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Scorpio Tankers Inc. Announces Delivery of a MR Newbuilding and Reiterates Its Stock Buyback Authorization and Quarterly Dividend
MONACO — (Marketwired) — 05/01/14 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) (“Scorpio Tankers,” or the “Company”) announced today that it has taken delivery of an MR tanker, STI Meraux, from SPP Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. of South Korea. After delivery, this vessel began a one year time charter at a rate level consistent with current one year time charter contracts, which includes a profit sharing mechanism whereby earnings in excess of the base time charter rate will be split between the Company and charterer.
Stock Buyback Authorization
On April 28, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company authorized a share buyback program of $100.0 million of its common stock. The Company expects to repurchase these shares in the open market, at times and prices that are considered to be appropriate by the Company, but is not obligated under the terms of the program to repurchase any shares.
Declaration of the Quarterly Dividend
On April 28, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Company declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.09 per share, payable on June 12, 2014 to all shareholders as of May 27, 2014 (the record date).
About Scorpio Tankers Inc.
Scorpio Tankers Inc. is a provider of marine transportation of petroleum products worldwide. Scorpio Tankers Inc. currently owns 20 tankers (two LR1 tankers, one Handymax tanker, 16 MR tankers, and one post-Panamax tanker) with an average age of 2.8 years, time charters-in 28 product tankers (eight LR2, six LR1, six MR and eight Handymax tankers), and has contracted for 54 newbuilding product tankers (28 MR, 12 LR2, and 14 Handymax ice class-1A product tankers), 41 are expected to be delivered to the Company throughout 2014 and 13 in 2015. The Company also owns approximately 26% of Dorian LPG Ltd. Additional information about the Company is available at the Company’s website www.scorpiotankers.com, which is not a part of this press release.
Forward-Looking Statements
Matters discussed in this press release may constitute forward-looking statements. The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides safe harbor protections for forward-looking statements in order to encourage companies to provide prospective information about their business. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements, which are other than statements of historical facts. The Company desires to take advantage of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and is including this cautionary statement in connection with this safe harbor legislation. The words “believe,” “anticipate,” “intends,” “estimate,” “forecast,” “project,” “plan,” “potential,” “may,” “should,” “expect,” “pending” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements.
The forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon various assumptions, many of which are based, in turn, upon further assumptions, including without limitation, our management’s examination of historical operating trends, data contained in our records and other data available from third parties. Although we believe that these assumptions were reasonable when made, because these assumptions are inherently subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies which are difficult or impossible to predict and are beyond our control, we cannot assure you that we will achieve or accomplish these expectations, beliefs or projections.
In addition to these important factors, other important factors that, in our view, could cause actual results to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements include the failure of counterparties to fully perform their contracts with us, the strength of world economies and currencies, general market conditions, including fluctuations in charter rates and vessel values, changes in demand for tanker vessel capacity, changes in our operating expenses, including bunker prices, drydocking and insurance costs, the market for our vessels, availability of financing and refinancing, charter counterparty performance, ability to obtain financing and comply with covenants in such financing arrangements, changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, potential liability from pending or future litigation, general domestic and international political conditions, potential disruption of shipping routes due to accidents or political events, vessels breakdowns and instances of off-hires and other factors. Please see our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a more complete discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties.