MONACO --(Marketwired - July 22, 2014) - Scorpio Tankers Inc. (
Payment of 100% of all regularly scheduled installments of principal of, and interest on, the Notes will be guaranteed by The Export-Import Bank of Korea ("Kexim"), a statutory juridical entity established under The Export-Import Bank of Korea Act of 1969, as amended, in the Republic of Korea. The Kexim guaranteed Notes are being issued in connection with Scorpio's Secured Credit Facility (defined below). The Notes will reduce Kexim's funding obligations and reduce Scorpio's borrowing costs under such facility by 1.55% per year.
The proceeds from the initial sale of the Notes were deposited into a deposit account and periodically distributed, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of applicable conditions, to the facility agent under Scorpio's existing $429.6 million senior secured term loan facility (the "Secured Credit Facility") to finance advances to the borrowers thereunder to fund a portion of the purchase price of 18 new vessels, 10 of which are Handymax tankers and eight of which are LR tankers. Three ice class Handymax tankers, STI Comandante, STI Brixton, and STI Pimlico, have been included in the loan to date. The remaining vessels are expected to be delivered to the respective borrowers between July 2014 and December 2014.
There is currently no public market for the Notes. Application has been made to the Singapore Exchange Securities Trading Limited (the "SGX-ST") for the listing and quotation of the Notes on the SGX-ST. The Notes will not be listed on any other securities exchange, listing authority or quotation system.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the Notes and the related Kexim guarantee, nor shall there be any sale of the Notes and the related Kexim guarantee in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale is unlawful. Any offer of the Notes and related Kexim guarantee will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum.
The Notes and the related guarantee have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements under the Securities Act.
About Scorpio Tankers Inc.
Scorpio Tankers Inc. is a provider of marine transportation of petroleum products worldwide. Scorpio Tankers Inc. currently owns 31 tankers (one LR2 tanker, two LR1 tankers, four Handymax tankers, 23 MR tankers, and one post-Panamax tanker) with an average age of 2.0 years, time charters-in 26 product tankers (eight LR2, six LR1, four MR and eight Handymax tankers), and has contracted for 43 newbuilding product tankers (21 MR, 11 LR2, and 11 Handymax ice class-1A product tankers), 29 are expected to be delivered to the Company throughout 2014 and 14 in 2015. The Company also owns approximately 16% of Dorian LPG Ltd. Additional information about the Company is available at the Company's website www.scorpiotankers.com , which is not a part of this press release.
Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release 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 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 identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release 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 failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for tanker vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, 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, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.
