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 July 2020

Commission File Number: 001-34848

SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
(Translation of registrant's name into English)

154 Vouliagmenis Avenue
166 74 Glyfada Athens, Greece
(Address of principal executive office)

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INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS FORM 6-K REPORT

Attached to this report (this “Report”) on Form 6-K as Exhibit 99.1 is a copy of the press release of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) dated July 21, 2020 titled “Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. Announces Successful Closing of Refinancing Resulting in a Gain of $5.6 Million.”

Hamburg Commercial Bank AG (previously known as HSH Nordbank AG) Settlement Agreement

On June 26, 2020, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with Hamburg Commercial Bank AG, or HCOB (previously known as HSH Nordbank AG), concerning the $44.4 million senior secured loan facility with HCOB, originally entered into on September 1, 2015, as amended and/ or supplemented from time to time thereafter (the “HCOB Loan Facility”). Under the terms of the settlement agreement, the $29.1 million outstanding balance under the facility would be fully and finally settled for $23.5 million and all securities pertaining to the subject facility would be irrevocably and unconditionally released, subject to the settlement occurring not later than July 31, 2020. As of the date of this report on Form 6-K, the Company has fully repaid the HCOB loan facility and the Borrowers, the Corporate Guarantor and the mortgages over the Gloriuship and the Geniuship and all other underlying securities in favor of HCOB have been irrevocably and unconditionally discharged.

New Entrust Loan Facility

On July 15, 2020, the Company entered into a $22.5 million loan agreement with Lucid Agency Services Limited and Lucid Trustee Services Limited as facility agent and security agent, respectively and certain nominees of EnTrust Global as lenders (the “New Entrust Loan Facility”), for the purpose of partly refinancing the settlement amount of $23.5 million under the HCOB Loan Facility. The borrowers under the facility are the Company’s applicable vessel-owning subsidiaries and the facility is guaranteed by the Company. The facility was made available in two tranches, which were fully drawn on July 16, 2020: the first tranche of $6.5 million was used to partly refinance the outstanding indebtedness over the M/V Gloriuship and the second tranche of $16.0 million was used to partly refinance the outstanding indebtedness over the M/V Geniuship. The facility matures in July 2025 and is secured by first priority mortgages over the vessels, general assignments covering earnings, insurances and requisition compensation of each vessel, account pledge agreements concerning the earnings account of each vessel, share pledge agreements concerning each vessel-owning subsidiaries’ shares and relevant technical and commercial managers' undertakings. In addition, the New Entrust Loan Facility is cross collateralized with an existing loan facility secured by M/V Lordship, as amended and restated on July 15, 2020. As a result, the New Entrust Loan Facility is further secured by a corporate guarantee from Lord Ocean Navigation Co. (“Lord Ocean”), being the vessel-owning subsidiary of the M/V Lordship, a second preferred mortgage over the M/V Lordship, second priority general assignment covering earnings, insurances and requisition compensation of the M/V Lordship, a second priority account pledge agreement concerning the earnings account of Lord Ocean, a second priority share pledge agreement concerning Lord Ocean's shares and second priority technical and commercial managers' undertakings. The New Entrust Loan Facility bears fixed interest rate of 10.5% per annum while principal obligation amortizes through six quarterly installments of $476,500 each, followed by 14 quarterly installments of $865,000 each, followed by a balloon repayment of $7.5 million due at maturity. Moreover, the New Entrust Loan Facility provides that: (i) the security cover percentage requirement (as defined therein) is required to be equal to 110% for the first 18 months following drawdown, 115% for months 19 – 24 following drawdown, 120% for months 25 – 36 following drawdown and 130% at all times thereafter until maturity, (ii) minimum liquidity of $0.25 million for the first 3 months following drawdown of the facility and $0.4 million at all times thereafter, as long as the respective vessel is not subject to a time-charter exceeding 12 months in duration, shall be maintained in each borrower’s earnings account and (iii) minimum liquidity of $0.5 million multiplied by the number of vessels owned by the Company and its subsidiaries shall be maintained by the Company. The New Entrust Loan Facility also imposes certain customary operating covenants.


Amended and Restated Entrust Loan Facility

On July 15, 2020, the Company entered into an amendment and restatement of the $24.5 million loan agreement entered into on June 11, 2018 with certain nominees of EnTrust Global as lenders and Wilmington Trust, National Association as facility agent and security agent (the “Amended and Restated Entrust Loan Facility”). Pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Entrust Loan Facility (i) Wilmington Trust, National Association resigned as facility agent and security agent and Lucid Agency Services Limited and Lucid Trustee Services Limited were appointed as successor facility agent and security agent, respectively and (ii) the facility was cross-collateralized with the New Entrust Loan Facility with corporate guarantees from Sea Glorius Shipping Co. and Sea Genius Shipping Co., being the vessel-owning subsidiaries of the M/V Gloriuship and the M/V Geniuship respectively, second preferred mortgages and second priority general assignments covering the earnings, insurances and requisition compensation over the M/V Gloriuship and the M/V Geniuship, second priority account pledge agreements covering the earnings accounts of these vessels, second priority share pledge agreements concerning Sea Glorius Shipping Co.'s and Sea Genius Shipping Co.’s shares and second priority technical and commercial managers' undertakings. The original terms and securities of the subject facility agreement were not otherwise altered by the amendment and restatement.
 
This Report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the Company's Registration Statements on Form F-3 (File Nos. 333-238136, 333-237500, 333-221058, 333-226796, 333-166697, 333-169813 and 333-214967).


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.

Dated: July 24, 2020

 
SEANERGY MARITIME HOLDINGS CORP.
       
 
By:
/s/ Stamatios Tsantanis
 
 
Name:
Stamatios Tsantanis
 
 
Title:
Chief Executive Officer
 





Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. Announces Successful Closing of Refinancing Resulting in a Gain of $5.6 Million
 
July 21, 2020 - Athens, Greece - Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (the “Company”) (NASDAQ: SHIP) announced today the successful closing of the previously announced refinancing of a credit facility secured by two of its Capesize vessels, M/V Geniuship and M/V Gloriuship (the “Previous Facility”), with a new credit facility secured by the same vessels (the “New Facility”).
 
The outstanding balance of the Previous Facility was $29.1 million, was retired for an amount of $23.5 million following a reduction accepted by the previous lender. The settlement resulted into a material $5.6 million gain and equity accretion for the Company that will be recorded in its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ending September 30, 2020. The settlement amount was funded by a combination of proceeds from the New Facility and cash on hand.
 
The New Facility has an initial balance of $22.5 million, a five-year term and reduced quarterly repayments that will positively impact the break-even rates of the underlying vessels, as well as less restrictive financial covenants and value maintenance provisions enhancing the Company’s financial flexibility. This refinancing and the settlement achieved with the outgoing lender will result in a $6.6 million aggregate reduction in the Company’s debt.
 
Seanergy is in advanced discussions with other lenders of the Company with maturities falling due in 2020 with the objective of extending the maturities and improving the financing terms of these facilities.
 
Stamatis Tsantanis, the Company's Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, stated:
 
“We are pleased to announce another important achievement for Seanergy. The closing of this refinancing has resulted in a $6.6 million debt reduction and a $5.6 million equity accretion, both of material significance for our Company.
 
As mentioned in our recent earnings release, the first half of 2020 was one of the most challenging periods in the history of drybulk shipping. Capesize daily spot rates averaged approximately $7,000 through Q1 and Q2, which is a fraction of the normalized mid-cycle rates of approximately $25,000.
 
During this period, we acted to further strengthen our balance sheet by raising equity from our shareholders to reduce our debt levels and capitalize on market opportunities. The recent acquisition of the M/V Goodship was agreed at a historically low value. In addition, the refinancing of the credit facility announced today will result in a $6.6 million debt reduction on our balance sheet.
 
We are also in advanced discussions with the remaining lenders of the Company with maturities falling due in 2020 to extend the maturities and improve the financing terms of these facilities. We expect to announce the positive outcome of these discussions soon.
 
In the second half of 2020, the Capesize market has improved significantly and the average daily spot rates are at approximately $26,000. Seanergy will continue to pursue opportunities that will serve our strategic targets and further delever the Company during what we expect to be a much stronger market environment.”
 
About Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp.

Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. is the only pure-play Capesize ship-owner publicly listed in the U.S. Seanergy provides marine dry bulk transportation services through a modern fleet of Capesize vessels. Upon delivery of the latest acquisition of the Company, which is scheduled for the first week of August, 2020, Seanergy's operating fleet will consist of 11 Capesize vessels with an average age of 11.5 years and aggregate cargo carrying capacity of approximately 1,926,117 dwt.  The Company is incorporated in the Marshall Islands and has executive offices in Athens, Greece and an office in Hong Kong. The Company's common shares trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the symbol "SHIP", its Class A warrants under "SHIPW" and its Class B warrants under “SHIPZ”.

Please visit our company website at: www.seanergymaritime.com.

 
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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements (as defined in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) concerning future events. Words such as "may", "should", "expects", "intends", "plans", "believes", "anticipates", "hopes", "estimates" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These statements involve known and unknown risks and are based upon a number of assumptions and estimates, which are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of the Company. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual results to differ materially include, but are not limited to, the Company's operating or financial results; the Company's liquidity, including its ability to service its indebtedness; competitive factors in the market in which the Company operates; shipping industry trends, including charter rates, vessel values and factors affecting vessel supply and demand; future, pending or recent acquisitions and dispositions, business strategy, areas of possible expansion or contraction, and expected capital spending or operating expenses; risks associated with operations outside the United States; and other factors listed from time to time in the Company's filings with the SEC, including the Registration Statement and its most recent annual report on Form 20-F. The Company's filings can be obtained free of charge on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Except to the extent required by law, the Company expressly disclaims any obligations or undertaking to release publicly any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect any change in the Company's expectations with respect thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any statement is based.

For further information please contact:
 
Capital Link, Inc.
Judit Csepregi
230 Park Avenue Suite 1536
New York, NY 10169
Tel: (212) 661-7566
E-mail: seanergy@capitallink.com


 

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