ATHENS, GREECE--(Marketwired - Aug 18, 2016) - Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited ("TEN") (
Dividends on the Series D Preferred Shares will be payable quarterly in arrears on the 28th day (unless the 28th falls on a weekend or public holiday, in which case the payment date is moved to the next business day) of February, May, August and November of each year when, as and if declared by TEN's Board of Directors. This is the fifth dividend on the Series D Preferred Shares.
TEN has 3,400,000 Series D Preferred Shares outstanding as of the date of this press release.
ABOUT TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION TEN, founded in 1993, is one of the first and most established public shipping companies in the world today. The Company's pro-forma fleet, including one VLCC, one LNG carrier, seven Aframax tankers, a Suezmax DP2 shuttle tanker and two LR1 product tankers all under construction, consists of 65 double-hull vessels, constituting a mix of crude tankers, product tankers and LNG carriers, totaling 7.2 million dwt. Of these, 47 vessels trade in crude, 13 in products, three are shuttle tankers and two are LNG carriers. All of TEN's tanker newbuildings except the one remaining VLCC Hercules and the LNG carrier Maria Energy are fixed on long-term project businesses. As of August 2016, about 60% of 2016 fleet available days, assuming nine deliveries, are on secured contracts with an average length of 2.5 years and minimum gross revenues of about $1.5 billion.
VESSELS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
| # | Vessel Name | Type | Dwt | Delivery | Status | Employment | ||||||
| 1 | Ulysses | VLCC | 300,000 | Q2 2016 | Delivered | Yes | ||||||
| 2 | Elias Tsakos | Aframax | 112,700 | Q2 2016 | Delivered | Yes | ||||||
| 3 | Thomas Zafiras | Aframax | 112,700 | Q3 2016 | Delivered | Yes | ||||||
| 4 | Leontios H | Aframax | 112,700 | Q4 2016 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 5 | TS Parthenon | Aframax | 112,700 | Q4 2016 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 6 | TS Marathon | Aframax | 112,700 | Q1 2017 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 7 | TS Sola | Aframax | 112,700 | Q1 2017 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 8 | TS Oslo | Aframax | 112,700 | Q2 2017 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 9 | TS Stavanger | Aframax | 112,700 | Q3 2017 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 10 | TS Bergen | Aframax | 112,700 | Q4 2017 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 11 | Sunray | Panamax LR1 | 74,200 | Aug 2016 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 12 | Sunrise | Panamax LR1 | 74,200 | Q3 2016 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 13 | Lisboa City | DP2 Shuttle | 157,000 | Q1 2017 | TBD | Yes | ||||||
| 14 | Hercules | VLCC | 300,000 | Q4 2016 | TBD | In Negotiations | ||||||
| 15 | Maria Energy | LNG | 93,616 | Q3 2016 | TBD | In Negotiations |
ABOUT FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters discussed in this press release are forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those predicted by such forward-looking statements. TEN undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
For further information please contact: Company Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. George Saroglou COO +30210 94 07 710 gsaroglou@tenn.gr Investor Relations / Media Capital Link, Inc. Nicolas Bornozis Paul Lampoutis +212 661 7566 ten@capitallink.com
