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

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of July 2020

Commission File Number 001-31236

 

 

TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED

(Translation of registrant’s name into English)

 

 

367 Syngrou Avenue, 175 64 P. Faliro, Athens, Greece

(Address of principal executive office)

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F. Form 20-F  ☒    Form 40-F  ☐

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TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED

FORM 6-K

This report on Form 6-K is hereby incorporated by reference into the following Registration Statements of the Company:

 

   

Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-234279) filed with the SEC on October 21, 2019;

 

   

Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-219569) filed with the SEC on July 28, 2017;

 

   

Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-206852) filed with the SEC on September 9, 2015;

 

   

Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-159218) initially filed with the SEC on May 13, 2009, as amended;

 

   

Registration Statement on Form F-3 (No. 333-111615) filed with the SEC on December 30, 2003;

 

   

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-183007) initially filed with the SEC on August 2, 2012, as amended;

 

   

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-134306) initially filed with the SEC on May 19, 2006, as amended;

 

   

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-104062) filed with the SEC on March 27, 2003; and

 

   

Registration Statement on Form S-8 (No. 333-102860) filed with the SEC on January 31, 2003.

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

99.1    Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited financial results for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019
99.2    Reverse Share Split Disclosure

 

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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.

Date: July 30, 2020

 

TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED
By:  

    /s/  Paul Durham

  Paul Durham
  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

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Exhibit 99.1

June 11, 2020

First Quarter 2020 Summary Results

Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited’s (the “Company” or “TEN”) gross revenues for the first quarter of 2020 came in at approximately $180 million, $32 million higher than in the 2019 first quarter.

Operating income doubled to $54.7 million from $27.8 million in the 2019 first quarter.

Net income was $21.2 million, which takes into account the impact of non-cash items. Earnings per share, after non-cash bunker hedges and preferred stock dividends, increased to $0.12 in the first quarter of 2020 from $0.01 in the first quarter of 2019.

EBITDA amounted to about $90 million in the first quarter of 2020, 40% higher than in the 2019 first quarter. See the reconciliation of EBITDA to net income included elsewhere herein.

The daily average TCE per vessel reached $26,629 in the first quarter of 2020 compared to $21,054 in the first quarter of 2019.

This performance was a reflection of the strong market that started in the latter months of 2019 and continued into the first and second quarter of 2020. As a result, TEN once again benefited by chartering its vessels on long-term contracts hence securing future earnings and allowing the fleet to achieve a high fleet utilization, reaching 97% with only one vessel undergoing scheduled dry docking.

Fleet operating expenses increased modestly to $45.5 million from $43.3 million in the first quarter of 2019, partly due to the size of the fleet and calculated increases in provisions and stores taken onboard vessels for precautionary reasons as the Covid-19 pandemic began to spread, threatening access to terminals.

On a daily average per vessel basis, operating expenses were once again controlled to about $7,900 in the first quarter of 2020 due to strict cost checks.

G&A expenses increased by $1.17 million mainly due to a slightly higher fleet from the first quarter of 2019.

Depreciation and amortization combined were about $0.5 million lower in the first quarter of 2020 than in the 2019 first quarter due to vessel sales.

In the first quarter of 2020, interest and finance costs reached $33.6 million, which included hedge related payments and $16.0 million non-cash negative changes in bunker valuations. These non-cash items have already reversed due to the rebalancing of the oil market in terms of oil production and expected to have a positive impact on the balance sheet going forward.

Actual bank loan interest payments fell by $4.4 million in the first quarter of 2020 due to lower interest rates and declining outstanding loans from scheduled repayments and vessel sales.

By the end of the 2020 first quarter, total outstanding indebtedness fell by a net $53.5 million and correspondingly TEN’s net debt to capital declined to 46.5%. Concurrently, TEN’s cash balances reached a level well beyond earlier expectations, with cash reserves at a healthy $221 million as of March 31, 2020.

 

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In January 2020, TEN took delivery of the newbuilding aframax Caribbean Voyager which immediately commenced its five-year bareboat employment to a US oil major, sistership to the Mediterranean Voyager delivered in October 2019 to the same charterer for identical employment.

Dividend – Common Shares Following the March 24, 2020 announcement of a 5 cents per common share dividend, the Company’s Board of Directors have subsequently approved to increase, for this time, that amount by 50% and pay a total of 7.5 cents per common share on June 26, 2020. The record date has been set for June 22, 2020 with ex-dividend date June 19, 2020.

 

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TSAKOS ENERGY NAVIGATION LIMITED AND SUBSIDIARIES

Selected Consolidated Financial and Other Data

(In Thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share, per share and fleet data)

 

     Three months ended  
     March 31 (unaudited)  
     2020     2019  

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS DATA

    

Voyage revenues

   $ 178,899     $ 147,046  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Voyage expenses

     32,711       31,566  

Charter hire expense

     5,140       2,669  

Vessel operating expenses

     45,488       43,324  

Depreciation and amortization

     34,828       35,285  

General and administrative expenses

     7,603       6,436  

Gain on sale of vessel

     (1,638     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses

     124,132       119,280  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Operating income

     54,767       27,766  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Interest and finance costs, net

     (33,593     (17,593

Interest income

     391       774  

Other, net

     408       (29
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other expenses, net

     (32,794     (16,848
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income

     21,973       10,918  

Less: Net (income) loss attributable to the noncontrolling interest

     (752     311  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net income attributable to Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited

   $ 21,221     $ 11,229  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Effect of preferred dividends

     (10,207     (10,204

Net income attributable to common stockholders of Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited

   $ 11,014     $ 1,025  

Earnings per share, basic and diluted

   $ 0.12     $ 0.01  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average number of common shares, basic and diluted

     95,613,804       87,604,645  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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     March 31             December 31  
     2020             2019  
BALANCE SHEET DATA         

Cash

     220,851                   197,770  

Other assets

     234,029           261,607  

Vessels, net

     2,655,529           2,633,251  

Advances for vessels under construction

     49,200           61,475  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 3,159,609         $ 3,154,103  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Debt, net of deferred finance costs

     1,481,080           1,534,296  

Other liabilities

     214,520           147,488  

Stockholders’ equity

     1,464,009           1,472,319  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity

   $ 3,159,609         $ 3,154,103  
  

 

 

       

 

 

 
  

 

 

       

 

 

 

 

     Three months ended  
     March 31  
     2020     2019  
OTHER FINANCIAL DATA     

Net cash from operating activities

   $ 57,453     $ 39,238  

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

   $ 22,546     $ (20,830

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities

   $ (56,918   $ (47,179

TCE per ship per day

   $ 26,629     $ 21,054  

Operating expenses per ship per day

   $ 7,886     $ 7,522  

Vessel overhead costs per ship per day

   $ 1,279     $ 1,117  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
     9,165       8,639  

FLEET DATA

    

Average number of vessels during period

     65.3       64.0  

Number of vessels at end of period

     65.0       64.0  

Average age of fleet at end of period

   Years 9.0       8.5  

Dwt at end of period (in thousands)

     6,998       6,936  

Time charter employment - fixed rate

   Days 2,511       2,393  

Time charter employment - variable rate

   Days 1,735       1,674  

Period employment (coa) at market rates

   Days 89       180  

Spot voyage employment at market rates

   Days 1,421       1,328  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total operating days

     5,756       5,575  

Total available days

     5,943       5,760  

Utilization

     96.9 %      96.8 % 

 

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Non-GAAP Measures

Reconciliation of Net income to Adjusted EBITDA

 

     Three months ended  
     March 31  
     2020      2019  

Net income attributable to Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited

   $ 21,221      $ 11,229  

Depreciation and amortization

     34,828        35,285  

Interest Expense

     33,593        17,593  

Gain on sale of vessel

     (1,638      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Adjusted EBITDA

   $ 88,004      $ 64,107  
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

The Company reports its financial results in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). However, management believes that certain non-GAAP measures used within the financial community may provide users of this financial information additional meaningful comparisons between current results and results in prior operating periods as well as comparisons between the performance of Shipping Companies. Management also uses these non-GAAP financial measures in making financial, operating and planning decisions and in evaluating the Company’s performance. We are using the following Non-GAAP measures:    

 

  (i)

TCE which represents voyage revenue less voyage expenses is divided by the number of operating days less 200 days lost for the first quarter of 2020 and 90 days for the prior year quarter of 2019 as a result of calculating revenue on a loading to discharge basis.

 

  (ii)

Vessel overhead costs are General & Administrative expenses, which also include Management fees, Stock compensation expense and Management incentive award.

 

  (iii)

Operating expenses per ship per day which exclude Management fees, General & Administrative expenses, Stock compensation expense and Management incentive award.

 

  (iv)

EBITDA. See above for reconciliation to net income.

Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to and not as an alternative for, the Company’s reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP.

The Company does not incur corporation tax.

 

 

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Exhibit 99.2

Reverse Share Split Disclosure

On July 1, 2020, Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (the “Company”) effected a one-for-five (1-for-5) reverse share split of its authorized common shares, with a corresponding increase in the par value per share to $5.00 per share. The reverse share split reduced the number of authorized common shares from 175,000,000 common shares, with a par value of $1.00 per share, to 35,000,000 common shares, with a par value of $5.00 per share, and reduced the number of outstanding common shares from 93,905,410 common shares to 18,781,049 common shares. No fractional shares were issued in connection with the reverse share split. Shareholders who would otherwise have been entitled to receive a fractional share of the Company’s common shares after the reverse share split received a cash payment in lieu of such fractional share. No other terms of the Company’s common shares were affected by the reverse share split.

As the $175,000,000 authorized share capital of the Company related to common shares remained unchanged after the reverse share split, the stated capital on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet attributable to the common shares was unchanged as a result of the reverse share split.

All share and earnings (loss) per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect the reverse share split. The effect of the reverse share split on per share amounts and the weighted average number of common shares issued and outstanding for each of the quarters ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, and each of the five fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 are as follows.

 

     Three Months Ended March 31,      Year Ended December 31,  
     2020      2019      2019     2018     2017     2016      2015  

Earnings (loss) per share, basic

   $ 0.58      $ 0.06      $ (1.58   $ (7.63   $ (0.95   $ 2.35      $ 8.43  

Weighted average number of shares, basic

     19,122,761        17,520,929        17,751,585       17,422,327       16,942,714       16,981,016        17,165,519  

Earnings (loss) per share, diluted

   $ 0.58      $ 0.06      $ (1.58   $ (7.63   $ (0.95   $ 2.35      $ 8.43  

Weighted average number of shares, diluted

     20,867,193        17,520,929        17,751,585       17,422,327       16,942,714       16,981,016        17,165,519  

 

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