| Debt | Note 9 — Debt:
Debt consists of the following:
June 30,
December 31,
2018
2017
2017 Term Loan, due 2022, net of unamortized discount
and deferred costs of $22,795 and $23,074
$ 456,893
$ 523,489
2017 Revolver Facility, net of unamortized deferred finance costs of $552
-
29,448
ABN Term Loan, due 2023, net of unamortized deferred
finance costs of $954
27,509
-
Sinosure Credit Facility, due 2027 - 2028, net of unamortized deferred
finance costs of $2,861
302,212
-
8.5% Senior Notes, due 2023, net of unamortized
deferred finance costs of $1,616
23,384
-
10.75% Subordinated Notes, due 2023, net of
unamortized deferred finance costs of $1,969
28,031
-
838,029
552,937
Less current portion
(48,492)
(24,063)
Long-term portion
$ 789,537
$ 528,874
Capitalized terms used hereafter have the meaning given in these condensed consolidated financial statements or in the respective transaction documents referred to below, including subsequent amendments thereto.
2017 Debt Facilities
The 2017 Debt Facilities include a revolving credit facility of $50,000 (the “2017 Revolver Facility”) and (ii) a term loan of $550,000 (the “2017 Term Loan Facility” and together with the 2017 Revolver Facility, the “2017 Debt Facilities”). The 2017 Debt Facilities are secured by a first lien on substantially all of the assets of the Administrative Borrower and certain of its subsidiaries.
The 2017 Term Loan Facility matures on June 22, 2022 , and the 2017 Revolver Facility matures on December 22, 2021 . The maturity dates for the 2017 Debt Facilities are subject to acceleration upon the occurrence of certain events (as described in the credit agreement).
On March 21, 2018, the $30,000 outstanding balance under the 2017 Revolver Facility was repaid in full using proceeds from the sale of vessels sold during December 2017 and the first quarter of 2018.
On June 14, 2018, the Company entered into an amendment of the 2017 Debt Facilities (the “2017 Debt Facilities Second Amendment”). The amendment (i) increased the interest rate margin from 4.50% per annum to 5.00% per annum for loans determined by the Alternate Base Rate (as defined in the 2017 Debt Facilities) and from 5.50% per annum to 6.00% per annum for any loan determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBOR Rate (as defined in the 2017 Debt Facilities) and (ii) allowed a dividend of $110,000 to be made from the Company's FSO Joint Venture to the Company without incorporating such funds into the cash sweep provisions of the 2017 Debt Facilities, (iii) permitted the acquisition of Gener8 Maritime Subsidiary VII, Inc. and its subsidiaries as Unrestricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the 2017 Debt Facilities) and permitted those entities and their assets to be subject to the Sinosure Credit Facility (as defined below) and be subject to its liens and permitted the funding of the certain liquidity and other accounts in connection with that acquisition and (iv) made certain other amendments to covenants under the 2017 Debt Facilities. As a condition to the effectiveness of the 2017 Debt Facilities, the Company prepaid $60,000 of the amount outstanding under the 2017 Term Loan Facility together with a premium equal to 1% of the $60,000 prepayment and paid a fee to the lenders of 1% of the 2017 Debt Facilities outstanding after that repayment.
The 2017 Term Loan Facility amortizes in quarterly installments equal to 0.625% of the original principal amount of the loan for the quarterly installment due June 30, 2018 (paid July 2, 2018) and equal to 1.25% of the original principal amount of the loan reduced by the $60,000 prepayment described above for all quarterly installments thereafter. The 2017 Term Loan Facility is subject to additional mandatory annual prepayments in an aggregate principal amount of 75% of Excess Cash Flow, as defined in the credit agreement.
Management estimated that it will have no Excess Cash Flow under the 2017 Term Loan Facility for the year ended December 31, 2018 based on the actual results of the six months ended June 30, 2018 and the projection for the remainder of 2018. Accordingly, there is currently no mandatory prepayment expected during the first quarter of 2019.
As set forth in the 2017 Debt Facilities credit agreement, the 2017 Debt Facilities contain certain restrictions relating to new borrowings and INSW’s ability to receive cash dividends, loans or advances from ISOC and its subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2018, permitted cash dividends that can be distributed to INSW by ISOC under the 2017 Term Loan Facility was $12,500 .
The 2017 Debt Facilities have covenants to maintain the aggregate Fair Market Value (as defined in the credit agreement) of the Collateral Vessels at greater than or equal to $300,000 at the end of each fiscal quarter and to ensure that at any time, the outstanding principal amounts of the 2017 Debt Facilities and certain other secured indebtedness permitted under credit agreement minus the amount of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents does not exceed 65% of the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Collateral Vessels (as defined in the 2017 Debt Facilities) plus the aggregate Fair Market Value of certain joint venture equity interests and Gener8 Maritime Subsidiary VII, Inc. The Company had substantial headroom under this covenant as of June 30, 2018, with an estimated ratio of 42% .
Sinosure Credit Facility
As part of the Transaction, the Company financed the acquisition price of $434,000 with the assumption of debt secured by the six vessels under a China Export & Credit Insurance Corporation ("Sinosure") credit facility funded by The Export-Import Bank of China, Bank of China (New York Branch) and Citibank, N.A. The Company acceded as a guarantor to the Sinosure Credit Facility agreement originally dated November 30, 2015, as supplemented by a supplemental agreement dated December 28, 2015, as amended and restated by an amending and restating deed dated June 29, 2016, as supplemented by a supplemental agreement dated November 8, 2017, as supplemented by a consent, supplemental and amendment letter, dated April 2, 2018 (the facility agreement as of such date, the "Original Sinosure Facility") and as amended and restated by an amending and restating agreement dated June 13, 2018 (the "2018 Amending and Restating Agreement"), by and among Gener8 Maritime Subsidiary VII, Inc., Seaways Holding Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, the Company, Citibank, N.A. (London Branch), the Export-Import Bank of China and Bank of China (New York Branch) (and its successors and assigns) and certain other parties thereto (the "Sinosure Credit Facility"). The Sinosure Credit Facility is a term loan facility comprised of six loans, each secured by one of the six VLCCs. As of the Closing Date, it had a principal amount outstanding of $310,968 and bears interest at a rate of 3-month LIBOR plus a margin of 2% . Each loan under the Sinosure Facility requires quarterly amortization payments of 1 2 / 3 % (based on the original outstanding amount of each Vessel loan) together with a balloon repayment payable on the termination date of each loan. Each of the loans under the Sinosure Credit Facility will mature 144 months after its initial utilization date. The 2018 Amending and Restating Agreement effects certain amendments to the Original Sinosure Facility as agreed between the parties thereto and necessitated by the Transaction. The Sinosure Credit Facility is guaranteed by the Company and Seaways Holding Corporation.
On the Closing Date, the Company paid to Euronav cash consideration of approximately $120,025 , with the difference reflecting assumed debt and accrued interest thereon through the Closing Date. Supplemental cash flow information for the six months ended June 30, 2018 associated with the aforementioned non-cash assumption of debt in relation to the acquisition of six VLCCs aggregating $310,968 were non-cash investing activities and financing activities.
Under the Sinosure Credit Facility, the Obligors (as defined in the Sinosure Credit Facility) are required to comply with various collateral maintenance and financial covenants, including with respect to:
(i)
minimum security coverage, which shall not be less than 135% of the aggregate loan principal outstanding under the Sinosure Credit Facility. Any non-compliance with the minimum security coverage shall not constitute an event of default so long as within thirty days of such non-compliance, Gener8 Maritime Subsidiary VII, Inc. has either provided additional collateral or prepaid a portion of the outstanding loan balance to cure such non-compliance;
(ii)
maximum consolidated leverage ratio, which shall not be greater than 0.60 to 1.00 on any testing date occurring on or after June 30, 2018;
(iii)
minimum consolidated liquidity, under which unrestricted consolidated cash and cash equivalents shall be no less than $25,000 at any time and total consolidated cash and cash equivalents (including cash restricted under the Sinosure Credit Facility) shall not be less than the greater of $50,000 or 5.0% of Total Indebtedness (as defined in the Sinosure Credit Facility) or $9,000 (i.e., $1,500 per each VLCC securing the Sinosure Credit Facility); and
(iv)
interest expense coverage ratio, which for Seaways Holding Corporation, shall not be less than 2.00 to 1.00 during the period commencing on July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019 and will be calculated on a trailing six, nine and twelve-month basis from December 31, 2018, March 31, 2019 and June 30, 2019, respectively. For the Company, the interest expense coverage ratio shall not be less than 2.25 to 1:00 for the period commencing on July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020 and no less than 2.50 to 1:00 for the period commencing on July 1, 2020 and thereafter and shall be calculated on a trailing twelve-month basis. No event of default under this covenant will occur if the failure to comply is capable of remedy and is remedied within thirty days of the Facility Agent giving notice to the Company or (if earlier) any Obligor becoming aware of the failure to comply, and (i) if such action is being taken with respect to a Test Date falling on or prior to December 31, 2019, then such remedy shall be in the form of cash and cash equivalents being (or having been) deposited by Seaways Holding Corporation to the Minimum Liquidity Account within the thirty day period mentioned above in the manner and in the amounts required to remedy such breach as tested at the Seaways Holding Corporation level and (ii) if such action is being taken with respect to a Test Date falling on or after January 1, 2020, then any such remedy and the form of the same shall be considered and determined by the Lenders in their absolute discretion.
The Sinosure Credit Facility also requires the Company to comply with a number of covenants, including the delivery of quarterly and annual financial statements, budgets and annual projections; maintaining required insurances; compliance with laws (including environmental); compliance with ERISA: maintenance of flag and class of the collateral vessels; restrictions on consolidations, mergers or sales of assets; limitations on liens; limitations on issuance of certain equity interests; limitations on transactions with affiliates; and other customary covenants and related provisions.
As of June 30, 2018, the Company was in compliance with all such covenants that were in effect on such date.
ABN Term Loan Facility
On June 7, 2018, the Company entered into a credit agreement, secured by the Seaways Raffles, a VLCC tanker, by and among, inter alia, Seaways Shipping Corporation, a Marshall Islands corporation and wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of the Company, the Company (as a guarantor), another guarantor which is an indirect subsidiary of the Company, the lenders named therein and ABN AMRO Capital USA LLC as mandated lead arranger and facility agent (the "ABN Term Loan Facility"), for an aggregate principal amount of up to the lesser of (i) $29,150 , and (ii) 55% of the fair market value of the Seaways Raffles. On June 12, 2018, the Company drew down approximately $28,463 . The ABN Term Loan Facility bears interest at a rate of 3-month LIBOR plus a margin of 3.25% and is repayable in 19 quarterly installments of approximately $869 with a final balloon payment due on the maturity date in the second quarter of 2023. Additionally, the ABN Term Loan Facility includes certain financial covenants and is guaranteed by the Company. The Company's guarantee is unsecured. The Company used the proceeds from the ABN Term Loan Facility to fund a portion of the Transaction.
The ABN Term Loan Facility requires Seaways Shipping Corporation to maintain a minimum unrestricted cash balance of $825 per vessel and a balance of $2,500 and up to $2,100 in a debt service reserve accounts and a dry dock reserve account, respectively, and provides for a restriction on dividends unless minimum unrestricted cash levels are maintained and Seaways Shipping Corporation is in compliance with its covenants. The ABN Term Loan Facility also has a vessel value maintenance clause that requires the Company to ensure that the fair market value of the Seaways Raffles is at all times not less than 150% of the outstanding principal amount of the loan. The Company was in compliance with these covenants as of June 30, 2018.
The ABN Term Loan Facility also requires that the loan agreement be amended as soon as reasonably practical following the effective date of the loan to incorporate financial covenants (other than the vessel value maintenance covenant) included in other loan facilities or agreements evidencing indebtedness (with principal balances in excess of $50,000 ) to which the Company becomes a party, that are deemed to be materially more advantageous to the lenders under such agreements than those currently required by the ABN Term Loan Facility. The Company expects to execute such an amendment during the third quarter of 2018.
The ABN Term Loan Facility also requires the Company to comply with a number of covenants, including the delivery of quarterly and annual financial statements, budgets and annual projections; maintaining required insurances; compliance with laws (including environmental); compliance with ERISA: maintenance of flag and class of the Seaways Raffles; restrictions on consolidations, mergers or sales of assets; limitations on liens; limitations on issuance of certain equity interests; limitations on the payment of dividends or other distributions; limitations on transactions with affiliates; and other customary covenants and related provisions.
8.5% Senior Notes
On May 31, 2018, the Company completed a registered public offering of $25,000 aggregate principal amount of its 8.5% senior unsecured notes due 2023 (the “8.5% Senior Notes”), which resulted in aggregate net proceeds to the Company of approximately $23,363 , after deducting commissions and estimated expenses. The Company used the net proceeds to fund the Transaction, to repay a portion of its outstanding 2017 Debt Facility and for general corporate purposes.
The Company issued the Notes under an indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “Base Indenture”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon, as trustee (the “Trustee”), as supplemented by a supplemental indenture dated as of May 31, 2018 (the “First Supplemental Indenture” and, together with the Base Indenture, the “Indenture”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Notes will mature on June 30, 2023 and bear interest at a rate of 8.50% per annum. Interest on the Notes will be payable in arrears on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of each year, commencing on September 30, 2018. The terms of the Indenture, among other things, limit the Company’s ability to merge, consolidate or sell assets.
The Company may redeem the Notes at its option, in whole or in part, at any time on or after June 30, 2020 at a redemption price equal to 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. In addition, if the Company undergoes a Change of Control (as defined in the Indenture) the Company may be required to repurchase all of the Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest (including additional interest, if any), to, but excluding, the repurchase date.
The Indenture contains certain restrictive covenants, including covenants that, subject to certain exceptions and qualifications, restrict our ability to make certain payments if a default under the Indenture has occurred and is continuing or will result therefrom and require us to limit the amount of debt we incur, maintain a certain minimum net worth and provide certain reports. The Indenture also provides for certain customary events of default (subject, in certain cases, to receipt of notice of default and/or customary grace or cure periods).
Pursuant to the limitation on borrowings covenant, the Company shall not permit Total Borrowings (as defined in the Indenture) to equal or exceed 70% of Total Assets (as defined in the Indenture). The Company shall also ensure that Net Worth (defined as Total Assets, less Intangible assets and Total Borrowings, as defined in the Indenture) exceeds $600,000 pursuant to the Minimum Net Worth covenant.
The Company was in compliance with financial covenants under the 8.5% Senior Notes as of June 30, 2018.
10.75% Subordinated Notes
On June 13, 2018, the Company completed the sale of $30,000 of its 10.75% subordinated step-up notes due 2023 (the "10.75% Subordinated Notes") in a private placement to certain funds and accounts managed by BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") (the "Private Placement"). The 10.75% Subordinated Notes are unsecured and rank junior to the 8.5% Senior Notes, the Company's guarantees of the 2017 Debt Facilities, the ABN Term Loan Facility and Sinosure Credit Facility and other unsubordinated indebtedness of the Company. The Private Placement resulted in aggregate proceeds to the Company of approximately $28,003 , after deducting fees paid to the purchasers of those notes and estimated expenses. The Company used the net proceeds from the Private Placement to fund a portion of the Transactions and the offer to prepay $60,000 of the 2017 Debt Facilities pursuant to the Second Amendment.
The 10.75% Subordinated Notes were issued under an indenture dated as of June 13, 2018 (the "Subordinated Notes Indenture"), between the Company and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee (the "Subordinated Notes Trustee").
The 10.75% Subordinated Notes bear interest from June 13, 2018 at an annual rate of 10.75% ; provided that the 10.75% Subordinated Notes shall bear interest at the rate of 13.00% per annum beginning on the earlier of (i) December 15, 2020 and (ii) if the Refinance Date (as defined below) has occurred, the later of the Refinance Date and June 15, 2020. Interest on the 10.75% Subordinated Notes is payable quarterly in arrears on the 15th day of March, June, September and December of each year, commencing on September 15, 2018.
The stated maturity date of the 10.75% Subordinated Notes is June 15, 2023 ; provided that in certain circumstances after the indebtedness outstanding under the 2017 Debt Facilities (as amended by the Second Amendment) ceases to be outstanding (such date, the "Refinance Date"), the stated maturity of the 10.75% Subordinated Notes will become June 15, 2022. The 10.75% Subordinated Notes may be redeemed, in whole or in part, at any time prior to June 15, 2020, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 10.75% Subordinated Notes being redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption, plus a "make-whole" premium. On or after June 15, 2020, the 10.75% Unsecured Subordinated Notes may be redeemed at par, plus accrued and unpaid interest. The 10.75% Subordinated Notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), and may not be offered or sold except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act.
The Subordinated Notes Indenture contains covenants requiring the Company to maintain a minimum net worth similar to that required by the 8.5% Senior Notes. The Subordinated Notes Indenture also contains covenants restricting the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to incur additional indebtedness, sell assets, incur liens, amend the 2017 Debt Facilities, enter into sale and leaseback transactions and enter into certain extraordinary transactions. In addition, the Subordinated Notes Indenture prohibits the Company from paying any dividends unless certain financial and other conditions are satisfied. The Subordinated Notes Indenture also contains events of default consistent with those under the 2017 Debt Facilities.
The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Subordinated Notes Indenture as of June 30, 2018.
Interest Expense
Total interest expense, including amortization of issuance and deferred financing costs (for additional information related to deferred financing costs see Note 2, “Significant Accounting Policies”), commitment, administrative and other fees for all of the Company’s debt facilities, including the INSW Facilities (which were terminated in accordance with their terms on June 22, 2017), for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 was $12,797 and $24,157 , respectively, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was $8,982 and $17,717 , respectively. Interest paid for the Company’s debt facilities, including the INSW Facilities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 was $13,633 and $23,591 , respectively, and for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 was $10,033 and $16,732 , respectively.
Debt Modifications, Repurchases and Extinguishments
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2018, the Company incurred issuance costs aggregating $14,499 in connection with ABN Term Loan Facility, Sinosure Credit Facility, 8.5% Senior Notes, 10.75% Subordinated Notes, and 2017 Debt Facilities Second Amendment. Issuance costs paid to all lenders and third-party fees associated with the ABN Term Loan Facility, Sinosure Credit Facility, 8.5% Senior Notes, and 10.75% Subordinated Notes aggregating $7,486 were capitalized as deferred finance charges. Issuance costs paid to lenders and third-party fees associated with 2017 Debt Facilities Second Amendment totaled $7,013 , of which $4,489 associated with lenders’ fees paid that were deemed to be a modification and third-party fees paid that were deemed to be an extinguishment were capitalized as deferred finance charges and the remaining $2,524 were expensed, of which $1,229 associated with third-party fees paid that were deemed to be a modification were included in third-party debt modification fees and $1,295 associated with lender fees paid that were deemed to be an extinguishment were included in other expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. In addition, an aggregate net loss of $2,273 for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 recognized on the modification of the Company’s debt facilities, is included in other expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. The net loss reflects a write-off of unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing costs associated with the prepayment of $60,000 made in connection with the 2017 Debt Facilities Second Amendment, which was treated as a partial extinguishment. Issuance costs incurred and capitalized as deferred finance charges have been treated as a reduction of debt proceeds.
During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company incurred issuance costs aggregating $22,006 in connection with the 2017 Debt Facilities. Issuance costs paid to all lenders and third-party fees associated with lenders of the 2017 Debt Facilities who had not participated in the INSW Facilities aggregating $14,067 were capitalized as deferred finance charges. Third party fees associated with the First Amendment and with lenders of the 2017 Debt Facilities who had participated in the INSW Facilities aggregating $7,939 were expensed and are included in third-party debt modification fees in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. In addition, an aggregate net loss of $7,020 realized on the modification of the Company’s debt facilities for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 is included in other expense in the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations. The net loss reflects a write-off of unamortized original issue discount and deferred financing costs associated with the INSW Facilities, which were treated as partial extinguishments. |
