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Norwegian OTC Finding Paths to Liquidity for Stranded Investors Marine Money conference June 2015 Christian Moxon Managing Director, Head of US offices Christian.moxon@paretosec.com What is the OTC market? A proven entry to the private


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Norwegian OTC – Finding Paths to Liquidity for Stranded Investors

Marine Money conference

June 2015

Christian Moxon Managing Director, Head of US offices Christian.moxon@paretosec.com

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What is the OTC market?

A proven entry to the private equity/private placement market Unregulated market with access to trading/secondhand market Structure and pricing based on previous transactions and precedence An unlimited ability to pre-sound market All companies/industries can utilize market, but it is not for everyone Speed to market enables accuracy in pricing Pareto knows this market better than anyone

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USD 4.5bn raised in shipping equity in this cycle on the N-OTC list

N-OTC Transaction 2012 – To date

2012

2,717 1,830 4,547 USDm raised

Pareto Securities transactions Other

21 8 29 # of transactions

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Where are the companies now?

2012

listed listed Still N-OTC registered – considering options

N-OTC Transaction 2012 – To date

1) Assuming completion of contemplated Gener8 IPO 1)

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How did they perform while being N-OTC registered listed

62 % 52 % 22 %

Return from initial N-OTC placement until pricing at IPO1)

1) Assuming completion of contemplated Gener8 IPO at mid-point pricing Source: Factset, Pareto Securities Research

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How did they perform while being N-OTC registered listed

Return from initial N-OTC placement until pricing at IPO

62 % 28 % 5 %

Source: Factset, Pareto Securities Research

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How have the ones that remain N-OTC registered performed compared to its listed peers?

  • 84 %
  • 80 %
  • 75 %
  • 69 %
  • 69 %
  • 42 %
  • 90 %
  • 80 %
  • 70 %
  • 60 %
  • 50 %
  • 40 %
  • 30 %
  • 20 %
  • 10 %

0 % SALT-US SBLK-US GOGL-US PIONEER SB-US DSX-US

Share price performance dry bulk Share price performance since April 2014 to date1)

1) Pioneer share price based on return from initial N-OTC raise to last done transaction price 2) EIGHT share price based on return from the first N-OTC raise to the 3rd N-OTC raise Source: Factset, Pareto Securities Research

Share price performance product tankers Share price performance since September 2013 to date2)

22.5 % 6.5 % 1.5 % 1.5 % 1.3 % 0 % 5 % 10 % 15 % 20 % 25 % 30 % 35 % 40 % 45 % 50 % EIGHT-NO STNG-US DIS-IT ASC-US NNA-US

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Private equity still constitute a small part of the total capital structure

USDbn 1 2 4 3 8 3 21 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Total

Gross amount of PE shipping investments

Source: Marine Money, Tufton Oceanic, Watson Farley & Williams

World’s shipping fleet (incl. newbuild orders)

250 300 140 70 760 Dry Wet Container General cargo Total USDbn 97 % 3 % Government, bank debt, bonds, public equity and unfuned orderbook "Newly invested" private equity

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Paths to liquidity

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Alternatives to the holy grail

Oslo IPO

Source: Pareto Securities

 Liquidity post listing

  • ften more

important to investors than the listing venue itself  Norwegian (shipping) companies priced on par with US companies  Quick and document light process

Case examples: Tankers Investments January 2014

  • N-OTC

placement of USD 250m

  • Acquisition of 8x

2nd hand afra- and suezmaxes

  • Oslo-listed 2

months after initial N-OTC raise

March 2014

Further vessel acquisitions and growth of company

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Alternatives to the holy grail

Source: Pareto Securities

M&A

 Larger (listed) players are looking for growth – smaller platforms looking for liquidity  Consolidation will continue to be the theme of the shipping market

1) USD 16.2 per BLUE share is based on a Genmar/BLUE exchange rate of 0.89x and assumes completion of the contemplated Gener8 IPO at mid-point pricing Source: Pareto Securities

Case examples: Navig8 Crude Tankers

10.0 13.5 16.2 Dec-13 March-14 Jun-15

USD 160m N-OTC placement in Dec-13 @ USD 10.0/share USD 250m N-OTC placement in March- 14 @ USD 13.5/share IPO in June-151) 62% unleveraged return USD/share

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Alternatives to the holy grail

Source: Pareto Securities

Recapitalization

 Recapitalization through the bond market provides investors with a (partial) exit  The bond product with flexibility on use

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covenants and tenor making it a viable

  • ption for all asset

classes and age profiles

Illustrative re-leverage example

60 60 40 30 60 50 Vessel value today Vessel appreciation Vessel value tomorrow 60% leverage 40% equity Bond debt Bank debt Equity value

Exit through re-leveraging of asset values

USDm

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Alternatives to the holy grail

Source: Pareto Securities

Asset sale

 Staggered asset sales an effective alternative to reduce transaction risk compared to an en- bloc sale of the entire fleet

Case examples: Navig8 Product Tankers

48 60 Sept-13 May-15 Entered into newbuilding contract at USD 48m per vessel following completion of N-OTC raise in September 2013 Sold 3x newbuilding contracts at USD 60m per vessel in May 2015

USDm

25% unleveraged return

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