Performance Shipping Inc.

03/31/2021 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 03/31/2021 06:34

Current Report by Foreign Issuer (SEC Filing - 6-K)


FORM 6-K
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER PURSUANT TO RULE 13A-16 OR 15D-16 OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of March 2021
Commission File Number: 001-35025

PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)
373 Syngrou Avenue, 175 64 Palaio Faliro, Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached to this Report on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is an investor presentation dated April 2021 prepared by Performance Shipping Inc. (the 'Company') for use in investor presentations.

The information contained in this Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-197740), filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the 'SEC') with an effective date of August 13, 2014, and the Company's registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-237637), filed with the SEC with an effective date of April 23, 2020.
SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements 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.


PERFORMANCE SHIPPING INC.
(registrant)


Dated: March 31, 2021
By:
/s/ Andreas Michalopoulos
Andreas Michalopoulos
Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 99.1

April 2021 A Pure - Play Tanker Company
Disclosure 2 Matters discussed in this presentation may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts.The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words 'believe,' 'anticipate,' 'intends,' 'estimate,' 'forecast,' 'project,' 'plan,' 'potential,' 'may,' 'should,' 'expect,' 'pending,' and similar expressions, terms, or phrases may identify forward-looking statements.The forward-looking statements in this presentation are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management's examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the strength of world economies, fluctuations in currencies and interest rates, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter hire rates and vessel values, changes in demand for our vessels, changes in the supply of vessels, changes in worldwide oil production and consumption and storage, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, crew costs, dry-docking and insurance costs, our future operating or financial results, availability of financing and refinancing, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, the length and severity of epidemics and pandemics, including the ongoing outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and its impact on the demand for seaborne transportation of petroleum and other types of products, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions or events, including 'trade wars', acts by terrorists or acts of piracy on ocean-going vessels, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents, labor disputes or political events, vessel breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other important factors. Please see our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties
Agenda Section 2: Financial Presentation 3 Section 1: Company Overview Section 3: Appendix
Company Profile 4 Source: Company 5 Aframax Tankers $46.3 million Total Revenue in 2020 LTV Net Loan to Value ratio 35% $3.8 million Net Income in 2020 Nasdaq: PSHG Publicly Listed since 2011 EPS Earnings per Share in 2020 $1.06 Basic Transitioned to pure tanker fleet, new management, simple corporate structure, new strategy implementation Management Stake 46% Ownership Shares of Common Stock 1 class Dividend Formula to calculate dividends Management Commercial Technical in House Valuation Trading at low valuation Transition completed in October 2020
Experienced Senior Management 5 Name / Title Biography Symeon PaliosChairman of the Board Naval architect and engineerFounded Diana Shipping Agencies S.A. in 1972Director and Chairman of the Board of Performance Shipping Inc. Director of the UK Freight Demurrage and Defense Association Ltd. Ex-CFO Performance Shipping Inc. (2010-2020)Ex-CFO Diana Shipping Inc. (2006-2020)Previous experience: Merrill Lynch, Nestle S.A. and McKinsey and CompanyMSc in Economics, MBA & Master's degree in Management Sciences specialized in Finance Managing Director, Seaborne Capital Advisors20+ years investment banking & corporate finance experiencePreviously with Cantor Fitzgerald & Co and Jefferies & Company, Inc. in the United StatesMBA in Finance, Bentley College, Waltham Massachusetts Source: Company Anthony ArgyropoulosCFO Andreas MichalopoulosCEO, Director and Secretary
Fleet & Employment Profile 6 Vessel Built Shipyard Size (DWT) Type Status Special Survey Survey Cost (1) Employment Blue Moon (ex. Maersk Jeddah) 2011 Sumitomo, Japan 104,623 Aframax Delivered Dec 1, 2021 $1.3 million $28,000Saudi Aramco Briolette (ex. Maersk Jamnagar) 2011 Sumitomo, Japan 104,588 Aframax Delivered Apr 27, 2021 $1.3 million Spot P. Yanbu (ex. Kalamas) 2011 Sumitomo, Japan 105,391 Aframax Delivered Jan 17, 2026 - Spot P. Fos (ex. Virgo Sun) 2007 Sasebo, Japan 115,577 Aframax Delivered Dec 12, 2021 $1.5 million Spot P. Kikuma (ex. FSL Shanghai) 2007 Samsung,S. Korea 115,915 Aframax Delivered Oct 26, 2022 $1.5 million Spot Mid-point age, high specifications & quality assets under spot to medium-term charters Represents estimated cost of special survey, drydock and ballast water treatment system Target: another 5 tankers to be acquired in 12-24 months Source: Company
Recent Developments 7 Source: Company October 2020 Appointment of new management teamInitiation of a variable quarterly dividend policy and leverage targetDeclaration of first US $0.1 dividend payable in November 2020November 2020Effected reverse stock split to comply with Nasdaq minimum price ruleProcured term loan to partly refinance debt and fund acquisitionRegained compliance with Nasdaq minimum bid price requirementDecember 2020Signed $31.5 million loan agreement with Piraeus Bank S.A., to refinance existing Nordea loan and Aframax tanker acquisitionSigned a supplemental loan agreement with Nordea for repayment schedule re-profilingTook delivery of the 5th Aframax tanker M/T P. Yanbu funded with bank debt and cashMarch 2021Provided specific variable dividend policy quarterly calculations to increase transparency on dividend payments going forwardFiled a prospectus supplement to possibly sell from time to time up to $5.9 million shares of common stock when markets recoverEntered into At-The-Market Offering Agreement with H.C Wainwright & Co. LLC acting as sales agent or as principal
Focused Business Strategy 8 Transparent company provides investors with low leverage variable dividend exposure to the tanker sector Fleet Composition Source: Company Target net leverage below 35% LTV at incurrenceEquity capital markets reliance for disciplined growthReserves for fleet replacement & maintenanceCash to shareholders through variable dividends Expert in-house technical and commercial managerMajority independent BOD, transparent corporate structureManagement major shareholder, one class common stockESG efforts, strive towards sustainable development goals Commercial Deployment Financial Parameters Spot market focus, short to medium term chartersEstablished commercial relationshipsPresence in all major marketsEast and west of Suez Canal Management Transparency
Technical & Commercial Management 9 Technical & Commercial Manager, Unitized Ocean Transport Limited (UOT) our Wholly-Owned Subsidiary Full-Service Platform Services CharteringOperationsInsurance/ClaimsTechnicalPurchasingCrewingQuality AssuranceFinanceAccounting/ReportingLegal S&P Source: Company. Key Professionals Access to Top-Tier Charterers Mr. Ioannis Karagiannis - Commercial Director Captain Nikolaos Gavalas - Operations DirectorCaptain Panos Chatzikyriakos - HSQE DirectorMr. Argyris L. Chachalis - Technical Director Established efficient operations with low vessel operating expenses We fully fund all commercial and technical services provided by UOT
Agenda Section 2: Financial Presentation 10 Section 1: Company Overview Section 3: Appendix
Summary Selected Financial & Other Data 11 Source: Company The table below, illustrates our consolidated statements of operations and other data for the 4th quarter 2020 Basic and dilutedOperating days include ballast leg
Debt Description 12 Source: Company Vessel Debt Drawdown($m) Debt Outstanding (Dec 31, 2020) Annual Repayment($m) Interest Rate Maturity Blue Moon 16.5 13.9 1.77 L + 2.75% Jul 2024 Briolette 16.5 14.2 1.96 L + 2.75% Jul 2024 P. Yanbu 8.8 8.8 0.98 L + 2.85% Dec 2024 P. Fos 14.0 10.6 1.59 L + 2.85% Dec 2024 P. Kikuma 12.0 10.6 1.59 L + 2.85% Dec 2024 TOTAL 67.8 58.1 7.89 - - Bank Relationships Indebtedness exclusively comprising of efficient secured amortizing loan from relationship banks, with annual repayment following new refinancing with new term loan and 5th Aframax tanker acquisition
Solid Balance Sheet 13 Dec 31, 2020 Dec 31, 2020 Actual As Adjusted # of Tankers 5 5 Asset Value (1) $96.6m $96.6m AV / Ship $19.3 $19.3 Bank Debt (2) $58.1m $56.4m Cash $21.4m $19.7m Net Bank Debt $36.7m $36.7m LTV 60.1% 58.4% Net LTV 37.9% 37.9% Net Asset Value $59.9m $59.9m NAV / Share $11.8 $11.8 Source: Company Solid balance sheet targeting leverage at incurrence < 35% net LTV. 5th Aframax acquisition was financed organically Pro - Forma adjustments include:$56.4m bank debt outstanding on an as adjusted basis to give effect to debt repayments of $1.73m in January and March 2021As of the time of the last debt incurrence, December 2020Principal balance, secured and guaranteed
Equity Capital Markets 14 Source: Company Major Shareholders Capital Markets Exchanged Nasdaq Category Capital Market Ticker PSHG Outstanding Shares 5,082,726 Indicative Share Price $6.0 Market Capitalization $30.5m Enterprise Value $67.2m EV / Ship $13.4m Company has one class of equity securities, target to gradually increase its free float and trading volume Average Daily Trading Volume (last 30 days) Aliki Palios, Director 46.3% Other Officers and Directors 4.3% Public free Float 49.4% # Shares 108,823 $ Value $652,940 Currently trading modestly above cash, much below replacement cost and at very deep discount to net asset value
Historical Rates vs Break Even 15 Source: Company Indicative Run Rate Breakeven Amounts in millions except daily figures 5 Ships 10 Ships DAILY OPEX $7,000 $7,000 OWNERSHIP DAYS 1,825 3,650 FLEET OPEX $12.8 $25.5 G&A EXPENSES $5.7 $6.5 DEBT REPAYMENT (1) $7.9 $11.4 INTEREST EXPENSE (2) $1.6 $2.4 MAINTENANCE RESERVE $1.7 $3.5 TOTAL OUTFLOWS $29.7 $49.3 DAILYBREAK EVEN RATE $16,267 $13,511 The above figures do not include non-cash items which will result in differences with actual reported results Debt repayment for 10 ships based on additional $35m debt with repayment profile similar to the existing term loans(2) Based on LIBOR at 0.16% Expected daily breakeven rate per vessel (5 Aframax fleet) Further fleet expansion from 5 to 10 vessels over next 12 - 24 months expected to reduce daily breakeven level above which we generate cashflow available for dividends High and Low represent one standard deviation
Value created under most market scenarios with charter rates above our breakeven levels generating multiples of quarterly cash flow compared to those below breakeven levels Through Cycle Value Generation 1/2 16 We used the 5-year historical Aframax spot charter rates (Q1/2016 - Q4/2020) and assumed all vessels operated in the spot market incurring the expenses in our indicative run rate breakeven table, to determine quarterly cash flows that may have been available for dividends after higher of capital costs or replacement reserves and after maintenance reserves $14.9m $6.4m $1.2m Break-even $16,267 $13,511 -$3.3m -$5.0m Quarterly FCF 5 Tankers Quarterly FCF 10 Tankers 9 Quarters $32.3m $15.3m $4.8m Highest $52,853 Median $20,328 High $32,624 -$4.2m -$7.5m 11 Quarters Low $9,662 Lowest $5,713 12 Quarters 8 Quarters Source: Company Results are hypothetical and may not be repeated in the future
Through Cycle Value Generation 2/2 17 Source: Company Our dividend policy entails the payment of dividends based on a 50% payout ratio following quarters with positive cash flow and only if quarter end cash exceeds the minimum cash thresholdThe charts below depict what the company may have cumulatively paid in dividends and accumulated in cash, had the vessels operated in the spot market over the past 5-year period, for the current 5 vessel fleet and prospective 10 vessel fleet, respectively Cumulative 5 Vessels 10 Vessels Dividends $26.0 $75.1 Cash Build $ 7.9 $55.0 TOTAL $33.9 $130.1 Results are hypothetical and may not be repeated in the future Cumulative Dividends Paid $55.03m $75.06m Cumulative Cash Build Up
Attractive Equity Story 18 Performance Shipping is a compelling play on a tanker vessel recovery 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Source: Company
Agenda Section 2: Financial Presentation 19 Section 1: Company Overview Section 3: Appendix
Dividend Policy - Quarterly Calcs 20 The company expects to pay dividends only if during the preceding quarter both Quarterly Cash Flow and Quarter End Excess Cash are positiveQuarter End Excess Cash is defined as actual end of quarter Cash and Cash Equivalents over Minimum Cash Threshold. Minimum Cash Threshold is defined as the sum of $9.0m minimum liquidity pursuant to the loan agreements and $1.5m per vesselQuarterly Cash Flow is defined as voyage and time charter revenues less voyage expenses, less vessel operating expenses, less general and administrative expenses, less - the greater of i) net interest expense and repayment of debt or ii) fleet replacement reserves - and less maintenance reserves for the fleetThe quarterly dividend payments, if any, are expected to be based on a pay-out ratio of the lower of i) Quarterly Cash Flow and ii) Quarter End Excess CashWe expect the payout ratio of 50% to increase as the company leverage decreases - maximum 90% if leverage (total debt/equity market capitalization) is <10% Source: Company
History & Transition 21 THEN NOW Public since Jan. 2011, Nasdaq listed under ticker PSHGFocused on Panamax ContainershipsHigher leverage, no dividendsComplex ownership & capital structureParent company, large stakeholder Source: Company. CONTAINERS TANKERS Performance Shipping has completed its stated transition to more than just a pure-play tanker company New management, 5 Aframax tankers Independent company, simplified ownership and securitiesFocused commercial and financial strategy Strong Corporate governance, majority independent BODIn-house management, UOT wholly-owned subsidiary 2020
History & Transition (Cont'd) 22 Source: Company January 2020 Delivery of the Aframax tanker M/T P. FosMarch 2020 Repurchase and cancellation of all outstanding Series C preferred voting sharesDelivery of the Aframax tanker M/T P. KikumaApril 2020 Repurchase and cancellation of all remaining Series B-2 preferred sharesReceipt of Nasdaq notification for extension of the compliance period to cure the bid price deficiency to November 2020Sale and delivery to her owners of the Post-Panamax containership, the M/V Rotterdam, for gross proceeds of $18.5mJune 2020 Secured a time charter contract of minimum seventeen (17) months to maximum nineteen (19) months for our M/T Blue Moon at $28,000 per day with Saudi AramcoAugust 2020 Sale and delivery to her new owners of the last containership in our fleet, the M/V Domingo, for gross proceeds of $5.6m Sale of container fleet, gradual transition to pure tanker fleet profile and simple corporate structure with removal of legacy corporate structure and implementation of new strategy