Pyxis Tankers Inc 6-K, filed May 19, 2022
Pyxis Tankers Inc. (PXS)
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Pyxis Tankers Inc filed this 6-K on May 19, 2022.
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 6-K
REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the month of: May 2022
Commission File Number: 001-37611
Pyxis Tankers Inc.
59 K. Karamanli Street
Maroussi 15125 Greece
+30 210 638 0200
(Address of registrant’s principal executive offices)
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report on Form 6-K is the press release of Pyxis Tankers Inc. (the “Company”) entitled “Pyxis Tankers Announces Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022”.
Attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report on Form 6-K is Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and unaudited interim consolidated financial statements and the accompanying notes thereto of the Company as of March 31, 2022 and for the three month periods ended March 31, 2022 and 2021.
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 333256167), initially filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 14, 2021.
Exhibit Index
| Exhibit Number | Document | |
| 99.1 | Press Release, dated May 16, 2022 | |
| 99.2 |
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.
| PYXIS TANKERS INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Henry Williams | |
| Name: | Henry Williams | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
Date: May 19, 2022
Exhibit 99.1
Pyxis Tankers Announces Financial Results for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2022
Maroussi, Greece, May 16, 2022 – Pyxis Tankers Inc. (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXS) (the “Company” or “Pyxis Tankers”), an international pure play product tanker company, today announced unaudited results for the three months ended March 31, 2022.
Summary
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, our Revenues, net were $6.9 million, while our time charter equivalent (“TCE”) revenues were $3.8 million, a decrease of $0.4 million, or 10.1%, compared to the same period in 2021. Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was $3.7 million, or a loss per share (basic and diluted) of $0.09, which was greater than the results from the comparable period of 2021. Our Adjusted EBITDA was negative $0.7 million which represented a decrease of $1.5 million over the comparable 2021 quarter. For a definition and a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA, please see “Non-GAAP Measures and Definitions” below.
Valentios Valentis, our Chairman and CEO commented:
“Our results for the three months ended March 31, 2022 reflected the lingering effects from the Covid-19 Omicron variant on mobility and economic activity which resulted in a continuation of a soft spot chartering environment. Moreover, our quarterly results were impacted by non-recurring operational events, including the sale of two vessels and an accidental grounding of one of our medium range product tankers (“MR”), which resulted in reduced operating days for revenue opportunities. Consequently, the average daily TCE and utilization for our MR’s were lower than the same period in the prior year.
As previously discussed, we completed various initiatives over the last couple of years to position the Company to take advantage of better markets. Just as the recovery of global economies was gradually picking-up since the outbreak of Omicron, the war in the Ukraine created new challenges and opportunities which have been positive for our sector and the Company. Improving demand for refined petroleum products and low global inventories have been met by the effects of the war which has resulted in market dislocation, arbitrage opportunities, ton-mile expansion and higher charter rates for product tankers starting in March. After a prolonged, difficult period, we began to see a recovery of the sector with healthier rates that initially occurred in the Atlantic basin. Furthermore, over the last month, most of the Pacific basin has also shown significant improvement. In order to address high demand for transportation fuels, many refineries, including those located in the U.S. Gulf Coast, are running at high utilization and achieving near-record crack spreads. Greater global demand of diesel/gasoil, especially from Europe and Latin America, is competing with rising demand of jet fuel and gasoline as summer travel unfolds in the northern hemisphere, further stressing tight inventory positions. Increasing cargoes from U.S., Middle East and certain Asian refineries to end markets reflect expanding ton-mile voyages. This situation has been further compounded by the closure of older, less efficient refineries, primarily located in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development countries (OECD).
The recent dramatic improvement in demand for product tankers is further supported by long-term fundamentals. Despite recent headwinds of slowing economic activity, including the impact of Covid-19 on China, rising inflation and tightening monetary policies, we believe the chartering environment should remain favourable for the near-term given demand for refined products. Reasonable economic activity is supported by data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) which still forecasts annual global GDP growth of 3.6% for this year and 2023. A leading research firm recently estimated that seaborne trade of refined products would grow 4% to 1.05 billion tons in 2022. The vessel supply outlook continues to look very positive with little new ordering of product tankers. We estimate that annual net supply growth for MR’s should be approximately 2% over the next two years.
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From a risk/return standpoint, we continue to employ a mixed chartering strategy of short-term time and spot charters on a staggered basis to a diverse customer base. Three of our MR’s are currently trading spot and the remaining two tankers are under time charters. We have chosen not to pursue any Russian cargoes. With improving market conditions, we are pleased to report that as of May 13, 2022, 67% of our available days for the second quarter were booked at an average estimated daily TCE of $27,900. While our optimism for the charter market has improved, the uncertainties surrounding the global economy and the impact of the war as well as other geo-political events, temper our enthusiasm.”
Results for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
For the three months ended March 31, 2022, we reported Revenues, net of $6.9 million, an increase of $1.7 million, or 31.7%, from $5.2 million in the comparable period of 2021 primarily due to higher spot employment for our fleet. During the first quarter of 2022, two of our MR’s were under short time charters and three under spot voyages resulting in a daily TCE for our MR fleet of $11,227.
Our net loss attributable to common shareholders for the period ended March 31, 2022, was $3.7 million, or a loss per share of $0.09 (basic and diluted), compared to a net loss of $2.1 million, or a loss per share of $0.07 (basic and diluted) for the same period in 2021. Lower daily TCE of $11,227 and lower MR fleet utilization of 74.3% for our MR’s during the quarter ended March 31, 2022, were compared to $12,738 and 100%, respectively, during the same period in 2021. Operating expenses and vessel management fees were comparatively higher in the 2022 period as a result of the vessel additions in the second half of 2021, the “Pyxis Karteria” and “Pyxis Lamda”. The first quarter of 2022 was further negatively impacted by a $0.5 million non-recurring loss, or $0.01 per share, associated with repositioning costs for the sale of the two small tankers, the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta”. The vessels were delivered to their buyer on January 28, and March 1, 2022, respectively. Furthermore, the Q1 2022 results were impacted by the absence of revenues from unscheduled off-hire days, substantially associated with the grounding of the Pyxis Epsilon in February and resultant vessel repairs. The Company’s 2015 built vessel returned to commercial employment at the end of March.
Our Adjusted EBITDA was negative $0.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, which represented a decrease of $1.5 million from $0.8 million for the same period in 2021.
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| (Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for daily TCE rates) | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| MR Revenues, net 2 | $ | 3,547 | $ | 6,309 | ||||
| MR Voyage related costs and commissions 2 | (108 | ) | (2,671 | ) | ||||
| MR Time charter equivalent revenues 1, 2 | $ | 3,439 | $ | 3,638 | ||||
| MR total operating days 2 | 270 | 324 | ||||||
| MR daily time charter equivalent rate 1, 2 | 12,738 | 11,227 | ||||||
1 Subject to rounding; please see “Non-GAAP Measures and Definitions” below.
2 “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” which were sold on January 28, 2022 and March 1, 2022 respectively, have been excluded in the above table. Both vessels have been under spot employment for approximately 7 and 36 days, respectively, in 2022 as of the delivery date to their buyer.
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Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Results1 for the Three Months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
(Amounts are presented in million U.S. dollars, rounded to the nearest one hundred thousand, except as otherwise noted)
Revenues, net: Revenues, net of $6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, represented an increase of $1.7 million, or 31.7%, from $5.2 million in the comparable period of 2021 as a result of higher spot employment for our MR’s, a 320-day increase in spot operating days, from 4 days in 2021 to 324 days during the same period in 2022. The increase in Revenues, net was partially counterbalanced by a decrease of 25.7% in fleet utilization from 100% in the comparable period of 2021 to 74.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2022. In Q1 2022, our daily TCE rate for our MR tankers was $11,227, a $1,511 per day decline from the comparable 2021 period as a result of the lower market rates, and the $2.1 million increase in the voyage related costs and commissions discussed below.
Voyage related costs and commissions: Voyage related costs and commissions of $3.1 million in the first quarter of 2022, represented an increase of $2.1 million, or 218.1%, from $1.0 million in the comparable period of 2021. This increase was substantially due to the 320-day increase in our MR’s spot employment and a decline in MR’s fleet utilization as well as significantly higher bunker fuel costs. Under spot charters, all voyage expenses are typically borne by us rather than the charterer and a decrease in time chartering results in increased voyage related costs and commissions
Vessel operating expenses: Vessel operating expenses of $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, represented an increase of $0.9 million, or 34.4%, compared to the same period in 2021 which was mainly attributed to the addition of the “Pyxis Karteria” and “Pyxis Lamda” to our fleet in the second half of 2021, partially offset by the sales of “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” which occurred during the first quarter, 2022. Fleet ownership days for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was 536 days compared to 450 days for the same period in 2021.
General and administrative expenses: General and administrative expenses of $0.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 were 5.3% lower than the same period in 2021 primarily due to lower professional fees.
Management fees: For the three months ended March 31, 2022, management fees were paid to our ship manager, Pyxis Maritime Corp. (“Maritime”), an entity affiliated with our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Valentis, and to International Tanker Management Ltd. (“ITM”), our fleet’s technical manager, increased by $0.2 million to $0.5 million as a result of the increased average number of vessels in our fleet, versus the comparable period in 2021, and the increase in the daily management fee paid to Maritime which increases annually in line with the inflation in Greece.
Amortization of special survey costs: Amortization of special survey costs of $0.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, remained flat compared to the same period in 2021.
Depreciation: Depreciation of $1.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, increased by $0.4 million or 37.8% compared to $1.1 million in the comparable period of 2021. The increase was attributed to the acquisition of vessels “Pyxis Karteria” and “Pyxis Lamda” after the first quarter of 2021 partly offset by the seizure of depreciation for vessels “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” which were classified as held for sale at the end of 2021.
Loss from the sale of vessels, net: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded a non-recurring loss from the sale of the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” of $0.5 million related to the reposition costs for the delivery of the vessels to their buyer. No such expense was recorded for the comparable quarter in 2021.
Loss from debt extinguishment: In the first quarter of 2022, we recorded a loss from debt extinguishment of approximately $34,000 reflecting the write-off of the remaining unamortized balance of deferred financing costs, which were associated with the repayment of the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” loans during the most recent period. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 we recorded a loss from debt extinguishment of $0.5 million primarily reflecting a prepayment fee and the write-off of the remaining unamortized balance of deferred financing costs, both of which were associated with the loan on the “Pyxis Epsilon” (the “Eighthone Loan”) that was refinanced at the end of the first quarter in 2021.
Gain from financial derivative instruments: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded a gain from financial derivative instruments amounted to $0.2 million related to the valuation of the interest rate cap purchased in July 2021, for the amount of $9.6 million at a cap rate of 2% with a termination date of July 8, 2025.
Interest and finance costs, net: Interest and finance costs, net, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, were $0.9 million, compared to $1.1 million in the comparable period in 2021, a decrease of $0.3 million, or 23.4%. This decrease was primarily attributable to lower interest costs derived from the refinancing on March 29, 2021, of the Eighthone Loan, which was partially counterbalanced by higher LIBOR rates paid on all the floating rate bank debt.
1 Amounts relating to variations in period–on–period comparisons shown in this section are derived from the unaudited interim consolidated financials presented below.
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Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data)
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Revenues, net | $ | 5,242 | $ | 6,906 | ||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||
| Voyage related costs and commissions | (961 | ) | (3,057 | ) | ||||
| Vessel operating expenses | (2,508 | ) | (3,372 | ) | ||||
| General and administrative expenses | (642 | ) | (608 | ) | ||||
| Management fees, related parties | (149 | ) | (211 | ) | ||||
| Management fees, other | (194 | ) | (310 | ) | ||||
| Amortization of special survey costs | (101 | ) | (85 | ) | ||||
| Depreciation | (1,091 | ) | (1,503 | ) | ||||
| Bad debt provisions | — | (50 | ) | |||||
| Loss from the sale of vessels, net | — | (466 | ) | |||||
| Operating loss | (404 | ) | (2,756 | ) | ||||
| Other expenses: | ||||||||
| Loss from debt extinguishment | (458 | ) | (34 | ) | ||||
| Gain from financial derivative instruments | — | 234 | ||||||
| Interest and finance costs, net | (1,141 | ) | (874 | ) | ||||
| Total other expenses, net | (1,599 | ) | (674 | ) | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,003 | ) | $ | (3,430 | ) | ||
| Dividend Series A Convertible Preferred Stock | (85 | ) | (231 | ) | ||||
| Net loss attributable to common shareholders | $ | (2,088 | ) | $ | (3,661 | ) | ||
| Loss per common share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.07 | ) | $ | (0.09 | ) | ||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic and diluted | 29,217,976 | 42,455,857 | ||||||
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data)
December 31, 2021 | March 31, 2022 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 6,180 | $ | 1,901 | ||||
| Restricted cash, current portion | 944 | 341 | ||||||
| Inventories | 1,567 | 2,317 | ||||||
| Trade accounts receivable | 1,736 | 2,633 | ||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses | (20 | ) | (20 | ) | ||||
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 1,716 | 2,613 | ||||||
| Vessels held-for-sale | 8,509 | — | ||||||
| Prepayments and other current assets | 186 | 299 | ||||||
| Insurance claim receivable | — | 1,601 | ||||||
| Total current assets | 19,102 | 9,072 | ||||||
| FIXED ASSETS, NET: | ||||||||
| Vessels, net | 119,724 | 118,777 | ||||||
| Total fixed assets, net | 119,724 | 118,777 | ||||||
| OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||
| Restricted cash, net of current portion | 2,750 | 2,250 | ||||||
| Financial derivative instruments | 74 | 308 | ||||||
| Deferred dry dock and special survey costs, net | 912 | 1,019 | ||||||
| Total other non-current assets | 3,736 | 3,577 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 142,562 | $ | 131,426 | ||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs | $ | 11,695 | $ | 5,910 | ||||
| Trade accounts payable | 3,084 | 5,199 | ||||||
| Due to related parties | 6,962 | 4,822 | ||||||
| Accrued and other liabilities | 1,089 | 867 | ||||||
| Total current liabilities | 22,830 | 16,798 | ||||||
| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||||
| Long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred financing costs | 64,880 | 63,424 | ||||||
| Promissory note | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 70,880 | 69,424 | ||||||
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | — | — | ||||||
| STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: | ||||||||
| Preferred stock ($0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; of which 1,000,000 authorized Series A Convertible Preferred Shares; 449,673 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022) | — | — | ||||||
| Common stock ($0.001 par value; 450,000,000 shares authorized; 42,455,857 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, respectively) | 42 | 42 | ||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 111,840 | 111,840 | ||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (63,030 | ) | (66,678 | ) | ||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 48,852 | 45,204 | ||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 142,562 | $ | 131,426 | ||||
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Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars)
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,003 | ) | $ | (3,430 | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation | 1,091 | 1,503 | ||||||
| Amortization and write-off of special survey costs | 101 | 85 | ||||||
| Amortization and write-off of financing costs | 62 | 81 | ||||||
| Loss from debt extinguishment | 458 | 34 | ||||||
| Gain from financial derivative instruments | — | (234 | ) | |||||
| Bad debt provisions | — | 50 | ||||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Inventories | 195 | (750 | ) | |||||
| Due to related parties | 628 | 854 | ||||||
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 320 | (947 | ) | |||||
| Prepayments and other assets | (11 | ) | (113 | ) | ||||
| Insurance claim receivable | — | (1,601 | ) | |||||
| Special survey cost | — | (370 | ) | |||||
| Trade accounts payable | (347 | ) | 2,175 | |||||
| Hire collected in advance | (726 | ) | — | |||||
| Accrued and other liabilities | 81 | (223 | ) | |||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (151 | ) | $ | (2,886 | ) | ||
| Cash flow from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of vessel, net | — | 8,509 | ||||||
| Vessel acquisition | — | (2,995 | ) | |||||
| Ballast water treatment system installation | — | (437 | ) | |||||
| Net cash provided by investing activities | $ | — | $ | 5,077 | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from long-term debt | 17,000 | — | ||||||
| Repayment of long-term debt | (24,830 | ) | (7,355 | ) | ||||
| Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock | 25,000 | — | ||||||
| Common stock offering costs | (1,737 | ) | — | |||||
| Proceeds from conversion of warrants into common shares | 202 | — | ||||||
| Payment of financing costs | (376 | ) | — | |||||
| Preferred stock dividends paid | (82 | ) | (218 | ) | ||||
| Net cash (used in) / provided by financing activities | $ | 15,177 | $ | (7,573 | ) | |||
| Net (decrease) / increase in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | 15,026 | (5,382 | ) | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period | 4,037 | 9,874 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period | $ | 19,063 | $ | 4,492 | ||||
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Liquidity, Debt and Capital Structure
Pursuant to our loan agreements, as of March 31, 2022, we were required to maintain a minimum liquidity of $2.25 million. Total cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash and the retention account of $0.3 million for one of our loans, aggregated $4.5 million as of March 31, 2022.
Total debt (in thousands of U.S. dollars), net of deferred financing costs:
December 31, 2021 | March 31, 2022 | |||||||
| Funded debt, net of deferred financing costs | $ | 76,575 | $ | 69,334 | ||||
| Promissory Note - related party | 6,000 | 6,000 | ||||||
| Total funded debt | $ | 82,575 | $ | 75,334 | ||||
Our weighted average interest rate on our total funded debt for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was 4.0%.
On January 28, and on March 1, 2022, pursuant to the sale agreement that we entered into on December 23, 2021, our small tankers “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” respectively, were delivered to their buyers. The aggregate gross sale price was $8.9 million from which $5.8 million was used for the prepayment of the respective loan facilities and the balance for working capital purposes.
On March 31, 2022, we had a total of 42,455,857 common shares (the “Common Shares”) issued and outstanding of which Mr. Valentis beneficially owned 54.0%.
Following the Company’s Annual Shareholder Meeting of May 11, 2022, the board of directors of the Company approved the implementation of a reverse-split of our Common Shares at the ratio of one share for four existing Common Shares, effective May 13, 2022 (the “Reverse Stock Split”). Following the Reverse Stock Split, our Common Shares continued trading on the Nasdaq Capital Markets under its existing symbol, “PXS”, with a new CUSIP number, 71726130. The payment for fractional share interests in connection with the Reverse Stock Split reduced the outstanding Common Shares to 10,613,424 post-Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split was undertaken with the objective of meeting the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for maintaining the listing of the Common Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Markets. Furthermore, following the Reverse Stock Split, (a) the Conversion Price, as defined in the Certification of Designation of the Company’s 7.75% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXSAP), was adjusted from $1.40 to $5.60 and (b) the Exercise Price, as defined in the Company’s Warrants to purchase Common Shares (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXSAW), was adjusted from $1.40 to $5.60.
Non-GAAP Measures and Definitions
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (“EBITDA”) represents the sum of net income / (loss), interest and finance costs, depreciation and amortization and, if any, income taxes during a period. Adjusted EBITDA represents EBITDA before certain non-operating or non-recurring charges, such as vessel impairment charges, gain or loss from debt extinguishment, gain or loss on sale of vessel, gain or loss from financial derivative instruments and stock compensation. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are not recognized measurements under U.S. GAAP.
EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA are presented in this press release as we believe that they provide investors with means of evaluating and understanding how our management evaluates operating performance. These non-GAAP measures have limitations as analytical tools, and should not be considered in isolation from, as a substitute for, or superior to financial measures prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP. EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA do not reflect:
| ● | our cash expenditures, or future requirements for capital expenditures or contractual commitments; | |
| ● | changes in, or cash requirements for, our working capital needs; and | |
| ● | cash requirements necessary to service interest and principal payments on our funded debt. |
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In addition, these non-GAAP measures do not have standardized meanings and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. The following table reconciles net loss, as reflected in the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| (Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| Reconciliation of Net loss to Adjusted EBITDA | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,003 | ) | $ | (3,430 | ) | ||
| Depreciation | 1,091 | 1,503 | ||||||
| Amortization of special survey costs | 101 | 85 | ||||||
| Interest and finance costs, net | 1,141 | 874 | ||||||
| EBITDA | $ | 330 | $ | (968 | ) | |||
| Loss from debt extinguishment | 458 | 34 | ||||||
| Gain from financial derivative instruments | — | (234 | ) | |||||
| Loss from the sale of vessels, net | — | 466 | ||||||
| Adjusted EBITDA | $ | 788 | $ | (702 | ) | |||
Daily TCE is a shipping industry performance measure of the average daily revenue performance of a vessel on a per voyage basis. Daily TCE is not calculated in accordance with U.S. GAAP. We utilize daily TCE because we believe it is a meaningful measure to compare period-to-period changes in our performance despite changes in the mix of charter types (i.e. spot charters, time charters and bareboat charters) under which our vessels may be employed between the periods. Our management also utilizes daily TCE to assist them in making decisions regarding the employment of the vessels. We calculate daily TCE by dividing Revenues, net after deducting Voyage related costs and commissions, by operating days for the relevant period. Voyage related costs and commissions primarily consist of brokerage commissions, port, canal and fuel costs that are unique to a particular voyage, which would otherwise be paid by the charterer under a time charter contract.
Vessel operating expenses (“Opex”) per day are our vessel operating expenses for a vessel, which primarily consist of crew wages and related costs, insurance, lube oils, communications, spares and consumables, tonnage taxes as well as repairs and maintenance, divided by the ownership days in the applicable period.
We calculate fleet utilization by dividing the number of operating days during a period by the number of available days during the same period. We use fleet utilization to measure our efficiency in finding suitable employment for our vessels and minimizing the amount of days that our vessels are off-hire for reasons other than scheduled repairs or repairs under guarantee, vessel upgrades, special surveys and intermediate dry-dockings or vessel positioning. Ownership days are the total number of days in a period during which we owned each of the vessels in our fleet. Available days are the number of ownership days in a period, less the aggregate number of days that our vessels were off-hire due to scheduled repairs or repairs under guarantee, vessel upgrades or special surveys and intermediate dry-dockings and the aggregate number of days that we spent positioning our vessels during the respective period for such repairs, upgrades and surveys. Operating days are the number of available days in a period, less the aggregate number of days that our vessels were off-hire or out of service due to any reason, including technical breakdowns and unforeseen circumstances.
EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and daily TCE are not recognized measures under U.S. GAAP and should not be regarded as substitutes for Revenues, net and Net income. Our presentation of EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA and daily TCE does not imply, and should not be construed as an inference, that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items and should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for a measure of performance prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
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Recent Daily Fleet Data:
| (Amounts in U.S. dollars per day) | Three months ended March 31, | |||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||
| Eco-Efficient MR2: (2022: 4 vessels) | ||||||||||
| (2021: 2 vessels) | Daily TCE : | 13,679 | 11,356 | |||||||
| Opex per day : | 6,324 | 6,801 | ||||||||
| Utilization % : | 100.0 | % | 74.6 | % | ||||||
| Eco-Modified MR2: (1 vessel) | ||||||||||
| Daily TCE : | 10,856 | 10,722 | ||||||||
| Opex per day : | 6,660 | 7,749 | ||||||||
| Utilization % : | 100.0 | % | 73.3 | % | ||||||
| MR Fleet: (2022: 5 vessels) * | ||||||||||
| (2021: 3 vessels) * | Daily TCE : | 12,738 | 11,227 | |||||||
| Opex per day : | 6,436 | 6,991 | ||||||||
| Utilization % : | 100.0 | % | 74.3 | % | ||||||
As of March 31, 2022 our fleet consisted of four eco-efficient MR2 tankers, “Pyxis Lamda”, “Pyxis Theta”, “Pyxis Karteria” and “Pyxis Epsilon”, and one eco-modified MR2, “Pyxis Malou”. During 2021 and 2022, the vessels in our fleet were employed under time and spot charters.
| * a) | On December 20, 2021, we took delivery from a related party the “Pyxis Lamda”, a 50,145 dwt medium range product tanker built in 2017 at SPP Shipbuilding in South Korea. After her first special survey, the “Pyxis Lamda” launched commercial employment in early January, 2022. For 2021, the vessel contributed nil available days, and, consequently, voyage and related costs of $10 have been excluded from the above data. | |
| b) | “Pyxis Karteria” was acquired on July 15, 2021 and commenced commercial activities at that time. | |
| c) | Our two small tankers “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” were sold on January 28, and March 1, 2022, respectively. Both vessels had been under Spot employment for approximately 7 and 36 days, respectively, in 2022 as of the delivery date to their buyer. The small tankers have been excluded in the table calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the comparative period. | |
| d) | In February, 2022, the Pyxis Epsilon experienced a grounding at port which resulted in minor damages to the vessel. The vessel was off-hire for 43 days including shipyard repairs and returned to commercial employment at the end of March, 2022. |
Conference Call and Webcast
Today, Monday, May 16, 2022, at 8:30 a.m. Eastern Time, the Company’s management will host a conference call to discuss the results.
Participants should dial into the call 10 minutes before the scheduled time using the following numbers: [1 (877) 553-9962 (US Toll Free Dial In), 0(808) 238-0669 (UK Toll Free Dial In) or +44 (0) 2071 928592 (Standard International Dial In).] Please quote “Pyxis Tankers.”
A telephonic replay of the conference and accompanying slides will be available following the completion of the call and will remain available until Monday, May 23, 2022. To listen to the archived audio file, visit our website http://www.pyxistankers.com and click on Events & Presentations under our Investor Relations page.
A webcast of the conference call will be available through our website (http://www.pyxistankers.com) under our Events & Presentations page.
Webcast participants of the conference call should register on the website approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the webcast and can also access it through the following link:
https://events.q4inc.com/attendee/321712399
An archived version of the webcast will be available on the website within approximately two hours of the completion of the call. The information discussed on the conference call, or that can be accessed through, Pyxis Tankers Inc.’s website is not incorporated into, and does not constitute part of this report.
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About Pyxis Tankers Inc.
We own a modern fleet of five tankers engaged in seaborne transportation of refined petroleum products and other bulk liquids. We are focused on growing our fleet of medium range product tankers, which provide operational flexibility and enhanced earnings potential due to their “eco” features and modifications. We are positioned to opportunistically expand and maximize our fleet due to competitive cost structure, strong customer relationships and an experienced management team whose interests are aligned with those of its shareholders. For more information, visit: http://www.pyxistankers.com. The information discussed contained in, or that can be accessed through, Pyxis Tankers Inc.’s website, is not incorporated into, and does not constitute part of this report.
Pyxis Tankers Fleet (as of May 13, 2022)
| Vessel Name | Shipyard | Vessel type | Carrying Capacity (dwt) | Year Built | Type of charter | Charter(1) Rate (per day) | Anticipated Earliest Redelivery Date | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Lamda (2) | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 50,145 | 2017 | Time | $ | 15,700 | Aug 2022 | ||||||||||
| Pyxis Epsilon | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 50,295 | 2015 | Spot | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Theta | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 51,795 | 2013 | Spot | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Karteria (3) | Hyundai / S. Korea | MR | 46,652 | 2013 | Time | 23,750 | July 2022 | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Malou | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 50,667 | 2009 | Spot | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
| 249,554 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1) | Charter rates are gross and do not reflect any commissions payable. |
| 2) | “Pyxis Lamda” is fixed on a time charter for an option period of min 70, max 180 days +/- 15 days at $15,700 per day. |
| 3) | “Pyxis Karteria” is fixed on a time charter for min 75, max 130 days at $23,750 per day. |
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements and forward-looking information within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 applicable securities laws. The words “expected’’, “estimated”, “scheduled”, “could”, “should”, “anticipated”, “long-term”, “opportunities”, “potential”, “continue”, “likely”, “may”, “will”, “positioned”, “possible”, “believe”, “expand” and variations of these terms and similar expressions, or the negative of these terms or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking information or statements. But the absence of such words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. All statements that are not statements of either historical or current facts, including among other things, our expected financial performance, expectations or objectives regarding future and market charter rate expectations and, in particular, the effects of COVID-19 or any variant thereof, or the war in the Ukraine, on our financial condition and operations and the product tanker industry in general, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking information is based on the opinions, expectations and estimates of management of Pyxis Tankers Inc. (“we”, “our” or “Pyxis”) at the date the information is made, and is based on a number of assumptions and subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. Although we believe that the expectations and assumptions on which such forward-looking statements and information are based are reasonable, those are not guarantees of our future performance and you should not place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements and information because we cannot give any assurance that they will prove to be correct. Since forward-looking statements and information address future events and conditions, by their very nature they involve inherent risks and uncertainties and actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated or implied in such information. Factors that might cause or contribute to such discrepancy include, but are not limited to, the risk factors described in our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021 and our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements and information contained in this presentation are made as of the date hereof. We do not undertake any obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statements or information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except in accordance with U.S. federal securities laws and other applicable securities laws.
Company
Pyxis Tankers Inc.
59 K. Karamanli Street
Maroussi 15125 Greece
info@pyxistankers.com
Visit our website at www.pyxistankers.com
Company Contact
Henry Williams
Chief Financial Officer
Tel: +30 (210) 638 0200 / +1 (516) 455-0106
Email: hwilliams@pyxistankers.com
Source: Pyxis Tankers Inc.
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Exhibit 99.2
MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF
FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
The following is a discussion of our financial condition and results of operations for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022. On May 13, 2022, we effected a one-for-four reverse stock split on our common shares. All share and per share amounts have been described or retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse stock split. The par value of the common shares remained unchanged at $0.001 per share. Unless otherwise specified herein, references to the “Company,” “we” or “our” shall include PYXIS TANKERS INC. and its subsidiaries. You should read the following discussion and analysis together with our unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 31, 2022 and for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, and the accompanying notes thereto, included elsewhere in this report. For additional information relating to our management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, please see our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2021, filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on April 1, 2022 (the “2021 Annual Report”).
Forward-Looking Statements
Our disclosure and analysis pertaining to our operations, cash flows and financial position, including, in particular, the likelihood of our success in developing and expanding our business and making acquisitions, include forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Statements that are predictive in nature, that depend upon or refer to future events or conditions, or that include words such as “expects,” “anticipates,” “intends,” “plans,” “believes,” “estimates,” “seeks,” “targets,” “continue,” “contemplate,” “possible,” “likely,” “might,” “will,” “should,” “would,” “could,” “projects,” “forecasts,” “potential”, “may,” and similar expressions are forward-looking statements. All statements herein that are not statements of either historical or current facts, including among other things, our expected financial performance, expectations or objectives regarding future and market charter rate expectations and, in particular, the effects of COVID-19, including variants thereto, such as, Omicron, and the Russian-Ukrainian war, on our financial condition and operations and the product tanker industry in general, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, such matters as our future operating or financial results, global and regional economic and political conditions, including piracy, pending vessel acquisitions, our business strategy and expected capital spending or operating expenses, including dry-docking and insurance costs, competition in the product tanker industry, statements about shipping market trends, including charter rates and factors affecting supply and demand, our financial condition and Liquidity and Capital Resources, including our ability to obtain financing in the future to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions and other general corporate activities, our ability to enter into fixed-rate charters after our current charters expire and our ability to earn income in the spot market and our expectations of the availability of vessels to purchase, the time it may take to construct new vessels, and vessels’ useful lives. Many of these statements are based on our assumptions about factors that are beyond our ability to control or predict and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are described more fully under the “Item 3. Key Information – D. Risk Factors” section of the 2021 Annual Report and our other public filings with the SEC. Any of these factors or a combination of these factors could materially affect our future results of operations and the ultimate accuracy of the forward-looking statements.
Factors that might cause future results to differ include, but are not limited to, the following:
| ● | changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities; | |
| ● | changes in economic and competitive conditions affecting our business, including market fluctuations in charter rates and charterers’ abilities to perform under existing time charters; | |
| ● | the length and number of off-hire periods and dependence on third-party managers; | |
| ● | business disruptions due to natural disasters and health catastrophes, such as the recent outbreak of COVID-19; | |
| ● | major geo-political events and conflicts, such as the Russian-Ukrainian war; and | |
| ● | other factors discussed under “Item 3. Key Information – D. Risk Factors” of the 2021 Annual Report. |
You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements contained herein because they are statements about events that are not certain to occur as described or at all. All forward-looking statements herein are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained herein. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of our future performance, and actual results and future developments may vary materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Except to the extent required by applicable law or regulation, we undertake no obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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Overview
We are PYXIS TANKERS INC., a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on March 23, 2015. We currently own, directly or indirectly, 100% ownership interest in the following vessel owning companies:
| ● | FOURTHONE CORPORATION LTD., established under the laws of the Republic of Malta (“Fourthone”); | |
| ● | SEVENTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Seventhone”); | |
| ● | EIGHTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Eighthone,”); | |
| ● | TENTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Tenthone”); | |
| ● | ELEVENTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Eleventhone” and collectively with Fourthone, Seventhone, Eighthone and Tenthone, the “Vessel-owning Companies”). |
Pyxis also currently own 100% ownership interest in the following non-vessel owning companies:
| ● | SECONDONE CORPORATION LTD., established under the laws of the Republic of Malta (“Secondone”) that owned the vessel “Northsea Alpha” that was sold to an unaffiliated third party on January 28, 2022; | |
| ● | THIRDONE CORPORATION LTD., established under the laws of the Republic of Malta (“Thirdone”) that owned the vessel “Northsea Beta” that was sold to an unaffiliated third party on March 1, 2022; | |
| ● | SIXTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshal Islands (“Sixthone”) that owned the vessel “Pyxis Delta” that was sold to an unaffiliated third party on January 13, 2020, and | |
| ● | MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES CORP., established under the laws of Delaware. |
All of the Vessel-owning Companies are engaged in the marine transportation of liquid cargoes through the ownership and operation of tanker vessels, as listed below:
| Vessel-owning Company | Incorporation date | Vessel | DWT | Year built | Acquisition date | |||||
| Fourthone | 05/30/2007 | Pyxis Malou | 50,667 | 2009 | 02/16/2009 | |||||
| Seventhone | 05/31/2011 | Pyxis Theta | 51,795 | 2013 | 09/16/2013 | |||||
| Eighthone | 2/8/2013 | Pyxis Epsilon | 50,295 | 2015 | 01/14/2015 | |||||
| Tenthone | 04/22/2021 | Pyxis Karteria | 46,652 | 2013 | 07/15/2021 | |||||
| Eleventhone | 11/9/2021 | Pyxis Lamda | 50,145 | 2017 | 12/20/2021 |
Vessel Management
PYXIS MARITIME CORP. (“Maritime”), a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is beneficially owned by Mr. Valentios (“Eddie”) Valentis, our Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Class I Director, provides certain ship management services to the Vessel-owning Companies, including but not limited to chartering, financing and accounting, sale and purchase, insurance, operations, dry-docking and construction supervision, for a fixed daily fee per vessel, under a head management agreement (the “Head Management Agreement”).
With effect from the delivery of each vessel, the crewing and technical management of the vessels were contracted to INTERNATIONAL TANKER MANAGEMENT LTD. (“ITM”) with permission from Maritime. ITM is an unrelated third party technical manager, represented by its branch based in Dubai, UAE. Each ship-management agreement with ITM continues by its terms until it is terminated by either party. The ship-management agreements may be cancelled by us or ITM for any reason at any time upon three months’ advance notice.
Results of Operations
Our revenues consist of earnings under the charters on which we employ our vessels. We believe that the important measures for analyzing trends in the results of our operations consist of the following:
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Revenues, net
We generate revenues by chartering our vessels for the transportation of petroleum products and other liquid bulk items, such as organic chemicals and vegetable oils. Revenues are generated primarily by the number of vessels in our fleet, the number of voyage days employed and the amount of daily charter hire earned under vessels’ charters. These factors, in turn, can be affected by a number of decisions by us, including the amount of time spent positioning a vessel for charter, dry-dockings, repairs, maintenance and upgrading, as well as the age, condition and specifications of our ships and supply and demand factors in the product tanker market. As of May 19, 2022, two of the vessels in our fleet were employed in time charters, and three in the spot market. Revenues from time charter agreements providing for varying daily rates are accounted for as operating leases and thus are recognized on a straight line basis over the term of the time charter as service is performed. Revenue under spot charters is recognized from loading of the current spot charter to discharge of the current spot charter. Vessels operating on time charters provide more predictable cash flows, but can yield lower profit margins than vessels operating in the spot market during periods characterized by favorable market conditions. The vessel owner generally pays commissions on both types of charters on the gross charter rate. Address commissions represent a discount provided directly to the charterers based on a fixed percentage of the agreed upon charter and is presented as a reduction in revenues.
Time Charters
A time charter is a contract for the use of a vessel for a specific period of time during which the charterer pays substantially all of the voyage expenses, including port and canal charges and the cost of bunker (fuel oil), but the vessel owner pays vessel operating expenses, including the cost of crewing, insuring, repairing and maintaining the vessel, the costs of spares and consumable stores and tonnage taxes. Time charter rates are usually set at fixed rates during the term of the charter. Prevailing time charter rates fluctuate on a seasonal and on a year-to-year basis and, as a result, when employment is being sought for a vessel with an expiring or terminated time charter, the prevailing time charter rates achievable in the time charter market may be substantially higher or lower than the expiring or terminated time charter rate. Fluctuations in time charter rates are influenced by changes in spot charter rates, which are in turn influenced by a number of factors, including vessel supply and demand. The main factors that could increase total vessel operating expenses are crew salaries, insurance premiums, spare parts orders, repairs that are not covered under insurance policies and lubricant prices.
Spot Charters
Generally, a spot charter refers to a contract to carry a specific cargo for a single voyage, which commonly lasts from several days up to three months. Spot charters typically involve the carriage of a specific amount and type of cargo on a load-port to discharge-port basis, subject to various cargo handling terms, and the vessel owner is paid on a per-ton basis. Under a spot charter, the vessel owner is responsible for the payment of all expenses including its capital costs, voyage expenses (such as port, canal and bunker costs) and vessel operating expenses. Fluctuations in spot charter rates are caused by imbalances in the availability of cargoes for shipment and the number of vessels available at any given time to transport these cargoes at a given port.
Voyage Related Costs and Commissions
We incur voyage related costs for our vessels operating under spot charters, which mainly include port and canal charges and bunker expenses. Port and canal charges and bunker expenses primarily increase in periods during which vessels are employed on spot charters because these expenses are for the account of the vessel owner. Brokerage commissions payable for both spot and time charter contracts, if any, depend on a number of factors, including, among other things, the number of shipbrokers involved in arranging the charter and the amount of commissions charged by brokers related to the charterer. Such commissions are deferred and amortized over the related period in a charter to the extent revenue has been deferred since commissions are earned as revenues are earned.
Vessel Operating Expenses
We incur vessel operating expenses for our vessels operating under time and spot charters. Vessel operating expenses primarily consist of crew wages and related costs, the cost of insurance, expenses relating to repairs and maintenance, the cost of spares and consumable stores, tonnage taxes and other miscellaneous expenses necessary for the operation of the vessel. All vessel operating expenses are expensed as incurred.
General and Administrative Expenses
The primary components of general and administrative expenses consist of the annual fee payable to Maritime for the administrative services under our Head Management Agreement, which is described in more detail in our 2021 Annual Report and provides for the services of our senior executive officers, and the expenses associated with being a public company. Such public company expenses include the costs of preparing public reporting documents, legal and accounting costs, including costs of legal and accounting professionals and staff, and costs related to compliance with the rules, regulations and requirements of the SEC, the rules of the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”), the Company’s board of directors’ (the “Board”) compensation and investor relations.
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Management Fees
We pay management fees to Maritime and ITM for commercial and technical management services, respectively, for our vessels. These services include: obtaining employment for our vessels and managing our relationships with charterers; strategic management services; technical management services, which include managing day-to-day vessel operations, ensuring regulatory and classification society compliance, arranging our hire of qualified officers and crew, arranging and supervising dry-docking and repairs and arranging insurance for vessels; and providing shoreside personnel who carry out the management functions described above. As part of their ship management services, Maritime provides us with supervision services for new construction of vessels; these costs are capitalized as part of the total delivered cost of the vessel.
Depreciation
We depreciate the cost of our vessels after deducting the estimated residual value, on a straight-line basis over the expected useful life of each vessel, which is estimated to be 25 years from the date of initial delivery from the shipyard. During the fourth quarter of 2021, we adjusted the scrap rate which is used to calculate the salvage value of our vessels, from $300/ton to $340/ton due to the increased scrap rates worldwide.
Special Survey and Dry-docking
We are obliged to periodically drydock each of our vessels for inspection, and to make significant modifications to comply with industry certification or governmental requirements. Generally, each vessel is drydocked every 30 to 60 months for scheduled inspections, depending on its age. The capitalized costs of dry-dockings for a given vessel are amortized on a straight-line basis to the next scheduled drydocking of the vessel.
Interest and Finance Costs
We have historically incurred interest expense and financing costs in connection with the debt incurred to partially finance the acquisition of our existing fleet. We have also incurred interest expense in relation to the $6.0 million Amended and Restated Promissory Note we issued on October 28, 2015, in favor of Maritime Investors Corp. (the “Promissory Note”). Except for the interest payments under our Promissory Note that is based on a fixed rate, the interest rate under our debt agreements is linked to the LIBOR rate. In order to hedge our variable interest rate exposure, on January 19, 2018, we, via one of our vessel-owning subsidiaries, purchased an interest rate cap with one of our lenders for a notional amount of $10.0 million and a cap rate on LIBOR of 3.5%. The interest rate cap will terminate on July 18, 2022. Similarly, on July 16, 2021, the same subsidiary purchased an additional interest rate cap for the amount of $9.6 million at a cap rate on LIBOR of 2% with a termination date of July 8, 2025. In the future, we may consider the use of additional financial hedging products to further limit our interest rate exposure.
In evaluating our financial condition, we focus on the above financial and operating measures as well as fleet and vessel type for utilization, time charter equivalent rates and operating expenses to assess our operating performance. We also monitor our cash position and outstanding debt to assess short-term liquidity and our ability to finance further fleet expansion. Discussions about possible acquisitions or sales of existing vessels are based on our financial and operational criteria which depend on the state of the charter market, availability of vessel investments, employment opportunities, anticipated dry-docking costs and general economic prospects.
Selected Information
Our selected consolidated financial data as of March 31, 2022 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, presented in the tables below, have been derived from our unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and notes thereto included elsewhere herein. Our selected consolidated financial data as of December 31, 2021, presented in the tables below have been derived from our audited financial statements and notes thereto, included in our 2021 Annual Report.
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| Interim Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss Data | Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| (Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, except per share data) | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| Revenues, net | $ | 5,242 | $ | 6,906 | ||||
| Voyage related costs and commissions | (961 | ) | (3,057 | ) | ||||
| Vessel operating expenses | (2,508 | ) | (3,372 | ) | ||||
| General and administrative expenses | (642 | ) | (608 | ) | ||||
| Management fees, related parties | (149 | ) | (211 | ) | ||||
| Management fees, other | (194 | ) | (310 | ) | ||||
| Amortization of special survey costs | (101 | ) | (85 | ) | ||||
| Depreciation | (1,091 | ) | (1,503 | ) | ||||
| Loss from the sale of vessels, net | — | (466 | ) | |||||
| Bad debt provisions | — | (50 | ) | |||||
| Loss from debt extinguishment | (458 | ) | (34 | ) | ||||
| Gain from financial derivative instruments | — | 234 | ||||||
| Interest and finance costs, net | (1,141 | ) | (874 | ) | ||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,003 | ) | $ | (3,430 | ) | ||
| Dividend Series A Convertible Preferred Stock | (85 | ) | (231 | ) | ||||
| Net loss attributable to common shareholders | $ | (2,088 | ) | $ | (3,661 | ) | ||
| Loss per common share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) | ||
| Weighted average number of shares, basic and diluted | 7,304,494 | 10,613,424 | ||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheets Data | December 31, | March 31, | ||||||
| (Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) | 2021 | 2022 (unaudited) | ||||||
| Total current assets | $ | 19,102 | $ | 9,072 | ||||
| Total other non-current assets | 3,736 | 3,577 | ||||||
| Total fixed assets, net | 119,724 | 118,777 | ||||||
| Total assets | $ | 142,562 | $ | 131,426 | ||||
| Total current liabilities | 22,830 | 16,798 | ||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 70,880 | 69,424 | ||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | $ | 48,852 | $ | 45,204 | ||||
| Unaudited Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Data | Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| (Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars) | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (151 | ) | $ | (2,886 | ) | ||
| Net cash provided by investing activities | — | 5,077 | ||||||
| Net cash (used in) / provided by financing activities | 15,177 | (7,573 | ) | |||||
| Net increase / (Decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 15,026 | $ | (5,382 | ) | |||
As of March 31, 2022 our fleet consisted of four eco-efficient medium-range 2 (“MR2”) tankers, “Pyxis Lamda”, “Pyxis Theta”, “Pyxis Karteria” and “Pyxis Epsilon”, and one eco-modified MR2, “Pyxis Malou”. Our two small tankers “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” were sold on January 28, 2022 and March 1, 2022, respectively. The following table presents the fleet data only for the MR2 tankers for the first quarter of 2021 and 2022.
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| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| MR Fleet data | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| Ownership days (1) | 270 | 450 | ||||||
| Available days (2) | 270 | 436 | ||||||
| Operating days (3) | 270 | 324 | ||||||
| Fleet utilization % (4) | 100.0 | % | 74.3 | % | ||||
| Daily time charter equivalent (“TCE”) rate (5) | $ | 12,738 | $ | 11,227 | ||||
| Daily vessel operating expenses (6) | $ | 6,436 | $ | 6,991 | ||||
| Average number of vessels (7) | 3.0 | 5.0 | ||||||
| Number of vessels at period end | 3 | 5 | ||||||
| Weighted average age of vessels at period end (8) | 8.6 | 8.6 | ||||||
| (1) | Ownership days are the total number of days in a period during which we owned each of the vessels in our fleet. Ownership days are an indicator of the size of our fleet over a period and affect both the amount of revenues generated and the amount of expenses incurred during the respective period. | |
| (2) | Available days are the number of ownership days in a period, less the aggregate number of days that our vessels were off-hire due to scheduled repairs or repairs under guarantee, vessel upgrades or special surveys and intermediate dry-dockings and the aggregate number of days that we spent positioning our vessels during the respective period for such repairs, upgrades and surveys. Available days measures the aggregate number of days in a period during which vessels should be capable of generating revenues. | |
| (3) | Operating days are the number of available days in a period, less the aggregate number of days that our vessels were off-hire or out of service due to any reason, including technical breakdowns and unforeseen circumstances. Operating days measures the aggregate number of days in a period during which vessels actually generate revenues. | |
| (4) | We calculate fleet utilization by dividing the number of operating days during a period by the number of available days during the same period. The shipping industry uses fleet utilization to measure a company’s efficiency in finding suitable employment for its vessels and minimizing the amount of days that its vessels are off-hire for reasons other than scheduled repairs or repairs under guarantee, vessel upgrades, special surveys and intermediate dry-dockings or vessel positioning. | |
| (5) | Daily TCE rate is a standard shipping industry performance measure of the average daily revenue performance of a vessel on a per voyage basis. TCE is not calculated in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”). We utilize TCE because we believe it is a meaningful measure to compare period-to-period changes in our performance despite changes in the mix of charter types (i.e., spot charters, time charters and bareboat charters) under which our vessels may be employed between the periods. Our management also utilizes TCE to assist them in making decisions regarding employment of the vessels. We believe that our method of calculating TCE is consistent with industry standards and is calculated by dividing voyage revenues after deducting voyage expenses, including commissions, by Operating days for the relevant period. Voyage expenses primarily consist of brokerage commissions, port, canal and bunker costs that are unique to a particular voyage, which would otherwise be paid by the charter under a time charter contract. | |
| (6) | Daily vessel operating expenses are direct operating expenses such as crewing, provisions, repairs and maintenance, insurance, deck and engine stores, lubricating oils and tonnage tax divided by Ownership days. | |
| (7) | Average number of vessels is the number of vessels that constituted our fleet for the relevant period, as measured by the sum of the number of days each vessel was part of our fleet during such period divided by the number of calendar days in the period. | |
| (8) | Weighted average age of the fleet is the sum of the ages of our vessels, weighted by the dwt of each vessel on the total fleet dwt. |
The following table reflects the calculation of our medium range (“MR”) fleet daily TCE rates for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022:
| (Amounts in thousands of U.S. dollars, except | Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| for operating days and daily TCE rates) | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| Revenues, net | $ | 3,547 | $ | 6,309 | ||||
| Voyage related costs and commissions | (108 | ) | (2,671 | ) | ||||
| Time charter equivalent revenues(1) | $ | 3,439 | $ | 3,638 | ||||
| Operating days for fleet (2) | 270 | 324 | ||||||
| Daily TCE rate (1), (2) | $ | 12,738 | $ | 11,227 | ||||
| (1) | Subject to rounding; | |
| (2) | “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” which were sold on January 28, 2022 and March 1, 2022 respectively, have been excluded in the above table. Both vessels have been under spot employment for approximately 7 and 36 days, respectively, in 2022 as of the delivery date to their buyer. |
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The following table reflects the daily TCE rate, daily operating expenses (“Opex”) and utilization rate on a per MR2 vessel type for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022:
| MR2 Vessels | Three months ended March 31, | |||||||||
| (Amounts in U.S. dollars per day) | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||
| Eco-Efficient MR2: (2022: 4 vessels) | ||||||||||
| (2021: 2 vessels) | Daily TCE : | 13,679 | 11,356 | |||||||
| Opex : | 6,324 | 6,801 | ||||||||
| Utilization: | 100.0 | % | 74.6 | % | ||||||
| Eco-Modified MR2: (1 vessel) | ||||||||||
| Daily TCE : | 10,856 | 10,722 | ||||||||
| Opex : | 6,660 | 7,749 | ||||||||
| Utilization: | 100.0 | % | 73.3 | % | ||||||
| Fleet: (2022: 5 vessels) * | ||||||||||
| (2021: 3 vessels) * | Daily TCE : | 12,738 | 11,227 | |||||||
| Opex : | 6,436 | 6,991 | ||||||||
| Utilization: | 100.0 | % | 74.3 | % | ||||||
| * a) | On December 20, 2021, we took delivery from a related party the “Pyxis Lamda”, a 50,145 dwt medium range product tanker built in 2017 at SPP Shipbuilding in South Korea. After her first special survey, the “Pyxis Lamda” launched commercial employment in early January, 2022. For 2021, the vessel contributed nil available days, and, consequently voyage and related costs of $10 thousands have been excluded from the above data. | |
| b) | “Pyxis Karteria” was acquired on July 15, 2021 and commenced commercial activities at that time. | |
| c) | Our two small tankers “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” were sold on January 28, 2022, and March 1, 2022, respectively. Both vessels had been under Spot employment for approximately 7 and 36 days, respectively, in 2022, as of the delivery date to their buyers. The small tankers have been excluded in the table calculations for the three months ended March 31, 2022 and the comparative period. | |
| d) | In February, 2022, the “Pyxis Epsilon” experienced a grounding at port which resulted in minor damages to the vessel. The vessel was off-hire for 43 days including shipyard repairs and returned to commercial employment at the end of March, 2022. |
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Results of Operations1
Three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
(Amounts are presented in million U.S. dollars, rounded to the nearest one hundred thousand, except as otherwise noted.)
The average number of MR vessels in our fleet was 3.0 and 5.0 for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, respectively.)
| ● | Revenues, net: Revenues, net of $6.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, represented an increase of $1.7 million, or 31.7%, from $5.2 million in the comparable period of 2021 as a result of higher spot employment for our MRs, a 320-day increase in spot operating days, from four days in 2021 to 324 days during the same period in 2022. This increase of Revenues, net was partially counterbalanced by decrease of 25.7% in fleet utilization from 100% for the three months ended March 31, 2021 to 74.3% for the three months ended March 31, 2022. In the first quarter of 2022, our daily TCE rate for our MR tankers was $11,227, a $1,511 per day decline from the comparable period in 2021 as a result of the lower market charter rates, and the $2.1 million increase of the voyage related costs and commissions discussed below. | |
| ● | Voyage related costs and commissions: Voyage related costs and commissions of $3.1 million in the first quarter 2022, represented an increase of $2.1 million, or 218.1%, from $1.0 million in the comparable period of 2021. This increase was substantially due to the 320-day increase in our MR’s spot employment and a decline in both the MR’s fleet utilization and significantly higher bunker fuel costs. Under spot charters, all voyage expenses are typically borne by us rather than the charterer and a decrease in time chartering results in increased voyage related costs and commissions. | |
| ● | Vessel operating expenses: Vessel operating expenses of $3.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, represented an increase of $0.9 million, or 34.4%, compared to the same period in 2021 which was mainly attributed to the addition of the “Pyxis Karteria” and “Pyxis Lamda” to our fleet in the second half of 2021, partially offset by the sales of “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” which occurred during the first quarter of 2022. Fleet ownership days for the three months ended March 31, 2022 was 536 days compared to 450 days for the same period in 2021. | |
| ● | General and administrative expenses: General and administrative expenses of $0.6 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022 were 5.3% lower than the same period in 2021 primarily due to lower professional fees. | |
| ● | Management Fees: For the three months ended March 31, 2022, management fees paid to Maritime and ITM increased by $0.2 million to $0.5 million as a result of the increased average number of vessels in our fleet, versus the comparable period in 2021. The increase in the daily management fee paid to Maritime was in line with inflation levels in Greece. | |
| ● | Amortization of special survey costs: Amortization of special survey costs of $0.1 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, remained flat compared to the same period in 2021. | |
| ● | Depreciation: Depreciation of $1.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, increased by $0.4 million or 37.8% compared to $1.1 million in the comparable period of 2021. This increase was attributed to the acquisition of vessels “Pyxis Karteria” and “Pyxis Lamda” after the first quarter of 2021 partly offset by the seizure of depreciation for vessels “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” which were classified as held for sale at the end of 2021. | |
| ● | Loss from the sale of vessels, net: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded a non-recurring loss from the sales of the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” of $0.5 million related to the reposition costs for the delivery of the vessels to their buyer. No such expense was recorded for the comparable quarter in 2021. | |
| ● | Loss from debt extinguishment: In the first quarter of 2022, we recorded a loss from debt extinguishment of approximately $34,000, reflecting the write-off of remaining unamortized balance of deferred financing costs, which were associated with the repayment of the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” loans during the period. For the three months ended March 31, 2021 we recorded a loss from debt extinguishment of $0.5 million primarily reflecting a prepayment fee and the write-off of remaining unamortized balance of deferred financing costs, both of which were associated with the loan on the “Pyxis Epsilon” (the “Eighthone Loan”) that was refinanced at the end of the first quarter in 2021. | |
| ● | Gain from financial derivative instruments: During the three months ended March 31, 2022, we recorded a gain from financial derivative instrument amounted $0.2 million related to the valuation of the interest rate cap purchased in July 2021, for the amount of $9.6 million at a cap rate of 2% with a termination date of July 8, 2025. | |
| ● | Interest and finance costs, net: Interest and finance costs, net, for the quarter ended March 31, 2022, was $0.9 million, compared to $1.1 million in the comparable period in 2021, a decrease of $0.3 million, or 23.4%. This decrease was primarily attributable to lower interest costs derived from the refinancing on March 29, 2021, of the Eighthone Loan, which partially counterbalanced by higher LIBOR rates paid on all the floating rate bank debt. |
1 Amounts relating to variations in period–on–period comparisons shown in this section are derived from the unaudited interim consolidated financials presented below.
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Cash Flows
Our principal sources of funds for the three months ended March 31, 2022, have been cash from our investing activities. Our principal uses of funds have been the working capital requirements and the debt service payments on our loan agreements. Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash as of March 31, 2022, amounted to $4.5 million, compared to $9.9 million as of December 31, 2021. As of March 31, 2022, we had a working capital deficit of $7.7 million compared to working capital deficit of $3.7 million as of December 31, 2021. We define working capital as current assets minus current liabilities.
Operating Activities
Net cash used in operating activities was $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2022, compared to $0.2 million for the same period in 2021. This net loss for the period was $3.4 million compared to $2.0 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2021, contributing $1.4 million less operating cash. Aggregate movements in working capital accounts, current assets and current liabilities, driven to decreased cash by $1.1 million. This decrease was largely attributable to $1.6 million increase in claim receivable accounts from the grounding of the “Pyxis Epsilon” (see footnote (d) above), $1.3 million increase from trade accounts receivable, net and $0.9 million from inventories offset by a $2.5 million increase from trade accounts payables, net.
Investing Activities
Net cash provided by investing activities during the three months ended March 31, 2022, was $5.1 million primarily a result of the $8.5 million proceeds, net of commissions, of the sale of the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” partially offset by the $3.0 million cash settlement of the balance related to “Pyxis Lamda” acquisition and $0.4 million payments for the Ballast Water Treatment System (“BWTS”) installed in “Pyxis Lamda” during the period. No investing cash flows recorded for the comparable quarter in 2021.
Financing Activities
Net cash used in financing activities was $7.6 million for the three month period ended March 31, 2022, mainly reflecting the aggregate of $7.4 million of debt principal payments, including the prepayments of the Secondone’s and Thirdone’s loan facilities of an aggregate $5.8 million to Amsterdam Trade Bank N.V.. Also, during the first quarter of 2022, we paid $0.2 million dividends related to the 7.75% Series A Cumulative Convertible Preferred Shares (the “Series A Preferred Shares”). For the three months ended March 31, 2021, net cash provided by financing activities of $15.2 million mainly reflected new long-term debt of $17 million for Eighthone, secured by the “Pyxis Epsilon”, counterbalanced by repayment of the financing fees payments of $0.4 million related to the new loan facilities and aggregate of $24.8 million of debt principal payments, including the prepayment of the Eighthone Loan. In addition, in the first quarter of 2021 we completed the private placement of Common Shares of $23.3 million in net proceeds and the exercise of Common Share warrants of $0.2 million counterbalanced by Series A Preferred Shares dividend payments of $0.1 million.
Debt Agreements
For information relating to our debt agreements, please see Note 7 to our financial statements included in our 2021 Annual Report for the year ended December 31, 2021 and Note 7 to our unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022 included elsewhere herein.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
Our principal sources of liquidity have been cash flows from operations, borrowings from bank debt and our related parties, private placement of common stock and issuance of convertible preferred shares and we expect in the future, cash flow from operations, proceeds from further issuances of equity and debt as well as re-financings of debt. Recognizing the uncertainty caused by COVID-19 and the potential impact of the Russian-Ukrainian war, we expect that our future liquidity requirements should relate primarily to:
| ● | our vessel operating expenses, including dry-docking and special survey costs; | |
| ● | payments of interest and other debt-related expenses and the repayment of principal on our loans; | |
| ● | payment of technical and commercial management fees for our daily vessel operations; | |
| ● | maintenance of cash reserves to provide for contingencies and to adhere to minimum liquidity for loan covenants including potential dry-docking reserves; and | |
| ● | potential vessel acquisitions. |
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We expect to rely upon operating cash flows from the employment of our vessels on spot and time charters and, upon occasion, amounts due to related parties, long-term borrowings and the proceeds from future equity and debt offerings to fund our liquidity and capital needs and implement our growth plan. We perform on a regular basis cash flow projection to evaluate whether we will be in a position to cover our liquidity needs for the next 12-month period and be in compliance with the financial and security collateral cover ratio covenants under the existing debt agreements. In developing estimates of future cash flows, we make assumptions about the vessels’ future performance, with significant assumptions relating to time charter equivalent rates by vessel type, vessels’ operating expenses, vessels’ capital expenditures, fleet utilization, our management fees, general and administrative expenses and debt servicing requirements. The assumptions used to develop estimates of future cash flows are based on historical trends as well as future expectations. As of March 31, 2022, we had a working capital deficit of $7.7 million, defined as current assets minus current liabilities. As of the filing date of the first quarter of 2022 unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, we expect that we will be in a position to cover our liquidity needs for the next 12-month period, through cash generated from operations and by managing our working capital requirements. In addition, the Company may consider the raising of capital including debt, equity securities, joint ventures and / or sale of assets.
Our business is capital intensive and our future success will depend on our ability to maintain a high-quality fleet through the acquisition of modern tanker vessels and the selective sale of older tanker vessels.
While we pay cash dividends on our outstanding Series A Preferred Stock, we do not intend to pay dividends to the holders of our Common Shares in the near future and expect to retain our cash flows primarily for the payment of vessel operating costs, dry-docking costs, debt servicing and other obligations, general corporate and administrative expenses and reinvestment in our business (such as to fund vessel or fleet acquisitions), in each case, as determined by our board of directors.
On February 24, 2021, we closed an equity private placement with a group of investors, which resulted in gross proceeds to the Company of $25.0 million, before deducting placement offering expenses. We issued 14,285,715 Common Shares at a price of $1.75 per share (effectively 3,571,429 shares at $7.00 per share for the subsequent Reverse Stock Split, as defined below). We used a portion of the net proceeds from the offering for the repayment of outstanding indebtedness and some of the remaining proceeds for the vessel acquisition of “Pyxis Karteria” on July 15, 2021. The securities offered and sold by us in the private placement were subsequently registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, under a resale registration statement filed with the SEC which became effective on March 11, 2021.
On March 30, 2021, the $24 million Eighthone Loan for our vessel owning subsidiary that owns the “Pyxis Epsilon” was prepaid. The interest rate on this loan with Entrust Permal was 11% per annum. Upon repayment of this loan in full, we incurred a loss on debt extinguishment of approximately $0.5 million containing an early repayment fee and a write off of the unamortized deferred finance fees related to the extinguishment. On that date, we completed the refinancing of Eighthone Loan with a new $17 million secured loan which has an interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.35% and is repayable over 5 years. Approximately $7.275 million in cash was also used in this refinancing. This loan refinancing with Alpha Bank resulted in an interest rate savings of approximately 7.5% per annum with scheduled principal amortization of $1.2 million per year.
Upon repayment of the Eighthone Loan, the maturity date for the Promissory Note was changed to March 30, 2022. The existing Promissory Note was restructured and amended as of May 27, 2021 on the following basis: a) repayment on June 17, 2021 of $1 million in principal and $0.4 million for accrued interest; b) conversion on June 17, 2021 of $1 million of principal into 1,091,062 Common Shares computed on the volume weighted average closing share price for the 10 day period commencing one day after its public distribution of first quarter, 2021 financial results press release (i.e. the period from June 3 to June 16, 2021 at $0.9165); and c) remaining balance of $3 million in principal shall have a maturity date of April 1, 2023 and interest shall accrue at annual rate of 7.5%, since June 17, 2021, payable quarterly in cash, thereafter. These amendments were approved by the Company’s audit committee.
On May 14, 2021, we filed with the SEC a registration statement on Form F-3 (the “Shelf Registration Statement”), under which we may sell from time to time Common Shares, preferred stock, debt securities, warrants, purchase contracts and units, each as described therein, in any combination, in one or more offerings up to an aggregate dollar amount of $250.0 million. The Shelf Registration Statement was declared effective by the SEC on May 25, 2021.
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On June 18, 2021 the Company announced that it received a deficiency notice from Nasdaq, on June 16, 2021, stating that, for a period of 30 consecutive business days, the Common Shares closed below the minimum bid price of $1.00 per share as required for continued listing on Nasdaq (the “Minimum Bid Price Requirement”). The Company had until December 13, 2021, to regain compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement. If at any time during that period, the closing bid price of the Common Shares was at least $1 for a minimum of 10 consecutive business days, Nasdaq could have provided confirmation of the Company’s compliance with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement and the matter would have been closed. The Company did not regain compliance during the initial compliance period but was eligible for an additional 180 calendar day compliance period. In order to qualify for this additional compliance period, the Company was required to meet the continued listing requirement for market value of publicly held shares and all other initial listing standards for the Nasdaq, with the exception of the bid price requirement, and provided written notice of its intention to cure the deficiency during such additional compliance period, including by effecting a reverse stock split, if necessary. If the Nasdaq staff concludes that the Company will not be able to cure the deficiency or if the Company is otherwise not eligible, the Common Shares will be subject to delisting by Nasdaq. This notice will have no effect on the operations of the Company’s business, and the Company will take all reasonable measures to regain compliance with the exchange. During this time, Common Shares will continue to be listed and trade on the Nasdaq. On May 13, 2022, the Company implemented a Reverse Stock Split in the amount one for four Common Shares with the intent of complying with the Minimum Bid Price Requirement, as further noted below. The share and per share information for all periods presented has been adjusted to reflect the one for four Reverse Stock Split.
On July 9, 2021, Tenthone, our vessel owning subsidiary that acquired the “Pyxis Karteria”, signed a loan agreement with a European bank for $13.5 million secured loan which is repayable over seven years. The facility is priced at LIBOR plus 4.8% with scheduled principal amortization of $0.35 million for the first four installments and annum principal amortization of $1.2 million thereafter.
On July 16, 2021, we closed a follow-on public offering of 308,487 shares of Series A Preferred Shares at a purchase price of $20.00 per Series A Preferred Share. The Company received gross proceeds of approximately $6.17 million from the offering, prior to deducting underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses. The Company used the $5.56 million of the net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including working capital.
On November 15, 2021, we signed a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire from an affiliated company, the “Pyxis Lamda”, a 2017-built 50,296 dwt. eco-efficient MR that was constructed at SPP Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in South Korea, for approximately to $31.7 million (the “Pyxis Lamda Acquisition”). The Company’s audit committee, consisting of independent and disinterested members of Board negotiated and approved the terms of the Pyxis Lamda Acquisition. On December 21, 2021, we announced the closing of the Pyxis Lamda Acquisition and a new secured bank loan of $29 million with an existing lender, of which $21.68 million was used to partially fund the Pyxis Lamda Acquisition and $7.32 million to fund the full repayment of the outstanding loan on the “Pyxis Malou”. The fair value of the consideration for the Pyxis Lamda Acquisition amounted to $31.17 million and consisted of $21.68 million senior loan facility that matures in five years and is secured by the vessel, assuming a liability of $3 million, at fair value, under the amended unsecured promissory note due 2024, the issuance of 4,139,003 of the Company’s common shares having a fair value of $2.17 million on the delivery date of the vessel on December 20, 2021 and $4.32 million cash on hand.
On December 23, 2021, we entered into an agreement with a third-party to sell the small tankers, “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta”, for an aggregate gross sales price of $8.9 million. The vessels were delivered to their buyers on January 28, 2022 and on March 1, 2022, respectively. After the repayment of $5.8 million outstanding indebtedness securing these vessels and the payment of various transaction costs, we received aggregated net cash proceeds of approximately $2.7 million and $0.6 million from the lender’s release of the minimum liquidity deposits which was used for working capital purposes.
During the months of January through March 2022, the Company paid monthly cash dividends of $0.1615 per share for each outstanding Series A Preferred Share, which aggregated to $217,867 for the 3 month period ended as of March 31, 2022. On April 20, 2022 we paid cash dividends of $0.1615 per Series A Preferred Share or an aggregate of $73,622 for the month of April, 2022.
As of March 31, 2022, we had 42,455,857 or 10,613,424 after the Reverse Stock Split effective May 13, 2022, issued and outstanding Common Shares, 449,673 Series A Preferred Shares and 1,590,540 warrants (excluding non-tradeable underwriter’s common stock purchase warrants of which 428,571 and 16,000 have exercise prices of $2.1875 and $1.40 per share (or $8.75 and $5.60 after the reverse stock split effective May 13, 2022), respectively, and 2,000 and 2,683 Series A Preferred Shares purchase warrants which have an exercise price of $24.92 and $25 per share, respectively). As of the date of this filing, Mr. Valentis beneficially owned 5,731,942 (or 22,927,770 prior to the Reverse Stock Split) or approximately 54.0% of our outstanding shares.
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Subsequent Events
On May 11, 2022 the Company held the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “AMS”) in London, U.K. At the AMS, the following proposals were approved and adopted:
| 1) | The re-election of Mr. Aristides J. Pittas to serve as the Company’s Class II Director until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and | |
| 2) | To amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to effect one or more reverse stock splits of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares at a ratio of not less than one-for-four and not more than one-for-ten and in the aggregate at a ratio of not more than one-for-ten, inclusive, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by the Board or any duly constituted committee thereof, in its discretion, and to authorize the Board to implement any such reverse stock split by filing any such amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (each an “Amendment”) at any time following such approval (the “Reverse Stock Split”). |
Following the AMS, the Board approved the filing of an Amendment to effect a Reverse Stock Split in the ratio of one for four outstanding Common Shares, effective May 13, 2022. Beginning on such date, the Company’s Common Shares traded on a split-adjusted basis on the Nasdaq Capital Markets with a new assigned CUSIP number of Y71726130. On the effective date of the Reverse Stock Split, every four of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares were combined into one issued and outstanding Common Share, without any change to the par value of $0.001 per share or any shareholder’s ownership percentage of the Common Shares. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Shareholders who would have otherwise received a fraction of a Common Share of the Company received a cash payment in lieu thereof. The number of outstanding Common Shares was reduced from 42,455,857 shares to 10,613,424 following the payment of cash in exchange for fractional shares resulting from the Reverse Stock Split.
Furthermore, following the Reverse Stock Split, (a) the Conversion Price, as defined in the Certification of Designation of the Series A Preferred Shares (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXSAP), of the Series A Preferred Shares was adjusted from $1.40 to $5.60 and (b) the Exercise Price, as defined in the Company’s Warrants to purchase Common Shares (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXSAW) (the “Warrant”) was adjusted from $1.40 to $5.60.
Recent Developments
For information relating to our recent developments, please refer to section “Liquidity and Capital Resources” above and to Note 14 to our unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements as of March 31, 2022 and for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022 included elsewhere herein.
Fleet Information (as of May 19, 2022)
| Vessel Name | Shipyard | Vessel type | Carrying Capacity (dwt) | Year Built | Type of charter | Charter(1)
Rate (per day) | Anticipated Earliest Redelivery Date | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Lamda | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 50,145 | 2017 | Time | $ | 15,700 | Aug 2022 | ||||||||||
| Pyxis Epsilon | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 50,295 | 2015 | n/a | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Theta | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 51,795 | 2013 | Spot | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Karteria | Hyundai / S. Korea | MR | 46,652 | 2013 | Time | 23,750 | Jul 2022 | |||||||||||
| Pyxis Malou | SPP / S. Korea | MR | 50,667 | 2009 | Spot | n/a | n/a | |||||||||||
| 249,554 | ||||||||||||||||||
(1) These tables are dated as of May 19, 2022 and show gross rates and do not reflect commissions payable.
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pYXIS TANKERS INC.
INDEX TO unaudited interim CONDENSED cONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
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Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022 (unaudited)
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data)
| December 31, | March 31, | |||||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheets | Notes | 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| (unaudited) | ||||||||||
| ASSETS | ||||||||||
| CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 6,180 | $ | 1,901 | ||||||
| Restricted cash, current portion | 944 | 341 | ||||||||
| Inventories | 4 | 1,567 | 2,317 | |||||||
| Trade accounts receivable | 1,736 | 2,633 | ||||||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses | (20 | ) | (20 | ) | ||||||
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 1,716 | 2,613 | ||||||||
| Vessels held-for-sale | 8,509 | — | ||||||||
| Prepayments and other current assets | 186 | 299 | ||||||||
| Insurance claim receivable | — | 1,601 | ||||||||
| Total current assets | 19,102 | 9,072 | ||||||||
| FIXED ASSETS, NET: | ||||||||||
| Vessels, net | 5 | 119,724 | 118,777 | |||||||
| Total fixed assets, net | 119,724 | 118,777 | ||||||||
| OTHER NON-CURRENT ASSETS: | ||||||||||
| Restricted cash, net of current portion | 2,750 | 2,250 | ||||||||
| Financial derivative instrument | 74 | 308 | ||||||||
| Deferred dry dock and special survey costs, net | 6 | 912 | 1,019 | |||||||
| Total other non-current assets | 3,736 | 3,577 | ||||||||
| Total assets | $ | 142,562 | $ | 131,426 | ||||||
| LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY | ||||||||||
| CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||||||
| Current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs | 7 | $ | 11,695 | $ | 5,910 | |||||
| Trade accounts payable | 3,084 | 5,199 | ||||||||
| Due to related parties | 3 | 6,962 | 4,822 | |||||||
| Accrued and other liabilities | 1,089 | 867 | ||||||||
| Total current liabilities | 22,830 | 16,798 | ||||||||
| NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES: | ||||||||||
| Long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred financing costs | 7 | 64,880 | 63,424 | |||||||
| Promissory note | 3 | 6,000 | 6,000 | |||||||
| Total non-current liabilities | 70,880 | 69,424 | ||||||||
| COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES | 11 | — | — | |||||||
| STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY: | ||||||||||
| Preferred stock ($0.001 par value; 50,000,000 shares authorized; of which 1,000,000 authorized Series A Convertible Preferred Shares; 449,673 Series A Convertible Preferred Shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022) | 8 | — | — | |||||||
| Common stock ($0.001 par value; 450,000,000 shares authorized; 10,613,424 shares issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, respectively) | 8 | 42 | 42 | |||||||
| Additional paid-in capital | 8 | 111,840 | 111,840 | |||||||
| Accumulated deficit | (63,030 | ) | (66,678 | ) | ||||||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 48,852 | 45,204 | ||||||||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 142,562 | $ | 131,426 | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
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Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss
For the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data)
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||||
| Notes | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||||
| Revenues, net | 13 | $ | 5,242 | $ | 6,906 | |||||
| Expenses: | ||||||||||
| Voyage related costs and commissions | 3 | (961 | ) | (3,057 | ) | |||||
| Vessel operating expenses | (2,508 | ) | (3,372 | ) | ||||||
| General and administrative expenses | 3 | (642 | ) | (608 | ) | |||||
| Management fees, related parties | 3 | (149 | ) | (211 | ) | |||||
| Management fees, other | (194 | ) | (310 | ) | ||||||
| Amortization of special survey costs | 6 | (101 | ) | (85 | ) | |||||
| Depreciation | 5 | (1,091 | ) | (1,503 | ) | |||||
| Bad debt provisions | — | (50 | ) | |||||||
| Loss from the sale of vessels, net | — | (466 | ) | |||||||
| Operating loss | (404 | ) | (2,756 | ) | ||||||
| Other expenses, net: | ||||||||||
| Loss from debt extinguishment | 7 | (458 | ) | (34 | ) | |||||
| Gain from financial derivative instruments | 10 | — | 234 | |||||||
| Interest and finance costs, net | 12 | (1,141 | ) | (874 | ) | |||||
| Total other expenses, net | (1,599 | ) | (674 | ) | ||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,003 | ) | $ | (3,430 | ) | ||||
| Dividend Series A Convertible Preferred Stock | (85 | ) | (231 | ) | ||||||
| Net loss attributable to common shareholders | 9 | $ | (2,088 | ) | $ | (3,661 | ) | |||
| Loss per common share, basic and diluted | 9 | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) | |||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic and diluted | 9 | 7,304,494 | 10,613,424 | |||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
| F-2 |
Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity
For the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data)
| Series A Convertible | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preferred Shares | Common Stock | Additional | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #
of shares | Par Value | #
of shares | Par Value | Paid-in Capital | Accumulated Deficit | Stockholders’ Equity | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Balance January 1, 2021 | 181,475 | — | 5,490,720 | $ | 22 | $ | 79,692 | $ | (50,155 | ) | $ | 29,559 | ||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock under the PIPE, net | — | — | 3,571,429 | 14 | 23,129 | — | 23,143 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Issuance of common stock under the promissory note | — | — | 16,112 | — | 57 | — | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Conversion of Series A Convertible Preferred Shares to common stock | (40,289 | ) | — | 180,106 | 1 | (1 | ) | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||
| Common stock from exercise of warrants | — | — | 36,125 | — | 202 | — | 202 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Preferred stock dividends paid | — | — | — | — | — | (82 | ) | (82 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | — | (2,003 | ) | (2,003 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance March 31, 2021 | 141,186 | — | 9,294,492 | $ | 37 | $ | 103,079 | $ | (52,240 | ) | $ | 50,876 | ||||||||||||||||
| Balance January 1, 2022 | 449,673 | — | 10,613,424 | $ | 42 | $ | 111,840 | $ | (63,030 | ) | $ | 48,852 | ||||||||||||||||
| Preferred stock dividends | — | — | — | — | — | (218 | ) | (218 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Net loss | — | — | — | — | — | (3,430 | ) | (3,430 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Balance March 31, 2022 | 449,673 | — | 10,613,424 | $ | 42 | $ | 111,840 | $ | (66,678 | ) | $ | 45,204 | ||||||||||||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
| F-3 |
Unaudited Interim Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. dollars, except for share and per share data)
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Cash flows from operating activities: | ||||||||
| Net loss | $ | (2,003 | ) | $ | (3,430 | ) | ||
| Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities: | ||||||||
| Depreciation | 1,091 | 1,503 | ||||||
| Amortization and write-off of special survey costs | 101 | 85 | ||||||
| Amortization and write-off of financing costs | 62 | 81 | ||||||
| Loss from debt extinguishment | 458 | 34 | ||||||
| Gain from financial derivative instruments | — | (234 | ) | |||||
| Bad debt provisions | — | 50 | ||||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities: | ||||||||
| Inventories | 195 | (750 | ) | |||||
| Due to related parties | 628 | 854 | ||||||
| Trade accounts receivable, net | 320 | (947 | ) | |||||
| Prepayments and other assets | (11 | ) | (113 | ) | ||||
| Insurance claim receivable | — | (1,601 | ) | |||||
| Special survey cost | — | (370 | ) | |||||
| Trade accounts payable | (347 | ) | 2,175 | |||||
| Hire collected in advance | (726 | ) | — | |||||
| Accrued and other liabilities | 81 | (223 | ) | |||||
| Net cash used in operating activities | $ | (151 | ) | $ | (2,886 | ) | ||
| Cash flow from investing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from the sale of vessel, net | — | 8,509 | ||||||
| Vessel acquisition | — | (2,995 | ) | |||||
| Ballast water treatment system installation | — | (437 | ) | |||||
| Net cash provided by investing activities | $ | — | $ | 5,077 | ||||
| Cash flows from financing activities: | ||||||||
| Proceeds from long-term debt | 17,000 | — | ||||||
| Repayment of long-term debt | (24,830 | ) | (7,355 | ) | ||||
| Gross proceeds from issuance of common stock | 25,000 | — | ||||||
| Common stock offering costs | (1,737 | ) | — | |||||
| Proceeds from conversion of warrants into common shares | 202 | — | ||||||
| Payment of financing costs | (376 | ) | — | |||||
| Preferred stock dividends paid | (82 | ) | (218 | ) | ||||
| Net cash (used in) / provided by financing activities | $ | 15,177 | $ | (7,573 | ) | |||
| Net increase / (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | 15,026 | (5,382 | ) | |||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the beginning of the period | 4,037 | 9,874 | ||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash at the end of the period | $ | 19,063 | $ | 4,492 | ||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION: | ||||||||
| Cash paid for interest | $ | 976 | $ | 877 | ||||
| Unpaid portion of Ballast water treatment system installation | 167 | 118 | ||||||
| Non-cash financing activities-issuance of common stock under the promissory note | 57 | — | ||||||
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements.
| F-4 |
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
1. Basis of Presentation and General Information:
PYXIS TANKERS INC. (“Pyxis”) is a corporation incorporated in the Republic of the Marshall Islands on March 23, 2015. As of March 31, 2022, Pyxis owns 100% ownership interest in the following seven vessel-owning companies:
| ● | FOURTHONE CORPORATION LTD, established under the laws of the Republic of Malta (“Fourthone”); |
| ● | SEVENTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Seventhone”); |
| ● | EIGHTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Eighthone”); |
| ● | TENTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Tenthone”); |
| ● | ELEVENTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (“Eleventhone” and collectively with Fourthone, Seventhone, Eighthone and Tenthone the “Vessel-owning companies”). |
Pyxis also currently own 100% ownership interest in the following non-vessel owning companies:
| ● | SECONDONE CORPORATION LTD, established under the laws of the Republic of Malta (“Secondone”) that owned the vessel “Northsea Alpha” that was sold to an unaffiliated third party on January 28, 2022; |
| ● | THIRDONE CORPORATION LTD, established under the laws of the Republic of Malta (“Thirdone”) that owned the vessel “Northsea Beta” that was sold to an unaffiliated third party on March 1, 2022; |
| ● | SIXTHONE CORP., established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshal Islands (“Sixthone”) that owned the vessel “Pyxis Delta” that was sold to an unaffiliated third party on January 13, 2020 and, |
| ● | MARITIME TECHNOLOGIES CORP, established under the laws of Delaware. |
All of the Vessel-owning companies are engaged in the marine transportation of liquid cargoes through the ownership and operation of tanker vessels, as listed below:
Vessel-owning Company | Incorporation date | Vessel | DWT | Year built | Acquisition date | |||||||
| Fourthone | 05/30/2007 | Pyxis Malou | 50,667 | 2009 | 02/16/2009 | |||||||
| Seventhone | 05/31/2011 | Pyxis Theta | 51,795 | 2013 | 09/16/2013 | |||||||
| Eighthone | 02/08/2013 | Pyxis Epsilon | 50,295 | 2015 | 01/14/2015 | |||||||
| Tenthone | 04/22/2021 | Pyxis Karteria | 46,652 | 2013 | 07/15/2021 | |||||||
| Eleventhone | 11/09/2021 | Pyxis Lamda | 50,145 | 2017 | 12/20/2021 | |||||||
Effective May 13, 2022, the Company effected a four-for-one reverse stock split on its issued and outstanding common stock. All share and per share amounts disclosed in the accompanying financial statements give effect to this reverse stock split retroactively, for all periods presented.
The accompanying unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) and applicable rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for interim financial information. Accordingly, they do not include all of the information and footnotes required by U.S. GAAP for complete annual financial statements. In the opinion of the management of the Company, all adjustments (consisting of normal recurring adjustments) 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. Interim results are not necessarily indicative of results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2022. These unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and footnotes for the year ended December 31, 2021, included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on April 1, 2022 (the “2021 Annual Report”).
Revenues for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, deriving from significant charterers individually accounting for 10% or more of revenues (in percentages of total revenues), were as follows:
| Charterer | Three months ended March 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| A | 0 | % | 31 | % | ||||
| B | 0 | % | 12 | % | ||||
| C | 0 | % | 11 | % | ||||
| D | 54 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| E | 12 | % | 0 | % | ||||
| Total | 66 | % | 54 | % | ||||
| F-5 |
PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
1. Basis of Presentation and General Information: -Continued:
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash reported within the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets that are presented in the accompanying interim condensed consolidated statement of cash flows for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022.
| March 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 16,613 | $ | 1,901 | ||||
| Restricted cash, current portion | — | 341 | ||||||
| Restricted cash, net of current portion | 2,450 | 2,250 | ||||||
| Total cash and cash equivalents and restricted cash | $ | 19,063 | $ | 4,492 | ||||
PYXIS MARITIME CORP. (“Maritime”), a corporation established under the laws of the Republic of the Marshall Islands, which is beneficially owned by Mr. Valentios (“Eddie”) Valentis, the Company’s Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Class I Director, provides certain ship management services to the Vessel-owning companies, as discussed in Note 3.
With effect from the delivery of each vessel, the crewing and technical management of the vessels were contracted to INTERNATIONAL TANKER MANAGEMENT LTD. (“ITM”) with permission from Maritime. ITM is an unrelated third party technical manager, represented by its branch based in Dubai, UAE. Each ship-management agreement with ITM is in force until it
is terminated by either party. The ship-management agreements can be cancelled either by the Company or ITM for any reason at any time upon three months’ advance notice.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company had a working capital deficit of $7,726, defined as current assets minus current liabilities. As of the filing date of the unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements, the Company believes that it will be in a position to cover its liquidity needs for the next 12-month period through operating cash flows, management of working capital, sale of assets, refinancing indebtedness or raising additional equity capital, or a combination thereof.
As of March 31, 2022, Mr. Valentis beneficially owned approximately 54.0% of the Company’s common stock.
2. Significant Accounting Policies:
The accounting policies followed in the preparation of these unaudited interim condensed Consolidated Financial Statements are the same with those applied in the preparation of the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2021. See Note 2 to the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2021, included in the 2021 Annual Report. There have been no material changes to these policies in the three-month period ended March 31, 2022, except as discussed below:
Recent Accounting Pronouncements:
In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-06, Debt - Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging - Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity’s Own Equity. The ASU reduces the number of accounting models for convertible debt instruments by eliminating the cash conversion model. As compared with current U.S. GAAP, more convertible debt instruments will be reported as a single liability instrument and the interest rate of more convertible debt instruments will be closer to the coupon interest rate. The ASU also aligns the consistency of diluted Earnings Per Share (“EPS”) calculations for convertible instruments by requiring that (1) an entity use the if-converted method and (2) share settlement be included in the diluted EPS calculation for both convertible instruments and equity contracts when those contracts include an option of cash settlement or share settlement. The ASU is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, but no earlier than fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2020, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The FASB has specified that an entity should adopt the guidance as of the beginning of its annual fiscal year. The Company adopted the standard within the period. The adoption of the standard did not have any effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.”
| F-6 |
PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
2. Significant Accounting Policies: – Continued:
In May 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-04, Earnings Per Share (Topic 260), Debt—Modifications and Extinguishments (Subtopic 470-50), Compensation—Stock Compensation (Topic 718), and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40): Issuer’s Accounting for Certain Modifications or Exchanges of Freestanding Equity-Classified Written Call Options. The amendments in ASU No. 2021-04 provides guidance to clarify and reduce diversity in an issuer’s accounting for modifications or exchanges of freestanding equity-classified written call options (for example, warrants) that remain equity classified after modification or exchange. The amendments in this ASU No. 2021-04 are effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within those fiscal years, with early adoption permitted, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted the standard within the period. The adoption of the standard did not have any effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.”
In July 2021, the FASB issued ASU No. 2021-05 Leases (Topic 842): Lessors-Certain Leases with Variable Lease Payments. The ASU amends the lessor lease classification guidance in ASC 842 for leases that include any amount of variable lease payments that are not based on an index or rate. If such a lease meets the criteria in ASC 842-10-25-2 through 25-3 for classification as either a sales-type or direct financing lease, and application of the sales-type or direct financing lease recognition guidance would result in recognition of a selling loss, then the amendments require the lessor to classify the lease as an operating lease. For public business entities that have adopted ASC 842 as of July 19, 2021, the amendments in ASU 2021-05 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021 and for interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted the standard within the period. The adoption of the standard did not have any effect on the Company’s Consolidated Financial Statements and related disclosures.”
Recent Accounting Pronouncements – Not Yet Adopted
In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting, which provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform. ASU 2020-04 applies to contracts that reference LIBOR or another reference rate expected to be terminated because of reference rate reform. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848). The amendments in this Update clarify that certain optional expedients and exceptions in Topic 848 for contract modifications and hedge accounting apply to derivative instruments that use an interest rate for margining, discounting, or contract price alignment that is modified as a result of reference rate reform. Amendments in this Update to the expedients and exceptions in Topic 848 capture the incremental consequences of the scope clarification and tailor the existing guidance to derivative instruments affected by the discounting transition. The amendments in this Update apply to all entities that elect to apply the optional guidance in Topic 848. ASU 2020-04 and ASU 2021-10 can be adopted as of March 12, 2020 through December 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2021, the Company has not yet elected any optional expedients provided in the standard. The Company will apply the accounting relief as relevant contract and hedge accounting relationship modifications are made during the reference rate reform transition period. The Company will continue to monitor and evaluate its contracts and the effects of this standard on its consolidated financial position, results of operations, and cash flows.
3. Transactions with Related Parties:
The following transactions with related parties occurred during the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022.
(a) Maritime:
The following amounts were charged by Maritime pursuant to the head management and ship-management agreements with the Company, and are included in the accompanying unaudited interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Included in Voyage related costs and commissions | ||||||||
| Charter hire commissions | $ | 66 | $ | 88 | ||||
| Included in Management fees, related parties | ||||||||
| Ship-management Fees | 149 | 211 | ||||||
| Included in General and administrative expenses | ||||||||
| Administration Fees | 402 | 407 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 617 | $ | 706 | ||||
| F-7 |
PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
3. Transactions with Related Parties: – Continued:
As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, the balances with Maritime was a due to of $3,967 and $4,822, respectively, and are included in Due to related parties in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets. The balances with Maritime are interest free and with no specific repayment terms.
The Company uses the services of Maritime, to provide a wide range of shipping services, including but not limited to, chartering, sale and purchase, insurance, operations and dry-docking and construction supervision, all provided at a fixed daily fee per vessel. For the ship management services, Maritime charges a fee payable by each subsidiary of $0.325 per day per vessel while the vessel is in operation including any pool arrangements and $0.450 per day per vessel while the vessel is under construction, as well as an additional daily fee (which is dependent on the seniority of the personnel) to cover the cost of engineers employed to conduct the supervision of the newbuilding (collectively the “Ship-management Fees”). In addition, Maritime charges the Company a commission rate of 1.25% on all charter hire agreements arranged by Maritime. For the administrative management services, the Company pays Maritime a fixed fee of $1,600 annually (the “Administration Fees”) under the Head Management Agreement. In the event of a change of control of the Company during the management period or within 12 months after the early termination of the Head Management Agreement, then the Company will pay to Maritime an amount equal to 2.5 times the then annual Administration Fees. Pursuant to the amendment of this agreement on March 18, 2020, in the event of such change of control and termination, the Company shall also pay to Maritime an amount equal to 12 months of the then daily Ship-management Fees.
The Ship-management Fees and the Administration Fees are adjusted annually according to the official inflation rate in Greece or such other country where Maritime was headquartered during the preceding year. On August 9, 2016, the Company amended the Head Management Agreement with Maritime to provide that in the event that the official inflation rate for any calendar year is deflationary, no adjustment shall be made to the Ship-management Fees and the Administration Fees, which will remain, for the particular calendar year, as per the previous calendar year. Effective January 1, 2019 and 2020, the Ship-management Fees and the Administration Fees were increased by 0.62%, and, 0.26% respectively, in line with the average inflation rate of Greece for 2018 and 2019. For 2020, the average rate in Greece was a deflation of 1.24% and, as a result, no adjustment was made to the Ship-management Fees and the Administration Fees effective January 1, 2021, which remained, for the particular calendar year, as per the previous year. Effective January 1, 2022, the Ship-management Fees and the Administration Fees were increased by 1.23% in line with the average inflation rate of Greece for 2021.
(b) Maritime Investors Corp.:
On May 14, 2019, the Company entered into a second amendment to the Amended & Restated Promissory Note which (i) extended the repayment of the outstanding principal, in whole or in part, until the earlier of a) one year after the repayment of the credit facility of Eighthone with Entrust Permal (the “Credit Facility”) on September 2023 (see Note 7), b) January 15, 2024 and c) repayment of any PIK interest and principal deficiency amount under the Credit Facility, and (ii) increased the interest rate to 9.0% per annum of which 4.5% was to be paid in cash and 4.5% was to be paid in common shares of the Company calculated on the volume weighted average closing share price for the 10 day period immediately prior to each quarter end. The new interest rate was effective from April 1, 2019. After the repayment restrictions have been lifted per the Credit Facility, the Company, at its option, could continue to pay interest on the Amended & Restated Promissory Note in the afore-mentioned combination of cash and shares or pay all interest costs in cash.
With respect to the portion of interest that was to be settled in common shares, the Company considered the guidance in ASC 480 that requires obligations that can be settled in shares with a fixed monetary value at settlement (e.g., share-settled debt) to be carried at fair value and followed the guidance in ASC 835-30 to accrue the liability to the redemption amount using the interest method.
During 2021, the Promissory Note was restructured and amended as of May 27, 2021, on the following basis: a) repayment on June 17, 2021 of $1,000 in principal and $433 for accrued interest, b) settlement on June 17, 2021 of $1,000 of principal with the issuance 1,091,062 restricted common shares of the Company computed on the volume weighted average closing share price for the 10 day period commencing one day after its public distribution of first quarter, 2021 financial results press release (i.e. the period from June 3 to June 16, 2021 at $0.9165) and c) remaining balance of $3,000 in principal having a maturity date of April 1, 2023 and interest shall accrue at annual rate of 7.5%, since June 17, 2021, payable quarterly in cash, thereafter. In conjunction with the acquisition of the vessel “Pyxis Lamda” the Promissory Note was further amended on December 20, 2021, increasing the principal balance from $3,000 to $6,000 and extending the maturity date to April 1, 2024. The Company considered the guidance under ASC 470-50 “Debt Modifications and Extinguishments” for both transactions and concluded that the first should be accounted for as a debt modification and the second as a debt extinguishment. None of these transactions incurred additional fees or finance fee write-offs. With respect to the $1,000 of principal that was to be settled in common shares, the Company considered the guidance in ASC 480 that requires obligations that can be settled in shares with a fixed monetary value at settlement (e.g., share-settled debt) and followed the guidance in ASC 835-30 to accrue the liability to the redemption amount using the interest method.
| F-8 |
PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
3. Transactions with Related Parties: – Continued:
On November 15, 2021, the Company signed a Memorandum of Agreement to acquire from an entity related to the family of the Company’s Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, the “Pyxis Lamda”, a 2017-built 50,145 dwt. eco-efficient MR that was constructed at SPP Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (“SPP”) in South Korea, for $32,000. The fair value of the acquisition of the Pyxis “Lamda” amounted to $31,172 (Note 5) and consisted of $21,680 senior loan facility that matures in seven years and is secured by the vessel (Note 7), $3 million, at fair value, under an amended unsecured Promissory Note due 2024, the issuance of 4,139,003 of the Company’s common shares having a fair value of $2.17 million on the delivery date of the vessel on December 20, 2021 and $4.32 million cash on hand. Of the amount payable in cash, $1,325 was settled in December 2021 and the balance of $2,995 was included in Due to related parties in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets as at December 31, 2021. The balance was cash settled on January 10, 2022.
Interest charged on the Amended & Restated Promissory Note for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, amounted to $111 and $111, respectively, and is included in Interest and finance costs, net in the accompanying unaudited interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The respective interest for the three months ended March 31, 2022, has been settled in cash in early April 2022. The outstanding balance of the Promissory Note as of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, amounting to $6,000, and is separately reflected in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets under non-current liabilities.
4. Inventories:
The amounts in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets are analyzed as follows:
| December 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Lubricants | $ | 552 | $ | 489 | ||||
| Bunkers | 1,015 | 1,828 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 1,567 | $ | 2,317 | ||||
5. Vessels, net:
The amounts in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets are analyzed as follows:
| Vessel | Accumulated | Net Book | ||||||||||
| Cost | Depreciation | Value | ||||||||||
| Balance January 1, 2022 | $ | 148,175 | $ | (28,451 | ) | $ | 119,724 | |||||
| Vessel additions | — | — | — | |||||||||
| BWTS installation | 556 | — | 556 | |||||||||
| Depreciation | — | (1,503 | ) | (1,503 | ) | |||||||
| Balance March 31, 2022 | $ | 148,731 | $ | (29,954 | ) | $ | 118,777 | |||||
On December 23, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with a third-party to sell the small tankers, “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta”. Considering the required criteria by the relevant accounting standard, ASC 360-10-45-9, for the classification of the vessels as “held for sale”, the Company concluded that all the criteria were met for both vessels. As at December 31, 2021, the aggregate amount of $8,509 was separately reflected in Vessel held-for-sale on the Consolidated Balance Sheets, representing the estimated fair market value of the vessel based on the vessel’s sale price, net of costs to sell. The difference between the estimated fair value less costs to sell of each vessel and the respective vessel’s carrying value plus the unamortized balance of its associated dry-docking cost, amounting to $2,389, was written-off and included in the Consolidated Statement of Comprehensive Loss for the year ended December 31, 2021 and classified as “Loss on vessels held-for-sale”. On January 28, 2022 and March 1, 2022, the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta”, respectively, were sold. The aggregate sale price for the vessels was $8,900 of which, $5,780 was used for the prepayment of the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” loan facility and the balance for working capital.
As of March 31, 2022, additions amounted to $556 related to the ballast water treatment system installation of the “Pyxis Lamda”, of which, $437 was paid in the first quarter of 2022 and $118 was paid in May 2022.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company reviewed the carrying amount in connection with the estimated recoverable amount for each of its vessels held and used. This review indicated that such carrying amounts were fully recoverable for the Company’s vessels held and used and, consequently, no impairment charge was deemed necessary for the period ended March 31, 2022.
All of the Company’s vessels have been pledged as collateral to secure the bank loans discussed in Note 7.
| F-9 |
PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
6. Deferred dry dock and special survey costs, net:
The movement in deferred charges, net, in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets are as follows:
| Dry docking costs | ||||
| Balance January 1, 2022 | $ | 912 | ||
| Additions | 192 | |||
| Amortization of special survey costs | (85 | ) | ||
| Balance March 31, 2022 | $ | 1,019 | ||
On January 14, 2022 “Pyxis Lamda” completed her first special survey. The total cost of Special Survey amounted $438 of which $185 incurred in the first quarter of 2022. The amortization of the special survey costs is separately reflected in the accompanying unaudited interim consolidated statement of comprehensive loss.
7. Long-term Debt:
The amounts shown in the accompanying Consolidated Balance Sheets at December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, are analyzed as follows:
| December 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| Vessel (Borrower) | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| (a) “Northsea Alpha” (Secondone) | $ | 2,890 | $ | — | ||||
| (a) “Northsea Beta” (Thirdone) | 2,890 | — | ||||||
| (b) “Pyxis Malou” (Fourthone) | 7,320 | 7,144 | ||||||
| (c) “Pyxis Theta” (Seventhone) | 13,750 | 13,450 | ||||||
| (d) “Pyxis Epsilon” (Eighthone) | 16,100 | 15,800 | ||||||
| (e) “Pyxis Karteria” (Tenthone) | 13,150 | 12,800 | ||||||
| (b) “Pyxis Lamda” (Eleventhone) | 21,680 | 21,231 | ||||||
| Total | $ | 77,780 | $ | 70,425 | ||||
| Current portion | $ | 12,030 | $ | 6,200 | ||||
| Less: Current portion of deferred financing costs | (335 | ) | (290 | ) | ||||
| Current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs, current | $ | 11,695 | $ | 5,910 | ||||
| Long-term portion | $ | 65,750 | $ | 64,225 | ||||
| Less: Non-current portion of deferred financing costs | (870 | ) | (801 | ) | ||||
| Long-term debt, net of current portion and deferred financing costs, non-current | $ | 64,880 | $ | 63,424 | ||||
(a) Each of Secondone’s and Thirdone’s outstanding loan balance at December 31, 2021, amounting to $2,890, was repayable in 5 remaining quarterly installments of $100 each amounting to $500 in the aggregate, the first falling due in February 2022, and the last installment accompanied by a balloon payment of $2,390 falling due in February 2023.
On December 23, 2021, the Company entered into an agreement with a third-party to sell the small tankers, “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” and the Company concluded that all the criteria required by the relevant accounting standard, ASC 360-10-45-9, for the classification of the vessels “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” as “held for sale” were met. As at December 31, 2021, upon classification of “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta” as vessels held-for-sale, the aggregate outstanding loan balances of $5,780 was classified in the Consolidated Balance Sheets under the line item “Current portion of long-term debt, net of deferred financing costs”. On January 28, 2022 and on March 1, 2022, the “Northsea Alpha” and “Northsea Beta”, respectively, were sold. The Company upon the sale of two vessels prepaid Secondone and Thirdone’s outstanding loan balance in total.
(b) On December 20, 2021, Fourthone and Eleventhone concluded as joint and several borrowers a loan agreement with Alpha Bank in order to refinance the existing facility of the “Pyxis Malou” and to partly finance the acquisition of the “Pyxis Lamda”.
On the same date, Fourthone drew down an amount of $7,320 and fully settled the previous loan facility outstanding balance of $7,320. As of March 31, 2022, the outstanding balance of the Fourthone loan of $7,144 is repayable in 19 consecutive quarterly installments of $176 each, the first falling due in June 2022, and the last installment accompanied by a balloon payment of $3,800 falling due in December 2026.
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PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
7. Long-term Debt: - Continued:
Upon delivery of “Pyxis Lamda”, on December 20, 2021, Eleventhone drew down an amount of $21,680. As of March 31, 2022, the outstanding balance of the Eleventhone loan of $21,231 is repayable in 19 consecutive quarterly installments of $449 each, the first falling due in June 2022, and the last installment accompanied by a balloon payment of $12,700 falling due in December 2026.
The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 3.15% per annum.
Standard loan covenants include, among others, a minimum liquidity and a minimum required Security Cover Ratio (“MSC”). The facility imposes certain customary covenants and restrictions with respect to, among other things, the borrower’s ability to distribute dividends, incur additional indebtedness, create liens, change its share capital, engage in mergers, or sell the vessel and a minimum collateral value to outstanding loan principal. Certain major covenants include, as defined in such agreements:
Covenants:
| ● | The borrowers undertook to maintain minimum deposit with the bank of $1,500 at all times, (which shall be reduced to the amount of $1,000, comprising of $500 with respect to the “Pyxis Malou” and $500 with respect to the “Pyxis Lamda”, upon receipt of time charter employment for a period of at least six months for one of the vessels). | |
| ● | The ratio of the corporate guarantor’s total liabilities (exclusive of the Promissory Note) to market adjusted total assets is not to exceed 75%. This requirement is only applicable in order to assess whether the borrowers are entitled to distribute dividends to Pyxis. As of March 31, 2022, the requirement was met as such ratio was 59.6%, or 15.4% lower than the required threshold. | |
| ● | MSC is to be at least 125% of the respective outstanding loan balance. | |
| ● | No change of control shall be made directly or indirectly in the ownership, beneficial ownership, control or management of any of the borrower and the corporate guarantor or any share therein or the vessels, as a result of which less than 100% of the shares and voting rights in each borrower are owned by the corporate guarantor or less than 25% of the shares and voting rights in the corporate guarantor will remain in the ultimate legal and beneficial ownership of the beneficial shareholders. |
(c) On July 8, 2020, Seventhone entered into a $15,250 secured loan agreement with Alpha Bank, for the purpose of refinancing the outstanding indebtedness of $11,293 under the previous loan facility, which was fully settled on the same day. As of March 31, 2022, the outstanding balance of the Seventhone loan of $13,450 is repayable in 14 consecutive quarterly installments of $300 each, the first falling due in April 2022, and the last installment accompanied by a balloon payment of $9,250 falling due in July 2025. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 3.35% per annum.
Standard loan covenants include, among others, a minimum liquidity and a MSC. The facility imposes certain customary covenants and restrictions with respect to, among other things, the borrower’s ability to distribute dividends, incur additional indebtedness, create liens, change its share capital, engage in mergers, or sell the vessel and a minimum collateral value to outstanding loan principal. Certain major covenants include, as defined in such agreement:
Covenants:
| ● | The borrower undertakes to maintain minimum deposit with the bank of $500 at all times. | |
| ● | The ratio of the corporate guarantor’s total liabilities (exclusive of the Promissory Note) to market adjusted total assets is not to exceed 75%. This requirement is only applicable in order to assess whether the borrower is entitled to distribute dividends to Pyxis. As of March 31, 2022, the requirement was met as such ratio was 59.6%, or 15.4% lower than the required threshold. | |
| ● | MSC is to be at least 125% of the respective outstanding loan balance. | |
| ● | No change shall be made directly or indirectly in the ownership, beneficial ownership, control or management of Seventhone or of the Company or any share therein or the “Pyxis Theta”, as a result of which less than 100% of the shares and voting rights in Seventhone or less than 20% of the shares and voting rights in the corporate guarantor remain in the ultimate legal and beneficial ownership of the beneficial shareholders. |
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PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
7. Long-term Debt: - Continued:
(d) As of March 31, 2022, the outstanding balance of Eighthone loan amounted to $15,800 and is repayable in 16 quarterly installments of $300 each, the first due in June 2022, and the last installment accompanied by a balloon payment of $11,000 due in March 2026. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 3.35% per annum.
Standard loan covenants include, among others, a minimum liquidity and a MSC. The facility imposes certain customary covenants and restrictions with respect to, among other things, the borrower’s ability to distribute dividends, incur additional indebtedness, create liens, change its share capital, engage in mergers, or sell the vessel and a minimum collateral value to outstanding loan principal. Certain major covenants include, as defined in such agreement:
| ● | The borrower undertakes to maintain minimum deposit with the bank of $500 at all times. | |
| ● | The ratio of the corporate guarantor’s total liabilities (exclusive of the Promissory Note) to market adjusted total assets is not to exceed 75%. This requirement is only applicable in order to assess whether the borrower is entitled to distribute dividends to Pyxis. As of March 31, 2022, the requirement was met as such ratio was 59.6%, or 15.4% lower than the required threshold. | |
| ● | MSC is to be at least 125% of the respective outstanding loan balance. | |
| ● | No change shall be made directly or indirectly in the ownership, beneficial ownership, control or management of Eighthone or of Pyxis or any share therein or the “Pyxis Epsilon”, as a result of which less than 100% of the shares and voting rights in Eighthone or less than 20% of the shares and voting rights in Pyxis remain in the ultimate legal and beneficial owners disclosed at the negotiation of this loan agreement. |
(e) On July 9, 2021, Tenthone entered into a loan agreement with a new lender, Vista Bank, for an amount of $13,500 loan, in order to partly finance the acquisition cost of the vessel “Pyxis Karteria”. The Company drew down the amount of $13,500 upon delivery of the vessel in July 2021.
As of March 31, 2022, the Tenthone outstanding loan balance amounting to $12,800 is repayable in 26 quarterly installments the first falling due in April 2022, and the last installment accompanied by a balloon payment of $4,900 falling due in July 2028. The first two installments amount to $350 each followed by 24 amounting to $300 each. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus a margin of 4.8% per annum.
Standard loan covenants of the Tenthone loan include, among others, a minimum liquidity and a MSC. Certain major covenants include, as defined in such agreement:
| ● | The borrower undertakes to maintain minimum deposit with the bank of $250 at all times. | |
| ● | The borrower undertakes to maintain a monthly retention account to ensure that, in each calendar month an amount equal with one third of the repayment instalment and the relevant aggregate amount of interest falling due which is payable on the next due date for payment must be transferred to the retention account. | |
| ● | MSC is to be at least 120% of the respective outstanding loan balance. | |
| ● | Not less than 20% of the ultimate beneficial ownership of (i) the shares in the corporate guarantor and (ii) the ultimate voting rights attaching to such shares is held directly or indirectly by the permitted holder. |
Amounts presented in Restricted cash, current and non-current, in the Consolidated Balance Sheets are related to minimum cash and the retention account requirements imposed by the Company’s debt agreements.
The annual principal payments required to be made after March 31, 2022, are as follows:
| To March 31, | Amount | |||
| 2023 | $ | 6,200 | ||
| 2024 | 6,100 | |||
| 2025 | 6,100 | |||
| 2026 and thereafter | 52,025 | |||
| Total | $ | 70,425 | ||
Total interest expense on long-term debt and the Promissory Note for the three months ended March 31, 2021, and 2022, amounted to $111, and $111, respectively, and is included in Interest and finance costs, net (Note 12) in the accompanying Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. The Company’s weighted average interest rate (including the margin) for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022, was 7.31% and 4.04% per annum, including the Promissory Note discussed in Note 3, respectively.
As of March 31, 2022, the Company was in compliance with all of the loan covenants in its loan agreements and there was no amount available to be drawn down under the existing loan agreements.
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PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
8. Equity Capital Structure and Equity Incentive Plan:
Effective May 13, 2022, the Company effected a four-for-one reverse stock split on its issued and outstanding common stock (Note 14). All share and per share amounts disclosed in the accompanying financial statements give effect to this reverse stock split retroactively, for all periods presented.
The Company’s authorized common and preferred stock consists of 450,000,000 common shares, 50,000,000 preferred shares of which 1,000,000 are authorized as Series A Preferred Shares.
As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, the Company had a total of 42,455,857 or 10,613,424 common shares after the reverse stock split effective May 13, 2022 and 449,673 Series A Preferred Shares issued and outstanding, with a par value of $0.001 per share. Furthermore, as of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, the Company had outstanding warrants which amounted to 1,590,540, (exclusive of 4,683 underwriter’s warrants to purchase 4,683 Series A Preferred Shares at an average exercise price of $24.97 and 16,000 underwriter’s warrant to purchase 16,000 common shares with exercise price $1.40 or $5.60 after the reverse stock split effective May 13, 2022). The Company has also issued to the placement agent 428,571 non-tradeable warrants for the purchase of common shares, which can be exercised commencing one hundred eighty (180) days after the closing date, or on August 23, 2021 and expire on the five-year anniversary of the closing date, or on February 24, 2026. The initial exercise price per common share was $2.1875, or 125% of the offering price of the shares. As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022 all the respective non-tradeable underwriter’s warrants remain outstanding.
There were no conversions and exercises during the first quarter of 2022 and after March 31, 2022 and up to the date of these interim Consolidated Financial Statements.
During the months of January through March, 2022 the Company paid monthly cash dividends of $0.1615 for each outstanding Series A Preferred Share, which aggregated to $218 for the three months ended as of March 31, 2022. As of that date, Mr. Valentis beneficially owned 5,731,942 (or 22,927,770 prior to the Reverse Stock Split) or approximately 54.0% of our outstanding shares.
9. Loss per Common Share:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Net loss available to common stockholders | $ | (2,088 | ) | $ | (3,661 | ) | ||
| Weighted average number of common shares, basic and diluted | 7,304,494 | 10,613,424 | ||||||
| Loss per common share, basic and diluted | $ | (0.29 | ) | $ | (0.34 | ) | ||
As of March 31, 2021 and 2022, securities that could potentially dilute basic loss per share in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted loss per share, because to do so would have anti-dilutive effect, were any incremental shares of the unexercised warrants, calculated with the treasury stock method, as well as shares assumed to be converted with respect to the Series A Preferred Shares calculated with the if-converted method.
Following the AMS, the Board approved the filing of an Amendment to effect a Reverse Stock Split in the ratio of one for four outstanding Common Shares, to take effect on Friday, May 13, 2022. Beginning on such date, the Company’s Common Shares will trade on a split-adjusted basis on the Nasdaq Capital Markets with a new assigned CUSIP number of Y71726130. After the reverse stock split, every four of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares combined into one issued and outstanding Common Share, without any change to the par value of $0.001 per share or any shareholder’s ownership percentage of the Common Shares. This has reduced the number of outstanding Common Shares from 42,455,857 shares to 10,613,424.
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PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
10. Risk Management and Fair Value Measurements:
The principal financial assets of the Company consist of cash and cash equivalents, trade accounts receivable due from charterers and amounts due from related parties. The principal financial liabilities of the Company consist of long-term bank loans, trade accounts payable and a Promissory Note.
Interest rate risk: The Company’s loan interest rates (except for the Promissory Note) are calculated at LIBOR plus a margin, as described in Note 7 above, hence, the Company is exposed to movements in LIBOR. In order to hedge its variable interest rate exposure, on January 19, 2018, the Company, via one of its vessel-owning subsidiaries, purchased an interest rate cap with one of its lenders for a notional amount of $10.0 million with a cap rate on LIBOR of 3.5%. The interest rate cap will terminate on July 18, 2022. Similarly, on July 16, 2021, the same subsidiary purchased an additional interest rate cap for the amount of $9.6 million at a cap rate on LIBOR of 2% with a termination date of July 8, 2025.
Credit risk: Credit risk is minimized since trade accounts receivable from charterers are presented net of the expected credit losses. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents, primarily with high credit qualified financial institutions. The Company performs periodic evaluations of the relative credit standing of those financial institutions that are considered in the Company’s investment strategy. On the balance sheet date there were no significant concentrations on credit risk. The maximum exposure to credit risk is represented by the carrying amount of each financial asset on the Consolidated Balance Sheets.
Currency risk: The Company’s transactions are denominated primarily in U.S. dollars; therefore, overall currency exchange risk is limited. Balances in foreign currency other than U.S. dollars are not considered significant.
Fair value: The Management has determined that the fair values of the assets and liabilities as of March 31, 2022, are as follows:
| Carrying | Fair | |||||||
| Value | Value | |||||||
| Cash and cash equivalents (including restricted cash) | $ | 4,492 | $ | 4,492 | ||||
| Trade accounts receivable | $ | 2,613 | $ | 2,613 | ||||
| Trade accounts payable | $ | 5,199 | $ | 5,199 | ||||
| Long-term debt with variable interest rates, net | $ | 70,425 | $ | 70,425 | ||||
| Promissory note with non-variable interest rate* | $ | 6,000 | $ | 5,961 | ||||
| Due to related parties | $ | 4,822 | $ | 4,822 | ||||
* As at March 31, 2022, the carrying value and the theoretical fair value of the promissory note was $6,000 and $5,961, respectively.
The Company performs an impairment exercise whenever there are indicators of impairment. No impairment loss was recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2022. As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, the Company did not have any other assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non- recurring basis.
Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis: Interest rate cap
The Company’s interest rate cap does not qualify for hedge accounting. The Company adjusts its interest rate cap contract to fair market value at the end of every period and records the resulting gain or loss during the period in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. Information on the classification, the derivative fair value and the gain from financial derivative instruments included in the Consolidated Financial Statements is shown below:
| December 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| Consolidated Balance Sheets – Location | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| Financial derivative instrument – Other non-current assets | $ | 74 | $ | 308 | ||||
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss – Location | 2021 | 2022 | ||||||
| Financial derivative instrument – Fair value at the beginning of the period | $ | — | $ | 74 | ||||
| Financial derivative instrument – Additions of the period | — | — | ||||||
| Financial derivative instrument – Fair value as at period end | — | 308 | ||||||
| Gain from financial derivative instrument | $ | — | $ | 234 | ||||
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PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
10. Risk Management and Fair Value Measurements: - Continued:
Assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis: Interest rate cap
The fair value of the Company’s interest rate cap agreement is determined based on market-based LIBOR rates. LIBOR rates are observable at commonly quoted intervals for the full term of the cap and therefore, are considered Level 2 items in accordance with the fair value hierarchy.
Assets measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis: Long lived assets held and used and held for sale
As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, the Company reviewed the carrying amount in connection with the estimated recoverable amount for each of its vessels held and used. This review indicated that such carrying amount was fully recoverable for the Company’s vessels held and used. No impairment loss was recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2022.
As of December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022, the Company did not have any other assets or liabilities measured at fair value on a non-recurring basis.
11. Commitments and Contingencies:
Minimum contractual charter revenues: The Company employs certain of its vessels under lease agreements. Time charters typically may provide for variable lease payments, charterers’ options to extend the lease terms at higher rates and termination clauses. The Company’s contracted time charters as of March 31, 2022, range from one to three months, with varying extension periods at the charterers’ option and do not provide for variable lease payments. Our time charters contain customary termination clauses which protect either the Company or the charterers from material adverse situations.
Future minimum contractual charter revenues, gross of 1.25% address commission and 1.25% brokerage commissions to Maritime and of any other brokerage commissions to third parties, based on the vessels’ committed, non-cancelable, long-term time charter contracts as of March 31, 2022, are $445.
Other: Various claims, suits and complaints, including those involving government regulations and environmental liability, arise in the ordinary course of the shipping business. In addition, losses may arise from disputes with charterers, agents, insurance and other claims with suppliers relating to the operations of the Company’s vessels. Currently, management is not aware of any such claims not covered by insurance or contingent liabilities, which should be disclosed, or for which a provision has not been established in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.
The Company accrues for the cost of environmental and other liabilities when management becomes aware that a liability is probable and is able to reasonably estimate the probable exposure. As of March 31, 2022 and as of the date of the issuance of the Consolidated Financial Statements, management is not aware of any other claims or contingent liabilities, which should be disclosed or for which a provision should be established in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements. The Company is covered for liabilities associated with the individual vessels’ actions to the maximum limits as provided by Protection and Indemnity (P&I) Clubs, members of the International Group of P&I Clubs.
12. Interest and Finance Costs, net:
The amounts in the accompanying unaudited interim Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss are analyzed as follows:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Interest on long-term debt | $ | 960 | $ | 699 | ||||
| Interest on promissory note | 111 | 111 | ||||||
| Amortization of financing costs | 62 | 81 | ||||||
| Financing fees and charges | 8 | (17 | ) | |||||
| Total | $ | 1,141 | $ | 874 | ||||
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PYXIS TANKERS INC.
Notes to the Unaudited Interim Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements
(Expressed in thousands of U.S. Dollars, except for share and per share data)
13. Revenues, net:
The Company disaggregates its revenue from contracts with customers by the type of charter (time charters and spot charters). The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by revenue source for the three month periods ended March 31, 2021 and 2022:
| Three months ended March 31, | ||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Revenues derived from spot charters, net | $ | 1,775 | $ | 4,315 | ||||
| Revenues derived from time charters, net | 3,467 | 2,591 | ||||||
| Revenues, net | $ | 5,242 | $ | 6,906 | ||||
The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for contracts with an original expected length of one year or less, in accordance with the optional exception in ASC 606.
The following table presents the Company’s net trade accounts receivable disaggregated by revenue source as December 31, 2021 and March 31, 2022:
| December 31, | March 31, | |||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||
| Accounts receivable trade from spot charters | $ | 1,762 | $ | 2,709 | ||||
| Accounts receivable trade from time charters | — | — | ||||||
| Less: Bad debt provisions | (26 | ) | (76 | ) | ||||
| Less: Allowance for credit losses | (20 | ) | (20 | ) | ||||
| Total | $ | 1,716 | $ | 2,613 | ||||
14. Subsequent Events:
Dividend payment: During April 2022, the Company paid monthly cash dividends of $0.1615 per share on its outstanding Series A Preferred Shares, amounting to $73. Similarly, on May 1, 2022, the board of directors of Pyxis declared a monthly dividend of $0.1615 per share, for the month of May 2022. The cash dividend of $73 will be payable on May 20, 2022, to holders of record as of May 13, 2022.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders: On May 11, 2022 held the 2022 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (“AMS”) in London, U.K. At the AMS, the following proposals were approved and adopted:
| 1) | The re-election of Mr. Aristides J. Pittas to serve as the Company’s Class II Director until the 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders, and | |
| 2) | To amend the Company’s Articles of Incorporation to effect one or more reverse stock splits of the Company’s issued common stock, par value $0.001 (the “Common Shares”), at a ratio of not less than one-for-four and not more than one-for-ten and in the aggregate at a ratio of not more than one-for-ten, inclusive, with the exact ratio to be set at a whole number within this range to be determined by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”), or any duly constituted committee thereof, in its discretion, and to authorize the Board to implement any such reverse stock split by filing any such amendment to the Company’s Articles of Incorporation with the Registrar of Corporations of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (each an “Amendment”) at any time following such approval (the “Reverse Stock Split”). |
Following the AMS, the Board approved the filing of an Amendment to effect a Reverse Stock Split in the ratio of one for four outstanding Common Shares, to take effect on Friday, May 13, 2022. Beginning on such date, the Company’s Common Shares traded on a split-adjusted basis on the Nasdaq Capital Markets with a new assigned CUSIP number of Y71726130.
Upon effectiveness of the reverse stock split, every four of the Company’s issued and outstanding Common Shares were combined into one issued and outstanding Common Share, without any change to the par value of $0.001 per share or any shareholder’s ownership percentage of the Common Shares. This reduced the number of outstanding Common Shares from 42,455,857 shares to 10,613,424.
No fractional shares will be issued in connection with the Reverse Stock Split. Shareholders who would otherwise receive a fraction of a Common Share of the Company will receive a cash payment in lieu thereof.
The Reverse Stock Split was undertaken with the objective of meeting the minimum $1.00 per share requirement for maintaining the listing of the Common Shares on Nasdaq.
Furthermore, following the Reverse Stock Split, (a) the Conversion Price, as defined in the Certification of Designation of the Company’s 7.75% Series A Preferred Shares (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXSAP) of the Series A Preferred was adjusted from $1.40 to $5.60 and (b) the Exercise Price, as defined in the Company’s Warrants to purchase Common Shares (NASDAQ Cap Mkts: PXSAW) (the “Warrant”) was adjusted from $1.40 to $5.60.
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