Globus Maritime Announces a Sale and Bareboat Back Transaction for its Vessel GLBS Magic
December 30 2024 - 4:05PM
Globus Maritime Limited (“Globus” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: GLBS),
a dry bulk shipping company, announced today that it has closed a
$25 million sale and bareboat agreement through its wholly owned
subsidiary, Paralus Shipholding S.A., with an unrelated Japanese
third party, with respect to the approximately 64,000 dwt bulk
carrier “GLBS Magic” which was delivered from its builder, the
Nantong Cosco Khi Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. shipyard in China on
September 20, 2024. The Company has sold the GLBS Magic to an
unrelated third party for $25 million and has bareboat chartered
back the vessel for (i) a fixed amount equal to $2,250 per day for
the first three years from the delivery date, $2,550 per day for
the next two years, $2,850 per day for the three years following,
and $2,950 per day for the final two years plus (ii) a variable
amount priced at Term SOFR plus a 2.1% margin of the outstanding
lease obligation. As part of this transaction, the Company has
continuous options to buy back the vessel following the third
anniversary of its delivery to the purchaser, at purchase prices
stipulated in the bareboat charter depending on when the option is
exercised. At the end of the ten-year period, the Company has an
obligation to buy back the vessel at a purchase price of
$15,400,500, if not purchased earlier. The sale and bareboat
charter back transaction closed on December 23, 2024. The bareboat
charter contains certain covenants and agreements customary for
financing agreements of this type.
About Globus Maritime Limited
Globus is an integrated dry bulk shipping
company that provides marine transportation services worldwide. The
Company’s operating fleet consists of ten dry bulk vessels that
transport iron ore, coal, grain, steel products, cement, alumina
and other dry bulk cargoes internationally, with a total carrying
capacity of 734,249 dead weight tons and a weighted average age of
7.8 years as at December 30, 2024.
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Securities and Exchange Commission. Accordingly, you should not
unduly rely on these forward-looking statements, which speak only
as of the date of this communication. Globus undertakes no
obligation to publicly revise any forward-looking statement to
reflect circumstances or events after the date of this
communication or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
You should, however, review the factors and risks Globus describes
in the reports it files from time to time with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
For further information please
contact: |
Globus
Maritime Limited |
+30 210 960
8300 |
Athanasios Feidakis |
a.g.feidakis@globusmaritime.gr |
Capital Link – New York |
+1 212 661 7566 |
Nicolas Bornozis |
globus@capitallink.com |
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