 

 

$

16,553

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time charter equivalent rate

$

41,249

$

29,671

Alternate Methodology:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Days

 

 

2,083

 

 

 

1,990

 

 

2,132

2,083

Fleet Utilization

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

99.9

%

 

100.0

%

100.0

%

Time charter equivalent

 

$

29,201

 

 

$

13,841

 

 

Time charter equivalent rate

$

33,935

$

29,201

We believe that the Company Methodology using the underlying vessel employment provides more meaningful insight into market conditions and the performance of our vessels.

(9)

(9)

Daily vessel operating expenses are calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by calendar days for the relevant time period.

(10)

(10)

Long-term debt is net of deferred financing fees of $13.3$12.1 million and $14.0$11.2 million as of June 30, 20192020 and March 31, 2019,2020, respectively.

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Our Fleet

The following table sets forth certain information regarding our fleet as of August 1, 2019.July 31, 2020.

    

    

    

    

    

    

    

 

Capacity

ECO

Scrubber

Charter

 

(Cbm)

Shipyard

Year Built

Vessel(1)

Equipped

Employment

Expiration(2)

 

Dorian VLGCs

Captain Markos NL(3)

 

82,000

 

Hyundai

 

2006

 

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Captain John NP(3)

 

82,000

 

Hyundai

 

2007

 

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Captain Nicholas ML(3)

 

82,000

 

Hyundai

 

2008

 

 

 

Pool-TCO(5)

 

Q4 2020

Comet

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2014

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Corsair(3)

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2014

 

X

 

X

 

Time Charter(6)

 

Q4 2022

Corvette(3)

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Cougar

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Concorde(3)

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Time Charter(7)

 

Q1 2022

Cobra

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Continental(8)

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Constitution

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Commodore

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool-TCO(5)

 

Q4 2020

Cresques(3)

 

84,000

 

Daewoo

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Constellation

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Cheyenne

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Clermont

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Cratis

 

84,000

 

Daewoo

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Chaparral

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Copernicus

 

84,000

 

Daewoo

 

2015

 

X

 

X

 

Pool(4)

 

Commander

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Challenger

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

 

Pool-TCO(5)

 

Q4 2020

Caravelle

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2016

 

X

 

 

Pool(4)

 

Total

 

1,842,000

Time chartered-in VLGCs

Future Diamond(9)

80,876

Hyundai

2020

X

X

Pool(4)

 

Astomos Earth(10)

83,426

Mitsubishi

2012

Pool(4)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

    

 

 

 

 

Capacity

 

 

 

 

 

ECO

 

 

 

Charter

 

 

 

(Cbm)

 

Shipyard

 

Year Built

 

Vessel(1)

 

Employment

 

Expiration(2)

 

Dorian VLGCs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Captain Markos NL(3)

 

82,000

 

Hyundai

 

2006

 

 

Time Charter(5)

 

Q4 2019

 

Captain John NP(3)

 

82,000

 

Hyundai

 

2007

 

 

Pool-TCO(6)

 

Q1 2020

 

Captain Nicholas ML(3)

 

82,000

 

Hyundai

 

2008

 

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Comet

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2014

 

X

 

Time Charter(8)

 

Q3 2019

 

Corsair(3)

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2014

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Corvette(3)(4)

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Cougar

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Concorde(3)(4)

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Time Charter(9)

 

Q1 2022

 

Cobra

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Continental

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Constitution

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Commodore

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Cresques

 

84,000

 

Daewoo

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Constellation

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Cheyenne

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Clermont

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Cratis

 

84,000

 

Daewoo

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Chaparral

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool-TCO(6)

 

Q4 2019

 

Copernicus

 

84,000

 

Daewoo

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Commander

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Time Charter(10)

 

Q4 2020

 

Challenger

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2015

 

X

 

Pool-TCO(6)

 

Q4 2020

 

Caravelle

 

84,000

 

Hyundai

 

2016

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

Total

 

1,842,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Time chartered-in VLGC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Laurel Prime(11)

 

83,305

 

Mitsubishi

 

2018

 

X

 

Pool(7)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


(1)

(1)

Represents vessels with very low revolutions per minute, long-stroke, electronically controlled engines, larger propellers, advanced hull design, and low friction paint.

(2)

(2)

Represents calendar year quarters.

(3)

(3)

Operated pursuant to a bareboat chartering agreement. See Note 6 to our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein.

(4)

(4)

VLGC fitted with scrubber.

(5)

Currently“Pool” indicates that the vessel operates in the Helios Pool on timea voyage charter with an oil major that begana third party and we receive a portion of the pool profits calculated according to a formula based on the vessel’s pro rata performance in December 2014.

the pool.

(5)

(6)

“Pool-TCO” indicates that the vessel is operated in the Helios Pool on a time charter out to a third party and receives as charter hirewe receive a portion of the net revenues of the pool profits calculated according to a formula based on the vessel’s pro rata performance in the pool

pool.

(6)

(7)

“Pool” indicates that the vessel operates in the Helios PoolCurrently on a voyage charter with a third party and receives as charter hire a portion of the net revenues of the pool calculated according to a formula based on the vessel’s pro rata performance in the pool.

(8)

Currently on time charter with an oil major that began in July 2014.

November 2019.

(7)

(9)

Currently on time charter with a major oil company that began in March 2019.

(8)

(10)

Currently onoperating in the Helios Pool after being time-chartered back into our fleet from an existing time charter with a major oil company that began in November 2015.

company.

(9)

(11)

Currently time chartered-in to our fleet with an expiration during the first calendar quarter of 2020.

2023.

(10)Currently time chartered-in to our fleet with an expiration during the second calendar quarter of 2021.

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Results of Operations – For the three months ended June 30, 20192020 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018 2019

Revenues

Revenues

The following table compares our Revenues for the three months ended June 30:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase /

 

Percent

 

    

2019

    

2018

    

(Decrease)

    

Change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Increase /

Percent

    

2020

    

2019

    

(Decrease)

    

Change

Net pool revenues—related party

 

$

50,092,137

 

$

16,106,401

 

$

33,985,736

 

211.0

%

 

$

66,929,421

 

$

50,092,137

 

$

16,837,284

33.6

%

Time charter revenues

 

 

10,982,031

 

 

11,467,881

 

 

(485,850)

 

(4.2)

%

 

5,086,004

 

10,982,031

 

(5,896,027)

(53.7)

%

Other revenues, net

 

 

91,378

 

 

70,000

 

 

21,378

 

30.5

%

 

1,149,899

 

91,378

 

1,058,521

1,158.4

%

Total

 

$

61,165,546

 

$

27,644,282

 

$

33,521,264

 

121.3

%

 

$

73,165,324

 

$

61,165,546

 

$

11,999,778

19.6

%

Revenues, which represent net pool revenues—related party,, time charters, voyage charters and other revenues earned by our vessels, were $73.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, an increase of $12.0 million, or 19.6%, from $61.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, an increase of $33.6 million, or 121.3%, from $27.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018.2019. The increase is primarily attributable to an increase in average TCE rates, andpartially offset by decreased fleet utilization. Average TCE rates increased from $16,553 for the three months ended June 30, 2018 to $29,671 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 primarily asto $41,249 for the three months ended June 30, 2020. During the three months ended June 30, 2020, we recognized a resultreallocation of higher spot marketprior period pool profits based on a periodic review of actual vessel performance in accordance with the pool participation agreements. This reallocation resulted in a $916 decrease in our fleet’s overall TCE rates for the three months ended June 30, 2020 due to adjustments related to speed and consumption performance of the vessels operating in the Helios Pool. Excluding this reallocation, TCE rates increased by $12,494 when comparing the three months ended June 30, 2020 and 2019. The increase in TCE during the three months ended June 30, 20192020 as compared to the three months ended June 30, 2018 along with2019 was driven by a reductionmore favorable revenue mix due to a decrease in fixed rate time charters, lower fuel prices for our scrubber-equipped vessels, and a general decline in bunker prices. After new regulations for sulfur emissions went into effect on January 1, 2020, very low sulphur fuel oil (“VLSFO”) replaced heavy fuel oil as the standard fuel in publishing TCE rates by third parties. Despite the change to VLSFO, the average price of standard fuel decreased as heavy fuel oil (expressed as U.S. dollars per metric tonnes) from Singapore and Fujairah was $414 during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to $272 for VLSFO during the three months ended June 30, 2020. The Baltic Exchange Liquid Petroleum Gas Index, an index published daily by the Baltic Exchange for the spot market rate for the benchmark Ras Tanura-Chiba route (expressed as U.S. dollars per metric ton), averaged $62.337$41.484 during the three months ended June 30, 20192020 compared to an average of $26.390$62.337 for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The average price of heavy fuel oil (expressed as U.S. dollars per metric tonnes) from Singapore and Fujairah decreased from $433 during the three months ended June 30, 2018 to $414 during the three months ended June 30, 2019. Our fleet utilization increaseddecreased from 83.6% during the three months ended June 30, 2018 to 98.4% during the three months ended June 30, 2019.2019 to 82.3% during the three months ended June 30, 2020.

Charter Hire Expenses

Charter hire expenses for the vessel that we chartervessels chartered in from a third partyparties were $4.7 million and $2.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. No such costs were incurred during2020 and 2019, respectively. The increase of $2.6 million, or 129.5%, was caused by increases in the number of vessels time chartered-in and their respective time chartered-in days. We had 192 time chartered-in days for the three months ended June 30, 2018.2020 compared to 91 for the three months ended June 30, 2019.

Vessel Operating Expenses

Vessel operating expenses were $16.1$17.4 million during the three months ended June 30, 2019,2020, or $8,052$8,686 per vessel per calendar day, which is calculated by dividing vessel operating expenses by calendar days for the relevant time-period for the technically-managed vessels that were in our fleet. ThisVessel operating expenses per vessel per calendar day increased by $634 from $8,052 for the three months ended June 30, 2019 to $8,686 for the three months ended June 30, 2020. The increase in vessel operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2020, when compared with the three months ended June 30, 2019, was primarily the result of a decrease of $0.6$0.8 million, or 3.4%, from $16.7$392 per vessel per calendar day, increase in operating expenses related to the drydocking of vessels including repairs and maintenance, spares and stores, coolant costs, and other drydocking related operating expenses.

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General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $11.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. Vessel operating expenses per vessel per calendar day decreased by $2822020, an increase of $4.6 million, or 67.8%, from $8,334$6.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 20182019. This was driven by increases of $3.0 million in annual cash bonuses to $8,052certain employees, $0.6 million in stock-based compensation, $0.5 million in salaries, wages and benefits, and $0.4 million in legal and professional fees, which is largely a result of costs incurred in our transition from being an emerging growth company under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act.

Interest and Finance Costs

Interest and finance costs amounted to $9.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, a decrease of $0.6 million, or 6.3%, from $9.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019. The decrease in vessel operating expenses for the three months ended June 30, 2019, when compared with the three months ended June 30, 2018, was primarily the result of a $0.5 million, or $255 per vessel per calendar day, decrease in repairs and maintenance costs.

General and Administrative Expenses

General and administrative expenses were $6.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, a decrease of $1.2 million, or 15.0%, from $7.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018.  The decrease was due to reductions of $0.8 million in cash bonuses to certain employees, $0.3 million in stock-based compensation, and $0.1 million in other general and administrative expenses. The reduction in cash bonuses to certain employees was due to a shift in the timing of approvals during the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared to the prior year period.

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Professional and Legal Fees Related to the BW Proposal

In 2018, BW made an unsolicited proposal to acquire all of our outstanding common stock and, along with its affiliates, commenced a proxy contest to replace three members of our board of directors with nominees proposed by BW. BW’s unsolicited proposal and proxy contest were subsequently withdrawn on October 8, 2018. Professional (including investment banking fees) and legal fees related to the BW Proposal were $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. No such costs were incurred during the three months ended June 30, 2019.

Interest and Finance Costs

Interest and finance costs amounted to $9.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019,  a decrease of $0.7 million, or 6.5%, from $10.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The decrease of $0.7$0.6 million during this period was due to a decrease of $0.6$2.3 million in interest incurred on our long-term debt, primarily resulting from a decrease in average indebtedness,LIBOR rates and a reduction of $0.1average indebtedness, partially offset by an increase of $1.7 million in amortization of deferred financing fees.fees, mainly due to accelerated amortization of $2.1 million related to the refinancing of the Cresques and the refinancing of the Original Commercial Tranche during the three months ended June 30, 2020. Average indebtedness, excluding deferred financing fees, decreased from $768.8$707.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 20182019 to $707.9$676.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019.2020. As of June 30, 2019,2020, the outstanding balance of our long-term debt, net of deferred financing fees of $13.3$12.1 million, was $680.8$647.5 million.

Unrealized Gain/(Loss)Loss on Derivatives

Unrealized loss on derivatives was approximately $0.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to $6.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to an unrealized gain of $1.72019. The $5.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018. The unfavorable $7.8 million changedifference is primarily attributable to changesa reduction of $5.7 million in theunfavorable fair value ofchanges to our interest rate swaps caused byswaps. This reduction resulted from changes in forward LIBOR yield curves and reductions in notional amounts.

Realized Gain on Derivatives

Realized gain Partially offsetting the reduction in unrealized loss on derivatives was an unfavorable change of $0.1 million on our FFA positions.

Realized Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives

Realized loss on derivatives was approximately $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020, compared to a realized gain of $1.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019, compared to $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018.2019. The favorable $0.2unfavorable $1.8 million change is primarily attributable to increases(1) decreases in floating LIBOR resulting in a $1.5 million unfavorable variance on realized gainslosses in the current period on our interest rate swaps related to the 2015 Debt Facility. and (2) unfavorable settlements of $0.3 million on our FFA positions.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our business is capital intensive, and our future success depends on our ability to maintain a high-quality fleet. As of June 30, 2019,2020, we had cash and cash equivalents of $21.7$142.9 million, current restricted cash of $3.1 million and non-current restricted cash—non-currentcash of $35.6$0.1 million.

Our primary sources of capital during the three months ended June 30, 2019  was $8.72020 were $53.0 million in cash generated from operations.operations, $24.0 million in net proceeds from the refinancing of the Cresques, and $2.8 million in net proceeds from the refinancing of the 2015 Facility. As of June 30, 2019,2020, the outstanding balance of our long-term debt, net of deferred financing fees of $13.3$12.1 million, was $680.8$647.5 million including $64.0$53.3 million of principal on our long-term debt scheduled to be repaid within the next twelve months.

On August 5, 2019, our Board of Directors authorized the Common Share Repurchase Program to repurchase up to $50 million of our common shares through the period ended December 31, 2020. On February 3, 2020, our Board of Directors authorized an increase to our Common Share Repurchase Program to repurchase up to an additional $50 million of shares of our common stock. As of July 31, 2020, we repurchased a total of 4.4 million of our common shares for approximately $49.3 million and have available $50.7 million to repurchase additional common shares under the Common Share Repurchase Program. Purchases may be made at our discretion in the form of open market repurchase programs, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated share repurchase programs or a combination of these methods. The actual

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timing and amount of our repurchases will depend on Company and market conditions. We are not obligated to make any common share repurchases under the Common Share Repurchase Program.

On April 21, 2020, we prepaid $28.5 million, which represented the portion of the then outstanding principal of the 2015 Facility related to the 2015-built VLGC Cresques, using cash on hand prior to the closing of the Cresques Japanese Financing. Refer to Note 23 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020 for further details on the prepayment of the 2015 Facility.

 

On JulyApril 23, 2019,2020, we entered into an agreementrefinanced a 2015-built VLGC, the Cresques, pursuant to amendthe Cresques Japanese Financing. The refinancing proceeds of $52.5 million increased our unrestricted cash by approximately $24.0 million after we prepaid $28.5 million of the 2015 Debt Facility as further described inon April 21, 2020 using cash on hand prior to the closing of the Cresques Japanese Financing. Refer to Note 1323 to our unaudited interim condensedthe consolidated financial statements.statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020 for further details on the refinancing of the Cresques.

 

On April 29, 2020, we amended and restated the 2015 Facility, to among other things, refinance the Original Commercial Tranche through the entry into certain new facilities (the “New Facilities”), including (i) a new senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of approximately to $155.8 million, which was used to prepay in full the outstanding principal amount under the Original Commercial Tranche and for general corporate purposes and (ii) a new senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $25.0 million, which we intend to use for general corporate purposes. Refer to Note 23 to the consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2020 for further details on the refinancing of the Original Commercial Tranche of the 2015 Facility.

Operating expenses, including expenses to maintain the quality of our vessels in order to comply with international shipping standards and environmental laws and regulations, the funding of working capital requirements, long-term debt repayments, financing costs, and contractual commitments to purchase scrubbers on tencertain of our VLGCs, and drydocking and scrubber installations on certain of our VLGCs represent our short‑term, medium‑termshort-term, medium-term and long‑termlong-term liquidity needs as of June 30, 2019.2020. We anticipate satisfying our liquidity needs for at least the next twelve months with cash on hand and cash from operations. We may also seek additional liquidity through alternative sources of debt financings and/or through equity financings by way of private or public offerings. However, if these sources are insufficient to satisfy our short-term liquidity needs, or to satisfy our future medium-term or long-term liquidity needs, we may need to seek alternative sources of financing and/or modifications of our existing credit facility and financing arrangements. There is no assurance that we will be able to obtain any such financing or modifications to our existing credit facility and financing arrangements on terms acceptable to us, or at all.

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Our dividend policy will also impact our future liquidity position. Marshall Islands law generally prohibits the payment of dividends other than from surplus or while a company is insolvent or would be rendered insolvent by the payment of such a dividend.

As part of our growth strategy, we will continue to consider strategic opportunities, including the acquisition of additional vessels. We may choose to pursue such opportunities through internal growth or joint ventures or business acquisitions. We expect to finance the purchase price of any future acquisitions either through internally generated funds, public or private debt financings, public or private issuances of additional equity securities or a combination of these forms of financing.

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Cash Flows

The following table summarizes our cash and cash equivalents provided by/(used in) operating, financing and investing activities for the three months ended June 30:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2019

 

2018

 

Net cash provided by/(used in) operating activities

$

8,693,979

 

$

(10,559,285)

 

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(1,547,034)

 

 

(60,320)

 

Net cash used in financing activities

 

(16,261,490)

 

 

(17,713,359)

 

Net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

$

(9,121,638)

 

$

(28,440,096)

 

2020

2019

Net cash provided by operating activities

$

52,966,350

$

8,693,979

Net cash used in investing activities

 

(3,657,669)

 

(1,547,034)

Net cash provided by/(used in) financing activities

 

9,271,131

 

(16,261,490)

Net increase/(decrease) in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

$

58,680,450

$

(9,121,638)

Operating Cash Flows.  Net cash provided by operating activities for the three months ended June 30, 20192020 was $8.7$53.0 million, compared with net cash used inprovided by operating activities of $10.6$8.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018.2019. The favorable changeincrease in cash generated from operations of $19.3$44.3 million is primarily related to an increase in operating income, partially offset by(1) changes in working capital, mainly from amounts due from the Helios Pool as distributions from the Helios Pool are impacted by the timing of the completion of voyages, and spot market rates.rates and bunker prices and (2) an increase in operating income.

Net cash flow from operating activities depends upon our overall profitability, market rates for vessels employed on voyage charters, charter rates agreed to for time charters, the timing and amount of payments for drydocking expenditures and unscheduled repairs and maintenance, fluctuations in working capital balances and bunker costs.

Investing Cash Flows.  Net cash used in investing activities was $3.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2020 compared with net cash used in investing activities of $1.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019 compared with net cash used in investing activities of $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2018.2019. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, net cash used in investing activities was comprised of our vessel-related capital expenditures of $3.7 million. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, and 2018, net cash used in investing activities was primarily comprised of our capital expenditures of $1.5 million and $0.1 million, respectively.million.

Financing Cash Flows.  Net cash used inprovided by financing activities was $16.3$9.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2019,2020, compared with $17.7$16.3 million of cash used in financing activities for the three months ended June 30, 2018.2019. For the three months ended June 30, 2020, net cash provided by financing activities consisted of $55.4 million in proceeds from long-term debt borrowings related to the Cresques Japanese Financing and the 2015 AR Facility, partially offset by repayments of long-term debt of $41.9 million, payments of financing costs related to the Cresques Japanese Financing and the 2015 AR Facility of $3.2 million, and payments for treasury stock repurchases of $1.0 million. For the three months ended June 30, 2019, net cash used in financing activities consisted of repayments of long-term debt of $16.0 million and payments for treasury stock repurchases of $0.3 million. Net cash used in financing activities for the three months ended June 30, 2018 consisted of repayments of long-term debt of $82.2 million, payments for treasury stock repurchases of $0.5 million, and payment of debt financing costs of $0.2 million, partially offset by long-term debt borrowings of $65.1 million related to the CJNP Japanese Financing, CMNL Japanese Financing, and CNML Japanese Financing.

Capital Expenditures.  LPG transportation is a capitalintensive business, requiring significant investment to maintain an efficient fleet and to stay in regulatory compliance.

We are generally required to complete a special survey for a vessel once every five years unless an extension of the drydocking to seven and one-half years is granted by the classification society and the vessel is not older than 20 years of age. Intermediate surveys are performed every two and one-half years after the first special survey. Drydocking each vessel takes approximately 10 to 20 days, excluding any additional time for capital improvements.days. We spend significant amounts for scheduled drydocking (including the cost of classification society surveys) for each of our vessels.

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As our vessels age and our fleet expands, our drydocking expenses will increase. We estimate the current cash outlay for a VLGC special survey to be approximately $1.0 million per vessel (excluding any capital improvements, such as scrubbers and ballast water management systems, to the vessel that may be made during such drydockings) and the cost of an intermediate survey to be between $100,000 and $200,000 per vessel. Ongoing costs for compliance with environmental regulations are primarily included as part of our drydocking and classification society survey costs. Additionally, ballast water management systems are expected to be installed on sixfour of our VLGCs during their next drydockings between July 2019November 2021 and July 20232024 for approximately $0.8 million per vessel. We have entered into contracts to purchase ballast water management systems on two of our VLGCs. Further, in October 2016, the International Maritime Organization (the “IMO”) set January 1, 2020 as the implementation date for vessels to comply with its low sulfur fuel oil requirement, which cuts sulfur levels from 3.5% to 0.5%. We may comply with this regulation by (i) consuming compliant fuels on board (0.5% sulfur), which is likely to be moreare readily available globally by 2020,since our last quarterly

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filing, but likely at a significantly higher cost; (ii) continuing to consume high-sulfur fuel oil by installing scrubbers for cleaning of the exhaust gases to levels at or below compliance with regulations (0.5% sulfur); or (iii) by retrofitting vessels to be powered by liquefied natural gas or LPG, which may be a viable option subject to the relative pricing of compliant low-sulfur fuel (0.5% sulfur) and LPG. Such costs of compliance with the IMO’s low sulfur fuel oil requirement may be significant.are significant and could have an adverse effect on our operations and financial results. Currently, twoten of our technically-managed VLGCs are equipped with scrubbers and we have entered into contractscommitments related to purchase scrubbers on tenan additional two of our VLGCs, in which we have $10.0 million in remainingVLGCs. We had contractual commitments for scrubber purchases of $3.6 million as of June 30, 2019.2020. These amounts only reflect firm commitments for the purchase of scrubber parts and materials as of June 30, 2020. We are not aware of any other futureproposed regulatory changes or environmental laws that we expect to have a material impact on our current or future results of operations that we have not already considered. Please see “Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Company—We are subject to regulation and liability, including environmental laws, which could require significant expenditures and adversely affect our financial conditions and results of operations” and “Item"Item 1A. Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Our Company—We may incur increasing costs for the drydocking, maintenance or replacement of our vessels as they age, and, as our vessels age, the risks associated with older vessels could adversely affect our ability to obtain profitable charters” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019.2020.

Debt Agreements

For information relating to our secured term loan facilities, refer to Notes 9 and 23 to our consolidated financial statements included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019 2020 and NoteNotes 6 and 14 to our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the three months ended June 30, 2019 included herein.  herein.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We currently do not have any offbalance sheet arrangements.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The following is an update to the Critical Accounting Estimates set forth in “Item 7. Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019.2020.

Impairment of long-lived assets. We review our vessels and other fixed assets for impairment when events or circumstances indicate the carrying amount of the asset may not be recoverable. In addition, we compare independent appraisals to our carrying value for indicators of impairment to our vessels. When such indicators are present, an asset is tested for recoverability by comparing the estimate of future undiscounted net operating cash flows expected to be generated by the use of the asset over its remaining useful life and its eventual disposition to its carrying amount. An impairment charge is recognized if the carrying value is in excess of the estimated future undiscounted net operating cash flows. The impairment loss is measured based on the excess of the carrying amount over the fair market value of the asset. The new lower cost basis would result in a lower annual depreciation than before the impairment.

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Our estimates of fair market value assume that our vessels are all in good and seaworthy condition without need for repair and if inspected would be certified in class without notations of any kind. Our estimates are based on information available from various industry sources, including:

·

reports by industry analysts and data providers that focus on our industry and related dynamics affecting vessel values;

·

news and industry reports of similar vessel sales;

·

approximate market values for our vessels or similar vessels that we have received from shipbrokers, whether solicited or unsolicited, or that shipbrokers have generally disseminated;

·

offers that we may have received from potential purchasers of our vessels; and

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·

vessel sale prices and values of which we are aware through both formal and informal communications with shipowners, shipbrokers, industry analysts and various other shipping industry participants and observers.

As we obtain information from various industry and other sources, our estimates of fair market value are inherently uncertain. In addition, vessel values are highly volatile; as such, our estimates may not be indicative of the current or future fair market value of our vessels or prices that we could achieve if we were to sell them.

As of June 30, 2019,2020, independent appraisals of our VLGC fleet had indicators of impairment on eighteenthirteen of our VLGCs in accordance with ASC 360 Property, Plant, and Equipment. We determined estimated net operating cash flows for our VLGCs by applying various assumptions regarding future time charter equivalent revenues net of commissions, operating expenses, scheduled drydockings, expected offhire and scrap values. These assumptions were based on historical data as well as future expectations. We estimated spot market rates by obtaining the trailing 10-year historical average spot market rates, as published by maritime industry researchers. Estimated outflows for operating expenses and drydocking expenses were based on historical and budgeted costs and were adjusted for assumed inflation. Utilization was based on our historical levels achieved in the spot market and estimates of a residual value consistent with scrap rates used in management's evaluation of scrap value. Such estimates and assumptions regarding expected net operating cash flows require considerable judgment and were based upon historical experience, financial forecasts and industry trends and conditions. Therefore, based on this analysis, we concluded that no impairment charge was necessary because we believe the vessel carrying values are recoverable. No impairment charges were recognized for the three months ended June 30, 2019.2020.

In addition, we performed a sensitivity analysis as of June 30, 20192020 to determine the effect on recoverability of changes in TCE rates. The sensitivity analysis suggests that we would not incur an impairment charge on any of our VLGCs if daily TCE rates based on the 10-year historical average spot market rates were reduced by 30%. An impairment charge of approximately $31.9$1.5 million on eighteentwo of our VLGCs would be triggered by a reduction of 40% in the 10-year historical average spot market rates. The amount, if any, and timing of any impairment charges we may recognize in the future will depend upon the then current and expected future charter rates and vessel values, which may differ materially from those used in our estimates as of June 30, 2019.2020.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2 to our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements included herein for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

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ITEM 3.QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURESDISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

For additional discussion of our exposure to market risk, refer to “Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019.2020.

Interest Rate Risk

The LPG shipping industry is capital intensive, requiring significant amounts of investment. Much of this investment is provided in the form of long-term debt. Our 2015 Debt Facility agreement contains interest rates that fluctuate with LIBOR. We have entered into interest rate swap agreements to hedge a majority of our exposure to fluctuations of interest rate risk associated with our 2015 Debt Facility. We have hedged $250 million of non-amortizing principal and $184.8$145.6 million of amortizing principal of the 2015 Debt Facility as of June 30, 20192020 and thus increasing interest rates could adversely impact our future earnings due to additional interest expense on our unhedged debt. For the 12 months following June 30, 2019,2020, a hypothetical increase or decrease of 20 basis points in the underlying LIBOR rates would result in an increase or decrease of our interest expense on all of our non-hedged interest-bearing debt by approximately $0.1 million assuming all other variables are held constant.

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ITEM 4.CONTROLS AND PROCEDURESPROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

An evaluation was performed under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer, or CEO, and Chief Financial Officer, or CFO, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or the Exchange Act) as of June 30, 2019.2020. Based on that evaluation, our CEO and CFO concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures are effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our CEO and CFO, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those internal control systems determined to be effective can provide only a level of reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the three months ended June 30, 20192020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

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PART II — OTHER INFORMATIONINFORMATION

ITEM 1.LEGAL PROCEEDINGSPROCEEDINGS

From time to time, we expect to be subject to legal proceedings and claims in the ordinary course of business, principally personal injury and property casualty claims. Such claims, even if lacking in merit, could result in the expenditure of significant financial and managerial resources. We are not aware of any claim that is reasonably possible and should be disclosed or probable and for which a provision should be established in the accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements.

ITEM 1A.RISK FACTORSFACTORS

Our operations and financial results are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, cash flows, and the trading price of our common stock.shares. For risk factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated, please refer to “Item 1A. Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended March 31, 2019 and the following update thereto.2020.

Our operations outside the United States expose us to global risks, such as political conflict and terrorism, which may interfere with the operation of our vessels and could have a material adverse impact on our operating results, revenues and costs.

We are an international company and primarily conduct our operations outside the United States. Changing economic, political and governmental conditions in the countries where we are engaged in business or where our vessels are registered affect us. In the past, political conflicts have resulted in attacks on vessels, mining of waterways and other efforts to disrupt shipping. Continuing conflicts, instability and other recent developments in the Middle East and elsewhere, including recent attacks involving vessels and vessel seizures in the Strait of Hormuz and off the coast of Gibraltar, and the presence of U.S. or other armed forces in Afghanistan and Syria, may lead to additional acts of terrorism or armed conflict around the world, and our vessels may face higher risks of being attacked or detained, or shipping routes transited by our vessels, such as the Strait of Hormuz, may be otherwise disrupted. In addition, future hostilities or other political instability in regions where our vessels trade could affect our trade patterns and adversely affect our operations and performance. Further hostilities in or closure of major waterways in the Middle East or Black Sea region could adversely affect the availability of and demand for crude oil and petroleum products, as well as LPG, and negatively affect our investment and our customers' investment decisions over an extended period of time. In addition, sanctions against oil exporting countries such as Iran, Russia, Sudan and Syria may also impact the availability of crude oil, petroleum products and LPG and which would increase the availability of applicable vessels thereby impacting negatively charter rates.

Terrorist attacks, or the perception that LPG or natural gas facilities or oil refineries and LPG carriers are potential terrorist targets, could materially and adversely affect the continued supply of LPG. Concern that LPG and natural gas facilities may be targeted for attack by terrorists has contributed to a significant community and environmental resistance to the construction of a number of natural gas facilities, primarily in North America. If a terrorist incident involving a gas facility or gas carrier did occur, the incident may adversely affect necessary LPG facilities or natural gas facilities currently in operation. Furthermore, future terrorist attacks could result in increased volatility of the financial markets in the United States and globally and could result in an economic recession in the United States or the world. Any of these occurrences could have a material adverse impact on our operating results, revenues and costs.

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ITEM 2. UNREGISTERED SALES OF EQUITY SECURITIES AND USE OF PROCEEDS

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The table below sets forth information regarding our purchases of our common stock during the quarterly period ended June 30, 2019:2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchased as

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Part of

 

Maximum Dollar

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Publicly

 

Value of Shares

 

 

Number

 

Average

 

Announced

 

that May Yet Be

 

 

of Shares

 

Price Paid

 

Plans or

 

Purchased Under the

Period

 

Purchased

 

Per Share

 

Programs

 

Plan or Programs

April 1 to 30, 2019

 

 —

 

$

 —

 

 —

 

$

 —

May 1 to 31, 2019

 

 —

 

 

 —

 

 —

 

 

 —

June 1 to 30, 2019

 

111,856

 

 

8.79

 

 —

 

 

 —

Total

 

111,856

 

$

8.79

 

 —

 

$

 —

Total

Number of

Shares

Purchased as

Part of

Maximum Dollar

Total

Publicly

Value of Shares

Number

Average

Announced

that May Yet Be

of Shares

Price Paid

Plans or

Purchased Under the

Period

Purchased

Per Share

Programs

Plan or Programs

April 1 to 30, 2020

$

$

50,652,742

May 1 to 31, 2020

50,652,742

June 1 to 30, 2020

148,944

8.04

50,652,742

Total

148,944

$

8.04

$

50,652,742

Purchases of our common stockshares during the quarterly period ended June 30, 20192020 represent ourcommon shares of common stock reacquired in satisfaction of tax withholding obligations upon vesting of employee restricted equity awards.awards and common shares reacquired from DHSA by means of a privately negotiated repurchase of common shares.

ITEM 6.EXHIBITSEXHIBITS

See accompanying Exhibit Index for a list of exhibits filed or furnished with this report.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number

Description

10.1

Amendment No. 3Letter Agreement dated July 23, 2019 to the facility agreement originally dated March 23, 2015, as amended, by and14, 2020 among Dorian LPG Finance LLC, as borrower, the Company, as facility guarantor, certain wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company as upstream guarantors, ABN AmroAMRO Capital USA LLC, as administrative agent, security agent and lender, and Citibank N.A., London Branch, The Export-Import Bank of Korea, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (PUBL), as lenders

10.2

Consent to Effectiveness of New Financial Covenants Effective Date dated July 14, 2020 by ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, Citibank N.A., London Branch, The Export-Import Bank of Korea, ING Bank N.V., London Branch, Crédit Agricole Corporate and DVBInvestment Bank SE,and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (PUBL), as bookrunners,lenders, addressed to Citibank N.A., London Branch, as ECA Agent, and the lenders party to the agreement.ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC, as administrative agent

31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1†

Certifications of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 

32.2†

Certifications of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 

101.INS

Inline XBRL Document 

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Calculation Linkbase

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Definition Linkbase

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Label Linkbase

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Presentation Linkbase

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in exhibit 101)


This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

†This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

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SIGNATURES

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dorian LPG Ltd.

(Registrant)

Date: August 6, 20193, 2020

/s/ John C. Hadjipateras

John C. Hadjipateras

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: August 6, 20193, 2020

/s/ Theodore B. Young

Theodore B. Young

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)

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