Republic of the Marshall Islands (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) | 4412 (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | N/A (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) | ||||
Emerging growth company ☒ | |||
• | In lieu of obtaining shareholder approval prior to the issuance of designated securities or the adoption of equity compensation plans or material amendments to such equity compensation plans, we will comply with provisions of the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act (the “BCA”), providing that the Board of Directors approves share issuances and adoptions of and material amendments to equity compensation plans. Likewise, in lieu of obtaining shareholder approval prior to the issuance of securities in certain circumstances, consistent with the BCA and our restated articles of incorporation, as amended, and fourth amended and restated bylaws, the Board of Directors approves certain share issuances. |
• | The Company’s Board of Directors is not required to have an Audit Committee comprised of at least three members. Our Audit Committee is comprised of two members. |
• | The Company’s Board of Directors is not required to meet regularly in executive sessions without management present. |
• | As a foreign private issuer, we are not required to solicit proxies or provide proxy statements to Nasdaq pursuant to Nasdaq corporate governance rules or Marshall Islands law. Consistent with Marshall Islands law and as provided in our bylaws, we will notify our shareholders of meetings between 15 and 60 days before the meeting. This notification will contain, among other things, information regarding business to be transacted at the meeting. |
• | exemption from the auditor attestation requirement in the assessment of the emerging growth company’s internal controls over financial reporting under Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“Sarbanes-Oxley”); |
• | exemption from new or revised financial accounting standards applicable to public companies until such standards are also applicable to private companies; and |
• | exemption from compliance with any new requirements adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”), requiring mandatory audit firm rotation or a supplement to the auditor’s report in which the auditor would be required to provide additional information about the audit and financial statements. |
• | 7,680,546 Common Shares issuable upon the hypothetical conversion of 17,249 Series A Preferred Shares, as of June 30, 2025 using the VWAP for the five-day period ended June 27, 2025 (being the five consecutive trading day period expiring on the trading day immediately prior to the date of delivery of the hypothetical notice of conversion); |
• | 2,000 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the First Representative’s Warrant; |
• | 11,450 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent’s Warrant; and |
• | 49 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Class A Warrants. |
• | decrease in available financing for vessels; |
• | no active secondhand market for the sale of vessels; |
• | decrease in demand for dry bulk vessels and limited employment opportunities; |
• | charterers seeking to renegotiate the rates for existing time charters; |
• | loan covenant defaults; and |
• | declaration of bankruptcy by some operators, charterers, and vessel owners. |
• | Adoption of mandatory data collection system. Since 2019, the IMO data collection system (“IMO DCS”) requires vessels above 5,000 gross tons to report consumption data for fuel oil, hours under way, and distance traveled. This covers any maritime activity carried out by ships, including dredging, pipeline laying, ice-breaking, fish-catching, and off-shore installations. The data is annually reported to the flag state that issues a statement of compliance to the relevant vessel. Data is reported annually to the flag state and is used in calculating a ship’s operational carbon intensity indicator (“CII”). |
• | Amendments to MAPROL Annex VI requiring ships to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions. Beginning in January 2023, Annex VI imposed reporting requirements in connection with the implementation of the Energy Efficiency Existing Ship Index (“EEXI”) and CII framework, which amendments became effective May 1, 2024. Beginning in January 2023, Annex VI required EEXI and CII certification. The first annual reporting was to be completed in 2023, with initial ratings given in 2024. |
• | Net zero greenhouse emissions in the EU by 2050. In 2021, the EU adopted a European Climate Law (Regulation (EU) 2021/1119), establishing the aim of reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 2050, with an intermediate target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels. In July 2021, the European Commission launched the “Fit for 55” to support the climate policy agenda. As of January 2019, large ships calling at EU ports have been required to collect and publish data on carbon dioxide emissions and other information. |
• | Maritime ETS scheme became effective in January 2024. On January 1, 2024, the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (“ETS”) for ships sailing in and out of EU ports became effective, and the FuelEU Maritime Regulation became effective on January 1, 2025. The ETS is to apply gradually over the period from 2024 to 2026. 40% of allowances will be surrendered in 2025 for the year 2024; 70% of allowances will be surrendered in 2026 for the year 2025; and 100% of allowances will be surrendered in 2027 for the year 2026. Compliance will be on a company-wide (rather than per ship) basis and “shipping company” is defined broadly to capture both the ship owner and any contractually appointed commercial operator, ship manager, or bareboat charterer who assumes responsibility for full compliance under the ETS and under the ISM Code. If the latter contractual arrangement is entered into, this needs to be reflected in a certified mandate signed by both parties and presented to the administrator of the scheme. The cap under the ETS is set by taking into account EU MRV system emissions data for the years 2018 and 2019, adjusted, from year 2021 and is to capture 100% of the emissions from intra-EU maritime voyages, 100% of emissions from ships at berth in EU ports, and 50% of emissions from voyages which start or end at EU ports (but the other destination is outside of the EU). Furthermore, the newly passed EU Emissions Trading Directive 2023/959/EC makes clear that all maritime allowances would be auctioned and there will be no free allocation. 78.4 million emissions allowances are to be allocated specifically to maritime. If we do not receive allowances from our charterers, we will be forced to purchase allowances from the market, which can be costly if our charterers do not compensate us for such cost, especially if other shipping companies are similarly looking to do the same. New systems, including personnel and data management systems, |
• | our ability to obtain additional financing, if necessary, for working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, or other purposes may be impaired, or such financing may be unavailable on favorable terms, or at all; |
• | we may need to use a substantial portion of our cash from operations to make principal and interest payments on our bank debt and financing liabilities, reducing the funds that would otherwise be available for operations, future business opportunities, and any future dividends to our shareholders; |
• | our debt level could make us more vulnerable to competitive pressures or a downturn in our business or the economy generally than our competitors with less debt; and |
• | our debt level may limit our flexibility in responding to changing business and economic conditions. |
• | our existing common shareholders’ proportionate ownership interest in us will decrease; |
• | the amount of cash available for dividends payable per Common Share may decrease; |
• | the relative voting strength of each previously outstanding Common Share may be diminished; and |
• | the market price of our Common Shares may decline. |
• | seasonal variations in in our operating results; |
• | changes in market valuations of similar companies and stock market price and volume fluctuations generally; |
• | changes in earnings estimates or the publication of research reports by analysts; |
• | speculation in the press or investment community about our business or the shipping industry generally; |
• | strategic actions by us or our competitors such as acquisitions or restructurings; |
• | the potentially thin trading market for our Common Shares, which may render them illiquid; |
• | regulatory developments; |
• | additions or departures of key personnel; |
• | general market conditions; |
• | systemic risks; and |
• | domestic and international economic, market and currency factors unrelated to our performance. |
• | changes in general dry bulk market conditions, including fluctuations in charter hire rates, vessel values, vessel supply, demand for vessels, and supply of or demand for dry bulk commodities, including dry bulk commodities carried by sea, generally or in particular regions; |
• | changes in seaborne and other transportation patterns; |
• | delays or defaults by shipyards in the construction of new buildings in the dry bulk industry, defaults in constructions, or delays, cancelations, or non-completion of deliveries of any vessels we may agree to acquire; |
• | changes in the useful lives and/or the value of our vessels and the related impact on our compliance with the covenants under our financing arrangements; |
• | the aging of our fleet and increases in operating costs; |
• | changes in our ability to complete future, pending, or recent acquisitions or dispositions; |
• | our ability to achieve successful utilization of our fleet; |
• | changes to our financial condition and liquidity, including our ability to pay amounts that we owe and obtain additional financing to fund capital expenditures, acquisitions, and other general corporate activities; |
• | risks related to our business strategy, areas of possible expansion, or expected capital spending or operating expenses; |
• | changes in our ability to leverage the relationships and reputation in the dry bulk shipping industry of Pavimar, the commercial and technical manager of our vessels; |
• | changes in the availability of crew, number of off-hire days, classification survey requirements, and insurance costs for the vessels in our fleet; |
• | changes in our relationships with our counterparties, including the failure of any of our counterparties to fulfill their obligations; |
• | loss of our customers, charters, or vessels; |
• | damage to our vessels; |
• | potential liability from future incidents involving our vessels and litigation; |
• | our future operating or financial results; |
• | changes in and the effects of interest or inflation rates and worldwide inflationary pressures; |
• | acts of terrorism, war, piracy, and other hostilities; |
• | public health threats, pandemics, epidemics, other disease outbreaks, and governmental responses thereto; |
• | changes in global and regional economic and political conditions, including the provision or removal of economic stimulus measures meant to counteract the effects of sudden market disruptions due to financial, economic, or health crises; |
• | changes in tariffs or other restrictions imposed on foreign imports by the U.S. and related countermeasures taken by impacted foreign countries; |
• | general domestic and international political conditions or events, including trade wars, acts of hostility or potential, threatened, or ongoing war; |
• | inherent operational risks, natural disasters, weather damage, seasonal fluctuations, and inspection procedures of the dry bulk industry; |
• | changes in governmental rules and regulations or actions taken by regulatory authorities, particularly with respect to the dry bulk shipping industry; |
• | our ability to continue as a going concern; and |
• | other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of this prospectus and our Annual Report on Form 20-F. |
• | on actual basis; and |
• | on as adjusted basis, giving effect to (i) the issuance of up to 10,262,726 Common Shares to the Selling Shareholder pursuant to the SEPA and assuming receipt of the full Commitment Amount by the Company and up to 94,511 Common Shares to the Selling Shareholder in lieu of cash for the payment of the Commitment Fee, including the Initial Commitment Shares, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the SEPA, based on an assumed purchase price of $2.03 per Common Share (which is the average of the high and low price of our Common Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market on September 9, 2025); (ii) the payment to Yorkville of a structuring and due diligence fee in the amount of $25,000 and other cash expenses related to this offering; and (iii) debt repayments since July 1, 2025 and up to the date hereof in an aggregate amount of $187,984. |
(In Thousands of U.S. Dollars, except share data) | ACTUAL | AS ADJUSTED(1) | ||||
Total cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash | $4,489 | $24,062 | ||||
Total long-term debt | 36,407 | 36,219 | ||||
Shareholders’ equity: | ||||||
Common shares-authorized 750,000,000 shares with $0.001 par value, 2,185,230 shares issued and outstanding on actual basis and 12,542,467 shares on as adjusted basis | 2 | 12 | ||||
Series A Preferred Shares-authorized 1,500,000 shares with $0.001 par value, 17,249 shares issued and outstanding on actual and as adjusted basis | — | — | ||||
Series B Preferred Shares-authorized 1,500,000 shares with $0.001 par value, 1,500,000 shares issued and outstanding on actual and as adjusted basis | 2 | 2 | ||||
Series C Participating Preferred Shares-authorized 1,500,000 shares with $0.001 par value, no shares issued and outstanding on actual and as adjusted basis | — | — | ||||
Additional paid-in capital | 24,026 | 43,777 | ||||
(Accumulated Deficit) | (3,566) | (3,566) | ||||
Total shareholders’ equity | 20,464 | 40,225 | ||||
Total capitalization (including long-term debt) | $56,871 | $76,444 | ||||
(1) | The “as adjusted” information is illustrative only. Because the purchase price per share to be paid by Yorkville for the Common Shares that we may elect to sell to Yorkville under the SEPA, if any, will fluctuate based on the market prices of the Common Shares during the applicable period, it is not possible for us to predict the number of Common Shares that we will sell to Yorkville under the SEPA, the purchase price per share that Yorkville will pay for Common Shares purchased from us under the SEPA, or the aggregate gross proceeds that we will receive from those purchases by Yorkville under the SEPA, if any. |
• | the Company shall, in its sole discretion, select the number of Advance Shares, not to exceed the Maximum Advance Amount (unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the Company and Yorkville), it desires to issue and sell to Yorkville in each Advance Notice, the time it desires to deliver each Advance Notice. The “Maximum Advance Amount” is defined as an amount equal to 100% of the average of the daily trading volume of the Common Shares on the Nasdaq Capital Market during the five consecutive trading days immediately preceding an Advance Notice; and |
• | there shall be no mandatory minimum Advances and there shall be no non-usages fee for not utilizing the Commitment Amount or any part thereof. |
Assumed Average Price Per Share | Number of Common Shares to be Issued to Yorkville (Pricing Option 1) | Total Number of Outstanding Common Shares After Giving Effect to the Sales to Yorkville | Number of Common Shares to be Issued to Yorkville (Pricing Option 2) | Total Number of Outstanding Common Shares After Giving Effect to the Sales to Yorkville | ||||||||
$1.00 | 20,978,583 | 23,163,813 | 20,763,806 | 22,949,036 | ||||||||
$2.00 | 10,511,916 | 12,697,146 | 10,404,528 | 12,589,758 | ||||||||
$2.03(1) | 10,357,237 | 12,542,467 | 10,251,436 | 12,436,666 | ||||||||
$3.00 | 7,023,028 | 9,208,258 | 6,951,436 | 9,136,666 | ||||||||
$4.00 | 5,278,583 | 7,463,813 | 5,224,889 | 7,410,119 | ||||||||
$5.00 | 4,231,916 | 6,417,146 | 4,188,961 | 6,374,191 | ||||||||
(1) | The average of the high and low price per Common Share on the Nasdaq Capital Market on September 9, 2025. |
• | 7,680,546 Common Shares issuable upon the hypothetical conversion of 17,249 Series A Preferred Shares, as of June 30, 2025 using the VWAP for the five-day period ended June 27, 2025 (being the five consecutive trading day period expiring on the trading day immediately prior to the date of delivery of the hypothetical notice of conversion); |
• | 2,000 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the First Representative’s Warrant; |
• | 11,450 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Placement Agent’s Warrant; and |
• | 49 Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Class A Warrants. |
Number of Common Shares Owned Prior to Offering(1) | Maximum Number of Common Shares to be Offered Pursuant to this Prospectus(4) | Number of Common Shares Owned After Offering(2) | |||||||||||||
Name of Selling Shareholder | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |||||||||||
YA II PN, Ltd.(3) | 45,249 | 2.0% | 10,357,237 | — | — | ||||||||||
(1) | This number represents the Initial Commitment Shares. The percentage is based on 2,230,479 Common Shares outstanding prior to this offering. |
(2) | Assumes that Yorkville (i) will sell all of the Common Shares beneficially owned by it that are covered by this prospectus and (ii) does not acquire beneficial ownership of any additional Common Shares. Yorkville may acquire additional Common Shares for an aggregate subscription amount of up to $20,000,000 pursuant to the SEPA, provided that Yorkville shall not acquire any Common Shares under the SEPA if those Common Shares, when aggregated with all other Common Shares beneficially owned by Yorkville and its affiliates, would result in Yorkville and its affiliates (on an aggregated basis) beneficially owning more than 4.99% of the then outstanding voting power or number of Common Shares. The number of shares that may ultimately be offered for resale by Yorkville is dependent upon the number of shares we may actually issue to Yorkville under the SEPA. |
(3) | Investment decisions for YA II PN, Ltd. are made by Mr. Mark Angelo. The business address for YA II PN, Ltd. is 1012 Springfield Avenue, Mountainside, NJ 07092. |
(4) | The number of Common Shares that may actually be issued to Yorkville pursuant to the SEPA is not currently known and is subject to satisfaction of certain conditions and other limitations set forth in the SEPA, including the Beneficial Ownership Cap. |
• | 750,000,000 Common Shares, par value $0.001 per share, of which 2,230,479 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof, including the Initial Commitment Shares; and |
• | 250,000,000 preferred shares, par value $0.001 per share, out of which: |
○ | 1,500,000 Series A Preferred Shares have been designated, of which 17,249 are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof; |
○ | 1,500,000 Series B Preferred Shares have been designated, of which 1,500,000 are issued and outstanding as of the date hereof; and |
○ | 1,500,000 Series C Participating Preferred Shares have been designated, of which none are issued and as of the date hereof. |
• | Ranking. The Series A Preferred Shares rank, with respect to dividend distributions and distributions upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs (whether voluntary or involuntary), sale of substantially all of our assets, property or business, or a change of control of us (each, a “Liquidation Event”), (i) senior to our Common Shares, our Series B Preferred Shares, our Series C Participating Preferred Shares and to any other class or series of our stock that may be established in the future that is |
• | Conversion Rights. Each holder of Series A Preferred Shares has the right, subject to certain conditions, until July 15, 2032, to convert all (but not a portion), of the Series A Preferred Shares beneficially held by such holder into our Common Shares at the conversion rate then in effect. Each Series A Preferred Share is convertible into the number of our Common Shares equal to the quotient of the aggregate stated amount of the Series A Preferred Shares converted plus any accrued and unpaid dividends divided by the lower of (i) $240.00 per Common Share, subject to certain anti-dilution adjustments (i.e. in the event of capital reorganization, merger, stock dividend or other distribution of the Company’s assets, stock split or combination) (the “Pre-Determined Price”) and (ii) the VWAP of our Common Shares over the five consecutive trading day period expiring on the trading day immediately prior to the date of delivery of written notice of the conversion. The Pre-Determined Price is also subject to adjustments in the event of an issuance of equity securities at a deemed price per share lower than the Pre-Determined Price then in effect. In such event, the Pre-Determined Price shall be reduced to an amount equal to the effective price of such issuance of equity securities. Our January 2025 Offering and the issuance of Common Shares to Yorkville pursuant to the SEPA would have triggered such an adjustment, however, in line with the terms outlined in the Statement of Designation, as amended and restated, with respect to our Series A Preferred Shares, we entered into waiver agreements with the sole holder of our Series A Preferred Shares, pursuant to which all potential adjustments to the Pre-Determined Price as a result of the January 2025 Offering and the issuance of Common Shares to Yorkville pursuant to the SEPA have been waived. The Series A Preferred Shares are otherwise not convertible into or exchangeable for property or shares of any other series or class of our capital stock. |
• | Voting Rights. So long as any Series A Preferred Shares are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of shareholders required by law or by our amended and restated articles of incorporation, the vote or consent of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the Series A Preferred Shares at the time outstanding, voting together as a separate class, given in person or by proxy, either in writing without a meeting or by vote at any meeting called for the purpose, will be necessary for effecting or validating: (i) any amendment, alteration or repeal of any provision of our amended and restated articles of incorporation or amended and restated bylaws that would alter or change the voting powers, preferences or special rights of the holders of the Series A Preferred Shares so as to affect them adversely; (ii) the issuance of Dividend Parity Stock if the Accrued Dividends on all outstanding Series A Preferred Shares through and including the most recently completed Dividend Period have not been paid or declared and a sum sufficient for the payment thereof has been set aside for payment; (iii) any amendment or alteration of our amended and restated articles of incorporation to authorize or create, or increase the authorized amount of, any Senior Stock; or (iv) any consummation of (x) a binding share exchange or reclassification involving the Series A Preferred Shares, (y) a merger or consolidation of the Company with another entity (whether or not a corporation), or (z) a conversion, transfer, domestication or continuance of the Company into another entity or an entity organized under the laws of another jurisdiction, unless in each case (A) the Series A Preferred Shares remain outstanding or, in the case of any such merger or consolidation with respect to the Company is not the surviving or resulting entity, or any such conversion, transfer, domestication or continuance, the Series A Preferred Shares are converted into or exchanged for preference securities of the surviving or resulting entity or its ultimate parent, and (B) such shares remaining outstanding or such preference securities, as the case may be, have such rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, limitations and restrictions thereof, taken as a whole, as are not materially less favorable to the holders thereof than the rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and restrictions and limitations thereof, of the Series A |
• | Dividends. Dividends on our Series A Preferred Shares are cumulative and accrue, whether or not declared by our Board of Directors, however, such dividends are payable only when, as, and if declared by our Board of Directors. Dividends on our Series A Preferred Shares, to the extent declared, shall be paid biannually, on each June 30 and December 31, payable in cash or in kind (in the form of additional Series A Preferred Shares) or in a combination thereof, at our option, accruing at the applicable dividend rate per annum on the stated amount per Series A Preferred Share and on any unpaid accrued dividends. In each event of non-payment or payment in kind, the dividend rate then in effect shall increase by a factor of 1.33 (“Non-payment Rate Adjustment”) or 1.30 (“PIK Rate Adjustment”), respectively, from the day of such event onwards. On the day a previous non-payment is rectified by payment in cash, the relevant Non-payment Rate Adjustment will cease to apply. If a previous non-payment is rectified by payment in kind, the relevant Non-payment Rate Adjustment will cease to apply and the PIK Rate Adjustment will be permanently applied instead. Partial non-payments, payments in kind or rectifications of previous non-payments, will be treated proportionally. |
• | Maturity/Redemption. The Series A Preferred Shares are perpetual, non-redeemable and have no maturity date. |
• | Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. In the event of any liquidation, dissolution, winding up of the Company or other Liquidation Event, whether voluntary or involuntary, the Series A Preferred Shares shall have a liquidation preference of $1,000 per share (plus Accrued Dividends to the date fixed for payment of such amount (whether or not declared), and no more). A consolidation or merger of us with or into any other entity, individually or in a series of transactions, will not be deemed a liquidation, dissolution or winding up of our affairs for this purpose. In the event that our assets available for distribution to holders of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares and all Liquidation Parity Stock are insufficient to permit payment of all required amounts, our assets then remaining will be distributed among the holders of Series A Preferred Shares, as applicable, ratably on the basis of their relative aggregate Liquidation Preferences. After payment of all required amounts to the holders of the outstanding Series A Preferred Shares and all holders of Liquidation Preference Parity Stock, our remaining assets and funds will be distributed among the holders of the Common Shares and any other Junior Stock then outstanding according to their respective rights. |
• | No Preemptive Rights; No Sinking Fund. The holders of Series A Preferred Shares do not have any preemptive rights. The Series A Preferred Shares will not be subject to any sinking fund or any other obligation of us for their repurchase or retirement. |
• | Conversion Rights. The Series B Preferred Shares are not convertible into our Common Shares. |
• | Voting Rights. Each Series B Preferred Share has the voting power of 1,000 Common Shares and counts for 1,000 votes for purposes of determining quorum at a meeting of shareholders, subject to adjustment to maintain a substantially identical voting interest in the Company following the (i) creation or issuance of a new series of shares of the Company carrying more than one vote per share to be issued to any person other than holders of the Series B Preferred Shares, except for the creation (but not the issuance) of Series C Participating Preferred Shares substantially in the form approved by the Board, without the prior affirmative vote of a majority of votes cast by the holders of the Series B Preferred Shares or (ii) issuance |
• | Distributions. The Series B Preferred Shares have no dividend or distribution rights, other than upon our liquidation, dissolution or winding up, as described below. Also, if we declare or make any dividend or other distribution of voting securities of a subsidiary which we control to the holders of our Common Shares by way of a spin off or other similar transaction, then, in each such case, each holder of Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive preferred shares of the subsidiary whose voting securities are so distributed with at least substantially similar rights, preferences, privileges and voting powers, and limitations and restrictions as those of the Series B Preferred Shares. |
• | Maturity/Redemption. The Series B Preferred Shares are perpetual, non-redeemable and have no maturity date. |
• | Ranking, Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, Series B Preferred Shares shall be entitled to receive a payment on the same terms as, and rank pari-passu with, the Common Shares with respect thereto, up to an amount equal to the par value of $0.001 per share Series B Preferred Share. Holders of shares of this Series will have no other rights to distributions upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company. |
• | No Preemptive Rights; No Sinking Fund. Holders of the Series B Preferred Shares do not have any preemptive rights. The Series B Preferred Shares will not be subject to any sinking fund or any other obligation of us for their repurchase or retirement. |
• | not be redeemable; |
• | entitle holders to dividend payments in an amount per share equal to the aggregate per share amount of all cash dividends, and the aggregate per share amount (payable in kind) of all non-cash dividends or other distributions other than a dividend payable in our Common Shares or a subdivision of our outstanding Common Shares (by reclassification or otherwise), declared on our Common Shares; and |
• | entitle holders to one vote on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders of the Company. |
• | prior to such time, our Board of Directors approved either the Business Combination or the transaction which resulted in the shareholder becoming an Interested Shareholder; |
• | upon consummation of the transaction which resulted in the shareholder becoming an Interested Shareholder, the Interested Shareholder owned at least eighty-five percent (85%) of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company at the time the transaction commenced, excluding for purposes of determining the number of Common Shares outstanding those shares or equity interests owned (i) by persons who are directors and also officers and (ii) employee stock plans in which employee participants do not have the right to determine confidentially whether shares or equity interests held subject to the plan will be tendered in a tender or exchange offer; or |
• | at or subsequent to such time, the Business Combination is approved by our Board and authorized at an annual or special meeting of shareholders, and not by written consent, by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the Voting Power of the outstanding Voting Shares of the Company that are not owned by the Interested Shareholder; or (4) the shareholder was or became an Interested Shareholder prior to the consummation of the initial public offering of the Company’s Common Shares under the Securities Act . |
• | A shareholder becomes an Interested Shareholder inadvertently and (i) as soon as practicable divests itself of ownership of sufficient shares or equity interests so that the shareholder ceases to be an Interested Shareholder; and (ii) would not, at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to a Business Combination between the Company and such shareholder, have been an Interested Shareholder but for the inadvertent acquisition of ownership; or |
• | the Business Combination is proposed prior to the consummation or abandonment of and subsequent to the earlier of the public announcement or the notice required hereunder of a proposed transaction which (i) constitutes one of the transactions described in the following sentence; (ii) is with or by a person who either was not an Interested Shareholder during the previous three years or who became an Interested Shareholder with the approval of our Board; and (iii) is approved or not opposed by a majority of the members of our Board then in office (but not less than one) who were directors prior to any person becoming an Interested Shareholder during the previous three years or were recommended for election or elected to succeed such directors by a majority of such directors. The proposed transactions referred to in the preceding sentence are limited to: |
○ | a merger or consolidation of the Company (except for a merger in respect of which, pursuant to the BCA, no vote of the shareholders of the Company is required); |
○ | a sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition (in one transaction or a series of transactions), whether as part of a dissolution or otherwise, of assets of the Company or of any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Company (other than to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary or to the Company) having an aggregate market value equal to fifty percent (50%) or more of either the aggregate market value of all of the assets of the Company determined on a consolidated basis or the aggregate market value of all the outstanding Common Shares of the Company; or |
○ | a proposed tender or exchange offer for fifty percent (50%) or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company. |
• | “Interested Shareholder” means any person (other than the Company and any direct or indirect majority-owned subsidiary of the Company) that (i) is the owner of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company, or (ii) is an affiliate or associate of the Company and was the owner of fifteen percent (15%) or more of the outstanding Common Shares of the Company at any time within the three-year period immediately prior to the date on which it is sought to be determined whether such person is an Interested Shareholder; and the affiliates and associates of such person; provided, however, that the term “Interested Shareholder” shall not include any person whose ownership of shares in excess of the fifteen percent (15%) limitation set forth herein is the result of action taken solely by the Company; provided that such person shall be an Interested Shareholder if thereafter such person acquires additional Common Shares of the Company, except as a result of further Company action not caused, directly or indirectly, by such person. For the purpose of determining whether a person is an Interested Shareholder, the Common Shares of the Company deemed to be outstanding shall include Common Shares |
• | “Voting Power” means, with respect to a class or series of capital stock or classes of capital stock, as the context may require, the aggregate number of votes that the holder(s) of such class or series of capital stock or classes of capital stock, or any relevant portion thereof, entitled to vote at a meeting of shareholders, as the context may require, have; and |
• | “Voting Shares” means, with respect to any corporation, shares of any class or series of capital stock entitled to vote in connection with the election of directors and/or all other matters submitted to a vote and, with respect to any entity that is not a corporation, any equity interest entitled to vote in connection with the election of the directors or other governing body of such entity and/or all other matters submitted to a vote. |
• | an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States; |
• | a corporation (or other entity classified as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof, or the District of Columbia; |
• | an estate, the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source; or |
• | a trust if (i) a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust, or (ii) it has a valid election in effect under the applicable U.S. Treasury regulations (the “Treasury Regulations”) to be treated as a U.S. person. |
• | financial institutions or “financial services entities”; |
• | broker-dealers; |
• | taxpayers who have elected mark-to-market accounting for U.S. federal income tax purposes; |
• | tax-exempt entities; |
• | S corporations and entities or arrangements classified as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes; |
• | governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof; |
• | insurance companies; |
• | regulated investment companies; |
• | real estate investment trusts; |
• | dealers in securities or currencies; |
• | “controlled foreign corporations” or “passive foreign investment companies” for U.S. federal income tax purposes; |
• | certain expatriates or former long-term residents of the United States; |
• | individual retirement accounts and other tax-deferred accounts; |
• | persons that directly, indirectly or constructively own 10% or more (by vote or value) of our shares; |
• | persons required to recognize income for U.S. federal income tax purposes no later than when such income is reported on an “applicable financial statement”; |
• | persons that hold our Common Shares as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated transaction; |
• | a person that purchases or sells our Common Shares as part of a wash sale for tax purposes; |
• | a corporation liable for tax on its “adjusted financial statement income; and |
• | a “U.S. Holder” whose functional currency for U.S. federal income tax purposes is not the U.S. dollar. |
i. | we are organized in a foreign country (our “country of organization”) that grants an “equivalent exemption” from tax to corporations organized in the United States in respect of each category of shipping income for which exemption is being claimed under Section 883; and |
ii. | one of the following statements is true: |
○ | more than 50% of the value of our stock is owned, directly or indirectly, by “qualified shareholders,” that are persons (i) who are “residents” of our country of organization or of another foreign country that grants an “equivalent exemption” from tax to corporations organized in the United States, and (ii) we satisfy certain substantiation requirements (the “50% Ownership Test”); or |
○ | our stock is “primarily” and “regularly” traded on one or more established securities markets in our country of organization, in another country that grants an “equivalent exemption” to United States corporations, or in the United States (the “Publicly-Traded Test”). |
i. | such class of stock be traded on the market, other than in minimal quantities, on at least 60 days during the taxable year or one-sixth of the days in a short taxable year (the “Trading Frequency Test”); and |
ii. | the aggregate number of shares of such class of stock traded on such market during the taxable year be at least 10% of the average number of shares of such class of stock outstanding during such year or as appropriately adjusted in the case of a short taxable year (the “Trading Volume Test”). |
• | we have, or are considered to have, a fixed place of business in the United States involved in the earning of such income; and |
• | substantially all such income is attributable to regularly scheduled transportation, such as the operation of a vessel that follows a published schedule with repeated sailings at regular intervals between the same points for voyages that begin or end in the United States, or, in the case of income from the leasing of a vessel, is attributable to a fixed place of business in the United States. |
• | at least 75% of the corporation’s gross income (including the gross income of certain subsidiaries) for such taxable year consists of passive income (e.g., dividends, interest, capital gains and rents derived other than in the active conduct of a rental business); or |
• | at least 50% of the average value of the assets held by the corporation (including the assets of certain subsidiaries) during such taxable year produce, or are held for the production of, passive income. |
• | the excess distribution or gain would be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s aggregate holding period for our Common Shares; |
• | the amount allocated to the current taxable year and any taxable year before we became a PFIC would be taxed as ordinary income; and |
• | the amount allocated to each of the other taxable years would be subject to tax at the highest rate of tax in effect for the applicable class of taxpayer for that year, and an interest charge for the deemed deferral benefit would be imposed with respect to the resulting tax attributable to each such other taxable year. |
• | fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number; |
• | is notified by the IRS that it has failed to report all interest or dividends required to be shown on his U.S. federal income tax return; or |
• | in certain circumstances, fails to comply with the applicable certification requirements. |
• | ordinary brokers’ transactions |
• | transactions involving cross or block trades; |
• | through brokers, dealers, or underwriters who may act solely as agents; |
• | “at the market” into an existing market for our Common Shares; |
• | in other ways not involving market makers or established business markets, including direct sales to purchasers or sales effected through agents; |
• | in privately negotiated transactions; or |
• | any combination of the foregoing. |
• | to fewer than 100 or, if the Relevant Member State has implemented the relevant provision of the 2010 PD Amending Directive, 150, natural or legal persons (other than qualified investors as defined in the Prospectus Directive), as permitted under the Prospectus Directive, subject to obtaining the prior consent of the representatives for any such offer; or |
• | in any other circumstances falling within Article 3(2) of the Prospectus Directive, provided that no such offer of securities shall result in a requirement for the publication by us or any placement agent of a prospectus pursuant to Article 3 of the Prospectus Directive. |
SEC registration fee | $3,219 | ||
Accounting fees and expenses | 30,000 | ||
Legal fees and expenses | 170,000 | ||
Printing expenses | 10,000 | ||
Miscellaneous | 25,500 | ||
Total(1) | $238,719 | ||
(1) | The amounts above do not include the Commitment Fee, the first half of which has been satisfied by the issuance of the Initial Commitment Shares to Yorkville. When due, the remaining half of the Commitment Fee is payable, at our discretion, in cash or Common Shares or in a combination thereof. |
• | our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2025; |
• | our Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Commission on July 3, 2025, containing our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2025; |
• | our Report on Form 6-K, filed with the Commission on August 1, 2025, containing our unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2025; |
• | our Reports on Form 6-K, filed with the Commission on June 24, 2025 and August 29, 2025; and |
• | the description of Marshall Islands Company Considerations contained in Exhibit 2.5 to our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2024, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2025, including any amendment or report filed with the SEC for the purpose of updating such description. |
Item 6. | Indemnification of Directors and Officers. |
I. | Sections 6.2 and 6.3 of Article VI of the amended and restated articles of incorporation of Icon Energy Corp. (the “Corporation”) provides as follows: |
1. | Any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by the Marshall Islands Business Corporations Act (the “BCA”). If the BCA is amended hereafter to authorize the further elimination or limitation of the liability of directors or officers, then the liability of a director or officer of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent authorized by the BCA, as so amended. The Corporation shall pay in advance expenses a director or officer incurred while defending a civil or criminal proceeding, provided that the director or officer will repay the amount if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that he or she is not entitled to indemnification under Section 6.2 of the amended and restated articles of incorporation. Any repeal or modification of Article VI of the amended and restated articles of incorporation shall not adversely affect any rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses of a director or officer of the Corporation thereunder existing immediately prior the time of such repeal or modification with respect to any acts or omissions occurring prior to such repeal or modification. |
2. | The Corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in such capacity whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability by law or under the provisions of the amended and restated articles of incorporation. |
II. | Section 60 of the Business Corporations Act of the Republic of the Marshall Islands provides as follows: |
1. | Actions not by or in right of the corporation. A corporation shall have power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (other than an action by or in the right of the corporation) by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection with such action, suit or proceeding if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe his or her conduct was unlawful. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of no contest, or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the bests interests of the corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceedings, had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful. |
2. | Actions by or in right of the corporation. A corporation shall have the power to indemnify any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that he is or was a director or officer of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him or in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if he acted in good faith and in a manner he reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the corporation and except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claims, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his or her duty to the corporation unless and only to |
3. | When director or officer successful. To the extent that a director or officer of a corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subsections (1) or (2) of this section, or in the defense of a claim, issue or matter therein, he shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by him in connection therewith. |
4. | Payment of expenses in advance. Expenses incurred in defending a civil or criminal action, suit or proceeding may be paid in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding as authorized by the Board in the specific case upon receipt of an undertaking by or on behalf of the director or officer to repay such amount if it shall ultimately be determined that he is not entitled to be indemnified by the corporation as authorized in this section. |
5. | Indemnification pursuant to other rights. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, the other subsections of this section shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under any bylaw, agreement, vote of shareholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in his or her official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. |
6. | Continuation of indemnification. The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this section shall, unless otherwise provided when authorized or ratified, continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person. |
7. | Insurance. A corporation shall have the power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director or officer of the corporation or is or was serving at the request of the corporation as a director or officer against any liability asserted against him and incurred by him in such capacity whether or not the corporation would have the power to indemnify him against such liability under the provisions of this section. |
III. | Indemnification Agreements: |
Item 7. | Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities. |
Item 8. | Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules. |
(a) | The following exhibits are included in this registration statement on Form F-1: |
Exhibit No. | Description | ||
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation(1) | |||
Amended and Restated Bylaws(1) | |||
Articles of Amendment to the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation(4) | |||
Second Amended and Restated Statement of Designations of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of the Series A Cumulative Convertible Perpetual Preferred Shares(1) | |||
Statement of Designations of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of the Series B Perpetual Preferred Shares(1) | |||
Statement of Designations of the Rights, Preferences and Privileges of the Series C Participating Preferred Shares(2) | |||
Form of Common Share Certificate(4) | |||
Form of Class A Common Share Purchase Warrant(3) | |||
Placement Agent’s Warrant(3) | |||
First Representative’s Warrant(2) | |||
Opinion of Stephenson Harwood LLP, as to the legality of the securities being registered* | |||
Shareholders’ Rights Agreement(2) | |||
Form of Management Agreement between Pavimar Shipping Co. and each of the Company’s shipowning subsidiaries(2) | |||
Amended and Restated Executive Services Agreement between Icon Energy Corp. and Pavimar Shipping Co., dated April 1, 2024(1) | |||
Term Loan Facility Agreement, dated September 16, 2024(2) | |||
Exchange Agreement between Icon Energy Corp. and Atlantis Holding Corp., dated June 11, 2024(1) | |||
Standby Equity Purchase Agreement, dated August 27, 2025, between the Company and YA II PN, Ltd(5) | |||
List of Subsidiaries* | |||
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm* | |||
Consent of Stephenson Harwood LLP (included in Exhibit 5.1 hereto)* | |||
Power of Attorney (included in the signature page hereto)* | |||
Filing Fee Table* | |||
* | Filed herewith. |
(1) | Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-279394). |
(2) | Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form F-1 (File No. 333-284370). |
(3) | Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 6-K filed on January 28, 2025. |
(4) | Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 6-K filed on April 1, 2025. |
(5) | Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Form 6-K filed on August 29, 2025. |
Item 9. | Undertakings |
(1) | To file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration statement: |
(i) | To include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act of 1933; |
(ii) | To reflect in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of the registration statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the registration statement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any increase or decrease in volume of securities offered (if the total dollar value of securities offered would not exceed that which was registered) and any deviation from the low or high end of the estimated maximum offering range may be reflected in the form of |
(iii) | To include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the registration statement or any material change to such information in the registration statement. |
(2) | That, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and such offering of the securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(3) | To remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering. |
(4) | To file a post-effective amendment to the registration statement to include any financial statements required by Item 8.A. of Form 20-F at the start of any delayed offering or throughout a continuous offering. Financial statements and information otherwise required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act need not be furnished, provided that the registrant includes in the prospectus, by means of a post-effective amendment, financial statements required pursuant to this paragraph (4) and other information necessary to ensure that all other information in the prospectus is at least as current as the date of those financial statements. |
(5) | That, for the purpose of determining liability of the registrant under the Securities Act of 1933 to any purchaser in the initial distribution of the securities, the undersigned registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to such purchaser: |
(i) | Any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424; |
(ii) | Any free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned registrant; |
(iii) | The portion of any other free writing prospectus relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned registrant; and |
(iv) | Any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned registrant to the purchaser. |
(6) | That, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this registration statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in a form of prospectus filed by the registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(1) or (4) or 497(h) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of this registration statement as of the time it was declared effective. For the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. |
(7) | Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue. |
ICON ENERGY CORP. | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Ismini Panagiotidi | ||||||||
Name: | Ismini Panagiotidi | ||||||||
Title: | Chief Executive Office | ||||||||
(Principal Executive Officer) | |||||||||
/s/ Ismini Pangiotidi | Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) and Chairwoman of the Board | |||||
Ismini Panagiotidi | ||||||
/s/ Dennis Psachos | Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | |||||
Dennis Psachos | ||||||
/s/ Spiros Vellas | Director | |||||
Spiros Vellas | ||||||
/s/ Evangelos Macris | Director | |||||
Evangelos Macris | ||||||
PUGLISI & ASSOCIATES | |||||||||
By: | /s/ Donald J. Puglisi | ||||||||
Name: | Donald J. Puglisi | ||||||||
Title: | Authorized Representative in the United States | ||||||||