Operator
Welcome to 2020 Bulkers Q4 2025 financial presentation. For the first part of this call, all participants are in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, there will be a question and answer session. To ask a question during the Q&A, please press 5 star on your telephone keypad. This call is being recorded. I'll now turn the call over to CEO Lars-Christian Svensson. Please begin.
Thank you, Operator. Welcome to the Q4 2025 conference call for 2020 bulkers. My name is Lars-Christian Svensson, and I will be joined here today by our chairman, Magnus Halvorsen, and our CFO, Vida Rasen. Before we start the presentation, I would like to remind you that we will be discussing matters that are forward-looking. These assumptions reflect the company's current views regarding future events and are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated. I will now continue with the highlights of the quarter. We reported a net profit of 13.8 million and an EBITDA of 16.5 million for the fourth quarter of 2025. We achieved an average time charter rate of about $39,300 per day in the same period. Our total dividends amounted to 63 cents for the months of October, November and December 2025. In October 2025, we signed an agreement to sell the bulk Sao Paulo for a total of $72.75 million with Q1 2026 delivery. In November 2025, we signed a further agreement to sell the bulk Sydney and the bulk Santos for a total of $145.5 million. These two vessels will also be delivered to new owners within Q1 2026. In subsequent events, we reported an average net TEC earnings of about $30,800 per day for the month of January 2026. And this morning, we also announced a dividend of 15 cents for the same month. And with that, I will now pass the word to Vidar.
Thank you, Lars-Christian. 2020 Völkers reports a net profit of $13.8 million and earnings per share of 60 cents for the fourth quarter of 2025. Operating profit was $15.8 million and EBITDA was $16.5 million for the quarter. Operating revenues and other income were $21.4 million for the fourth quarter. The average time chart equivalent rate was approximately $39,300 per day gross. Bessel operating expenses were $3.5 million and the average operating expenses per ship per day were approximately $6,300 in the fourth quarter. GNA for the fourth quarter was $1.1 million. 2020 bulkers recognized approximately $0.5 million in management fee as other income in the financial statements. Interest expense were $1.9 million for the quarter. Shareholders' equity was $148.4 million at the end of the quarter. Interest-bearing debt was $112.5 million at the end of the fourth quarter and is non-amortizing until maturity in April 2029. Cash flow from operations was $15.5 million for the quarter. Cash and cash equivalents were $22.1 million at the end of the quarter. The company declared total dividends to shareholders of 63 cents per share for the months of October, November and December 2025. That completes the financial section. And now over to you, Magnus.
Thank you, Vidar. As our remaining ships will now soon be delivered to their new owners, I just wanted to reflect and summarize a little bit the 2020 Bolker's history and the financial returns we've generated for our loyal shareholders. We started out in 2017 by ordering eight scrubber fitted Newcastle Max vessels at New Times Shipyard, paying at the time all inclusive $47.6 million. and we believed at the time there was a very interesting risk reward giving the attractive new building prices and falling water book. As we became an operating company we remained profitable every single quarter from the delivery of our last vessels and looking at what this has meant in terms of returns the company was initially financed by 142 million dollars in equity through a number of share issues. As of and including the declaration we made today, we have declared a total of 251 million in dividends and distributions to other shareholders. And as we've reported today and we went through, we expect to have next proceeds from the sale of the last vessels amounting to around $311 million after all debt has been repaid. Additionally, we have around 50 million dollars on cash on the balance sheet as of today um what this means for the investors who supported us throughout the whole story um participating pro rate in every equity offering since november 2017 we've generated a ir of 28 per annum measured in dollars for those and perhaps more relevant who came in on the ipo on the then oslo access in june 2019 the annual return including dividends has been 31 percent measured in us dollars this compares to 17 for the s p 500 and just under 16 for the stock stock exchange measured in dollars for apples to apples comparison as we stated in the release today our intention is to as soon as possible return all the proceeds from the sales to shareholders, as well as the majority of cash on hand. We will retain a small amount in the company to support G&A, which will enable us to stay listed while we can evaluate potential strategic or other opportunities. Before I go to the Q&A, I'd like to thank everyone who's been part of the story so far. We obviously wouldn't have been able to do this without the investors, and I think particularly the ones that supported us in the very challenging share offering in May 2019. At the time, DryBlock was not exactly in fashion. It was very tough to get it done. And also a big thanks to the employees, the board, the banks, brokers, New Times Shipyard, and of course, very importantly, our very good charters, which we have remained very loyal to. And with that, I'll leave it over to the operator for questions.
Operator
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As there appears to be no questions in the queue i'll hand it back to the speakers for any closing remarks okay i think we've said what we want to do so thank you everyone for dialing in and if you have any questions that you didn't ask feel free to reach out to us thank you very much
